18 hours ago, Faulkner said:

I was just about to give Mladenovic props for going hard against Sharapova. And then she surrenders a 3-1 lead and let’s Maria walk all over her. Pathetic. Hopefully Bertens gets in that ass tomorrow.

 

I don’t even know what to say about Novak. He basically gave that match away. Sometimes it looks like he’s hungry and then he turns on a dime and looks completely apathetic. Makes it very hard to be a fan, so I might just pass on his matches until he can string together some convincing wins.

 

Ask and you shall receive  

16 minutes ago, ChitHappens said:

 

Ask and you shall receive  

Haha! I saw! Good that Kiki B could do what Kiki M could not.

 

In less happy news: I saw that Lajović took out Delpo. 

Whoa. Kvitova took Kasatkina out to slaughter. Good semi matchups with Kvitova/Pliskova and Garcia/Bertens.

 

The men’s matchups for the quarters look fun too. Nadal/Thiem. A Miami rematch between Sascha and Isner. A young gun battle between rivals Shapovalov and Edmund. The only one not as interesting is Anderson and Lajović.

46 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

Whoa. Kvitova took Kasatkina out to slaughter. Good semi matchups with Kvitova/Pliskova and Garcia/Bertens.

 

The men’s matchups for the quarters look fun too. Nadal/Thiem. A Miami rematch between Sascha and Isner. A young gun battle between rivals Shapovalov and Edmund. The only one not as interesting is Anderson and Lajović.

The match lasted an hour. Kvitova played well.

 

Thiem and Edmund are giving me life.

 

Isner ugh.....he sucks.....tie breaker sets again because his return game sucks

 

Shocked DelPo lost. I was watching and found it rather boring and watched the Thiem/Coric match instead.

THIEM!

 

Let’s see if he can hold things together unlike last year in Rome. He’s never beaten Kevin Anderson, but of course they’ve never played on clay, Thiem’s best surface.

 

Nadal has always been most vulnerable on the Madrid/Rome swing, peaking at Roland Garros.

Edited May 11, 20187 yr by Faulkner

12 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

THIEM!

 

Let’s see if he can hold things together unlike last year in Rome.

 

Nadal has always been most vulnerable on the Madrid/Rome swing, peaking at Roland Garros.

 

Yup.  Also Madrid is likely to be seen as the least valuable run-up tournament to the French.

Thiem----------------->  I think it's the best match I've seen him play.

 

Edmund-----------------> He should've won the match. I hate Shapolov.....

Petra wins Madrid tournament!

14 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Petra wins Madrid tournament!

That was a gutsy win. I missed the first part of Eurovision because I was glued to that match.

That match went on forevah!

3 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

That match went on forevah!

 

Yes but I'm super happy with the results. Petra is one of my favs!  Nadal's out so I'm gonna skip the men's final tomorrow. 

It must suck to do the dirty work of defeating Nadal in a clay Masters 1000 tournament and not win the title. And it’s happened to Thiem twice in a row.

27 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

It must suck to do the dirty work of defeating Nadal in a clay Masters 1000 tournament and not win the title. And it’s happened to Thiem twice in a row.

 

Maybe because he makes beating Nadal the goal, instead of winning the tournament?  I'm not knocking Thiem, Nadal is clearly the king of clay but Rafa obviously looms so large for Thiem that he may not be able to see past that to what needs to happen next.

Edited May 13, 20187 yr by DramatistDreamer

1 hour ago, Faulkner said:

It must suck to do the dirty work of defeating Nadal in a clay Masters 1000 tournament and not win the title. And it’s happened to Thiem twice in a row.

 

"Do the dirty work" 😂😂😂😂!  Who won? 

36 minutes ago, ChitHappens said:

 

"Do the dirty work" 😂😂😂😂!  Who won? 

Sascha Zverev.