Olympic Tennis Thread (1 Gold; 1 Silver)

[Marc]

:amazed:

Hello Olympic tennis. Wimbledon :love:

Men's

Gold Medal match: Murray d. Federer
Bronze Medal match: Del Potro d. Djokovic


Women's

Gold Medal match: s. Williams d. Sharapova
Bronze Medal match: Azarenka d. Kirilenko

[Locke.]

A preview of the final, just picture a gold medal in her hand

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6lpppTdDN1qjai0go2_250.gif

[Mystic Mock]

Djokovic's time to shine.

[Locke.]

https://p.twimg.com/Axr6ddzCAAA1sQb.jpg

[Maia]

Wozniacki will be winning this time

[skkc16]

Serena ftw. Even if she doesn't win the singles I'm sure she's gonna take the doubles with Venus :D

[Locke.]

When is the draw?

[skkc16]

When is the draw?

Tomorrow

[Novo]

The World #1 is well and truly ready to win her rightful gold medal

[Novo]

The draw for the Olympic Tennis Event took place on Thursday at The All England Club, Wimbledon ahead of the action getting under way on Saturday.
The No. 1 seed in the men's singles, Roger Federer, who won the doubles gold medal with Swiss teammate Stanislas Wawrinka in Beijing, will face Alejandro Falla in the opening round.
The two players have met five times and Federer is yet to be beaten, although the Colombian did take the 17-time Grand Slam champion to five sets at Wimbledon two years ago, and served for the match in the fourth set.
No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic, who won the singles bronze medal in Beijing, has been drawn against Fabio Fognini. The Serb leads their head-to-head series 2-1, including straight set wins in their last two meetings.
Andy Murray, seeded No. 3, is in the same half of the draw as Djokovic and has been handed a tough first round assignment against Stanislas Wawrinka, while No. 4 seed David Ferrer takes on Vasek Pospisil.
In the women's singles, the Williams sisters will both face difficult opponents in the first round. Serena, seeded No. 4, plays Jelena Jankovic and Venus faces No. 9 seed Sara Errani. Serena and Venus are two-time doubles gold medallists, while Venus also won the singles gold medal in Sydney.
Elsewhere, No.1 seed Victoria Azarenka is up against Irina-Camelia Begu, No. 2 seed Agnieszka Radwanska meets Julia Goerges and No. 3 seed Maria Sharapova plays Sharar Peer.
In total, 44 countries are being represented at The All England Club. There is a 64-draw for the men’s and women’s singles, with 16 players seeded in each event, and a 32-draw for the men’s and women’s doubles, with eight teams seeded in each event.
The mixed doubles, which is making a return to the Olympics as a medal sport for the first time since Paris 1924, will have a 16-draw, with four teams seeded. The draw for the mixed doubles is being held mid-way through the tennis event on 31 July.
Entry into the mixed doubles will be based on each pair’s combined ranking. Players can use either their singles or doubles ranking to qualify, whichever is highest, and a maximum of two teams per country are permitted. There are 12 Direct Acceptances into the mixed doubles, with the remaining four spots being filled by ITF Places.

[Locke.]

Lisicki vs Jabeur, the world #300, that will do nicely. She is against Robson and Watson in the doubles.

[Jayson]

Centre court just about to start with Berdych vs. some jobber

[Marc]

Federer Falla? :amazed:

[Marc]

I love those draws, loads of 3rd-round draws in the first round :love:

[Jayson]

When's Murray on?

[Marc]

Don't know actually, I'm all over the place ATM so many events on

[Jayson]

Yeah the first few days of the Olympics are so overkill

Not sure how they organise it all

[Marc]

Clijsters playing :love:

[Marc]

OMG Ana is on :amazed:

[Munchkins]

Omfg Sabine or Agnieska please win gold ok

If Serena wins god i will die

[Jayson]

You lot are all missing the equestrian

Beautiful mares

[Lee.]

There's too much to watch! I'm settling for some serious hotties in the gymnastics.

Marc, let me know if I'm missing any of the favs playing tennis. :)

[Novo]

Clijsters wins

[Novo]

Serena Williams v Jankovic

[Locke.]

Murray on court 2 in the doubles after the Li Na match ends.

But more importantly Lisicki + Kerber vs Robson + Watson is on Court 12 later today

[Novo]

Baltacha played amazing then

[Locke.]

Stosur - Navarro at one set all and 7-7 in the final set

[Novo]

Federer on the ropes

[Novo]

Federer 1-1 Falla

[Munchkins]

Handball and Gymnastics ive been watching

Glad Hantuchova won though

[Novo]

Stosur and Li Na out

[Novo]

Looks like Wozniacki might be on her way to jobbing to Keothavong

[Shaun]

gwaaaaaan Keothavong :love:

[Novo]

She's took the opening set :worship:

[Shaun]

ace :worship:

[Novo]

Kvitova is struggling a bit against Bondarenko now

[Jayson]

Not sure why but I cannot stand Kvitova

Maybe it's because she's a dog

[Shaun]

bloody carolines ruining my weekend (winning the 2nd set)

[Novo]

it was good while it lasted

[MTVN]

Jamie Murray is terrible

[Novo]

got more grand slam titles then Andy :pipe:

[MTVN]

The Murrays out now thanks to him, had his serve broken 3 times in the third set :idc:

[Novo]

The Jobber brothers

[Novo]

https://instagr.am/p/Noj0SjDLQX/media/?size=l

[Locke.]

Lisicki knocking out the two British girls in the first round of doubles :worship:

[Novo]

She's going out the singles today

[Marc]

Jamie Murray is a selfish tennis player

[Locke.]

Vika getting knocked out by the young Romanian girl later today.

Do the Olympics count towards rankings aswell? Like, when Lisicki wins Gold, that will move her back into contention for the Top 10?

[Marc]

I believe so young Locke

[Novo]

Sharapova needs to win the Gold Medal to get back to #1 so it doesn't count that much

[Marc]

She won't win that :joker:

[Novo]

Lisicki can take care of her again and then she can get knocked out by her team mate again :idc:

[Locke.]

WTA ranking points (singles only)

685 Gold medal
470 Silver medal
340 Bronze medal
260 Fourth place
175 Quarterfinals
95 Third round
55 Second round
1 First round

[Novo]

Lisicki picking up 1 point for herself today

[Locke.]

Yes! After a three hour delay, they have started playing

[Locke.]

Sharapova on the red button now

[Novo]

Poor Raddy

[Novo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/p00w2v77

Think Vika is on next

[Locke.]

Been waiting for Lisicki since 11.30, probably going to have to wait until tomorrow now

[Novo]

Doesn't even look like it's raining there

[Locke.]

Lisicki on now but the BBC are being useless and only have 2 courts available on the red button

[Jayson]

Yes
The bloated BBC
Out of Touch with what
We Want
Not like Eurosport 3D
Bliss

Sign of the Times

[Novo]

Lisicki down 4-0 in the first set

[Locke.]

It is 2-2 :idc:

[Novo]

where are the scores?

[Jayson]

No point in watching really, we all know Lisicki will win the gold.

[Locke.]

http://www.london2012.com/schedule-and-results/

Click on tennis, scroll over the purple boxes an it says who is playing, and click on them to see the scores and stats

[Munchkins]

If Sabine Lisicki won gold.. I would be one happy fan :D

she is so lovely :love:

[Locke.]

A bronze will do. She could possibly have Sharapova in round 3 yet again

[Novo]

The Jobber is leading 4-3 and serving

[Locke.]

Delayed. Again.

[Lee.]

My personal fav Lleyton Hewitt playing now :love:

[Novo]

Vika due to play in 15 minutes.. wonder if they'll show it :idc:

[Lee.]

You can watch anything you want on the red button??

[Novo]

Not all matches were shown the other day for some reason but then again i think that was the Lisicki match and she's a nobody where as Vika is the #1 so they'll have to show it

[Locke.]

They only had 2 out of the 12 courts on yesterday, it is ridiculous. They better have the end of the Lisicki match on in an hour

[Novo]

Ahh yes she is on now :pipe:

[Locke.]

Sabine's good friend Kerber wins the first set 6-1 in 19 minutes, not long left til that is over and Lisicki can finish off this kid

[Novo]

Vika breaks the Jobber

[Novo]

6-1 in the first set

[Locke.]

4 courts on the red button today but I still do not see court 12, going to have to track down the red button service on twitter and make them put it on

[Novo]

Vika letting the Jobber have a few games

[Locke.]

Lisicki loses the first set, giving the kid a head start

[Novo]

Vika just destroyed the umpire

" you can not do this! is this your first time? this always happens can you learn the rules? "

[Novo]

Vika just destroyed the umpire

" you can not do this! is this your first time? this always happens can you learn the rules? "

[Lee.]

Hewitt breaks! Yay!

[Locke.]

Lisicki wins the second set 6-0, we are back on course :worship:

[Locke.]

The first 2 courts on the red button have no matches on at the minute, why not show two different courts for the time being :bored:

[Lee.]

I agree Locke! The 3rd has none either now!

[Novo]

**** sake, Vika is going out here

[Locke.]

It's all going wrong

Pe†ra ‏@Petra_ToxLi
Why can't Lisicki play like in the 2nd set and Vika like in the 1st one? #tennisgirlsproblems

[MTVN]

Laura Robson has broken already :worship:

[Novo]

Vika :worship:

[Locke.]

Get in!!!!!!

Was a close call that, but Sabine's journey for Gold continues

[Jordan.]

Good girl Robson :pipe:

[Marc]

Laura :dance:

[MTVN]

Good stuff, thought she had screwed up that first set

[Jayson]

Robson for PM

[Novo]

Raddy Junior isn't doing to bad

[MTVN]

Yes Laura :worship:

[Marc]

Laura :dance2:

Ana v. Bally now

[Marc]

Laura :dance2:

Ana v. Bally now

[Novo]

victoria azarenka ‏@vika7
hey guys! won my match which wasn't easy at all…I was crazy nervous to start to play…but I'm glad i went thru the battle to really feel the

victoria azarenka ‏@vika7
competition…tomorrow is another day and another chance to get better…thx for all the support…it was great feeling…xxx

:worship:

[Marc]

Lovely Vika

[MTVN]

Good start for Murray

[MTVN]

Easy :pipe:

[Marc]

Good good

[Locke.]

Lisicki has come from a match point down and is now serving for the match.

We are not worthy of such brilliance.

[Locke.]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bring on Sharapova. Again.

[Locke.]

Robson is just messing with Sharapova here, has got her running everywhere.

[Novo]

Yeah, she has her on the ropes and the crowd is amazing

[Novo]

so lucky :bored:

[MTVN]

Bugger

[MTVN]

"Come on Henman" :bored:

[Marc]

Is Sharapova dicking Laura?

[MTVN]

Missed most of the first set but Sharapova just scraped it on a tie break, all going to pot now though, she's 2-0 up and serving

[Locke.]

Tsonga vs Raonic is 18-18 in the third set :joker:

[Novo]

****ing holding the Vika game up

[Novo]

Robson coming back, needs to win this game though really

[MTVN]

Yes you do tend to need to win the second set when you're a set down

[Locke.]

It's over.

It is all coming down to Lisicki to slay Sharapova once again.

[Novo]

Yes you do tend to need to win the second set when you're a set down

I mean she can still win but that game she just lost would have got her level :idc:

[Novo]

oh i said Set instead of game :joker:

[Locke.]

Tsonga wins 25-23

[Locke.]

The crowd have just been singing happy birthday to Vika. What is going on, they usually hate her

[Novo]

Hope Tsonga wins a medal

[Novo]

The crowd have just been singing happy birthday to Vika. What is going on, they usually hate her

where was this? :joker:

[Locke.]

When they first started warming up

[Novo]

a nice birthday win for Vika here

[Jayson]

Tsonga will be winning gold

[Novo]

Is Lisicki and Kerber v Venus and Serena suppose to be on?

[Locke.]

They're playing now, Venus and Serena murdered them 6-2 in the first set.

It is unfair, they are too big and strong for the womens game :bored:

[Locke.]

**** sake I've gotta go out at 3.30 for a bit and Lisicki-Sharapova is the 3rd match on Court 1... Going to need Vika and Federer to have really long matches

[Marc]

C'mon Sabine!

[Marc]

Hope Tsonga wins a medal

Definitely.

[Munchkins]

Watching Serena vs Vera Zvonareva right now..

[MTVN]

Bloody rain

[Locke.]

**** sake I've gotta go out at 3.30 for a bit and Lisicki-Sharapova is the 3rd match on Court 1... Going to need Vika and Federer to have really long matches

You've got to love the rain, coming to my rescue for the second day in a row.

[Marc]

Watching Serena vs Vera Zvonareva right now..

Oh Wimbledon 2010 final re-match

[Marc]

Oh and Vera beat Serena last year on grass in Eastbourne.. interesting. But doubt she'll be able to produce anything close to beating Serena.

[Marc]

Zvonareva showing how a lack of match play and wins does to a player when up against a champ like Serena. She's getting thrashed.

[Marc]

GSM Serena. 6-1 6-0

Goes through to QF to play against either Hantuchova/Wozniacki

[Marc]

Ivanovic - Clijsters on now, two of my favs. Nice to see one going through to the QFs

Preferrably Clijsters cos this will be her last Olympics

[MTVN]

Come on Ivanovic

[Marc]

She's losing :bawling:

[Locke.]

Raining again :worship:

[Marc]

Silly bloody rain.

[MTVN]

:bored:

[MTVN]

This is a disaster

[Locke.]

Roger marches on to the next round

[Marc]

Ana is terrible, she really does know how to break my heart

[Locke.]

Right I'm home and don't need any more delays. Finish this quickly Vika, there are more important matches coming up.

[Novo]

Vika is struggling a bit, won the first set on a tie break and now a break down in the second

[Marc]

Who is she playing? :suspect:

[Novo]

Petrova and she is playing amazing :bored:

[Marc]

Ahh Petrova is so inconsistent

[MTVN]

Uh oh Murray

[Locke.]

Vika throwing her racquet away, it's all going wrong

[Novo]

She's in Warrior mode now it's all good

[Locke.]

Yes!!! That baby is back. It kept crying on Shvedova's serves yesterday and putting her off, and has returned today to help Lisicki out again

[Marc]

Uh Oh Murray

[Marc]

MP Vika

[Marc]

Challenge. Wow, if this is out she's out.

[Marc]

GSM Vika

[Novo]

not one of Vika's best matches

[Marc]

S'ok she's through, that's all that matters

[Locke.]

Need to make sure that baby stays at this court and doesn't move inbetween matches

[Marc]

Should drown it tbh

[Lee.]

Why would anybody take a crying baby to a tennis match??

[Novo]

probably so they can watch some Tennis

[Marc]

because they are terrible parents

[Locke.]

Stay still Sharapova you horrible bitch

[Novo]

Lisicki has Sharapova's number she has obviously been watching videos of Vika destroying her in the Australian Open final

[Novo]

Vika v Kerber
Serena Williams v Wozniacki/Hantuchová
Clijsters v Lisicki/Sharapova
Kvitová v Kirilenko


Can't believe Vika is on Serena's side of the draw again, must be some kind of sick joke

[Marc]

Sharapova needs to f off

[Marc]

Andy on his way through. Would be nice if he got to at least Bronze please.

[Locke.]

Sharapova double faulting a lot. Should concentrate on her own serving game instead of trying to put Lisicki off hers :idc:

[Locke.]

Yes!!! 5-3

[Marc]

Murray 5-3 up too! :love:

[Marc]

Stop being silly Andy

[Marc]

MP Murray :pipe:

[MTVN]

Let's go Andy

[Jordan.]

Got there in the end

[Marc]

GSM Murray, through to the Quarters :worship:

[Marc]

Almagro should be an easy match too, therefore he's pretty much set for a Semi final against Djokovic, which could mean Bronze or Silver

[Marc]

SP Lisicki :pipe:

[Novo]

Djokovic hasn't been at his best lately so you never know

[Locke.]

Tie break :(

[Locke.]

The baby strikes again!!!

[Novo]

Lisicki is driving her crazy

[Marc]

Maria doesn't know how to play :pipe:

[Marc]

OMG! amazing

[Novo]

What a shot :joker:

[Marc]

That kid needs to get escorted out.

[Marc]

Muhhahaha

[Novo]

Lisick running herself into the ground

[Locke.]

Yes!!!!

[Marc]

:worship:

[Novo]

Lisicki 8/11
Sharapova Evens

[Novo]

Lisicki 8/11
Sharapova Evens

[Marc]

Get on it

[Maia]

Lisicki > Sharapova

[Maia]

But Wozniacki's on so they will have to wait :pipe:

[Locke.]

Lisicki breaks Sharapova's serve :worship:

Almost there now

[MTVN]

What is Sharapova playing at :bored:

[Marc]

There's no point in Caroline winning tbh she'll have Serena next

[Marc]

:worship: C'mon Sabine smash that birch off the court and send her packing back to her icy kingdom

[Novo]

Looks like Lisicki will be getting her bronze and sharing that podium with Vika

[Marc]

Hurry up Sabine. I want to watch the swimming

[Marc]

Really inconsiderate dragging this out

[Novo]

End her Sabine

[Maia]

Going back to Lisicki v Sharapova, early days in this Wozniacki match

[Locke.]

**** sake

[Marc]

Ugh you tramp

[Novo]

you've only gone and ****ed up your chances Sabine

[Locke.]

Sabine is just winding Sharapova up now, letting it go to a tie break again only to annihilate her

[Maia]

What is Lisicki playing at!!

[MTVN]

Sharapova is coming back now, she is unstoppable

[Maia]

Brilliant shot there :worship:

[Novo]

Looks like Vika is going to have to do the Job on Sharapova sometime in the near future because Sabine is caving in fast now

[Marc]

Duece :pipe:

[Marc]

God I hate her

[Marc]

Ugh

[Locke.]

Oh ****

[Marc]

Swimming time, I hope the tennis gods help me out while I'm otherwise occupied

[Novo]

Someone needs to make that baby cry again

[Locke.]

She done this against Kerber aswell :joker: Went missing for about 10 minutes inbetween sets and had her moaning to the umpire

[Maia]

Sharapova won the 2nd set? For goodness sake back to Wozniacki it is then

[Locke.]

Breaks her in the first game :worship:

[Locke.]

For. god. sake.

[MTVN]

That didn't last very long :pipe:

[Maia]

Wozniacki 1 set to love up and leading 5-2 in the second :worship:

[Maia]

And it's Match Point :amazed:

[Maia]

An oustanding performance from Miss Caroline Wozniacki, through to the quarter-finals

[Maia]

Come on Lisicki don't let us down now

[Marc]

Somebody disqualify Sharapova

[Maia]

Yes and do it quick

[Locke.]

I know what's coming :bored:

[Maia]

Come on Sabine you can do this

[Maia]

No :sad:

[Novo]

:bored:

[Maia]

I can't watch

[Locke.]

**** off Sharapova you horrible ****

[Novo]

It's over

[Maia]

Go away Sharapova please

[Maia]

Sabine getting one last point in :worship:

[Maia]

:bored:

[Locke.]

Well that is the Olympics ruined

[Maia]

Fear not we still have Caroline Wozniacki

[Novo]

fear not we have Vika