I love the Australian Open. It legitimises my insomnia for a fortnight. Also, tennis.
Sad about Delpo. Mostly because I'd just backed him to try to repeat my "pick an unlikely winner/finalist" ploy that has seen me make money on Wawrinka, Cilic, Nishikori in the last 12 months. And also because I love him.
― ailsa, Monday, 19 January 2015 00:21 (nine years ago) link
seppi/istomin 5th set could def be uh entertaining
― johnny crunch, Monday, 19 January 2015 02:38 (nine years ago) link
Ana looking v. likely to be the first big casualty of the tournament - two breaks down in the final set leaving Lucie Hradecka serving for the match.
― ailsa, Monday, 19 January 2015 03:22 (nine years ago) link
And she's out. Spying Sabine as another possible upset - broke Kiki at the start of the third, but was broken straight back.
― ailsa, Monday, 19 January 2015 03:27 (nine years ago) link
And Kiki takes it in the third.
Andy Murray appears to have fallen asleep while I wasn't looking.
― ailsa, Monday, 19 January 2015 03:51 (nine years ago) link
What happened to Bencic in the off season? Losing to Goerges is not exactly a promising sign.
― groovemaaan, Monday, 19 January 2015 04:36 (nine years ago) link
And by that scoreline, oof.
Of all the unexpected things to happen on day one (Ivanovic still flopping at Slams, and did Kerber's heroics last week kill her?) the most unexpected might be choosing Foretz/McHale as my first match to watch
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 January 2015 07:27 (nine years ago) link
Very disappointing loss from Konjuh as well.
Kuznetsova and Lisicki both go 0-3 in Australia, albeit you could have seen it coming against Garcia and Mladenovic respectively.
Good day for Young France, nice win for Océane Dodin over Riske!
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 January 2015 07:44 (nine years ago) link
McHale wins 12-10 in the third over Foretz, who - contra Young France - was, I believe, alive at the time of the French Revolution.
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 January 2015 07:51 (nine years ago) link
Li Na is pregnant! That didn't take long.
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 January 2015 07:55 (nine years ago) link
Gavrilova misses by millimetres on her two SPs…then dumps a slice into the net on Bertens' first. Ouch.
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 January 2015 08:07 (nine years ago) link
lol ana
― abcfsk, Monday, 19 January 2015 08:21 (nine years ago) link
Kokkinakis/Gulbis is pretty underwhelming. Gulbis has shaved properly for the first time in years.
Gavrilova is a very, er, emotional player...
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 January 2015 08:54 (nine years ago) link
LOL @ Gulbis yelling at the crowd to "show some respect"
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 January 2015 09:00 (nine years ago) link
Shocking loss by CSN to Witthoeft 3 and 1. Witthoeft is a decent young player but she's never had any WTA-level results of note and was not in good form coming in at all (losing to Abduraimova and Townsend in qualies...)
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 January 2015 09:24 (nine years ago) link
Wow the Kokk saved 4 MPs and then Gulbis just collapsed in the TB. This match is getting crazy
― groovemaaan, Monday, 19 January 2015 10:42 (nine years ago) link
Why does Gulbis exist
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 January 2015 10:44 (nine years ago) link
Ridiculous self-destruction in that TB
Crowd are dicks
Kokkinakis down BP at 6-6, shot called out...Hawkeye shows it in by MILLIMETRES
Gulbis's returning on key points has been a disaster
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 January 2015 12:03 (nine years ago) link
Two DFs and a FH halfway up the net to end it for Gulbis
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 January 2015 12:08 (nine years ago) link
Gulbis's forehand falling short reminds me so much of Ivanovic's backhands that barely make it to the net.
The crowd were dicks. Stop bashing the sides making noise you philistines. Kokkinakis doing the Andrew Ilie-esque run around the stadium. What is he even wearing, though it's not as bad as Kyrgios' pine-lime Splice monstrosity.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Monday, 19 January 2015 12:10 (nine years ago) link
Two consecutive sub-80mph Niculescu serves, Stosur dumps the first return into the bottom of the net and shanks the next into the crowd
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:41 (nine years ago) link
Most matches are a handful of games in. In that time Oprandi's gone 0-6, 0-3 down to Allertova. Think we've found our "still injured but just here for the R1 paycheque" candidate.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:46 (nine years ago) link
Stosur loading every FH with topspin and Niculescu responding to every one with slice is quite weird to watch
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:50 (nine years ago) link
This Almagro-Nishikori game is entertaining. Almagro alternating between amazing shot-making and atrocious unforced errors.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 01:52 (nine years ago) link
enjoying this lopez/kudla 5th set, not incred tennis but these guys are well matched
never noticed how much bigger lopez's left arm is than his rt
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 03:24 (nine years ago) link
Currently enjoying woz v taylor townsend. Then I really should go to sleep.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 03:52 (nine years ago) link
lol @ Stephens
― Let me help you out Charlie XCX fan (DJP), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 04:47 (nine years ago) link
pretty much everything went as expected. Stosur's early troubles with Niculescu were entertaining but that was never going to be an upset. 100% expected the JaJa and Petkorazzi upsets (how Madison Brengle and her nothingy game are entrenching themselves on tour I have no idea but the results are happening). Also expected the Thiem non-upset of Princess Agut. One tight set, one easy set is an exact reprise of the Woz/Townsend match from Auckland. Azza has never been troubled by Stephens, even at the start of her own decline or at Stephens' supposed peak.
Kanepi can get in the hall of shame for losing to Falconi though, who does that. And it was a tough draw but Watson should've done a bit better than 4 and 0 to Tsveti. Jay-Z winning three games off Asian WC Chang suggests she's done in singles too :(
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 08:13 (nine years ago) link
Rogowska entering her 7th year of being handed free passes into Slams just for being Australian. 10 WCs, of which seven have been R1 losses. Never cracked the top 100. Never been ranked high enough for direct entry. Never managed to come through qualifying. Her only other Slam MD appearance was as a lucky loser at the USO 2013, where she was promptly double bagelled by Errani. An entire career sustained by nationalism.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 08:22 (nine years ago) link
Getting the "bitching about the Australian media" portion out of the way - if there's one thing worse than the usual crowd of dickhead commentators... it's when they decide to give us a "treat" and let Henri Leconte in the commentary booth. THE WORST.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 10:02 (nine years ago) link
Pouille and Monfils both playing well :)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 10:15 (nine years ago) link
don't wanna be That Guy who goes on about people who've conveniently taken out slam-nation citizenship or what not, but srsly, Tomljanovic/Rogers as the last match on a prime court? GTFO, neither of these players should have any business playing a 1R match on a night session.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 12:05 (nine years ago) link
omg that Pouille miss at 4-4 30-30
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 12:18 (nine years ago) link
omggggg
Pouille's volleyed so well all match and then gets broken there after fucking up two volleys and then letting one go that landed in on BP
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 12:20 (nine years ago) link
Love Gael and that was a fabulous match but what a gutting way to lose for Pouille.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 12:23 (nine years ago) link
Wtf happened to Goffin??
― groovemaaan, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 04:59 (nine years ago) link
Was dusting off all the Maria Sharaplolva gags but she came back from being served against for the match. A *lot* of stupid mistakes though.
I just dozed off for a bit, and Roger appears to have dropped the first set while I wasn't looking.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 05:21 (nine years ago) link
I did wonder whether Goffin might be the type to flop at Slams, where Baghdatis typically peaks...
The Sharapova match sounds as aggravating as usual, not sure whether to LOL that Panova took more than 5 games off her or to be annoyed at the two MPs missed.
Mladenovic/Mattek-Sands was a nice contrast. Mladenovic is so slow to react on the baseline though, and she absolutely ballsed up an easy SP in the second set TB. Great win for BMS on her way back up the rankings though.
Murray trashing Matosevic, delicious after his comments about female coaches.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 09:05 (nine years ago) link
Smyczek was really unimpressive in the fourth set. No idea how he got two sets off Rafa.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 11:35 (nine years ago) link
Rafa was pretty bad in set 3. Smyczek is hitting lots of lovely winners though.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 11:57 (nine years ago) link
Tomic-Kohli was a good match, much better than the Rafa shitfest
― groovemaaan, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 13:04 (nine years ago) link
Bepa vs Serena yesssss no matter what happens it's all good
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 20:30 (nine years ago) link
feel quite badly for zvonareva now, from 2 set pt chances, serenas p much broken her spirit
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 22 January 2015 02:36 (nine years ago) link
zvonareva nearly injured herself going for serenas return winners
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 22 January 2015 02:44 (nine years ago) link
LOL at the Muguruza / Hantuchova scoreline.
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Thursday, 22 January 2015 02:50 (nine years ago) link
omg @ mannarino, looks like hes been lost in the desert
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 22 January 2015 02:50 (nine years ago) link
oof, pironkova bagelled by domi
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Thursday, 22 January 2015 04:58 (nine years ago) link
Jerzy/Gael is very good so far
― groovemaaan, Thursday, 22 January 2015 07:14 (nine years ago) link
Surprised Vera made that much out of the match.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 22 January 2015 08:06 (nine years ago) link
the mother of all epic games
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 10:52 (nine years ago) link
huge hold. 5-5
another epic - best period of the match, god like.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:02 (nine years ago) link
Unbelievable from Murray, to wear him down like that: 4 SPs
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:13 (nine years ago) link
omg what a miss.
ok gets it. I need a lie down.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:15 (nine years ago) link
Murray Breaks, ruthlessly.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:22 (nine years ago) link
2x aces!!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:24 (nine years ago) link
D got away with a tame drop shot.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:26 (nine years ago) link
Amazing how the break for the protestors turned the momentum round!
― lex pretend, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:28 (nine years ago) link
What was that about?
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:29 (nine years ago) link
2 BPs so.. :-(
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:30 (nine years ago) link
horrible game from Murray.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:31 (nine years ago) link
Murray's 2-1 games to get broken back are so aggravating
― lex pretend, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:32 (nine years ago) link
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, February 1, 2015 11:29 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
protest against Aus treatment of refugees
thing is if Murray's expecting these dubious injuries from Djokovic why is he falling for them? Djokovic limping around doesn't make you dump routine strokes in the net
― lex pretend, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:37 (nine years ago) link
I don't know if that is having an effect really, its just swings back and forth.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:38 (nine years ago) link
D Under the cosh and and got through..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:45 (nine years ago) link
0-30, Murray screams out..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:48 (nine years ago) link
then a disaster approach to the net. 0-40
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:49 (nine years ago) link
DF..loses to 15
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:50 (nine years ago) link
throws his racket in disgust. too right.
Made all the errors...3rd set D.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:54 (nine years ago) link
Ugh, Murray's tetchiness and the way he threw that set away
― lex pretend, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:54 (nine years ago) link
just netted one: 15-30
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:58 (nine years ago) link
total shit from Andy.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:59 (nine years ago) link
disgusted @ that pull. 2-0
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 12:03 (nine years ago) link
Again when he was in control of the rally
― lex pretend, Sunday, 1 February 2015 12:04 (nine years ago) link
right I'm done.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 1 February 2015 12:05 (nine years ago) link
shockingly bad
― lex pretend, Sunday, 1 February 2015 12:07 (nine years ago) link
imminent bagel?
― lex pretend, Sunday, 1 February 2015 12:16 (nine years ago) link
lmao what a way to hand over a third break
― lex pretend, Sunday, 1 February 2015 12:17 (nine years ago) link
Well, that was some whimper Murray slid out with there.
― ailsa, Sunday, 1 February 2015 12:24 (nine years ago) link
Well might he break all his racquets. Winning one of the last 13 games from 2-0 up in the third.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 1 February 2015 12:25 (nine years ago) link
Pathetic, but also I'm really sad to see him end an otherwise very successful tournament like that because I love the Muzz/Mesmo coaching pairing :(
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Sunday, 1 February 2015 12:31 (nine years ago) link
Your roll of honour:
Men's singles: Novak DjokovicWomen's singles: Serena WilliamsMen's doubles: Simone Bolelli & Fabio FogniniWomen's doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Lucie SafarovaMixed doubles: Martina Hingis & Leander PaesBoys' singles: Roman SafiullinGirls' singles: Tereza MihalikovaBoys' doubles: Jake Delaney & Marc PolmansGirls' doubles: Miriam Kolodziejova & Marketa Vondrousova
― lex pretend, Sunday, 1 February 2015 12:44 (nine years ago) link
those last couple sets... #bestof3
murray winning would've been a nice bonus, but extreeeeeemely pleasing tournament :)
― uberweiss, Sunday, 1 February 2015 12:46 (nine years ago) link
New rankings
1. Serena Williams (1)2. Maria Sharapova (2)3. Simona Halep (3)4. Petra Kvitova (4)5. Caroline Wozniacki (8)6. Ana Ivanovic (5)7. Eugenie Bouchard (7)8. Agnieszka Radwanska (6)9. Ekaterina Makarova (11)10. Angelique Kerber (9)11. Venus Williams (18)12. Andrea Petkovic (13)13. Sara Errani (14)14. Flavia Pennetta (12)15. Lucie Safarova (16)16. Jelena Jankovic (15)17. Carla Suarez Navarro (17)18. Dominika Cibulkova (10)19. Alize Cornet (19)20. Madison Keys (35)21. Shuai Peng (22)22. Karolina Pliskova (20)23. Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova (23)24. Garbine Muguruza (24)25. Samantha Stosur (21)26. Elina Svitolina (26)27. Svetlana Kuznetsova (27)28. Sabine Lisicki (28)29. Varvara Lepchenko (30)30. Caroline Garcia (36)...34. Irina-Camelia Begu (42)41. Sloane Stephens (32)46. Madison Brengle (64)49. Victoria Azarenka (44)66. Yanina Wickmayer (80)
1. Novak Djokovic (1)2. Roger Federer (2)3. Rafael Nadal (3)4. Andy Murray (6)5. Kei Nishikori (5)6. Milos Raonic (8)7. Tomas Berdych (7)8. Marin Cilic (9)9. Stan Wawrinka (4)10. David Ferrer (10)11. Grigor Dimitrov (11)12. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (12)13. Ernests Gulbis (13)14. Feliciano Lopez (14)15. Kevin Anderson (15)16. Roberto Bautista Agut (16)17. Tommy Robredo (17)18. John Isner (21)19. Gilles Simon (20)20. Gael Monfils (19)21. David Goffin (22)22. Fabio Fognini (18)23. Philipp Kohlschreiber (24)24. Alexandr Dolgopolov (23)25. Ivo Karlovic (27)26. Leonardo Mayer (26)27. Julien Benneteau (25)28. Richard Gasquet (28)29. Lukas Rosol (30)30. Pablo Cuevas (29)...35. Nick Kyrgios (53)36. Gilles Muller (42)46. Viktor Troicki (54)48. Bernard Tomic (66)
― lex pretend, Monday, 2 February 2015 10:04 (nine years ago) link