ROLAND GARROS 2015

More fun than the last five to ten next big things though.

ferrer came back to crush bolleli 4th & 5th sets wow

vika :)

quality level here is a+

matching sic strong return of serves to match their outfit color schemes, not sure what more i could want

yeah i wasn't expecting vika to play this well

omg @ the result,i had to go out @ vika up 4-2 second set

nice gamesmanship by serena at the end of the 2nd set

I went out with Vika up 4-2 as well, lol - had thought the match would turn before that but Vika kept winning games despite Serena hitting her trademark match-turning winners. Funny how their matches always follow the same struggle pattern. Total opposite to how her matches vs Ma$ha feel but the same result.

Your last 16s:

(1) Serena Williams vs. Sloane Stephens
(17) Sara Errani vs. Julia Goerges
(4) Petra Kvitova vs. (23) Timea Bacsinszky
Andreea Mitu vs. Alison Van Uytvanck
(7) Ana Ivanovic vs. (9) Ekaterina Makarova
(19) Elina Svitolina vs. (29) Alize Cornet
(28) Flavia Pennetta vs. (21) Garbine Muguruza
(13) Lucie Safarova vs. (2) Maria Sharapova

(1) Novak Djokovic vs. (20) Richard Gasquet
Jack Sock vs. (6) Rafael Nadal
(3) Andy Murray vs. Jeremy Chardy
(9) Marin Cilic vs. (7) David Ferrer
(5) Kei Nishikori vs. Teymuraz Gabashvili
(14) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. (4) Tomas Berdych
(8) Stan Wawrinka vs. (12) Gilles Simon
(13) Gael Monfils vs. (2) Roger Federer

H2Hs:

Williams 4-1 Stephens (1-0 on clay, 2-0 this year)
Errani 2-2 Goerges (Errani leads 1-0 on clay)
Bacsinszky 1-0 Kvitova (1-0 this year)
Mitu 1-1 Van Uytvanck (Van Uytvanck leads 1-0 on clay)
Ivanovic 1-1 Makarova
Cornet 2-0 Svitolina (1-0 on clay)
Muguruza 2-0 Pennetta
Sharapova 4-1 Safarova (3-1 on clay)

Djokovic 11-1 Gasquet (2-0 on clay)
Sock 0-0 Nadal
Murray 6-1 Chardy (1-0 on clay and this year)
Ferrer 3-2 Cilic (1-1 on clay)
Nishikori 3-2 Gabashvili (1-0 on clay and this year)
Berdych 7-2 Tsonga (1-0 on clay and this year)
Wawrinka 3-2 Simon (2-0 on clay)
Federer 8-4 Monfils (4-2 on clay, Monfils leads 1-0 this year on clay)

I LOVE that one of Mitu and Van Uytvanck will be a Slam QFist. Will predict:

Williams, Errani, Bacsinszky, Van Uytvanck, Ivanovic, Cornet, Muguruza, Sharapova
Djokovic, Nadal, Murray, Ferrer, Nishikori, Berdych, Wawrinka, Monfils

i thought about backing Makarova e/w a few days ago and literally couldn't find her name listed on oddschecker

Svitolina's tough but I'm not really wowed by her raw talent

Svitolina had three points for 6-2 5-2, inexplicably let Cornet off the hook and here we are at 4-4. This is how Cornet epics are born

Goodness. Svitolina takes it on her 6th MP after blowing a 4-2 40-0 lead and choking for the match twice

Too bad Svitolina is unable to provide any resistance to Ivanovic

Tsonga's started so well!

sad Berdych :(

Tsonga really owning that recede

Distracting everyone from it via very snug shorts

Berdych always lets these matches go so meekly

Lex why do you think Fed is going to lose against Monfils?

Kei through just now btw.

Tsonga breaks in the 3rd, to serve for the match.

and doesn't - on we go.

Berdych went on to win the set on TB and this is great now. Blow-by-blow.

The only thing is we may not get to see Fed-Monfils today

fkn hell man. So another hour, another Tsonga break, another service game for the match.

Blasts it to the QFs!

Relieved Monfils is up for this, after not looking like it: Fed runs with the 1st but Monfils breaks in the 2nd!

Lex why do you think Fed is going to lose against Monfils?

― xyzzzz__, Sunday, May 31, 2015 3:54 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Monfils beat him a few weeks ago in Monte Carlo and Federer has flopped against a lot of lesser opponents of late despite looking good beforehand. I wouldn't say I'd put money on it and obv I have a lot less faith in Monfils after his clowning around

forgot how competitive (albeit maybe predictable) the Lucie-Maria matchup can be. their last 4 sets have gone to tie breaks now

minibreak to Safarova! Consolidated! Oh god, this is going 7-3 now.

winners though.

LOLOLOLOL DF

5-1 Saf should get this one now.

Absolutely awful drop shot for five SPs

awesome

People get so excited about things like this. Tennis Twitter doing its nut over how Safarova's going to reach the final, I'm just thinking it's time to put money on Sharapova because of how it always ends up

And to continue watching the White Mug and Pennetta obv

Well. If Safarova gets through this (which she won't) she has her pigeon Ivanovic as a possible SF opponent.

prove me wrong Lucie, prove me wrong, you headcase!

I don't think anyone should be writing off Muguruza. Or Pennetta for that matter.

Muguruza has started both sets slow but the way she's hauled herself back into them has been so impressive. BH on fire

White Mug/Serena final would be amazing.

It's Justine Henin's birthday today. What more fitting present would there be than a Sharapova loss?

I'm hoping Muguruza finished what she started last year against Sharapova (yes, already writing Lucie "just handed the break back with a DF" off)

ooooOOOOOooooo Maria DF to give Lucie MP

LOL. Maria lob lands on the baseline, Lucie dumps it into the net

omg yes yes yes. claypova my arse.

Whoa she actually did it. Lucie!!!!

hahaha :)

I am now totally happy with any finalist from this half... even Ivanovic? Even Ivanovic!

Bouchard out of the top 10 now and Safarova in :D :D :D