it is true he was having some issues but he was able to get through and play some good tennis. guess it caught up to him. rafa's playing style makes him liable for injuries.
we'll see how this guy does against a healthy federer.
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it is true he was having some issues but he was able to get through and play some good tennis. guess it caught up to him. rafa's playing style makes him liable for injuries.
we'll see how this guy does against a healthy federer.
i had a feeling this guy would pull off an upset and i belive he is gonna do it.
federer is SHOOK.
FED had a horrific service game in this match but for the most part dude just got totally outplayed.
porto broke the machine.
Well I underestimated that guy. I didnt see a problem for Roger but he slowly just broke down the longer the match went.
Good final.
What's with this outfit? She should try to tone down the steroids also.
http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_spor...Jcq4CD5htJwKJP
ha ha
http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_spor...IwxMDD.udOsfbP
--French Open played in near blackout conditions.
Look closely at the picture above. If you squint closely you can see No. 13 seed Gael Monfils of France standing in the foreground while serving to Italy's Fabio Fognini. Squint even closer and you might be able to find the ball Monfils was tossing into the air.
It was after 9:50 p.m. Wednesday in France and the pair were playing the fifth set of a bizarre second-round match at the French Open. A few minutes later, after Monfils saved three match points, play was suspended for darkness. The ball had barely been visible for the previous two games.
Sound crazy enough yet? That's only the beginning. Here's a look at the five most ridiculous moments from the Gael Monfils-Fabio Fognini match:
1. A tournament referee evidently halted the match and then reconsidered when pressed by Monfils. With darkness enveloping the court at Philippe Chatrier, rules official Stefan Fransson looked set to halt the match at 4-4. It made perfect sense. The match was square, it was almost too dark to see and every other match at Roland Garros had been stopped.
But after a brief discussion with the chair umpire and Monfils (Fognini initially stood near the baseline), Fransson determined that the players would play two more games. Then: chaos. Fognini refused to play, the French fans jeered and, six minutes after Fransson stepped onto the court, play had yet to resume. It was too dark when the discussion began. Six minutes later conditions were unplayable.
2. Fognini received a point penalty for delay of game before serving at 4-4. The delay was initially caused by Fransson's indecision but it was elongated by Fognini's defiance. Buoyed by his coach who was making a "don't play" gesture, Fognini stalled in an attempt to make Fransson reconsider. (At least that's our guess. None of this really makes any sense.) This riled up the partisan French crowd even more, which in turn gave Fognini another reason not to line up to serve. After what seemed like an eternity, the chair umpire finally gave Fognini a point penalty, which made him begin his serve down 0-15.
3. The match only went so long because Monfils choked away a two-set lead. Note to all you junior players out there: There's no need to force drop shots when you have a comfortable lead. Monfils inexplicably kept trying to run Fognini to the net while up two sets despite the fact that most of the drop shots had one of two outcomes: Fognini either got to it or Monfils hit an unforced error. The Italian is known as a player who folds when he gets down in matches. Giving him hope was the biggest mistake Monfils made all day. (Well, until he asked for the match to be prolonged.)
4. Fognini then choked away three match points after the chaos while Monfils was cramping. The Italian won his serve to go up 5-4 and then went up 40-15 on Monfils' serve. Monfils could barely move due to cramping and hobbled around the court. On his serve he stayed flat-footed and looked as if he was serving a volleyball in middle school gym class instead of in a Grand Slam tennis match. He was lucky nobody could see well enough to do anything but try to get the ball in play because if Fognini had run him even a little, it was doubtful he'd have been able to get to anything. Despite his ailments, Monfils prevailed on his serve due to three Fognini unforced errors on match points.
5. Sunset in Paris was at 9:40 p.m. on Wednesday evening. The match was halted at 9:56 p.m. local time. Patrick McEnroe, Pam Shriver and Darren Cahill said it was the darkest conditions they had ever seen at a professional tennis match. It was so dark outside that the Shot Spot technology wasn't working because there were no shadows with which to gauge the positioning of the ball.
-sports.yahoo.com
Yeah and Monfils just lost, bloody italians...
Finally got to watch a match today. Seen Rafa....never seen a clay court game in a while....very fun to watch.
Isner vs Mahut
score is 4-6 6-3 7-6 6-7 55-55 in the fifth set
time of match 9 hours 30 minutes +
On ESPNU
The fifth set alone is 6+ hours, longer than any whole match in Wimbledon history.
and we will continue tomorrow deadlocked at 59-59 in set #5
I can't believe they let them play for so long, i would assume they would stopped it because of exhaustion...
It's finally over at just past 11 hours Isner wins 70-68 in the fifth set
wow
crazy
lol yeah I heard about this its crazy, world record
France beat Spain 3-0 in the Davis Cup, now in semi-finals!
Bodybuilder lookalike Serena Williams doesn't like tennis, she says:
http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id...nnis-live-says
-Tennis player banned for life for match-fixing
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP)—Austrian tennis player Daniel Koellerer became the first player banned for life for match-fixing, losing his appeal at sport’s highest court on Friday.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed the challenge to a ban imposed by the Tennis Integrity Unit created by the professional tours and international governing body.
Koellerer allegedly “made invitations to other tennis players to fix matches on five occasions,” the court said in a statement. “The panel ruled that the tennis governing bodies had met their burden of proof.”
However, the court decided Koellerer should not pay a $100,000 fine previously ordered.
“The player did not benefit financially from any of the charges for which he has been found liable,” according to the panel of three arbitrators.
Koellerer was the first player banned for life for attempted corruption after being found guilty of violations from October 2009 to July 2010.
He challenged his expulsion at a two-day CAS hearing held last November. The court upheld his ban, “acknowledging that the sanction was sufficiently high enough to reflect the seriousness of the corruption offences.”
Koellerer’s ranking peaked at No. 55 in October 2009.
Nadal sucks. He got injured once again and quit. Djokovic continues to win. Go Novak.
http://djokovic.net/images/3.jpg
Lisa Raymond becomes oldest No. 1 in tennis history
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2FH.../123263340.jpg
Getting to No. 1 is nothing new for American Lisa Raymond. She's been at the top of the WTA doubles rankings five times in her lengthy career, on-and-off for much of the past decade. Her recent rise to No. 1 is a bit different. In topping this week's list, Raymond becomes the oldest man or woman in history to be at the top of a professional tennis ranking.
"It's definitely a lot more special this time than ever before," Raymond said in a WTA news report. "I'm the fittest I've ever been in my career, and I found the right partner too.
Raymond, 38, will be a co-No. 1 with her playing partner, Liezel Huber. With each successive win, she'll move up the all-time doubles list, where she currently sits at No. 6 in most tournament victories (behind such names as Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King).
"She has worked so hard to be back at the top and I can't even imagine doing that at 38!,
said Fed Cup captain Mary Joe Fernandez. "She and Liezel make a great team and will be going for the gold at the Olympics."
Other Lisa stats:
• Fifth time reaching No. 1 and her first ascension to the top spot since 2007.
• Made her No. 1 debut on June 12, 2000. Bill Clinton was president, "Gladiator" was winning the box office and Caroline Wozniacki was nine.
• She won the career Slam in 2006 by winning the French Open. Overall, Raymond has won six Grand Slam titles.
- Longtime tennis referee arrested in death of husband
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/tennis-...mt-container-b
-Andy Murray ends Great Britain's 76-year drought with epic U.S. Open win over Novak Djokovic
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/tennis-...-open-win.html
A scottish person actually does something notable for once, bwahahaha
i like how though he suddenly has become British, just when he starts winning. once he starts losing again the tabloids will label him Scottish.Quote:
Originally Posted by ALPHATEK
haha
Sloane Stephens rips Serena Williams in latest interview
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/tennis...160553891.html
Any one watching, or paying attention to Wimbledon 2014?
yeah, i usually go watch some of the matches live as well. Wimbledon not far from where i work.Quote:
Originally Posted by hectis
I root for Nadal nowadays.
Its funny when you go to watch live, games with Sharapova and especially Ana Ivanovic, i mean good luck finding a seat or even a place to stand. Fucking pervs all over I tell ya.
Congratulations to Petra Kvitova for winning her second Women's Wimbledon title.
Hopefully Roger can win another too
Novak Djokovic wins his second Men's Wimbledon title by defeating Roger Federer.
On a side note both Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova, the winners of the Men's and Women's Wimbledon Championships in 2014 also both won in 2011.
Is Serena Williams career winding down?
that was a great match between roger federer and novak djokovic
No, but Venus on the other hand I think it is. I mean she hasn't won a Grand Slam singles title since 2008.Quote:
Originally Posted by check two
Really wanted Federer to win, but really Novak played amazingly well. I mean he was bound to win another grand slam after all losses in the past year.
I hope Federer wins one more slam before he calls it a day.
Funny that the first set in the mens final lasted longer than the entire ladies final. I think the women need to play best of 5 in the finals of grand slams. I don't recall a women's final that was anywhere near as exciting as a men's final.