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
zverev takes it 15-13
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 19 May 2018 19:45 (six years ago) link
Well, that was inevitable. As soon as the rain came I had a feeling Rafa would just roll through on the resumption. Quite impressed with Sascha this week, coming through some tight matches (I’d pegged him as a bit fragile after losing a lead) but to fold after winning 9 of 11 games before the rain delay was really disappointing.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 20 May 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
queens club semis tmorrow are interesting
krygios v cilic&djoko v chardy
chardy has been on fire but notably is 0-10 all time vs novak, has never won a set and only once has even gotten to a tiebreak o_o
― johnny crunch, Friday, 22 June 2018 18:32 (six years ago) link
check out these qtrs in newport (ill be in attendance for the later two matches):
jung/smyczekramanathan/pospisil
mannerino/granollersstevie johson/dudi sela
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 19 July 2018 01:54 (six years ago) link
theres also an xhibition match btwn sloane/keys iirc so that may be decently fun actually
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 19 July 2018 02:04 (six years ago) link
mannarino crumbled & sela couldnt handle steve johnsons serve after beating ivo last rd ~
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 July 2018 02:58 (six years ago) link
interesting night of matches in dc, impacted by lotsa rainouts already this wk
currently zverev v zverev noah rubin took out isner & has to play again like 2hrs later v rublevtiafoe/goffinchung/deminaurkei/shapomurray is also still alive
― johnny crunch, Friday, 3 August 2018 00:48 (six years ago) link
well jeez - https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/45055266
― johnny crunch, Friday, 3 August 2018 12:08 (six years ago) link
I've been watching highlights of AM's matches this week - he fights and chases as much as ever did but, damn, 75mph second serves half way up the box. No wonder he's going three hours vs Copil and McDonald, he's not getting any free points.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 3 August 2018 13:24 (six years ago) link
It's a tough MATCH-UP for Andy, with the CONDITION he's in at the moment.
― the pinefox, Friday, 3 August 2018 14:43 (six years ago) link
andy out of dc & out of toronto
― johnny crunch, Friday, 3 August 2018 23:52 (six years ago) link
did drop a tiebreak but otherwise titsy gets thru djoker w/ not a tonne of resistance, never broken o_o
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 9 August 2018 21:06 (six years ago) link
And now takes out Zverev from MPs down. He’s a bit good.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 10 August 2018 21:29 (six years ago) link
real grind of a opening night match in cincy, djoker v steve johnson
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 02:40 (six years ago) link
novak wins it on his 9th match point ~
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 02:44 (six years ago) link
Real shame Titsy couldn’t take that set-point vs Rafa in Toronto and turn it around. No one has ever beaten five top-10 opponents in a single event* and he had a chance there. (* men’s tour, since computer rankings in ‘73)Kinda grimly curious to see just how many points Murray can scramble together before the protected ranking expires. Not that it matters, I guess - even ranked 250 Melbourne, Miami and the rest are likely to wildcard him next year. Can’t last forever for Stan W though.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 07:52 (six years ago) link
Ah, but that’s a great win for Stan overnight! He’ll be fine.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 07:54 (six years ago) link
hes looking p decent suddenly
chung looked as bad as ive seen a pro look vs delpo, who also looked not super interested
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 16 August 2018 23:14 (six years ago) link
new haven quallies gets going tmorrow - 24 matches w some good names! for $7, i really should have planned better to be going to this :\
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Connecticut_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 16 August 2018 23:18 (six years ago) link
Held over from last night? Which means, with more rain today, Delpo is playing Kyrgios in a few hours. Off to bed, hopefully not to wake to a collapse from Dimi, who is suddenly all late-'17 vs Djoko.
xp
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 16 August 2018 23:19 (six years ago) link
yea i could be wrong but im not bullish on djoko for the us open
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 16 August 2018 23:25 (six years ago) link
fed/stan good so far
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 18 August 2018 01:38 (six years ago) link