A bit late to start this, but the French Open has been pretty exciting so far. Which players do you love/hate?
I'm pulling for my favorite player, Gael Monfils, to win it all. I think he will upset Federer.
Monfils is gonna down fed. Of course I have Serena Safina round two for the finals.
Sharapova got owned and that is sad but she did good at least. Fed has no easy way to this crown with del potro and gael still in it.
Serena Williams is the Kanye West of women's tennis. Inconsistent, brash and arrogant to the point where you start to hate her, but you can't deny the tremendous amount of success she's had.
I'm surprised Soderling beat Davydenko. I thought him beating Nadal was a fluke, but maybe he is the real deal.
I think he pushed a few players in one of the slams between wimbledon last year and the french. I know he had one deep run where he took somebody out.
I didn't see the Davydenko match, but I feel that Soderling used the same strategy against Nadal that Federer used in Madrid. He took a lot of high risk shots that ended up paying off against Nadal, instead of trying to grind it out with him. I don't mean to say that he's been getting lucky, but I'm not yet ready to say that he's the real deal yet.
Oh no not the real deal, but he definitely belongs in the conversation.
Dang, Serena just lost. Serena vs Safina would have been a women's match that I actually would want to watch.
now safina is going to win the title. It really won't mean much though until she goes through a battle tested player in the final.
lol, I haven't been able to take women's tennis since Henin retired.
Monfils just lost, seems like he lost all his steam after losing the tiebreaker in the first set.
haha don't f*ck with federer.
gonna get his first french open and tie pete sampras for 14 grand slams OH YEA!
YES FEDERER
Yeah, this tourney is Federer's to win. He's beaten JMDP on clay this year, and for the finals, maybe Gonzo could pull the upset, but Fed's looking really confident now.
lol safina lost
women's tennis is awful
^did you get up early and watch it? why is women's tennis awful?
i didn't watch it, but i am definitely getting up early tomorrow and watching federer
grats fed on career grand slam and 14 slams. now retire so everyone else can have a shot ;) Nice to see Andre Agassi show up too.
also, lol @ the dude that ran onto the court waving a Barca flag at Federer
@Teesa: It wasn't too early on the East coast, around 9 AM I think. Women's tennis is awful because all of the women players are terrible. They're all head cases that cave in under pressure. Look how many #1's there have been in women's tennis recently. And don't even try to say it's because the field is more competitive. They're not all equally good, they're all equally bad. Kuznetsova didn't win that match, Safina lost it. Maybe I'd be less annoyed if ESPN didn't decide to air Serena vs Kuznetsova over Monfils vs Federer. But between the two, there is no comparison between watching men's tennis and women's tennis.
YEEEEESSS :)
wtf, that random guy trying to put a hat on federer? security!
i understand what you mean-like when they cave in under pressure-that is so true. i prefer men's tennis too. espn loves the williams sisters. i remember when i wanted to watch a match in the earlier rounds, but they were showing them playing doubles. SO boring.
if nadal's out of wimbledon, that's another title for federer
don't underestimate ...
ANDY RODDICK..
oh wait...he's never winning a major ever again HAHAHAHHAAH.
federer has 15 in the books.
^good call...federer has had problems with murray. but overall, i think federer is a more composed player. but that would be a great matchup to watch at wimbledon.
yeah, but then when we're old and no one else is good enough to beat his record, we can be like haha we were witnesses to that greatness lol
^ i wanna watch tennis like you. you should tell me when the games you're watching are on and teach me what i need to know about this sport .
^UH OH
Teesa, JC wants you to teach him what love means in tennis
^LOL. aw, unfortunately love literally means nothing in tennis
haha.
but of course i will let you know, jc! you'll pick up tennis quick and i know you'll like it i don't really pay attention to the matches in between the major ones-i guess i just check the results here and there but that's about it-but wimbledon starts june 22nd and it should be really great.
why don't you get behind him teesa and show him how to hold a racket
^your sig is creepy as hell
edittt
^hahaaaa, that is so cute
Roddick over Murray in 4 sets
^ that's for semifinals right?
if that's the case
federer over djokovic
then federer over roddick
Well we have to see the draws first. I have a feeling fed won't win at wimbledon this year. I just know that this is the stretch where roddick will put it all together FINALLY!
i like the way you're thinking javonn
wimbledon rankings released (i'm just posting the top 20, but http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news;_ylt=AmU94PPGEYR6Ypt.wFgJwI04v7YF?slug=wimbledonseeds&prov=st&type=lgns:
hahahaaa, omg i loved that
http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news;_ylt=AuZUHEbxGVBJnHMd1C6do0g5nYcB?slug=ap-wimbledon-nadal&prov=ap&type=lgns
dang, gael monfils withdraws due to injury :( I wanted to see him wearing his outfit in white lol
^lol. he's great, but he beat andy roddick
roddick won andy murray is having problems. so is safin
i really dislike tennis commentators the most. they'll add their two cents in the middle of a match and switch screens, WTF. say your stuff after or before, not during. nobody cares.
i'm kind of going for kendrick now.
i'm working really hard at watching this
i want to watch center court or court 18. not the women's!
UHOH kendrick is almost done
man, watching safin lose like this is kinda sad he'd better make a comeback
i knowww :((( i couldn't watch him walk off the court. he's never really been great on the grass, but he made it far last summer. even though he says that was his last wimbledon, i really hope he makes a comeback too.
sharapovaa....whyyyyyyy
lmao @ Sharapova Her slam wins are starting to look more and more like flukes.
well i guess you can say she's the female version of roddick. haha
This is indeed true but Sharapova acts like she is the shit. I can name 7 or 8 players that would wipe her off the court any day of the week. Roddick is at least humble and knows he has work to do.
............
i can't wait till roddick loses, or when federer kills him
EXCUSE ME.
haha jk, i don't care if he loses to federer. almost everyone does.
yeah our best USA tennis player isn't even roddick, it's Blake HAHAHA. jp
OMG blake sucks. can't depend on him for anything.
WOOHOOO TENNIS
are you being sarcastic?
no
Wow, Hewitt over JMDP!
^i know! whoaaa, gotta love that australian though.
WATCHING RODDICK! woohooooo. he had some problems in that third set, but he looks good again now. but he's breathing kind of hard and i don't like when he does that because that means he's getting tired :/
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man, Murray is an ugly dude, his teeth are AWFUL, LOL brits
[edit]AHAHAHAHAHAHA some kids in the crowd just shit on Murray
but I'm still rooting for him
^hahaaaa his teeth
i was going for gulbis, but that's pretty much out the window now.
i dont think i like murray
all these talks about these guys are pointless. their just bowling pins for federer to knock out anyways.
lol tung, where were you when Federer was getting knocked out of the early rounds at the beginning of the year? Murray has a winning record over Federer, 6-2.
you mean when federer beat murray for his 13th grand slam at the u.s open back in september?
what federer had to say about murray for this wimbledon
“I always knew that Andy was going to be one of the toughest ones to beat on grass next to Rafa and Djokovic,” said Federer, who opens play on Centre Court today against Yen-Hsun Lu of Taipei. Asked whether Murray is his biggest threat, Federer said: “No.”
http://www.theherald.co.uk/sport/headlines/display.var.2515700.0.federer_murray_hasnt_won_when_it_matters.php
^that was mean...so what if he's a little emotional?
this is random but back to his quote from tung's post...i love when people say rafa.
Haas is gonna choke again... what a waste of talent
woww, cilic is rapidly growing on me.
game suspended due to darkness???? NOOOOOOOOO
Hmmm guess I spoke too soon. Sucks, I bet on Cilic and now my money is tied up for another day.
Haas: you can't take pictures please
random lady: hurry up
random ladies: yeah hurry up
random gent: nobody even likes you
Zoom on the excited little girl
PRICELESS!!
i am SO angry that i had to watch roddick win on the wimbledon slamtracker online. why the hell would they not show that match when it was on center court?? i'm sooo happy he won, but WTF. seriously.
i liked hearing about the two major upsets in women's tennis.
damn this is intense. i want murray to lose so people will shut up about how he needs to win it
lets go wawrinka
lol, great match. murray played like he was hungover in the first set, but wawrinka just couldn't keep making those great winners he was hitting all game.
gg
i had to watch everything online but it was intense for me every time that screen refreshed! i was going for wawrinka not gonna lie. but anyways
GO RODDICK WOOHOOO!!
he's going to play hewitt next though and that's pretty scary.
I'm not betting on any upsets in the quarters. Roddick's been owning Hewitt in their past several matches, so I still think Roddick will win, even if it might take more than 3 sets. Karlovic has been serving like a beast, but Federer is too good for that to matter. Murray has Ferrero, but this is on grass and not clay, so I doubt he'll give Murray much trouble. Haas vs Djokovic might be interesting, two head cases.
Not for nothing...but I could see Karlovic upsetting fed.
Well, I think there will be tiebreakers and Karlovic may take a set or two, but I just don't think Dr. Ivo can serve perfectly for three sets, let alone 5 if it gets that far. Federer can also do more to his second serve than the guys that Karlovic has played with so far, and I don't think he has the return game to break back if Federer can break him due to his size.
But we'll see, maybe Fed will have an off day and Karlovic will serve the match of his life.
OMG. Verdasco is out. NOOOOOOOOOOOO. Anyway, Fedex is going to beat the shit out of Karlovic. Phew. And GO HEWITT !!!!! What an hell of a comeback. And Murray, WOOHOO.
I just can't stand Djokovic and Safina ... I want them out.
^djokovic lost :/
i like safina...but the only reason is that she's safin's sister.
federer won :) andy was down 4-2 to hewitt in the second set, but now it's tied!
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this second set tiebreak is so INTENSE omg
Not to take anything from Haas, since he was playing great (it's always good to see someone doing serve and volley these days), but Djokovic was pathetic. I don't think he has a real shot at being #1. Hopefully Haas vs. Federer will be like their French Open match.
ohhh no, it's going to a fifth set
wow roddick almost got broken ... hewitt so close going up 3-1 in that 5th set
WOW RODDICK BREAKS lead 5-4....this game is over
Too bad this is probably the end of the line for Roddick.
NO IT'S NOT!
Man wtf, Hewitt lost. Pff. Anyway, it's going to be a Fedex vs Andy match. And for the females, the Williams. Lovely. xD
which andy do u think will win
lol typical WTA, #1 ranked Safina forgets how to play tennis.
Dang Teesa, it must really suck to live in a shitty timezone and not being able to see this live. You're really missing out.
Best I've seen Federer play all tournament long. His serve was impeccable.
Looking forward to Fed vs Murray.
Wow NBC is a piece of shit, why is this on delay? God forbid they miss a day of Martha f*cking Stewart.
Alright Teesa, I'll eat crow tonight. Congrats Roddick, well played semi match. You probably don't stand a chance against Fed, but it would really make my month if you pulled the upset.
lol England
I love how dumb ESPN is. They didn't say hmmm let's put the roddick murray match on broadcast....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....They put last years mens final on instead of a live match. BITCHASS NIGGAS
wtf Roddick won. Blah. Anyway, go Fedex !!!
^yep, that's exactly it.
haha we were all thinking the same thing, but i'm so used to seeing the matches online :/ at least sunday will be just fine!
Roddick has been playing some of the best tennis of his life. I can't believe he's actually hitting through his backhands instead of slicing them all the time. And he's varying the speed/location of his serves to keep Fed off balance. Federer still isn't in a groove where he's winning points repeatedly. It's still a long shot, but maybe we can have an American sweep of Wimbeldon.
LET'S GO RODDICK
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i'm still angry about the second set tiebreaker
but i still think roddick is on fiiire
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this 4th set is amazing.
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OMGGG
I WANNA BELIEVE
Roddick's backhand has been great for the past two matches. I think that's been the key difference... you can see Federer trying to work it to Andy's backhand expecting him to hit one of those week shovel shots back, but Andy has actually hit a few winners from the left wing.
OMG
OMG
OMG
I'M POOPING MY PANTS RIGHT NOW
BREAK HIM NOW ANDY
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10 games all!!!!!!!!!!!
Damnnnnnnnnnnnn
5th set is worth 2 sets lol
good game.
i'm really happy that he broke sampras's record
but i didn't want him to get it against roddick.
hahahahaahaha here comes Tung
Soo, I just read all that. LOL. FEDERERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR !!! OMG. I thought the match was NEVER going to end. I was at my dad's with his new family and my family. We were quite a lot and only 2 people were rooting for Roddick. XD I'll admit, Roddick played WONDERFULLY but Fedex's experience got him through. GO FEDEX. The BEST player of all times.
watching the rogers cup (haha cleverly titled) and roger just needs to win this set.
and i hope andy can beat djokovic tonight!
u.s. open started yesterday!
Damn, I haven't watched tennis since the L.A. Open. (I kinda had to go since my coach convinced us that we should, but I got box seats anyways so whateverrrr.)
^YOU WENT TO THE LA OPEN? ahhhhhh safin did well there! i am so jealous of you tina haha.
Yeah! I ended up with 3 sets of tickets for one session, LOL. I had a free one from my coach, lodge seats from my friend's dad who is a rep for the USTA, and box seats from some guy who didn't want them, LOL. Then I got tickets to see Safin vs. Sampras. :D
k tina, pic of you playing tennis nao
LOL c'mon Julia if I'm not gonna even show you guys full body pics, am I gonna show pictures of me playing tennis when I'm all gross and my hair is ugly? D:
damn i've never really watched anyone play tennis before, so the nike adverts are all fake when girls look all hot playing?
http://f*ckyeahtennis.tumblr.com/
GO OUDIN
i watched nadal yesterday
i don't know wtf is going on with andy
lol serena williams yelling at a 5' tall chinese woman
She's fined $10,000 because of it.
^+$500 for racket abuse lol
"I swear to God I'm f*cking going to take this f*cking ball and shove it down your f*cking throat, you hear that? I swear to God."
anyways, nadal lost :( and the djokovic v. federer was fun to watch! even though he lost, i think djokovic did a great job.
*Gasp*
Nadal lost? I didn't really want him to win tbh.
poor thing had an injury, but del potro was AMAZING. his serves were killer and he was just the better player. don't think he'll beat federer though.
I want someone other than Federer to win as well.
Like Djokovich.
lol federer implodes, grats JMDP
THE WORLD HAS GONE INSANE THIS PAST WEEK I SWEAR
lol. I am so happy somebody beat fed. I was so upset when he beat roddick.
i love federer telling him not to tell him to be quiet and that he doesn't give a shit.
Deep down inside I always knew that fed had that bad side to him. You can tell that he knew it was slipping away.
what bad side? it's call emotions and intensity. everyone has it. he is human after all and people explode every now and then.