RIP Jana Novotna
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Monday, 20 November 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
monfils is insane
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 4 January 2018 19:38 (six years ago) link
mo v de minotaur is fun
― johnny crunch, Friday, 5 January 2018 01:21 (six years ago) link
sebastian kordas 1st tour match... looks great tbh
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 03:21 (six years ago) link
must take after his mother then (boom tish)
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 11:40 (six years ago) link
fed's path to #1 is Bemelmans > kohlschrieber > stan (probably)
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link
actually n/m ~ he only has to *get to* the semis match vs stan
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
nnng scratch that, was right the first time!!
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 16:12 (six years ago) link
Funny that he's decided to play here - think the first footage I ever saw of Federer was his QF vs Kafelnikov in Rotterdam in '99. On...TransWorldSport or something, C4 Sunday morning? Ah, Kafelnikov - now there's a guy who wouldn't let 32 defeats in a year, six of them in a row, stand between him and the #1 ranking. He would scoff at this cherry-picking approach to schedule. Play all of the tournaments, two at a time if possible.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
lol & a clearly not 100% back yet stan goes out to tallon griekspoor 1st rd btw; a def theme of roger's re-ascendancy is draws being p accommodating/fortuitous
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
kevin anderson 6-1 1st set over nishikori in 21 minutes, only dropped 4 pts on serve o_o
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 18 February 2018 01:06 (six years ago) link
Poor Goffin - match vs Dimitrov was warming up to the level of their O2 final, when an attempted volley ricocheted off his frame full into his eye. Couldn't continue.
Love that Fed's #1 again but, aside from lucky draws, I do feel like he's been treated like #1 ever since he came back. Never gets messed around by schedulers, gets to play most outdoor matches under lights where there's an evening session (no struggles in 41C Melbourne heat for Roger), etc. He's played all four matches in Rotterdam *at exactly the same time*. Who gets to do that?
I assume he's skipping Dubai now; if he beats Dimi tomorrow I don't think Rafa can overhaul him by winning Acapulco while Fed is idle. (No idea if/when Rafa is playing again; Djokovic returning for Miami/Indian Wells, I'm guessing?)
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 18 February 2018 01:19 (six years ago) link
yea goffin seems a lil snakebit
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 18 February 2018 01:20 (six years ago) link
nishi always comes back in these matches
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 18 February 2018 02:29 (six years ago) link
fed goat
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 18 February 2018 15:37 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DW7itMLXUAEwoKM?format=jpg&name=large
― johnny crunch, Monday, 26 February 2018 03:32 (six years ago) link
@josemorgado 3h3 hours ago
OUT of Indian Wells
#2 Nadal (also OUT of Miami)#7 Goffin#12 Wawrinka (also OUT of Miami)#21 Murray (also OUT of Miami)#36 Tsonga #37 Gasquet
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 3 March 2018 00:33 (six years ago) link
kvitova 18 double faults, advances
― johnny crunch, Friday, 9 March 2018 22:31 (six years ago) link
1st main draw win for auger-aliassime, next plays raonic
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 10 March 2018 04:09 (six years ago) link
First set tie-break between Marterer and Karlovic a couple of nights ago: first 27 points went with serve. I’m guessing it ended on a DF. Was thinking that all these wildcards that Tiafoe seems to get wasn’t really doing him any good - needed a solid run of Challenger-level wins - but then he went and won Delray Beach ATP250 from a ranking of 91. And now first round defeat here, so reversion to the mean.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 10 March 2018 10:27 (six years ago) link
serenas def not completely herself yet but also still looks damn good, considering
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 11 March 2018 00:58 (six years ago) link
vs venus next rd, shd be a great match
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 11 March 2018 01:01 (six years ago) link
novak struuuggling v taro daniel, who i like but has no real weapons
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 11 March 2018 21:59 (six years ago) link
& now not running for balls, rip
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 11 March 2018 22:06 (six years ago) link
this fed/delbo set is p hi level
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 11 March 2018 23:10 (six years ago) link
Wait, when did Nishikori pull out? Bemelmans suddenly dropped into the L64 draw as a lucky loser (and the qualies finished on...Wednesday?), and then lost to Mayer anyway.
Djokovic - 61 UEs? Ugh.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 11 March 2018 23:18 (six years ago) link
yea kei pulled out like ~6 hrs ago, illness
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 11 March 2018 23:34 (six years ago) link
id guess djoko wont play miami now, hes just not match ready at all yet imo
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 11 March 2018 23:35 (six years ago) link
caroline dolehide 6-1 over halep set 1 o_o
― johnny crunch, Monday, 12 March 2018 00:06 (six years ago) link
fascinating match, lest of all cuz dolehide has the uh ample chest that halep once did before the surgery
― johnny crunch, Monday, 12 March 2018 00:56 (six years ago) link
corics results thus far are eye-opening
6-0/6-2 // 6-0/6-3 // 6-1/6-3
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 01:21 (six years ago) link
Finally Coric comes up short in a bit of epic vs Fed. A set and 4-2 up, and later twice a break up in the decider. But Roger chugs on, 17-0 for the year. Look forward to highlights of that.
I've been wondering after which round I should state the bleedin' obvious about Kasatkina being The Real Deal, and now it's too late, cos it's too Real. But so is Osaka and I think she'll win.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 17 March 2018 20:33 (six years ago) link
so osaka has arrived
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 22:18 (six years ago) link
It's getting to the point now where Paire can beat Novak in straights and no one even notices. Kokkinakis though! So Rafa gets to be #1 through the spring until such time as he loses a match or pulls out of an event. Only 4680pts to defend, no pressure. Fed not bothering with clay again. Meh.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 25 March 2018 10:45 (six years ago) link
wow @ danielle collins
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 29 March 2018 00:38 (six years ago) link
I realise that Rafa on Spanish clay in Davis Cup has always been utterly invulnerable, but, still, the crushing of Zverev suggests he's Back-Back-Back. (He's now 24-1 in DC singles; sole defeat being his first ever rubber: vs Jiri Novak on indoor carpet in Brno in 2004).
Suddenly those 4680pts look sort of defendable.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 9 April 2018 10:47 (six years ago) link
isner v stevie johnson on wet clay is actually a p compelling watch, no i swear
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 14 April 2018 02:28 (six years ago) link
lmao rain stoppage at break pt on isners serve
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 14 April 2018 02:37 (six years ago) link
nadal/thiem tmorrow in monte carlo qtrs
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 19 April 2018 22:20 (six years ago) link
welp so nadals not losing again til say wimbledon qtrs ish, he is a legend
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 April 2018 01:28 (six years ago) link
The gulf on clay between RN and everyone else who has ever lived is extraordinary. Thiem had just beaten (a semi-rejuvenated) Novak, ffs. I was watching the point-by-point on my phone app yesterday and practically every game was going to multiple deuces, but Rafa was winning them all anyway. I'd give Dimi a 15% chance today, which is more than I'd give Kei or Sascha on Sunday.
The idea that Roger can just sit out the CC season and have #1 drift back to him seems silly now. But... you never know. Rafa's knees and so on. It's still six weeks of slog, even if he's killing people one and three. There may be a Soderling moment yet.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 21 April 2018 11:19 (six years ago) link
50 consecutive sets won on clay
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 10 May 2018 22:12 (six years ago) link
this is a great 1st set rafa/thiem
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 May 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
rafa w two really uncharacteristic errors, 2nd chance for dom to serve it out ~
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 May 2018 16:22 (six years ago) link
props dom! 7-5 1st set.. he played really well
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 May 2018 16:29 (six years ago) link
two set losing streak on clay now !@!
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 May 2018 17:19 (six years ago) link
A 3-6 record vs Nadal on clay (and they've only ever played on clay) is really pretty good - better than Djokovic!
― Michael Jones, Friday, 11 May 2018 17:24 (six years ago) link
nice rome final 4 -- rafa v novak; cilic v zverev
― johnny crunch, Friday, 18 May 2018 22:55 (six years ago) link
sascha got great bounce height on smashing his racquet
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 19 May 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link
cilic is tough, couple gutsy as hell shots down set pt, is currently 10-10 1st set tiebreak
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 19 May 2018 19:38 (six years ago) link