https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_Singleshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_Singles
― johnny crunch, Friday, 24 August 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
bouchard qualified & only dropped 7 games doing it btw
― johnny crunch, Friday, 24 August 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
wow & auger-aliassime got slotted to play shapo
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 25 August 2018 13:28 (five years ago) link
Halep out R1, wow
― a roomba of one's own (rip van wanko), Monday, 27 August 2018 19:03 (five years ago) link
wow venus over kuzny in a 1st rd classic
― johnny crunch, Monday, 27 August 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link
id never count out venus but she may have a hard time answering the bell nxt rd vs giorgi esp cuz its supposed to be much hotter
― johnny crunch, Monday, 27 August 2018 22:09 (five years ago) link
only just tuned in but shapo/felix is riveting, praise canada
― johnny crunch, Monday, 27 August 2018 23:09 (five years ago) link
well that took a turn...
― johnny crunch, Monday, 27 August 2018 23:47 (five years ago) link
sick dfense by novak to steal the 3rd set from fucsovics
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
fucs in a lotta ways has the same game as novak, is a challenging 1st rd...plus it being 95 degrees out
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
they're ultimately gonna have to do something about the scheduling of this/the aussie, and they might as well do it before someone (in the stands or on the court) keels over dead
i don't know what the answer is, but it's too fucking hot for five-setters, and there are going to be at least a few days like this every year
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 02:00 (five years ago) link
great desk interview w fed
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 02:14 (five years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/sports/tennis/us-open-heat.html
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 02:24 (five years ago) link
it becomes a logistical clusterfuck if you, say, cancel a day or part of a day due to heat but obv it happens w/ rainouts, it can probably happen someday
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 02:28 (five years ago) link
i was thinking more along the lines of moving the whole tournament back two weeks
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 02:51 (five years ago) link
and displace the laver cup? heaven forbid
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
murray/verdasco is a gd battle
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 22:49 (five years ago) link
both look pained in btwn each pt, hope this goes 5
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 22:50 (five years ago) link
oo well dasco closes it
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 22:51 (five years ago) link
so what the hell was the pep talk the chair gave to nick k?nice how roger when asked abt it was like "that wont happen again"
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 30 August 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link
huge props to sandgren to get this set off novak
― johnny crunch, Friday, 31 August 2018 01:31 (five years ago) link
3rd rd matchups of serena/venus and kyrgios/fed are abt as compelling to even casual fans as humanly possible tbh
― johnny crunch, Friday, 31 August 2018 01:35 (five years ago) link
even being pushed like this, djoko now looks in good form to me & w/ these cts playing p slow id say he'll beat fed if the bottom of the bracket holds
― johnny crunch, Friday, 31 August 2018 01:48 (five years ago) link
rafa off the ropes
― mookieproof, Friday, 31 August 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
yikes these df's for khach
― johnny crunch, Friday, 31 August 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
long point
― mookieproof, Friday, 31 August 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
39 shots, kk was prob too passive
― johnny crunch, Friday, 31 August 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
that shapo service return was unreal
― johnny crunch, Friday, 31 August 2018 22:02 (five years ago) link
nadal kk was a great match
― johnny crunch, Friday, 31 August 2018 23:15 (five years ago) link
not at all surprised serena is trucking venus
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 1 September 2018 01:03 (five years ago) link
poor venus
― mookieproof, Saturday, 1 September 2018 02:05 (five years ago) link
rip stan
― mookieproof, Saturday, 1 September 2018 02:08 (five years ago) link
looks like tsurenko was down 1-4 to siniakova...& won 11 games straight
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 1 September 2018 19:53 (five years ago) link
also that around the net post winner by rog was crazy
nick is only half competing now tho, hes in entertainment mode
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 1 September 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
fed didnt play v well & didnt serve well, didnt have to
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 1 September 2018 20:09 (five years ago) link
can't stand zverev and his dumb face, plus it seems american media wants to cover his every move to the exclusion of so many other worthy names
― rip van wanko, Saturday, 1 September 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
thiems dfense vs anderson is crazy
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 2 September 2018 17:32 (five years ago) link
basils bhand is rude tday, lotta winners
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 2 September 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
kanepi!
― mookieproof, Sunday, 2 September 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
raonic/isner inevitably going 5, tho no tiebreaks yet (pity anyone misguided enough to have bet "Will there be a tiebreak played? Yes -5000, if it doesnt come in) o_o
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 2 September 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link
roger down 2 sets to 1, looks off in every way
― strong deutan (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 04:03 (five years ago) link
yeah hes putting it into the net a ton
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 04:17 (five years ago) link
Mysteriously* waking up at 5:51am to find Millman at MP: maybe I just had to be there for the end of Fed’s career :((* not really, GF’s alarm goes off at 5:50)10 double faults? Served at 6-3 5-4 40/15? Sounds like a disaster tbh. What’s the longest ever gap between Slams? For Delpo it would be 9 years...
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 05:07 (five years ago) link
thiem pushing this to 5 is impressive
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 04:51 (five years ago) link
Goddammit. Missed smash on MP.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 06:05 (five years ago) link
great match
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 06:07 (five years ago) link
After Fed’s fall I was really hoping for a last four with none of the old guard. Del Potro-Thiem/Nishikori-Millman would have been ideal. Nadal only won seven points in that first set.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 08:48 (five years ago) link
well, millman made him work a bit
― mookieproof, Thursday, 6 September 2018 03:59 (five years ago) link
I'm worried Serena doesn't have any real friends, because a real friend would have talked to her about that dress
― strong deutan (rip van wanko), Friday, 7 September 2018 00:04 (five years ago) link
youd almost miss deejs piercing subtlety tbfh
― lee guacamole (darraghmac), Sunday, 9 September 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
I don't have a strong opinion on this because I don't follow tennis closely, so I may be missing some nuance, but appeals to the rules (the law) sound extremely weak. The way rules are enforced is the key, and if you don't get that, you are probably not helping. The rules should always be questioned if they are leading to bad results.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 9 September 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
so in this case, it means "the rules should be questioned if top player x is not getting what they want"
really, the elite players are getting away with so much shit (not just serena obv, but also rafa, hobak etc) that any correct application of the rules against them is welcome imho. these players use their status to intimidate umpires all the time.
― groovemaaan, Sunday, 9 September 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
the women's doubles final was p. great
― mookieproof, Sunday, 9 September 2018 19:53 (five years ago) link
rly id question the motivations of anyone that defended someone worth $180m verbally assaulting (in fact, calling them 'a thief') an official presumably on not much more than an average kinda salary.
on national television.
for not bending the rules to suit their exceptionalism.
maybe everyone should give us their net worth and annual income and we'll use that to judge how this plays out idk
― lee guacamole (darraghmac), Sunday, 9 September 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
ok look ill go
savings c. 5k eurosalary c. 53k euro but after deductions and savings prob idk 29k?decent pension tbfno houseno carrent/bills 900k a month
― lee guacamole (darraghmac), Sunday, 9 September 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
or was the main point that all portuguese ppl are racist again idk
― lee guacamole (darraghmac), Sunday, 9 September 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
I legit can’t tell when you’re trolling. I don’t see money as a relavent factor in this argument — and I actually think that the insinuation that Serena’s wealth somehow inoculates her against bias is a weird dodge.
― rb (soda), Sunday, 9 September 2018 20:26 (five years ago) link
How in the world can anyone argue that she has not been on the receiving end of a disproportionate amount of scrutiny lately?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 9 September 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
i legit cant tell when anyone is trolling soda. but if the assertion is that only one side of this discussion can so simply dismiss the other without recourse to much more than their personal characteristics then lets clear a table and lets talk no war but a class war and all that
xp idk, i wasnt arguing that, i said what was in my post above.
― lee guacamole (darraghmac), Sunday, 9 September 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
i mean i get that the agenda is to make this about more than the application of the rules to a sporting event but youre begging an enormous question in even stating that, because its rather a core issue in whether someone can take a position of "wait isnt this a clear case of taking the piss a bit from serena" without being guilty of trolling or yknow "europeans are racist"
― lee guacamole (darraghmac), Sunday, 9 September 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
Fair point - sorry to read you uncharitably.
― rb (soda), Sunday, 9 September 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
I feel bad for naomi osaka
― Trϵϵship, Sunday, 9 September 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
well she's young, it's still possible she'll win several more majors and her talent can become a symbol for the political views, applause gifs and hopes and dreams of the world
― FernandoHierro, Sunday, 9 September 2018 20:49 (five years ago) link
idg why 'coaching' is illegal -- what, exactly, is mourataglou telling serena (with hand signals!) that she doesn't already know?is it really the umpire's job to survey the crowd looking for coaching? maybe the official coaches, at least, should be required to sit in a press box where they can't be easily seen, if this is such a terrible transgression― mookieproof, Sunday, 9 September 2018 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
is it really the umpire's job to survey the crowd looking for coaching? maybe the official coaches, at least, should be required to sit in a press box where they can't be easily seen, if this is such a terrible transgression
― mookieproof, Sunday, 9 September 2018 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I mean coaching (or more accurately tactical advice) can help right? The umpire can easily tell when a player is looking at the box and whether they are exchanging looks or something more. I do want this to remain illegal -- you want the player to figure out his opponent, ideally -- although I am not particularly fussed.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
FernandoHierro is here -- upping the ilx white and male quote where will it end.
location?
also v disappointed u of all ppl dont want asset wealth taken into account ffs
― lee guacamole (darraghmac), Sunday, 9 September 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
I mean there really isn't much to discuss here. I just like taking jabs at people in authority who are at best overzealous/unchill. This case is pretty clear cut in the sense that going for a "coaching" warning was a dumb thing to do during a championship game and it was dumb to take away a game without warning etc.. It was dumb for Serena to smash her racquet etc.
I mean discussing bias was/is interesting. It can cover sex, gender, race, wealth entitlement, unconscious bias.
― He said captain, I said wot (FlopsyDuck), Sunday, 9 September 2018 20:59 (five years ago) link
Del Potro has just been broken in the 1st set :-(
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:02 (five years ago) link
Djoko on his way: 6-3
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
key moments: delpo 15-30
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
Huge game, adv Delpo.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
Holds, but he needs to put some pressure back..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:18 (five years ago) link
Another BP for Delpo, Novak has the answers tonight..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:25 (five years ago) link
Breaks :-(
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:26 (five years ago) link
god I hate this.
Djokovic Gets Into Argument With Same Umpire Carlos Ramos at French Open, multiple violations did not result in docked point or game. https://t.co/qkZv2SNE7O— Has The Umpire Been Fired Yet? (@AgentTinsley) September 9, 2018a thread of ramos' recent history with players― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Sunday, September
1) “you’re losing your mind” is not remotely in the same league as “you’re a thief” and “you’ll never work one of my matches again in your life.” get real man2) the video said he was assessed a warning, so if he had already been assessed a warning for coaching and a pint for racquet abuse....
― k3vin k., Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
Delpo really ripping a couple of FHs..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:41 (five years ago) link
30-30 on Djoko's serve..
1st BP and he needs to somehow take it..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
fucking hell long.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:43 (five years ago) link
got it at the 2nd, come on!!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:44 (five years ago) link
― lee guacamole (darraghmac), Sunday, September 9, 2018 3:29 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Per
deej, for all his faults, is a genuinely thoughtful person
― k3vin k., Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
4-3, Delpo finally in the match. Its a tough level to keep up tho'.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:50 (five years ago) link
down the line screamer from Delpo for one more bp!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
on deuce..it's becoming epic.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 21:59 (five years ago) link
another screamer, one more bp!!
long!!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link
This...goes on...another deuce
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
jesus lord, nearly 20 min game here. another bp saved.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
Djoko holds a 20 min game...he went up to the umpire to ask about the ball change and engaged Del Potro in that...interesting, is all I'll say.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 22:12 (five years ago) link
Fairly easy hold Delpo: 5-4
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 22:15 (five years ago) link
getting a sinking feeling about the tie-break
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link
4-4, my heart can't take this
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 22:37 (five years ago) link
FH error from Delpo, 2 serves for the 2nd Djoko
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 22:39 (five years ago) link
2 SPs Djoko :-(
yup, I was right
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 22:40 (five years ago) link
he had what 7 BPs in that epic game? god fuck this.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 September 2018 22:41 (five years ago) link
He "only" had 3 BPs in that game (8 deuces). 95min, 99pts, what an insane set of tennis. Oh well, it's bed for me. Hope I wake up to an extraordinary story.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 9 September 2018 22:43 (five years ago) link
alas. Not sure why Del Potro played in a Brazil shirt anyway.
― Ludo, Monday, 10 September 2018 06:38 (five years ago) link