Official Tennis Thread - Part 3

[Drew.]

The new tennis season begins tonight on BT Sport, some great line ups for the tournaments pre Australian Open


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[Drew.]

Really looking forwards to watching Mugu & Caro this year, with all the attention Genie gets & with that terrible Genie army its become off-putting, fingers crossed we dont get them taking over the AO again.

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[MTVN]

Surely this is Simona's year for a slam

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[Black Dagger]

~slowly waits for Del Potro to hurry the **** up and heal~

[Marc]

What on earth drew

[Locke.]

Sabine vs Shedova tomorrow, win that and she plays Sharapova in the second round. A nice chance to get one over on that bitch this early in the year.

[Marc]

So many upsets on the first day of play :laugh:

[Drew.]

Genie destroying Serena last night :flutter:

[Marc]

Serena just casually letting on go

[Marc]

Ana looks lovely on court

[Drew.]

Elina Svitolina is the one to watch this year.. Fingers crossed she can get past Kerber tonight

[Drew.]

Great win for Elina, a set and 3-0 down in the second to pull it back and win in 3

[Black Dagger]

One head**** retires and I support another. Marvellous

[Drew.]

:joker:

[Drew.]

Maria vs Suarez Navarro up next, beauty and the beast

[MTVN]

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[Drew.]

Ana :sad:

[Jamie585]

Aga finally has a win over Serena!!!!!

[Novo]

Serena looking out of sorts i suppose its early days yet though, Good run for Ula at Auckland getting to the QFs as a qualifer

[Drew.]

Serena dropping out first round next week to some scrub

[Marc]

Ana you silly idiot. What a bloody annoying start to the season lol

[Drew.]

:fan:

https://pp.vk.me/c621318/v621318427/ae61/AjI7XrxQsOg.jpg

[Black Dagger]

Del Po is back on tour and I got emotional lmao. Missed that great big lump <3

[Drew.]

Mugu!!!!!! She has defeated Aga in 3 sets, what a great start to the year this is.

[Novo]

Sloane getting destroyed by Heather

[Novo]

Mugu losing to Kerbs after winning the first set 6-0..

[Drew.]

The mental side to her game isn't there yet

[Novo]

She seems to plays better against top players, Serena, Li Na, Aga

[Novo]

And great win for Delpo, thought he would struggle for a few months before finding his best again

[Novo]

Pironkova loves playing at Sydney, she is uneaten there in about 12 matches now, she had to qualify this time as well

[Drew.]

Sloane vs Vika

[Drew.]

Caro vs Townsend.. could face Vika

[Drew.]

I hope you're ready Andrew

[Drew.]

This is the most awkward draw i've ever seen

[Drew.]

Women's singles projected QF's: Williams v Wozniacki, Kvitova v Radwanska, Ivanovic v Halep & Sharapova v Bouchard

12 GS semi finalists in this quarter

http://i.imgur.com/4LIoiYL.png

[Drew.]

Amazing draw for both mens and womens really, not great for my favourites but there should be some great matches

[Drew.]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7bjmiOCcAA__SP.jpg:large

[Drew.]

Good draw for Ana, she has a great chance to make the semis

Not the worse draw for Mugu considering how bad some are.. A nice match against an out of form Serena awaits

[Novo]

if watson can destroy Sloane then it should be a stroll for Vika and as for Caro i think Vika is pretty much a nightmare opponent for her in any situation so it could have been worse i suppose, Maria got the best draw i reckon, avoided Petra and Serena.

Del Petro v Jerzy and Brown v Dimi should be good on the Mens side

[Novo]

Ula!!! one match away from the main draw now, the eastern Europeans seem to be doing really well in the qualfying this year, Piter, Panova, Bychkova, Rodina, Prysiezny, and Govortsova looking like she is knocking Doi out

[Novo]

Good match this Watson and Riske one, apart from the rain delays, Watson serving for a place in the final now against Bengle/Nara

[Drew.]

Mugbug

[Novo]

Watson in the Hobart final then

[Novo]

without dropping a set all tournament

[Drew.]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7dkDQOCYAA7g44.jpg

[Drew.]

Watson wins the Hobart International :clap1: it feels a bit odd seeing a Brit from the WTA winning something

[Marc]

I never doubted her (constantly did all week). :clap2:

[Marc]

Tough opener for Heather

[Drew.]

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[Drew.]

Order of play for Monday is out, Looks like it'll be an all nighter with Genie on so late. Monday night will be much better though, that half is much stronger & will have some great games.

http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/scores/schedule/schedule6.html

[Marc]

Gritty win for Heather having watched her highlights from this week. Not confident with her chances against Pironkova

[Novo]

Almost spot on with Ula getting drawn against Maria, she has Diyas first round

[Novo]

Rod Laver

Knapp v Halep
Ivanovic v Hradecka
Youzhny v Nadal
Lu v Federer
Martic v Sharapova

Hisense

Goerges v Bencic
Lisicki v Mladenovic
Kamke v Tomic
Groth v Krajinovic

MC Arena

Gajdosova v Dulghera
Murray v Bhambri
Begu v Kerber
Genie v Friedsam
Delbonis v Kyrgios

[Novo]

dont know how Brown and Dimi didnt make one of those courts

[Drew.]

Some good matches on the Hisense arena, think i'll watch Goerges v Bencic then Ana

[Novo]

or Komkinakis considering hes up against Gulbis

[Novo]

Donna's Pal Martic needs to knock Maria out so Ula can go on a run to the final

[Drew.]

or Komkinakis considering hes up against Gulbis

Not this twat

[Novo]

The Aussies are known for their twats

[Novo]

going to spend tonight watching a few of the winning qualifiers matches to see if they are worth putting in my Coupon tomorrow, loads of Qs have been doing well this year, 2 winners in the ATP and Bengle at Hobart

[Marc]

:think:

[Drew.]

Apparently every court will be televised this year so there should be streams available for every match, excellent.

[Novo]

Right then

[Drew.]

The Germans are taking over, they are all playing tonight

[Novo]

The Genie Army have arrived in Melbourne

[Drew.]

Say it ain't so Andy

[Drew.]

They are going to be everywhere, i bet they get some exclusive passes to every match

[Novo]

watching last years final, forgot how great Domi's ass looked in this lacoste outfit

[Novo]

Drew get me a Diyas and Ula stream when the time is right

[Drew.]

She was wearing that same outfit the other week, it was a great outfit

[Drew.]

it has arrived!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MTVN]

Ah Eurosport showing Halep, very good

[Drew.]

Think i might have to upgrade to Eurosport HD after all

[Drew.]

Great start for Knapp & Bencic

[MTVN]

Yes not ideal

[Drew.]

****, i've jinxed it for both of them

[Drew.]

What a useless bastard Knapp is

[MTVN]

Halep has been absolutely shocking, thankfully this beast Knapp is incapable of making the simplest of shots

[Drew.]

It looks like we are getting the worst match of the tournament out of the way then

[MTVN]

All under control now

[Novo]

Knapp is the most frustrating player ever, misses 3 open court sitters then hits a worldy forehand out of nowhere

[Novo]

Coric >

[Novo]

bye bye Belinda

[Novo]

Just need Dusty to beat Dimitrov now so he cries about it to Maria all night and keeps her up leaving her with no energy to beat Ula later on in the Draw

[Drew.]

Dimi is destroying him

[Black Dagger]

Dusty is so fun. I wish he was better.

[Novo]

Drew can you watch all the courts on the Eurosport player?

[Drew.]

I think so yeah. Its only about £4 isnt it

[Novo]

i have Eurosport, it should be bloody free

[Drew.]

£5 to get the HD upgrade.. i need to know if i can cancel it after a month

[Drew.]

Forget that, you need to ring them up to cancel it and that phone bill alone will cost about £20, they leave you waiting ages

[Novo]

They have live streams on youtube but it says not available in this country ffs

[Novo]

i will never get to see Ula at this rate

[Drew.]

there are some websites streaming all of the courts in HD for free but non work in this country.. our country is **** for sports, you have to pay for everything and you dont even get much in return

[Drew.]

those bloody yanks getting the choice of every Saturday 3pm kick off to watch

[Drew.]

Belinda :sad:

[Novo]

Belinda crushed like a MugBug

[Drew.]

I have got David watching Liscki, i hope hes ready for disappointment

[Novo]

Eurosport player isnt to bad for 5.99

[Drew.]

Have you got it?

[Novo]

Yeah just for Ula

[Drew.]

Can you cancel it straight away so you only have it for a month?

[Novo]

not to sure actually

[Novo]

Sabine running around like a headless chicken

[Drew.]

Get on skype jobber

[Novo]

So Ana out and Kerber is following by the looks of things

[Novo]

Mens matches have all gone pretty straight so far

[Novo]

Ula v Diyas, the main event here we go

[Drew.]

Still over 2 hours until Genie plays, this is a nightmare

[Novo]

Ula is on fire, she is back in form and its a sight to behold

[Drew.]

Kerbs is struggling here.. The seeds are all dropping quicker than Davids pants when he met Fleming

[Marc]

So when does the French open start?

[Marc]

Another one bites the dust. Shvedova df. Safarova

[Marc]

Li Na is pregnant

[Black Dagger]

And I'm the godfather.

[Drew.]

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[Black Dagger]

Li Na announcing that she is going to be a mum just overshadows what any player does this tournament tbh. Literally woke up and was like oh nvm at Kerbs flopping.

[seanraff07]

What time in UK are matches on?

[Drew.]

midnight till about mid day

[seanraff07]

midnight till about mid day

Bollocks :(

[MTVN]

What's with Eurosport not showing Heather :think:

[Drew.]

Anything would be better than the two matches they are showing, bad move for them not to show Heather or Vika vs Sloane

[MTVN]

Heather looking like crashing out, typical after actually coming into this tournament with a bit of hype for once

[Drew.]

Thank god for that, it looked as if Mugu was in for a thrashing after going down 4-1 in the first set but shes come back to win in 2 with a bagel in the 2nd set, excellent start.

[Drew.]

**** sakes, Heather is about to get bageled

[Drew.]

Much better night last night. Caro, Mugu & Elina all through after easy wins.

[MTVN]

Nadal being taken to 5 here

[MTVN]

Great game that, Nadal had looked ****ed in the 4th

Can finally have Simona on court now

[Novo]

The bookies have Caro as fave to beat Vika, there is no preasure now

[Novo]

3 aussies into R3, not including Hewitt or Stosur, great tournament for them

[Drew.]

The schedule has been a huge let down this year. The Aussies favoring their players for the main courts and sticking any interesting matches on late at night/early morning for Europeans.

[Novo]

Joke that Vika and Caro wasnt on RL tonight, Petra hardly ever makes it on there as well, the Aussie players matches have been amazing quality though

[Novo]

Looks like i'll have to have a nap to stay up long enough for Vika v Caro and Monf v Jerzy

[Novo]

a few potential banana skin matches tonight

out of sorts Serena v Zvonareva and Larsson has gave Vika a scare and she plays Aga, Barthel is really talented and can beat anyone on her day and she is playing Petra.. few small ones as well like Lauren Davis v Venus, Pironkova v Domi and i suppose Vika winning would be classed as an upset since she hasnt beat a top 10 player for so long, could be a interesting night

[Novo]

Gibbsy is going to knock out Elina as well

[Drew.]

Guaranteed some high seeds/big players going out tonight, fingers crossed Serena struggles & Mugu wins, will make things a lot easier.

[Drew.]

Those on court interviews with Genie are getting ridiculous.. asking her who she had a crush on last year and now asking her to do twirls in front of the crowd. Aussies do my head in.

[Novo]

Genie sounds like a man, if she was doing a radio interview it would be so confusing

[Marc]

Novo 1 - 0 Drew

[Novo]

Great match that, had a feeling Vika might scrap it but didnt realise she would play that well, Caro was took to the cleaners. feel pretty bad for her though she did deserve a better draw but thats Tennis

[Marc]

Caro isn't one of the seeds you want to go out, she's a favoured seed but meh

[Drew.]

That match just proves how far Caro is from the top and it will always be that way i think, even against a player still finding her way again.

[Novo]

We might finally get a Vika and Petra match again which would be amazing

[MTVN]

G'wannnn Svitolina

[Drew.]

Elina is walking all over her here

[MTVN]

Serena no doubt preparing some sort of mysterious illness excuse

[Drew.]

:joker:

[Drew.]

****, you've jinxed her Matt

[MTVN]

It's all gone to pot

[Drew.]

Shes going to get bageled, it's all gone wrong

[MTVN]

Right then here we go

[MTVN]

Sod it we're done here

[Drew.]

Serena doesn't even want to be here, just let Elina win and get off back home

[Marc]

Poor Svitolina

[Marc]

I would love to see Kei win here

[Marc]

Mugu Serena match up :thumbs2:
Cib and Azarenka could be potentially great too if they both play well
Venus and Aga :thumbs2:

[Marc]

Petra in trouble :worry:

[Novo]

The story of the tournament so far


Ana and Petra :facepalm:
Genie :sleep:
Vika :smug:
Venus :clap1:
Serena :huh:
Maria :rant:
Simona :idc:

[Drew.]

Mugu :lovedup:

[Marc]

Go on Nick!!!!

[Marc]

oh no Nick :worry:

[MTVN]

He is going to **** it up

[Marc]

Oh no oh no oh no

[Marc]

Oh somebody from the crowd just lost him a point lol

[Marc]

Gemma who used to post on here is in the crowd :laugh: if given the choice she'd be watching Andy

[MTVN]

Poor Seppi, I don't like players who go about falling on the floor for ages before meeting their opponent

[Marc]

Only in matches of that importance. It's not like Serena or somebody collapsing after winning a second round match against some World No.204 :laugh:

[MTVN]

What a **** up for Murray in that second set

[Marc]

Yeah he cocked that up big time

[Marc]

His serve is falling away a bit here :think:

[MTVN]

Murray abusing the poor Umpire after he makes a good call, "you are having a shocking day at the office"

[Marc]

:laugh: and the Umpire was right - they shouldn't have had to replay the point though

[Marc]

This match isn't really THAT good it's just both guys keep dipping in performance and then theres an occassional amazing shot.

[Black Dagger]

Lmao. Murray will be feeding him his racket if he loses this.

[MTVN]

I reckon you could beat them both Marc

[Black Dagger]

Lmao that racket toss.

[Marc]

Oh my :shocked:

[Marc]

He's going to split Maria in half with some angry sex after this

[Marc]

C'mon Murray just keep it together pls thanks

[Marc]

Serving the ball in would help :facepalm:

[Black Dagger]

Get in.

[Marc]

That point :joker: jesus

[Marc]

Dimi had a net cord which dribbled over earlier in the match. They do say they equal each other out, but on MP that's ridiculous lol

[Marc]

Simona Maria SF will be interesting!

[Novo]

not expecting much today, i think Domi is playing better tennis and they always have tight matches, Domi 7-6 6-4, Vika will have to up her game a fair bit from the last match

[Jamie585]

This match between Cibulkova and Azarenka is one of great quality!!!

[Jamie585]

Cibulkova through! Well deserved

[Drew.]

Come on Mugu!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Drew.]

Incredible first set. Praying she doesn't start to collapse like she has done in the 2nd set a lot recently

[Drew.]

The collapse happened and it didn't stop collapsing :sad:

Great run again for her again this year, she has looked great but today the mental side to her game was pretty non existent.

[Marc]

I think this is the first year that I can say I really think a few men could win this title and weirdly, no other woman but Serena can win. There's been a flip! Because usually the men's is so predictable

[Marc]

Mugu did well but I think Serena loves revenge more than winning :laugh:
Hoping Aga can demolish Venus.. would love her to sneak up and win the title

[Marc]

Bloody Aga :fist:

[MTVN]

****ing hell Simona getting dicked

[MTVN]

My god she's playing awful

[MTVN]

Dear me, must have been on one of those girl things that Heather was going on about

[Drew.]

What is Bellick playing at, I didn't see that one coming

[Jamie585]

Two very poor women's quarter finals tonight

[Novo]

Nadal..

[Novo]

I think this is the first year that I can say I really think a few men could win this title and weirdly, no other woman but Serena can win. There's been a flip! Because usually the men's is so predictable

Yeah i agree, Stan looks just as good as Murray and Djokovic right now, would love to see another Stan v Djokovic match since they are 1-1 in the past 2 years

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

http://i.imgur.com/0fKseri.png
My baes. :spin:

Nadal shall rise again!

[Jamie585]

Shame about Madison Keys injury.. She was all over Venus in the first set

[Drew.]

Keys :worship:

[arista]

Murray is Getting so Angry

Go on Smash your Racket


BBC2HD Live

[arista]

This could go down to injurys

[Black Dagger]

What a bottlejob he is. I am going back to bed, nothing to see here.

[arista]

What a bottlejob he is. I am going back to bed, nothing to see here.


We must have a Winner

[Drew.]

Muzza!!!!!

[Marc]

Bloody hell Andy. This is poor

[Jemal]

Djokovic has to be on PEDS.

[arista]

Bloody hell Andy. This is poor


yes it going on to long

[Black Dagger]

Pathetic, garbage last set.

[arista]

Yes Great win

[Marc]

Nevermind

[Black Dagger]

I suppose he's actually getting into slam finals again so it's a start?

[Jemal]

Did novak do something to make murray angry apart from win.

[Drew.]

Did novak do something to make murray angry apart from win.

Muzza gets angry when he wins, nothing new to see here

[arista]

Did novak do something to make murray angry apart from win.


He has a man trainer
thats the key

[Jemal]

Oh

[Drew.]

Bloody disappointing though. Break point in the 3rd set lost and only won 1 game since

[arista]

Oh


A man and Legend Boris Becker


better than any woman trainer

[Drew.]

I'm in love

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9azOiUIYAAmxjV.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9azOiaIAAESw7M.jpg

[Marc]

:laugh: Clijsters kicking Petkos arse in the exo match. Could have at least let her win since it was her day after all.

[Marc]

Tennis

[Marc]

Wow I just read that Simona Halep's cousin committed suicide. Sh** son

[MTVN]

Simona winning Indian Wells :flutter:

Got battered in the first set as well

[Novo]

Miami starts today, Ula got through to the main draw so its already a succesful tournament

[Black Dagger]

Del Po got a ****e draw. Hopefully he's back for good now tho.

[Novo]

Del Jobro

[Black Dagger]

What even is an Ula Radwanska

[Novo]

Ula takes the first set!!!!!!! the dream is alive!!!!!!!!

[Marc]

How did Jankovic get to the final last week. Bizarre!

Hoping Ana puts in a better show this week

[Drew.]

Genies decline has begun

[Drew.]

Fame has got the better of her

[Marc]

Ana 2.0

[Black Dagger]

Ana at least won a slam. _titters_

[Marc]

:hehe:

[MTVN]

Wait a minute, the French Open starts today? Where the hell is Marc with the prediction game

[Drew.]

Good question Matthew, how am i supposed to defend my titles now

[Marc]

So much effort.

[MTVN]

Well well well nice of you to pop in

I don't mind running it

[Marc]

It's already started its all a mess

[MTVN]

Doesn't matter surely, we don't start predicting till the later rounds and then we can just have the overall winner prediction open till then as well

[Marc]

Bouchard

[Black Dagger]

Ha flop.

[MTVN]

Serena has got the illness excuse prepared nicely for losing this final

[arista]

Stan W. beats Novak


Amazing Finish


Ref: EurosportsHD live

[arista]

Wait a minute, the French Open starts today? Where the hell is Marc with the prediction game


He is in Shock

[MTVN]

Poor Novak, great game by Stan though

Ref: ITV SD live

[arista]

Poor Novak, great game by Stan though

Ref: ITV SD live


Why no HD
its free on FreeviewHD and FreesatHD
just asking , not a attack