ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

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

18 minute game wow

murray 2 points from the match

fuckin novak is tough to close out man

props 2 andy

yessss

:-)

Fun match between Coric and Zverev - Zverev dominated on serve in the last set but Coric was mentally tougher in the TB. 75 36 76.

Kyrgios was injured or something and barely put up a fight vs Gasquet, lost in 56 minutes. Shame, Kokkinakis - who was reportedly displeased about getting dragged into his bff's antics - would have awaited in R2.

v impressed with bencic beating kerber in straight sets, thought they'd be a comedown from last week.

paires drop shots are fuckin up novak

murray getting rolled by dimitrov, smh

feli lopez takes out rafa

Rafa losing to Lopez off grass, the decline is even more real than I thought.

Schmiedlova's win over Radwanska in R1 was a beautiful masterclass, it's so nice to see a player peak like that. Her BH is a gorgeous shot and she can do so much with it. Even out-dropshotting Aga too. No surprise to see her in the SF, wouldn't be surprised if she beats JJ as well (against whom Pliskova gagged horrifically - she's so emotionless that it doesn't seem like she's nervous, but those DFs and errors...)

Somewhat impressed by Wawrinka scraping through given the week he's had. I tuned in to Djokovic/Goffin with Goffin up a break in the third and then Djokovic just steamrolled to the end.

bencic & Sloane w/drawing from new haven sucks, I was hoping to see them o well I understand for sure

murray is showing some nice scrapping

It must be hard for Serena to motivate herself to start well against Ivanovic when she knows that even if Ana wins a set, the collapse will be inevitable and absolute.

feds service game is so good

feli had 0-40 on rog's serve that turned into a rog hold and then fed broke feli rip

post-handshake this is charming imo

feli "you're fuckin flying all over the court"
rog putting his arm around him & smiling "we've got a few more years"

Bad boy Daniel Köllerer notches up another fail by being voted out first from the house in the third season of the German Celebrity Big Brother

dolgo really squandered his chance to win that tiebreak

That wasn't predictable at all