Australian Open - Thread II

[quote] He is soooo hot!

I too love Shapo’s legs. My favorite pair belong to Milos Raonic though. Instant erection.

omg that anorexic is this thread's cover boy! Where's the beef?

[quote] My favorite pair belong to Milos Raonic though

I told OP to put Nadal's pic in OP but he didn't do it just to spite me. I hope he chokes on Xisca's hairy stinky pussy

Where is shapovalov really from?

[quote] omg that anorexic is this thread's cover boy!

The DL tennis thread cover boy jinx seemed to have worked for Thiem in the last thread. I like Thiem though. Perhaps it will work for "Nole" and A. Zverev (who was the co-cover boy in the first thread). Thread III will have the person requested in the last thread.

[quote] I told OP to put Nadal's pic in OP but he didn't do it just to spite me. I hope he chokes on Xisca's hairy stinky pussy

Next thread, I promise. I detest Nadal.

[quote] Where is shapovalov really from?

Shapovalov was born in Tel Aviv, Israel,

NAdal is going to win aus open. Our only hope is this thread is filled fastly and someone is sensible enoght to Put ANdal's pic on next OP

uh oh Djokovic bitching about the lights turning on because it's still sunny outside. Yeah that's why he got broken for the first time in that last game.

Is jokavitch really bitching about the lights, how does his precious eyes manage a night game?

Nole

[quote] Where is shapovalov really from?

Why do you ask?

Fastly

Shapo says he has a "Russian soul" and that Putin is his personal hero.

2.5 percent of the thread complete. 97.5 percent until Nadal as the cover boy.

r14 Because of his thick accent, and his name i assumed he wasn't a native Canadian.

which is hilarious he's so pro-Russian since his parents left Russia and moved to Canada

r16 Well if that's true i hope his putin loving ass gets crushed here.

[quote] “Every time you miss a ball it’s because the lights are on”

Tehe. Criticism of Djokovic’s griping.

He has a typical Canadian accent.

Djokovic is getting cranky. If he gets broken, look out lol mr nice guy will be gone

Eh, R22?

lmfao now Shapovalov will serve for the set.

Djokovic a sarcastic thumbs up

Why didn’t A. Zverev lose as well if he was the co-cover boy with Domicakes?

R19 not that uncommon. Brighton Beach is full of Soviet exiles who adore Putin for making Russia great, and of course also voted Trump.

Code violation for Djokovic. He responded to a heckler.

Nole to start screaming at ball boys in 3 ... 2 .... 1...

[quote] Nole to start screaming at ball boys in 3 ... 2 .... 1...

Boobs out!

What’s Shapo’s skin color?

Shapovalov is so flashy but he can make some of the worst errors like the last point at net

So Novak was two sets up and a break up in the third set and then OP created this thread and post Nole's pic in OP and now suddenly Shopbottom broke Nole twice and is serving for the third set? Coincidence or DL curse ?

Pablo Carreño Busta d. Fabio Fognini 6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to reach back to back 2nd weeks at the #AusOpen. A very good win for him, who now leads the h2h vs Fognini 6-0!

Faces Kei Nishikori on Monday.

Chokovalov

Pablito was two sets to love down in R1 to the 33yo qualifier Luca Vanni. Looked completely done there.

A semifinalist in 2018, Elise Mertens will leave the top 20 after the #AusOpen

R14 I ask because I'm interested (and I'm not one of those CENSORIOUS people who believe certain facts in life must be kept suppressed).

ESL is here.

r0 r1

[quote] He is soooo hot

[quote] Pablo Carreño Busta d. Fabio Fognini

Buh bye, rude fatty fatty two by four.

r38 I'm the one who asked the question so who the fuck are you?

and going 4. Let's see if Novak goes nuts during the changeover

look out ball kids...apparently having sons has not softened Djokovic at all

Shapo team!

Wins third set.

[quote] look out ball kids...apparently having sons has not softened Djokovic at all

Boobs in.

R33 lol yes hilarious how quickly it happened after this thread's creation

so far Krajinovic is kicking Coric's ass 5-1

Shopbottom

Djoko showing complete contempt for the crowd when the chips are down in the third set against Shapo. The real Djoko emerges, to no one's surprise. So glad he lost that third set.

So hot, R50.

SEXAY!!!

Putins bitch is getting the proper smackdown he deserves.

It's hard to get into any rhythm with Shapo because he hits either a brilliant shot or a wild error

Shapo praised Putin when he was in Russia I think. What was he going to say to the Russian media who fawned over his Russian name? Shapo just wanted to make sure he and his mother got out of the country alive!

r56 Are you saying he would have been murdered or not allowed to leave unless he heaped massive praise on putin?

r57, lighten up

Nole deliberately wasted that last shot to disrupt Sharpovalov's game. Good.

Hopefully Rothenberg is reading this so that he can now stir the pot by asking Shapo about Putin at the presser.

Well let's hope Putin goes out the way his boy did right now.

NOLE!

HAHAHAHAHA!

Boobs out!

Djokovic really shouldn't have let the light situation get to him like that. He seems on edge. He recovered, but that was with a big assist from Shapovolov's many errors.

I don't want Nadal to win this Aus Open. I think only Djokovic or an in-form Federer can take out Nadal, though.

This thread is over 10 percent full in just an hour. 90 percent until Nadal is the cover boy of Thread III.

Djoko is a tad fussy.

A tad?

A. Zverev

Nole has a long way to go to be as fussy as Fed

Nole's problem is that he thinks he's Mother Teresa.

[quote] Nole's problem is that he thinks he's Mother Teresa.

Well he is into BDSM as much as she was.

He kinda has mother Teresa's body type

Is La Monf banging Svitolina?

Nole's problem is Nole.

Djokovic is not wrong to be frustrated with the lights. If you've ever been on those courts and looked up, you see how powerful they are to light a stadium.. You add the reflection from the sun off the lights from a different direction, all it takes is for you to move to a certain point and suddenly you've got shifting glare in your eyes. It's hard to adjust. Anyone who has lived closer to the poles knows this. The sun's position in the sky is slightly different at this time of year, enough for it to be a problem.

That said, Djokovic's behaviour was making it worse.

Djokovic is a highly strung diva who puts on a great smile when everything goes as it should. He is also a highly strung diva who lets out his natural inner cuntitude when things don’t go his way. In this sense, he and SWilliams are twins separated at birth.

I’d like them both dumped out of the AO ASAP, but alas it looks like they’ll probably win this thing.

[quote] I’d like them both dumped out of the AO ASAP, but alas it looks like they’ll probably win this thing.

But the cover boy jinx!!!

Venus looks beautiful. Great hair and outfit (her collection is obviously very hit and miss lol).

Granny team

I love how DLers hate the diva antics of tennis players, rationalising I'm sure that they would surely restrict their bitchery to anonymous message boards.

I on the other hand would expect DLers to put on quite a show. Hopefully a wittier one, but definitely a bitchy one.

Venus is shitting the bed. Lack of energy and focus.

R81 Um, ok. She's still putting more effort into this match than the last 3 with Serena combined.

Set point Mugu!

Nope. Bacsinszky fights out of it. Rats! Mugu will probably lose the tiebreak now.

Glad to be wrong, but Garbiña sure made it difficult. 7-6 (5)

^^^^^^^^

*Garbine

That’s complete bullshit, R82. Watch the highlights of their last match. This is one of Venus’ worst matches in two years.

More entertained by this Tennis Australia drama than anything on court to be honest

What are you talking about? Set 1 Venus was running corner to corner; painting lines with forehands. She played well, but Halep defended like she usually does and wore her down. The sisters matches usually feature 5-shot rallies and loads of sloppy mistakes. You're right about the 2nd set though. Not great -- even though the score was closer.

Sorry DLers! Titsy goes bye bye in the next round.

Venus was pooped within the first twenty minutes of the match. The first two matches followed the same pattern. She plays sloppy long enough to play three sets. She wins but she has no gas left for later rounds. Pretty predictable. She played poorly today. Halep played well enough but she didn’t need to do much. Venus’ return of serve was a mess. How many returns did she hit into the net? She was spraying forehand errors all over the place. Her second serve was a sitting duck and she was gifting points with double faults.

I think that’s what r87 was taking about.

Yeah Venus was truly horrible today. But the sheer number of forehand errors makes me think that arm injury is more serious than it seems. She was even trying to hit moonballs at one point which she never does. It was good in the past two rounds though, so i'm not sure what gives? I mean she's always a bit awkward-moving these days and not as tactically sharp as she used to be (when she was young she was so athletic and accurate she didn't even NEED to think about tactical play). So that was no surprise. But I can't remember ever seeing her missing that many basic forehands.

On the other hand Simona was way better today. Killing it on return of serve, a defensive wall, hitting DTL winners (a bit easier against a flat footed Venus but still), and not even doing that fake grunt!!!

It's nice to see Timea Bacsinszky back and pushing Garbine's buttons. If this was on clay she could be endangering her even more.

Gonzo is Gone-zo! Garbine needs those points.

R91 She was +1 on serve for the match. 5 aces, 4 doubles (2 of which were in the last game) So +3 for the majority of the match. Not terrible...even for Venus. And compared to the tour average, probably fantastic.

On ESPN they showed the picture of Djokovic at OP while interviewing him comparing him to a picture of him from 10 years ago. It was the “10-year challenge”.

Camila needs to smack the shit out of this boring servebot.

B. Zverev

Zverev gets easy wins and will play against Raonic next. They met once in GS during Wimbledon in 2017 and Raonic won in 5 sets. Could be an intersting game.

Does Raonic shave his legs? He seems weirdly hairless, like a dolphin.

Poprin is exciting to watch on fast courts. he is a big hitter, young and his game is not a drag

Popyrin like Alex de Miñaur were playing in Spain since kids (well Alex has double nationality)

R80: Well, people trashed Noah Galvin here for what he said when here people said way worse things every minute (and Galvin was totally right in most things he said).

Zverev did his work well today (for a change) maybe there's still hope for him

The years haven't been kind to Djokovic, imo. Looked so much better 10 years ago.

This Popyrin kid has got balls

Shapovalov didn't improve that much in the last season. He keeps playing like he was a talented junior. Unless he becomes more regular he has no chance to get the big titles

There's a tweet from Nicola Kuhn (two days ago) thanking Stefanos Tsitsipas for practicing with him (and the advice of which books to read next)

Female Rd16 will be

Serena Williams-Simona Help

Pliskbot-Garbiñe

Naomi Osaka-Anastasija Sevastova

Elina Svitolina-Madison Keys

Petra -Amanda Anisimova

Maria -Ash Barty

Sloane Stephens-Anasatasia Palvyuchenkova

Angelique Kerber-Danielle Collins

Male R 16 will be

Nole -Daniil Medvedev

Kei -PCB nose

Sasha -Botonic

Porna -Lucas

Bottom Half:

Olderer -Titsy

Crying Cilic-RBA

Young Grigor -Frances Tiafoe

Nadal-Thomas Berdych

Do you guys still think that Jim is straight?

It will be very sad if he was in fact gay. He must be rich, he was number one for a good while, he won 4 GS, having to lie after you ended your tennis career it would be pathetic.

One thing is not coming out of the closet publicly, and other very different marry a woman

why is nobody talking about me? Sure I'm a little awkward but I'm playing well.

[quote] Does Raonic shave his legs? He seems weirdly hairless, like a dolphin.

A pig.

5 of 7* male players who played @hopmancup reached #AusOpen second week: Federer, Zverev, Tsitspas, Pouille, Tiafoe.

(*Ferrer didn't enter AO)

Dimitrov (and looks like Mischa Zverev?)

Sexy Borna

yeah no doubt that Djokovic's body was much better 10 years ago. He was kinda sexy to me back then. His extreme diet that he started in 2012 or so has made him so thin it's a turnoff.

For the first time in a while I'm interested in ALL the men's and women's rd16 matches. No one who absolutely sucks made it this far in the tournament and all the matches have the potential to be competitive.

Is Mugarutha a poor sport? She didn’t wait at the net yo shake her opponents hand after winning, but went immediately to the umpire and shook her hand...

to not yo^^^^

R118: Mugu is way more inteligent than the average player, but she has some diva antics and she is able to throw shade like a pro

R114 and R115, linky stinky.

6 male players under the age of 25

(Medvedev, Zverev, Coric, Pouille, Tsitsipas, Tiafoe)

reached 4TH ROUND at #AusOpen -- the most at Grand Slams in exactly 7 years.

The 2012 AO also featured 6 U25 players in 4th round (including then-24y.o. Djokovic and Murray).

That doesn’t seem like throwing shade, r120, as much as it seems shady...

R123: No that's being unpolite, but she is good a throwing shade too

I hate to use the word, but Muguruza is kind of known as a bitch on the tour. Antisocial, a sore loser, selfish, etc. She used to play doubles with Carla Suarez Navarro and they even made the final of the YEC together a few short years back. When Garbine beat her the other week in Sydney it was a one second handshake and she looked away lol.

I remember Alizé Cornet in an interview saying that she was the least friendly person on the tour. This was even before the '25 languages' drama with Mladenovic. I think she's just naturally antisocial and kind of up herself.

The only person on the tour who really likes her is Cibulkova, who is a horrible sport herself (with the added disadvantage of being trashy too). Just two divas who think they are better than everyone else.

Sexy Borna (trying again)

Dimitrov dick (feat. someone who I think is Mischa Zverev)

[quote] This was even before the '25 languages' drama with Mladenovic.

Explain this please.

If Mugu is a bigger bitch than Dopapova, she must truly be heinous.

Besides which most likely impossible...

Kiki bragged that she graduated high school and speaks 6 languages during her feud with Garcia who didn't graduate and only speaks two. When Kiki beat Mugs at Roland Garros in a testy match, Mugs mocked Kiki afterwards about how Kiki speaks 25 languages.

What do we think of the Halep-Serena match?

Who are the players that played the Williams sisters back to back before?

Pliskbot beat Venus then Serena at the '16 US Open. I think it was back-to-back and included saving match points against Venus.

She would also brag about her languages in her 'Kiki's Column' section on WTA/ESPN/Eurosport (I can't remember) which is now defunct since she barely wins matches in ITF tournaments these days lol.

That Muguruza FO match was very tense, and she kept saying 'Forza', 'Vamos', 'Allez' etc. Even the crowd kept chanting 'forza' even though she's French. Muguruza was the defending champion and the crowd was brutal to her. When she lost she left the court shaking her finger at them and shaking her head.

In the press room Muguruza cried at first when asked about the crowd, and when she came back into the room and composed herself she made some sassy comments about how "I heard she speaks 25 languages or something". The journalists all gasped and laughed.

Kiki has barely won a match since.

It's also mentioning that there was a LOT of bullying towards Caroline Garcia from the other French bitches. Some of it borderline racist and classist, and making fun of her relationship with her father/coach. Most of it resulted from Garcia not participating in an edition of Fed Cup, which really stung them because Garcia really CARRIED the team. Winning all her singles matches in the previous 2 years and doing the lion's share of doubles work (Kiki choked the deciding doubles for them on serve in the final). When they ended up losing because of that I think she'd had enough of working her ass off for such a mean-spirited and cliquey group, and all of them including Parmentier and Cornet kept writing subliminal messages on twitter and making snickering remarks about her.

Clip

R131: True, but that day Muguruza had reasons to be angry, because Kiki's behaviour on court was awful. I think the 25 languages was sassy and funny and Mldenovic in fact deserved way more

Thanks, R131, R134 and R135.

Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters and Karolina Pliskova have beaten both Williams sisters in the same tournament. I think that's the end of the list.

WAIT also Jelena Jankovic in Rome 2010 who beat them consecutively and then lost to María José Martínez Sánchez in the finals.

Isn't Mladenovic's linguistic ability down to her parentage rather than the fact she finished school?

Speaking one of the Yugoslavian languages usually means you can speak/understand the others, so it's a bit of a cheat's claim.

I speak Swedish so can understand Norwegian and Danish but I wouldn't claim fluency in them.

R139: I't happens the same to me, i speak gallego (which is one of the official languages of Spain) so i can understand portuguese (because both were the same language a bunch of centuries ago)

[quote] I speak Swedish so can understand Norwegian and Danish but I wouldn't claim fluency in them.

[quote] I't happens the same to me, i speak gallego (which is one of the official languages of Spain) so i can understand portuguese (because both were the same language a bunch of centuries ago)

Rolls eyes.

I hate Alize Cornet more than any of them...plus that nose!

Can she sneeze?

She looks like a French beaver.

I love Dimitrov, so sexy.

Titsy!

Does Anisimova love Putin as well?

Could we please, please put Nole as cover boy on the next thread? His behavior shouldn’t be encouraged. Say what you want about Nadal, but at least he’s consistently praised for being nice to everyone at tournaments.

I think most Russian Americans are very proud and probably support Putin.

Who should be our next cover boy: Nadal or Djokovic?

I wish this could be a poll.

Muguruza makes me laugh and she's not a bitch to everyone. She respects certain players but not others. I hope she can beat Pliskbot

What is going on between Tiafoe and Young Grigor? I switched to Tennis Channel when Jim Courier was finishing talking about some information or investigation involving them.

I hope that Anisimova recovers from the beatdown Kvitova gave her better than DL fave Bouchard did

Sharapova looks like she's suddenly running on fumes. If Barty lets her win the match, she'll never work in this town again.

C’mon, Barty!!!!

Sharapova double faults -- the crowd bursts into applause.

BARTY

Jesus, Barty has gone mental.

Barty has let Sharapova back into the match.

This match should have been over 25 minutes ago. Sharapova is tenacious, I will give her that.

Double-fault at match point.

Barty is another lesbian headcase in tennis lol joining a long line of them. Last week she choked massively against Kvitova in Sydney. She should have won that title.

but THANK GOODNESS SHE WON TODAY.

Bye Cuntapova!!!

and lmao the crowd rightfully booed that bitch repeatedly. When she took that 7 minute bathroom break, the crowd let her know upon her return to court. Then they cheered her double faults. She's not used to that (except occasionally at RG).

To be fair Sharapova was awful. Barty was very up and down. Glad she won

She did it! Congrats to Barty! She served like a boss on the last two points.

[quote] Barty is another lesbian headcase in tennis lol joining a long line of them.

True.

Grigor Dimtorov collapse is complete

Barty can't come out, homophobia is a real thing in AUS.

Look at Tiafoe being clutch! Both players had a chance to win the first 2 sets but Frances has held his nerve just a bit more so far. Nice to see him improving in that department. I know Grigor isn't an example of mental toughness but he's still a top player so this would be a great win for Frances if he can get 1 more set

What's the matter with young Grigor? Is there anything I can do to help?

Ohh please they vote gay marraige for more than 60% something which californaia could not do

Cliff Drysdale was practically rooting against Sharapova especially in the third set lol it was hilarious. He's not usually so biased but her grunting and bathroom break clearly annoyed him.

Chris Evert kept bringing up how Sharapova "hasn't been the same since her drug suspension". She mentioned it at least 3 times lol

Vacation.

Hopefully, Tiafoe can close it out. I really like his game (when he brings it out.)

omg Sharapova 17 winners to 51 errors

Barty 28 to 45

not good stats

C. Zverev

Berdych team

wow Collins 6-0 over Kerber in just 20 minutes

Tiafoe is a break up and 4/2 up in the third set. Please don't choke Tiafoe

And he choked

Daniille Collins won 6-0 againt Kerber. Peak WTA

When Collins is on, she is fierce and bold. Wish I could watch the match.

Nadal already up 2-0...snore...

Sharapova must have the tiniest bladder on the tour

Nadal 4-0...

I came in from shoveling, saw the Collins/Kerber score and thought I was hallucinating.

Cliff Drysdale really seems to hate Sharapova. What's the story there?

Me weel beat white boy easy. ¿No?

lol so Nadal with his typical pre-slam theatrics of pulling out of tournaments and saying he's so injured...

now he's up 6-0 over Berdych

I am going out to do some errands. i hope when i come back . Tiafoe and collins will have won thier respective matches

No one could beat Collins the way she is hitting the ball.

Tiafoe seems to be almost out of gas. If he loses this tiebreak he might lose the next 2 sets quickly

well Frances had 4-2 but got broken back and has been having trouble since.

Kerber couldn't have gotten an easier draw. Her first three opponents actually DO play in ITFs for most of the year, and Collins hasn't won a match in a grand slam before this one (plus literally all her points were from 2 tournaments, Indian Wells and Miami). How is she getting such a beatdown?

Maybe all you need to beat the highest ranked lefty in the game is a good backhand?

Watching Collins and Kerber reminds us of how much depth there is in the WTA. Compelling.

Kerber is really an ideal match-up for Collins. Her groundies are perfect feeds for Collins to clobber.

Kerber is shitting the bed. Embarrassing!

Halep is now the only semifinalist from last year left in the tournament.

Mertens lost to Keys and champ Wozniacki lost to Sharapova in the third round.

Kerber just lost to Collins.

finalist Halep plays Serena tomorrow

Nadal up 6-0 3-0 now. Berdshit really getting his ass kicked. Compelling!

Collins is cocky

Collins is cocky for having won a few matches.

lmao R198

I hope Stephens beats her back down.

Wow, even Maria is more humble than Collins.

Collins gives me deplorable vibes...I hope I'm wrong though

Berdych needs to just retire from this match. He's getting humiliated.

I was about to say that Stephens has the easy power and great defensive game to hurt Collins. If she's too passive though, Collins will beat her.

R202 She IS from Florida!

Berdych has won a game!

R206 Hooray!

Collins has said that Venus was her tennis idol growing up. That’s undeplorable.

Sloane is lazy as fuck though... I don't trust her to beat Collins. Also who knows if she'll even make it past Pavlyuchenkova, who almost had her on the ropes in their last match?

Collins IS cocky. Does anybody else get Jennifer Capriati vibes from her? The bad attitude, the vicious demeanour, big groundstrokes, the cocky strut around the court.

R209 Which means she'll be America's Darling in short order.

Sloane might not even beat Pavlychunkova.

Sharapova wishes she had Collin's resting bitch face.

What a cunt

Nadal 6-0 6-1 pathetic

I remember a Miami final where Capriati had like 8 match points against Venus, and Venus saved them all and won the match with some incredible play, really painting the lines. Even though Venus is also a Miami girl and had won the event twice, the crowd were vehemently against her, cheering her errors/DFs and really getting behind Capriati. It was really sweet when she lost.

Collins' soap opera stare-downs today remind me of Capriati in that match lol. Except she was actually winning.

This thread is one third complete after fewer than 24 hours.

Collins looks like someone's mom who plays at the local club.

R216 Yes, and maybe has a drink and a smoke in between sets.

Hopefully, Tiafoe won't blow this.

Never noticed Tiafoe's odd forehand grip before

wow somehow Tiafoe found a second wind. He looked ready to collapse after the third set. Dimitrov seems a bit tired now.

hmm Chanda Rubin has been watching Frances' matches at this AO.

yay Frances!!!

QF!

Tiafoe was so fucking awful in the Hopman Cup, like junior high B-squad bad. Did Serena just totally intimidate him then?

Tiafoe did well today. Dimitrov had a lot of serving issues though. Too many faults and double faults.

So happy for Frances. He'll likely get destroyed by Nadal though. Hopefully whatever's bothering him will be OK for his next match

R219 His ENTIRE forehand is odd...how did you not notice?

Nice body on him. Mmm.

DL Fave Katrina Adams, although fired as USTA president, is there in Australia with her gal pal. Who is paying her bills?

R226 Was wondering the same thing. In what capacity is she there?

hzhz Frances just said in front of everyone "I work my ass off"

Nice to see Frances and Grigor are friends.

Katrina Adams was watching the Kvitova/Anisimova match too

Hasn't she been at pretty much every slam the past few years? I assume she still has friends in high places. She may have gotten fired but it's hard to give up good GS seats cold turkey!!

just for comparison, Jack Sock has not reached a slam QF yet. He's reached 2 4th rounds before he declined last year

She loves a free meal supposedly. Maybe her partner is loaded.

Tiafoe team

Why was Katrina Adams fired (other than the fact that she was quite a useless cunt)?

R232 I don't! Not any meal.

wonder how Tsitsipas will fare tonight...yes the Greek contingent in OZ is loud but they'll be on Laver so there will be more Federer fans to balance them out

My guess: the controversy over the US Open women's final and how she handled it.

Berdych up 5-4

I was looking at his ass, R224

R234 the US Open was a mess last year and she personally came off bad at the women's trophy ceremony.

Thanks, R237 and R240. That's what I figured.

Who was that stud sitting next to Chandra Rubin?

Tiafoe must be the among the only ATP players not to shave their chest.

[quote] Tiafoe must be the among the only ATP players not to shave their chest.

Did you not see the OP pic? So hoooot!

I saw Collins play Sabalenka at the US Open last year. It was a 1R match, and there was a lot of buzz around Sabalenka because she had just won the New Haven title and cracked the Top 20. It was a decent match (Sabalenka won 6-4 in the 3rd set), but what struck me was the confidence(?) Collins had on court. I'm struggling to find the right word for it... I want to say "attitude" but that comes off more negative than it is. She's not rude to her opponents or anything, but just has this self-belief and it really shows in her on court demeanor.

It might turn off some people, but I like the fact that she's not moaning and groaning, looking to her coach for signals, or crying into a towel at changeovers.

Berdych needs to drag this to 5 sets to give Tiafoe a chance.

Um Ash Barty has a boyfriend

Does Nadal work out any other parts of his body besides his arms?

R248 his ass, of course!

His ass looks finely toned!

Cmon Nadal, you make millions of dollars a year, you can fix your hair

What do you want him to do with the few wisps of hair that he has left?

lol Berdych is cranky after blowing a mini break in the tiebreak

It's a shame Nadal is balding. Certainly he can do something about it, no?

yeah he can SHAVE it.

Maybe he thinks he's Samson and his power and strength is in his hair.

Can't they transplant some ass skin on his head to grow hair?

Does he actually work out his ass? It's decreased in size significantly over the years.

They always bring up the girlfriends, just to make sure us fags don't get the wrong impression.

[quote] Can't they transplant some ass skin on his head to grow hair?

His ass is hairless from what I've seen.

Moya is aging better than Nadal yikes

Nadal had a hair transplant two years ago. It didn't work. He should talk to Bruno Soares who had the procedure done successfully.

Courier is such an embarrassment

If you see more from Collins i'll think you'll find her attitude a bit more than just 'self belief'. In a lot of the smaller tournaments she's been very cunty. Give her a little more time on tour and we'll be feeling the same way about her that we do about Colleen Vandeweghe, believe me.

Though like Coco she seems popular with the other girls from Fed Cup like Alison Riske, Shelby Rogers, Sonya Kenin, etc.

[quote] Though like Coco she seems popular with the other girls from Fed Cup like Alison Riske, Shelby Rogers, Sonya Kenin, etc.

I remember the great old days when we girls used to play Fed Cup. We'd compare notes on all the men on tour and wonder whether they did the same about us during Davis Cup play. (Sigh) I miss those times.

Coco is cocky too but she's more argumentative, whiny, and self-pitying. She also pulls the "i'm extremely injured" act when ever she's losing. And she's fat too, unlike Collins.

Shocked that Barty is straight.

Re: Collins

[quote]In a lot of the smaller tournaments she's been very cunty.

How so? To her team (like Murray)? To the umpires (like Roddick)? To other players (like Sharapova)?

I thought Barty was an out lesbian?! Wtf?

R268 to the umpires (she had several long arguments during the US hard court season last year, even at Mubadala where she made the SF), screaming 'come ons' after her opponent's errors, fistpumping when they double fault and most noticeably of all is when she's down. She will go into these long speeches at herself and loudly yell "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU" etc. That doesn't sound so bad but it's very regular and often quite time consuming, it could be construed as a distraction to the opponent (which I don't think is the intention but a possible effect).

She's already smashed a few racquets too. Her "get used to seeing me win" post match interviews are a bit nauseating as well. I remember at the USO a few years ago she won the first point against Halep and SHRIEKED "Come on!" and even the American commentators said 'that's a little much for the first point'.

I don't hate her or anything personally. She's big for animal rights which I like, and her backhand is really nice, plus the tour always needs a good villain. But I can understand why people don't like her. Between her arrogant attitude, on court 'intensity' (let's call it that), her beating everyone's faves from time to time, and her tacky jewellery line she just started....

Titsy!

lmao! There's already drama between the umpire and both Federer/Tsitsipas!

and the first game isn't over yet

Federer being such a diva already.

and yes the umpire is the brother of former WTA player Anne Keothavong

Divaderer is here.

I took my glasses off for 5 seconds and something happened.

Tsitsipas is fun to watch. He's got that "it" factor.

and he feels like he belongs which is so important for the younger players. The middle generation (Nishikori, Raonic, Dimitrov etc) never really developed it.

wow Anna Wintour is a real groupie. She came to the AO for Federer and is in his box tonight

Good thing Fed has his serve tonight.

Titsy needs to cut his hair, he would be way more attractive with a shorter haircut.

Gramps team

[quote] wow Anna Wintour is a real groupie. She came to the AO for Federer and is in his box tonight

It's a hard job (very hard), but someone has to do it.

Is the match between Cilic and RBA going to a fifth?

Fed looks like a manager at a bowling alley. Can't Uniqlo design something better for the GOAT?

Look at all the white people

Federer's ass looks great on those shorts.

Bautista was up a break in the first serving at 5-4. :( Why does he keep blowing chances and prolonging matches? This was a great chance to make his first ever slam QF (in the form of his fucking LIFE) and he's let the big serving monobrow back in.

Tsitsipas is gay

Would that he were.

Tsitsipas still bounding around the court like a labrador.

Bautista wins

RBA!!!!!!!!!

He made every bisexual man proud

Marin Cilic collapse si complete

RBA says lot of no just like Nadal

Tsitsi's movement is so graceful for his height. He looks gangly and awkward between points and admittedly he gets into some uneasy positions, but he just GLIDES around the court. I can't think of anyone who jumps as well as he does for an overhead.

Super happy for RBA. What a moment for him, his ranking doesn't show it but the kind of form he is in so far this year is worthy of the top 5.

Titsy!

Take that, Grandpa. Titsy rolled Fed over in that tie-break. FINISH HIM!

Tsitsipas is so hot. The hair works for me.

Titsy !!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!

Great day for LGBT community

Q. You took meldonium legally for ten years to deal with your health problems. Now that it's banned and you can no longer take it, is it a struggle physically to deal with the demand of a grand slam fortnight?

Maria Sharapova: Is there another question?

Brotherly advice from Dimitrov to Tiafoe: It's just a long way to go. I know how is it to break grounds on those first tournaments, especially a Slam & all that. He really needs to just stay calm and make sure he follows the right path.

Julia Goerges served for a straights sets win over Danielle Collins in the first match of the week on this same court last Monday.

R302 Maria is such an ungrateful brat! The reporter is obviously concerned about her health since she could no longer take meldonium to treat her diabetes and heart conditions!

Do we know who asked that of Sharapova? How would we find out? It's a compelling question.

PAME STEF!!!! Palikari!

Titsy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BTW where is Mirka ?

Fed's a malaka!

MIRKA!

,,,,,,

Titsy is making this match really compelling

Three out four semifinalist of last year Aus Open are alreay out and first week is not over yet [Kyle,Cilic, Chung]

cya grandpa

Anybody watching the channel 9 telecast in Australia? The Uber Eats commercials are a fucking embarrassment.

I am super impressed by Tsitsi, Zverev would just collapse and win maybe 8 games in 3 sets. I like how he is looking for variety to surprise Fed.

TITSYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!

TITSYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!! Marry Me !!1!!!

Amazing, Stefanos won in a close match. I hope this is the beginning of some change. Unfortunately for him he is on Nadal's draw, but i think he'll become a real top player this year.

Zverev will suffer a seizure if Tipsi becomes a GS champion before him

Titsy 's brother is crying . So cute

TITSY, TITSY, TITSY! OI, OI, OI!

McEnroe is a terrible interviewer!

Titsy's English is better than McEnroe's

TITSY, TITSY TITSY, TITSY TITSY, TITSY TITSY, TITSY

R319 lol remember what A. Zverev said after losing to Tsitsipas in Toronto?

r323, That is an undersatndstment . He makes Jim courier looks very reasobale and articulate

Sorry I meant for R322

Thanks McNore, for almost ruining Tityss 's evening with your boring interview

[quote]Titsy 's brother is crying . So cute

Petros Tsitsipas

[quote]BTW where is Mirka ?

she was there, distressed and all

The best view of Stefanos Tsitsipas beating Roger Federer is from outside Rod Laver Arena

Pass it on to every Roger's cult fan

I like this spirit from Amanda, but the best thing here is Belinda’s comment 🤣 #PetrasVictims

First time since before he won his first slam in 2003 Federer goes 12 months without reaching a slam SF.

Dont for get Sloane / Polly's last explosvie meeting . Lot of name calling and fake injury drama was involved

Titsy 🇬🇷🇬🇷🎉😀👏

Great to see Tsitsipas and Tiafoe making strides here.

R332: That's the attitude you need to keep improving. And Belinda's comment is really funny

....

So funny the last time they played when Sloane called her a fat bitch and the camera caught it. So funny to see two of the least hard workers on the WTA face off again.

And yes that Ubereats commercial is terrible (both the Kyrgios and Nadal ones). The Kia ad where Nadal 'vroom's like a car makes me piss myself every time too.

Stephens just called her 'that fucking bitch', not fat.

Oh my bad ^ I watched the match live and without the audible words her mouth looked to be saying 'that fat bitch'. Classic Sloane though, 'fucking' is just as good.

IS Borna still the sexiest player on tour?

Dead @ Pavlyuchenkova blowing EIGHT break points in a SINGLE game (that went on for 20 minutes), even though Sloane was doing literally nothing to hold serve and bending over after each point.

Whether she's winning or losing, on court Sloane Stephens always looks like she's contemplating suicide.

Sloane's match is still going! She must be exhausted. She looks like she is going to lose too.

Sloane looked so lethargic and almost like she didn't care. Even despite her many gifts, I'm beginning to think she might be a one-slam wonder.

Who makes the final on the bottom half? Kvitova is the favorite but it's still open.

Mirka looked distressed because she was trying to hide her bucket of KFC from the cameras. I LOVE that ghoulish crone Wintour flew all the way to Melbourne to watch Fed lose. She must be horrified, though, that he's wearing Uniqlo

The one good thing is that Federer cultists will shut up for a while. They grabbed their RF merch and are back to being oblivious to anybody else playing tennis but His Majesty.

Poor Fed - where will his ranking be now?

Down to No.6.

Fed and Cilic out of the top 5 is good for tennis.

Also Sloane had a chance to be #1 after this week and now she won't, which is also good news considering how half-assed she is outside of the big events (and even sometimes in them....).

R319 It is not only Tsitsipas but also Tiafoe. Tomorrow another chance fir Next gen as Coric faces Pouille. I do not think Medvedev has a chance to take a even set from Rafa but he did stop him at Wimbledon some 2 years ago. Zverev will have no excuses if he doesn't reach at least QF

Federer says he will not skip RG this season.

It's cute that he thinks he'll make some impact on clay.

Will Rafa win his 11th French or will someone else finally win it?

He already won his 11 th this year . this year it will be 12 th

R357 wow. Makes me want someone else to win it even more.

I think the reason Roger is playing the French this year is he wants to play it one more time before he retires.

I adore Roger, but I think now is a good time as any to retire. He could do limited schedule that includes Laver Cup, and Davis Cup.

One loss does not mean he should end it now. If he keeps struggling at slams then maybe because that's all he cares about. He should at least till the end of 2020 since it's an Olympic year.

[quote] remember what A. Zverev said after losing to Tsitsipas in Toronto?

What did he say?

[quote] Sloane looked so lethargic and almost like she didn't care. Even despite her many gifts, I'm beginning to think she might be a one-slam wonder.

Hall of fame yeah!

Now that Gramps is out, I'm rooting for Tiafoe. The winner will be Nadal or Djokovic though.

The winner will be my boyfriend Coric.

[quote]The winner will be my boyfriend Coric

if you say so, Bruna

Who is Bruna, ?Don't tell me it is the name of that sister of his.

Its hilarious when Federer loses cause I enjoy how upset his fans get. They are so entitled kind of like their leader.

Aren't tennis fans in general very entitled? Lots of entitled white people.

So is this the Slam that Next Gen finally wrests a title from the Big Three? (Shut up, Judy.)

Obviously Djokovic and Nadal are still the top two seeds and favorites, but Tsitsipas looks eager to make an impact, and Zverev has had an easy route to the 2nd week for the first time ever. (Plus, I've been waiting for Medvedev to get his first big scalp... he's beaten a lot of very good players in the last year, including a 3-0 h2h vs Tsitsipas.) And Coric is still in there, but getting little attention from the commentators.

I think this could be the changing of the guard.

I think Federer is playing RG because (depending on seeding) if he gets to the final, only to then be beaten by Nadal, he can still say "Look, on clay I'm still better than everyone else apart from the clay GOAT".

For you, R361...

Tsitsipas will likely have to beat Nadal and then Nole in order to win the title. Has anyone ever beaten all three Bigs in the same tournament?

[quote]The one good thing is that Federer cultists will shut up for a while. They grabbed their RF merch and are back to being oblivious to anybody else playing tennis but His Majesty.

You are such a sad fuck. The only thing sadder than stans are anti-stans (p.s.—I’m not a Fedster, and am over the moon that Tsitsi won, btw).

Thanks, R371.

Barring injury, Federer will NOT retire this year. He is definitely aiming to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, since the Gold Medal in Singles is the only thing missing from his resume. But... I feel certain that he'll skip clay in 2020 to limit his schedule and prepare for Tokyo. So my guess is this will be his final Roland Garros.

R352: She makes look Muguruza like a very dedicated player

I don't think Roger will retire before Tokio, unless he is not competitive anymore. It's obvious he is going to face more and more oposition to reach the final rounds but he is still able to play good tennis

I'm so happy that Tsitsipas and Tiafoe have fucking stepped up at this tournament. They haven't had easy draws since they're not top players yet. They've both been so clutch whereas in the past they often choked winning opportunities. I don't expect either to beat Nadal but I'm hopeful.

I'd be fine if any of the guys left won the title except Nadal and Djokovic because it's time for someone different.

Coric has been playing decently. too. The other day against Krajinovic he was hitting his forehand with a lot of pace which sometimes he doesn't.

Slaone should feel embarrassed about losing to fat ass Pavlyuchenkova. Yes she is a good ballstriker but she's not that good of a mover and not that consistent. I expected it though because Sloane has not played well this year. She didn't look good in any of her matches this week. Martic gifted her the other day. Hopefully she improves her form soon. Sloane has the ability to be #1 and win a lot of titles but her mindset isn't right yet. She's currently taking a break from her coach though so maybe that drama is affecting her play.

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni just entered Indian Wells, Miami and Charleston. The kween is back. Halep better glue her wig on tight!

Fed is probably playing at RG and likely other clay masters because he needs points to stay in top 10. It’ll be really interesting to see what happens at Indian Wells and Miami this year. I wonder if Djokovic will dominate? If Rafa wins AUS and wins RG he will be one grand slam title less Han roger wih 19. Rogers 20 titles is now very vulnerable as will be his hold on GOAT.

Lucic has been trying to recover from a shoulder injury. I don't know if she had surgery

Tsitsipas' win over Federer reminded me of when Federer def. Sampras at Wimbledon the one time they played. Sampras was just outclassed that day as Federer was last night.

[quote] Has anyone ever beaten all three Bigs in the same tournament?

Not in a slam, but Nalbandian did it one year at either YEC or Paris indoors, I don't remember which one.

[quote] finally wrests a title from the Big Three? (Shut up, Judy.)

R269, as I wrote in another thread I have resigned myself to the fact that my Andy will no longer be what he was. Go on now with your discussion.

Raonic has looked pretty good so far so I expect his match with Zverev will be a tight affair

I find Raonic oddly sexy, despite his weird hairlessness.

His game is boring as fuck though. Zverev is definitely the better player and capable of more 'exciting' tennis, which he'll need against Raonic's brute strength and power.

Zverev is a way better player than Raonic (at the beginning of his career Raonic seemed to be able to be way more than a serve, but that never happened) but if Milos is having a good day with the serve i wouldn't be surprised if Sascha ends losing.

Rafa and Nole are the big favourites, but i think they are very far from being untouchable. Rafa can't be in really good form, but he starts his matches very concentrate and with advantage. This is one of the few times that he probably won't prevail in a long match. He is totally unchallenged till now. I doubt Tiafoe has a chance, Tsitsipas on the other hand if he plays a good match could be a rival (unfortunately for him Rafa can be a nightmare for players with one hand backhand).

Nole showed some signs of not being at his best against Shapo. There are still very good players on his part of the draw and we'll see if he is as resolutive at tight matches as he was in the second part of last season

I love Roger, and I love that Tsitsipas won. If the kids want to get to the top, they need to beat the guys up there. And Tsitsipas is great to watch.

I can't stand how fussy/prissy Fed is - but he looked hot in his new clothing. That color was good on him.

R387: Exactly, i think it's important they dethrone Fed, Nadal and Nole. If they reach the top only because they retire it would be bad for the sport.

And i think it would be great for tennis if Tsitsipas become a top player, he is different from the rest

Titsi played fearlessly and aggressive. He deserved to win. Fed has nothing to be embarrassed about he still made some brilliant shots. He is still a top 10 player.

Can anyone guess why Asians love Roger so much?? Is it his Swiss perfectionism? His unthreatening sexuality? His boring decent looks?

Roger's butt did look damn good in those shorts too

Pics of rogers stylish assfit please.

Just finished watching the match on the tennis channel. I’m so, so glad Federer lost.

Somebody quoted him as saying that he played only for the trinkets or something like that. Such arrogance!! Well, he won’t get any trinkets this time round.

The trinkets?

Well, Federer is worth half a billion dollars, it's not like he and Mirka need the prize money to feed their 10 kids.

R393, I think the quote was about something like “shiny objects” — the trophies. That’s what they all play for. They want the most trophies.

[quote] it's not like he and Mirka need the prize money to feed their 10 kids.

Not the kids.

Uniqlo? BARF!

Medvedev is playing awesome and has been since last fall--I would not be surprised if Djokovic loses to him and that would open up things for Rafa. I just can't quite see someone else winning it this year--perhaps Raonic (who I agree is sexy, despite his odd looks).

I guess Roger didn't like John McEnroe's suggestion that today's loss might signal a "changing of the guard."

Keys is stinking up the court already. Never noticed Svitolina's trashy thigh tattoo before.

Whether or not the Guard has changed, I'm liking the current mix of NextGen players this deep into the draw. Tiafoe, Tsitsipas and Coric are much more fun to watch than the Big 3...or is it still Big 3 with Federer now at #6 and without a GS title or even final for the last four Slams?

HoF Class of 2019: Pierce, Li Na, Kafelnikov.

Now it's Svitolina's turn to stink. Keys up 5-0 in the 2nd.

With both Pierce and Kafelnikov there, it must be the year of the trashy and free-range rude at the Hall of Fame.

Svit should be embarrassed to walk on the court with that ensemble. She looks horrid.

Svitolina is annoying. Relentless pushing but when she tries to hit hard she'll grunt.

butch Letvian Sevastova wins the 1st set in her match against Osaka

I have to give it to her though. Svitolina came back after Keys totally steamrolled her in the second set. How the fuck did she collapse after that? She is mental.

I love Sevastova

Must be poor coaching that led Madison to collapse like that.

[quote]I love Sevastova

Is she a Latvian lesbian?

damn I was hoping for another Keys-Osaka match

not excited about Svitolina vs. likely Sevastova

Osaka's good. She's improved so much the last year and should be an example for Keys .

Keys is such an overhyped dumbass of a player.

Why does Osaka not know to follow a great groundie up to the net? She has unnecessarily complicated so many points.

Sevastova breaks back thanks to a terrible line call -- 3-3. She's so whiny and irritating.

So many gifts from Osaka, but she manages to break and leads 5-3 (thanks to that serve). Hope she doesn't fuck this up.

D. Zverev

Osaka should clobber Svitolinas serve and she doesn't make as many dumb mistakes as Keys does.

Yes, R396, regardless, he won’t get any this time around.

poor start by both in the opening 2 games but now Raonic is comfortable and Zverev is ready to have a meltdown

Zzz, Zverev

I’m bored silly right now. The Canadian looks like a big doofus.

Don't get all the Fed hate here. I am a diehard Fedstan, and I am glad Tsitsipas won. Tsitsi played better; he deserved to win. I, too, would like to see a changing of the guard though. Fed is old (I am two years older than him so I know). He is a good 5-6 years older than Nole and Rafa, which is a lot. I don't know how he still manages to play at this level. He's had his time, and I also don't think he cares as much about winning as he used to and these losses don't bother him as much as people think. Not anymore anyway. He's got his family, his money, his legacy. I think he is still playing at this point, because he loves the game.

[quote] The Canadian looks like a big doofus

that's a pretty accurate description...and porcine

Zverev is looking very immature and petulant right now. Losing a set 1-6 to Raonic is embarrassing for a top player. Raonic isn't that great at breaking serve.

What'd you mean R424?

Ramos is in the chair for this match. Zverev has already started pitching fits and tossing rackets. Curious to see if Ramos ever penalizes him if this continues.

A. Zverev is serving like A. Kournikova right now.

R429 I think the tennis heads spoke to Ramos after that match and he'll be hesitant to be so aggressive with his umpiring again.

The umpire in the Federer/Tsitsipas match last night was being very heavy-handed with time violations right away and then just stopped. I wonder if he got some text message telling him to relax a bit

lol John McEnroe is being very critical tonight

I don't like bratty Sascha, so C'mon Milos!

serb carne

He's been rather critical the past couple of nights/days.

Alexander.

E. Zverev

This Rolex commercial is so overwrought!

LMFAO Raonic now up 6-1 and will serve at 4-1 !!!! how the fuck does any top player get broken this many times by Raonic? Zverev is looking more pathetic than I've ever seen him play before.

"He is going straight to the donation station and dropping gifts at Raonic's door."

Ramos is like, "fuck me"

Interesting. So a time violation does not affect a player getting a code violation. Zverev now has a time violation from the first set and a code violation for breaking his racket but will only lose a point if he gets another code violation (and loss of first serve if he gets another time violation)

on the other hand, if a player gets a coaching code violation and then breaks his/her racket, that would be a loss of a point. So time violations aren't code violations. Good that we learned the distinction

holy shit 6-1 61 for Raonic lol

This match had to be good for something, R443.

Raonic doesn't usually break lower ranked players more than a few times a match, never mind FIVE times in just 2 sets so far against Zverev

Ramos wasn't wrong in the Serena situation. She was getting coached, and Patrick admitted it. It's a stupid rule but it's still a rule.

When Raonic breaks you five times in a single match, it's time to sit down and take a long, hard look at what you're doing wrong with your career.

I hope we get a Rafa/Tsitsy match here.

All of Zverev's gold chains weigh more than he does

Sasha is going to win this. My gut feeling is saying this

[quote] My gut feeling is saying this

Take some Gravol for that.

Sasha flopping after those aces is hilarious.

How is that spaz number 4??

How did Ramos think that was in nought to overrule? It missed by a foot.

Pliskobot to serve.

R454 Tsitsipas is the spaz. So twitchy.

Raonic has been able to dictate a lot of the match with his forehand. I would have thought Zverev would target his backhand more often

actually this reminds me of the Miami final last year when Zverev kept hitting to Isner's forehand

F. Zverev

Sasha is going to flagellate himself over those first two sets that he shit away.

[quote] Tsitsipas is the spaz

No you’re the spaz!

with Zverev falling, Tiafoe and Tsitsipas now have reached as many QF as him (all 1 as Zverev did it at RG last year)

Zverez shit the bed.

"I don't think he played that well. I think the match was absolutely pathetic on all levels."

Jim C seems very disappointed

I am so so disappointed

I'm sad. I would have liked to see Zverev go further.

Milos lead 1-0 Coric and he leads 3/0 agaiunst Lucas.

It was such easy quarter draw for Sasha but he blew it away. he really need to stop playing all those ATP 500 tournemnt and stort concentrating on grandslams only and ATP master 1000 only

Zverev is very far from being sufficiently mentally mature to win majors.

Instead of dating Gael Monfins, Svitolina should date Sasha .They are made for each other

[quote]Zverev is very far from being sufficiently mentally mature to win majors. win Majors? How about reahching a semies of a major first?. He has 1 slams quatrfinal in total yet . Nick K has better granslam record than him

How did Zverev win the YEC? I didn't see the match. Did he beat Nole or did Nole shit the bed?

The latter. Djokovic was off that day.

R465 Very accurate about this match. Zverev was a mess. And Zverev absolutely should have won that match (about 10 times) with Titsy last year. I understood his frustration then.

Nole was mentally exhausted after a long successful season

Pliskobot is just bunting shit in the court hoping Mugu overhits.

Just laughed out loud at the fact that of Tsitsipas, Tiafoe, and Osaka,

NAOMI IS THE OLDEST ONE

McEnroe: “he would have lost in the first round of qualifying. this is incredible how bad this is

[quote] "I don't think he played that well. I think the match was absolutely pathetic on all levels."

Tehe.

ESL is in the building.

[quote] win Majors? How about reahching a semies of a major first?. He has 1 slams quatrfinal in total yet . Nick K has better granslam record than him

True, but every slam we hear this hype about Zverev, how it's just a matter of time for him to make that final push, etc. The first two sets of this match, he was at a level of a qualifier drawn to play Nadal in the first round, completely clueless and overwhelmed by the occasion.

Interesting how Pliskova seems to match up very well against Muguruza. I think Muguruza has a hard time with the consistently hard and flat shots.

R482 He wasn't overwhelmed by the occasion. That's absurd. He broke to start the damn match. The problem was that he couldn't buy a serve in the deuce court for the first two sets.

Not sure why Garbine thinks she can trade groundies with Pliskbot and win.

Don't even care about this but the picture showing up in OP's post makes me want to hurl. It's showing up on the main page.

Who do we think is going to win Halep v Williams tonight?

Some anniversaries are more important than others. John and Ree will be meeting for a private ceremony at play’s end today.

R485 Mugu was up a break in the first until a linesperson opened their yapper and screwed her over to take it away. So sick of linespeople messing up at big moments in matches. Zip it people!

Now Mugu's a bit tight and not hitting well. Doesn't help that Pliskobot got lucky about four times either.

R487 Can they both lose?

R487, Serena is the huge favorite in that match. She is looking sharp. While Help was almost outhit by Kanopi is the first round

I personally want Help to win but we all know that is not going to happen.

wow I wasn't expecting a beatdown. Garbi gave a very fast handshake lol

Pliskova, impressive.

Who is most likely to stop Serena? Osaka? Pliskova? Kvitova? They all have the weapons needed.

She talks so monotone.

Can't wait for Pliskova to put in a performance that is the polar opposite of today's match when she plays Serena. Jesus. Remember how she blew 4-2; 40-0 at the US Open (with her serve!). These bitches.

R495 Hence the name, Pliskobot.

R475, I think that R465 was throwing shade per what Zverev actually said in R371. Fortunately Zverev's singular lack of aplomb is alien to Tsitsipas.

the bottom half of the remaining womens draw is ridiculous.

lol everyone left in Nadal's section has reached their first slam QF this week. He always gets the best draws. Now all 3 are playing well but still.

Poo-hey

Yay Porna!

Now, ditch those baggy shorts and get Roger to lend you a pair of his Uniqlos.

Carreno busta is a cutie

"Lord Drysdale"

A child has been born? To what is Pam referring?

Is his creepy sister is also there

Halep is pathetic

Help!

[quote] Is his creepy sister is also there

Whose?

You are 4 years too late to realize that. I knew that when she got defeated 6-4/6-0 in quarterfinals here in 2015 by Makarova. Halep was No. 3 or No. 2 in the world at that time.

She backed up her defeat by going out 6-3, 6-2 as no. 1 to Shaui Zang in the first round next year and 6-3.6-1 to Shelby Rogers as rank 4 in 2017

She can thank Lauren Davis for blowing multiple match points against her in the second round; last year.

So many people here criticize Jana Frett for tarnishing Grandslam. Very few people remember Lauren Davis contribution to it

R509, Borna's sister

Porna's in trouble to Pouille. Amelie's Lesbian Magic is rubbing off on Lucas!

No R512, Porna has a habit of flopping at grandslams just like Sasha . He had never won a match at AusOpen before 2019. He flopped hard at Wimbledon 2nd round last year after beating Roger at Halley . His performance at French open is lackluster even though clay suits him

Ovell all his performance at grandslam is underwhelming

Lucas is playing great but it is his lackluster performance which is causing him trouble

lol now that Federer is out, groupie whore Anna Wintour is sitting in Serena's box tonight next to Venus.

Is Help! playing a lot better now or has Swilliams lost some momentum? I ask as I can only follow the live score online and can’t watch...

Coric OUT in 4 sets.

Help is Playing better

She is retrieving a lot of balls. And she is keeping at great length. She is hitting close to the lines but not at the corners. Hence she is not giving chance to Serena to make angles or be aggressive in every point

Serena is making a lot more errors. Halep is playing better but Serena is playing worse. It's definitely not all about Halep

Porna Coric collapse is compelte .

If you look objectively. his loss is even more shameful than that of Sasha.

Milos has a great record at Slams including Aussie Open[SF]. Milos's ranking is low because of his injury last year not due to his performance. He is still a solid top 10 player. Milos has defeated quality players like Nick Krygois, Stan Wawrinka and PHH to reach Rd16

While Lucas was simply out of form . Zero win previosuly at Aus open . Came with zero win in 2019 terrible perfromance last year post US open . Only decent player he has beaten this year at Aussie open is Mikhail Kukushkin

Lucas Pouille:

2016 Wimbledon: reaches QF having never won a match at Wimbledon (and on grass) before.

2016 US Open: reaches QF having never won a match at US Open before.

2019 Australian Open: reaches QF having never won a match at Australian Open before.

Pouille continues the tradition of nutty French players. They can lose in the first round to anyone or go deep in a tournament when seemingly out of form

I think Tsonga was the only real consistent player when he's not injured

Lordy, Lordy Serena’s ass is enormous. Has she got another baby back there?

is Anna Wintour the new bad luck charm?

it's nice to see Halep actually hitting some forehand winners for a change. When she's not confident that side can be a liability

It's over. Halep is useless.

Halep put up a great fight. She did not choke or give the match away. Serena had to earn that. They had a number of high quality points.

Ok, Mary Jo. If you say so.

R510 to be fair, Lauren Davis' toenail fell off on her match points. The timing couldn't have been worse. On Jana Fett's, she actually hit the ace and it was in (hawkeye showed it as in) but was just too stupid and inexperienced to challenge. The luck Halep and Wozniacki get sometimes is unbelievable. Even if they win more slams I will never think of them as great champions or amazing players or anything. And Halep was actually on form for parts of this tournament. -_-

Sad Borna lost to that poubelle Pouille, but happy for Amelie Mauresmo to be able to keep claiming some coaching success. She copped a lot of homophobia back in the day, notably from Hingis, so it always feels good to watch her succeed.

I am so done with Kei. He's really going to win this in 5 sets isn't he? No wonder he's always injured.

[quote]lol now that Federer is out, groupie whore Anna Wintour is sitting in Serena's box tonight next to Venus.

It’s actually mutual whorin’, darlin’. Swilliams has had at least one Vogue cover, and she might get another if she ticks all the right boxes for GOATness. I think the only box left to tick is having a baby. What’s that you say, now? She did what!!??

I just came from the Williams/Halep match. I have never been impressed with Simona Halep’s tennis on television but she is incredible in person. Her movement and anticipation are incredible. Her form and accuracy were also on point. Once she got used to Serena’s pace, Halep was relentlessly aggressive.

So depressing. Just give the trophy to Nadal/Nole and Serena and be done with it

R530 I've seen her in person too and her fitness is wildly impressive, but she has to work SO hard to win a point. It's no wonder she's always injured and frequently gets into such long battles with tight scorelines (even when she wins). She's going to run her body into the ground. Couple that with her mental lack of clutchness, the illegal coaching from the stands, her sulky excuses every time she loses, and her negative on court attitude and I find her hard to root for.

Some of her on court coaching sessions are really cringeworthy too. Her refusing to listen to Darren saying she's given up, him saying weird shit like "be a tiger!!".... She's a solid player but not really a #1, and not really a threat to the other girls (except on clay where her fitness grinds out wins until she runs into any in-form hitter).

[quote[Even if they win more slams I will never think of them as great champions or amazing players or anything.

Totally agree

Thank for nothing OP for trigegring DL curse on Sasha

Serena Williams will return to the top 10 if she beats Pliskova on Wednesday.

Serena Williams is the oldest EVER player to beat a world number one.

Former record was from her sister Venus whoe deafeated Kerbe rin Maiami 2016

#AusOpen Women's Singles QFs

Serena Williams vs Karolina Pliskova

Naomi Osaka vs Elina Svitolina

Petra Kvitova vs Ashleigh Barty

Anastasia Palvyuchenkova vs Danielle Collins

The two players who lost all their singles matches at Hopman Cup and then lost Rd1 at Sydney -- Frances Tiafoe and Lucas Pouille -- have now reached Australian Open QF.x

Rankings watch:

Djokovic, Nadal, and Zverev will be 1, 2, 3 in that order regardless of results. Nishikori back inside Top Eight, could finish anywhere between No. 4 - No. 8. Federer will be no higher than No. 6. Bautista Agut back into Top Twenty.

Still five women who can finish at No. 1 - Halep, Osaka, Kvitova, Svitolina, Pliskova. For Halep to hold onto No. 1, she needs Osaka and Kvitova to lose in the QF, and Pliskova and Svitolina to lose before the Final. The best Serena could do is No. 5 if she wins the title and Svitolina loses in the QF.

It's weird as well because everything Frances was doing badly at the Hopman (wild forehand, absolutely abysmal volleys) have been his strengths here in Melbourne. The sudden run of form is strange.

Pouille has now made the QF at all majors except the French. I wonder if he'll end up like his coach Mauresmo who was famously terrible in front of her home crowd, but could even win clay tournaments elsewhere? The pressure must be a lot.

5 hours match between PCB and Kei.

There are some insane rallies in the Djokovic v Medvedev match.

Though Medvedev looks like one of those kids with hydrocephalus you used to see in those deprived Romanian orphanages.

Kei has heart of lion

Wow, amazing fifth-set tiebreaker in the Nishikori/Careno Busta match.

What happened with the overrule giving the point to Nishikori? I could hear Cliff and Brad disagreeing about it from the next room.

I am heart broken for PCB . he is cuh cute guy. However he let that questinable call get him . He was leading 8-5. But after that call he didn't win any point .

Carreno Busta STORMS off the court after letting the ref have it.

How’s Nole doing?

R545, PCB hit a sitter ball that was incorrectly called out by the linesman. Kei easily hit the ball into the open court. Instead of replaying the point, the chair umpire awarded the point to Kei. Drysdale said the chair umpire made the right call because there was no way PCB could have won the point.

It will be Nadal vs Djokovic final. Boring.

I feel bad for Pablo, he's so cute when not all sweaty on the court and seems like a nice guy. Late bloomer, a workhorse who puts just as much into his singles as well. That call must have been so frustrating simply because it was that late in the match.

Happy for Kei but JESUS does he need to stop getting into these 5 set matches that he should be winning in 3. three out of 4 matches so far have all gone to 5. There's no way that doesn't take its toll eventually.

The Medvedev Djokovic match is very gruelling. I'm rooting against Djoko who I can't stand, although Medvedev is a bit douchey too (always getting into arguments). He looks a lot better with the facial hair, and also now that he's gotten rid of that thin, greasy long fridge.

Thanks R449.

I'm loving the Medvedev Djokovic match. Djokovic looks to have finally put on some weight.

Yeah Nole looks like he put on about 5-10 lbs. I'm liking Medvedev, he seems to be enjoying himself.

Can we think of another rallying cry than c'mon?? It's been done to death.

Still gutted after PCB loss. Watching Celebrity Big Brother to distract. myself. Will you guys watch season 2 premiere tonight?

Can Williams be stopped?

Yes but by herself

I'm loving the row between Jamie Murray and Dan Evans.

R551, I don't know much about PCB but I was really impressed with how he graciously congratulated Kei after the match even though he was furious at the chair umpire.

Glad poor sport Mugaruza lost...

PCB left the court in tears, was still in tears at his press conference and the first thing he did at the was apologise for his behaviour.

The crowd didn't even boo him they'd been so impressed by the match and he's known as a really good bloke normally.

Pliskbot is no prize either. Remebr how menancingly attacked the poor umpre in Italy

R559 Yes, he's very quiet but the guys really like him in the locker room. His outburst was a bit unexpected actually. I meant to say he puts as much effort into his *doubles upthread, accidentally wrote singles. I'm interested to see his press conference (this might be one time where i'd just accept the 10k fine and skip it, especially if he's still raw and upset).

One of the reasons the Djokovic/Medvedev match was so good was because they were both ruthlessly HUNTING for a break. Makes such a difference from the Anderson/Isner type players who sleepwalk through return games and merely focus on defending their serve.

Pliskova is awfully arrogant for a robot. Even two weeks ago in Brisbane before the final she said "she has nothing to hurt me with, the match will be in my hands." She almost lost it too but Lesia choked and then got injured when she fell. It's like last year at the US Open when she said "Serena behaves bigger than her game is", and then got flogged in straight sets.

Even just now the journalists asked her about the conditions, explaining that Muguruza said in her PC that she struggled. Pliskova's response? "I honestly do not think the weather was too hot. There were worse days. and in Brisbane, it was even worse. I am physically prepared. And if it affected her? I do not care about my opponents. May they even have broken legs."

Despite what I think of Serena, it'd be satisfying to watch her shut her up good on Thursday.

Haha, Pliskova is a bitch and I like it.

R563 haha that's hilarious re Pliskova. I didn't think she had enough personality to say those things.

Tiafoe will unfortunately be little more than a speed bump, but can Tsitsi beat Rafa if they meet in the semis?

Zverev first needs to learn how to break a racket in fewer than 8 attempts before he attempts to win a major. #Goals

R567 You'd think he'd be better at it by now.

R567 wins the best post of this thread.

Pliskbot must have gotten the bitch upgrade to her personality programming

Don't worry, R570, Serena will uninstall that app after two days

I just watched the highlights of Tiafoe-Dimitrov. There are plenty of entertaining rallies. Now I’m looking forward to Tiafoe-Nadal.

Good one R570!

Nadal is going to wipe the floor with Tiafoe.

New thread, Part III:

ESL/Zverev stan at R519, how is Coric's loss "even more shameful" than Zverev's? Coric didn't get routed in three sets like Zverev did, and he's reached the round of 16 in the last two Slams, which is more than can be said for Zverev. Also Coric (though he's had his moments) doesn't routinely smash his rackets and scream obscenities at umpires when things aren't going as he would like or when he thinks he got a bad call.

Porna has matured a lot I think. He seems calmer. Sad to see him go.

Halep is pathetic to have not finished her off. All the second serve return errors in the 6th game of set 3 just gift wrapped it. Serena was clearly tired and all she had to do was make her play. And again, the favorable scheduling saves the bitch. If that had been a day match she probably would have dropped dead on the court.

R563 Pliskbot had points for 5-2 in the 1st set and blew her 40-0 lead. Hardly "getting flogged."

I hope she tears Serena's lazy ass a new asshole. But since she played flawlessly against Garbine she'll, in all likelihood, have a letdown.

Can they both lose?

I was watching highlights of the 1993 final with Seles and Graf. Unfortunately the angle of the camera is so different than they are now, but I was trying to figure if they hit as hard as the women do now (and what it would look like on 2019 era HD tv), and I conclude that not only do they, but they would beat most of the players now pretty easily. Do you agree?

The speed was different because the raquets were different, but a Seles or Graf type of player will be lethal to all the "top" players right now, because they not only hit hard, they were able to think, their groundstrokes had a meaning. The wta is probably in one of its worst moments. A Serena out of form is still the big favourite to win anywhere, something that didn't happened a decade ago, where she knew for sure that if she was not at her best Henin or Clijsters will defeat her.

Zverev needs to change something, i don't know what happens to him but it's obvious that something is holding him back. What happens to him is not normal. One thing is not winning or not getting to finals and other very different is that someone who is able to defeat Roger and Nole, and win Masters 100 and being consistent the whole year, is unable to reach qtr GS after GS and year after year.

Everytime the match is not going his way he crumbles. And he doesn't lose against the big three, he could lose with everyone. And it's not the defeat, Milos in a good serve day is a really tough player to face, but he totally tanked the first two sets.

If Stefanos is able to reach semis (and he is the favourite) or even the final (defeat Rafa will be a totally different story, but in my opinion Rafa will suffer if he is really challenged, something that didn't happened yet) the pressure on Zverev will be inmense.

Marat Safin is totally right, the big three were able to dominate because the younger generations never step up for the challenge. The next gen is lucky that Nole, Roger and Rafa will get worse no matter what, but till now only Tsitsipas is showing a real progression. We'll see if he is able to face the pressure of the next round, and Nadal kicked his ass on the previous matches, but on hard courts he has more chances than on clay, it will depend of how he starts the match (in case he is able to beat RBA).

Tiafoe is showing his potential, but i will wait to see if he is able to show some regularity.

Nishikori will likely be a fucking walkover for Djokovic in the next round. He's had a lot of long matches just to reach the QF

R581 Without a doubt. There are no women today who would really challenge either of those two...maybe Serena and not consistently. This is why I have so much trouble enjoying the women's game as much as I try. That being said, the Sampras/Agassi era of dominance would never have come to be had they contended with the likes of Roger, Nadal, and Djokovic.

you've got to be kidding. Serena and Venus owned Seles and they were competitive in the few matches they had as teenagers against Graf. Davenport was beating both Graf and Seles once she came into peak form too and she's not even a great athlete.

Now Graf would probably own a lot of the players who weren't powerful since she owned Hingis. Hingis had little trouble with Seles though.

When Seles came back and was facing Venus, Serena, and Hingis, she was not the same player she was at her peak. Not saying she would have owned them, but her peak form would have made it a lot more competitive.

oh peak Seles and Graf would certainly be competing with the best of the best from the last 15 years but they wouldn't be close to dominating. Graf even lost to Kournikova once and Kournikova was never able to beat Serena or Venus. Hingis also owned Kournikova

Too much what-if with Seles for us to truly know if she could have dominated once the big babes showed up. I think most people think Peak Seles would have been competitive with Serena and Venus, but that's not just the physicality; it's the mindset. She was utterly ruthless. She lost all that with the stabbing, and became one of the nicest people out there.

as far as the men's game goes, I think the slowing down of the surfaces has greatly affected who most of the top players became in the last 15 years with the exception of Federer. Obviously Federer can thrive on fast courts but he's shown he's more than capable to play on slow courts. On a fast court, I don't know how easily Nadal, Djokovic and Murray would have handled peak Sampras' serve. Sampras was so consistent with his serving and hitting his spots in the 90s. Likewise, Sampras would have a lot of trouble today on the slowed down courts as he never won RG or many clay titles during his day.

Agassi showed himself to be an all-surface player despite his reluctance to do much volleying. I think he'd definitely be top 10. Nalbandian was a lesser version of him. Both had great groundstrokes and decent movement but not a big serve. They were excellent at returning serve though

R588 speaks the truth. The sympathy Monica gained from her stabbing made her much nicer - and unfortunately lost her ruthlessness which made her unstoppable. Even the few times she got into shape post stabbing. Only time I saw her that ruthless was the 1998 FO semi versus Hingis. You can clearly see the difference.

if the hard and grass courts were as fast as in the 90s, players like Raonic would have slams and the likes of Karlovic and Isner would at least be a multi-slam finalist, if not 1 hit wonder

None of the matches of the past 20 years on the WTA tour have come close to the quality of that Seles vs Capriati match in the US Open semis in 1991. Both played incredible tennis but Seles eventually crushed Capriati's resolve. Even years after that, Capriati claimed that it had taken her a very long time to get over it and that it really wreaked havoc on her psyche for a while. Basically, she said that she played at the level she had never played before and that even that wasn't enough against Monica.

So much Seles worship. I respect her but she is the grunt originator!!

Seles worship among gay people especially - she was an outsider, a total original that was different from anyone and was a “freak” - unconventional genius game that no one had scene before. Not even the best athlete but incredible competitor. It makes sense that people who relate to those characteristics in their own life would like her. Also - any tennis fan agrees that when she came on no one had seen anything like it before. And even at 15 you could tell she was going to dominate.

*seen. Uh oh.

Total Seles fan here. Pre-stabbing, she was on her way to being the best ever. Has any female since won seven of eight grand slams entered?

Tsitsi vs. RBA is about to start!

Titsy!

Nole

G. Zverev

Puig!