ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

delpo playing great

delpos forehand is just godly

novak has to construct pts or hope for an error, amazingly doesnt have a weapon here to hurt delpo

this match is like watching if there was an alternate history where delpo was healthy and rampaging the last ~3 yrs

Magnificent. Worth staying up until 3am for.

Man that was incredible to watch. I have missed Del Potro so much.

omg delpo won?! best news I've woken up to in ages :D :D

brilliant <3

waking up out of general anaesthetic to an unexpected Pony win has redeemed my week

His forehand <3333

slow courts favouring the big hitters like Delpo and Petra today - gives even snails like Kvitova time to track down difficult shots, and they can still hit through the court

The first set of Cornet/Serena was fun as in comical. Serena hates playing her so much. Smashing her racquet while leading 3-2 in set one.

Puig just HAMMERED Muguruza 61 61. She is so fuelled by Puerto Rican pride, gonna call her for the bronze medal right here

Five DFs in one game just now from Serena. Down a set and a break.

She's gone. Svitolina wins four and three.

cuevas/belluci has been incred entertaining

there've been some great matches already this olympics

When Serena hit that ace at 3-3, deuce, I was like, oh she's found her serve at last, that's the turning point! And then she completely fell apart and looked like she gave up too. I mean the 5 DFs were shocking but the last couple of games were total collapse.

Fognini has reeled off seven straight games to go from 1-6 1-2* to 1-6 6-2 *2-0 vs Murray. He's drop-shotting the defending champ to death.

Naturally, Fognini being Fognini, eight straight games is follows by losing six on the bounce - Murray through to the QF.

Nishikori for Gold.

Puig is on a mission in the women's. Loves playing for Puerto Rico so much. Her sets en route to the SF: 6-3, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1. Really hope she gets a medal. I think Puig/Konta/Kvitova are the medallists I want at this point (and in the men's, Nishikori/Del Potro/Bellucci - Murray's got a gold already).

as a self-involved American, I would be super down with a Puig/Keys final

PUIG

I love Petra but Monica wants this medal very badly. Dug in after getting blown off court in the first three games, dropped a hidden breadstick to take the first set 6-4

stevie johnson perfect lob on break pt vs murray in the 3d set!

Puig just HAMMERED Muguruza 61 61. She is so fuelled by Puerto Rican pride, gonna call her for the bronze medal right here

― lex pretend, Tuesday, August 9, 2016 6:14 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

NOT BRONZE! Silver or GOLD!

bellucci looking good wow

luv this match

rafas gonna be tired for doubles

great comeback tho

monf double @ mp

im no doubles expert but this is p hi level stuff

rafas dfense really shines in dbles

lopez's lobs vs rumanias overheads all day plz

theres been like a dozen classic as hell matches this olympics bless

grats rafa/lopez

incred pt at deuce to give andy mp

wasnt quite as easy as the scoreline looks but andy through to defend his gold

Yeah that was a hell of a rally there.

Happy for Petra even though it was a crappy match - she really wanted that medal.

Crowd at this Nadal-Delpo match is insane. Feels like a football match.

well thats a break game for the rafa career highlight reel

another no doubt classic match for this week

delpo/murray best of 5 for gold
rafa/nishi for bronze

Wonderful. Tomorrow's final is maybe the only time I'll be cheering against Team GB this Olympics. I was concerned the way he got mobbed by the Delpo-chanters he was going to get another injury. He still hasn't quite left the court.

del potto showing murray a lot of respect in the on-court interview, humble guy

rafa/kei murray/delpo is a sick final 4 tbh

puig!!

id forgotten she was only 22, wtg girl

that's the second night in a row i went to bed halfway through tennis matches and woken up to surprisingly thrilling results.

Didn't expect Puig to come back against Kvitova on Friday night, and just couldn't keep myself awake through Nadal-Delpo yesterday. And Puig winning the gold! So awesome. So much great tennis this Olympics - so sad i had to miss so much of it due to damn timezones.

Puig and Delpo were so awesome yesterday, what a great tennis day

Oh Kei. Set and a double break up vs Nadal but now into a decider.