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 (five years ago) link
zverev takes it 15-13
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 19 May 2018 19:45 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago) link
mannarino crumbled & sela couldnt handle steve johnsons serve after beating ivo last rd ~
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 21 July 2018 02:58 (five 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 (five years ago) link
well jeez - https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/45055266
― johnny crunch, Friday, 3 August 2018 12:08 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago) link
andy out of dc & out of toronto
― johnny crunch, Friday, 3 August 2018 23:52 (five 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 (five years ago) link
And now takes out Zverev from MPs down. He’s a bit good.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 10 August 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
real grind of a opening night match in cincy, djoker v steve johnson
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 02:40 (five years ago) link
novak wins it on his 9th match point ~
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 02:44 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago) link
fed/stan good so far
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 18 August 2018 01:38 (five years ago) link
damn delpo/goffin set2 is nice also
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 18 August 2018 01:50 (five years ago) link
fed giving it away whoa
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 18 August 2018 02:01 (five years ago) link
stan!
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 18 August 2018 02:02 (five years ago) link
goffin beating anderson then delpo in the same day is impressive as hell
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 18 August 2018 02:07 (five years ago) link
stans bhand is looking great
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 18 August 2018 02:08 (five years ago) link
some sloppiness but this is def a compelling match, fed rarely has recently been a match where he cant dictate as far as i can recall
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 18 August 2018 02:47 (five years ago) link
that pt 2nd set fed 5-4 up in the tiebreak was thrilling
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 18 August 2018 02:59 (five years ago) link
it better not fucking start raining lmao
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 18 August 2018 03:02 (five years ago) link
killer semis, tho all are prob tired
novak/cilicfed/goffin
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 18 August 2018 03:58 (five years ago) link
fed looked really sluggish to me today
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 19 August 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
Only following by score app and RF has thrown in three DFs at crucial moments. After a week of not dropping serve.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 19 August 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
https://variety.com/2018/film/news/martina-navratilova-documentary-reese-witherspoon-1202811524/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 September 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
https://sports.yahoo.com/federer-mulling-clay-court-return-2019-182850585--ten.html?src=rss
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 22 September 2018 00:43 (five years ago) link
& playing doubles w novak for laver cup
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 22 September 2018 00:44 (five years ago) link
djoko 2 & 1 over sascha in an hour
fed loses to borna in straights, borna played/served great he didnt even face a break pt
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 13 October 2018 14:04 (five years ago) link
Novak pretty unstoppable at this point. No one has risen from outside the top 20 to be year-end #1 before, and he's going to do it inside 5 months.
Fed clearly a notch below his 2017 level in all respects. Age, finally. Back in March, right up to the point he held MP vs Del Potro in Indian Wells, he seemed a shoo-in for year-end #1, given Nadal's injury, Novak's form. I thought Thiem or Zverev might be the challengers by summer. It's out of his hands now, even if wins 15 straight matches through to the end of the year (Basel/Paris/London) - that's 8160pts and Rafa/Novak pass that with decent runs anywhere. Of course, I've devised a scenario where he manages this ;) Gonna be so disappointed when Novak enters Vienna on a whim* and wins it, ruining my plans.
(* - maybe he's in the draw for this or Basel, hadn't checked; assumed he was skipping the 250s/500s ahead of Paris).
Next year, it's all about Thiem (clay) and Tsitsipas (everything else). I hope.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 11:36 (five years ago) link
some fun points munar v de minaur @ nxt gen milan
― johnny crunch, Friday, 9 November 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
super compelling 3rd set fed cup, siniakova gets by sophie kenin ~ sini had multiple break pts up 4-1, could not convert, ended up down two match pts @ 4-5 & came back to seal the cup 7-5... was p hi level competitive
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 11 November 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
If my maths are correct, Fed only has to win five games off Anderson tonight to make the semis. Kinda ridiculous...
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 15 November 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link
I'm not entirely sure if h2h results take precedence if it's only a two-way tie, mind. Fed would want to avoid Novak in the semis, I imagine; I'm not sure whether *any* win enables him to top the group, or if he has to beat KA something like 6-2 6-3 to swing the %-age games in his favour.
This event can be such a let-down at times. Are we going to have a nice little round of applause at 5-5 tonight when they both go through?
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 15 November 2018 15:59 (five years ago) link
(h2h does take precedence it's a two-way tie, I now read)
So... what if KA pulls out with an injury and Coric beats Fed 6-1 6-2 tonight? I'm just trying to spice it up.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 15 November 2018 16:13 (five years ago) link
one of the reasons i don't watch tennis as much as i ought to is the fans
i think tennis fans might be the worst sports fans in the world
i wish them so much ill
― imago, Saturday, 17 November 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link
fed/serena will play in a mixed dbles match @ hopman cup
https://sports.yahoo.com/federer-relishing-once-lifetime-serena-clash-012904687.html?src=rss
― johnny crunch, Monday, 31 December 2018 04:19 (five years ago) link
the post match on court interview w the two of them was really nice
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link
epic giles simon/millman match @ sydney rn
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 10 January 2019 14:30 (five years ago) link
Opelka-Isner in NY semi had the inevitable scoreline and, delving into the stats, was exactly what you'd expect but more so. 80+ aces between them and Opelka surviving 6 MPs in a 16-14 t/b. More interesting than that, Brayden Schnur is Opelka's opponent in the final. 23yo Canadian, world #154, never won a Tour-level match before this week, never made it into a Slam main draw, won a few ITF Future titles back in 2016-17, has only reached one Challenger-level final. He'll be approx #108 if he loses the final and #92 if he wins, which hardly seems enough of a leap! At least he's straight into Delray Beach ATP250 next week as a special exemption.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 17 February 2019 11:43 (five years ago) link
schnur has looked good. stevie johnson had him dead to rights a few rounds back but choked p hard, credit to schnur for hanging in there
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 17 February 2019 20:13 (five years ago) link