*Official* Tennis Thread

[duffer]

Reckon Safina will overpower Jelena tonight. Can't see her keeping up, Safina hits them strong and deep.

 

[_Ed_]

Not a great start for Dokic.

 

[_Ed_]

Breaks back though, very nice.

 

[inbox24]

Man vs woman is unfair IMO.

It's been a good run Jelena.

 

[duffer]

Man vs woman is unfair IMO.

It's been a good run Jelena.

Haha

 

[Somerset]

Third game in the second set took forever, pleased that Dokic won it eventually - nothing against Safina but hoping for a three-setter.

 

[inbox24]

Damn the tension in this game makes it unwatchable.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Safina is way too much like Marat. The walk, the demeanour, the moustache.

Scary stuff.

 

[cameeel]

Damn the tension in this game makes it unwatchable.

No more so than Safina letting out a banshee-yelp every time she hits the ball, and any coincidence that it's increased in volume since Dokic started to match her

 

[vic_orthdox]

Safina is way too much like Marat. The walk, the demeanour, the moustache.

Scary stuff.

 

[Johnners]

Safina is way too much like Marat. The walk, the demeanour, the moustache.

Scary stuff.

Well they are brothers.

 

[inbox24]

I've always wondered guys, which one is the coach and which one is the boyfriend?

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Coach is the skinnier one who wears the lighter coloured shirts I think.

 

[duffer]

Getin Jelena!

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Haha, collossal choke from Jelena and then from Marat.

 

[_Ed_]

We're going to a 3rd, sweet.

 

[inbox24]

Coach is the skinnier one who wears the lighter coloured shirts I think.

Is that the one of the left? Or the one who always jumps up and is really tank?

Can't believe this is 3 sets, epic, what a champion Jelena, deserves to win the Allan Border medal or any other award we can think of.

 

[Somerset]

For the third seed, Safina's awefully inconsistent with her serve - that was an aweful display at times during that set. Hoping for a Dokic victory, incredible to think shes only one set away from a semi final.

 

[Somerset]

Is that the one of the left? Or the one who always jumps up and is really tank?

Can't believe this is 3 sets, epic, what a champion Jelena, deserves to win the Allan Border medal or any other award we can think of.

Apparently the one on the right is the coach (the taller of the two I think) and the boyfriend is on the left - according to the commentary.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Is that the one of the left? Or the one who always jumps up and is really tank?

Jumper iirc.