The Tennis Thread 2012

[SHOGUN]

Just want to point out that I love it every time Sharapova 'power grunts'.

[GirlySports]

Wozniak on TSN now (they moved the match to Court 1, which is the 3rd court)

She's holding her own in the 1st set!

[GirlySports]

For anyone awake now.. Milos vs Monaco is on now on TSN

[Mango]

Despite her exit, Wozniak is regaining her pre-injury form. Wicked to see.

[killer_carlson]

Mills first set tie break on tsn right now

[GirlySports]

wooo! a bit lucky on that 11th point (shanked return) but Raonic wins the 1st set!

[CedarMeter]

Atta boy!..Two more to go.

[killer_carlson]

Wozniak received positive comments from whomever the commentator was. Good to see her getting some intl recognition even though she lost. She played well and stood in there for the match.

[Mango]

Just one more set....

[GirlySports]

I'm glad he won that 3rd set, he got jobbed on a few calls. If he had lost it, it probably would have weighed on his mind.

[GirlySports]

look like we're going to a 5th..

the winner of this marathon gets NADAL on Monday

[Matty81]

Good battle but was a little disappointed with Milos, way too many unforced errors and sitting back and playing baseline vs. a veteran dirtballer is either poor coaching or judgement.

He was the only guy on that court with the ability to hit winners and needs to find a way to start winning those matches if he does want to be a top 10 player.

[Inglewood Jack]

I don't think you'll see him going to the net on clay, being tough to quickly change direction with the slipperyness and all. he kind of just got suckered into way too many long rallies and almost needed to play an even higher risk game that ends the point quickly one way or another.

at least he remained healthy for the clay swing...everything from this point is fast courts and low bounces so we should see him start padding his ranking points much faster.

in other news, it's good that there's been some upsets in this tourney to keep it interesting, cause it's sooo boring watching the top 2 guys just blitz through the field like they were playing against 6 year olds. maybe cause I'm not a huge fan personally of Djok or Rafa, but c'mon, maybe 5 minutes of tension might be nice once in a while.

[GirlySports]

Federer in trouble against Del Potro.
Djokovic with his hands full against Tsonga.

Should be a very interesting next couple of hours.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Federer now down two sets. Incredible run for Federer all these years, but I don't think he's gonna win another major in his career.

[Mango]

I've never seen Federer snap like that. Wow. And he's clawing his way back, hard.

[North East Goon]

Tsonga playing the game of his life right now.

[GirlySports]

Djokovic has saved 2 match points so far.

I don't know how he saved that first match point, Tsonga had him dead to rights.

[Mango]

If Tsonga doesn't win, he'll be seeing that match point in his sleep for a real long time.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Djokovic is almost literally unkillable. I mean how many times in the last year has he been dead to rights and found a way to still win? He's an amazing competitor.

Also, you're welcome Roger for declaring you dead. Must have motivated him good!