*Official* Tennis Thread

[Jono]

Tsonga and Serena struggling.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Adam Scott's a lucky guy.

 

[Dydl]

Wow. Serena.

 

[Jono]

Huge upset, well done Makarova. Zvonareva and then Serena are two awesome wins on the trot.

 

[Jono]

Tsonga ffs.

 

[ohtani's jacket]

Fantastic result for Nishikori.

 

[Jono]

Only seen a handful of Nishikori matches. A lot of talk about him being a potential top 10-er. What are your thoughts Othani?

Had a breakout year last year but could get even better this year.

 

[Jono]

Only seen a handful of Nishikori matches. A lot of talk about him being a potential top 10-er. What are your thoughts Othani?

Had a breakout year last year but could get even better this year.

 

[ohtani's jacket]

I think he's certainly taking the right steps, but his size and injury problems could hurt him. His goal was to get to number 45 as 46 was the highest a Japanese man had ever reached. I guess the next step is top 20. He probably needs to develop his serve a bit more and have that steady attacking game that the top 10 players possess.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

I guess the next step is top 20.

Well he'll get that after AO unless Hewitt reaches the final.

 

[Jono]

Man Novak is just so ****ing amazing.

 

[Johnners]

Indeed, clearly getting frustrated at Hewitt chasing everything down though. Didn't think he had it in him tbh.

 

[Burgey]

This is great work from Hewitt here. Raging against the dying of the light. Being aggressive and having a go. Good on him.

Djokovic remains a **** (apologies to his fans) but then, so does his opponent.

 

[Johnners]

Novak (y) WAG

 

[Jarquis]

 

[Jono]

So much respect for Hewitt after that match. Kudos to you Rusty.

 

[Ausage]

This is great work from Hewitt here. Raging against the dying of the light. Being aggressive and having a go. Good on him.

Djokovic remains a **** (apologies to his fans) but then, so does his opponent.

That's the kind of thing that I want to see from Tomic. They're chalk and cheese as players, but Hewitt was always going to play the entire match. He could be 5-0 down in the third on with 3 match points against him and he'll go as hard as he did in the first point of the match.

That said I went to bed at the end of the second so I missed this whole fightback. I'm guessing Hewitt's first serve improved as it was running around 40% when I switched off.

 

[Burgey]

It did, but I think it was a combo of Novak going slightly, very slightly, off the level he played the first two sets; and Hewitt really cracking his ground strokes rather than just being happy to bunt them back.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Jeez, will one of these girls hold their serve?

My mute button is getting a working over, last night and again today.

 

[Jono]

Lol Wozniacki will forever be a Grand Slam joke, and I'm a bigger joke for tipping her ffs.

Edit: wait, she's not done yet