of course haas wins
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
lmao murray/raonic/stan all upset @ 1st rd queens club
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 19:20 (six years ago) link
Watched all three (thanks BBC2!) - not exactly classics I have to say. Only Deliciano looked in any decent nick (his tennis was alright too, hur hur)
― katstevens, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link
lol my friends mom calls him that also, id love to see him make a deep run @ wimbledon
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 02:37 (six years ago) link
Same! He did a couple of really lovely volleys against Stan (who looked pretty sluggish).
― katstevens, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 08:50 (six years ago) link
Any excuse to roll out my photo of Felle Fel from London 2012...
(I hope he wins this)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8159/7680196476_325ee3c8aa_b.jpg
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 09:06 (six years ago) link
strong field in dc this yr
kei v del potro tmorrow 3rd rd & likely kyrgios v sasha zverev also
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 August 2017 01:05 (six years ago) link
bhambri/monfils is really entertaining
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 August 2017 02:25 (six years ago) link
yuki!
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 August 2017 02:50 (six years ago) link
mens side dropping like flies, stans 2017 is over also :(
― johnny crunch, Friday, 4 August 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
thiem/schwartzman has been really interesting
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 01:50 (six years ago) link
diego w two great loong defensive rallies to save set pts 2nd set
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 02:13 (six years ago) link
diego back from 2-5 down to now be serving for the match 3d set
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 03:24 (six years ago) link
ppl have been really critical of thiem on twitter this match but imo it more shows how slow these hardcourts are that he cant hit thru diego when he can hit thru p much anyone; his 2nd serve has also been p bad tho tbf
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 03:26 (six years ago) link
ok that was dreadful lmao
sasha saves match pt vs gasquet in 49 shot rally
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 10 August 2017 00:06 (six years ago) link
wow ferrer is 0-17 v fed
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 10 August 2017 02:21 (six years ago) link
nadal/shapovalov may be fun
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 August 2017 00:19 (six years ago) link
wow dennis gets a break
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 August 2017 01:12 (six years ago) link
dennis has got a lot better since last yr
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 August 2017 01:31 (six years ago) link
3rd set !
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 August 2017 01:50 (six years ago) link
tenth deuce !
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 August 2017 02:16 (six years ago) link
this set is insane
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 August 2017 02:28 (six years ago) link
there have already been a shit-ton of sick matches on the mens side rogers cup
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 August 2017 02:30 (six years ago) link
shap is so impressive rn
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 August 2017 02:53 (six years ago) link
what a fucking match
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 August 2017 03:06 (six years ago) link
Amazing result. Certainly a step up from trying to decapitate Davis Cup umpires. I was kind of shocked he beat Del Potro - figured he was at least another 12 months away from that sort of performance.
A L16 Nadal exit - along with a deep Fed run - was kind of what I was hoping for here, to set up Cincinnati next week as a straight shootout for #1. Better if Murray was still in the mix too, of course. He'll likely be #3 by Aug 21. Still, he gets to edge ahead of Nastase in the all-time list by being spared the drop this week.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 11 August 2017 08:49 (six years ago) link
he answered every time it looked like rafa had him in trouble, his composure was almost more impressive than his shots it was truly crazy
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 August 2017 11:35 (six years ago) link
semis now
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 12 August 2017 01:12 (six years ago) link
Evidently Azarenka had to withdraw from the US Open because of a child custody lawsuit with her ex.
― jon_oh, Saturday, 12 August 2017 14:54 (six years ago) link
yikes fed
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 13 August 2017 21:11 (six years ago) link
He doesn't seem to have withdrawn from Cincinnati yet, which was the suggestion after that Zverev defeat. Just aches rather than an injury?
Meanwhile, Lu Yen-hsun has won his *29th* career Challenger. That must be some sort of record? To be that good on the second tier tour, but only have a 42% W/L record on the main tour (forever a hero for downing Roddick on the second Monday at Wimb '10, mind) - kinda of a singular achievement.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 14 August 2017 11:38 (six years ago) link
long week, too many coldplay concerts, hopefully hes ok
― johnny crunch, Monday, 14 August 2017 11:45 (six years ago) link
i figured theyd re-seed, cant be too often that a lucky loser gets a bye (tipsy @ cincy replacing kei)
― johnny crunch, Monday, 14 August 2017 11:51 (six years ago) link
fed out of cincy now
― johnny crunch, Monday, 14 August 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link
meaning another LL w a bye -- tom fabbiano
― johnny crunch, Monday, 14 August 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
monfils w/draw also
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 00:04 (six years ago) link
tiafoe just knocked out a spent sasha zverev
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 21:18 (six years ago) link
watching flipkens in the quarters @ new haven, shes dwn a set to gavrilova altho could be worse, last yr here i saw her lose in quallies to kayla day
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 24 August 2017 18:07 (six years ago) link
Laver Cup teams o_o
Team Europe (Borg)
Player
Rank*
Spain Rafael Nadal 1 Switzerland Roger Federer 2 Germany Alexander Zverev 4 Croatia Marin Čilić 5 Austria Dominic Thiem 7 Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 19
Team World (McEnroe)
United States Sam Querrey 16 United States John Isner 17 Australia Nick Kyrgios 20 United States Jack Sock 21 Canada Denis Shapovalov 51 United States Frances Tiafoe 72
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 12:01 (six years ago) link
lol
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:34 (six years ago) link
Seeing as this is supposed to be the Ryder Cup of tennis, perhaps some Ol' Team Spirit will enable World to prevail, seeing as Europe kept beating USA in the golf with ostensibly inferior players. Strokeplay is not like matchplay, mind, whereas this is still regular tennis scoring.
Weird format though. Matches are worth progressively more over the three days. Europe could win the first eight rubbers, but lose Sunday's four, and it would go to a doubles single-set play-off.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:55 (six years ago) link
I'm admittedly excited to see if Federer and Nadal will play doubles, which is the first time I've been excited about anything to do with Fedal in years.
― Roz, Thursday, 21 September 2017 09:38 (six years ago) link
This Nadal/Berdych doubles pairing will be interesting, pretty sure they used to hate each other.
Anyone else watching this? Loving the team reactions tbh, a bit like watching Davis Cup but with players you don't normally expect to interact with each other.
― Roz, Friday, 22 September 2017 19:53 (six years ago) link
I take this back btw, all the Fedal shipping posts/gifs on tennis Twitter are getting on my nerves.
― Roz, Friday, 22 September 2017 20:11 (six years ago) link
its reasonably fun..world really needs this pt as w/e singles matchup they structure tmorrow arent v favorable
― johnny crunch, Friday, 22 September 2017 21:33 (six years ago) link
berdych is p decent @ the net
― johnny crunch, Friday, 22 September 2017 21:34 (six years ago) link
this is what it looks like when a mortal swiss player (chiudinelli) fights off retirement
― johnny crunch, Monday, 23 October 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
Fed withdraws from Paris, which was always on the cards, but it means the race for #1 is essentially over. Unless Rafa gets a season-ending injury in round one.
Bit of a shame, as, with the return of Djokovic, Murray, Wawrinka and Nishikori next year (plus the likely Slam-level breakthrough of Zverev et al), I can't see Fed defending all those early-2017 points. So this was likely his last shot at #1. But I think I said that in 2012. He could potentially end the year with just four defeats, eight titles and a six-win streak over Nadal and still be only #2. Can't quite recall how the old pre-1990 rankings used to work (specifically the minimum tournament divisor), but I'm pretty sure he'd have #1 in that system.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 30 October 2017 11:38 (six years ago) link
I've come round to the idea that year-end #1 for Nadal at 31 is the greater achievement anyway (I'm sure you are all relieved, it's been a journey). He's played the full mandatory schedule, risking injury and fatigue, not just cherry-picking like Fed. Fed's only regret at this point is probably not that he skipped the clay-court season but that he played slightly *too much*. Pulling out of the Montreal final (or Montreal altogether) and he might have made the final at Flushing Meadow. I wonder if he'll refine this into his 40s, so he basically just sits out 48 weeks, takes wildcards at Halle, Wimbledon and Basel, and wins them all.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 10:59 (six years ago) link