ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

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

lol DF to give the break back, RIP

wow gutsy pass by bencic, tho serena should have won that point about 4 times

this match is crazy

match pt!

ace here right?

bencic!

wowww

man that was a shook ass second serve from serena

she must have hit that 65 mph

lol yea after v briefly finding her serve it was def gone again there

BELINDA BENCIC!!!!!

Bencic had major nerves at various points there obviously but she was so good at putting them behind her...I never felt like she'd mentally collapsed. That MP was brilliant

murray appears to be dominating kei

o damn kei hurt again?

kei's making 50% of his first serves and winning 20% of his second serve points. not a great combination

yeah they just showed a montage of some points in the match at he doesn't look like he's moving too well. my TV's on mute tho xp

Didn't see it, but the Kokkinakis-Harrison match sounds insane:

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

Ben Rothenberg ‏@BenRothenberg 2h2 hours ago
"Don't sledge me, mate! Don't sledge me, it's not cool." -Kokkinakis, muttering just now in slang that we all learned this week!

Ben Rothenberg ‏@BenRothenberg 2h2 hours ago Mason, OH
After Mo separated them, Kokkinakis left for bathroom break and Ryan shouted "your whole crew is just so cool!" (presumably re: Kyrgios).

ATP really bringing the drama this year

TS don't sledge me mate vs don't tase me bro

Ben Rothenberg ‏@BenRothenberg 16m16 minutes ago Mason, OH
"I never had a match like that!" -Mo Lahyani, giggling as he leaves Kokkinakis-Harrison.

Love Mo. <3 Rothenburg's whole timeline is worth reading. https://twitter.com/BenRothenberg

Bencic era

Serena was a bit poor on serve (50% first serves in) but it still takes something to take her out when she's a little off. Legend Wingis Mk II era ftw, it'd be awesome if Bencic and Muguruza were splitting the Slams after Serena retires.

bencic/halep is a battle, both def fatigued

djokovic fighting to get back on serve in the 3rd set