The Tennis Thread 2014

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

The Bellis match is ridiculous with the "come ons!" after every point by both players.

Its a huge match for both.

The sound in the Bouchard match is bad. The wind is howling into the microphone.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Well Bellis appears on her way out so we'll get ESPN's probably better audio soon enough.

[Antithesis]

I think tonight's a great example of why the new feeds from TSN are awesome:

- 2 college football games
- 2 separate US Open matches

All at the same time! I'm a fan. Everything seems a little flat right now though ... is it the sound? Seems like Bouchard and Cirstea are playing in a library or something.

[GirlySports]

Its so windy the mics cant pick up the sound.

[Antithesis]

Ah yes, that makes sense!

[Senator Clay Davis]

I'm sure I'm not the only one who noticed they played "Genie in a Bottle" before the match.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Oh boy, here come the errors...

[bigtmac19]

I just sat down to watch the match and the power went out where I am. The whole one side of town divided along main street, is out. It's been about 40 minutes now, it must have knocked out a cell tower because I can't even place a call or use data.
So ticked off.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Might as well get the big mental test out of the way quickly. Absolutely should not be in a third set. Cirstea doesn't even have 10 winners.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Might as well get the big mental test out of the way quickly. Absolutely should not be in a third set. Cirstea doesn't even have 10 winners.

but she's keeping the ball in play....

[Mango]

Gosh, that return by Cirstea during the tiebreak was stunning. At least it looks like the wind died down.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

but she's keeping the ball in play....

Yup, that's the book on Genie now, keep it in play and let her hit errors as she tries for too many winners. Lets see how she responds, she was in control and let it get away.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Service breaks all over this 3rd set. Hope Genie takes this one and then can hold.

[Senator Clay Davis]

This is what women's tennis has that men's doesn't, a lot of service breaks. 11 now, more to come no doubt.

[Mango]

Atta girl. Good fight.

[Senator Clay Davis]

A two match winning streak is good, getting 3 sets is good in a way even if it should have been 2, but great focus to close it out taking it from 0-30 to the win.

[troutman]

Almost midnight - is that typical?

[Senator Clay Davis]

Oh yeah, matches start at 7 so if you get a 3 hour match it's almost a certainty as they have to change over between matches so match 2 won't start till 25-30 minutes later. Been many a past midnight, even a few past 1 and 130 am matches.

[dash_pinched]

[Senator Clay Davis]

Sara Errani and Venus Williams have even more breaks than last night, with 12 including 4 in a row. Errani broken 6 times even with a 90% first serve percentage. Bizarre 6-0, 0-6, 5-5 scoreline. Weird match to say the least.