ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

pliskova 4-0!

could watch pliskova all day. such an effortless game

So Serena is now guarantee to tie Graf's record of consecutive weeks at #1. Kerber's still within striking distance, but stoked for Pliskova today!

long piece on nick k

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/magazine/tennis-us-open-electric-infuriating-nick-kyrgios.html

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ct7R_o1UAAEVWH6.jpg

I'm the biggest Sharapova fan around but as I said when this thing first rolled out obviously some blame should be placed on her. The celebratory mood over a punishment that is still being executed and still will affect next season is a bit much. I think the CAS marks a solid line between negligence and intentional 'doping' - while maintaining that negligence is still the player's responsibility. Even though the ITF is rightly criticized for _their mangling of the whole process.

A final ruling is good to have, anyway, and I hope for some more years of tennis.

goffin is just a difficult matchup for cilic but that match gave me a whiff of cilic as berdych-ish, abt the worst thing i could say abt a ~top level player

just when u it seemed nick may'ev been maturing

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/2016/10/12/kyrgios-booed-during-listless-effort-in-shanghai/91935680/

I was just coming in here to mention that Mischa Zverev is outstripping his kid brother for once! Older Zverev took out Granollers too and now plays Novak in the QF - only his second ever last-eight appearance at this level (Rome, 2009 being the other), and as a qualifier ranked 130-odd.

Younger Zverev lost to Tsonga 7-5 in the 3rd, last 16.

I do wonder just when Mischa started losing regularly to Sascha on the practice court. Maybe only in the last year or so.

sock/zverev is p fun to watch

i know he's a petra fan and that he doesn't seem to be posting much but i'm sure lex of all people would have enjoyed niculescu's play in the final y'day. v v cool to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=matjqiSKupY

#TeamSveta

big win for struff !

Cilic maintains his recent form to take out Nole. Murray, two wins from #1, wins first set over Berdych from 1-6 in t/b. Up a break in the second now.

Raonic tears a quad, Murray gets #1. It would compound the sense of anti-climax if he proceeded to lose in two tie-breaks to Bloody Isner tomorrow.

We are going to have another WTFinals where everyone is knackered, aren't we? Can we parachute Roger in? I'm sure he's better now.

crazy that andy got to #1, good for him

We are going to have another WTFinals where everyone is knackered, aren't we? Can we parachute Roger in? I'm sure he's better now.

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hoping for some gd matches but ya def
cant believe bautista agut is the final alternate lmao

also the murray group is much harder than novaks

3.5 hrs for this murray/raonic match

murray hit some great angled serves and v good service returns late in that tiebreak

i like kei a lot but i wanna see novak/andy in the finals tbqh

this looks like it'll be a quick one

lol yup

so happy for andy finally getting to #1 btw ^_^

what an epic comeback for delpo

ivo/delbonis for the cup !

Cilic - Delpo was a bloody great match, best 5 setter I've seen in ages. great standard of tennis, great drama, great Maradona reaction shots. Cilic should've really won given his high level in the first 2.5 sets, wouldn't call it a major choke though.
so much love for JMDP

kinda bummed out Karlo is losing this. otoh Argentina deserve a Davis Cup

yeah felt badly for ivo.. so hes retiring?? was that his last match ever?

oh i guess not... thought i heard the commentators say something abt it but i think it was just something abt coming back to the national team cuz of coric being injured

Horrifying news. Petra attacked in her home, sustained knife wounds to her left hand: http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/38379952

hopefully it won't derail her career cf. chakvetadze

surprised that nishi changed his shoe deal from adidas to nike!

1st legit tragedy of 2017, my current cable provider is in a dispute and isn't carrying tennis channel!!

what a way to lose a davis cup tie!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38876048

Pretty much how Henman started his top-level career (ball girl on that occasion), so expect the kid to get over it and go top 5...

(So much worse if the match vs Edmund had actually been tight)

oh man the video of this

great win for qualifier pierre hughes hebert over thiem @ rotterdam

also good revenge for goffin to knock out dimitrov

basilashvili v ebden is an entertaining watch but im sure the memphis open would prefer some players anyones heard of lol

raonic could be v tough when he can bend his 2nd serve enough to charge the net behind it

damn i didnt realize ruud was still alive in rio

into the semis!

some great shots by delpo to break querrey & serve for the match

wow delpo breaks raonic @ 5-6 and a set down w some prayer backhands

raonic has played really well but i would win this tiebreak or momentum wld really swing

really impressed with Ruud's game, though the SF was rather sad - I tuned in as he was leading 6-2, 4-4, then he held after an absolutely epic (like, at least 10 deuces) service game that felt totally decisive - and it was, just the other way, because he didn't win another game in the match

elsewhere it was funny to see Wozniacki making Svitolina look like an all-out basher in Dubai

yep i saw that ruud hold, then ran out to the store and returned when he was down 0-5 3rd set o_o

sock wins delray w/ milos withdrawal

novak decides to play acapulco, will play delpo in 2nd rd if both make it

v impressive by donskoy
first loss by fed to a player outside of the top 100 on hardcourts since 2000

damn i didnt realize ruud was still alive in rio

relax, it's his son :-p