ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

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?

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

The Stephens match was actually really respectable/impressive. I was very surprised!

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.

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.

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

stan/kyrgios is v compelling

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

damn kyrgios is so talented & playing exceptionally rn but cmon

https://twitter.com/Dimonator/status/631657225375870976

stan has looked weird the past 30 minutes or so...

aand stan w/draws

love haber being like 'we're not going there..'

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

the odds of Kyrgios not being a huge waste of talent are pretty slim

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.

wow that's unpleasant

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.

Hilarious to see all the WTA players getting the popcorn out on twitter too

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

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.

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

wow anyone see that half volley from gulbis?

gulbis up a mini-break on djokovic, already up a set

crazy

gulbis mustve served amazingly or what ?

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

that looked in

this third set might get sloppy & my guess novak is better conditioned than ernie

kei/rafa is going to be amazing hopefully

yeah i'd be surprised if novak doesn't take this one easily

lol @ novak pump inflating his bicep def gif

there is no way that forehand return was 108 mph

by 1-1, 30-30 nadal is the sweatiest person ive ever seen

lol i'm the same way so i sympathize

nishikori is dominating

honestly to an extent saw this coming, nadal cant hit good defenders off the court anymore

Bencic disposing of Bouchard, Wozniacki, Lisicki and Ivanovic one after the other to make the SF - truly doing the Lord's work

Rachel Dulitz ‏@racheldulitz 9m9 minutes ago Manhattan, NY
More Djokovic: "No honestly, do you smell it? The whole stadium's going to get high." Never change, tennis fans. #RogersCup

Rachel Dulitz ‏@racheldulitz 11m11 minutes ago Manhattan, NY
Djokovic to chair ump after 1st set: "Yesterday on the doubles court same thing, somebody's getting high." You do you, Montreal. #RogersCup

Feel bad for Gulbis. one point away from qualifying for Cincy, and then he'd have had a Chardy match to get in the top 32 in the world.

And now he's playing the Vancouver challenger.

double fault on set pt ouch bencic

Bencic blinked there (but is still fighting) but she has played so well today

Bencic breaks for the set!

meanwhile I wonder what's going on here...

Ben Rothenberg ‏@BenRothenberg 28s28 seconds ago Mason, OH
Kokkinakis-Harrison is getting NASTY. Mo Lahyani just leapt out of his chair to separate the two after the first set. #CincyTennis

yea bencic is playing great

if serena can hold, serving @ 5-3 to close is tons of pressure on bencic

monster BH return from serena for 30-all

yeahhhh this game was not hard to see coming

serena is so amazing

wow bencic has missed her last 2 first serves by about 7 and 15 feet

serenas gonna get herself in like 0-5 0-40 deciding set @ the us open finals and come back to win the gs