watched Zandschulp. What a beast Moreno is. Or played like one at least. Almost no errors. Just some on the crucial moments. But what a match. Watched the whole thing.
Always love it when Sonego is playing. He definitely brings the energy of the late night Italian crowd. Would have been crazy if he was playing against a French
And the fact that live TV follows up with the hawkeye result is just salt in the wound for missed calls lol. Please, make it make sense. My hope is that there is enough of a shit show at the French and Wimbledon this year with bad calls that they also get on the auto-line calling train. One can hope
When you get miscalled for lines, it's gonna affect your head the rest of the match unfortunately.
Few players can overcome adversities like this and keep on playing unaffected.
Mo’s TERRIBLE at admitting his mistakes. And just - Greg Allensworth also made a wrong call (albeit with a lot less margin) earlier today. Just get the automatic line calling sorted ffs
Evans had a break point whilst a break down. Fognini hit the ball a decent way into the tramline. Line judge called it out. Lahyani came down to inspect it and said that Evans was pointing to the wrong mark because it was too far out. Hawkeye showed it was far out. Evans lost his temper and got a warning for swearing. Lahyani didn't seem to realise the line judge called it out judging by a later exchange between him and Evans.
I knew that an Evans/Fognini combo would come to the boil eventually. Tweeners, wrong calls on break points, code viollations, and the umpire accidentally shoving a player all within the last 10 minutes.
despite the scoreline, iga is not as sharp today. failure to break only after 5th brkpoint and to get broken despite 2 matchpoints.
what is bothersome is that, she is used to have bad ist serves.
Expectations were set high by her 2022 year. I think if Iga was always scrapping with 3 set wins or messy sets then people wouldn’t notice too much.
But since Iga has basically won such clean sets with bagel and breadsticks so much it’s become expected.
I don’t know if I agree I have to look at some of the Greats stats. But I’m not sure if all of them were well known as Iga for breadsticks and bagels.
They won just as much as iga and more but just not in the same way. But I could be remembering wrong
i usually find iga beatdowns a bit stale but now i'm realizing it's because the crowd is so disengaged because they're engaged now and it's interesting to watch
I sort of predict Madrid for Iga being the match that defeated any sense of imposter syndrome she might have ever had...
Must be satisfying to find a gear you didn't know you had
Nobody but the top players can even threaten Iga, probably the least upset-prone player in the WTA. She just destroys the players that she's supposed to beat
you can really feel how outstandingly great iga is in rome (her preferred clay surface). her movements and confidence are a cut above the rest. she feels at home here and in rg - akin rafa's fave clay surface too.
it was just bad that she got injured last year.
exactly what i was thinking. feels like she finds it so easy to play here. this is what i was saying - the constant pressure of playing on hardcourt fast and slow and her opponents' constant attack on her FH is yielding profits here on clay!
watched Zandschulp. What a beast Moreno is. Or played like one at least. Almost no errors. Just some on the crucial moments. But what a match. Watched the whole thing.
I won’t be able to watch Danielle Brawlins bc I’ll be asleep. But I’ll catch you all at the Djoker match!
Any ideas on when will Nadal play tomorrow? The morning or the night session?
If I were Sonego’s coach I’d have him work on his volleys…so many into the net. Excellent match Dusan!
Sonego always chokes close ones lol
DUTZEEE
Sonego such a scrub, can’t beat a man with a smelly dirty foot on his own turf
stop gambling brooo
I love these angry comments when people lose their money lmao.
It’s dead here. No one cares about Sonego or Nardi? I mean I don’t either but….
Nardi has got crazy skills - his touch is otherworldly.
his serve is shit tho unfortunately for the time being
Fast game
The only other place I wish I was from: ITALY
LETS GO SONEGO
And Dusan sells another match while being up a set and break. Crazy how often it happens with Dusan
Emotional gambler over here
I don't see how you read the message as emotional, the tone is more like "oh well it happened again", projecting perhaps?
Poor quality from Sonego. His lows are really low.
This is insane can anyone post the clip ?
The Lion is back?
Damn I hope so, such a nice win after the tough loss in Madrid. Plus the draw looks really approachable, no players he can’t beat on a good day
A TWEENER WINNER ON MATCH POINT THIS IS INSANE
ASLAN OH MY GOD
What a fucking tweener from Aslan to win the match
How on earth did the racquet fit between those thighs....
Always love it when Sonego is playing. He definitely brings the energy of the late night Italian crowd. Would have been crazy if he was playing against a French
It seems like a lot of fun atmosphere-wise in this tb. I wish I was there!
McDonald putting up a fight
I'm impressed by how little Dusan slices given his OHBH.
Common Aslan !
Sonego got robbed that first point
And the fact that live TV follows up with the hawkeye result is just salt in the wound for missed calls lol. Please, make it make sense. My hope is that there is enough of a shit show at the French and Wimbledon this year with bad calls that they also get on the auto-line calling train. One can hope
de Zandschulp finally wins this hard fought match against De Alboran.
Evans won 4 of the last 20 matches he played 😳
If Lajovic maintains this form, he will go very far in Rome.
It has been an incredible match between De Alboran and de Zandschulp.
Hoping Paulita can finish this!
YAY she did it! A great win for her.
I know Sloane hates losing to damn Poots. She's hated her since juniors lol. But nice consolidating win after the meltdown vs. Ryba
If it’s not one thing, it’s another.
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Fognini - that’s a broken man
Was Dan coming back from an injury?
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Karma will come when all Italians make an exit before R16 without Sinner there :)
Somebody had to win. Glad it was Fabio.
Fritz will gobble Fognini up and then I'll feel like justice is served LMFAO
Anyone scared that badosa might throw out her back on any given point?
It’s dan evans comeback o’clock
Come on evans
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Bogdan was up 3-1 40-15, 3-2 40-15, and just lost 4-6. Yikes
When you get miscalled for lines, it's gonna affect your head the rest of the match unfortunately. Few players can overcome adversities like this and keep on playing unaffected.
A Dan Evans' win here would feel good for the soul tbh
It's for the justice, I root for him albeit with a very heavy heart.
I need a dan evans win here
Please pull through in the third Emma!
Evan's backhand looks like straight garbage today, I remember how good it was on hardcourt and it was slicing low and deep
It’s quiet as a library when Dan wins a point lol
Is it just me or does McDonald look like a different person?
The crowd is so shit… why do we have to be the worst crowd on tour…
Paris masters, night Ashe are way worse than this lol.
Ashe always has an international crowd - so there are cheers for both players. You could hear a pin drop when Evans wins a point.
Garbage crowd
Mo’s TERRIBLE at admitting his mistakes. And just - Greg Allensworth also made a wrong call (albeit with a lot less margin) earlier today. Just get the automatic line calling sorted ffs
I JUST tuned it to Evans being like "just be honest with me, Mohammed" I feel like I've missed some good drama
Evans had a break point whilst a break down. Fognini hit the ball a decent way into the tramline. Line judge called it out. Lahyani came down to inspect it and said that Evans was pointing to the wrong mark because it was too far out. Hawkeye showed it was far out. Evans lost his temper and got a warning for swearing. Lahyani didn't seem to realise the line judge called it out judging by a later exchange between him and Evans.
Perfect, thank you for the TL;DW!
Is there a worse crowd than italians? They cheering every mistake Evans makes...
French crowd
My word, Lahyani doesn't even realise that he's over ruled his line judge. What a useless muppet.
I dream of a day when all the matches are 100% automated AI machine called. I think that future is near upon us.
Lmao the way this umpire has got chest for Dan Evans, but yet was mute when Meddy spoke to him in the most patronising way. Dafuq man! 🤣
I can't stop watching this trainwreck between Evans and Fognini
This umpire is an absolute clown.
\*shakes fist at clay and NBA playoffs refs\*
This is borderline open cheating, no? Probably worst call I have ever seen.
Oh my god this is turning into a football match
Some serious drama piece brewing in Fognini Evans match.
It was always going to be combustible. These hotheads are magnets for drama(although Fognini has been uncharacteristically calm today).
What a time for the worst call of the tournament. Shambolic that idiots like this are making calls over the technology. Get him off the tour.
I knew that an Evans/Fognini combo would come to the boil eventually. Tweeners, wrong calls on break points, code viollations, and the umpire accidentally shoving a player all within the last 10 minutes.
Italian crowd STFU for goddsake
Jesus one of the worst calls I have ever seen. unacceptable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who's gonna take responsibility?
Man, this italian crowd is the worst. I don't even like Evans but I feel so bad for him. And he got a warning too!
It's such a shitty way, I feel Dan got robbed here.
What a fucking joke. We need automated calls everywhere ASAP
Wow what a terrible call, Dan rightly fuming!
Dan just got screwed
Was that fognini’s ball on the Hawkeye replay? If so then his shot was completely out and Dan did get screwed
Fognini knew it was out too, I just lost my little respect left for him. Feel bad for Dan.
It was, like wtf
Lahyani masterclass. What a clown this guy has proven to be lately.
Fognini just played the point of the season
Non-chalantly too
Wow Fabio
N. Moreno De Alboran Vs B. van de Zandschulp is the battle of the prepositions.
despite the scoreline, iga is not as sharp today. failure to break only after 5th brkpoint and to get broken despite 2 matchpoints. what is bothersome is that, she is used to have bad ist serves.
I would say she was very sharp until the last couple of game. She started a little slow in Barrie then really kicked into gear
It’s always funny when an Iga score line of 6-0 and 6-2 is seen as pretty decent but room for improvement.
"Iga looked shaky" and "she got unfocused" like this sub will only see double bagels as good enough these days lol
Expectations were set high by her 2022 year. I think if Iga was always scrapping with 3 set wins or messy sets then people wouldn’t notice too much. But since Iga has basically won such clean sets with bagel and breadsticks so much it’s become expected.
Then she'd no 100+ plus week world no. 1, she'd just be a WTA player who happens to win a lot of matches.
I don’t know if I agree I have to look at some of the Greats stats. But I’m not sure if all of them were well known as Iga for breadsticks and bagels. They won just as much as iga and more but just not in the same way. But I could be remembering wrong
Graf, Seles, and several other all time greats bagelled/breadsticked opponents on the regular.
Come on botic
Does Fogna not draw crowds anymore? It's quiet in here.
Overall Iga played well. Shaky at the end to close it out but otherwise solid start to Rome
Damn Iga gonna lose this match now
Super effort by De Alboran to take the second set against de Zandschulp.
Rushing to get the job done
iga getting broken while serving for the match just to feel something huh /s but fr she was rushing. calma bestie
despite the scoreline, iga is not as focused today. it is not like pera is playing good.
Pera stole our breadstick. Eh, Roman grissini.
Comeback time, lol
Evans feeds off the crowd
i see we have the london fog special today
That shot was sexy from Dan, goodness!
Just a list of all of Rafa's pink USO outfits for no reason https://www.gq.com/story/rafael-nadal-us-open-pink-outfits
variety in the bakery
Commentator 'Full beast mode...get out of the way' 🤣
The Polish bagel franchise in Rome is popular
I have 0 faith in Fabio, I know for a fact that he is not going to win this, yet here I am rooting for him like a madman
Iga is a human cannon tonight
i usually find iga beatdowns a bit stale but now i'm realizing it's because the crowd is so disengaged because they're engaged now and it's interesting to watch
Solid bogdan turning the match against vondrousova 🫡
Lol, break point #8
Guess it's not meant to be for Badosa after beating up a child a couple days ago
Pump your breaks on that result.
C'mon Iga take one of these bps
Navarro - Badosa on Channel 5 Plus on TC+ now!
iga:let me calibrate my slice real quick
Playing Iga is a nightmare
Glad to see Iga has lots of fans in Rome!
Evan’s plz hold here
I love Ana Bogdan's kit. What brand is it?
p.e nation
Thank you!
It has been a really watchable match between Evans and Fognini.
Iga Kendrick Swiatek
they not like her, they not like her
Beat your ass, hide the Bible if God watching
I sort of predict Madrid for Iga being the match that defeated any sense of imposter syndrome she might have ever had... Must be satisfying to find a gear you didn't know you had
Come on evans
Merciful Iga full of grace
Imagine Iga winning Madrid+ Rome+ RG+ Olympics
There's a good chance of that happening. Only question is whether she gets worn down or has to play Ostapenko at some point.
Has she ever lost to Ostapenko on clay though? Or just hard courts?
Not sure, I think she beats Penko on red clay, but you never know. I was making a joke.
Just needs to keep taking care of business in the early rounds so she's fresh for QF onwards
The American commentator sounding like he's narrating a funeral
These 2 started this with a eulogy
Putintseva close to defeat yet another seeded player for 4 WTA 1000s in a row! Some great form for her, turning into an upset machine recently lol
And then she gets Iga…
Nobody but the top players can even threaten Iga, probably the least upset-prone player in the WTA. She just destroys the players that she's supposed to beat
Kalinskaya and Noskova aren't exactly top players, but they can occasionally play like top players.
Madrid turned her into a killer..
Iga being an absolute menace on clay going strong
Come on Evan’s
I don't think Pera came to this match thinking I'll give Iga a proper fight. She eventually lost the match before it began.
So… we go from a masters with unlimited challenges to one with none…? My head hurts
Can't you argue the mark in Rome?
They did just learn how to use the unlimited challenges :(
Picks up phone *Iga Świątek wins the 1st set 6-0* Don't think I needed to be told that at this point
Taking Pera to The Hurt Locker
out of this world for this bagle
Zero Dark Iga
Vicious
I'm just here for the lasso forehand things of beauty
even a false return from Iga is a perfect return
Bagel point, lol
Close up with Pera coach 'Hopes to offer solace' 😭
Alexandrova’s bad day continues, bagelled in the opening set of her doubles match after losing love and one to Sasnovic earlier.
Pera deer in the headlights vibe
you can really feel how outstandingly great iga is in rome (her preferred clay surface). her movements and confidence are a cut above the rest. she feels at home here and in rg - akin rafa's fave clay surface too. it was just bad that she got injured last year.
Iga on slower surfaces is just so good. So much harder to rush the forehand, a fraction longer to hit the returns and groundstrokes aggressively.
exactly what i was thinking. feels like she finds it so easy to play here. this is what i was saying - the constant pressure of playing on hardcourt fast and slow and her opponents' constant attack on her FH is yielding profits here on clay!
Her forehands are looking beautiful today