The Old Tennis Thread

[arista]

Yes as tipped
Djok. Wins It.

[IheartBB]

Great match! Nadal threw in literally everything he had but it still wasn't enough. It just shows how dominant Djokovic has become. Not even playing his best yet he still grinds it out.

[Marc]

Great match! Incredible stamina

[Lee.]

Omg! Murray serving for the match in Dubai against Djokovic

[Lee.]

:amazed: He did it!

[Marc]

Wow I haven't posted in here in a while :)

Indian Wells shaping up to be two good finals.

[Marc]

Djokovid loses AGAIN :shocked: in three sets to John Isner

[Marc]

Azarenka bt. Sharapova 6-2 6-3

[Marc]

Extends her winning streak to 23 matches this year.

[Marc]

Azarenka extends her winning streak to 23 matches

Federer vs. Isner next.

[Novo]

Can't see anyone beating Azarenka at the minute, Sharapova did well to win 5 games

[Marc]

Serena.

[Novo]

She'd get jobbed out by Vika

[Marc]

:laugh:

[Marc]

Federer bt. Isner 7-6(7) 6-3

He's now earned more points than any other player since the US Open 2011

[Novo]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m145jzO3t81qemnv0o1_500.jpg

[Marc]

Both Williams sisters in action this week.

Venus just beat Kvitova! :o
(WC) Venus Williams (USA) d. (3) Petra Kvitova (CZE) 64 46 60

Azarenka is still winning up 24-0 now
(1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Michaella Krajicek (NED) 63 75

Other noteable wins were:
(WC) Heather Watson (GBR) d. (27) Lucie Safarova (CZE) 62 61 :thumbs2:
(WC) Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (ESP) d. (9) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 64 63
Ksenia Pervak (KAZ) d. (11) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 64 46 75
Simona Halep (ROU) d. (32) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 63 62
(WC) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. (28) Monica Niculescu (ROU) 46 63 64

(4)A Murray d. A Falla 62 63

[Marc]

Azarenka/Watson line up.

Be a good experience for Watson, maybe she'll take a few more games off Vika than last time (Oz Open 2012, 6-1, 6-0) :laugh:

[Marc]

Djokovic/Baghdatis, Karlovic/Del Potro, Querry/Anderson all good looking third round matches

[IheartBB]

Hoping Watson can take two games from Azarenka this time :cheer:

Impressive comeback for Venus but I must say I am very disappointed with Kvitova this year. If you told me a female player would go 23-0 at the beginning of the year, I would have put money on it being her.

And credit to Feds for mopping up the smaller events, but where is this form in the slams? He needs to bring it this summer.

[Marc]

I would like to see Federer to win a slam this year, he's got good form but its almost like Djok and Nadal just bring their A++++ game to the slams.

yeah i'm disappointed in her too, she was so good last year and I would have thought she'd win the Oz open this year but she didn't :bored:

I'm happy Vika is going well though

[Marc]

I would like to see Federer to win a slam this year, he's got good form but its almost like Djok and Nadal just bring their A++++ game to the slams.

yeah i'm disappointed in her too, she was so good last year and I would have thought she'd win the Oz open this year but she didn't :bored:

I'm happy Vika is going well though

[Novo]

Yeah if you look back at wimbledon last year you would never have thought Vika could be on the form she's on now she's like a different player and you'd never have thought Kvitova would be struggling

[Marc]

Heather Watson manages the unthinkable!!!! :amazed:

She won 2 games off Azarenka in her 6-0 6-2 defeat :joker:

[Marc]

Vika comes back from a 1-6 1-4 deficit to beat Cibulkova! Almost lost it.

[Marc]

Women's quarter finals are rounded off.

Azarenka v Bartoli
V. Williams v. Radwanska
S. Williams v. Wozniacki
Li v. Sharapova

Men's fourth round play today; highlights being:
Del Potro v. Ferrer
Gasquet v. Djokovic
Simon v. Murray

[Novo]

Azarenka trolling with us made us think she was going to lose

[Marc]

:laugh: Wozniacki and Sharapova through.

[Novo]

**** sake it's going to be another Azarenka and Sharapova final with Vika destroying her once again

[Marc]

Ferrer bt. Del Potro
Monaco bt. Roddick
Nadal bt. Nishiroki
Djokovic bt. Gasquet
Murray bt. Simon
Tsonga bt. Mayer
Fish bt. Almagro
Tipsarevic bt. Dimitrov

Quarter Finals:
Ferrer/Djokovic
Monaco/Fish
Tipsarevic/Murray
Tsonga/Nadal

[Marc]

**** sake it's going to be another Azarenka and Sharapova final with Vika destroying her once again

Yeah, though it's infamous for a player to win both Indian Wells & Miami, she'll join an elite of players if she can win Miami this week.

[Novo]

Steffi Graf x2 1994 - 1996
Kim Clijsters 2005

That's it :joker:

[Marc]

Like I said, elite.

[Marc]

This is the first time that I have ever felt that Sharapova's game is worthy of being at the top of the rankings (pretty much top). In the past I've always thought of her as somebody who didn't quite deserve to be No.1 or No.2 just because she wasn't winning bit tournaments or getting anywhere near to the titles.

[Novo]

It really does look like it's impossible for her to beat Vika though, Vika just uses Sharapova's power to her advantage + Sharapova is really slow at getting to shots down the line where Vika is unbelievably fast at times but yeah she deserves to be #2 at the minute, no one else is really standing out apart from those 2 this year

[Marc]

(7) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. (1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 63 63
(5) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (WC) Venus Williams (USA) 64 61

:shocked: And she's finally beaten!

[IheartBB]

All hail Queen Marion!

I hope she wins the whole thing.

[Marc]

I don't like Marion too much, in fact Aga FTW

[Novo]

bit of a poor last 4 really isn't it

[Marc]

Sharapova v. Radwanska for the women's title

Murray v. Djokovic for the men's title.

Heres hoping both underdogs win!

[Marc]

Radwanska takes the first set 7-5

[Marc]

Agnieszka Radwanska b. Maria Sharapova 7-5 6-4

:cheer2: :cheer:

[IheartBB]

I should have listened to my gut and put that bet on Radwanska when I had the chance :bored: All the signs pointed to it; Sharapova not winning a final this year, and not winning her previous 3 Miami finals, Radwanska not losing to anybody other than Azarenka this year, Sharapova not being able to win a point that goes over 5 shots. Oh hindsight.

GL Murray tomorrow!

[Marc]

:laugh: You really should have!

Murray and Djokovic 6pm tonight.

[Marc]

Andy Novak on now

[IheartBB]

Aw damn. I thought Murray would snatch this one. Or at least get a set :o

[Marc]

Andy was never going to win that.

[Marc]

Women's Charleston semi finals:

S. Williams v. Stosur
Hercog v. Safarova

[Marc]

GB men down 2-1 in Davis Cup tie with Belgium

[Novo]

what's the next match in that?

[Marc]

Erm I think tomorrow?

[IheartBB]

Andy was never going to win that.

He had an 8/1 record in Masters finals up until this match, winning 7 of them in straight sets :idc:

[Marc]

He had an 8/1 record in Masters finals up until this match, winning 7 of them in straight sets :idc:

But he's not on form atm, he's not playing his best tennis

[Marc]

(5) Serena Williams (USA) d. (2) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 61 61
(9) Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. (14) Polona Hercog (SLO) 60 60

[IheartBB]

But he's not on form atm, he's not playing his best tennis

Neither was Djokovic :joker:

Back to this week, Serena was scary good in that semi final. The best I've seen her in ages. It's this kind of brutally vengeful Serena that I love to watch.

Not many surprises in Davis Cup. Perhaps Isner leading the USA to victory over France on clay is the biggest story. Djokovic-less Serbia and Murray-less GB out as expected.

[Marc]

GB :bored: Wish Andy would pull his finger out and play

[Marc]

Serena 5-0 up in less than half an hour

[Marc]

6-0 1-0

[Marc]

Serena thrashed Safarova 6-0 6-1 wins her 40th WTA title

CHARLESTON, SC, USA - A day after a semifinal win she said was one of the best matches of her career, Serena Williams brought that same form out again for the final of the Family Circle Cup, routing Lucie Safarova in 58 minutes, 60 61, to cross another milestone - the 40th WTA title of her illustrious career.

On Saturday, the No.5-seeded Williams defeated a No.2-seeded Sam Stosur in just 58 minutes, 61 61, compiling an almost unheard of +14 differential on clay against one of the best clay courters out there (29 winners to 15 errors).

Williams did even better against the No.9-seeded Safarova in the final, winning the first nine games of the match to build a 60 30 lead; Safarova held at love to get on the board, but Williams won another three games to close it out, 60 61.

The match time of the final was the same as her semifinal, 58 minutes, but her differential was an even better +19 (27 winners to just eight errors).

When asked about playing so unbelievably well in the last two rounds, Williams declared she didn't want*the momentum to end. "I hope I can make it three and four and five and six and more and more and more," she said. "I definitely want to continue this. I've never played consistently at such a high level with low errors like this, and the scary thing is I could have served so much better."

The American moves from No.10 to No.9 now, but with nothing to defend until the grass court season, and nothing substantial to defend until the summer hardcourt season, she could make a run back towards where she once was.

"I have nothing to defend. June - Wimbledon I didn't do anything, Eastbourne I won one match, so that doesn't count. I did pretty well in the summer, but then I dropped off again until this tournament. So I really am like a floating bird.

"It's motivating for me to go home and work harder, because I know Lucie and Sam and everyone is going to work hard, too. Now they know what to expect even more when they play me. This is a battle, and I want to continue to win.

"My next tournament is Madrid."

And how will Williams celebrate her latest triumph? "I'm going on HSN tonight at midnight. I will be launching my new collection," she said. "That's how I'll be celebrating, with a new line. I'm actually excited about it. Some great things."

Williams lost just 15 games all week - the fewest en route to a WTA title this year. But the biggest stat might be winning that 40th WTA title, just the third active player to get to 40 (Venus Williams has 43, Kim Clijsters has 41).

It was only Williams' fourth WTA clay court title, but they've all been big ones - Rome and Roland Garros in 2002, and Charleston twice now, 2008 and 2012.

Safarova still had a stellar week, reaching her third Premier final (she was also a finalist at Paris [Indoors] in 2007 and 2010) and recording some meaningful wins the last two rounds, over Vera Zvonareva in the quarterfinals (her 14th Top 10 win) and Polona Hercog in the semifinals (her first career double bagel).

The Czech didn't come away from Charleston empty-handed either, later capturing her first WTA doubles title alongside Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, beating Anabel Medina Garrigues and Yaroslava Shvedova in the final, 57 64 106. "It's amazing," Safarova said. "Nastia and I got our first wildcard in Miami and made the quarters, and here we got our second wildcard and won it. I like doubles. I really enjoy*playing doubles*and it seems we fit as partners."

[Marc]

[1] Djokovic d Haase 64 62
[6] Murray d [3] Murray 67(4) 62 63
[9] Simon d [4] Tsonga 75 64
[2] Nadal d Wawrinka 75 64

[Marc]

[1] Djokovic b [6] Berdych 46 63 62
[2] Nadal b [9] Simon 63 64

[Marc]

[2] Nadal b [1] Djokovic 63 61

[Marc]

Absolutely spanked him

[IheartBB]

Good week for Djokovic considering that his grandad died a couple of days ago. His head wasn't in it for most of the week yet he still reached the final. Nadal still Monte Carlo King though.

team GB fail at Fed Cup too :bored:

[Marc]

Yeah tough for him but I guess those things need to be dealt with when you're a professional. Yeah GB fall but heroically so by Robson

[Marc]

Fed Cup final

Serbia v. Czech Republic

Well well.

[Marc]

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/59803000/jpg/_59803223_59803220.jpg

:sad:

[Marc]

Sharapova beat Azarenka! and not only that, it was 2 straight sets AND on clay! Undoubtably maria's weakest surface. Her first title of the year. 6-1 6-4

[Marc]

and not surprising, Nadal won the Barcelona title, his seventh! Beating David Ferrer 7-6 (7-1) 7-5

[Marc]

Blue clay at Madrid this year. Interesting...

[Marc]

Novak and Nadal out in consecutive days

[Marc]

Agniezska Radwanska falls to Azarenka... yet again 6 times this year so far.

Serena just dispatched of Hradecka in two sets, ending her dream run this year.

Azarenka/Williams final.

[Novo]

Is this Vika's 7th final of the year? Amazing

[IheartBB]

The blue clay debate has been interesting. Although I agree that it should not make a return next year, I think the way Nadal and Djokovic went about it screamed sour grapes. They were made to look very juvenile compared to older players Federer and Williams, who both seemed to just take it in their stride.

[Marc]

2nd defeat of the year too Andy.

Williams was ridiculously good today, she's got such smart tactics for clay. Haven't seen this from her before, seriously dangerous for RG. Wouldn't wanna be in her side of the draw.

Federer had a little blip closing it out but he finally managed to :)

[Marc]

The blue clay debate has been interesting. Although I agree that it should not make a return next year, I think the way Nadal and Djokovic went about it screamed sour grapes. They were made to look very juvenile compared to older players Federer and Williams, who both seemed to just take it in their stride.

yeah thought that too. federer, like a boss, got on with it

[Marc]

Azarenka out of Rome with an injured shoulder.

Hmmm

From what I've seen so far, a lot of the matches are slow (is to be expected on clay) and dull! I'm looking forward to the quarters/semis

Though Ivanovic/Sharapova later :thumbs2:

[Novo]

Good call from Vika just rest up before RG now

[Marc]

Now Serena is out, pulled out with lower back injury. Li Na is in the final

[Novo]

Pretty good final before

[Locke.]

Who else is looking forward to Sabine winning this years Wimbledon?

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/320679_10150265479021517_175535596516_8054379_4674 764_n.jpg

[Novo]

She'll be out in the first round

[Marc]

Kim to retire after US Open

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/18169539

[Locke.]

Roddick down to #29 in the world :(

Used to be so much better when it was always Federer vs Roddick instead of Nadal

[IheartBB]

3 out of 6 Brits win their first Roland Garros qualifying matches - Jamie Baker, Heather Watson and Laura Robson.

I fully expect Watson to qualify with relative ease. Robson has a decent chance. Baker is currently down a set and a break in his second round, so very unlikely.

[Novo]

Heather Watson and Laura Robson through to the final Qualifying matches now

[Marc]

:D

[IheartBB]

Murray seeded to face Tomic in round 3. Potential toughie. Then probably Gasquet in round 4, who he lost to a couple of weeks ago. If he gets through that, Ferrer will probably be waiting for him. Tough draw for someone in questionable form.

Watson draws Vesnina in round one. She's not had a great year but did reach a final on clay a few weeks ago. Tough one to call, but I think experience will prevail in the end. prove me wrong, Heather! Winner probably faces Goerges.

Keothavong draws Czink. Winnable, but Anne is in horrendous form lately. She needs to win to stand a chance of qualifying for the Olympics. Maybe this will give her a boost. Winner faces Pavlyuchenkova or Arn.

Baltacha gets the short straw - draws Stosur. Hope she can win a couple of games!

[Marc]

Not holding out much for Murray, definitely be surprised to see him going further than the 4th round

[Novo]

Will Enjoy watching Vika destroy Brianti tomorrow morning as i am eating my breakfast

[Marc]

:pipe: It might be delightful

[Marc]

Both Azarenka and Jankovic dropping the first set

[Marc]

Big upset on the cards! Azarenka a set and 0-4 down

[Novo]

Behave Marc

[Marc]

Indeed, was getting a bit carried away there!

[Novo]

Wonder if Rezaï can go on a good run this year

[Locke.]

Is there a red button or something on any of these channels for match choice? Lisicki is on now but 2 outta the 3 channels are showing Djokovic :bored:

[Novo]

Lisicki is out

[Locke.]

Smart girl, letting the other player win so she gets more of a rest before Wimbledon

[Locke.]

Are Eurosport 2 kidding.

"As soon as the Sabine Lisicki game ends we'll be switching over to that court to watch the next match, until then we'll be sticking with the current game" Horrible bastards

[Novo]

http://mit.zenfs.com/218/2011/06/mattek-sands-gaga.jpg

6-4 6-3

[Locke.]

She is going to pick up an injury and miss Wimbledon

[Novo]

Doesn't matter because Vika has the French Open and Wimbledon in the bag

http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_resize/sws_path/suns-prod-images/1331126187412_ORIGINAL.jpg?quality=80&size=420x

[Locke.]

Lisicki will be firing on all cylinders by then am afraid

[Marc]

Grass/Clay combination is rare. Lisicki will be a boss on grass

[Novo]

Lisicki has lost it she'll soon be 123 in the world

[Locke.]

Will hopefully break into the top 10 after she wins Wimbledon next month

[Marc]

Azarenka*

[Novo]

Vika loves a good troll she had you all fooled earlier on then

[Marc]

Heather Watson df. Elena Vesnina 6-2 6-4

Really top quality tennis from Heather! :D

[Novo]

Fantastic day today.. Serena and Venus both out and Vika wins 6-1 6-1.. it doesn't get much better then that

[Marc]

So glad Radwanska won :)

[Novo]

Heather Watson out 6-3 6-4 it was a decent enough effort though

[Novo]

Mathieu also beats Isner 6-7 6-4 6-4 3-6 18-16 in the second longest french open match ever

[Marc]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/18258600

new british female, gonna win wimbledon

[Novo]

More Vika Fodder

[Marc]

Vika will never be able to beat Johanna

[Novo]

Sounds like she has World #1 written all over her

[Marc]

definitely.

[IheartBB]

I thought Konta got British citizenship ages ago? :conf3:

Anyways, Kuznetsova was Godly against Radwanska the other day. She continues to play like that than no one can beat her. Unfortunately, this has been Kuznetsova's case for years. She'll probably brain fart against Errani tomorrow :joker:

And Murray's back must be feeling better. Maybe he's got a decent crack at the semi finals afterall.

[BigSister]

Hes playing Gasquet on home soil next though. Gasquet is his nemasis so im not looking too hopeful. If he can get past him then maybe semis again.

[Locke.]

Sharapova playing some GIP at the minute

[arista]

Sharapova playing some GIP at the minute


Yes looking Hot
in Free 3-D on EuroSport 3D Live
on VirginHD and SkyHD 3-D ch.

For those that have 3-D TV's

[arista]

Sharapova Won
after 3hours 11mins
of screaming passion



Murray now on the set
against the French Gasquet

[Iceman]

Yes looking Hot
in Free 3-D on EuroSport 3D Live
on VirginHD and SkyHD 3-D ch.

For those that have 3-D TV's

Also on Setanta Sports!

[Locke.]

And ITV4

[arista]

Also on Setanta Sports!

Yes and on SkyHD ITV4HD (Exclusive to Sky)
and ITV4
and Euro Sports HD


Of Course EuroSports 3-D
is the best.
Via Sky or Virgin.

[Maia]

Yes don't forget ITV4, what I'm watching it on

[arista]

Yes don't forget ITV4, what I'm watching it on


No just posted it
Honey

[arista]

Easy Win for Murray
as the french man is below his level.



So Typical of the French Crowd
who booo'd him.

[arista]

Live now on ITV4HD
EuroSports 3-D
and
Setanta Sports

[Marc]

Thank you lovely

[Marc]

Sara Errani has taken the first set off of Kerber 6-3 and Stosur leads Cibulkova 5-3

[arista]

Yes Hell of a Moody Face
Stosur

[Marc]

and Stosur has taken the first set 6-4, Cibulkova is playing a little better now though.

[Marc]

Wow Tsonga

[arista]

On ITV1HD now
and also on Euro Sports 3-D on sky and virgin


Its the Womens final
ideal for 3-D

[Novo]

Errani needs to get back into this and make it at least a half decent final.. this is dire so far

[Iceman]

Sharapova Wins.

[arista]

Sharapova Wins The Title

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR-iS5siUVmqUG6Jah57_85t4K-CVfA-jfu6pBbMNoX_-j0E5OAKg

[bbfan1991]

Yes, grand slam for Maria Sharapova and I am so pleased for her:D.

Commiserations to Sara Errani who put on a good fight but was outclassed by her opponent, she will learn from this disappointment.

[Novo]

It's a Career Grand Slam.. not to be confused with an actual Grand Slam which is the highest of the high in tennis, Career Grand Slam is impressive to though

[arista]

Now The Mens Fight it out


On ITV1HD
and EuroSports 3-D via sky and virgin.


On this Surface
Nadal is at his best

[arista]

Rain
has halted the game


ITV1HD is now on Live Football
So ITV4 (ITV4HD on SkyHD))

[Marc]

Nadal losing a set?

This is preposterous!

[Jordan.]

Glad it's been suspended, I'll be able to watch tomorrow.

[Locke.]

My comeback brought to a halt until tomorrow :bored:

[Marc]

Will never recover now

[arista]

Live Again the Serb is fighting hard.


On EuroSports 3-D via sky and virgin.

[IheartBB]

Game, Set, Match, History, Nadal.

Ended on a double fault :o

[Marc]

Double fault is not a good way to finish :laugh:

Anti-climax match.

[arista]

Game, Set, Match, History, Nadal.

Ended on a double fault :o


Yes shame he kept touching his backside via his shorts so much
looked messy

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

http://s16.postimage.org/b6mc0zr39/image.jpg (http://postimage.org/)
hosting images (http://postimage.org/)

aaaaa:bawling:

[Marc]

He did well :)

[Marc]

Queens! :worship:

[Marc]

James Ward will not be repeating his semi-final showing at Queens this year, he just lost to Kevin Anderson 4-6 6-3 6-4

[IheartBB]

James Ward annoys the hell out of me. He's just so blasé about everything. There were times in this match when he just didn't seem remotely interested. I saw him up close in Nottingham last week too and he was even worse. He looked like he was being forced to play against his will.

[Marc]

Haha I'm sure he cares about tennis though.

[IheartBB]

I'm sure he does but I just wish he'd show it. It only annoys me so much because he's got potential to be top 100 for sure.

[IheartBB]

Speaking of Brits - Robson, Watson, Keothavong and Moore all scored wins in Birmingham today and Baker won an all British encounter in Queens. Not too shabby.

[Locke.]

Good old Roddick is on BBC2 right now

[IheartBB]

^ "Old" being the key word ;)

[Jordan.]

That old bloke getting booted = highlight of queens

[Mrluvaluva]

He kicked an advertising board into a line judge?

[Marc]

David Nalbandian you idiot :bored:

[Marc]

Nalbandian kicked the advertisement board in frustration and it somehow (I wasn't watching) hit the linesman's leg and cut him. It's been cancelled and he's been disqualified as a result of a code violation, he was up a set as well. Idiot.

[Jordan.]

-qEFvFWKKNA

[Marc]

Idiotttttt

[bbfan1991]

Woah, that was crazy:eek:.

[Marc]

Why on earth would you kick that?

If you really reaaalllly need to kick something kick the big advertisement board and not THAT one!

[Novo]

Tomorrow :pipe:

[Jayson]

woop woop

[Maia]

Can't wait :amazed:

[Locke.]

I believe lovely Lisicki is playing tomorrow, lets hope it isn't too early

[Maia]

Tsonga and Caroline Wozniacki will have my full support this year :pipe:

[Novo]

What about Vika? :pipe:

[Maia]

Oh yes and Vika Azarenka will also have my support :pipe:

[Brother Leon]

Monflis ftw

[Maia]

-iEFZtiGc4M

:worship:

[Locke.]

Wozniacki yes, the Liverpool fan, my second choice. But it's all about Lisicki.

First on at 11.30 against Martic, Court 16. A must watch.

[Novo]

U9pS7eMH6zs

:worship:

[Novo]

U9pS7eMH6zs

:worship:

[Brother Leon]

Sharapova>

[Maia]

U9pS7eMH6zs

:worship:

:worship:

Amazing

[Locke.]

Azarenka is awful

[Maia]

Azarenka is awful

Current World No. 2 what are you talking about

[Novo]

Much better then the bint your supporting

[Locke.]

Lisicki will knock that waste of a ranking out in the quarters

[Novo]

Locke is a rookie when it comes to Tennis we'll have to educate him Mollie

[Marc]

Mollie supporting yet another Caroline, I think you like the name :pipe:

[Novo]

Marc can you give Locke a few tips in how the game of Tennis works

Clue:

Solve the crossword and create a number from the shaded squares

http://i.imgur.com/LhWNV.png
http://i.imgur.com/fbLJr.png

When you've solved it go to The Salon to find your next clue

[Locke.]

I've been watching and playing tennis since Mollie was nothing but a 6 month old toddler

[Maia]

Locke is a rookie when it comes to Tennis we'll have to educate him Mollie

Poor soul probably thinks 30-love is a Barry White album

[Novo]

Poor soul probably thinks 30-love is a Barry White album

:joker: :joker: :joker: :joker: :joker:

[Marc]

:joker:

[Marc]

Marc can you give Locke a few tips in how the game of Tennis works

I've been watching and playing tennis since Mollie was nothing but a 6 month old toddler

Sounds to me as if he knows what he's on about :pipe:

[Locke.]

Poor soul probably thinks 30-love is a Barry White album

Ok that was admittedly a good one

[Novo]

He didn't even know Vika was seeded Mollie had to break the news to him

[Marc]

Tbh, when she bows out in the 2nd round it'll be as if she wasn't seeded

[Novo]

Vika has a firm place in the final.. no one is good enough to knock her out unless she gets injured or her racket decides to have some sort of weird curse placed on it like what happened at the French Open

[Marc]

Fourth round match up with Ivanovic, QF with Wozniacki or Bartoli, SF with Williams or Petra

Tough

[Marc]

Isner v. Mahut possible second round?! :amazed:

[Novo]

Stosur, Radwanska and Ni La all in command at the minute

[Novo]

Donald young takes the first set against Youzhny

[Novo]

Donald young takes the first set against Youzhny

[Marc]

Good old Sam

Broken her bad streak at SW19

[Novo]

Lisicki :bored:

[IheartBB]

Venus is sh*tting all over court two at the minute. Down 5-1 first set. I might have to turn my attention to this one. The Tipsarevic v Nalbanian match isn't what I was expecting thus far.

[arista]

Venus is Out and Gone
she is Out of Shape
and needs to stop.

[Locke.]

Lisicki smashed Martic to pieces, the road to the title has begun

[Marc]

Venus out, Novak through.

Shame, she's a very special player here at Wimbledon. Hopefully she'll be more fit next year

[Maia]

Sharapova will be flying through to Round 2

[Novo]

We don't get to see the GOAT in action until tomorrow

[Marc]

Tipsarevic through :) good ole Janko, beating that Linesman beater

[Jayson]

When is the mighty Tsonga playing?

[Marc]

Tomorrow probably

[Marc]

Oh Oli :(

[Maia]

Berdych out :shocked:

[Jordan.]

Quite outraged they're not showing Kirilenko.

[Novo]

Watson playing great at the minute and Golding was really unlucky before should have took that tiebreaker in the third set

[Marc]

Watson :worship:

[BigSister]

Congrats to Heather might even make third round playing anothr non seeded player in 2nd round ^_^

[Novo]

Can see either her or Robson causing a massive upset

[arista]

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02258/laura_2258886f.jpg

[Marc]

C'mon Laura, break down in the second set but she'll bounce back!

[Marc]

Oh Laura :( It's hard to watch.

Goffin levels his match up against Tomic and takes an early break in the third set. Great talent this boy has, up and comer.

[Jayson]

Did Robson lose?

[IheartBB]

I usually like Schiavone but she annoyed the **** out of me in this match. That 10/15 minute break between sets was ridiculous. Stopped all the momentum Laura had.

[Marc]

Definitely, ridiculous amount of time for an injury

[Legend killer]

Sharapova is the only reason to watch Women's tennis. She has unreal natural beauty that is matched by NO other female in the world you tell me another lady in the world that could play a 3 hour match in massive heat without any makeup and look as sexy as Sharapova

Would smash with the force of a thousand greek gods

[Marc]

Okay, cheers for that.

[Locke.]

Azarenka just about manages to beat Falconi, a very lucky win.

[Novo]

No problems for Vika there

[Jayson]

Murray's looked good against Davydenko.

[Locke.]

Roddick pushing for a two set lead and then the game gets called off :bored:

[IheartBB]

They build a roof. It rains. They don't use the roof.

I can't comprehend this :confused:

[Locke.]

Another 11.30 start for Lisicki tomorrow, this is getting too much

[Legend killer]

Ivo will sort Murray out next round but don't be suprised to see Murray's injury make a re-appearcence when big Ivo is serving those bullet aces

[Locke.]

Right, time to get your fine ass into gear Sabine

[Marc]

Sabine, Ivanovic, Watson all on :)

[Marc]

Ivo will sort Murray out next round but don't be suprised to see Murray's injury make a re-appearcence when big Ivo is serving those bullet aces

Head to Head 3-0 in favour of Murray, he should be able to handle him

[Jayson]

Hev's destroying this double-barrelled forename idiot.

[Locke.]

This Jovanovski girl has got a good serve on her

[Locke.]

****

[Marc]

Lisicki in the s***

[Marc]

First set to Jovanovski, c'mon Sabine sort it out you tart.

[Marc]

Heather!!!! :amazed:

[Locke.]

What a tense match that was, thought she was going out for a minute.

[Marc]

I was never in doubt :pipe:

[Locke.]

Hopefully this Rus girl goes through