Warlocq riling up the crowd. this is fun
― groovemaaan, Thursday, 28 May 2015 19:08 (nine years ago) link
lol Dan
― an absolute feast of hardcore fanboy LOLs surrounding (imago), Thursday, 28 May 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link
lols.
Also, is Mladenovic finally going to happen? I've been waiting SO LONG since seeing her at Hopman Cup hitting clean winners off Andy Murray's serves during mixed doubles and she is just GREAT and LIKEABLE so PLEASE can she make the quarters.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 28 May 2015 19:12 (nine years ago) link
berlocq wins the set. some great moonball rallies in the last few games
― groovemaaan, Thursday, 28 May 2015 19:20 (nine years ago) link
*stands, applauds*
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGKSDwBUIAEzLcs.jpg
― lex pretend, Friday, 29 May 2015 08:52 (nine years ago) link
Didn't expect Cornet to come out so tight after using home support so well in R1, but...she was tight against Townsend in R2 last year too. Great to see Mirjana hitting her spots so far, had feared she'd bury herself in errors...
― lex pretend, Friday, 29 May 2015 09:23 (nine years ago) link
lol @ commentators talking about how infamous '90s party girl Iva Majoli, who pretty much wasted her entire post-RG career, is teaching Vekic how to focus on tennis
― lex pretend, Friday, 29 May 2015 09:44 (nine years ago) link
Also, I jinxed Mirjana :(
― lex pretend, Friday, 29 May 2015 09:46 (nine years ago) link
Mirjana serving for the set again. Nets an easy smash, Cornet openly laughing at her
― lex pretend, Friday, 29 May 2015 09:49 (nine years ago) link
Plot twist! Serves it out from 0-30 down
― lex pretend, Friday, 29 May 2015 09:50 (nine years ago) link
Beck is such an annoying pusher
― groovemaaan, Friday, 29 May 2015 10:53 (nine years ago) link
lmao @ that Cornet second serve
― lex pretend, Friday, 29 May 2015 11:30 (nine years ago) link
^ hahaha
― cerealbar, Friday, 29 May 2015 11:31 (nine years ago) link
Cornet was about a million times more demonstrative after winning R2 than Myskina was after winning the final
That serve, for posterity
https://twitter.com/philousports/status/604248820210352128
― lex pretend, Friday, 29 May 2015 11:49 (nine years ago) link
I only half-watched Federer/Dzumhur but every time I looked at the TV there was some tremendously fun shotmaking happening from both. Fed's BH seemed particularly on song
― lex pretend, Friday, 29 May 2015 13:46 (nine years ago) link
Dzumhur is v little but I hope he sticks around, entertaining player, sorta like the New Rochus
Berdych actually looks great in that outfit
― cerealbar, Friday, 29 May 2015 16:05 (nine years ago) link
Paire hit dropshots on six consecutive points in that second set
― lex pretend, Friday, 29 May 2015 16:28 (nine years ago) link
Benoit Paire, attempting a comeback
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGMKOytXEAEhEyA.png
― lex pretend, Friday, 29 May 2015 17:29 (nine years ago) link
CSN has reached the QF or better of every tournament she's played this year...except the two Slams.
Pennetta has reached the QF or better of 4 of her past 7 Slams - but only six other Tour events in that period.
I guess that "upset" reflected where each woman peaks these days...
― lex pretend, Friday, 29 May 2015 18:06 (nine years ago) link
Monfils circus/Cuevas choke
― lex pretend, Friday, 29 May 2015 18:34 (nine years ago) link
mostly pretty boring first week makes me more grateful for these Monfils matches. I was grinning like an idiot at the end there
― cerealbar, Friday, 29 May 2015 19:00 (nine years ago) link
Mardy FishVerified account@MardyFishGael Monfils such a fickle player… In my opinion the best pure athlete to ever play tennis...
― andrew m., Friday, 29 May 2015 19:14 (nine years ago) link
"pure athlete" ?
― andrew m., Friday, 29 May 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link
code for "he's BLACK"
― DJP, Friday, 29 May 2015 19:57 (nine years ago) link
lol not lol
― andrew m., Friday, 29 May 2015 19:58 (nine years ago) link
In the responses the only players mentioned as contenders for "pure athlete" status were James Black and Yannick! But the Yannick responder has deleted, apparently! wtf
― andrew m., Friday, 29 May 2015 20:01 (nine years ago) link
Kyrgios just hit a tweener lob O_O
― lex pretend, Saturday, 30 May 2015 09:41 (nine years ago) link
Meanwhile Schiavone is losing to Mitu
― abcfsk, Saturday, 30 May 2015 10:08 (nine years ago) link
Fran started well but has gone a bit flat. Mitu has a nice neat game and her FH is a weapon
― lex pretend, Saturday, 30 May 2015 10:11 (nine years ago) link
How many times are we going to be told Kyrgios is "just what the game needs"?
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 May 2015 10:13 (nine years ago) link
Inconsistent, too full of himself, an ok game but not enough back-up
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 May 2015 10:14 (nine years ago) link
he's clearly incredibly talented
― cerealbar, Saturday, 30 May 2015 10:18 (nine years ago) link
& fun to watch
He's ridiculously talented imo. Obviously he's inconsistent, he's still so young but far ahead of everyone else his age. And he has far more dimensions to his game than someone like Raonic. I don't see how he won't be a multi-Slam champion, and I don't have anywhere near that confidence in any of the other touted kids like Coric, Zverev, Tiafoe etc. He's an arrogant little fuck but I don't find that as objectionable (yet) as I did with Hewitt, it's just a young ppl thing. Players like Murray will always be his kryptonite though
― lex pretend, Saturday, 30 May 2015 10:21 (nine years ago) link
fwiw I see a lot more hunger to win in him than I ever did in Monfils, so despite his wildness and showboating I don't think he's in danger of going down that route
― lex pretend, Saturday, 30 May 2015 10:27 (nine years ago) link
iirc Murray was stringing a lot more section of good-to-great play at around 20/21 but the physical aspect was letting him down.
I suppose its reaction to the hype. He'll win slams - though that's a reflection on the next generation coming through as much as K's talent - but its hilarious seeing this one great one shit shot off the court 'approach' against 'this guy is the future'.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 May 2015 10:33 (nine years ago) link
Wait, while I'm stuck without a TV in Stockholm, Petra won in straight sets? I'm just going to not watch her for the rest of the tournament :D :D :D
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 30 May 2015 10:34 (nine years ago) link
Should also be remembered that Kyrgios has played an unusually light schedule in his first year on tour due to injury and this is his first season on what will likely be his worst surface, and he's notched up his first final and a win over Federer on it. In general he has v few losses I'd call bad, let alone stretches of them. He's ranked far ahead of everyone else born in 1995, as well as everyone born in 1994 and 1993.
― lex pretend, Saturday, 30 May 2015 10:41 (nine years ago) link
Murray serving crap, wins 2nd 6-2. xp
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 May 2015 10:41 (nine years ago) link
It's sort of interesting that the leading 1996-born players - Coric, Chung, Kokkinakis - are far more consistent and solid than Kyrgios, but nowhere near as flashy. So it'll be interesting to see how those rivalries develop.
― lex pretend, Saturday, 30 May 2015 10:43 (nine years ago) link
lmao, I didn't realise Petra hadn't reached the second week of any non-Wim Slam since the USO 2012.
*continues to ignore her*
SARA in the 4th round <3333
― lex pretend, Saturday, 30 May 2015 10:44 (nine years ago) link
flick cross court from M :-D
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 May 2015 10:56 (nine years ago) link
if Fran had to have a comedown after her Sveta heroics I'm glad it was to Andreea Mitu, who was in tears afterwards - she was contemplating retirement this time last year...
― lex pretend, Saturday, 30 May 2015 11:01 (nine years ago) link
Who'd have thought Mitu would be the last woman from her country standing.
Sad for Fran though. Maybe she'll just fuck the haters and keep playing anyway.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 30 May 2015 11:09 (nine years ago) link
K dances the dance and clowns around and hits hard. Basically everything but take a set. Dispatched in straights ktxbye.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 May 2015 11:14 (nine years ago) link
More fun than the last five to ten next big things though.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 30 May 2015 11:49 (nine years ago) link
ferrer came back to crush bolleli 4th & 5th sets wow
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 30 May 2015 16:12 (nine years ago) link
vika :)
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 30 May 2015 17:23 (nine years ago) link
quality level here is a+
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 30 May 2015 17:44 (nine years ago) link