*Official* Tennis Thread

[Jono]

****'s sake Simon. Win the damn set from 4-1 up ffs.

4-3 now.

 

[Jono]

We're going 5 baby!

GILLES GILLES GILLES!

Lol @ France picking that hack Llodra instead of Simon in the Davis Cup Final 5th rubber.

I love when I'm right.

 

[morgieb]

Imagine if Federer lost. The Grand Slam will be way boring then.

 

[Jono]

Bad luck simon. Played your heart out. Love that he's back.

 

[_Ed_]

Another great match. Fantastic fightback from Simon after he looked like he was heading for a straight sets exit.

 

[ohtani's jacket]

In some ways it's more fun supporting Roger Federer now than it was when he was unbeatable. Tough second round opponent. I don't know why so many people were sleeping on Simon when they said Federer had an easy draw.

 

[vcs]

Monfils
Tsonga
Verdasco


Three of the last names in the top 30 which I'd say would come back from 2 sets to 0 down. Not exactly known for being fighters to the bitter end.

Love that those three dug in. Guns



Why you'd cheer on a match fixer like Tipsarevic is beyond me.

I hate Tipsarevic as well, just less than Verdasco. Never heard anything about matchfixing TBH. I know Davydenko was wrongly implicated once.

 

[Somerset]

Thought I might get an early night from watching the late match tonight with Federer wrapping up an easy 3 set win, but full credit to Simon for really pushing Federer and almost pulling off a ridiculous upset. Looks like Djokovic was on court for more than three hours and dropped a set as well, so not all easy going for the big guns.

 

[Ausage]

Just on Tomic, he's seemed like a massive douche in the past, particularly last open, but I thought he came across ok after he won on Tuesday. Last year Could have been just a case of a young kid getting some bad advise from a dbag parent. It's not like that's an unfamiliar scenario in tennis. I hope to see him do well.

 

[howardj]

Some quality fare the last couple of nights.

Who's up tonight?

 

[Burgey]

Was a good match last night. Simon was gutsy, hit some crackers. Fed had another one of those nights where his forehand decided to go missing.

Just hope Sam Shoulders wins tonight.

 

[morgieb]

Tomic looking good against Lopez

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Takes the first set - impressive. Suspect Lopez may avoid being drawn into long slicing rallies, though.

 

[benchmark00]

Lopez will pull the trigger here.

 

[_Ed_]

Anyone hear the post-match interview with Clijsters? Apparently it was a bit hilarious and awkward. Can anyone confirm?

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Haha just saw it then. Pretty funny.

 

[vcs]

Haha that was hilarious.

Here's the video.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Tomic serving for the match against López here who has just imploded.

He doesn't hit many winners, but he keeps a lot of balls in play. I'm really interested to see how he goes once he puts some muscle on.

 

[Burgey]

Good scalp for Tomic.

He could go on and be one the next Josh Eagle with a bit of luck.

 

[morgieb]

Tomic! <3

Next big thing in Australian tennis imo.