ILE rolling non-slam Tennis thread

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

(more seriously: he is the first Norwegian ATP quarterfinalist since his dad reached the Acapulco qf 16 years ago)

five years in a row Federer has lost from MP up

Tiafoe looked like a future number 1 tbh

Fed probably didn't prepare properly for this tournament, seemed like he was still doing photo shoots with the trophy a week ago

Meanwhile, Murray escapes from 7 MPs vs Kohlschreiber after a 20-18 second set TB. Wins the third 6-1 naturally.

Feel bad for Kohly there...

I feel like as many as 6 people have a legitimate chance to win the French open, something which hasn't happened since maybe 1999?

whos your 6

querrey plays so well in mexico for some reason jeez

whos your 6

Rafa, Novak, Murray, Stan, Thiem, Dimitrov

I think delpo would be in the picture if he got his backhand back to how it was last year but it seems something is wrong there

if raonic is healthy he cld win imo; fed will also prob be better odds to win than everyone but rafa/novak/andy

Stan on clay is always in the mix post-2013 imo

Thiem will put it together someday and win a French and with how messy things are right now it wouldn't shock me

raonic isn't really a good bet on clay is he?

Yeah I don't think Raonic is a factor at RG yet. He's not uncomfortable on clay but he's not good enough to overcome the disadvantages there.

Dimitrov otoh is about as good on clay as he is on hardcourt and he's been maybe the best hardcourt player in 2017

i think milos got p far at the french last yr iirc

He had a pretty bad clay season. R16 at the French where Ramos-Vinolas handled him

kyrgios is playing like such a maniac

The Kyrgios talent, what can you say