that is the worst shot federer has ever played i think
― imago, Friday, 8 July 2016 15:00 (seven years ago) link
also McEnroe stfu
I can hardly hear what he's saying tbh.
― They could have been Stackridge. (Tom D.), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:11 (seven years ago) link
this is turning into such a horrorshow
― Roz, Friday, 8 July 2016 15:19 (seven years ago) link
aaaaagh Raonic in the final nooooooo
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:20 (seven years ago) link
Murray will destroy him, right?
― imago, Friday, 8 July 2016 15:21 (seven years ago) link
Right?
Unless Fed slips into his 26yo body at the change of ends, this is 6-1.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 8 July 2016 15:23 (seven years ago) link
Why are ppl disliking Raonic?
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:26 (seven years ago) link
They're confusing him with Tomic, maybe?
― volumetric god rays (DJP), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:26 (seven years ago) link
He has the look and demeanour of that kid at school you fucking detested
― imago, Friday, 8 July 2016 15:27 (seven years ago) link
From the little I've seen of him he has a boring style - huge serves, big FH winners and little else
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:29 (seven years ago) link
his game is unwatchable
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:29 (seven years ago) link
... as is his face.
― They could have been Stackridge. (Tom D.), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:30 (seven years ago) link
... sorry, that's a bit much!
― They could have been Stackridge. (Tom D.), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:31 (seven years ago) link
I have no idea how ppl in ilx tennis threads arrive at their impassioned judgments but it's fun, seems it's always GOOD VS EVIL
― skateboard of education (rip van wanko), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:32 (seven years ago) link
He looks like one of the guys in red shirts in the original Star Trek series who would go down to some planet with Captain Kirk and get killed as soon as he got there.
― They could have been Stackridge. (Tom D.), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:33 (seven years ago) link
Murray should clean up Berdych pretty quick and be nice and rested. Right? Please?
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:37 (seven years ago) link
If Fed had lost six, four and four, never getting a break point, that would have been one thing. But he had that match in his grasp. Perhaps his thigh/knee wouldn't have held up for Sunday anyway.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 8 July 2016 15:38 (seven years ago) link
Pretty sure if you played all the points that involved exciting tennis b2b from that five-setter you'd barely get to 10 minutes
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link
Raonic has actually ruined Canada for me too.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 8 July 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link
like this should feel ~momentous, first Slam final for a young player, end of an era (well this obv happened years ago but) but I just feel comatose right now
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:40 (seven years ago) link
Fair enough, well done to the guy, great achievement, just lose in the final please.
― They could have been Stackridge. (Tom D.), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:41 (seven years ago) link
Mr Roz, who doesn't regularly watch tennis, halfway through the second set: "why is this match so boring?"
Raonic is a perfectly genial sort, but he's basically a robot on court.
― Roz, Friday, 8 July 2016 15:42 (seven years ago) link
yeah he seems fine as a person but he's one of the only players that make me feel touch and go about even watching the final
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:42 (seven years ago) link
ilx tennis threads are great and have had a real impact in who i root for irl. there are the players i would have cheered on regardless of ilx like/dislike - radwanska, federer. then there are the players i root for precisely because they are so loathed on ilx - wozniaki, ivanovic. guess i'll have to root for raonic now, anyone but murray really. tomic still a bridge too far though.
― pandemic, Friday, 8 July 2016 15:43 (seven years ago) link
Tomic is the opposite, total douche but his game is very interesting, unique and watchable, and a good foil to a lot of other players
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:44 (seven years ago) link
ILX tennis threads barely mention Wozniacki these days. Well not the slam ones lolololol
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:45 (seven years ago) link
Agreed. I feel that way about Kyrgios too. Gorgeous stylist (more of a wild slapper than Tomic), bit of a dick, quite like to see him lose. But at least I like to see him.
Xp
― Michael Jones, Friday, 8 July 2016 15:46 (seven years ago) link
just adds to my love, like safinaxp
― pandemic, Friday, 8 July 2016 15:47 (seven years ago) link
kind of weird hearing people in the office here cheer after Roanic's win and then coming to this thread to see what ilx tennis people think and basically everybody hates him. (I am Canadian and know pretty much nothing about tennis)
― silverfish, Friday, 8 July 2016 15:47 (seven years ago) link
Ditto. I'm happy.
― clemenza, Friday, 8 July 2016 15:49 (seven years ago) link
I don't know that much either but I know enough to know that, when I actually sit down to watch tennis, which isn't often, I don't want to be sitting down to watch someone like Raonic.
― They could have been Stackridge. (Tom D.), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
^ xxp
― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:51 (seven years ago) link
He's no Glenn Michibata. He's no Carling Bassett either.
xp
― Michael Jones, Friday, 8 July 2016 15:51 (seven years ago) link
HOPE: maybe his career will follow the post-Wimbledon final trajectory of Bouchard's!
Comparing generational peers, I feel it is extremely necessary for my tennis fandom that Nishikori ends up with a better career than Raonic.
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Friday, 8 July 2016 15:54 (seven years ago) link
can't speak for anyone else but i don't HATE any players, just don't want the boring ones (e.g. Raonic) to succeed at the expense of less boring ones
― cerealbar, Friday, 8 July 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
Raonic = Portugal at Euro 2016
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Friday, 8 July 2016 16:05 (seven years ago) link
having said that i reaally didn't want to watch Murray lose another slam final to old man Fed so i'm glad that's no longer a possibility
― cerealbar, Friday, 8 July 2016 16:10 (seven years ago) link
let's be fair, he played some amazing shots
― imago, Friday, 8 July 2016 16:10 (seven years ago) link
you don't have to be a big tennis head to watch raonic and federer play each other and decide which is more pleasing to watch
― k3vin k., Friday, 8 July 2016 16:44 (seven years ago) link
pandemic what do you have against murray? just some euro beef?
― k3vin k., Friday, 8 July 2016 16:45 (seven years ago) link
dour, habit of having bum-fluffy facial hair, a bottler
― ♫ Corbyn's on fire / PLP is terrified ♫ (jim in glasgow), Friday, 8 July 2016 16:52 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, that's him.
― They could have been Stackridge. (Tom D.), Friday, 8 July 2016 16:53 (seven years ago) link
i don't mind AM but he's definitely got things that you could dislike about him
― ♫ Corbyn's on fire / PLP is terrified ♫ (jim in glasgow), Friday, 8 July 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
I like him, the fact that he's unlikeable makes him more likeable.
― They could have been Stackridge. (Tom D.), Friday, 8 July 2016 17:02 (seven years ago) link
gripping match here
― skateboard of education (rip van wanko), Friday, 8 July 2016 17:23 (seven years ago) link
Berdych's FH needs its own laugh track
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Friday, 8 July 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
it always kind of amazes me that you could be a tennis player who could probably beat 99.99% of the world at a game of tennis and someone like Murray can make you look like an amateur.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 July 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
and he's even beaten murray before.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 July 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
they had never played each other on grass before today. fun fact.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 July 2016 19:51 (seven years ago) link