The Old Tennis Thread

[Lee.]

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[MTVN]

Djokovic up against Prince Lorenzi today I see

[Marc]

Indeed.

[Novo]

Good old Vika into Round 3

[Marc]

Just saw her on the Paralympic Opening Ceremony actually, carrying the flag

[Novo]

Must have been Sabine she's got nothing to do

[Marc]

:laugh:

[MTVN]

Looking forward to Clijsters crashing out

[Marc]

Aw no, she can beat Laura on this one occasion.

[MTVN]

What a great first set :worship:

[Novo]

Come on Kim

[Maia]

Just seen on Wikipedia that Wozniacki and Lisicki were out in the first round, what on earth is going on

[Black Dagger]

Laura Robson really does have a bright future.

But urgh, her double faulting is HFFHFH... when she sorts it out she can be great.

[MTVN]

When she's good she's very good, Clijsters can't handle her

[MTVN]

Yes Laura, what a match :worship: :worship:

[Black Dagger]

N'aww, yay. <3

She's just adorable...

[Legend killer]

Roger disposing of BUMS left right and centre he is in IMMENSE form sadly the US organisers are doing there best to stop him. Even though he is number 1 both Andy and Djoko have piss easy draw , espcially Djoko who is already in the ****ing final. Sadly like at the Olympics it is gonna be a physically tired Roger also in there

[Locke.]

The greatest of all time has retired today

[Legend killer]

Roddick should be a first Ballot HOF. If not for Fed he would have at least 3 slams and if not for the slowing down of condtions to help the bores of the game he would easily be a 5 + slam winner

Prime Roddick owns Murray Djoko and Nadal on any court outside clay

[Novo]

Robson 3-2 against Li Na in the first set

[Novo]

4-2 Robson

[Black Dagger]

Great start for her, hopefully the pressure doesn't get to her now and she chokes...

Wish I put 2 quid on her to win like I planned to earlier, nice £15 return would have been nice.

[Jordan.]

Trying to follow this on twitter.... 2nd set has gone to a tiebreak. Come on Laura :worship:

[Jordan.]

Ugh silly Li

[Black Dagger]

Go away Li.

[Marc]

The scoreline :amazed:

[Marc]

Justice!

[MTVN]

Thank god she won that after they tried to screw her over

[Marc]

The umpire cocking this up

[Marc]

Would like another break of the Li Na serve please

[Marc]

:pipe: thank you

[Marc]

Just hold your serve now. That would be lovely

[Marc]

YES!!! Great win, great performance it's like I'm watching a totally different player

[Black Dagger]

Lovely Laura strikes again.

[Black Dagger]

You can tell she thought that ball was the umpire's head after she tried screwing her over. :bored:

[Novo]

Great stuff, she's getting rid of the competition

[Marc]

Vika soon :pipe:

[MTVN]

Who does she have in the next round?

[Jordan.]

Stosur :/

[Black Dagger]

Stosur.

Hopefully that annoying umpire pisses her off again and she just destroys her.

I see her 200/1 went down to 40/1 pretty damn quickly... not that I do expect her to win the Open, I am just pleased she's made 4th round <3.

[Novo]

Stosur has been **** ever since she won the Open last year, Winnable game for her

[Wildcat!]

Well done Laura. knocked out 2 legends. Hopefully, more to come!
I am very impressed with the teens here.

[Marc]

Stosur in great form this Open

[Marc]

Laura beat the Australian Open 2011 finalists :pipe:

[Novo]

Stosur in great form this Open

Played two jobbers and just Lepchenko took her to a tie break, not really tested yet :pipe:

[Marc]

You just have to watch her to see how well she's playing. Great serve

[Novo]

Looks good because the players she is playing can't return, wait til she plays Vika or Sharapova shortly :pipe:

[Wildcat!]

She does play up to her opponent . But as defening champ she can be very hard to beat.

I really want to see Laura, play against Serena, and win. It would be huge, for her confidence.

[Novo]

Steady on

[Marc]

If Laura beat Serena in Serena's current form I would post a naked picture of myself on here.

[Wildcat!]

:laugh:

Novo, you never know. :)

[Marc]

C'mon Murray

[Marc]

Stop dragging this out

[Black Dagger]

Andy isn't fun to watch when he's not slaying.

Poor guy looks knackered, I'll give him a cuddle when he finishes tbh.

[Marc]

Pretty easy win there for Andy

[Novo]

he looked ****ed, could have done without a match that long so early on

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

I never liked Roddicks game much, ace after ace after ace not too many volleys, or rallies, but he was a great personality for a decade. Sad he's retiring. :(

Btw, how hot is Fabio Fognini playing against him right now! :amazed:

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Hewitt out

[Black Dagger]

Robson is on <3.

[Marc]

Hmmm :suspect:

[Marc]

Btw, how hot is Fabio Fognini playing against him right now! :amazed:

Are you sure he's black enough for you? :laugh:

[Black Dagger]

Hmmm :suspect:

What?

[Marc]

Laura just needs to concentrate on making sure her serve is vicious as it can be. She should be able to break Sam's service with some ease with her rallying, just need to keep her own service game from crumbling.

[Marc]

What?

Just the to-ing and throw-ing during this match already. Silly Laura should have held serve and should still be a break up.

[Black Dagger]

Just the to-ing and throw-ing during this match already. Silly Laura should have held serve and should still be a break up.

Hopefully she's just easing in now and will start getting into a nice, steady rhythm... urgh, I don't know how happy I'd be if she managed to take down Stosur.

[Marc]

It's gonna be tough, I didn't expect much from Laura in this match when it started but like Sam is being very tame... we need some big shots pls Laura

[Marc]

Ugh not taking her chances.

[Marc]

Creating them with good shots then ****zing out and doing nothing with them :(

[Black Dagger]

Least she's going out having picked up wins in two major upsets... I don't really think any of us expected her to do this well tbh. Plus she's young and has potential <3.

[Marc]

Uh ohhhhh

[Marc]

What a lovely serve that was at 15-40

[Marc]

Oh.

[MTVN]

Not the time to double fault :(

[Marc]

No it is not Matt

[MTVN]

That's my best tennis anaylsis

[Marc]

It's pretty much the best advice you can give.

[Marc]

Laura needs to just stay focused, not out of this match yet.

[Marc]

peppering Stosur's backhand. good plan

[Black Dagger]

Come on, break point Laura <3.

OH FFS.

[Marc]

ikr

[Black Dagger]

It's just so frustrating seeing her throwing points away. :sad:

[Marc]

Tis tough, get used to it. /cutsself

Stosur is doing enough to force errors off Laura's racquet

[MTVN]

Urgh she's not playing that well today

[Marc]

Guys, fourth round is amazing. Considering she's never gone past the second round at any grand slam tournament, this is beyond her ranking and her experience. We should be optimistic now

[Marc]

:spin2:

[Black Dagger]

I've said I'm very pleased with how far she's come in the competition, you can see that her silver medal gave her a lot of confidence to succeed. She's only going to improve, give her a few years and she'll be up there.

[Marc]

New coach has really helped. She's got a great future ahead of her

[Black Dagger]

New coach has really helped. She's got a great future ahead of her

Most definitely.

Yay she got a point back.

Least she hasn't lost in a white-wash (is that the term)... she's performed quite well, not amazing and she's let some points go, but I'm proud <3.

[MTVN]

Yeah I know, I am optimistic I just meant she didn't make as many errors last two matches but I guess she's playing a stronger opponent tonight and she has still done amazing considering

[Marc]

Željko Krajan started coaching Dinara Safina in 2007 and she then went to continually improve in her GS appearances and got to 3 singles finals :love:

[Marc]

She'll learn from this, new ground for her. She's done well :spin2:

I like Stosur's game but she is by no means close to her performance last year.

[Marc]

She'll learn from this, new ground for her. She's done well :spin2:

I like Stosur's game but she is by no means close to her performance last year.

[Black Dagger]

Least I still have Andy Murray and Vika to watch and support... <3.

[Marc]

It's been nice having somebody other than Andy to support :laugh: now all my nerves go back to him...

[Black Dagger]

It's been nice having somebody other than Andy to support :laugh: now all my nerves go back to him...

Urgh, at the Olympics I was like dying every-time... I've got so into Tennis :amazed:

[Marc]

Aw she just won't die

[Black Dagger]

She's got a lot of fight in her <3.

[Marc]

:laugh: Imagine if she could turn this around, would be hilarious

[Marc]

She holds serve!... :worship:

[Black Dagger]

OMG... I'd be dead if she managed to claw back points now.

[Marc]

:laugh:

[Marc]

FGS Laura :laugh2:

[Black Dagger]

Is she trying to kill me?

[Marc]

What the hell

[Black Dagger]

If she somehow takes this set now... I don't think I'll type again tonight, I'll hyperventilate.

[Marc]

This is just funny now

[Black Dagger]

LMAO... come on Laura, don't let her take it now you've decided to fight back s0b.

[Marc]

Oh this looks over now

[Marc]

The LMFAO guy is in the crowd :suspect:

[Marc]

Ahhhh that last point was a bitch :joker:

What a great match for Laura and well... what an amazing GS appearance!

[Black Dagger]

Aww, I genuinely thought she had a chance of fighting back...

Still so so proud, I wonder now she'll have that movie date with me? :amazed:

[Black Dagger]

And at least I can go to bed now... another set would have not done me the world of good :laugh:

[Marc]

Aw she did well :love:

Movie date?

[Black Dagger]

Aw she did well :love:

Movie date?

OMG... I said on your wall Marc that I want to cuddle with her under a duvet and watch 500 Days Of Summer and other chick-flicks with her...

AND, I just saw she follows Ben Howard, she literally is the woman of my dreams, ngl... <3.

[Brother Leon]

Turned it on. Saw she was on Match Point to lose. Turned it off :laugh:

[Marc]

OMG... I said on your wall Marc that I want to cuddle with her under a duvet and watch 500 Days Of Summer and other chick-flicks with her...

AND, I just saw she follows Ben Howard, she literally is the woman of my dreams, ngl... <3.

Aw I can't remember (i'm starting to worry about my memory).

She's simply amazing for loving Ben Howard

[Black Dagger]

Turned it on. Saw she was on Match Point to lose. Turned it off :laugh:

You should have watched the whole game and appreciated it tbh... :hmph:

[Marc]

Turned it on. Saw she was on Match Point to lose. Turned it off :laugh:

You jinxed it :idc:

[Black Dagger]

Aw I can't remember (i'm starting to worry about my memory).

She's simply amazing for loving Ben Howard

It's fine, my conversations are forgettable s0b.

And she is <3...

And URGH, remind me not to go on DS again when she plays... 'Laura will be dissapointed with that'...

They make it out as if she hasn't just held her own against the current champion :bored:

[Black Dagger]

You jinxed it :idc:

Ban him for that tbh... :idc:

[Marc]

DS dont even have any normal human beings on it :idc:

[Brother Leon]

You **** up,Luke.


Some 1 week Sports fan :idc:

[Marc]

Vika looking very bright

[Novo]

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/377288_10151010920132187_2051625456_n.jpg

[Marc]

I don't get why he was there :laugh:

[Black Dagger]

You **** up,Luke.


Some 1 week Sports fan :idc:

I watched the final of Wimbledon, **** off.

[Marc]

Glad Isner lost

[Novo]

Ivanovic looked really good in that match

[Wildcat!]

Yeah she did. She coming back to form.

[Novo]

Hlavackova should be ashamed of herself

[Novo]

Serena, Vika, Sharapova, Radwanska.. the most consistent top 4 in a while

[Black Dagger]

Vika makes such an annoying sound when she hits it. s0b

[IheartBB]

Serena, Vika, Sharapova, Radwanska.. the most consistent top 4 in a while

One hour later, Radwanska loses 6-1, 6-4 :joker:

The Azarenka/Sharapova semi should be interesting. Sharapova wins it, Serena wins the final 6-1, 6-2. Azarenka wins it, Serena possibly loses her first set of the tournament :o but still wins it.

EDIT - *Didn't realise Bartoli leads Sharapova 4-0 :shocked:*

[MTVN]

Murray broken on his first service game

[Black Dagger]

What is he playing at.

[Jordan.]

Nevermind Murray we all need to get behind Roddick. He needs to end his career by winning me that sweepstakes trophy.

[MTVN]

Roddick's fate is sealed unfortunately :idc:

Murray getting pissy and throwing his racket around, lost the first set 6-3

[MTVN]

He's just come back from 5-1 down to win the second :pipe:

[Black Dagger]

He's stopped stropping as much, that's nice to see.

[Black Dagger]

He should be able to seal this now... can I go to bed s0b.

[Novo]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[MTVN]

Poor Maria

[Marc]

Vika :thumbs2:

Maria can f off, hopefully she'll soon realise she's not good enough for this game anymore and buggers off

[Lee.]

Does anyone know where I can watch the Murray match online?

[Black Dagger]

Does anyone know where I can watch the Murray match online?

FirstRowSport will have a link when it starts Lee <3

[Brother Leon]

Hopefully Serena destroys Vika.

[Lee.]

FirstRowSport will have a link when it starts Lee <3

Thank you kind sir :)

...although I think it's pissing down in NY at the mo :(

[Lee.]

What are those little car things on court right now? Do they sook up all the water? Does thismean it has stopped raining?

[Lee.]

Murray is coming back! Yay!!

[Black Dagger]

Took that 2nd set very nicely... hopefully he takes this 3rd set now, that will give him a major boost to get the match done with.

[Marc]

This is just silly

[Shaun]

Berdych seems to be falling apart :suspect:

[Lee.]

Yeah, Andy seems to have just come to life all of a sudden!

[Black Dagger]

If only he played like this at the start of his games, it'd do wonders for my heart.

[Marc]

Andy is just dealing with the wind a bit better, all of his conditioning and training had really paid off.

[Marc]

OMG I have signatures turned on now and your signature is hilarious Lucas

[Black Dagger]

OMG I have signatures turned on now and your signature is hilarious Lucas

Good Ole Rolf. :tongue:

[Brother Leon]

If only he played like this at the start of his games, it'd do wonders for my heart.

Good thing you hate football. That **** will kill me one day :joker:

[Black Dagger]

Good thing you hate football. That **** will kill me one day :joker:

If I had a favourite Football team, I'd be awful.

I'm only just allowed to like Tennis s0b.

I'm the most annoying sports fan apparently.

I don't hate football though, just don't get the fuss, I see why people enjoy it... I'm just meh about it all.

[Lee.]

Andy needs a haircut. Just saying

[Marc]

Agreed Lee, he needs hair like in your signature tbh

[Lee.]

Yes, yes he does!

I may email him actually

[Marc]

Pls do.

In other news, poor Tomas this is just not going well for him

[Marc]

But also... Stop trying pls Tomas

[Lee.]

Poor Tomas :(

Shut your door on the way out Tomas :laugh:

[Marc]

There's a bit of a draft in NYC

[Lee.]

Aye, did I hear them saying there's a tornado about nearby?

[Marc]

Yep! Gonna blow the house down, I hope it postpones Novak's game

[Lee.]

When is the final meantto be?

[Marc]

Tomorrow.

Starting from next year they're going to organise the final for the third Monday, give the guys a days rest

[Lee.]

OMg @ your sig btw!! :nono:

I do know I was talking about a barrister!! I was just playing along with Matt!! :hmph:

What time is the final tomorrow?? Ive arranged to go out! What a fanny!

[Marc]

I dunno I might miss it, dunno

I dunno

[Marc]

Maybe 6:30?

[Lee.]

Maybe 6:30?
pm? That would be marvellous!

[Marc]

It would, if Novak and David actually get to play

[Lee.]

Oh yeah! Forgot we need another finalist! :)

[Marc]

Nahhhh let Andy just win pls

[arista]

Below NY
in Washington DC
there is Tornado warning

Ref:FoxNewsHD

[Lee.]

C'mon Andy! Finish him plz! I want to go and watch the X Factor!!

[Marc]

:worship:

[Black Dagger]

Done it <3.

[Shaun]

qt

[Marc]

Now to lose in the final <3

[Lee.]

Yay!!! :cheer:

[Marc]

/bate

[Black Dagger]

Now to lose in the final <3

Least he made it.

It'd be nice for him to win to shut the cynics up, but still.

[Marc]

He's made it before... And 3 other finals :( I'm not one to look positive about these things. I'm extremely happy for him though

[Marc]

Emergency evacuation of the Billie Jean King Tennis Centre.

Wow.

Tornado coming

[Lee.]

Is it being shown?

[Marc]

Sir Alex and Sean Connery crashing Andy's press conference

http://instagram.com/p/PVEdpTOWi6/

[Novo]

Hopefully Serena destroys Vika.

Probably will but she's expected to get trounced anyway so she has nothing to lose

[Brother Leon]

Looks like I have to back Murray if the great Sir Alex is.

[MTVN]

Think I actually want Vika to win this

[MTVN]

Serena's cocking up so much

[Maia]

If it wasn't for having Serena in the sweepstake I'd be backing Vika

But I must win a tennis sweepstake award

[Lee.]

Looks like I have to back Murray if the great Sir Alex is.
Good man :)

[Black Dagger]

If it wasn't for having Serena in the sweepstake I'd be backing Vika

But I must win a tennis sweepstake award

Sorry Mollie, Serena is going to screw herself over to let me win xo <3.

[Maia]

FGS Serena what are you doing, Black Dagger already has a sweepstake award :mad:

[Maia]

Yes!!!!!!

[Black Dagger]

Can we not just gag Vika when she plays though? That noise that comes out of her mouth. URGH.

[MTVN]

Vika bottling it

[Maia]

Serena levels it!! :amazed:

[Black Dagger]

Bloody Vika costing me a much deserved award. :bored:

[Maia]

Serena on her way to getting me a lovely shiny new award :pipe:

[Locke.]

Too easy for Serena, Lisicki would have given her a much better challenge

[Black Dagger]

Urgh Vika.

Congrats Mollie <3.

[Maia]

SHE DID IT!!!!!!! :amazed:

[Brother Leon]

Yeees!

[Maia]

Urgh Vika.

Congrats Mollie <3.

Omg thank you Swag_Dag <3

I finally get a tennis award!!

[MTVN]

Got to feel for Azarenka, what a great game though

[Novo]

I have that empty feeling you get after you have a wank combined with the feeling you get when a family pet has died

[King Gizzard]

An award..for something where you don't do anything in :suspect:

[Novo]

I have put forward the idea to Marc of having it more prediction based for next year

[Brother Leon]

Vika's ass is pretty much Serena's tbh.

[Novo]

Vika will have her next time

[DanielLuis]

Vika will have her next time

I seriously hope so.
Azarenka all the way.

[Novo]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A2ZEhqGCAAEVwzL.jpg

[IheartBB]

15 majors for Williams now. I don't see a retirement out of her until she breaks that elusive 18 to tie with Nav and Evert.

Excited for Murray tonight! Had a great feeling about him this time yesterday, then Djokovic came out and played some of the best tennis he's played all year.

[Brother Leon]

Murray breaks in the first game.

[Lee.]

Aye and Novak is about to break back!

[Lee.]

Maybe not :)

[Lee.]

Oh he did :(

[Brother Leon]

lol, That lasted long :p

[Black Dagger]

Come on Andy, hold your serve now <3.

[arista]

They are Even

Djok is ahead a bit

[billy123]

Wow what a set they are proper going at it 1st blood to murray.

[arista]

Now Murray is Ahead

Sean Connery was clapping mad

[Iceman]

Arista any channel for this?

[Black Dagger]

Urgh... Vic better not turn this around now, I'm quite content with Andy having a lead.

[Brother Leon]

You don't lose when Sir Alex is in your corner. It's the way of life.

[billy123]

Arista any channel for this?sky sports 1 or http://www.vipboxsports.eu/watch/72472/1/usa-open-mens-final---murray-vs-djokovic-live-stream-online.html

[Lee.]

http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/139989/2/watch-djokovic-vs-murray,-arthur-ashe-stadium.html

Eoin, I'm watching here

This is getting toomuch for me! What a first set!

[MTVN]

What you doing Andy

[Lee.]

Christ!!

[Black Dagger]

Come on Murray. s0b.

[Brother Leon]

:joker: if he loses this match.

[MTVN]

Djokovic ******ing up the smash :amazed:

[Lee.]

Ya ****ing beauty!!!

[Brother Leon]

I just cant get into tennis properly :\

I don't think I even care what happens :joker:

[Maia]

Set away from history :o

[Maia]

C'mon Murray

[MTVN]

Great hold

[GypsyGoth]

Has he become a better player or have the others got worse?

[Black Dagger]

Come on Sir... break this now.

[Black Dagger]

Or don't xo

[Lee.]

He's ****ed this 3rd set!

[Black Dagger]

He just needs to break this game now.

Then he might come back into it.

It's never that simple with Murray though.

[Brother Leon]

Shut up,Luke.

[Black Dagger]

Go **** yourself you bellend.

[Maia]

He gave that game away