US Open 2012

Nieminen of all people halfway to a triple bagel over Kukushkin

Beyond The Baseline ‏@SI_BTBaseline

As expected, Paire/Dimitrov, put on a non-TV court (?) sounds nutty. Paire throwing tantrums, Dimitrov calls supervisor b/c of bad calls.

Why can't we watch this why why why

RT @onthegotennis Benoit is throwing a fit...just tossed his water bottle on the court.

RT @returnwinner: Benoit kicking balls, throwing rackets against walls. It's all happening.

WHY CAN'T WE WATCH THIS

apparently there's some history between them - do you know what happened?

I don't, but I suspect we will find out tonight!

Gulbis/Haas disappointingly straightforward so far.

omg Isner/Malisse just got entertaining

I guess it's been nonstop bad calls against Malisse and he started bitching out the umpire about how badly his officiating sucked and how awful the line judges are and the crowd started booing and Malisse audibly told them to fuck off and then started conducting the boos

then during the changeover he continued bitching out the umpire

Isner is basically just standing out there going "doo doo doo, I'm not involved in this"

*tunes in*

Malisse is such a douche

haha of course it's now back to boring mcboring but I'm glad I caught that bitchfit, it was hilarious

oh hey, Li/Dellacqua

oh ernie, all that hard work to get back on serve then hit the worst volley ever on break point. not coming back from two sets down, boo.

Youzhny/Muller is another one I want to watch but can't, last I looked at the scoreboard Muller had a MP serving at 5-4 in the fifth and now Youzhny is 6-5 up

Isner seems like a nice guy but plz stop showing his matches so much

Ben Rothenberg ‏@BenRothenberg
Language from Xavier Malisse toward fan: "Shut your fucking face, man. He got lucky. He's not going to be smiling much longer." Oy. #usopen

:o

surely an Isner fan deserves worse than that

anyway it's quite an exciting tb, Malisse has savd two MPs and is hitting great winners. Isner's groundstrokes are so basic

...and Malisse nets an easy BH volley to give Isner MP on his own serve

lol Malisse eating a tennis ball

and boom

oh fuck no

show more of Malisse cursing everyone out, that was great

Remember when Capriati and Malisse were, like, the classiest couple on tour

Gulbis somehow won the third set!

ha I changed to Del Potro/Serra just in time to see Serra net a volley and then launch into a wild-eyed tirade about... obviously netting a volley?

like he was gesticulating and shouting and waving his racquet at the net, which I guess had the temerity to be there in the way of his terribad volley

I saw Zahlavova-Strycova do that IRL one Wimbledon while her opponent (Paszek iirc?) just stood there staring disdainfully at the madwoman on the other side of the net!

Serra should be thankful to be in the draw at all tbh

Pony is basically floating second serves at him and letting Serra hit them out, or acing him

It's kind of funny

okay I guess Li was down 4-0 in the second set

it is currently 4-3

a scoreLiNa in one set!

Wussquet is a set down to Mountains, lol

Gulbis is actually trying hard! At the moment, anyway

BH DTL winner then drop volley on the stretch from Gulbis to save BPs...

Li now up 5-4

Another clutch hold after saving a BP with a terrific winner from Gulbis *rubs eyes in disbelief*

and ANOTHER one :o

This clutch play can't last surely

lmao Ernie Gulbis, mental giant. I can't believe I'm staying up for this.

that Haas service game was a missed opportunity...

story of Gulbis' life^

wow, after having to save BPs all set, Gulbis just does two aces and two service winners.

OK that was an amazing drop shot. 0-30...

SET POINTS c'mon Ernie!

wow is this really happening?

Haas nets a FH, into a fifth set we go!

omg

also lol the last time i looked, pretty sure Kim was up 5-2 on Robbo. It's 5-5.

yeah and the minute I switch over St Kim gets SPs :(

...Robson saves both with big serves!

Gulbis' new forehand grip/motion is crazy

ridic drop shot from Haas on BP which Ernie then kicks away in disgust

ya he's had that funky forehand for a while now. It's working for him though! xpost