Rome Masters 2015

[Denis]

What time's Rafa on at? I thought he should be on by now?

EDIT: Oh, I see. The bloody wimmin are still littering the place... :cover

It's much worse than that. It's Sharapova vs Azarenka. I can hear them from here.

 

[Kieran]

What time's Rafa on at? I thought he should be on by now?

EDIT: Oh, I see. The bloody wimmin are still littering the place... :cover

It's much worse than that. It's Sharapova vs Azarenka. I can hear them from here.

:snicker

They're dragging this one out. It's the Blooper Reel WTA. They shoulda been told, ladies, there's a sink full of dishes in the kitchen, run along now. There's a couple of men need this court...

 

[golds girl]

What time's Rafa on at? I thought he should be on by now?

EDIT: Oh, I see. The bloody wimmin are still littering the place... :cover

It's much worse than that. It's Sharapova vs Azarenka. I can hear them from here.

No worries guys...this will be over in 10 minutes

 

[golds girl]

What time's Rafa on at? I thought he should be on by now?

EDIT: Oh, I see. The bloody wimmin are still littering the place... :cover

It's much worse than that. It's Sharapova vs Azarenka. I can hear them from here.

:snicker

They're dragging this one out. It's the Blooper Reel WTA. They shoulda been told, ladies, there's a sink full of dishes in the kitchen, run along now. There's a couple of men need this court...

I'm pretty sure you've done more dishes than either of these women have

 

[Kieran]

Poor Wawrinka. Right now, if he wants to win the tournament, he must go through Nadal, Federer and most likely Djokovic. What's his combined H2H against them? 8-154?

Wawrinka has made it to the final before here. But yeah, the road ends here tonight. I'll gladly support him through it, as this is the first match I can actually see this week. If Nadal loses tonight, I don't see him winning RG.

I may not even see this one. It's been a bad week for me, for watching the tennis...

 

[Kieran]

It's much worse than that. It's Sharapova vs Azarenka. I can hear them from here.

:snicker

They're dragging this one out. It's the Blooper Reel WTA. They shoulda been told, ladies, there's a sink full of dishes in the kitchen, run along now. There's a couple of men need this court...

I'm pretty sure you've done more dishes than either of these women have

That's prolly true... :snicker

 

[Denis]

Linesman didn't call it out cause he probably also just wants to get this over with.

edit: and the ladies have left the premises. Time for a new set of them: Stan and Rafa.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Great dig from Rafa but Stan was ready at the net. Mr Meet The Focker himself is in the audience.

Tough first game for Stan so far.

 

[Kieran]

I don't like clay under lights. Great retrieving from Rafa, good sliding clay stuff, but Stan gets it back to deuce, first game...

 

[Denis]

Nadal breaks. Nadal looks good so far.

 

[golds girl]

Thought Stiller was a big Fed fan

 

[Kieran]

Rafa throwing in a snakey forehand dropper, and gets the break. I like him so far. Only one game and he's standing way back to return, he's not getting great depth, but he looks sharp, even still...

 

[Kieran]

Very good reply from Stan there, breaking back from 30-0 down...

 

[Denis]

Back on serve. Is Nadal feeling the yips again? His forehand lacks power and is hit awefully safe.

 

[golds girl]

Back on serve. Is Nadal feeling the yips again? His forehand lacks power and is hit awefully safe.

He's attempting the Passing DTL....so there's some confidence there

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

I don't like clay under lights. Great retrieving from Rafa, good sliding clay stuff, but Stan gets it back to deuce, first game...

Because it is not blue clay...:snicker

 

[Kieran]

He became terribly defensive there, didn't he? On the back foot, and I saw a forehand trouble the bottom of the net. But it was powerful stuff by Stan too...

 

[Denis]

Going to the net with an approach to Nadal's backhand is suicide. People should know that. I've only seen Novak getting it somewhat right.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

I don't know the result of Nadal's match tonight. I know the result of his match tomorrow though...6-2, 6-2.

 

[Kieran]

Stan's net play so far is ridiculous...