2016 Tennis Thread

[dash_pinched]

Genie with a tough hold and an early break to lead 2-0 in set 3.

[dash_pinched]

Wow, nice comeback from love-40 down to consolidate the break and lead 3-0

[dash_pinched]

I'd hate to see Genie not see this match out after taking a 4-0 lead with a 2nd break of Konta.

[CofR]

Originally Posted by Mango

Here are the players headed to Rio:

Genie Bouchard - Women's Singles, Women's Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski - Women's Doubles
Vasek Pospisil - Men's Singles, Men's Doubles
Milos Raonic - Men's Singles, Men's Doubles

Can't wait! Will be played on hard court this year

[InBurkeWeTrust]

Genie is looking really GOOD!

[Senator Clay Davis]

Genie, I don't know, she just can't do things easy. She always seems to step it up when shes up against it. Showing a lot of the fight we saw in 2014.

[dash_pinched]

woot! Great third set Genie. On to round 3.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Great win, now it gets a bit more difficult. Cibulkova next, Radwanska in the 4th, Kvitova in the QFs, Serena in the SFs. Obviously I'm not expecting her to do all that (and women's tennis being as it is, will likely change), but wow that is really tough. But if she fights like she has she has a good chance to make a run.

[dash_pinched]

Man, Vesely upsets 8th seeded Dominic Thiem in 3 tie-breakers (7-6(4), 7-6(5), and 7-6(3).

[GirlySports]

more rain! play suspended.

Del Potro and Wawrinka are under roof finishing up their 2nd round match

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The 3 Canadian juniors are back. Shapovalov, Auger-Alissime and Siguoin are all seeded (3,4 and 13)
They will start next week

[GirlySports]

The roar is back. Del Potro up 2 sets to 1, can he close it out?

[CofR]

And Stan is out!

[Mango]

Del Potro does it! Nice job to beat Stan.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Bottom half of the draw is really weak too. Del Potro can absolutely go on a run and make the SF. Really happy to see him back performing again, such an immense talent just hampered by injuries.

[Karl]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

Man, Vesely upsets 8th seeded Dominic Thiem in 3 tie-breakers (7-6(4), 7-6(5), and 7-6(3).

That guy has been playing awesomely and making a big move up the rankings. Was looking forward to keeping tabs on him throughout the tournament. Could've been a threat to the top seeds at Wimbledon. Bummer.

[dash_pinched]

Originally Posted by Mango

Del Potro does it! Nice job to beat Stan.

My wife walked into the man cave and asked me, "Who's that tall drink of water? I told her it was Del Potro. She said she has a new favourite men's tennis player (lol)

[Mango]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

My wife walked into the man cave and asked me, "Who's that tall drink of water? I told her it was Del Potro. She said she has a new favourite men's tennis player (lol)

I echo her sentiments

[GirlySports]

start stop start stop, 5th rain delay today

Venus has a match point receiving serve when they come back

[Senator Clay Davis]

At this point given the dodgy looking forecast for Saturday and Monday, play on middle Sunday appears to be almost a given. Also the continued unfair advantage for Roger/Serena continues (Novak got the Court 1 shaft today). They're both right on schedule.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

At this point given the dodgy looking forecast for Saturday and Monday, play on middle Sunday appears to be almost a given. Also the continued unfair advantage for Roger/Serena continues (Novak got the Court 1 shaft today). They're both right on schedule.

They're idiots. After the Del Potro match, they spent 20 minutes OPENING THE ROOF. Then Serena played 8 games (4-4 against McCale) and they spend 20 minutes CLOSING THE ROOF.

I get that they want this to be an outdoor tournament but come on...