Mug mugged.
― They could have been Stackridge. (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 June 2016 16:30 (seven years ago) link
Radwanska in trouble.
― They could have been Stackridge. (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 June 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
Looking pretty tense here
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 30 June 2016 18:17 (seven years ago) link
A squeaker! Pretty good match.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 30 June 2016 18:25 (seven years ago) link
Aga wins! Hooray!
― They could have been Stackridge. (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 June 2016 18:26 (seven years ago) link
was the Aga score just because Konjuh is finally on her way to fulfilling her immense talent? if so, sad I missed it, would've been a great contrast.
lol, everyone thought Muguruza would lose in week one but everyone was looking at Giorgi or Safarova as the dangers, not Cepelova (who is turning into a massive upset artist! Serena, Halep and Muguruza scalps now).
I was there yesterday. Highlights: Niculescu slice irl, Kontaveit/Strycova was a great match (Kontaveit's now played two straight brilliant Slam R1 matches and lost both), front row seats for the entirety of Cornet/Errani, Paire's childish tantrum about fans cheering for his opponent and refusing to shake the umpire's hand, minutes after this incredible Troicki tantrum on the next court
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl_0LYjTozM
then we got on No 1 court to see Thiem lose, sadface, but Vesely's serve was just too strong
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Friday, 1 July 2016 07:55 (seven years ago) link
Watching Del Potro these days is so stressful. YESSS BIG FOREHAND, but jesus, don't hit it so hard, you're going to hurt yourself again.
― Roz, Friday, 1 July 2016 14:07 (seven years ago) link
yep, wincing every time he hits a flat backhand. he's winning though!
― cerealbar, Friday, 1 July 2016 14:24 (seven years ago) link
Delpo!
Dustin Brown!
Keep this up!!!
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Friday, 1 July 2016 14:44 (seven years ago) link
Delpo kept it up <33333
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Friday, 1 July 2016 14:59 (seven years ago) link
<3 chuffed for the guy
― cerealbar, Friday, 1 July 2016 14:59 (seven years ago) link
Kasatkina has hit some brilliant BH dropshots en route to leading 5-3 from 1-3 down here
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Friday, 1 July 2016 15:00 (seven years ago) link
Incredible Delpo win, messed up backhand and all. So happy for him. <3
― Roz, Friday, 1 July 2016 15:01 (seven years ago) link
Brown-Kyrgios is ridic. Nick did his usual tanking thing in set three and then woke up. They're into a 5th set in 1hr 35. Kyrgios' last service game took 39 seconds.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 1 July 2016 15:52 (seven years ago) link
Brown hit a no-look tweener dropshot winner at one point
Four-and-a-half sets in under two hours!
Venus/Kasatkina is riveting, 6-6 in third...
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Friday, 1 July 2016 16:04 (seven years ago) link
aaahhhh it starts TORRENTING down with Venus at match point up over Kasatkina
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Friday, 1 July 2016 16:07 (seven years ago) link
And the rain forces NK-DB off at break point for Nick K. They were slow to leave - the court got a bit of a soaking. Isner and Fognini both two sets up in the only other outstanding men's r2 matches.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 1 July 2016 16:10 (seven years ago) link
bizarre argument on twitter over whether you'd rather be in Venus or Kasatkina's shoes right now. like, clearly Venus's!
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Friday, 1 July 2016 16:16 (seven years ago) link
Very good timing for what is presumably the final rain of the day from Djokovic's PoV. Two sets down. Moore gave Kuznetsova a hell of a match.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 1 July 2016 19:06 (seven years ago) link
yeah Moore played so well, loved how she kept on laughing throughout!
Stephens/Minella was one of the most dire matches I've ever watched by contrast.
Serena/McHale was like a reprise of Serena/Watson.
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Friday, 1 July 2016 19:08 (seven years ago) link
Can't believe Djokovic here. Even if you hate ND, which a lot of people (not here) do, why anyone would want him to lose to Querrey I don't know.
Enjoyed the Wawrinka/Del Potro match, some absolutely beautiful forehands and smart switching up, even the slice is developing into a weapon (hey, how many Wimbledons did Steffi win slicing nearly exclusively? A LOT), but it has to be said that Stan was super-sloppy in that second set and the start of the third. Could have been over in 3! Glad it wasn't!
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Friday, 1 July 2016 22:30 (seven years ago) link
I just watched the replay of the first two sets of Querry/Djokovic and I have no idea what was going on. Djokovic was making Querry look like a tennis god in that second set.
― volumetric god rays (DJP), Saturday, 2 July 2016 03:05 (seven years ago) link
When my brother told me my first q "is he injured?"
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 July 2016 07:26 (seven years ago) link
Pretty sure ND would have been out in straight sets last night if they'd played on until 8:45 or so. Now I'd make him the favourite. I can't recall the last time he played badly two days in a row.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 2 July 2016 10:36 (seven years ago) link
hope querrey wins because the tour could use some excitement
― groovemaaan, Saturday, 2 July 2016 10:53 (seven years ago) link
Querrey not known for providing it though. Up for Djokovic losing to Herbert in R4 though.
BBC2 literally cut away from Kerber/Witthoeft at 6-6 in the TB to show Djokovic walking on to court. Like seriously...you've got time to finish the TB at least, have some respect.
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Saturday, 2 July 2016 11:15 (seven years ago) link
(Querrey so dull that even at this stage I'm not bothering to watch)
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Saturday, 2 July 2016 11:16 (seven years ago) link
ND up 4-0 before the rain came again. Querrey's best hope is probably to serve himself into a 4th set t/b. Wasn't it middle Saturday last year when Djoko came from 0-2 vs Anderson? I seem to recall traipsing around West End shops looking for a laptop with two very bored children, catching the odd point on display TVs. I'll be out again this afternoon for the inevitable comeback win.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 2 July 2016 11:31 (seven years ago) link
Weather confusing things again, but are some players going to have to double up today, in order to get the 3rd round done? Is Stephens-Kuznetsova & Bacsinsky-Pavlyuchenkova now pencilled in for the late afternoon? Kvitova-Makarova didn't even restart though, nor did the last of the men's r2 stragglers, Youzhny-Zverev.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 2 July 2016 11:43 (seven years ago) link
It's pretty dreadful, this kind of programming. The day I decided I *had* to get a Freeview box was when BBC left the Agassi-Philippoussis fifth set at a crucial moment to show Tim Fucking Henman knocking up on Centre. This was 13 years ago, before the advent of multiple streaming options, when the Red Button on Freeview was the only way to see what the main channel wasn't covering.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 2 July 2016 12:02 (seven years ago) link
I assume the players who still had to play their R2s today will have their R3s on the Middle Sunday schedule
the Henman years were so dreadful for BBC coverage, the wealth of courts at our fingertips is obviously luxurious in comparison but it's still frustrating that the BBC fucks up so egregiously when the technology means it doesn't even need to, even if it prioritises its own stupid "better to see a famous/British player not playing than anyone else actually playing" philosophy
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Saturday, 2 July 2016 12:06 (seven years ago) link
So we are going to have Middle Sunday? There has been a decision?
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 2 July 2016 12:52 (seven years ago) link
yes we are - details to be given later I believe..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 July 2016 12:58 (seven years ago) link
Tickets all to be sold online from Ticketmaster at 3pm, schedule I guess dependent on what isn't finished today? They're still aiming to get all the R4s done on Manic Monday so assuming Kvitova and Zverev get their R2s done today, it's all the leftover R3s. If Kvitova and Zverev don't finish today they're fucked
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Saturday, 2 July 2016 13:21 (seven years ago) link
xps not wanting someone to dominate every slam ever =/= hating them
― cerealbar, Saturday, 2 July 2016 13:36 (seven years ago) link
query 4 bps at 3-2 up on the 4th..D dug himself out, wonder if query's chance is gone
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 July 2016 14:28 (seven years ago) link
serving 'em up to keep a lead on serve
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 July 2016 14:30 (seven years ago) link
surely now novak
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 July 2016 14:38 (seven years ago) link
breaks and now to serve for the 4th. but really novak on the brink for a cpl of mins
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 July 2016 14:39 (seven years ago) link
fuck me
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 July 2016 14:43 (seven years ago) link
thrash volley - break back
querrey's incompetence is pretty amusing
― groovemaaan, Saturday, 2 July 2016 14:46 (seven years ago) link
and yet if he breaks novak..
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 July 2016 14:48 (seven years ago) link
I'd consider retiring now instead of losing to this thrash
omg rain
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 July 2016 14:49 (seven years ago) link
lol this matchthis blessed rainthis engerland
― mookieproof, Saturday, 2 July 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
oh my god.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 July 2016 16:04 (seven years ago) link
rip novak
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 2 July 2016 16:04 (seven years ago) link
lmao this is amazing
― groovemaaan, Saturday, 2 July 2016 16:05 (seven years ago) link
querrey
http://blog.mytennislessons.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-09-at-11-10-24-am.png
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 2 July 2016 16:06 (seven years ago) link
This final was everything I wanted it to be. Stellar performance from two of my favorite player.
― volumetric god rays (DJP), Saturday, 9 July 2016 14:40 (seven years ago) link
And Serena gets 22, tying Steffi Graf's record.
Shame that had to end so soon - there were more amazing points in those two sets than the entirety of yesterday's Raonic-Fed five-setter.
― Roz, Saturday, 9 July 2016 14:41 (seven years ago) link
Meanwhile, drama and hilarity in the girls' final. So much foot-stamping and screaming in the last game - Potapova needing six championship points to close it out, thinking she won on at least two of them only for Yetremska to challenge, both times guessing right.
By the time Potapova actually won, she looked ready to jump over the net and throttle Yetremska.
― Roz, Saturday, 9 July 2016 15:33 (seven years ago) link
FEELING EXTREMELY 22 RN
serena <3
― uberweiss, Saturday, 9 July 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
so crazy that serena won her first grand slam in 1999. that is a long time ago. beat hingis. i remember that one. did not know that hingis won the doubles at the u.s. open last year. missed that one.
― scott seward, Saturday, 9 July 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
serena/venus in the doubles final now
― k3vin k., Saturday, 9 July 2016 18:19 (seven years ago) link
Maybe time to introduce best-of-5 women's tennis - dual purpose - shut up the bigots and make top matches possibly more classic
― imago, Saturday, 9 July 2016 18:29 (seven years ago) link
http://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/the-last-stand-of-fed/?utm_network=twitter&utm_post=6008512&utm_source=TW%20%40NBCSportsWorld
posting this partly because seeing safin's name reminded me of how much i miss him
― k3vin k., Saturday, 9 July 2016 18:49 (seven years ago) link
very special to see history made with such a great match yesterday! and bey in the crowd!
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Sunday, 10 July 2016 08:08 (seven years ago) link
Excellent from Murray so far
― imago, Sunday, 10 July 2016 13:53 (seven years ago) link
Hewitt needs to pick a pronunciation of Raonic and stick with it, even if it's the wrong one.
(Quite a good match-up this, Milos displaying far more variety)
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 10 July 2016 14:04 (seven years ago) link
Far more variety than we usually see from him, I mean, not more than his opponent.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 10 July 2016 14:07 (seven years ago) link
brilliant passes from murray all maych
― k3vin k., Sunday, 10 July 2016 14:27 (seven years ago) link
raonic has no shot coming in against murray's backhand today
― k3vin k., Sunday, 10 July 2016 14:55 (seven years ago) link
murray is serving good
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 10 July 2016 15:46 (seven years ago) link
murray gets back shots no_one short of novak gets back
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 10 July 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
raonic has done well to keep this respectable because murray has played one of the best matches i've seen him play
― k3vin k., Sunday, 10 July 2016 15:53 (seven years ago) link
srsly he has been great
― imago, Sunday, 10 July 2016 15:58 (seven years ago) link
good one! unbelievable some of the serves that Murray returned today. like, how the hell do you even do it?
― scott seward, Sunday, 10 July 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
He did the business for sure.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 10 July 2016 16:04 (seven years ago) link
this dude who always chats up the ball kids as he walks out to present the plaque always creeps me out
― k3vin k., Sunday, 10 July 2016 16:05 (seven years ago) link
lol
― imago, Sunday, 10 July 2016 16:05 (seven years ago) link
not always an on-court interviewee throws a little simile out there
― k3vin k., Sunday, 10 July 2016 16:08 (seven years ago) link
raonic seems like a nice kid tho
yeah, surprising
― imago, Sunday, 10 July 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
yeah i feel bad when people get slammed for not showing emotion or having fun or whatever when all they must be thinking inside their head is: AHHHHHHHHHHHH I'M IN THE FINALS AT WIMBLEDON HOLY SHIT! i mean you need to keep it together.
― scott seward, Sunday, 10 July 2016 16:15 (seven years ago) link
Raonic is such a clunky, one-dimensional player. Murray tight as a drum yet it was NID at every point. Raonic lumbering into net was so exactly what Murray needed today! Really glad he took the opportunity, he's put together a much better career than every other two-slam champion.
Watson's mixed doubles win was nice too :)
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Sunday, 10 July 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link