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[clemenx]

Don't speak of ugly things like Woz winning a slam, guys.

 

[Diamond]

Serena seemed like she didn't manage to find her rythm in the match, facing an adversary that serves as well as her and goes for quick winners. I feel that she could have won the second if she did manage to make Pliskova play a little more rallies, but ultimately she was pretty much out of rythm the whole time and her serve suffered from it.

Peculiar how US Open favors big upsets in male and female draws year after year. I guess the combination of the fast surface, the event being at the end of the season and the US crowd are part of the reason.

Edit : Patrick Mouratoglou is saying Serena was hurt in the knee.

 

[MIMIC]

Couple of thoughts:

- Serena was sluggish all match. Quick turnaround after a tough battle against Simona hardly 20 hours before the match definitely hurt her. Plenty of times she was just not in position on her forehand and missed it by miles. But she dug deep and would've toughed it out had her opponent not served from a tree. Pliskova had never made a Slam R3, and now she's in the final, and joins the list of players to beat both Williams sisters in one event.

- that tie-break was so tense and dramatic. In between all the double faults and Pliskova completely gifting the ball to Serena at 3-3, there was a miraculous defense of a crushed second serve return at 5-5. I'm still trying to work out how Pliskova, not known at all for her defense, did that.

- The pressure on Kerber, new world #1, and Wozniacki just went through the roof - they know that if they win, they're favourites to win the title. Could Wozniacki come through to win a Slam after a dreadful season when she couldn't do it as #1 herself?

- Serena and Steffi will be tied in the record books as joint holders of the longest consecutive #1 streak, at 186 each. And they're still tied in Slams won, for now.

LOL wow. So much was on the line in this match.

 

[MIMIC]

LOL this is basically the female version of the Nishikori-Murray match

(Kerber is Nishikori)

 

[Speevy]

Every time I start watching this match, I remember how boring it is and turn it off.

 

[MIMIC]

Every time I start watching this match, I remember how boring it is and turn it off.

LMAO

 

[leng jai]

Wozniacki has one of the best backhands to watch on the WTA.

 

[Niraj]

Every time I start watching this match, I remember how boring it is and turn it off.

It has been pretty dull.

 

[MIMIC]

what a match

/s

 

[Niraj]

Thought that looked out. Pretty weird that she didn't challenge.

 

[Lionel Richie]

That last point made me want to play some Balloon Fight.

 

[leng jai]

Pretty bad tactics from Wozniacki actually. Should have moon balled a lot more to be honest, would have made it far closer.

 

[perfectchaos007]

So the night sessions are over with. Tomorrow Djokovic and Monfils play at 3pm EST. I'll be at work

 

[oti]

NUMMER 1
WOHOOOHOOOOOOHOOOOOHOOOOOOHOOOOOHOOOOHOOOO!

 

[Diprosalic]

Why didn't she play with Mirza?

They split up. I heard both of them are alphas and once they stopped winning they quickly stopped getting along.

 

[sam777]

Come on Gael you can do it

 

[Speevy]

Come on Gael you can do it

Is there some Monfils I haven't met yet?

 

[sam777]

Is there some Monfils I haven't met yet?

Yep. He will show his true power once he faces match point, nah who am I kidding this is going to be a walk in the park for Novak.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Clownfils Clownin already

 

[sam777]

Double faults gifted 2 breaks already wtf.

 

[Twenty7KVN]

Jesus this is hard to watch.

 

[Speevy]

That blond-headed guy who was ranked like 10,000 in the world was giving Novak a tougher time.

 

[Speevy]

Can we get Wozniacki back out here?

Surely she could win a game off Novak.

 

[Diprosalic]

fuck off monfils
just retire like the rest of them.

 

[Speevy]

What if you had to take a giant shit in the middle of the match? Would you have to retire or would they let you go to the bathroom off court?

 

[Speevy]

Really Novak?

 

[miserable]

Clownfils, what a djoke

 

[kch]

What is this match..

 

[oti]

What is happening.

 

[Ricker]

Is Monfils going to retire after this set or what...? what's going on.

 

[perfectchaos007]

This is horrible tennis

 

[Niraj]

Time for Monfils to win 17 more games in a row. He's got this.

 

[VistraNorrez]

So one way to get in Djokovic's mind is to try to actively lose.

 

[Speevy]

Anything you can do I can do worse. I can do anything worser than you. No, I can't. No, I can't. No, I can't.

 

[sam777]

Monfils clearly knows what he is doing here well played

 

[Frankfurter]

What the heck is going on? This is sad and hilarious at the same time.

 

[oti]

What the heck is going on? This is sad and hilarious at the same time.

I have never seen anything like this before.

 

[BMO = GOAT]

Hahaha wtf, this is one of the greatest thing I've seen in sports.

 

[Niraj]

What exactly happened? I haven't watched any of it.

 

[oti]

I would be so pissed if I had paid money for this shitshow.

What exactly happened? I haven't watched any of it.

Djoker had a 5-0 lead and lost three consecutive games. The way he lost them was bizarre though. Both played with zero energy as if they were playing in their backyard or something. As if they didn't care.

 

[Niraj]

I would be so pissed if I had paid money for this shitshow.



Djoker had a 5-0 lead and lost three consecutive games. The way he lost them was bizarre though. Both played with zero energy as if they were playing in their backyard or something. As if they didn't care.

Ah, I see.

 

[sam777]

I would be so pissed if I had paid money for this shitshow.



Djoker had a 5-0 lead and lost three consecutive games. The way he lost them was bizarre though. Both played with zero energy as if they were playing in their backyard or something. As if they didn't care.

Does the match tickets cover both the semi finals?

 

[MIMIC]

The circus has come to town.

After Monfils's display out there, ESPN took it upon themselves to display information about the "Best Effort" rule, which comes with a $10K fine.

 

[Frankfurter]

The crowd is soo pissed.

 

[Niraj]

Save us Stan

 

[Lima]

This crowd. What a shit show.

 

[MIMIC]

#Mess

 

[Diprosalic]

swiss commentator was fucking furious :lol

 

[perfectchaos007]

Never thought monfils would contribute to the death of tennis

 

[oti]

Hey President of the French Tennis Association, we get it. The French Open 2016 were TERRIBLE. You don't need to remind us.