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
Hyeon Chung's forehand looks pretty damn huge
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 05:36 (nine years ago) link
sort of like Tomic's forehand when he bothers to hit it hard
kimiko <3
― Roz, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 06:19 (nine years ago) link
only way sock/gasquet could be better is if it was best of 5 sets
― johnny crunch, Friday, 7 August 2015 02:02 (nine years ago) link
zverev/cilic is p good
― johnny crunch, Friday, 7 August 2015 20:53 (nine years ago) link
cilic/kei semi is good
― johnny crunch, Friday, 7 August 2015 21:02 (nine years ago) link
Radwanska/Kerber is really good. Divine cat-and-mouse point won with perfect drop shot pickup and lob by Aga :D :D :D
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Saturday, 8 August 2015 02:55 (nine years ago) link
it does seem crazy a qtrfinalist only wins $35k @ this dc tourney
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 8 August 2015 23:11 (nine years ago) link
i get distracted looking at how long isners legs are
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 9 August 2015 00:10 (nine years ago) link
lol i never saw his pic from espn body issue, he looks 100% like a centaur fyi
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 9 August 2015 00:11 (nine years ago) link
isner in like baseline rallies is something 2 see
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 9 August 2015 01:00 (nine years ago) link
6-6 tiebreak, isner serves an ace @ 141 mph
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 9 August 2015 01:03 (nine years ago) link
this is a super pressurized tiebreak
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 9 August 2015 01:06 (nine years ago) link
h8 isner but good on him there
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 9 August 2015 01:07 (nine years ago) link
cant fuck w nishi in deciding sets
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 9 August 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link
Muguruza following in the new generation's tradition of playing very badly following Slam breakthroughs. Down 5-7 0-5 to Tsurenko, albeit Tsurenko is on an 8-match winning streak and hit an absolutely breathtaking FH to go 4-0 up (and elicited an equally breathtaking racquet demolition job by Muguruza)
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 12 August 2015 16:23 (nine years ago) link
are we done talking about the trials and tribulations of Eugenie Bouchard or is there still a little schadenfreude left to be wrung from the current state of her career?
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 16:38 (nine years ago) link
When I saw that result I was super-happy for Bencic, the superior talent, who will hopefully beat Wozniacki for the third time this year tonight.
I guess at some point Bouchard will get it together and settle into the Hantuchovan 10-30 career her talent merits but she's done a fine job of quelling the intolerable hype by herself, and a lot more definitively than I expected.
Stephens FINALLY won a title while I was on holiday, I see? As did MARGARITA GASPARYAN! The one-handed BH lives!
Kerber has maintained pretty much the same level since 2011 but every year she does it in a different way. 2011-12: Slam SFs, a couple of tournament wins. 2013: unspectacular consistency everywhere. 2014: a bunch of big, close WTA finals, all lost. 2015: now winning those close finals but underwhelming in Slams
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 12 August 2015 16:55 (nine years ago) link
The Stephens match was actually really respectable/impressive. I was very surprised!
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link
over Stosur or Pavlyuchenkova? former looked more impressive on paper (amazed Pavs got to the final at all)
Stephens has been playing really well for a few months (judging on what I saw on clay & grass). Her BH actually looks fixed, nowhere near the liability it used to be. Back in the top 20 by the end of the year IMO.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 12 August 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link
Stosur imploded; all Sloane had to do was get the ball back over the net and Sam took care of the rest. Against Pavlyuchenkova, she was dictating points and hitting shots that looked intentional rather than magic happenstance, which was my overall impression of her game before this tournament. I agree, if she keeps this up she is going to be the #2 American by the end of the season.
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 17:09 (nine years ago) link
only saw a little of bouchard yesterday but her serve looked really p awful couldn't tell if it was just her timing or what
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 12 August 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
stan/kyrgios is v compelling
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 13 August 2015 02:29 (nine years ago) link
a linesman missed 3 calls on kyrgios shots and immed after one of them kyrgios im p sure purposely served directly up the tee and nearly drilled the dude
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 13 August 2015 02:31 (nine years ago) link
damn kyrgios is so talented & playing exceptionally rn but cmon
https://twitter.com/Dimonator/status/631657225375870976
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 13 August 2015 03:19 (nine years ago) link
stan has looked weird the past 30 minutes or so...
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Thursday, 13 August 2015 03:19 (nine years ago) link
aand stan w/draws
love haber being like 'we're not going there..'
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 13 August 2015 03:24 (nine years ago) link
yeah it's not difficult to connect these dots
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nick-kyrgios-delivers-brutal-sledge-to-stan-wawrinka-claiming-thanasi-kokkinakis-slept-with-his-girlfriend/story-fni2u98u-1227481880632
stan wins tiebreak, kyrgios says this, stan looks shook and loses 10 of next 13 games, withdraws
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Thursday, 13 August 2015 03:42 (nine years ago) link
the odds of Kyrgios not being a huge waste of talent are pretty slim
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 13 August 2015 06:32 (nine years ago) link
not cool. If I were Wawrinka I would punch him repeatedly in the face, rather than issue mature statements in the press.
Petra Monotova, why can't I quit you.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 13 August 2015 08:00 (nine years ago) link
wow that's unpleasant
― cerealbar, Thursday, 13 August 2015 08:16 (nine years ago) link
apparently there was a locker room confrontation even though - Stan said - Kyrgios tried to hide. Kyrgios's awful brother alleges assault on Twitter, so maybe he did get a punch in.
Hilarious that Kyrgios couldn't even sledge Stan with anything he'd done, he had to use his BFF. Kokkinakis/Vekic was common knowledge and years ago, too.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 August 2015 09:26 (nine years ago) link
Hilarious to see all the WTA players getting the popcorn out on twitter too
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 August 2015 09:27 (nine years ago) link
overall though I think I'm already bored of the inevitable arc of Kyrgios's career. He's a ~bad boy now, he revels in it (and is paid handsomely to enact this precise stereotype), he'll outrage ppl/get them calling him a "character" for acts of basic bitch dickishness. In a few years he'll ~mature, which will partly be down to growing up and mostly down to a PR firm. He will win Slams bc he's that talented and then he will be a beloved champion, and his youthful antics will be a fondly remembered footnote in his career like McEnroe, Agassi, Federer, Djokovic. He's such a cliché
― lex pretend, Thursday, 13 August 2015 11:56 (nine years ago) link
otm, been tired of him for a while now but mostly because he reminds me of all the dickish Malay dudes AND the dickish Aussie dudes I have known in my life.
― Roz, Thursday, 13 August 2015 12:20 (nine years ago) link
http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id/13433857/nick-kyrgios-reveals-ugly-truth-himself
oh, Bodopaws:
Before Wednesday, many tennis fans gave Kyrgios the benefit of the doubt. He was the electric personality, the second coming of Andre Agassi. Kyrgios was the talented individualist whose antics and expressive nature were a welcome antidote to the corporate excellence of Roger Federer. Now, he's in danger of being ridiculed as the ridiculous Australian sexist.
Certainly there have never been any off-color or wrongheaded remarks from Australian tennis players before-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo2Uc9ldzWk
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 14 August 2015 14:08 (nine years ago) link
wow anyone see that half volley from gulbis?
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Saturday, 15 August 2015 00:44 (nine years ago) link
gulbis up a mini-break on djokovic, already up a set
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Saturday, 15 August 2015 00:48 (nine years ago) link
crazy
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 15 August 2015 00:51 (nine years ago) link
gulbis mustve served amazingly or what ?
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 15 August 2015 00:54 (nine years ago) link
ive only seen like 5 mins of it
i've only been watching for the past 15 mins or so, but djokovic is channeling federror at the end here
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Saturday, 15 August 2015 00:55 (nine years ago) link
that looked in
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Saturday, 15 August 2015 00:58 (nine years ago) link
this third set might get sloppy & my guess novak is better conditioned than ernie
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 15 August 2015 01:02 (nine years ago) link
kei/rafa is going to be amazing hopefully
yeah i'd be surprised if novak doesn't take this one easily
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Saturday, 15 August 2015 01:03 (nine years ago) link