Bloody hell. Vinci's volleying was peaking in the last game, so appropriately. Can't believe that's how the Calendar Slam dream died
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 September 2015 18:59 (eight years ago) link
wtf
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 11 September 2015 19:00 (eight years ago) link
This is only Serena's 4th ever semifinals loss, vs. 25 semi-final wins. Out of 30 career singles semifinals, she has 21 titles
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Friday, 11 September 2015 19:01 (eight years ago) link
yanks, what channel is this on?
― plops of jupiter (rip van wanko), Friday, 11 September 2015 19:03 (eight years ago) link
wtf squared
― Fields of Fat Henry (Tom D.), Friday, 11 September 2015 19:04 (eight years ago) link
lol twitter so full of anti-drake tweets over this bc memeified concepts must be maintained at all costs
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 11 September 2015 19:06 (eight years ago) link
If this gets people REALLY hating Drake, at least some good will have come from this
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 11 September 2015 19:07 (eight years ago) link
Has this thread gone all Italians Do It Better or what?
― Fields of Fat Henry (Tom D.), Friday, 11 September 2015 19:10 (eight years ago) link
serena charming and gracious as always in the post match presser
― plops of jupiter (rip van wanko), Friday, 11 September 2015 19:21 (eight years ago) link
i heard vinci was 300-1 to win 0_0
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 September 2015 21:15 (eight years ago) link
espn showed a graphic tryna include it w/ miracle on ice, buster douglas, giants over pats idk some other crzy ones
Vinci was def not 300-1 to win lol, that was the announcer lying and fabricating. 7-1, iirc.
This loss really exemplifies why the Calendar Slam is different to four-in-a-row, it's why Serena's USO last year (zero top 10 opponents) is rated better than her Cincy title a couple of weeks ago (two top 10 opponents). It's just...the external mental pressure regardless of the actual level of tennis required.
On which note, Vinci has never been considered a choker. You can't be, in the 21st century with her game. Those two volleys in the last game, no one else on the tour can make, and Serena would have chased down their attempts and probably won the points.
First women's Slam final since 1979 without a top 20 player. Insane that they're two BFFs who've known each other since childhood. The 1999 RG girls' doubles champions!
― lex pretend, Friday, 11 September 2015 21:21 (eight years ago) link
novak is looking fierce
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 September 2015 21:36 (eight years ago) link
Awesome to have an all Italian slam final!
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 11 September 2015 21:45 (eight years ago) link
actually not really...wtf - just trying to process this.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 11 September 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link
Coming into this thread having watched almost nothing to point out that Lex actually predicted a Pennetta slam title a la Schiavone some years ago on one of these threads. As amazing as Vinci's win is, I'm definitely pulling for Flavia tomorrow.
― oh, boy, .GIF! That's where I'm a Viking! (edwardo), Friday, 11 September 2015 22:14 (eight years ago) link
oh i think you're overplaying this aspect of it. serena easily could have lost in any of her 11 (!!) other three-setters in slams this year. she can't win every match, even if the sorry state of the tour makes it seem like it
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Friday, 11 September 2015 22:20 (eight years ago) link
And in another shocker oh wait. Novak through.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 September 2015 22:49 (eight years ago) link
that's got to be the worst a defending champion had lost ever?
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Friday, 11 September 2015 22:56 (eight years ago) link
yea i was wondering abt that
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 September 2015 23:15 (eight years ago) link
gutsy hold from stan down 0-40 there
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Saturday, 12 September 2015 00:20 (eight years ago) link
stan's imploding
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Saturday, 12 September 2015 00:31 (eight years ago) link
and fed is in god mode
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Saturday, 12 September 2015 00:32 (eight years ago) link
apparently martina hingis just won the mixed doubles finals and is playing in the women's doubles finals tmw? for some reason that makes me incredibly happy
this fed match is kinda w/e tho
― dead (Lamp), Saturday, 12 September 2015 00:36 (eight years ago) link
Cilic was an embarrassment, 60 61 62 actually flatters him bc Novak was bored to tears in the third set, as was I
Stan/Fed is fun though pretty one-way right now
Schiavone, Pennetta, Vinci and Errani make quite a quadrumvirate of Italian tennis underdogs coming into their own as veterans.
Hey look it's Flavia and Roby in an Italian junior team in 1998
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/COeiiEpWwAAtr3b.jpg
― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 September 2015 00:43 (eight years ago) link
And with their girls' doubles trophies from RG '99...the Slam when it was Steffi who failed to win #22
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/COpuM7TXAAAGEaO.jpg
― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 September 2015 00:44 (eight years ago) link
so...fed/novak
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Saturday, 12 September 2015 00:47 (eight years ago) link
well the semis have sucked
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Saturday, 12 September 2015 00:51 (eight years ago) link
No, that was #22 for Steffi, Lex. The Hingis meltdown.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 12 September 2015 00:52 (eight years ago) link
stan has zero heart, smh
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Saturday, 12 September 2015 00:55 (eight years ago) link
xp of course, duh. For some reason I thought she got #22 at Wimbledon but must have blocked out the Davenport win.
11 games combined for the men's SF losers. The eternal question of which is better, the WTA's chaos or the ATP's NID deference
― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 September 2015 01:00 (eight years ago) link
Vinci v Pennetta feels a bit like Myskina v Dementieva crossed with Schiavone's first Slam final. Childhood friends vibe x veteran Italian spirit. Hopefully the quality is more like the latter.
― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 September 2015 01:01 (eight years ago) link
otm & she won wimby too!
― ridiculous thots (rip van wanko), Saturday, 12 September 2015 02:14 (eight years ago) link
vinci was really cute/goofy in that post-win interview
just put the ball in the court and run
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 12 September 2015 04:07 (eight years ago) link
i watched a lot of the re-air just recently too -- serena fucked up more than i thought she had
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 12 September 2015 04:08 (eight years ago) link
obv
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Saturday, 12 September 2015 04:10 (eight years ago) link
<q>Vinci was def not 300-1 to win lol, that was the announcer lying and fabricating. 7-1, iirc.</q>
For a few minutes, you could get 16-1 at Pinnacle.
The 300-1 quote could possibly be pre-tournament odds to win the whole thing? Which she hasn't done yet, obv.
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 12 September 2015 10:28 (eight years ago) link
gah bbcode sorry
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 12 September 2015 10:29 (eight years ago) link
Federer hasn't dropped a set since he turned 34.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 12 September 2015 12:33 (eight years ago) link
Picking up now and Vinci-Pennetta on serve
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 12 September 2015 20:05 (eight years ago) link
Vinci survives a cpl of break points: 6-5
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 12 September 2015 20:12 (eight years ago) link
watching w/Italian commentary too. #ITALIA
TB
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 12 September 2015 20:16 (eight years ago) link
he slices from vinci's bh are straying away a bit: 4-2 Pennetta
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 12 September 2015 20:19 (eight years ago) link
Two SPs P
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 12 September 2015 20:22 (eight years ago) link
Only needs one
good match so far!
feeling poorly actually means I get to be awake for this - hadn't been able to watch any tennis at all this slam thanks to inconvenient time zones
― Roz, Saturday, 12 September 2015 20:25 (eight years ago) link
all these gorgeous drop shots and volleys
― Roz, Saturday, 12 September 2015 20:28 (eight years ago) link
yeah, want to see a 3rd set.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 12 September 2015 20:29 (eight years ago) link
wow Pennetta just got everything back!!