ROLAND GARROS 2016

Muguruza's BH today >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

RAONIC OUT YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

Also while I don't want it to happen I have this idea that Troicki might beat Wawrinka.

massive inside out DTL BH for gasquet to take set 1 off kei

damn richard!

gasquet a game away from the quarters

what a horrible final game from Kei, not even trying to make him play

weirdly for someone who's only fairly nerdy about tennis I can remember watching Shelby Rogers' run in Bad Gastein a couple of years ago, beating CSN and Errani. funny to see her reaching a slam QF after apparently not having done much since

Stosur is feeling it this year, huh

also what's going on with Pironkova

I wish I was at home watching all of this

I didn't see Sunday's play so the mystery to me is how Radwanska went 6-2 3-0 up on Pironkova in the first place if Pironkova was playing anything like this. Well, Aga finally seemed to get into it at 0-4 down but it's too late now I think.

Very pressed about the prospect of a Stosur run.

Djokovic struggling so much about RBA!

about? with

this rain is so lame

enjoying CSN/Putintseva very much right now! angles and spins and passes <3

I love Putintseva so much

Bertens is cruising, beating Keys 7-6, 6-3

Bertens and Bacsinszky served those matches out so well

Agreed!

PUTINTSEVAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! First Slam QF!

I have seen her blow a gazillion leads through becoming too passive so serving out to love with clinical and calm tennis was a bit of a curveball

lmao Djokovic down a break to RBA in the fourth.

Women's QFs set:

(1) Serena Williams vs. Yulia Putintseva
Kiki Bertens vs. (8) Timea Bacsinszky
Shelby Rogers vs. (4) Garbiñe Muguruza
(21) Samantha Stosur vs. Tsvetana Pironkova

Three first-time Slam QFists, two players out of the top 100. IMAGINE a Putintseva/Bertens/Rogers/Pironkova SF line-up!

Williams 2-0 Putintseva (1-0 on clay, 1-0 this year)
Bacsinszky 1-0 Bertens (via retirement while trailing)
Rogers 0-0 Muguruza
Stosur 4-1 Pironkova

RBA is now 0-6 in Slam R4s - highest number of R4 showings without a QF among active ATP players. Mathieu and Troicki are next with 5. Llodra, Monaco, Seppi, Goffin and Granollers have 4, though the latter two can change that if they win today.

The equivalent record on the WTA is held by Goerges with 4 R4s. Cornet, Daniilidou, Dellacqua, Razzano and Vesnina have 3.

Thiem into his first QF :)

Goffin into his first QF :)

given that my platonic ideal of a tennis match is a little player dismantling a bigger, more powerful player with defence and smarts and placement, I v much enjoyed Goffin beating Gulbis.

Men's QFs at last.

(1) Novak Djokovic vs. (7) Tomas Berdych
(13) Dominic Thiem vs. (12) David Goffin
Albert Ramos Vinolas vs. (3) Stan Wawrinka
(9) Richard Gasquet vs. (2) Andy Murray

I'd far rather have Thiem/Goffin there than Nadal.

Djokovic 23-2 Berdych (2-1 on clay, 2-0 this year)
Goffin 5-2 Thiem (1-1 on clay, Goffin 1-0 this year)
Wawrinka 6-0 Ramos Vinolas (4-0 on clay, 1-0 this year)
Murray 7-3 Gasquet (2-1 on clay)

lol @ Murray

go richard

lol @ Gasquet's collapse after that net cord

second bagel set of the tournament for Murray, lol

Stosur's game is a goddamn eyesore even when it's working

Thiem and Goffin playing in front of a 95% empty Lenglen, though the Lenglen line-up is unquestionably the better one day

lunch time in paris, I presume

really want to see a thiem-nole semi, their match in miami (?) was great

yeah Thiem/Djokovic would be more popcorn but Thiem's written before about how much trouble he has with Goffin's game, as evidenced by that hidden bagel Goffin dropped on him from 2-4 down I guess

xp yea I think that was Miami, thiem had sooo many break chances that match I recall

Thiem so agitated out there. Did so well to turn up the power from a set and 3-5 down but just dumped a smash into the net at 5-3 up in the TB...

Djokovic's attempts to be likeable are so awkward

Berdych has now lost 25 straight sets to the top 5, and 29 of his last 30 matches against them

Very impressive mental victory for Thiem. He was being talked of as the pre-match favourite - against an opponent he was 1-5 against (in finished matches), and for his first major SF. Ran away with it at the end.

Putintseva!

Once she realised Serena's BH was off she targeted it relentlessly, and her passes were very on point

Serena responds to going down a set by...stopping moving her feet altogether in the next game.

Moving her feet again and hitting actually good dropshots.

Kiki's in the semi's :)

KIKI

picked a good day to miss the tennis, huh

excited about the Serena/Garbiñe final at least!

so clutch from Garbine so far

apart from all the double faults...

That was such a brilliant match by Muguruza

Hell of a win. Looked like a star out there.

Wow, nice one!

Can't believe that was Muguruza's first clay final, let alone title, and only her third title overall. And so funny that the only set she lost was to Schmiedlova in R1 - Schmiedlova being in the biggest slump on the WTA this year (a 1-14 win-loss tour record now, I think).

Serena played less nervously than I thought she would - unlike the AO or USO where a crafty counterpuncher exacerbated the pressure she felt, Garbiñe just outgunned her and outclutched her. Garbiñe kept digging herself holes with those DFs but she was so, so good on BPs. She played the whole tournament like she expected to win and when she did she acted like it was just job done - no tears or being overcome, just how things naturally should be. Essentially both reprised the form they'd shown throughout the past fortnight, neither went up or down a gear.

FINALLY Petra is no longer the youngest active Slam champion, that was getting a bit embarrassing. FINALLY someone from the younger generation steps up.

And I still think Serena will get #22 for sure. Sight decline maybe but that's far from "over".

I tweeted a poll yesterday re: which underdog had the better shot at the upset between Muguruza and Murray and was shocked to see so many people vote Murray. It's hard to say how much of a mental block Novak has about RG right now, and if the men played best-of-3 I might factor that in more, but...no, too hard to see.

Expect Serena to get #22 AND #23

Wonder what effect Murray's recent win at Rome might have had but yes Djoko is too dominant.