isner trying to mack on PETKORAZZI is just the most unfair sight, really, like from the very start you could tell he was being fucked with
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh8luGivOlw
so much gold. loooool mumford and sons.
― Roz, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
obviously the australian and the brit have the worst taste!
the Ivanovic/Cake match I just watched for some reason was a horror show btw. Don't think I've seen many more pathetic things on a tennis court than Ivanovic whining to her coach about she didn't know whaaaat to dooooooo. Cake looked like she was on the verge of vomiting, Ivanovic looked like she was on the verge of crying, and both played accordingly.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
also Ana's constant AJDEEEEEEEs are still ringing in my head and may even have displaced "friday"
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Kind of like how Ana insists she's having 'fun fun fun' after every bad loss.
She had it right when she said she dominated the rallies and still lost, though.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 23:32 (thirteen years ago) link
ehhh, Cake was pretty proactive in the first set, in the second set she reduced her strategy to "hit everything to Ivanovic's BH all the time, regardless of anything else" - think she could've won it a lot easier if she'd deviated from that a bit but hey it worked. in any case, Ivanovic does tend to control rallies against most opponents, it's just that she controls them into the net or 5 feet long.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Peng vs Sharapova is really good.. As in both athletes playing well!
― abcfsk, Thursday, 17 March 2011 22:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Now it's just one of them.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 17 March 2011 22:45 (thirteen years ago) link
man, I really didn't think I'd ever find myself rooting for Sharapova again, but she's playing Wozniacki
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd be interested to see it just for the stylistic match-up but I've no idea who I'd root for/who I dislike less. I didn't see their USO match but remember thinking, going in, that it'd be an easy win for Sharapova. Whoops.
Gasquet is so pathetic. Missed points for a 3-0 lead in the first set...promptly lost six games in a row. Got his 3-0 lead in the second set...promptly lost five games in a row.
― lex pretend, Friday, 18 March 2011 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link
lol, never change Gasquet
is it just me or are there a lot of parallels between the US and French players in terms of ability/choke factor
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
also I can't say 100% why both Sharapova and Wozniacki irritate me so much, but they really, really do
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
it's pretty basic for me - I find Wozniacki's game pretty dull (and her personality seems like St Kim of Niceness redux), I find Sharapova's shrieking intolerable (and the corporate Nikebot hype surrounding her is annoying too). I guess I'd have supported Woz because when I woke up to the result I laughed out loud for about 10 minutes. 1 and 2!
haha maybe Blake, I don't think even the Russian headcases can compete with the lack of fortitude and/or mental weakness demonstrated by Gasquet/Mauresmo/Mathieu/Pierce.
― lex pretend, Saturday, 19 March 2011 09:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey, Gasquet took out Roddick, which is basically Job Done in this event.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 19 March 2011 10:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Mauresmo and Pierce actually won slams in the end
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 19 March 2011 11:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess I'd have supported Woz because when I woke up to the result I laughed out loud for about 10 minutes. 1 and 2!
as did I but I imagine I might have the done the exact same thing if the results were reversed.
Never want Woz to win *anything* though I find her pretty likeable, I guess? her personality/Twitter/flirtations with ATP-ers can be unintentionally hilarious in a way Shaz-bot's ice queen routine never is.
― Roz, Saturday, 19 March 2011 15:08 (thirteen years ago) link
So Fedz is just an out-in-the-semis guy now, huh.
― eurohouse autozone tune (rip van wanko), Sunday, 20 March 2011 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Never want Woz to win *anything* though I find her pretty likeable, I guess?
This is extremely OTM. I think she's great everywhere except for her actual tennis game, which is probably better than "competent" but just isn't compelling to watch/follow, not like the entire generation that proceeded her or Ivanovic/Jankovic before they fell apart.
― ancient, but very sexy (DJP), Sunday, 20 March 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
ummmm guys this Nadal/Djokovic match is kind of incredible. Both hitting total God shots.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
^^wish I had watched that - alas, sleep was too important. yay for djokovic though, dude is now 19-0 in matches for the year. o_0
jmdp well on his way to being seeded by RG/Wimby too, if his good form continues. :) seriously did not think he'd back in the top 50 this quickly (he's at 51 now but likely to move up further in the next few weeks).
meh Caro. I so wish I liked her tennis given how she now seems to be the only person on the entire women's tour who really does handle pressure well (lacklustre results at slams - or indeed, most of her losses - tend to be due to her getting outplayed rather than her choking).
― Roz, Monday, 21 March 2011 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
OK what the fuck. I shit you not: St Kim has only gone and pulled out of tournaments in Tokyo and Beijing because of her radiation fears...SIX MONTHS IN ADVANCE.
If she's serious, she's a fucking moron, this is offensively stupid. If - as is more likely - she's frantically seizing any old excuse to get out of playing a couple of events in the autumn, and is willing to make herself look like a shit-for-brains idiot to do so...that's just incredibly sad w/r/t the state of women's tennis.
I wonder if it ever occurs to airheads like Serena and Kim, who sadly happen to be the only true elite players left, that without the Tour, women's tennis is nothing more than a sideshow to men's tennis at the Slams only. Wish they'd get out of the sport already if they hate playing it so much.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 23:30 (thirteen years ago) link
okay thank you Sony Ericsson for alerting me to the fact that there is an American tennis player named... JACK SOCK
― 'lol u stuck with me now watch this ass expand, joeks on u' (DJP), Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Hah @ Petkorazzi getting Ivanovic in on her antics for their doubles matches.
― abcfsk, Friday, 25 March 2011 08:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey look, Na Li lost again. How shocking.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Friday, 25 March 2011 13:16 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm abt to go to bed but for those playing at home, Andy Murray is currently down 4-0 to Alex Bogomolov Jr - not to be confused with upcoming Ukrainian Alex Dolgopolov Jr who's currently ranked 23 and could feasibly take a couple of games off the world number 5. Nope Andy Murray is down 4-0 who turned pro in 2002 but has never been higher than 97 in the world. -_-
― Roz, Friday, 25 March 2011 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
*down 4-0 to someone
bah, i need to go to sleep. i will be prepared to laugh/cry in the morning if Muzza actually loses to Bogie.
― Roz, Friday, 25 March 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
lolololololololol Murray
― lex pretend, Friday, 25 March 2011 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey look, Murray got broken at 5-6 to lose this match. Nice US hardcourt series for Murray.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Friday, 25 March 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
safina up 4-1 against bepa
kinda lol but...
― groovemaaan, Friday, 25 March 2011 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
looooool so Murray managed to outdo last week's Worst Loss Ever already. And how did Wawrinka manage to lose to Granollers, with a bagel set along the way to boot?
― lex pretend, Saturday, 26 March 2011 08:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Roddick's straight set loss to #62 Cuevas isn't quite as bad, but it's still pretty bad.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 26 March 2011 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I haven't been keeping up with anything. Is Nadal physically healthy now?
― cold hands of monkeys on my heart (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 26 March 2011 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
^^he's just fine, lorax. form's been a bit off lately, but only when compared to djokovic who's completely slaying the competition.
speaking of...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r1SafhJE_5o
lmao basically andy murray shouldn't be anywhere playing tennis right now, let alone playing alongside the guy who's arguably at the peak of his talents.
― Roz, Sunday, 27 March 2011 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Love getting Martinez Sanchez in a tv match.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 27 March 2011 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link
MaJo is doing her usual silly and cool trick shots mixed with endless unforced errors, but Clijsters is helping her along by playing truly shoddy tennis.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 27 March 2011 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
clijsters always has the ugliest dresses
― groovemaaan, Sunday, 27 March 2011 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
OMG Ivanorazzi with the schoolgirl BFF antics every doubles match. Is this the WTA?
― abcfsk, Sunday, 27 March 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
During the changeover after this point, Ana went to wallet and gave Petko some cash. Want to know why? Well, this is what Petko told me afterwards: She actually gave me $10 but I had to give her change. So [the rules are] if you serve an ace on an important point, $5. If you serve a service winner on an important point, $2, return winner, $2. And this, where she gave me $2, was she said "OK, I'm going to serve a first serve and if you cross and put the volley away I'll give you $2." And she just had $10 so she gave it to me and I said I would give her the change later. Then, after that amazing most epic point ever, she said "OK. You can keep the change." We said that probably we would be the #1 and #2 in the world if the prize money was visible on the net post. So that's our way of motivating.[...]Convincing was hard work because last week in Indian Wells, I think, in the tiebreaker, I felt like she hit one or two double faults and didn't hit the returns quite as she's used to. Because I told her before the breaker, I thought it would be motivation but obviously it was some kind of scaring her. I told her "Ana we do the Petko dance if we win!" and I thought like, she's gonna go like "Yeah! Now I'm going to run even more!" but she went, like "Yeah. I'm going to serve two doubles and not put the return in." So I think she was scared back then. But now we practiced and now she's more comfortable. But she said before the match points she said she was getting so nervous because now we were winning it and she would have to do the Petko dance.
She actually gave me $10 but I had to give her change. So [the rules are] if you serve an ace on an important point, $5. If you serve a service winner on an important point, $2, return winner, $2. And this, where she gave me $2, was she said "OK, I'm going to serve a first serve and if you cross and put the volley away I'll give you $2." And she just had $10 so she gave it to me and I said I would give her the change later. Then, after that amazing most epic point ever, she said "OK. You can keep the change." We said that probably we would be the #1 and #2 in the world if the prize money was visible on the net post. So that's our way of motivating.
[...]
Convincing was hard work because last week in Indian Wells, I think, in the tiebreaker, I felt like she hit one or two double faults and didn't hit the returns quite as she's used to. Because I told her before the breaker, I thought it would be motivation but obviously it was some kind of scaring her. I told her "Ana we do the Petko dance if we win!" and I thought like, she's gonna go like "Yeah! Now I'm going to run even more!" but she went, like "Yeah. I'm going to serve two doubles and not put the return in." So I think she was scared back then. But now we practiced and now she's more comfortable. But she said before the match points she said she was getting so nervous because now we were winning it and she would have to do the Petko dance.
http://cowbell.typepad.com/forty_deuce/2011/03/losers-pants-winners-dance.html
― abcfsk, Sunday, 27 March 2011 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
And finally: The 4th round is looking amazing for the women.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 27 March 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
those two are so adorable, love it! xp
― Roz, Monday, 28 March 2011 02:19 (thirteen years ago) link
it was nice watching Delpo rip Toaderling a new one last night :)
― lex pretend, Monday, 28 March 2011 09:49 (thirteen years ago) link
^^real no. 4 imo
― Roz, Monday, 28 March 2011 11:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Has Murray won a single set since the Australian Open semi?
― death, taxes and (onimo), Monday, 28 March 2011 11:43 (thirteen years ago) link
negative.
― Roz, Monday, 28 March 2011 11:48 (thirteen years ago) link
That's quite a run for someone who went into the Australian ranked #4.
― death, taxes and (onimo), Monday, 28 March 2011 12:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Petko - C Woz is pretty entertaining.
― abcfsk, Monday, 28 March 2011 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I wish I could watch this
― 'lol u stuck with me now watch this ass expand, joeks on u' (DJP), Monday, 28 March 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Petkorazzi should be up like 5-0 now...her shots are so unstable though, she's powerful but when her strokes break down you just wince.
Wozniacki is as she always is, except making lots of random errors, ie there's not much left. And yet she'll probably win.
― lex pretend, Monday, 28 March 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
actually I wish I'd seen Woz beat Hantuchova in the last round, apparently Daniela blew a ton of set points then double faulted on MP. Obviously.
― lex pretend, Monday, 28 March 2011 18:58 (thirteen years ago) link
haha
― 'lol u stuck with me now watch this ass expand, joeks on u' (DJP), Monday, 28 March 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link