She's been amazing apart from that game. That sick dropshot switch-up >>>>>>>
― lex pretend, Friday, 8 May 2015 11:39 (nine years ago) link
Another one, on the FH this time!
― lex pretend, Friday, 8 May 2015 11:48 (nine years ago) link
DEAD at Petra's amazing play, especially grabbing a third break in the set.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Friday, 8 May 2015 11:49 (nine years ago) link
I mean Serena's second serve is up to crap but you know, you gotta take it where you can get it.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Friday, 8 May 2015 11:54 (nine years ago) link
thought she was about to blow it with that missed FH for a double break...but she got the double break anyway. She's so good right now.
― lex pretend, Friday, 8 May 2015 12:03 (nine years ago) link
That ace to save BP :D :D :D
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Friday, 8 May 2015 12:07 (nine years ago) link
Well let's hope that massive shank at 30-30 doesn't cost her. I don't think it will.
― lex pretend, Friday, 8 May 2015 12:13 (nine years ago) link
Today's tennis has been my silver lining
― lex pretend, Friday, 8 May 2015 12:24 (nine years ago) link
In their last matches before Madrid, Petra and Sweta got straight-setted by Brengle (!) and Zhang (!!) respectively. Then they struggled through two and three 3-setters respectively en route to their SFs. Then they thrash Serena and Maria with near-flawless performances wtf wtf
― lex pretend, Friday, 8 May 2015 12:32 (nine years ago) link
Murray! :)
― cerealbar, Sunday, 10 May 2015 18:46 (nine years ago) link
Murray played so well <3 So aggressive and taking returns so early
A few vintage Rafa points here and there but when he wasn't shanking hilariously he was landing everything so short. Is he FINALLY in decline even on clay? He's done fuck all since last year's RG.
― lex pretend, Monday, 11 May 2015 08:57 (nine years ago) link
Also, hoping Kvitova and Murray haven't peaked too early in a tournament that doesn't play much like RG.
― lex pretend, Monday, 11 May 2015 08:58 (nine years ago) link
M-Nav dragging Azarenka in the commentary booth. "She can recover pretty quickly from near-death experiences."
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 15:47 (nine years ago) link
SO HAPPY I managed to negotiate the Roland Garros site and pick up tickets in the last minute sale. If only I could have got another week off to do Wimbledon as well :(
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 08:53 (nine years ago) link
In a not-at-all predictable development, Ivanovic v Gavrilova is comically erratic
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 11:41 (nine years ago) link
lmao Ivanovic saved seven MPs just to do THAT on the eighth
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 12:15 (nine years ago) link
Knew Dasha would pull it off in the end. She's actually tough mentally, like she really relishes the fight!
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 12:57 (nine years ago) link
yeah Gavrilova's fun to watch, and even when Ivanovic saved triple MP twice you never felt Dasha would collapse. Her actual talent level is nowhere near as high as her mental strength though, half her shots look like accidental shanks whether they land in or not and her shot selection gives every impression of being completely random
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 21:12 (nine years ago) link
that second set of murray-nadal was maybe the worst set of tennis Nadal has ever played on clay.
on the other hand, murray winning two clay titles out of nowhere is no joke. Clearly something good happening there. IIRC he had never even made a clay final until 2 weeks ago?
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link
Where are the people crediting him for making astute choices in his coaching team?
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 21:48 (nine years ago) link
also if Kvitova has battled through a 3-set shit-fest from 6-3 3-0 up to win in a tie-break in the third only to lose to god damned Jankovic again I might just have to kill myself. Please, Magda, prevent this.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 21:50 (nine years ago) link
Petra started last week with 3-set shitfests over Govortsova and Vandeweghe, remember. Though I expect her to lose to CSN in the quarters.
Great to see Goffin with a decent win this year, hopefully that kickstarts him a bit. Though I have no idea wtf Tsonga was thinking tactically in the last four games of the match
― lex pretend, Thursday, 14 May 2015 06:48 (nine years ago) link
Watching Bouchard/CSN. First set: actually pretty good from Bouchard, ramped it up in the TB. Second set: kind of horrible from both, lots of early breaks, Bouchard choked for the match at 5-4, CSN played a glorious classic clay point to save game point at 6-5* and then Bouchard made two cringeworthy wild errors. Third set!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 14 May 2015 11:14 (nine years ago) link
CSN is absolutely determined to spurn every chance Bouchard gives her, nonetheless Bouchard has managed to choke for the match three times across two sets now
― lex pretend, Thursday, 14 May 2015 12:04 (nine years ago) link
What was CSN thinking on four consecutive MPs???
― lex pretend, Thursday, 14 May 2015 12:10 (nine years ago) link
LMAO this match
CSN lost five straight points from *6-2 up in the TB, starting with a DF and continuing with basic errorsThen Bouchard DFed twice in a rowThen CSN finally won the thing
― lex pretend, Thursday, 14 May 2015 12:14 (nine years ago) link
Seriously impressed that Bouchard has managed to _not_ gain points outside the Slams this year given how she did fuck all outside them last year too.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 14 May 2015 12:28 (nine years ago) link
classic murray though to consider withdrawing, play and win his first match, then withdraw
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 May 2015 12:40 (nine years ago) link
begu played an amazing last few games to push it to a 3d v azerenka
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 May 2015 21:56 (nine years ago) link
already some really stellar pts & shotmaking in rafa/stan match
― johnny crunch, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:02 (nine years ago) link
has been kinda a vintage display by both guys here
― johnny crunch, Friday, 15 May 2015 20:50 (nine years ago) link
dam nadal played like doo doo in the 2nd
he is NO WAY the fav in the french, he could get upset like 3d round just as easy as win/make finals or w/e
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 16 May 2015 01:39 (nine years ago) link
CSN now 4-0 vs Halep, in another three setter, big emotions on her team
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CFIMWS6WgAASPaE.png
― abcfsk, Saturday, 16 May 2015 12:48 (nine years ago) link
4-0 on clay, that is
I guess the only silver lining for Halep is that she definitely hasn't peaked too early. Bad that she couldn't defend the #2 seed though, I would've liked Serena and Maria in the same half at RG.
CSN with the early break. Have been so impressed with the finishing ability on her FH this year, seems like the biggest improvement in her game to me.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 17 May 2015 12:11 (nine years ago) link
Maria ;) An improvement on earlier clay tournaments but mostly only one thing really worked per match. Needs improvement. Working the angles in this match, not enough depth though.
If the winner of FO is Serena or Maria that will be the active player with most clay titles.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 17 May 2015 14:20 (nine years ago) link
novak is really going hard @ feds backhand
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 17 May 2015 15:37 (nine years ago) link
amazing break, such a good return of serve to be in that
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 17 May 2015 15:42 (nine years ago) link
I'm surprised that Rublev's ranking is still so low, considering that he's winning ATP matches all the time. Is he even going to get into RG qualies?
― groovemaaan, Monday, 18 May 2015 08:48 (nine years ago) link
nevermind, I just read that he declined the WC
― groovemaaan, Monday, 18 May 2015 08:53 (nine years ago) link
lol that Tennis Australia had to hand their women's WC back because there's literally no one they could justify giving it to
― lex pretend, Monday, 18 May 2015 09:26 (nine years ago) link
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his ranking only got into Slam qualy range this week, too late for the entry deadline, but as you say he was offered a WC (as the previous year's boys' champion) (I wonder why the girls' champion Daria Kasatkina didn't get this?! they had to scrape the barrel with French journeywomen and she's healthy and playing the Caserta ITF this week) but anyway, Rublev didn't decline but would have had to lose R1 in Geneva to make RG qualies, and he beat Nieminen...
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 13:59 (nine years ago) link
I was interested in seeing how another WC, Corentin Moutet, did. Youngest player (and only 1999-born) in the ATP top 1000, and apparently quite a character, judging from this report from last week's Bordeaux challenger:
I don't know what/who started it (According to Moutet it's Haase of course) but at 58:30 Moutet shouts Allez on Haase's DF. Then he encourages himself again after another DF. When Haase wins the game he lets out a huge Allez :lol: (59:20). After that before starting his service game Moutet talks to Haase and tells him "shut your mouth you're ranked 90 in the world you're 27 there's nothing to brag about"
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 14:02 (nine years ago) link
(Moutet lost 2 and 2 to Berrer, tough draw though)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 14:03 (nine years ago) link
oof Rublev should've had Cilic there, he was playing so well up til 5-5 in the TB
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 18:01 (nine years ago) link
the amazing thing about Rublev to me is that while most other teenagers who break through to the ATP look v well-developed physically (from Nadal to Kyrgios and Tiafoe), Rublev doesn't just look young but could probably pass for an U14. And yet generates so much easy power.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 18:03 (nine years ago) link
Jankovic's retirement against Stephens has finally gifted Sloane her first semi-final since the AO 2013.
― lex pretend, Friday, 22 May 2015 06:35 (nine years ago) link
the most anticipated draw in tennis history?
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 22 May 2015 06:51 (nine years ago) link
― lex pretend, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 6:03 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
he's explosive in the way only the best prospects are. Live arm.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 22 May 2015 06:52 (nine years ago) link
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/frenchopen/11622372/French-Open-2015-Rafael-Nadal-makes-a-mockery-of-the-rule-book.html
it is so very hard to like Nadal these days
― lex pretend, Friday, 22 May 2015 07:26 (nine years ago) link