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
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, May 18, 2015 8:48 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
nevermind, I just read that he declined the WC
― groovemaaan, Monday, May 18, 2015 8:53 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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
Thiem officially the youngest current ATP titlist, awesome fighting final against Mayer in Nice. Penultimate point >>>>>>>
Stosur won Strasbourg, can't believe it's her first red clay title!
― lex pretend, Saturday, 23 May 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
Thiem is really close to figuring it out. Needs to hit his forehand a little flatter imo (and maybe stop running around his backhand so much-- it's great so just use it!)
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 23 May 2015 19:45 (nine years ago) link
I still think about that Stosur-Schiavone final a lot.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 23 May 2015 19:46 (nine years ago) link
I'm super excited about this RG. The combination of expectations, pressure and opportunity that Djokovic has will make for great drama. I think his level of play is actually a little overrated too, Rome was a dip in his level I thought.
And hopefully something fun happens on the Women's side. A CSN slam?
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 23 May 2015 19:47 (nine years ago) link
Bouchard loses R1 in 's-Hertogenbosch from 4-0 30-0 up in the third set to Shvedova, who was playing the RG doubles final on clay two days ago. It continues.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 13:46 (nine years ago) link
Tomic is so much fun to watch on a grass court, he's toying with Haas right now
― groovemaaan, Thursday, 11 June 2015 13:06 (nine years ago) link
tomic gave nadal some problems but mostly nadal double faults/tomic aces is why that was even a match
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 13 June 2015 00:30 (nine years ago) link
Camila <3
She really cut down on the double faults in her last two matches, I hope this is the sign of a new strategic approach.
GOAT winning speech too
― groovemaaan, Sunday, 14 June 2015 11:42 (nine years ago) link
Ana Konjuh wins her first title, becomes the youngest WTA titlist since 15-yr-old Paszek seven years ago and the youngest player to hold a title now. Really impressive match - Niculescu totally discombobulated her in the first set but unlike so many other young players, Konjuh adjusted to the weirdness pretty calmly and was dominating by the end.
― lex pretend, Monday, 15 June 2015 12:21 (nine years ago) link
some ridiculous points in this mayer-johnson match
― groovemaaan, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 10:44 (nine years ago) link
hilarious MLDB/Ivanovic match, Ivanovic lost the final set TB on the most floptastic DF I have ever seen
Siniakova's upset over Petkovic last night was an excellent match, love Katka's game
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 12:03 (nine years ago) link
super-interesting interview with Giorgi's dad
http://www.spaziotennis.com/2015/06/sergio-giorgi-i-love-brilliant-madness-cannot-stand-commonness/
― lex pretend, Thursday, 18 June 2015 10:51 (nine years ago) link
there's a new ATP challenger/WTA itf pro tournament happening in my home town this week!never knew what to make of papa Giorgi but that's great. like the stuff about using other sports to prepare and him defending Errani & Schiavone
― cerealbar, Thursday, 18 June 2015 12:39 (nine years ago) link
Ilkley?! Some good names left in both draws, I'd be tempted to pop down.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 18 June 2015 17:18 (nine years ago) link
wish i could but i'm not at home rn. apparently cats keeps running on the courts <3
― cerealbar, Thursday, 18 June 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link
Federer beats Karlovic in two in Halle semi without ever having a b-p and only forcing deuce once. Grass court tennis LOL. Kei withdrew hurt vs Seppi :/
Simon currently trying to pull off the same trick vs Anderson (32 aces and counting) at Queen's.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 20 June 2015 15:25 (nine years ago) link
Seppi reaches his first 500 title when Monfils retires in the QF and Nishikori retires in the SF...
Kerber's 6-0 h2h over Lisicki is one of my favourite in tennis. Lisicki is more powerful and will hit more winners but is control of fuck-all in that match-up, Kerber just reads her game so well.
― lex pretend, Saturday, 20 June 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
Poor Robson. Only gets 1 game off Gavrilova. Tough draw for qualies after so long off, but really, as hard as she hits and as nice as she seems to be, she was never going anywhere near the top 5 and if she were non-Anglo we'd have heard far less about her. Not all hype but mostly hype - the UK hasn't had much in the way of decent female players in aeons, but the WTA is stacked full of tall, slow moving girls who hit the ball hard and she wasn't that special. Even so it's hard not to feel a bit sorry for her!
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 20 June 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
im going to newport tomorrow, think the lineup is sock v jan hernyck (??) then dustin brown v ivo
im p psyched shd be cool
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 16 July 2015 22:48 (nine years ago) link
live Dustin is always good, hope he wins
meanwhile Tomic lost R1 and got arrested in a Miami Beach hotel room yesterday
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/33559994
― lex pretend, Friday, 17 July 2015 06:16 (nine years ago) link
hernych injures his knee at 1-0 1st set and has to resign :(
― johnny crunch, Friday, 17 July 2015 18:44 (nine years ago) link
ivo also killed brown in like an hr
― johnny crunch, Friday, 17 July 2015 18:45 (nine years ago) link
dam watched the replay of that jan fall & that shit hurt MY knee
― johnny crunch, Friday, 17 July 2015 22:46 (nine years ago) link
fucked up i feel bad for him too
― johnny crunch, Friday, 17 July 2015 22:48 (nine years ago) link
lol im rewatching sock/ivo (which is amazing btw omg go watch it) "there's no way thats a let" - sock
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 19 July 2015 00:26 (nine years ago) link
i could watch jack take blind swipes at returning ivos serve literally all day and be so entertained
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 19 July 2015 00:29 (nine years ago) link
tough loss for sock, ivo is going to DESTROY ram unless something bizarre happens
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 19 July 2015 01:13 (nine years ago) link
murray/mahut second set has been v entertaining
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 19 July 2015 13:31 (nine years ago) link
damn i mean simon not mahut
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 19 July 2015 13:37 (nine years ago) link
GBR in Davis Cup is still a one-man team, lucky for them Murray had enough in the tank for that.
Title number two of the year for Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in Bucharest :) Really thrilled with how far she's come since I saw her in Wim qualies in 2013. Great revenge too, she lost to Errani in her first final in Feb and now beats her with brilliant BH angles.
This week's WTA titlists, Schmiedlova in Bucharest and Larsson in Bastad, are only the 3rd and 4th women to win titles in 2015 without dropping a set. The others - obviously - were Watson in Hobart and Pereira.
On the ATP, the men who've done it in 2015 so far are Wawrinka in Chennai, Gasquet in Montpellier, Federer in Dubai and Nadal in Buenos Aires. Only Federer had to win 5 matches, the others got R1 byes.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 19 July 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
props 2 raj ram, i def underestimated his return game vs ivo
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 19 July 2015 21:01 (nine years ago) link
Benoit Paire into his first final in two-and-a-half wasted years in Bastad. Cuevas threw such an extended tantrum at the end of the first set
I tuned in with Schmiedlova leading Stosur 5-2, cue total collapse :(((((
― lex pretend, Saturday, 25 July 2015 15:47 (nine years ago) link
good work by thiem to push monfils to tanking the 3d set
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 25 July 2015 19:56 (nine years ago) link
that was a fun match. Monfils didn't really totally tank though...just a terrible blip for a few games. He was incredible in the first set, huge kudos to Thiem for not only hanging with him but rising to meet his level. Great shotmaking by both.
― lex pretend, Saturday, 25 July 2015 19:57 (nine years ago) link
yea tank isnt fair, he stopped playing down 2 breaks in that last set but that is understandable i guess
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 25 July 2015 22:10 (nine years ago) link
berrer has played tomic p tough
nadal playing doubles w/ some 18 yr old vs bolleli/fognini is kinda fun to watch
― johnny crunch, Monday, 27 July 2015 23:28 (nine years ago) link
donald young wins one (1) match!
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 01:10 (nine years ago) link
duckworth/nishikori is surprisingly hi quality!
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 03:20 (nine years ago) link
10-8 in the tiebreak, duckworth!
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 03:21 (nine years ago) link