February 15, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: America prevails! Poor Elina, same song, 17th verse in Slams. Svitolina was camped about 3 to 5 feet behind the baseline and Pegula would be standing on the baseline, at least in the last 3 games. (I just turned on the TV.) When you don’t have position on the court (Svitolina), it is like you are hitting uphill. Svitolina is just not good enough. Steady, but her ceiling is too low to win a major.
February 15, 20214 yr Pegula wrote on the monitor “see you in the next round Jen B” even though Jen Brady hasn’t played yet. Ballsy to predict your next opponent!
February 15, 20214 yr 19 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said: Pegula wrote on the monitor “see you in the next round Jen B” even though Jen Brady hasn’t played yet. Ballsy to predict your next opponent! Friend supporting a good friend. Less of a prediction, more like a positive attitude sent out to the universe. Really cool thing to do. 👍
February 15, 20214 yr Just now, shadow_operative2.0 said: 5-0, someone may want to mention to Donna that the match has started. I volunteer to comfort after she loses. Actually, it seemed like Donna was slightly favoring her knee as she would walk back to wait to return Jen’s serve in the 3rd & 5th game. I might just be seeing that knee support bandaging and imagine the walk, but she’s not doing well. Jen Brady & Mackenzie McDonald were born 4 days apart and then were at UCLA at the same time for 2 years. Not sure how much interaction the men’s & women’s tennis teams interacted, but they were using the same courts on the SW side of campus just above the UCLA MEDICAL CENTER hospital. (Having lived in LA and taken a few different UCLA extension courses and used that hospital, I’m fairly familiar with the campus.) PS- There is a slim chance that Pegula is the closest that Jen Brady has to a Valentine on this day of hearts.
February 15, 20214 yr Vekic ate a breadstick that first set. She seems to be waking up, so hopefully this 2nd set is more competitive
February 16, 20214 yr Author Naomi takes the first easily, she ain’t gonna let Hsieh’s tricks fuck with her.
February 16, 20214 yr Naomi was all business. The panelists on either ESPN2 or The Tennis Channel (actually, Martina Navratilova I believe) had talked up how well Hseih plays against big hitters, but Naomi was having none of it. She played like she had dinner reservations that she didn't want to cancel. After getting broken in his second service game, Dimitrov is running rough shod over Aslan. Apparently the Ruskie's first serve is letting him down, according to The Aussie Open's website. https://ausopen.com/match/2021-grigor-dimitrov-vs-aslan-karatsev-ms502#!stats First Set Stats...
February 16, 20214 yr Big changes for Aslan from the 1st set to the 2nd set to even up the match at a set a piece. BIG DIFFERENCES: -1st Serve % -Break points converted -Receiving points won -Unforced error differential -Total points won
February 16, 20214 yr He’s nicknamed “The secret weapon” by the Soviet tennis federation for a reason. Dude is here to dominate the tour
February 17, 20214 yr Author 12 out of 15 games to absolutely fucking steal it. Edited February 17, 20214 yr by shadow_operative2.0 15, even worse.
February 17, 20214 yr Was that hottie in the v-neck white t-shirt in Muchova’s box her girlfriend? Edited February 17, 20214 yr by Napoleon
February 17, 20214 yr Pegula is all bidniz. Jen Brady has to calm her nerves and just play her game, because she played that 3rd game (her serve) and has started this 4th game (Pegula’s serve) hitting unforced errors. Pegula doesn’t seem like she is going to give it away. Brady is going to have to take it.
February 17, 20214 yr Author ESPN really needs to figure how to get their guides updated when they switch networks for canceled events.
February 17, 20214 yr Pegula just proved me wrong. EDIT: But Brady just proved me partially right. On her last service game. Edited February 17, 20214 yr by Napoleon
February 17, 20214 yr Author Two weird matches today. An absolute choke from Barty, & Pegula getting boatraced after the first. Two Slams SFs in a row for Brady.
February 17, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Two weird matches today. An absolute choke from Barty, & Pegula getting boatraced after the first. Two Slams SFs in a row for Brady. In normal years that would have been the case, but the lead up slam to the AO was the French Open this time.
February 17, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, perfectchaos007 said: In normal years that would have been the case, but the lead up slam to the AO was the French Open this time. And Brady was playing well, but went up against a Great Dane who was swinging like a guy and was crushing forehands like no woman I have ever seen, ever. That includes Graf, Osaka, S. Williams, Seles, Sharapova... no one. It was insane. Then that girl injured herself and was out in the 2nd round, but Brady played very well, she just ran into a one-day buzzsaw.
February 17, 20214 yr Author Holy shit, I passed out after the second. Power finally went out now, so here we go.
February 17, 20214 yr 23 minutes ago, satyanash said: I watched that tie breaker in the third and was shocked when I saw Tsitsipas won the 4th set; Nadal struggled in the tiebreaker, missing 2 overheads then losing on a missed backhand wide.
February 17, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Wally Fairway said: I watched that tie breaker in the third and was shocked when I saw Tsitsipas won the 4th set; Nadal struggled in the tiebreaker, missing 2 overheads then losing on a missed backhand wide. That’s not very Nadal. After years of pulling against him, because I preferred Federer, I was pulling for him, because I have finally given up any pretense that Djokovic has any redeeming qualities as a human being. Also, I thought that I would prefer that Nadal catch Margaret Court before Serena. Sorry to hear that he choked.
February 18, 20214 yr Author Naomi/Serena up shortly on ESPN2 with fans. Edited February 18, 20214 yr by shadow_operative2.0
February 18, 20214 yr Serena would have already surpassed Margaret Court if she took fitness seriously these past few years.
February 18, 20214 yr Author Only bad thing about this match so far is Evert. I cannot fucking stand her in the booth.
February 18, 20214 yr Author Naomi said fuck that break, here it is right back at love. Serve this shit out now.
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