*Official* Tennis Thread

[Jono]

nup, broken first game

 

[morgieb]

Raonic probably would've won if it wasn't for the injury. So dire.

 

[vogue]

Hate to see someone playing such a great game of tennis only to be injured near the end of a great game...tis a pity, but there's no sympathy in sport from your opponent I guess..

 

[MW1304]

So Murray's likely to be 0-5 in Aus finals. Pretty brutal. 4 of those against Djokovic and the other Federer.

 

[Cabinet96]

Heard one of the Eurosport pundits saying Djokovic's dominance over Murray in the H2H is mostly a mental thing, which I think is nonsense. Their head to head is actually pretty even bar 2011 and 2014 onwards. It's even 2-1 to Murray in slam finals in all bar those years. Just that in 2011 and 2015 Djokovic had two of the greatest ever years and in 2014 Murray was coming off major back surgery, i.e. his level dropped. So in other words, Novak's H2H dominance has only come when he's notably playing much better than Murray.

 

[harsh.ag]

#SantinaForever

 

[Anil]

mirza and hingis take another slam! a 36 match winning streak!

 

[grecian]

Gawd don't show Piers Morgan Coco Vandeweghes interview after her mixed doubles semi-final, he'll be all over it in defence of Chris Gayle.

 

[Jono]

Good start by Kerber. Needs to keep attacking Serena's 2nd serve

 

[Jono]

She's definitely off tonight, Kerber has to strike and take this set.

 

[social]

How long before Williams calls an injury timeout?

 

[Jono]

didn't need to.

 

[_Ed_]

Tense.

 

[Jono]

this third set has been magnificent

 

[Jono]

most important service game of her life

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Welp.

 

[Jono]

Jeez, Serena so clutch. Kerber even got first serves on those two points and made errors.

Still only one game away.

 

[_Ed_]

Had a feeling that might happen. On we go.

 

[Jono]

0-30, here we go!!! Serena less clutch now...

 

[_Ed_]

Jeez, from 0-30 to 40-30.