still can't believe there are two American sisters in the qualy draw by the names of Chi Chi and Chalena Scholl
I mean, you really really have to wonder about the parents
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 August 2012 21:23 (eleven years ago) link
i hate this tournament
― uberweiss, Thursday, 23 August 2012 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
Two of the most likeable, prepossessing juniors bringing the DRAMA in qualies. First Putintseva somehow choked a 6-1 5-1 lead against terminally awful sub-100 scrub Anna Floris in the first round. Then last night Larcher de Brito outdid her by losing a 6-2 5-0 lead over Svitolina, then this happened:
@BenRothenbergMichelle Larcher de Brito loses, collapses to her knees in tears, then walks off wailing, sobbing without shaking any hands. #usopen #drama
More importantly, Vekic won another match. One to go for the MD. Still on this bandwagon.
― lex pretend, Friday, 24 August 2012 07:49 (eleven years ago) link
And in Dallas, Vinci just double bagelled Jovanovski in the SF. This after double bagelling Ivanovic two weeks ago. Did a Serb steal her boyfriend or something? And...she has JANKOVIC in the final next! A chance to go 36-0 against the whole of Serbia!
― lex pretend, Friday, 24 August 2012 07:51 (eleven years ago) link
oh man tell me there's video of LdB meltdown out there
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Friday, 24 August 2012 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
noooo it wasn't even televised, Rothenberg was on the spot
we have been robbed tbh
― lex pretend, Friday, 24 August 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
UNLESS someone had the foresight to video it in person
I hadn't noticed there was a new thread! Really liked that NYT piece on Venus and Serena.
Young will fall out of the Top 120 if he loses to Fed. Oops.
― Roz, Friday, 24 August 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
He has the Bangkok final coming off a couple of weeks after the USO too.
― lex pretend, Friday, 24 August 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
lol @ if
― uberweiss, Friday, 24 August 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
17-match losing streak meets 17 Slams :D
― lex pretend, Friday, 24 August 2012 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
ha i did type "when" at first but though eh, why not give the guy a break. xpost
― Roz, Friday, 24 August 2012 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
Gasquet could make a good run out of the middle of the draw. He looked great couple of weeks ago. Hoping for a good tournament for Stan Wawrinka.
― andrew m., Friday, 24 August 2012 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
Man murray really got the short end of the stick here. Entirely possible that he has to go Raonic-Tsonga-Federer-Djokovic to win.
The Ferrer quarter is a huge opportunity for everyone in it.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 24 August 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFW4kgu-V3s&feature=youtu.be
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 24 August 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFW4kgu-V3s
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 24 August 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
OMFG Rodionova drew Cohen
PLEASE put that shit on Ashe, only stadium worthy for it. Most likely tennis match to end in actual murder ever
― lex pretend, Saturday, 25 August 2012 08:11 (eleven years ago) link
Murray got through a tough Wim draw to reach the final and I see the same thing happening here.
Fed looked his age at the Olympic final so if they meet I can see one outcome. Djoko looks his old scrambled self so maybe a Murray - Del Potro final.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 25 August 2012 08:26 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know what's happened to Djokovic's FH this year, he's just not hitting it with the command he did last year. So many times I've watched him in 2012 and he's hitting neutral loopers with it repeatedly like his name is Azarenka.
Murray getting Fed in the SF is probably better than in the F, right?
― lex pretend, Saturday, 25 August 2012 08:30 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think it will matter if Fed's BH is really off.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 25 August 2012 08:31 (eleven years ago) link
Preeeeeeedix.
Azarenka d. GoergesLi d. LepchenkoSharapova d. WozniakKvitova d. PavlyuchenkovaStephens d. GiorgiS.Williams d. KirilenkoKerber d. McHaleVinci d. Jankovic
Azarenka d. LiSharapova d. KvitovaS.Williams d. StephensKerber d. Vinci
Azarenka d. SharapovaS.Williams d. Kerber
S.Williams d. Azarenka
Federer d. FishBerdych d. StepanekMurray d. RaonicTsonga d. CilicIsner d. TroickiFerrer d. HaasDel Potro d. MonacoDjokovic d. Wawrinka
Federer d. BerdychMurray d. TsongaFerrer d. IsnerDjokovic d. Del Potro
Murray d. FedererDjokovic d. Ferrer
Murray d. Djokovic
― lex pretend, Saturday, 25 August 2012 08:50 (eleven years ago) link
man I just finished that Venus/Serena article
I love them both so much
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Saturday, 25 August 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
predicting on the men's side seems impossible. Fed has swung back and forth from inaccurate to sublime 3 or 4 times in the last 6 weeks, Djoker seems to be in a fog, Murray lost to Chardy etc.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 25 August 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
Since it's raining.
http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2012/08/26/federer-on-tennis-and-everything-else/
Nice interview with Fed - dude seems really happy and contented.
― Roz, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
I have the general feed going, anything out of nowhere happening?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
German girls going down, mostly.
Lol how in the world does Lisicki have a 0-3 losing record to Discount Ana?! 0-4 now.
Goerges losing to one of the Pliskova sisters is way more embarrassing though.
― Roz, Monday, 27 August 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
Murray-Bogomolov match is hilariously terrible - Andy is playing what seems to be the laziest match of his life but is winning anyway. Prob still hungover from the Olympics.
― Roz, Monday, 27 August 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
Soooo I didn't miss anything while I was at carnival then. Didn't expect KrisPlis to be decent enough for the Gorgeous upset but JuGs is in terrible form (and kinda sucks anyway) so not a massive shock she lost. Not even any drama in the Cohen/A-Nasty match? :(
Lisicki has only ever had decent results on clay and grass, I can't really think of a reason why she'd be awful on hard courts, but she always is.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 07:44 (eleven years ago) link
Hate today so far. The Date-Krumm loss (I'd forgotten that Arvidsson is the most boring player in the top 100), the Ivanovic win and the brainlessness on display there from both, Goffin going 1/14 on BPs so far in this match...
If Karlovic and Raonic could continue to lose their matches it could be redeemed.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
Just getting the basic coverage now. Yay talking heads I guess.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
Raonic majorly choking this. Fuck this tournament.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
I meant Giraldo. If only Raonic would choke this.
Raonic didn't choke it but he only just finally won.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
smh Giraldo, those two stupid FHs to end it on
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
This King/Shvedova match is so awkward. Neither displaying any emotion at all, no fistpumps or c'mons, they're turning away from the court as soon as points finish. Like they're trying to pretend it's not happening.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
Shvedova failed to serve out the set but broke for it on a King DF. Obviously.
Actually, despite that there's actually been some decent shotmaking in this match, it's not like that MJF/Davenport mess from the '90s.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
Jankovic just shanked a FH and yelled at the wind.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
I know she's hurt but lol @ Woz
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
Dolgopolov was down 2 sets and 0-4 and won 12 of the next 13 games to take it to the fifth set.
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 01:45 (eleven years ago) link
SO ON BOARD with that comeback! :D
up a break in the 5th too
― uberweiss, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 01:50 (eleven years ago) link
really really curious to see if this is a grand slam record
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 01:53 (eleven years ago) link
I seem to remember someone coming from 2 sets and 2 breaks down, but it was 3-0 not 4-0
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 01:55 (eleven years ago) link
it was connors, he was down 2 sets and 0-3 to Patrick McEnroe
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
levine had a break point for 5-1 in the third o_O
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 02:06 (eleven years ago) link
Henri Cochet came from 2 sets and 1-5 down to beat Bill Tilden at the 1927 Wimbledon. That might be the only bigger lead busted in a 5 setter.
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
"Down two sets, the No. 4-seeded Cochet beat Frank Hunter in the quarters, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4. Trailing the great No. 2 seed Tilden, three points from defeat at 1-5, 15-all in the third, he reeled off 17 straight points, also survived a service break to 3-2 in the fifth and won the last four games to seize their semi, 3-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3. For an encore magnifique in the final, he lagged again and had to repel six match points to beat No. 3 seed Borotra, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5: Hurdling a match point at 2-5, and five more with Borotra serving at 5-3!"
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 03:39 (eleven years ago) link
holy lol @ this headline: http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/match_reports/2012-08-28/201208281346207669581.html
― Roz, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 04:37 (eleven years ago) link
lol @ dog
― andrew m., Wednesday, 29 August 2012 05:50 (eleven years ago) link
Official USO site actually running with the McFail nickname?! LOL. She can be forgiven anyway, she retired from her last match so might not be recovered yet.
Massive LOL @ Wozniacki. Begu has been struggling all year and to lose TWO AND TWO...battling it out for that last 16 spot will be Begu, Soler Espinosa, Pironkova and Morita.
IRL fistpump @ the Dolgopolov comeback!
Silliams double breadsticked Colleen :D
Paszek really doesn't like winning matches off grass, does she?
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 06:53 (eleven years ago) link
Connors beat Pernfors (famously) at Wimbledon in '87 from 1-6 1-6 1-4 down (and 0-3 in the 4th). I seem to remember Wally Masur winning (or losing?) a US Open 5th set from 5-0 down (or up?). Good old memory, not failing me yet.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 10:20 (eleven years ago) link
This is why I loved Kvitova winning Wimbledon
COME BACK PETRA
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
i don't think the olympic gold champion did this
― lex pretend, Tuesday, September 11, 2012 1:11 AM (4 minutes ago)
yes not in a minority sport so
― ask morbs if he is better off than he was 4 days ago (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:17 (eleven years ago) link
and overshadowed about 100x by this
that was just fucking awesome stuff anyway
― ask morbs if he is better off than he was 4 days ago (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:18 (eleven years ago) link
look i love serena but her OMG CANT BELIEVE IT bullshit is off putting
― la goonies (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:18 (eleven years ago) link
the hell is a minority sport?
― la goonies (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:19 (eleven years ago) link
props to sky for employing dude to say 'take away the whole tennis thing'
― ask morbs if he is better off than he was 4 days ago (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:21 (eleven years ago) link
yeah so weird that somebody might be happily surprised about winning a slam after being down a break twice in the 3rd set as well as two points from losing it 15 minutes earlier -_-
― uberweiss, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
see serena's muted reactions to her NID AO '09 and Wimbledon '10 wins -_-
― uberweiss, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:26 (eleven years ago) link
How dare Serena be all "holy shit, that happened" when, as a 30-year-old, she rallied from a 5-3 deficit in the third set to win 4 games in a row to win the championship after a set and a half of shit play. So totally fake of her.
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:26 (eleven years ago) link
alright if you watched that reaction and felt like it wasn't contrived then fine, we disagree
― la goonies (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:28 (eleven years ago) link
Well now we can all catch our breath and wait on the Australian Open next we--oh fuck.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
ANDY MURRAY WON!
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:32 (eleven years ago) link
smdh at lex if he didn't put money on that btw
― ask morbs if he is better off than he was 4 days ago (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:34 (eleven years ago) link
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/commercial/2012/9/11/1347327368135/Andy-Murray-kisses-the-US-003.jpg
― Cragenham Craig (Craigo Boingo), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:43 (eleven years ago) link
this sky sports interview with andy
you know you know you know you know you know i mean you know you know i mean you know
― uberweiss, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:44 (eleven years ago) link
he reminds me so much of great boring junior tennis players i played with
― ask morbs if he is better off than he was 4 days ago (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:45 (eleven years ago) link
everything weirdly distanciated
fuck knows what wimbledon was about
― ask morbs if he is better off than he was 4 days ago (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:46 (eleven years ago) link
it's TASHKENT TIME
yupppp
Your new rankings:
1. Roger Federer (1)2. Novak Djokovic (2)3. Andy Murray (4)4. Rafael Nadal (3)5. David Ferrer (5)6. Tomas Berdych (7)7. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6)8. Juan Martin Del Potro (8)9. Janko Tipsarevic (9)10. John Isner (10)11. Juan Monaco (11)12. Nicolas Almagro (12)13. Marin Cilic (13)14. Richard Gasquet (14)15. Milos Raonic (16)16. Kei Nishikori (18)17. Stanislas Wawrinka (19)18. Philipp Kohlschreiber (20)19. Alexandr Dolgopolov (15)20. Gilles Simon (17)21. Tommy Haas (21)22. Mardy Fish (25)23. Fernando Verdasco (26)24. Marcel Granollers (24)25. Florian Mayer (23)26. Sam Querrey (28)27. Andy Roddick (22)28. Andreas Seppi (27)29. Mikhail Youzhny (29)30. Jeremy Chardy (32)...46. Martin Klizan (52)
Roll of honour:
Men's singles: Andy MurrayWomen's singles: Serena WilliamsMen's doubles: Bob Bryan & Mike BryanWomen's doubles: Sara Errani & Roberta VinciMixed doubles: Ekaterina Makarova & Bruno SoaresBoys' singles: Filip PeliwoGirls' singles: Samantha CrawfordBoys' doubles: Kyle Edmund & Frederico Ferreira SilvaGirls' doubles: Gabrielle Andrews & Taylor Townsend
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 07:24 (eleven years ago) link
so shocking to see Djokovic tap out physically like that. Djokovic 2.0 is no more.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 08:00 (eleven years ago) link
rankings race the rest of the year will be really interesting. Fed is defending a lot of points, but they're points at some of his best tournaments, and who knows how hard Djokovic will push the rest of the year.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 08:02 (eleven years ago) link
sry for the grammar, it's late
Didn't come in here last night because I feared that my stream was 1-2min behind and I didn't want any spoilers!
So... (forgive if I've got the numbers wrong, it was back of a fag packet stuff yesterday during a meeting while looking idly at my phone!)Fed 11,795 (3,000 to defend between now and Nov 12th)Djoko 10,470 (560 to defend)Murray 8,570 (1,930 to defend)Nadal 7,515 (390 to defend)
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 08:32 (eleven years ago) link
btw, in "non US Open tennis news to make us all feel ancient", who remembers Rossana de los Rios? Former Paraguayan No 1, reached the Roland Garros last 16 in 2000, beat Coetzer and Seles in her time, also handed Vaidisova her final Wimbledon loss in 2009. Anyway her DAUGHTER, who I remember as this cute 5-yr-old who'd accompany her mum around the tour and with whom St Kim posed for many saintly photos, is now 15 and making her senior tournament debut this week in a Colombian 10K event...
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 09:43 (eleven years ago) link
Nice! I vaguely remember her though mostly because her name sounds like mine.
still not a Murray fan but... four different Slam winners this year! I like it. plus there's something kind of kismet-y about the thing with him and Lendl both finally winning one on the fifth try.
― Roz, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 09:53 (eleven years ago) link
bummed about having had to miss pretty much every match from the QFs onwards though - completely swamped by work bs, and couldn't afford to stay up/wake up at ungodly hours for tennis. :( seems like the Vika/Serena match was decent?
― Roz, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 09:59 (eleven years ago) link
Joy Lo Dico @joy_lo_dicoAndy Murray and entourage went partying at Hakkasan NY last night. Total bar bill $6,500. Murray's share - one lemon soda for $6.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 10:52 (eleven years ago) link
Hahahah. I hope he never changes.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 12:35 (eleven years ago) link
this is why i love murray, completely genuine reaction. none of that fall-on-your-back bullshit.
― la goonies (k3vin k.), Monday, September 10, 2012 9:12 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ha yes he was so genuinely overwhelmed he forgot to collapse for his photo op, hope he didnt violate any sponsor contracts
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 12:41 (eleven years ago) link
that and failing to get into the crowd to celebrate with his box, u rly messed up today's newspapers, andy.
― tubular, mondo, gnabry (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
http://cdn3.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1183415/ConneryFistPump.gif
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
btw Brian Baker has gotten his ranking up to 63
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
So fkn happy - just went through so much last night, still drained as hell.
Glad Murray finally won! One of my favourite moments watching sports ever!!
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link