The Old Tennis Thread

[Locke.]

George has taken the first game

[Maia]

Shes the German in blue right?

Yep

[Novo]

Yeah, the hot one

[Maia]

Great stuff :worship:

[Drew.]

you got that right Novo

[Novo]

Sharapova making really hard work of the first game on serve

[Legend killer]

Hewitt gonna take Tipsy to the cleaners like a new man since that OP

[Novo]

Puchkova is actually playing some good tennis, seems to be matching Sharapova at the minute

[Novo]

Since i said that she has been terrible

[Drew.]

you've jinxed the poor women

[Maia]

The Goerges match >>>>

[Drew.]

How does the prediction game work, are we not meant to be predicting these games?

[Novo]

It starts in Round 4 i think

[Drew.]

Yeah it does, sorry i only just noticed :)

[Novo]

Venus 3-1 up

[Novo]

**** sake.. Puchkova is missing open court shots now, Sharapova wins the first set 6-0

[Drew.]

Completely destroyed :joker:

[Locke.]

Puchkova is actually playing some good tennis, seems to be matching Sharapova at the minute

Sharapova wins the first set 6-0

http://www.skypeicons.com/images/s/icon-wondering.gif

[Black Dagger]

:joker:

[Maia]

Lmao

[Maia]

Not even watching that match, Goerges one is wayyy better

So close right now

[Novo]

6-0 3-0 and Puchkova still isn't playing bad at all, very harsh scoreline

[Novo]

Got that one on now as well, can't be bothered watching Sharapova undeservedly destroy some poor Jobber

[Novo]

Venus takes the first set 6-1

[Drew.]

BBC > Eurosport

[Maia]

Goerges!!!!

Brilliant set :worship:

[Novo]

Sharapova 6-0 5-0 up....

[Drew.]

Early bath for Puchkova (not that she'll need one)

[Novo]

" It's going to take something special to beat her someone like Serena Williams "

are they forgetting Vika bageled this bint last year in the final?

[Maia]

Sharapova match sounds like a predictable runaway nothing to miss there then

[Maia]

" It's going to take something special to beat her someone like Serena Williams "

are they forgetting Vika bageled this bint last year in the final?

:joker::joker: Brilliant, they couldn't be more absurd

[Novo]

I have a Pizza in the Oven ready to use later on

[Novo]

6-1 6-0 Venus

[Novo]

This Almagro and Johnson match looks good, in a second set tie break at the minute

[Maia]

Stuck upstairs now no Eurosport for me :sad:

[Novo]

How silly.

Completed Results so far

Pliskova bt Jones 6-3 6-2
Sharapova bt Puchkova 6-0 6-0
Li Na bt Karatantcheva 6-1 6-3
V Williams bt Voskoboeva - 6-1 6-0

[Novo]

Benneteau bt Dimitrov 6-4 6-2 6-4

[Novo]

Govortsova bt Parmentier 2-6 6-3 6-2

[Novo]

Goerges serving for the match here

[Drew.]

Good game

[MTVN]

Well my prediction of Sharapova to win is looking pretty smart now eh, if I do say so myself

[Novo]

To much early momentum will be her downfall

[Novo]

Look how amazing Aga looks

[Drew.]

the music that comes on when Eurosports goes into an Ad break is reminding me of the Golf Masters

[Novo]

Poor Aga appears to be in a bit of bother here, Bobusic serving for the first set

[Novo]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BAh_79PCcAEcxK5.jpg

[Novo]

Malisse bt Andujar 6-3 6-1 6-3

[Novo]

Nishikori bt Hanescu 6-7 6-3 6-1 6-3

Johnson and Almagro level at 2 sets each now

[Novo]

Nishikori bt Hanescu 6-7 6-3 6-1 6-3

Johnson and Almagro level at 2 sets each now

[King Gizzard]

http://i.imgur.com/3aBGw.png

''Well Boris I just don't think Vika's got it in her this year, she is faulting left right and centre, can't lie I am worried about the Belarusian''

[MTVN]

:joker:

[Drew.]

Haha :joker:

[Novo]

Amazing :joker: :joker:

[Novo]

Aga bt Bobusic 7-5 6-0
Stosur bt Chang 7-6 6-3
Wawrinka bt Stebe 6-2, 6-4, 6-3

[Novo]

The American Russell up against Berdych now

[Novo]

Nicolas Almagro bt Steve Johnson 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-2

[King Gizzard]

oh big shock there

[Novo]

Marc doesn't know what he's missing tonight

[Novo]

I can now reveal that Djokovic has started his Campaign

[Novo]

Flipkens bt Bratchikova 6-4 6-3

Goffin looks like he'll beat Verdasco, he is leading 2-0 in the 4th set

[Drew.]

Djok looking good

[Novo]

going to watch the rest of this Goffin and Verdasco match and then go to bed, not really anything decent on later apart from Tipsarevic and Hewitt

[Novo]

oh4qFAX4SO8

A Disaster has commenced

[Marc]

Good to see I didn't miss much, silly socialising.. it does ruin my grand slams I must say.

Aga needed some time to kick start I see.. silly sausage.

Gutted Goffin didn't win, great young talent.

[Marc]

Wozniacki/Lisicki tonight :thumbs2:

Suarez Navarro/Errani should be good too.. Schiavone/Kvitova too!

Monfils and Dolgopolov :suspect: interesting...

[Locke.]

Wozniacki-Lisicki at 12. Sadly Murray is on at the same time and is on Eurosport 1... This better be on Eurosport 2 :idc:

[Locke.]

Eurosport ‏@Eurosport
#AusOpen #Eurosport2 Matches: Day 2 Session Wozniacki-Lisicki, SuarezNavarro-Errani, Schiavone-Kvitova, Tsonga-Llodra, Hampton-U.Radwanska.

Great news

[Marc]

News great

[Novo]

Some great matches on today, Vika, Serena, Murray and Federer all playing

[Novo]

Some great matches on today, Vika, Serena, Murray and Federer all playing

[Locke.]

You are forgetting the main event

[Novo]

The Main events happen on the Rod Laver arena i am afraid to say Lisicki is on one of the Jobber courts

[Drew.]

Good news Murrays on first

[Marc]

Losing a set will distress me

[Locke.]

Agent Redfoo is on his way to distract Vika again

http://i.imgur.com/G8I1I.png

http://image.blingee.com/images19/content/output/000/000/000/7c2/780228264_929400.gif

[Novo]

What on earth is Vika doing with that tit, shouldn't the Lisicki game be on now on Eurosport 2? they have Murray on

[Marc]

You what

[Locke.]

Eurosport 1 is running behind so they have put Murray on Eurosport 2, looks like it's going to have to be a stream

[Marc]

Who was Vika with

[Locke.]

Great stuff they are putting Lisicki on now

[Marc]

Early break for Sabine

[Marc]

Oh

[Drew.]

Murray breaks early on

[Novo]

Only part of Lisicki's game i would want Vika to have is her first serve

[Locke.]

Sabine is just outpowering her in these rallies

Breaks now to go up 3-2

[Novo]

She has made loads of improvement from last year, seems like a better all round player now

[IheartBB]

What's with everyone wearing yellow this year?

[Novo]

Break point for Woz

[Novo]

Wozniacki trying to play this defensive against Lisicki :joker:

[Locke.]

Sabine takes the first set 6-2 :worship:

[Novo]

The second set will be a repeat of the first set unless Lisicki's starts making Errors and her serve fails her which hasn't happened so far

[Locke.]

Oh no the errors have started to appear

[Drew.]

Murray wins first set, 6-3

[Novo]

Lisicki is the most frustrating player ever

[Locke.]

Wozniacki wins the second set 6-3

[Novo]

Those sitters Lisicki missed, **** sake :joker:

[Locke.]

The first one looked in, she should have challenged it

[Drew.]

Murray winning with ease

[Locke.]

Sabine is flying now, 3-0 up :worship:

[Novo]

This will be the third Grand Slam in a row that Wozniacki has exited at the 1st Round, unreal

[Novo]

Saurez Navarro beats Errani 6-4 6-4

[Drew.]

Murray wins 6-3 6-1 6-3

[Locke.]

Lisicki has thrown it away

[Novo]

" Right now she couldn't hit a barn door with a basketball "

[Novo]

Looks like the dream might be over shortly

[Maia]

Could it be......Wozniacki might actually make it past the 1st round? :shocked:

[Locke.]

This is unbelievable

Two terrible days for sports results

[Maia]

:o

[Novo]

Jesus christ.. have no idea how Lisicki ****ed that up

[MTVN]

Good stuff

[Maia]

Sabine :sad:

Well done Caroline though I was wrong to lose faith in you :worship:

[Locke.]

It was like West Ham vs Liverpool all over again

[MTVN]

Wozniaki actually deserved this win though

[Novo]

Vika will be ready to supply some fresh Dane Bagels to her in the 4th Round

[Locke.]

My support is being switched to the lovely Venus for the rest of this tournament

[Novo]

Vika is here now, time for some real tennis

[Locke.]

Hopefully we get some shots of Redfoo in the crowd

[Locke.]

There he is!!!!!!!!!!!

[Novo]

**** sake :joker:

[Novo]

Vika is making short work of this jobber

[Novo]

That lob for set point :worship:

[Novo]

Australian Open ‏@AustralianOpen
Serena receiving treatment on right ankle which is already taped. #AusOpen

[Drew.]

Not looking good for Serena

[Novo]

Vika seems to be playing **** all off a sudden

[Locke.]

Niculescu is ripping Vika apart here

[Locke.]

Vika having a breakdown

[Drew.]

i just switched over, is that the bloke from lmfao with the Afro ?

[Locke.]

Yes good old Redfoo, working wonders in destroying Vika's form

[Novo]

Looks like Vika has decided to wake up

[Drew.]

Yes good old Redfoo, working wonders in destroying Vika's form

:joker: he's the last guy id expect to be there supporting someone, so random

[Locke.]

http://cdn.hauteliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Victoria-Azarenka-and-Redfoo_Marquee.jpg

[Drew.]

Hahaha, oh dear oh dear

[Novo]

Vika makes him look Cool

[Locke.]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BAh_79PCcAEcxK5.jpg:large

[Maia]

Yeah spotted him on it just a while ago, he always seems to turn up to the Vika matches I think dunno why :joker:

[Novo]

think they are officially an item, that is what it seemed like he was saying in the video i posted

[Novo]

Serena wins 6-0 6-0

[Maia]

My goodness

[Drew.]

When is Laura Robson on?

[Novo]

The other player didn't make her move at all by the sounds of it.. so the ankle could still be a problem later on

[Novo]

Think Robson is on in about an hour

[Drew.]

Ok, late night for me then

[Novo]

Baker v Rosol as well

[Novo]

Thank god for that, think it's good she has a tough opener though and at least she had a few strong rallies to get her use to the court

[Maia]

Wasn't too sure if she'd pull through there Niculescu put up quite a fight

[Novo]

Don't be silly Mollie, this is Vika she always pulls through unless she is facing Serena

[Locke.]

Who is Robson playing?

[Maia]

Very true Novo but couldn't help but feel a bit worried for our poor Vika

[Novo]

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[Maia]

Who is Robson playing?

Melanie Oudin

[Maia]

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:worship:

[Maia]

Good old Tsonga got high hopes for him

[Novo]

Oudin is another good young player, should be a close game

[Novo]

France v France, This is what Mollie dreams about

[Maia]

Just in heaven here

[Maia]

French tennis players are just great there is no denying it

[Novo]

Much better then German ones i must agree

[King Gizzard]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_medcf71SR21rom8rto1_250.gif

http://i.imgur.com/mm9j6.jpg
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[Maia]

:joker::joker: Poor Sabine

[Locke.]

You are both horrible bastards :idc:

[Drew.]

Federer time :love:

[Maia]

King Fed!!

[King Gizzard]

you take that back locke I like sabine!!!!!!!

[Novo]

Time to do some Twitter Commentary

[King Gizzard]

http://i.imgur.com/3aBGw.png

''Backing Paire for this one Sue, surely he has enough to beat the Swiss maestro, it's looking like it's going to be tight though, Roger needs to keep focused if he is to get anything, you could say he needs to channel a young Greg Rusedski for this one. What would Greg do? Well he would throw bagels at his opponent at every serve, I'm not saying Paire should throw bagels but I think sandwiches would be a good tactic with this surface, he could slip on the egg and cress debris that is scattered around the court. I'll tell you something else in all, Boris is looking like a ****ing **** tonight isn't he? Who does this guy think he is? Mardy Fish?''

[Drew.]

:joker:

[Maia]

Brilliant :joker:

[Novo]

Eurosport will be giving me a call soon

[Locke.]

The guy commentator tonight was terrible, kept getting Lisicki and Wozniacki mixed up and calling the points wrong

[Drew.]

The guy commentator tonight was terrible, kept getting Lisicki and Wozniacki mixed up and calling the points wrong

must be the tennis version of Ray Wilkins

[Maia]

Don't worry they are lining Novo up to replace him as we speak

[Novo]

Great start for Robson here don't you think Mollie?

[Maia]

Torn between Federer/Robson match :sad:

[Drew.]

i dont know which one to watch! Robson or Fed :conf:

[Novo]

The Fed match is predictable, the Robson one will be close

[Maia]

Ok just seeing a bit of the Robson one this is very interesting

[Maia]

She's doing great

[Novo]

Great stuff

[Drew.]

a quick game of rock paper scissors has decided im watching Robson

[Maia]

Would've chosen the same anyway :angel:

[Drew.]

Would've chosen the same anyway :angel:

REIGNING CHAMPION :love:

[Novo]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_megtlstqfY1qzj9dro1_500.jpg

It is a shame Genie didn't qualify

[Maia]

REIGNING CHAMPION :love:

3 time bloody champion :nono:

[Maia]

Genie looks like tennis's very own answer to Pixie Lott so that is a great shame

[Drew.]

Great start from Laura

[King Gizzard]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/fbd21d76a4572fb18e8056e7c46a3fd3/tumblr_mf2zd9SkiI1qksc64o4_250.gif

[Drew.]

:worship:

[Locke.]

Andy how do you stop getting email notifications from that tennis forum?

[Novo]

Not sure, i keep on getting them as well

[Novo]

Robson serving for the first set

[Maia]

She will take it with ease

[Locke.]

Not sure, i keep on getting them as well

User CP, Edit Options, then it is under Default Thread Subscription Mode

[Maia]

Yep

6-2 lovely :worship:

[Novo]

Robson playing great so far, think she only made 1 double fault in that set

[Novo]

7 Aces
1 Double
20 Winners

Great stats for her

[Maia]

She's literally brilliant

[Novo]

Now your being silly Mollie

[Drew.]

Terrible shot, still looking great tho

[Novo]

You can see why Robson beat Li Na and Clijsters at the US Open last year and has pushed Sharapova into tie breaks when she plays as great as this

[Novo]

First break in the second set for Robson

[Novo]

Oudin has broke straight back

[Maia]

Don't do it Oudin I want to go to sleep soon!!

[Novo]

The night is young Mollie, you will have to stay up and watch Ula Radwanska destroy Hampton

[Maia]

I will have to watch highlights of that I'm afraid the night is most definitely no longer young, morning is nigh

[Maia]

2 match points here

[Maia]

Laura doesn't want me to go to sleep just yet

[Maia]

She's done it!!!!!!

[Maia]

6-2, 6-3, and now I am free to go to bed :pipe:

[Drew.]

Laura :love:

[Novo]

Robson v Kvitova next, can she do it Mollie?

[Maia]

She will have to Novo, as much as I love Petra she is going to have to be a sacrifice for Laura's ongoing pursuit to the quarter-finals

[Marc]

Great wins for Date Krum, Tsurenko and Suarez Navarro

[Marc]

I just turned my telly box on and Gajdosova just made 3 blistering forehands.... lovely

[Marc]

Stephen's look very impressive against Halep... her backhand is scarily like Venus's

Serena limited her movement at the end of that match against Gallovits.. she'll need to get that ankle rested! Good thing it's at the start of the GS though, she'll have a few days off between some of these 'jobbers'

Niculescu's slice forehand :love:

[Marc]

Monfils df. Dolgopolov 6-7 7-6 6-3 6-3

Great win for him! Dolgopolov is great

[Marc]

Thats Gajdosova out.. she was terrible on her serve. Poor girl, had a crappy couple of years apparently.

[Black Dagger]

Good wins for Heather, Andy and Laura. Hopefully they keep it up.

Laura performed great this morning from the highlights I saw, how many double faults did she have by the end of the game?

[Marc]

Only 4, she said she improved on her serve, which we all know was ridiculous at the end of 2012

[IheartBB]

Glad to see Azarenka take out the trash but that dress she was wearing made her look fat as ****! I wonder if she's preggerz with RedFoo's baby?

Murray looked good, although Haase wasn't as good as he can be. Nice win for Laura too, and given how beatable Kvitova is these days there may an upset on the cards in round 2.

Upset of the day has to be Date bt Petrova :o

[Marc]

Petrova must have been dying

[BigSister]

Yay for Laura and Andy ^_^

[Novo]

Poor Ula got beat

[Novo]

Poor Ula got beat

[Locke.]

Kerber on now

[Novo]

Watching the lovely Aga instead

[Marc]

Aga deserves this slam

[Novo]

They are saying Aga looks grumpy today, horrible bastards

[Drew.]

not sure which games on eurosports 2 but the guy is going ape ****

[Novo]

Why what is he saying? :joker:

[Novo]

Devvarman wins the tie break 12-10

[Drew.]

no hawk eye on this court and the shot was called in and the bloke was convinced it was out and just went on a mad one for a minute shouting his head off

[Novo]

:joker: :joker:

[Novo]

Kerber, Goerges, Radwanska, Li Na are all through
Cibulkova and Zakopalova ( destroyed 6-1 6-0 by Flipkens... ) is out

Nishikori, Almagro, Querrey all through, Baker won the first set against Querrey but had to retire near the start of the second

[Novo]

Li Na isn't through actually.. she won the first set 6-2 but 4-2 down in the second

[Novo]

The Heather Watson v Pervak game is on after this Devvarman and Janowicz game, Devvarman was 2-0 up but Janowicz has won the last 2 sets and is now 2-1 up in the final set

[Novo]

Great match this, Devvarman has fought back from certain defeat in the 5th set to level things up at 5-5, Janowicz has just held though

[Novo]

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

Size of that crowd just for Serena's practice session

[Novo]

Dev has just saved a match point

[Novo]

Dev has finally been beat, great match

[Novo]

Pervak wins the first set 6-4 against Watson, still think Watson has a chance of winning the match though, she just made to many expensive errors in that first set and a terrible first game as well

[Novo]

Amazing second set in the Pervak and Watson game, Pervak was 6-3 up in tie break and Watson saved 3 match points and won the tie break in the end, Decider coming up now

[Novo]

Zheng has beaten Stosur.. Stosur bottling it big time in the third set when she was 5-2 up

[Novo]

Watson 3-0 up in the third set but she's just limped off injured

[Novo]

Sharapova with her second 6-0 6-0 Victory

[Novo]

Heather Watson wins 4-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-2

Don't know how she managed to come through that 2nd set tie break though, Aga v Watson now in the next round

[Novo]

Heather Watson wins 4-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-2

Don't know how she managed to come through that 2nd set tie break though, Aga v Watson now in the next round

[Marc]

I'm not surprised by some of the seeds out today

Well played Heather, coming back again! Saved a match point too! :worship:

[Marc]

Zheng has beaten Stosur.. Stosur bottling it big time in the third set when she was 5-2 up

Eek

[Novo]

Ivanovic won the first set against Chan 7-5 and then Chan won the second 6-1 and now Ana is 2-1 up in the third set, haven't been watching it sounds like Ana has been going through **** and good spells though

[Novo]

Eek

Double faulted on match point as well