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Post by DBBN on Aug 30, 2011 17:17:55 GMT -5
ZOMG, look at King's and Great Arn's pictures on livescore website. I know, lulz. RLJ actually came into the net! She could make Top 20 just from that alone.  |
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Post by janie on Aug 30, 2011 17:36:32 GMT -5
What is Sloane Stephens' game like?
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Post by DBBN on Aug 30, 2011 17:44:37 GMT -5
An odd mixture of brute power (when behind) and endless moonballs (when ahead). She beat RLJ in the final-set TB. Poor RLJ, that was a great draw at a major, doubt she'll get a chance like this again. Oh, Burt Reynolds. I find you heart-stoppingly hunky.  |
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Aug 30, 2011 17:47:58 GMT -5
Is Hantu injured or something? She's getting thrashed by Parmentier |
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Post by lexpretend on Aug 30, 2011 17:57:13 GMT -5
I watched the second set of RLJ/Stephens then fell asleep, and woke up handily at 5-5. Jani struck me as the way more resourceful and talented player at all times...her BH is a real weapon, she's adept at switching up pace and angles on her groundies, as Hurley noted she's fond of sneaking into the net, and she was the one looking to set up virtually every rally. That was a real missed opportunity for her, and not just because she served for it.
First time watching Stephens and I'm underwhelmed. I might have been asleep while she was displaying brute power because I definitely didn't see anything of it.
LOL, Lee Na. Hurley's right, Slams are as devalued as No 1 now.
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Post by lexpretend on Aug 30, 2011 18:02:49 GMT -5
There can't be too many USOs where the winners of all that year's majors are gone by the end of the 1st round.
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Post by DBBN on Aug 30, 2011 19:37:50 GMT -5
Alize Cornet: 100 POINTS!
Chanelle Scheepers: 100 POINTS!
Pauline Parmentier: 100 POINTS!
YOU'RE getting a car! And YOU'RE getting a car! And YOU'RE getting a car!
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Post by DBBN on Aug 30, 2011 19:38:17 GMT -5
</Oprah>
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Post by janie on Aug 30, 2011 19:41:41 GMT -5
There can't be too many USOs where the winners of all that year's majors are gone by the end of the 1st round. It would be fun if it were only one of those years where I hated that year's Slam titlists! Still, it makes me realize again how lucky we were the way RG and Wimby ended on the women's side. Can't have 4 fun surprise endings in one year, I suppose. |
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Post by Old Hag on Aug 30, 2011 19:48:42 GMT -5
Lee Na lost to Halep? Good crap. There really is no hope for SEWTA, is there.
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Post by DBBN on Aug 30, 2011 19:49:03 GMT -5
It's only just begun! PETKOSLAM
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Post by DBBN on Aug 30, 2011 19:49:37 GMT -5
Recall that I totally called this Golubev situation.
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Post by janie on Aug 30, 2011 19:53:00 GMT -5
Recall that I totally called this Golubev situation. And how do you call that it will end up? |
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Post by janie on Aug 30, 2011 19:53:35 GMT -5
By the way I can't wait to get off Day 2 with that disturbing title!  |
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Post by janie on Aug 30, 2011 19:54:06 GMT -5
Ha, failed to serve it out.  |
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Post by Old Hag on Aug 30, 2011 19:55:37 GMT -5
To the Culters: Why does Ivanovic, after more than 3 years without reaching a Slam QF, still get star treatment and stadium court slots? Not a rhetorical question. I'm genuinely  by this. Because Nole's whipping boy quit early and they needed to fill time. Wimbledon does this more often. BAG was originally scheduled for the Grandstand, which was actually fair, and more of a sign that there aren't any upcoming USians worth a shit whom usually got those slots. |
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Post by DBBN on Aug 30, 2011 19:57:58 GMT -5
Ha, failed to serve it out. I will accept credit for the jinx! I do like Golubev, and feel terrible about his awful year. Shame about this draw. |
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Post by Old Hag on Aug 30, 2011 20:02:09 GMT -5
It's been a rough year for the Faux Kazakhs. Korolev fell off the earth, and Golubev has hardly won any matches this year.
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Post by DBBN on Aug 30, 2011 20:07:06 GMT -5
Don't forget endlessly broken Shvedova and the eternal struggle of Karatantcheva.
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Post by janie on Aug 30, 2011 20:07:49 GMT -5
I don't like to see Nadal sailing so close to the wind in a first-round match, though. Is men's tennis becoming the new women's tennis?
But anyway he's escaped so far.
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Post by DBBN on Aug 30, 2011 20:10:14 GMT -5
Wow, Ol' Baldy beat Dig Dug |
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Post by janie on Aug 30, 2011 20:10:33 GMT -5
Is Hantu injured or something? She's getting thrashed by Parmentier I can't find anything about this match. Is Hantu the next Deadisova/Chavedeadze? |
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Post by Old Hag on Aug 30, 2011 21:27:34 GMT -5
Wow, Ol' Baldy beat Dig Dug Not terribly surprising since Dug Dig came back from injury, but we'll take any win from KING KOLYA these days. |
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Post by Grarliner on Aug 30, 2011 21:29:14 GMT -5
Is Hantu injured or something? She's getting thrashed by Parmentier I can't find anything about this match. Is Hantu the next Deadisova/Chavedeadze? Huh? She's had a pretty good year. |
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Post by Grarliner on Aug 30, 2011 21:43:24 GMT -5
I didn't know Golubev's year has been so dreadful. You wouldn't know it based on how he played today. Seems like he tries to hit the ball just a WEE bit too hard. Also, insane amounts of choking.
It was interesting to see how he did with a one-handed backhand against Rafa. Pretty good. I don't ever remember watching Roger hit backhand winners like that against Rafa.
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Post by Old Hag on Aug 30, 2011 22:00:20 GMT -5
Why is Bojana hitting 100x weaker than she did against Bepa 8 months ago? Hrmph.
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Post by DBBN on Aug 30, 2011 22:18:46 GMT -5
Bojo sujucks.
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Post by lexpretend on Aug 31, 2011 1:41:24 GMT -5
It's been a rough year for the Faux Kazakhs. Korolev fell off the earth, and Golubev has hardly won any matches this year. OTOH, Voskoboeva rising from outside the top 500 to probably end the year at a career high. Retire, Anne K  Choking against the most useless player in the top 100. (Apart from YOURSELF, that is.) |
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Post by Traveling Man on Aug 31, 2011 2:47:14 GMT -5
For the same reason that Kournikova did? Plus, it's not like there's a surfeit of superstars who transcend the sport, so may as well go with someone who looked like she might be good once. First of all, BAG wasn't initially on Ashe, though I think she was scheduled for the Grandstand, so it still basically holds. Next, the HAWT factor: did that ever really pan out? I feel like the media/SEWTA always told everyone that they should think she's hot, and yet...really, I'm not sure the majority of people did. And when you look at the previous bonafide SEWTA Sexxx Symbols (Kournikova, Hantuchova...aaaaaaand I'm out), Ivanovic doesn't really fit, does she? I really don't think she is what many straight men (for they are the Sex Symbols targets) are looking for. Finally, it just comes down to Alex's other point: as far as name recognition, unfortunately, she's one of the most recognizable they have on the women's side. It helped that (a) she has, to her credit, both WON SLAM and REACHED #1, which doesn't seem to happen anymore, and (b) achieved both of those things right at the tail end of the time when either really mattered, particularly the top ranking. As much as Wozniacki is doing a disservice to the top ranking, one has to say that Schiavone, Li, Kvitova, and even Clijsters are making Slam-winning look irrelevant by not backing it up. Now, Li and Kvitova in particular should get some leeway here, but...but... If being #1 won't get you respect... And winning Slams won't get you respect... Really, what exactly is going to save this sport? To my mind, and I said it a couple of weeks ago, it really is going to take at least one semi-dominant player -- not even a "star" per se, but a benchmark, a figurehead for the sport. Justine was no glamour girl and a lot of people disliked her, but when she was on top, everyone knew where they stood, and, consequently, the sport. Now we have a peer of Gambale the Wall at #1 and a coterie of BBBs winning majors and then chumping up for months. It's not pretty. I hadn't looked at it this way. I'm inclined to agree with this and present it as my point of view now. For all the talk of the #1 ranking not meaning anything today, winning a Slam doesn't mean much either, does it? Thank you. |
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 31, 2011 6:29:02 GMT -5
Funny, Golubev reminds me a bit of Korolev. Looks talented, but lots of tactical lapses and mental midgetry.
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by this.
Choking against the most useless player in the top 100. (Apart from YOURSELF, that is.)
