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He doesn't seem to have withdrawn from Cincinnati yet, which was the suggestion after that Zverev defeat.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
https://deadspin.com/look-at-god-1819922487
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 31 October 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
^was watching that live
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
krajinovic is doing his best novak impersonation, into the qtrs of paris
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 2 November 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2017/11/03/rafael-nadal-pulls-paris-masters-could-miss-atp-world-tour-finals/
― johnny crunch, Friday, 3 November 2017 13:38 (six years ago) link
isner is tough indoors
semi of isner v kraj ~
star power esp w rafa now withdrawn is really lacking, everyones gonna be pulling for benneteau
― johnny crunch, Friday, 3 November 2017 16:04 (six years ago) link
benneteau !
― johnny crunch, Friday, 3 November 2017 20:47 (six years ago) link
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