ROLAND GARROS 2015

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

Ma$ha has still never defended a Slam title!

xp gosh I had no idea that was Safarova's top 10 match, she had one or two earlier this year and flopped hard iirc. Even more impressive.

Safarova and Muguruza have never played!

monfils-fed being effectively best of 3 now is increasing my excitement #makemenplaythreesets

Back call for ITV4 to show Murray match instead of Fed-Monfils :-(

Nice tanking in this game Gael

meanwhile, there's an ITF tournament in Brescia, Italy this week - the courts are in the former moat of the town castle! looks idyllic: http://www.tennisforzacostanza.it/sito/

#makemenplayzerosets

gael really got fucked by the scheduling. he had all the momentum yesterday

I had totally forgotten that this is the year of the three-week Paris-London break. Wimbledon starts a week later than I thought. I picked a bad night to agree to photograph some gamelan players (men's QF)...

Gael has no excuses.

Gael got fucked by his own clowning around and taking ten sets to beat Schwartzman and Cuevas

Murray is having to resist at the mo :-(