2011 Roland Garros Livescoring / Commentary Thread

Costly bad error :(

Good shot making from Rafa

Rafa was lucky there. He is really tight right now.

Chela saving SPs from left and right, too good.

Amazing forehand Rafa, 40-30.

What a massive wasted chance there. 2 bad UEs from 15-30. It's over

Good hold

Need to break right now

Lazy footwork from Robin, Rafa holds for 4-3.

Chela holds for 5-4. Murray will serve for the set again.

Watching Soderling run is painful

I am confident Nadal will break here or in the next game.

Robin you moron stop losing 3 straight points when you're 30-15

I can't see the way out for Robin here, just hope for some more excitement.

the chela/murray match is just awful

Murray-Chela is really WTA standard

Rafa's FH is at least better than in his first matches. But he'd better pray for wind. wind+moonball makes it hard to hit BH even for Djokovic

good fight from chelito. wta mugfest

Söderling is still not hitting enough balls to Rafa's forehand. Especially off the backhand.

Love that forehand!

What a shot :cool:

Murray-Chela is really WTA standard

Murray's entire run has been. Sets being won from break and set points down left and right.

As I type, Rafa hits a fearhand DTL.

Rafa is finishing this soon. Oh well. Good luck in SF.

soderling should have done better this game, the chance for a break was there in spirit. I'm surprised with Soderling's level, he's definitely playing way below his good level, but I have to admit Nadal is playing well. It's definitely the best tennis he's played this tournament. I thought Soderling would destroy him if he kept playing like he has, but he raised his level. Still think Soderling can win this set and make things interesting, but we'll see

Love that forehand too. :) Murray's choking badly. 0-30 on serve.

Soderling badly needs his first serves.

(This is a total replay of the 2010 RG Final, as I knew it would be. Rafa cracked the code a while ago, he knows the Soda game inside-out)

Great defense, Sod

Soderling outdefensing the claygoat

finish this mug Rafa

Great defense by Sod, 30-15 on serve.

Murray 30-30.

I'm feeling that Rafa will choke that set badly.

You are hoping not feeling.

Great slice BH in that point to get control back.

Rafa was lucky there. He is really tight right now.

Chela saving SPs from left and right, too good.

Amazing forehand Rafa, 40-30.

I don't think he is tight. Rafa isn't playing that good of tennis. Soderling was playing as bad as you can play the 1st 2 sets. He raised his level a little and Rafa has stayed considerably mediocre.

BP for Chela.

5-2 for Murray
NOW: 5-4 30-40

This match is so dumb

Get the job done champ :)

Soderling is hitting some bombs off the ground now, really impressed with the way he's regrouped.

What a mug this Murray, shocking net shot.

this is bad from murray..:o:o

OMG Murray :D

Now time to break for the set win

You are hoping not feeling.

I'm Rafa fan you moron.

Mugray :help: Chokerly.

Very, VERY good hold from Robin. Why couldn't he have served like this all match?

and he gets them

I love Robin's facial expression. He still wants to play :D Fat chance though..

Murray....... :help: :help: :help:

Chela breaks.

Chela get back to the second set :yeah:

Spectacular collapse from Murray :help:

Come on Robin :rocker2:

(Rafa forehand down-the-line is in grand slam winning form)

lol at Mugray.

murray from 5-2 now 5-5

just like schiavone v.s pavlyuchenkova yesterday

This match needs to go to a 4th set just to see how both players respond.

murray is a joke.

what a clown mugray is..crowd want chela comeback

gah. Has missed so many of those free points.

Rafa :hatoff:

(This is a total replay of the 2010 RG Final, as I knew it would be. Rafa cracked the code a while ago, he knows the Soda game inside-out)

:smash: Nadal played much better during the 2010 final. This match features them both being pretty poor.

Soderling crushing Nadal 33 - 13 in the UE count :rocker2:

ESPN now showing this muggy Murray match instead of Nadal-Soderling.

:O

Both playing good and it's fun to watch now.

Soderling crushing Nadal 33 - 13 in the UE count :rocker2:
:lol:

Nadal 1 game away

Nadull to win 3rd set 6-4.

Soderling absolutely must attack Rafas BH. Rafa is smoking his ass with forehands.

Mugray is struggling against Chela :help: :haha:

Rafa playing with confidence, going DTL with his forehand, actually hitting the backhand instead of pushing it.

WTA match.

Or.....just another Murray match :o

I would laugh if Mugray lost this set.

Vamos Chela!!!

Rafa playing with confidence, going DTL with his forehand, actually hitting the backhand instead of pushing it.

this match is just what the doctor ordered for him. this is really helping him build confidence IMO.

Murray breaks again. WTA stuff.

more breaks than holds :tape:

Murray mugging up a storm here. Failed to serve it out twice. Prick.

11 breaks in this clown match, chelas terrible

I'm Rafa fan you moron.

Dontbe so negative then not at any point did raga look like losing set.

Sick pass from Rafa. Three points away from SFs.

Patrick McEnroe trying to hype up Nadal's performance today as if it were A+ material. Silly ESPN.

This Murray/Chella match is great to watch. Some really good tennis here. Murray will win.

Where the FUCK is Sod's backhand down the line?

Lol, even this dogshit version of Soderling can still break Nadal.


lol i knew it would only be a matter of time before the bullshite hyperbole started flying about sodo playing pure dogsht, pure horseshite, pure crap.. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.. all of which begs the question.. as woefully subpar as rafa's been playing since the tournament started, did anyone honestly think he was suddenly going to get past the only man to have ever beaten him at r garros 6-0, 6-0, 6-0? :banghead: :smash:

hilarious beyond belief..

and yet the fact that rafa's making mincemeat of all the bold predictions that proclaimed to the four winds that he would be toast today somehow means absolutely nothing.. :eek:

yup.. this board has entered the twilight zone yet again.. :haha:

murray breaks:rolleyes:

so he will have a 3rd chance to serve for the set...disgusting stuff on display here

Usual MTF. Nothing wrong with quality at all right now.

That 's a tight miss

Freebie there from Rafa. Soda 30-15

Murray breaks again. WTA stuff.

No it's just what you get when you have two pushers on clay that don't serve that well mug it out.

Robin netted easy forehand, 30-30. Two points away.

That's the match to Nadal

djez Soderling. Must be like the 10th of the match missing a wide open free point

Sod dumps that FH into the net with practically the whole court open. 30-30.

Take the 3rd set and this match is definitely open again! gogo

4 BHs sent right back to Soderling's hitting zone in a row...

Great shot for 5 all

What a forehand. Robin holds for 5-5.

Sod holds, 5-5, take this set Robin! :rocker2:

Rafa with his moonballing, getting that Soderling forehand into a groove. Come on SODERRRRRRR

Another insane hold from Sod. 5 all.

This Murray shit match better end in 3 sets.

2 set points murray

surely he cant blow this?

and schiavone..i mean murray takes the 2nd set on his 3rd time serving for it

Robin you killer. Always treating your fans to that last assault

finally set murray

Well, well, well

Murray to himself "why you going for winners" :lol:

Rafa choking as i expected.

Murray takes the set, 7-5.

and its 0:30 :)

Great returning by Sod this game so far.

Opening for Sod now.

:lol:

Set 2 Murray. This match has some good tennis.

Awesome serve from Rafa at 0-30

break points for robin

Piggy is getting roasted now! :D

2 BPs for Robin.

Set 2 Murray. This match has some good tennis.
The back and forth is strangely entertaining.

Muzz :yeah:

BREAK you fucking Muggerling.

break the moonballer! do it! serve home the set

Last chance Sod

2 BPs for Soda. COme on, make it interesting.

4-5 30-30 and Nadal falls apart. :sad:

Start the comeback Robin. You only need to stay at this level to take 3 sets against a C- level Nadal.

Good defense.

"vamos" on THAT ue? wow, sportsmanlike

Servedal, too good

That serve is ...!

Clutchdal

That ace was so expected I swear.

Great clutch serve from Nadal

sue barker needs to stfu about muzza being injured..mentions it every chance

Well, that was his last chance and he blew it. Just didnt play well.

wtf was that. unsportsmanlike like hell. Distracting the return

Why did Soderling get back when he hitted the first FH and didn't attack more agressive :o

Nadal taking days in between points.

Ad-Soderling, cmon man

2 gone but a 3rd now for robin

Robin got lucky there. Totally misshit from Rafa at this passing shot. Another BP for him.

Like he did now

Dumb move by Soderling to hit it out of the air. He won the point anyway

One can only hope the semis are not straight set affairs.

another bp. Crowd is awake

wow, just so shitty on bps

nope, back to deuce

Another great serve. This is Federer like.

Murray breaks early in the third set btw.

All serve this Nadal.

Rafa pulling Sampras thrice

Sod's returns.. :o

Robin gonna have to get it done in a TB

game point nadal

All serve this Nadal :lol:

Can'treturnerling

JK, great serving by Rafa.

sue barker needs to stfu about muzza being injured..mentions it every chance

shes something else isnt she , she drives me nutso

Soderling won't win a TB after this game.

Soderling complaining about the time Nadal is taking. Thank god!

Robin attacking Rafa's forehand...

why isn't the umpire giving Rafa a warning

why is Nadal not getting a warning for this? he's taking forever in between points.

:lol: Soderling

Awful forehand.

Oh my...

Nadull to win 7-5

What a miss. He's just horrible.

Nadal fist pumping an easy miss by Soderling. What a clown.

Wow that was Sod's point!

omfg Robin, stop missing those easy put away shots PLEASE.. :o :o

He overhit that and Now Nadal will hold serve and win the tiebreak. NID.

amazing point there

Pusherdal at his best.

What a point!!!

(I can't believe some people thought Soderling would win this match. Some people still think Rafa skipped Wimbledon for nothing, as though he skipped it out of depression or something lol. Soderling played half-Rafa in 2009. Since then, Rafa has won 6 straight sets over Soderling at Roland Garros. That's the reality of this matchup)

GOAT hold :worship:

French crowd went nuts. What a point from Rafa. Finally holds for 6-5 lead.

Fucking pathetic, can't put it away

GOAT, simply no other word to describe that

Vamos!

that was truly sick defense by Rafa. Hats off.

I was picturing Djoker annihilating ones of those moonballs just there :)

Murray-Chela is a comedy at his best.

aint over yet. But that had to kill a lesser player mentally. Missing all those BPs

Nadal should have won the point 3 shots into the rally. He had Soderling completely off the court, but his moonballing got Robin back into the point.

Nothing GOAT about that folks.

söd doing everything right but still got burned. Hope for a TB at least.

Cheatdal starting to take one minute between serves, inevitable good serves follow.

Here comes the choke.

OH WAIT!

Errors from Sod, 0-30 for Rafa.

Why does Nadal need to grunt to hit moonballs?

0-30, the wall is about to put Soderling out of his misery

I was picturing Djoker annihilating ones of those moonballs just there :)

Soderling hits the ball harder than Nole :confused:

GSM Nadal. He faced an even worse Soderling than he did last year.

0-30 now for nadal

come on robin, atleast get it to a tiebreak

Average time between points:

Soderling: 20 seconds
Nadal: 27 seconds

Rafa 27 Second Average In Between Points, That Is Complete And Utter Shit!

Cheatdal starting to take one minute between serves, inevitable good serves follow.

exactly. Game was like 10 min. 7 was Rafa delaying. Ref did nothing :) comedy but I guess rules doesn't apply to nr1

Soderling hits the ball harder than Nole :confused:

placement>>>power

Two good points, 30-30.

Hmm maybe not yet. 30 all. Needs a serve bad.

30:30

I have to admit it. Nadal is the greatest MOONBALLER of all time.

GOAT serve. Game point.

Soderling finding his serve at just the right time

Rafa 27 Second Average In Between Points, That Is Complete And Utter Shit!

Imagine the worst ones. 2 min?

Soderling hits the ball harder than Nole :confused:

Djoker's backhand would have put it away. Soderling didn't do anything with it.

Well these are 3 really good points

exactly. Game was like 10 min. 7 was Rafa delaying. Ref did nothing :) comedy but I guess rules doesn't apply to nr1

And if people don't think an extra 7 seconds before every serve and doesn't add up, do the math.

Tiebreak it is.

GOAT serve #2. Heading to the tiebreak.

Tiebreak for Soderling to lose

Nadull to win 7-6 :devil:

:D thats the serve finally :D

GOAT serving to come back from 0-30. Need that serve in the TB.

Clutch from Soderling.

Showed great character there to serve his way into a tiebreak from 0-30 down

tiebreaker it is..i wonder if nadal will fair any better in these then he did against isner

TB. Hope for a great finish or a 4th set!

Nadal taking another year before serving.

Minibreak for Robin.

Soderling you are GOD.

I can't imagine Soderling will win a tiebreak with Nadal, but who knows. Hope he does and we get a fourth set.

1-0 Soderling. Good intensity.

Wtf?!

Great time for DF, thanks.

Awesome point and then DF :confused:

I knew that was gonna be a double. Really. I did.

And if people don't think an extra 7 seconds before every serve and doesn't add up, do the math.

2 seconds isn't it? 25 seconds is the limit, or so I thought.

Soderling too hyped up there HAHA

Chokerling gtfo

*2-1 Rafa. :) Thankfully to Robin.

Wow, that is very lucky. Terrible from Soderling

2 seconds isn't it? 25 seconds is the limit, or so I thought.

20

Wow, minibreak up to minibreak down. Just pathetic. 2 miserable UEs.

Dreadful two points from Soda there.

Soderling feeling charitable there.

Nice TB so far, Sod hits bottom of the net and DF.

edit: and now sends BH wideeee

Nadal with the break in the blink of an eye.

2-1

wtf. Robin.

shes something else isnt she , she drives me nutso

yeah was even worse when henman and lesser extent greg was around...drove me insane listening to her hype him up every year :rolleyes:

Would be fun to say that Rafa is winning. But its been Robin gifting. Like now

Utter fail from Soda. The match is over.

3-1 :d

Hahaha, too good from Robin.

3-1 now for nadal

Just gifted the match there

Soderling dreadful.

Great point, 4-1*.

Everything comes back! 4-1, vamos!

4-1 :sport:

4-1

Pathetic Sod

Nadal is the worst sport in tennis. How can you fistpump there?

Rafa moonballing and that's what he should do in TB

wtf. Nadal never even goes 3 feet from the lines. It works for him though when Sod is missing

On the line. Great forehand.

Why did you slice that? You were doing fine in the rally you idiot.

:lol: Both of Soderling's points are from line clippers

Robin hitting an awesome DTL forehand. That's unlikely to win him the set anyway.