2018 ATP/WTA thread

[spystud13 2371]

Nice, the young lefty won it. I dig. 

[spystud13 2371]

North American hard court season kicks off this week. The long-time WTA Stanford Premier stop has moved south to San Jose. 

San Jose draw pdf  Garbine, Keys, & the Sistas headline. 

 

Washington DC has an ATP 500 & WTA International. 

Men's draw pdf

Ladies' draw pdf  Caroline & Sloane are top 2. 

 

And now for my yearly rant about this week's WTA TV schedule. Two tourneys in our fucking country, exactly FOUR matches are televised. ESPN2 has the San Jose semis & final, TC has the DC final. Even fucking better, the two finals are on at the exact same fucking time (next Sunday @ 4:00p). Great planning, WTA. At least ESPN3 appears to have daily extra San Jose coverage, not that ESPN+ bullshit. 

Something happened between TC & the Citi Open a couple years ago that cost them their WTA rights. So ridiculous. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

The 2 American teens I’m the biggest buyer on are both Russian-Americans. Sofia kenin and amanda anisimova. Both are playing the San Jose tournament this week which was formerly the Stanford open 

[spystud13 2371]

Hey, who said that shit was formerly Stanford?!

Edited July 30, 2018 by spystud13

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Serena is scheduled to play the night session Tuesday at San Jose against Konta. Wonder if she'll withdraw just before the match or if she'll actually play.

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Serena has taken the court. I guess she'll play afterall. It's in silicon valley which I think is where her and her husband live so perhaps it was convenient for her to play

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Serena not even trying. She decided not to compete today

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Serena got rekt 1,0 by Konta. Pathetic. Before the match Announcers were talking about a 3 generation black family that was in attendance watching Serena for the first time. Moral of the story, is don’t bother watching Serena play if it’s not a slam because she doesn’t try 

Edited August 1, 2018 by perfectchaos007

[spystud13 2371]

Kyrgios decided DC wasn’t for him, he’s out with a “hip injury”. 

[spystud13 2371]

And Garbiñe did the same in San Jose, was supposed to play Vika tonight. 

[spystud13 2371]

Petko sends Sloane home from DC after Sloane coasted in the first. 

[spystud13 2371]

Keys out of San Jose with a wrist injury. Quite the attrition this week. 

[satyanash 15559]

anyone see Thiem get blasted off the court 1st round yesterday? He was totally gassed from the start.

[spystud13 2371]

Best part about yesterday was Benoit Paire basically having to pay $9K for the right to lose in DC’s first round. That was the difference between his earnings & his fine. 

[spystud13 2371]

Murray played til 3am last night, so withdrew today. 

 

And could be an Angie/Serena R2 in Montreal next week. 

 

[spystud13 2371]

Vika retires in the 2nd against Danielle Collins, what a fucking week. 

[spystud13 2371]

15 hours ago, spystud13 said:

And could be an Angie/Serena R2 in Montreal next week. 

 

Or Serena could withdraw already, should have known. 

[spystud13 2371]

 

 

 

[spystud13 2371]

A. Zverev wins DC. 

Sakkari/Buzarnescu in San Jose on ESPN2, Vekic/Kuzy in DC on TC at the top of the hour. 

[spystud13 2371]

Vekic lost 4 championship points in the 2nd, got boat-raced in the 3rd. This one’s gonna sting for awhile 

[spystud13 2371]

Genie knocked out of her hometown Montreal, but goddamn she looked good today. 

[spystud13 2371]

On 8/3/2018 at 7:47 PM, spystud13 said:

Vika retires in the 2nd against Danielle Collins, what a fucking week. 

 

She was crying on court 4 days ago, does this today. 

 

 

[spystud13 2371]

Very dramatic. 

 

Nice of Elina to be about the only one to help. 

[satyanash 15559]

Wow. Chinese player just received a six-month ban for trying to bribe her doubles' partner to withdraw from a tournament: https://www.tampabay.com/chinese-tennis-player-peng-shuai-banned--months-ap_sports2f3e2e5c3a5b49bb82ee4f082bb0aa6a

[spystud13 2371]

Sucks half of that is suspended, she deserves all of it. The partner was Alison Van Uytvanck. 

[satyanash 15559]

Nadal looks good as ever

 

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[spystud13 2371]

Isner sent home by Khachanov in two breakers, Rafa/Stan next on TC. 

[satyanash 15559]

 

[Bodowned 891]

Tough draw for Nadal. Wouldn't be surprised at all if Cilic takes it - Rafa having trouble with his 1st serve and Cilic looked immaculate against Diego.

[satyanash 15559]

Somehow I totally missed this from yesterday

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by satyanash

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Sloane is into the semis. Wouldn't surprise me if she wins the tournament

[satyanash 15559]

Zverev just suffered one of the worst chokes of the year. Tsitsipas' improbable run continues.

 

[spystud13 2371]

Peng’s weird excuses for her doubles shenanigans. 

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[spystud13 2371]

Simona just demolished Garcia in the second, about as well as she can play. 

Rafa/Cilic on ESPN2 now. 

[Bodowned 891]

Holy Christ, this is the worst I've seen Rafa look since 2016. He looks absolutely horrendous. Spraying garbage moonballs all over the place.

[spystud13 2371]

Simona/Barty & Sloane/Svitolina in the Montreal semis. 

[Bodowned 891]

Nadal had literally no business winning that match and did. Cilic had no tactic beyond ballbashing while redlining and he somehow lost with a few unclutch shanks. Unreal.

[satyanash 15559]

7 hours ago, Bodowned said:

Nadal had literally no business winning that match and did. Cilic had no tactic beyond ballbashing while redlining and he somehow lost with a few unclutch shanks. Unreal.

Cilic ended up with 41 errors, I think. Couldn't keep that level up on his service games

[spystud13 2371]

Simona up 2-1 in the 3rd over Sloane on ESPN2. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

This third set is just ugly. Both women are tired and can’t stay focused for more than a few points

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Too many chances blown for Stephens to win this. None bigger than those 4 set points she lost in the first set 

[spystud13 2371]

Petra/Serena playing 3 on TC in Cincy. 

[spystud13 2371]

And Petra wins. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Serena 0-3 against top 10 opponents since giving birth 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Cinci has been a washout so far. I think there were 5 rain delays today alone

[The Dog 44854]

I think Serena's mind was elsewhere: http://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/24395862/serena-williams-reveals-learned-parole-sister-killer-just-match

[gsoda3 3362]

i think serena's suffering from postpartum depression and hasn't really gotten a handle on it.  to add this on top of it is crushing.

[spystud13 2371]

That is incredibly mis-reported. He was paroled in March, he had just been re-arrested that night or two before for a parole violation. So if there was anywhere on this planet he could have been less of a threat was where he was then. This story got so much traction because of his re-arrest, not his parole. 

[spystud13 2371]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/man-sentenced-killing-serena-venus-014707840.html

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A mugshot of Maxfield - taken before his release on March 8 this year and obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com - shows his appearance today.