toonie,
Querrey and Robredo.

vamos Ralph & Jelena!!!!!

vamos Ralph & Jelena!!!!!

Davydenko held for 6-5. Gonzalez to hold to force a tiebreak

sokol
if Kim is associated with champagne, which drink would be Dinara?

a Fuzzy Navel

Hi Tim (waves) What color will Rogie be in 2010!!??

Petzschner's play is the most awful I've seen in a long time...how the hell did he win two matches before this..??! Not that I don't like to see Rafa go for the win!

time to go home..., but again there are interesting matches close to finish involving Russians... go home or stay to find out the results, go home, stay... remind me of Dinara's commercial :-))

wow thanks greenhopper, I've never heard of this guy, but he must be pretty decent to beat those players

"I refrain drinking alchol now during Safina matches

I just go straight to the Drug Cabinet."

Champange Kimmy, meet Diazepam Dinara.

"Fuzzy Navel"

lol

lol Grant! (quick question from a long ago thread, where in NS did you live?)

oh no, Lena, don't get broken while serving for the match...

Davydenko breaks to win the match 7-6, 6-5
Nice win for him.
Sorry for Gonzo and fans

Grant
Diazepam Dinara
hilarious!!!!!!!

Grant LOL!!

Kolya with MP... please take it...

Correction: 7-6, 7-5, Davydenko through to the quarters against Murray. Two for two for me

Kolya has been playing some great ball lately

Good win.

AmyLu -- missed the entire third set of RAndy/Sauce. Anyway, thanks so for much for your play-by-play. Read it once I got back. Made the match seem "live" after the fact. Fantastic job!

Very happy for Kolya. That's a great win. I really hope Murray/Kolya is on TV tomorrow, as that's a match I'd really like to see.

nicely done, Kolya... congrats

Nadal 5-2

So far a comfortable match for Rafa

1st double of the match. Rafa hits an awkward bh volley, but gets away with it, as PTerror didn't much except for flicking it up for a nice oh winner. I can't tell if Rafa's serving better or PTerror is playing poorly on the returns.

And ofcourse just as I say this, he pins a fh dtl ros off a 2nd serve. Rafa holds at 30 thanks to a fh flub into the net. 5-2.

The only drink I can possibly associate with Dinara would be a double brandy but I wouldn't know whether it's for me or her.

now, if Elena could finish her match... she has a MP after being down 15-40

"I wouldn't know whether it's for me or her."

LOL

Thanks greenhopper! Really appreciate the insights you and Tfactor are giving. I'm just staring at a scoreboard, which actually I think would have been better for me to do last night. :)

And, you're welcome mckaron! Glad to be of help, and thank you much for the compliment.

Rafa to serve for the 1st set 5-3

PP has picked up his service game.

The moment of truth for Rafa as he will serve for the first set.

With all the drinks that are being tossed around on this board, you would have thought that this was a Mad Men thread.

Any aspiring TV writer could develop the series "Mad Women", with various drinking scenes in locker rooms and tony bars in sun-drenched tennis locales.

Kim "Don Draper" Clijsters asking for her champagne with style and elegance in her classic 1960s tennis whites, while Dinara descends into a Roger Sterling downward spiral while throwing down vodka sours but letting her sense of humor shine through... I can see it now.

The opening for the series would involve a silhouette of the Kooze (not Draper) in free fall......

Serena would be Joan Holloway with those curves......

And on and on and on....

Rafa's been forced to run more in this match and IMO he hasn't been as tentative as last night.
Petz seems to be finding some rhythm now

On Elena's first 2 MP in the service game, she made a DF

Rafa wins 1st set 6-3

ok, I really need to go now... see you all later when I'll get to check the scores... I'll assume that Lena wins :-)) (hope won't see tonight that she blew it...)

He's using the kicker to the bh effectively. Hasn't lost a point on first serve yet. Holds to love for the set.

3 winners, 3 ufes.
bigger stat of the match is from PTerror, 9 winners, 19 ufes.

Much bettter serving today from Rafa,also just 3 u/errors in the 1st set.

Cincinnati
Pennetta over V Williams 7-6(2),6-4
Hantuchova over Zvonareva 7-6(8),0-6,7-6(5)
Clijsters leads Kuznetsova 6-4,4-6,5-2
Wozniacki over Czink 3-0(ret.)
Dementieva over Cirstea 6-4,6-4
S Williams on serve with Bammer 2-all
Jankovic and Azarenka match coming up on Grandstand
Safina and Peng on Center Court at 7 PM

Montreal
Djokovic over Youzhny 6-3,6-4
Del Potro over Hanescu 3-6,6-3,6-4
Roddick over Verdasco 7-6(2),4-6,7-6(5)
Murray over Ferrero 6-1,6-3
Davydenko over Gonzalez 7-6(2),7-5
Nadal leads Petzschner 6-3
Federer and Wawrinka on Central at 7 PM
Simon and Tsonga on BN Court at 7 PM

Yay, he wins the first set. Was a sort of boring set, Petzschner hasn’t been playing good though it did seem too improve a bit towards the end of the set. Hope Rafa will keep it going in the second set

PP not handling the top spin of Rafa at all

2 b/points

Wohoo! That's great from Rafa, and he's now exceeded my expectations by winning a set. I also like that it only took 30 some minutes to win the set.

I'm watching Flavia/Venus on TTC now, and while Venus can definitely play better than she did, I think Flavia's play has been very impressive.

oh, Lena was able to finish it... Congrats to her...
ok, now I'm really out...
see you all a bit later...

rafa breaks to love

exactly what happened in the 1st set

how did they go from 'sexy back' to 'can't touch this' ?! must've been a DJ change LOL

okay whoever said the 'sends her packing' comment is now my favorite commie. It was jason wasnt it?

Ze Philipp ees very generous. Rafa buys a fh error with a nice bh cc pushing him off wide. Gets 3 fh flubs free (one of them sitter at the net). Breaks at love to open the 2nd set.

What a rubbish service game by PP. Gotta say this is one of the more boring Nadal matches I've seen.

Cincinnati
Pennetta over V Williams 7-6(2),6-4
Hantuchova over Zvonareva 7-6(8),0-6,7-6(5)
Clijsters over Kuznetsova 6-4,4-6,6-2
Wozniacki over Czink 3-0(ret.)
Dementieva over Cirstea 6-4,6-4
S Williams on serve with Bammer 3-2
Jankovic and Azarenka match coming up on Grandstand
Safina and Peng on Center Court at 7 PM

Montreal
Djokovic over Youzhny 6-3,6-4
Del Potro over Hanescu 3-6,6-3,6-4
Roddick over Verdasco 7-6(2),4-6,7-6(5)
Murray over Ferrero 6-1,6-3
Davydenko over Gonzalez 7-6(2),7-5
Nadal leads Petzschner 6-3
Federer and Wawrinka on Central at 7 PM
Simon and Tsonga on BN Court at 7 PM

Thanks GH and others with insights. Didn't see much of the 1st set. Sounds like movement is better. Serve better too?

How the F... is this Petzchener guy on the 3rd round???? Nadal has had it easy on his way back 'till now.

Rafa holds

2-0,PP to serve.

Is it just me or does Petzchner seem to be playing very badly? Ugly match, this.

AM, no hope of seeing a WTA match on foxtel? i wish they carried eurosport. i think they carrry the premier tourneys.

VC definitely not just u... Petz is mentally absent.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Tv has lost bloody transmission

ok now

PP holds

rafa 2-1

Serve is all that is working for Petzschy this match. He must have tried a 100 approaches and failed every single time. The terror is there no more.

Awwww. I "heart" Rafa. Nice little segment shown there.

Mina No,though Fox usually shows the finals of the WTA

how gorgerous was that guy in the horrid combo of royal blue and yellow playing with the wheelchair tennis player? LOL

Yes Rafa playing against a wheel chair tennis player.

Hi Twibe. Just able to join the action. TTC is playing Venus. How is Rafa playing?????? I see he won the 1st.

Wow I've never seen such a variety of unforced errors in my life before.

Fantastic point construction Rafa,with the down the line shot for the winner

Rafa 3-1

there's the Rafa we know... right in the corner

I'll you know when PTerror hits a decent non-service winner. This match is useless if you were to assess Rafa's level of competitive play.

old skool rafa

old skool rafa

Fangorina, serving is better, movement is ok. some shots still a bit wonkier for our taste, but generally okay today. hard to judge for certain though, cos Petz isn't at his PTerro best

oh yes..thats the rafa i love. nice lob

oh yes..thats the rafa i love. nice lob

Well, the movement was okay there. :)

"How is Rafa playing??????"

Is hard to tell, that Petzschner guy won't let him play.

Wow that's the Rafa I want to see!!!

Foot spped from Rafa there was outstanding.

Just a reminder to fellow Fed fans:

We want Rafa to kick butt over the next two weeks (regardless of what WILL actually happen), so that Fedal will be a final, and cannot possibly be a semi, at Flushing Meadows.

(I want Rafa to kick butt because it would simply be neat..... Tim, you can sic Federbear after me if you want, but this time, I'll spring a trap......)

Fangorina,
What set is Venus/Flavia on Tennis Channel?

Mina: Very. :)

GH: Yah, nice match for Rafa to get back into things but not a huge test.

rafa to serve

3-2

this petzschner guy seems to lack consistency - he's played some really great points, then follows them up with boat loads of shanks

Mina Are you still at home watching

I have again lost transmission,grr.

i have 15 minute before i have to leave for work, and tv decides to have a break in transmission every 5 minutes! grrrr.

what are the chances of this match finishing before i need to leave? ugh

Dont worry its back on now

that'll make him think twice the next time he wants to come to net

Nice BH winner when Rafa takes the ball early. I like that shot.

PTerror coming up with some shots now too.

ruh roh. BP for PTerror

Master Ace: Venus just ended. Now playing Kim.
THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE RAFA ANALSYSIS!

Nice long rally and Rafa saves the BP. More of those would allow him to really test the knees

Ahh d/f Rafa

Kimmie FTW! i wanna see her play really well as i missed her and Justine's days, was on tennis hiatus then.

High fives Rafa good lefty 1st serve me likey

Dont the right handed people just Hate the one LOL!!!

Finally got the Livescore working at least. Hope TTC plays this later.......

hey remember to move those feet of your Rafa,der.

mina : Thanks for the confirmation. Petzchner does seem to have improved a tad. His slice is beautiful.

Another smart serve Rafa

Rafa finally holds

4-2

Petzschy kept hitting a ton of bh slices, finally drawing a fh ufe from Rafa for his first BP.
Blue is missing more first serves and points on 1st serves now.

BP erased with a PT fh error.
Another BP thanks to a double.
Erased with a good serve out wide to the bh side and a i/o fh.
another fh flub.
ooh moment of magic. nice fh dtl + OH smash for deuce #3.
ros error off a first serve. game point #1.
Rafa tries an awkward bh cc, didn't move back or bend enough on that. deuce #4.
another fh flub after a decent rally. gp #2.
nice serve, kicked up on PT's forehand.

Finally. 4-2.

aacckkk leaving in 5 minutes. ggrrr...

at least he held. Vamos KneesGate.

Pspace : If you are reading this, you must be thrilled with your boy Lestat. :-)

Rafa too much time on the ball there,especially on his f/hand side

FRafa with 3 b/points

0-40 for 5-2! Vamos.

Hello all. :)

Pleasantly surprised by SBs so far...please let it continue. :)

thanks for the call, Hoppy. :)

Lestat did good today. scary good actually.