General tennis discussion

yisman · 08-19-09, 11:39 AM

gucc just rolled tsonga after beating kohlschreiber

yisman · 08-31-09, 10:37 AM

Yakimova just retired in the first set, costing me big winnings in the contest.

King was going to take her down.

yisman · 08-31-09, 01:20 PM

Story of the day has been the fight 18 year old Devin Britton put up against Roger Federer.

Britton is up 4-3 in the third set.

yisman · 08-31-09, 01:35 PM

Britton took Federer to the tiebreaker in the third set. Remarkable.

EaglesPhan36 · 08-31-09, 03:42 PM

It was 7-5 in the 3rd. Kid has some talent. Will be interesting to see where he goes. James Blake match coming up next on ESPN. Lots of peeps fading him hard today at the big price. No way in hell he should be a -1100 or whatever favorite, but as much of a doof as he's played like - I still think at his favorite tourney, he'll get through today. I'll wait to fade him in a better spot. Will be interesting to watch. I haven't seen him play since I don't know when. Want to see if there are injury concerns or not.

By the way, Haas is on the verge of digging himself a 2-1 hole to Falla.

yisman · 08-31-09, 04:41 PM

Haas wins the tiebreaker and goes on to win in four sets.

I thought Blake would advance, but not easily, so I took the +8.

EaglesPhan36 · 08-31-09, 04:44 PM

Seppi got bageled in the opening set by Kohlschreiber. This one might be over quickly. Should have hedged against myself LoL. No way I was gonna go 3-0.

ji03 · 08-31-09, 04:48 PM

Kohlschreiber bagels Seppi the 1st set and gets the 1st game of the 2nd. Not looking good.

EaglesPhan36 · 08-31-09, 04:48 PM

Wonder if he could get the triple bagel. Playing this way, he's got a shot. Can I get a refund on our SBR wager if he doesn't win a single game?

ji03 · 08-31-09, 04:56 PM

I was wondering that too. A triple bagel has to be pretty hard. I wonder if it has ever been done before.

ji03 · 08-31-09, 04:57 PM

Just as I get done typing that Seppi picks up his 1st game in the 9th game of the match. This is after getting broken 4 straight times.

EaglesPhan36 · 08-31-09, 05:05 PM

Broke Kohlschreiber. Now 2-2. Shocked. Maybe we'll get a match after all, but I'll wait and see if he can actually win a set first!

ji03 · 08-31-09, 05:05 PM

Seppi breaks back to put it at 2-2 in the 2nd. That puts his consecutive games streak up to 2.

yisman · 08-31-09, 05:06 PM

Originally posted by EaglesPhan36

Wonder if he could get the triple bagel. Playing this way, he's got a shot. Can I get a refund on our SBR wager if he doesn't win a single game?

If anything, I should've gotten 20 instead of 10.

Originally posted by ji03

I was wondering that too. A triple bagel has to be pretty hard. I wonder if it has ever been done before.

It has.

Larcher de Brito is going down. That's not going to help matters.

ji03 · 08-31-09, 05:09 PM

By chance do you know who got triple bageled?

yisman · 08-31-09, 05:19 PM

yep

Hasn't happened in 16 years, but Andy Murray came ohsoclose in 2007.

yisman · 08-31-09, 05:24 PM

So after the 6-0, the second set appears destined for a tiebreaker.

LdB with a big comeback in the second set, winning 7-5 to force a third and deciding set.

yisman · 08-31-09, 05:41 PM

Seppi gets broken and drops the second set as well.

Meanwhile, LdB completes her comeback and wins.

Tursunov and Gicquel are tied at a set apiece.

ji03 · 08-31-09, 06:32 PM

Thanks yisman for that link, it is pretty cool. I would have figured a triple bagel could have happened once, but 5 times.

The General · 09-01-09, 10:21 AM

Tsonga is a man among boys literally here in this US open 1st rounder vs the Jr champ, Buchanan.

yisman · 09-01-09, 10:27 AM

6-0 first set.

I bet he drops at least one in the second set, though.

yisman · 09-01-09, 10:30 AM

Andreev about to drop the first set to Witten.

EaglesPhan36 · 09-01-09, 10:52 AM

Fishy Russian tennis - yay! Guess I shouldn't have put Andreev in my parlay today. Smells funny when Witten was up 5-1 and then Andreev battles back to 5-4 and then gets beat in a love game to lose the set 6-4. Broken right away in the 2nd too. Long match to go still, but not liking it.

yisman · 09-01-09, 10:57 AM

Andreev's chances of winning are 15%, in my estimation.

He's about to bury me in the contest. Russian chalk... when will I learn?

yisman · 09-01-09, 11:00 AM

Originally posted by yisman

6-0 first set.

I bet he drops at least one in the second set, though.

6-2 Tsonga.

Two games.

yisman · 09-01-09, 11:10 AM

This would be funnier if it wasn't wiping me out in the contest.

Andreev just got SHUT OUT in the second set.

yisman · 09-01-09, 11:39 AM

According to the ATP website, Horacio Zeballos is 0-1 in his career and ranked 76 or 78 (I forget).

EaglesPhan36 · 09-01-09, 12:00 PM

Andreev - straight setted out, bageled in the 2nd. Tell me that shit wasn't fixed.

yisman · 09-01-09, 12:20 PM

Definitely fixed. I'm wondering how much he got paid to take a dive in the US Open.

At least an American advances, I guess.

EaglesPhan36 · 09-01-09, 01:02 PM

Yeah. I wonder if he took a break in between the 1st and 2nd set and someone told him to quit making it close.

I hope Safina loses today & opens up that bracket for Jankovic.

yisman · 09-01-09, 07:24 PM

Karlovic is going to lose to Navarro.

The General · 09-01-09, 08:29 PM

Andy Murray in a big battle here?

EaglesPhan36 · 09-02-09, 11:06 AM

Anyone get to see any of this Monfils-Chardy match? Just curious if Monfils looks good or if Chardy just sucks ass. I'm assuming set 1, Chardy looked like ass losing 6-1. Damn disappointing to me. Thought he would at least push Monfils and win a set, maybe two. Instead, he's gonna get tossed in straights.

fuglyboy86hi · 09-02-09, 11:14 AM

chardy doing mass UE