I kind of want Fognini to do a reality show
― DJP, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 14:58 (nine years ago) link
RIP Gulbis's ranking, which will sink to around 90. Mahut played really well in his R1 vs Coppejans so despite his clay-averse rep, that was a NID result to me
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 15:14 (nine years ago) link
- Putintseva wins point of the tournament to save break point at 4-4- Immediately calls lengthy mid-game MTO despite no visible injury- On resumption Putintseva hits an error and a DF to get broken in 5 secs- Svitolina serves for the match, saves BPs, gets to MP, thinks she hits a winner- Putintseva circles mark and pumps her first, umpire comes down to check, it's indeed out- Putintseva then bellows C'MOOOOOON twice- Svitolina DFs- Putintseva bellows C'MOOOOOOON another three times
And now we're at 5-5
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 16:18 (nine years ago) link
Some of Putintseva's racquet antics have been out of control. When she chopped it into the ground like it was an axe. When she assaulted her own feet with it. This is my favourite match of the year
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link
Putintseva misses a smash, assaults her knee with her racquet, hits a clean dropshot return winner on the next point
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 16:25 (nine years ago) link
Svitolina wins 9-7 in the third. I feel drained after that
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 16:45 (nine years ago) link
Pereira! if she wins this then that quarter has dissolved into nothing
― cerealbar, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
I thought even Ivanovic could roll over Doi like 2 and 1
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 17:48 (nine years ago) link
super aggressive start from Schiavone, this could be a great match
― cerealbar, Thursday, 28 May 2015 09:26 (nine years ago) link
Edmund withdrew? Damn.
C'mon Franny.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 28 May 2015 09:50 (nine years ago) link
Schia Kuzny pretty fun so far, both doing their thing.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 28 May 2015 09:53 (nine years ago) link
Really nothing to separate them, so many long deuce games and now 7-7 in the TB. Fran's saved three SPs in brilliant fashion
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 10:24 (nine years ago) link
*ignores Petra forever*
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 10:25 (nine years ago) link
this is great
― cerealbar, Thursday, 28 May 2015 10:28 (nine years ago) link
Meanwhile, Witthoeft with a banging BH DTL to take her fourth game in a row vs Errani. Looked like she was boiling over with frustration at *1-4 down, now 5-4*...
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 10:29 (nine years ago) link
Sveta takes it 13-11. Bloody good TB. And Witthoeft serves out the second set!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 10:34 (nine years ago) link
Kuznet wins set on her 7th SP, after surviving nine deuces at 4-4 and another four at 5-5. Amazing.
xp
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 28 May 2015 10:35 (nine years ago) link
That might have been it for Schiavo
― abcfsk, Thursday, 28 May 2015 10:43 (nine years ago) link
Obv the first shot I see when I tune into Wozniacki/Goerges is a Wozniacki moonball rally
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 10:49 (nine years ago) link
xp or not
― abcfsk, Thursday, 28 May 2015 10:52 (nine years ago) link
Wozniacki still so helpless even against a nervy Goerges
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 11:00 (nine years ago) link
Quality in Fran/Sveta as good as ever.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 11:24 (nine years ago) link
4-4 i the third set, BP down, obv Fran hits a perfect dropshot <3
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:13 (nine years ago) link
Sveta served for the match twice, broken both times. Fran saved a MP with a ridiculous BH winner, followed it up with a ridiculous touch volley and then Sveta DFed. This match was always going to go into extra time and here we are at 6-6!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:34 (nine years ago) link
went to the hospital at 2-2 3rd set for an appointment, obv this match was still going when i got back :)
― cerealbar, Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:36 (nine years ago) link
pffff Serena
― cerealbar, Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:38 (nine years ago) link
Sveta serves for the match a third time. Is broken a third time.
Serena is playing so so badly
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:43 (nine years ago) link
Six consecutive breaks? Good grief.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:44 (nine years ago) link
Possibly some more. Sveta was up a break a few times before we got into serving-for-the-match territory iirc
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:45 (nine years ago) link
Bloody hell that point. Bow down. FRANNNNN
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:47 (nine years ago) link
THIS FUCKING MATCH
― groovemaaan, Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:47 (nine years ago) link
Sveta serves for the match a fourth time. Broken to love
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:52 (nine years ago) link
I feel like this match could go on for the rest of RG and I would not mind
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:53 (nine years ago) link
Fran holds for 9-8. The fifth hold of serve in 17 games.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:58 (nine years ago) link
Fran stops the sequence at nine, holding from 15-40.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 28 May 2015 12:59 (nine years ago) link
what a shot to get to MP by Fran!!!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 13:02 (nine years ago) link
OMG Sveta that terrible volley to lose it!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 13:03 (nine years ago) link
Well, I guess this proves the old adage than no one ever wins a match losing their serve six times in a row in the decider. My god.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 28 May 2015 13:04 (nine years ago) link
anyone complaining about the number of breaks has not seen the match
― groovemaaan, Thursday, 28 May 2015 13:06 (nine years ago) link
Fran hit astonishing shots in all of the games she broke back
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 13:07 (nine years ago) link
I wasn't complaining, I could tell it was HQ stuff from the comments in here. I know you folks don't hold back when it's an errorfest!
Must try and see highlights on the RG website later/tomorrow.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 28 May 2015 13:08 (nine years ago) link
Another seed out - Pliskova goes down to Romania's Fed Cup heroine Mitu. Not a huge shock given that Pliskova's servebotting game is less effective on clay, good for Mitu for closing it out eventually despite some huge nerves
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 13:32 (nine years ago) link
Kokkinakis comes back from two sets to 0 and then 2-5 in the fifth to beat Tomic, which feels like a metaphor for Tomic's career vis-à-vis Younger Australia
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 13:41 (nine years ago) link
Tomic's season hasn't been bad, he just seems to be injured all the time
― groovemaaan, Thursday, 28 May 2015 14:11 (nine years ago) link
for me his game is still more fun to watch than kyrgios' and kokk's
― groovemaaan, Thursday, 28 May 2015 14:12 (nine years ago) link
yeah, but he seems to be settling into a top 50 player kind of role rather than anything bigger.
Coric had a nightmare of a time trying to close out Robredo in that set, he's really going to need to develop his kill shots. When Robredo is the more aggressive one and you can only close out a set because of his UEs...
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 14:41 (nine years ago) link
Bernard Tomic will never make it into the top 10. Never. Been saying this for years.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 28 May 2015 15:02 (nine years ago) link
also if Serena loses to Azarenka and Sharapova ends up facing Azarenka in the final, I'm flying back to Paris and will kill myself on Suzanne Lenglen :(
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Thursday, 28 May 2015 15:03 (nine years ago) link
Watson should be a case study in why demanding counterpunchers and retrievers should PLAY MORE AGGRESSIVELY!!!!1111 should be banned. Everyone always imagines the ideal of a speedy player who can hit winners at will but you often just end up with a tactically confused player who doesn't have the power to dominate with basher tennis and makes a ton of errors instead
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 16:31 (nine years ago) link
chardy about to take out RG favorite isner
― groovemaaan, Thursday, 28 May 2015 17:02 (nine years ago) link