Faulkner

Gutsy win from PCB. He could have totally collapsed.

6 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

His feet stop moving. I thought he was going to wrap it up. I hate this Anderson. He is no Nadal with all his come ons......He use to be one of my favorites but I loathe him now.

He was melting down for a while, Anderson. But PCB just imploded. He seems to be hanging in there in the third.

Laughable choke by PCB serving for the match with two match points, even though he was cheated of a point.

Vika at it again. I want to like her, but she always pulls some diva bullish!t to try to throw off her opponent.

LOL!

7 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Annoying...useless....an awful pro player....awful commentator....and can he shave his chest? All those ugly grandpa gray hair chest sticking is gross.

I like Mary Joe and Rennae a lot, but he’s just an absolute fool.

UGH, Sloane, just hold serve.

You know who’s annoying? Patrick McEnroe.

I haven’t been watching the match (because work) but looks like Vika is dominating Sloane.

EDIT: Sloane is making a comeback.

Just now, Taoboi said:

I don't know. Eddie hasn't been aging too well. 

Oh I haven’t seen him in a while. Eddie from a couple seasons ago...

Not gonna lie. Eddie and David Beador would make a hot couple. 

1 minute ago, Soapsuds said:

What a match and ending!  Not as great as his match with Roger but still a good one.

Yeah. Gotta hand it to Raonic. He pushed Delpo. Made him dig deep for the win.

Del Potro comes through!

Del Potro just gave me quite a scare going over that barrier.

Miami fans are the WORST.

Yikes. Del Potro totally out of sorts, double-faults, and hands Raonic the first set.

5 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Lawd....one of Collin's Coach is Ryan Trumpster Harrison's dad.

Yeah, I saw. Heh.

And Venus exits. She was classy in defeat as usual. She just didn’t have any answers for Collins today. I think those early matches in which she conceded early leads and had to dig out of holes didn’t help. Even if she had managed to escape, she wouldn’t have had enough in the tank for Ostapenko or Vika/Sloane.

Again, watching Venus like this can be frustrating as a fan. I wish she’d swallow her pride and ask David Witt to come down. It’s a tool at your disposal outside the Slams to win matches. Use it.

It’s not often that you see real tears on a sitcom, but Gilbert did it twice.

If Danielle Collins has a major breakthrough here, the American tennis media will push her HARD.

Much more than they ever pushed Madison or Sloane... 

I’m gonna need Venus to handle business and put the upstart in her place.

Venus is letting this girl get away with powderpuff second serves.

Roseanne adjusted up to a 5.2 in the final ratings.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-march-27-2018/

Interview with ABC head Channing Dungey about last night’s ratings and the possibility of a fall launch for the next season.

Tobias Menzies (Outlander, Game of Thrones, etc) is the new Prince Philip.

http://deadline.com/2018/03/the-crown-tobias-menzies-prince-philip-matt-smith-netflix-1202354968/

He is an *incredible* actor. He and Olivia Colman together will be special.

6 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Did you hear Brad Gilbert go on and on again about how great John should be on clay? He has never been good at it. It is too slow and taxing for him. The reason he did so well in Rome last year is because he had an easy draw and it was rather warm.

Yeah, he’s only made it past the third round at one of the clay Masters twice. But who knows in this current field? You have folks like Krajinovic making deep runs in tournaments.

1 hour ago, Soapsuds said:

Looking at Trumpster's win/loss from 2017 and he didn't do much either....38-22 record.....no real big tournament wins....I don't get why he hasn't lost more points. He is still at 2000 mark....weird. He has lost so early in so many rounds.....

He has semifinal points from Rome, Cincinnati, and Paris from last year he has yet to defend, but I dunno.

18 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

The tennis ratings are so flawed. If John Isner wins this match he will be back in the top 10. How is that possible when he is having a horrible year. He has won like 6 matches all year. Where are his points from? At least we know he won't be a threat again until the summer during the mini grass court hall of fame crap tourney and the first 250 lower seeded tourneys.

Chung is giving this match away. But Isner’s rise says more about the vacuum that exists at the top of the ATP than it does about his play.

Sheesh. No bueno. Chung is gonna have to do a complete reset after that terrible first set against Isner. I haven’t seen him play that badly (uninjured) in a while.