*Official* Tennis Thread

[Jono]

Tomic plea: Dad's annoying me and I want him to leave

Just realised we haven't discussed the Tomic/Dad incident.

Another Jelenka Dokic in the making? Pretty brutal having to ask the umpire to get your dad off the court.

 

[ripper868]

And (according to my live update app) he (Edit:Rafa) has...just need Fish to come through now.

 

[Jono]

Bad luck ripper.

 

[TumTum]

Fish is cooked, will get out of top10 soon.

 

[Jono]

Cilic's win over Nalbandian hopefully a sign that he's on his way back.

 

[Jono]

His name is John ****ing Isner

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Bleh.

Might shut up the Yanks calling for Davis Cup reform for another year though.

 

[Jono]

If Novak beats Dolgopolov only a couple of hours after his grandfather dies that will be incredible.

Lost the first set 2-6 and looked mentally lost, but now he's 4-1 up in the second set.

 

[Jono]

Novak wafg. So much mental toughness and just pure determination to win that.

 

[Jono]

It took 8 attempts and Novak's grandfather dying, but Nadal has finally beaten Novak in a final. First time since 2010 US Open.

 

[ohtani's jacket]

Why don't they just change the clay court season to the Nadal court season? So boring.

 

[Jono]

Yeah but how good will he be on blue clay?

Blue clay for Madrid Open | Sport24

 

[Jono]

Nadal v Ferrer has been amazing tennis. Ferrer has had 5 set points and has lost all of them due to ridiculous tennis from Nadal.

 

[Jono]

Well Ferrer will live to regret that, absolutely bottled it. Had 5 set points in that first set. In total 8 break points against Nadal in the first set and only won 1. Ends up losing the first set in a tiebreak.

Second set he breaks Nadal and serves for the set at 5-4. Ends up losing the set 5-7.

 

[ripper868]

Got on Sharapova last night paying $3.40

Only regret is only placing $10 on it...thankyou Ms Azaracka

 

[Jono]

Haha seeing the blue clay in Madrid is hilarious. Going to take a while to get used to it, but I like it. Something different.

Definitely is easier to see the ball, that's for sure.

 

[biased indian]

Ya thought they changed to hard court.
.looks good to watch.but players are complaining that its slippery

 

[benchmark00]

Haha seeing the blue clay in Madrid is hilarious. Going to take a while to get used to it, but I like it. Something different.

Definitely is easier to see the ball, that's for sure.

Haven't seen a clay look that colour since Clay Sampson tried to hit a target on the footy field.

 

[Jono]

Ya thought they changed to hard court.
.looks good to watch.but players are complaining that its slippery

Yeah but I think that's only centre court.

Novak cracked the ****s. Amazing whinge after his first match.

Haven't seen a clay look that colour since Clay Sampson tried to hit a target on the footy field.

 

[Jono]

My boy Milos Raonic was so close. Great effort vs. Fed.

Meanwhile Cilic is back, beating Isner in straight sets (2 set tiebreaks).