She didn't say she was injured
https://www.desertsun.com/story/sports/tennis/bnp/2023/03/12/bnp-paribas-open-lesia-tsurenko-withdraws-minutes-before-match-against-aryna-sabalenka/70001303007/
Meddy Zverev: top seeds hold
Rublev Norrie: top seeds hold
Tiafoe Tablio: uhhh, Tsitsipas definitely not 100% so that section was bound to get a little weird.
Fokina Garin: ngl didn’t have this one on my bingo card
If I was Thompson I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight. Tabilo wasn't even playing well either, I thought he had played decently in his previous matches, but he was just mediocre today and got away with it cause Thompson was somehow worse in the key moments.
I disagree. Jordan had BPs in 3 separate games in that second set. He had two garbage service games in both sets broken to love but otherwise was the better player. Then of course the TB
Tabilo kept gifting away shit drop shot after shit drop that any top 100 player should bury... but for the life of me Jordan couldn't finish most of them. I've never seen anything like it. Don't feel sorry for him, you gotta finish those gifts. I'm sure he knows it.
waiting for the day that Krejcikova doesn't throw in awful second sets out of nowhere for whatever reason, which then forces her to take a bathroom break :'(
mother krej is not mothering rn
Sabalenka’s draw was looking really hard with Cornet and Vekic as her first two matches but instead she gets Rodina and a walkover. And now may get Wang over Krejcikova next
If anyone still wonders why the wta has such a hard time with popularity, just remember barb just beat iga 2 weeks ago and her match (latter stage of the 2nd currently) is stuck behind a $100 paywall+TC account while we watch Goodall and Davenport talk about the 2 Americans and then watch commercials for 20 minutes.
edit- they put it on thanks to tsurenko wding 🙃
she wouldn't do that for political reasons would she?
edit:
https://www.desertsun.com/story/sports/tennis/bnp/2023/03/12/bnp-paribas-open-lesia-tsurenko-withdraws-minutes-before-match-against-aryna-sabalenka/70001303007/
ivashka scared me way more than Zverev does. The Rat doesn’t have a particular great kick Serve, and the big serves are neutralized quickly here. Meddy should see that one through quite easily imo
just wanted to confirm that TennisTV doesn't stream the on-court interviews done by the on-court MC (not the ones done by the separate ATP representative) but the WTA does stream theirs, right? it totally grinds my gears.
Med needs to get out of his head with the slow courts. Like dude beat Djokovic in Monte Carlo, which is possibly the slowest court on the tour, and he’s trippin about surface speed
He should tell himself slow courts prevent quick S+V vs him and maybe he will change his outlook.
Although I think it's more venting than anything. He's pretty steadily improved on clay, but I do think he gives up a little too easy still vs a good clay opponent that is winning over him.
One thing I enjoy about Medvedev’s rants the last year or two is that they are completely unhinged, make zero sense like this boy is smart but he is not thinking. But also he still manages to be hilarious. Like he’s not thinking before he speaks and that’s iconic.
lol right on, after tonight’s match I can’t say I’m super confident about meds chances though. Let’s see how he is against Zverev. I’d favor sinner as well should he and alcaraz meet. But medvedev alcaraz is without a doubt the best match we could get
The tactical Mtos worked LMFAO
ostapenko calls one down 4-0 to disrupt rhythm, she goes back 4-4.
Kvitova calls one at 4-4 to disrupt penko's rhythm, instantly breaks to serve for match.
Hurkacz is awakening to become a Jedi Hurkacz ! Jedi Hubi
Crazy deuce here with Hurkacz and Paul
Must hold here for Paul. Some Hurkacz fans there too
Look at Isner just throwing in a match winning Ace
Wow what a nice beautiful night, time to watch my favorite sport! Hopefully it won’t be servebots!
Petra and Barbora win their matches, and EEAAO wins Best Picture. This was a good night 👍
Sabalenka receives a walkover from perenially injured Tsurenko Round 4 Krejcikova vs Sabalenka, Krej just beat her in Dubai, hope she does it again!
She didn't say she was injured https://www.desertsun.com/story/sports/tennis/bnp/2023/03/12/bnp-paribas-open-lesia-tsurenko-withdraws-minutes-before-match-against-aryna-sabalenka/70001303007/
yeah I saw the news
Meddy Zverev: top seeds hold Rublev Norrie: top seeds hold Tiafoe Tablio: uhhh, Tsitsipas definitely not 100% so that section was bound to get a little weird. Fokina Garin: ngl didn’t have this one on my bingo card
holy fuck how were the first two sets of ostapenko kvitova 0-6 6-0 lmaoo
Let’s go boys
this sock/isner doubles game is actually super fun lol
Just happy to be through, Krecj; made the adjustment for more aggression and it paid off.
What a week for Chilean tennis
Frankly an embarrassing performance from Thompson
If I was Thompson I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight. Tabilo wasn't even playing well either, I thought he had played decently in his previous matches, but he was just mediocre today and got away with it cause Thompson was somehow worse in the key moments.
Tired of Krej and watching what should be a good doubles on Stadium #1; any chance to see fashionista Bethanie Mattek-Sands is a plus.
Down goes Thompson Two Chileans in the 4th round when we had 0 Chileans in the main draw.
Tiafoe is gonna put Tabilo away, but I suspect Garin might get through Davidovich Fokina.
If I ever have to see that DJ celebration again I might break my phone
what the fuck was that?
Not sure but as a Thompson bettor who watched him go 5-3 in sets and 6-3 in tb it pissed me off 🤣
The atmosphere from the Chilean fans during this match was like a football match, South American fans forever undefeated!!!
Tabilo and Garin are each having a heck of an IW so far!
They probably inspire each other.
The less shit player won. Well done Tabilo. But you can and gotta do better than this for the love of tennis. Challenger level.
I disagree. Jordan had BPs in 3 separate games in that second set. He had two garbage service games in both sets broken to love but otherwise was the better player. Then of course the TB
Tabilo kept gifting away shit drop shot after shit drop that any top 100 player should bury... but for the life of me Jordan couldn't finish most of them. I've never seen anything like it. Don't feel sorry for him, you gotta finish those gifts. I'm sure he knows it.
Tabilo emoting after the win 💀💀
My god Thompson what was that
Was 5-3 in the second set… Jesus
5-3 serving for set. 6-3 in the TB
Disaster class
Oh Jordan… Sweet child of mine, how did it come to this
Epic meltdown
The epicest. This is a Medvedev-level choke
Medvedev is not a player I really associate with choking
Idk last year’s AO final was a choke for the ages
It wasn’t really a choke. It was more on Nadal than Medvedev
JORDAN THOMPSON you choker. 6-3 and you couldn't close it out smh Edit: wow 6-3 to 6-8...
please, Just break a racket Thompson
Wang forced a 3rd set only to get demolished
Mother Krej cruisin!
Tennis channel really showing Isner/Sock servebotting in doubles over multi-GS champion Krejcikova?? Where’s Opelka when you need him
Meddy vs Zverev! Should be a good match!
Challenger level the Tabilo v Thompson match. Poor game for both players. No idea how Tsitsipas lost to Thompson.
Both are challenger players to be fair
Tsitsi is injured
Hate to sound like Opelka but why are doubles on right now
waiting for the day that Krejcikova doesn't throw in awful second sets out of nowhere for whatever reason, which then forces her to take a bathroom break :'( mother krej is not mothering rn
Sabalenka’s draw was looking really hard with Cornet and Vekic as her first two matches but instead she gets Rodina and a walkover. And now may get Wang over Krejcikova next
Just cannot believe this. Krejci put off by that fecking loud speaker suddenly blaring all over the courts... what a circus.
NO JORDAN :(
Comfortable holds all set then broken to love. Had those two BPs to go up a double break and choked those as well
Wang saved 3 match points to take the second from Krejcikova
I want to see Medvedev and Tsitsipas play each other one time. Apparently it can get heated.
It’s almost their 5 year anniversary
We all do after Med's final win speech 😂
Let it happen in Rome
If anyone still wonders why the wta has such a hard time with popularity, just remember barb just beat iga 2 weeks ago and her match (latter stage of the 2nd currently) is stuck behind a $100 paywall+TC account while we watch Goodall and Davenport talk about the 2 Americans and then watch commercials for 20 minutes. edit- they put it on thanks to tsurenko wding 🙃
How you going to withdraw 5 mins before your match
she wouldn't do that for political reasons would she? edit: https://www.desertsun.com/story/sports/tennis/bnp/2023/03/12/bnp-paribas-open-lesia-tsurenko-withdraws-minutes-before-match-against-aryna-sabalenka/70001303007/
Lesia had more withdrawals than anybody last year so probably some physical issue.
TNNS app showing a walkover in the Sabalenka v Tsurenko match. Anyone know why?
[удалено]
Word is that Tsurenko withdrew, so Sabalenka advances to the next round
Medvedev is in the WWE in an alternate universe.
Medvedev on HC: 236-79, 19 titles Medvedev on clay: 18-23, 1 finals appearance (lost to Thiem in Barcelona)
Two of those 18 wins were Novak and Stefanos lol
2019 Monte Carlo Masters was on all the drugs.
ivashka scared me way more than Zverev does. The Rat doesn’t have a particular great kick Serve, and the big serves are neutralized quickly here. Meddy should see that one through quite easily imo
I don’t doubt his ability to lose his mind and lose anyway, but you’d hope he pulls out everything against Zverev
Hope you’re right
Jim Courier is an international treasure. Protect the man at all costs.
Why does TC+ and TC just cut out of post match interviews or not even show them...this really never gets less annoying
Tc + seems to cut away to show the stats but then they show the interview. Or at least I’ve seen them do that recently, not sure if it’s every time
Yeah they just came back to an interview but then cut it literally mid word. 😑
The wind exposing Meddys hairline.. oof
he's had a receding hairline since he was a teenager
He could be a famous Russian minecraft youtuber in an alternate universe he’s so funny
There’s an AU where he’s an accountant that livestreams on twitch on weekends.
Yeah or like a programmer
An accountant for a certain boy band 👀
Who has a crush on the photographer 👀
Interviewer has the "Yaaaaassss" accent
Valley girl accent
Anyone got the Winners/UFE Stats on the Kvitova game
just wanted to confirm that TennisTV doesn't stream the on-court interviews done by the on-court MC (not the ones done by the separate ATP representative) but the WTA does stream theirs, right? it totally grinds my gears.
Tennis channel plus streams them too, sometimes it seems delayed by a few minutes
Med needs to get out of his head with the slow courts. Like dude beat Djokovic in Monte Carlo, which is possibly the slowest court on the tour, and he’s trippin about surface speed
Last man to beat Tsitsipas at Monte Carlo.
He’s a sub .500 player on clay
Bc he is in his head about slow courts
He should tell himself slow courts prevent quick S+V vs him and maybe he will change his outlook. Although I think it's more venting than anything. He's pretty steadily improved on clay, but I do think he gives up a little too easy still vs a good clay opponent that is winning over him.
Doesn’t he get in his head about it whenever he plays on clay too
Usually lol. His match against Karatsev in Rome 2021 is a good example. “Gerry, please default me, I don’t want to be here”
penko with a handshake that lasted longer than 5 milliseconds and direct eye contact!? https://twitter.com/Ioeyse/status/1149170923120893952
So that randos cant villanize her on the internet like they love to do
Kvitova finishes the roller-coaster first.
i would watch a (oscar) hollywood movie with medvedev acting in it, yes please take my money
And a genuinely lovely handshake after that crazy match 😂☠️
I mean it’s impossible to give a bad handshake to Petra. She’s one of the nicest people on the tour
Daniil pls beat the rat and have the coldest handshake cheers.
that’s my bullshit russian 🫶
Don’t touch your face petra
Watch people hype up a Med vs Alcaraz final for it to be something like Zverev vs Taylor Fritz
Most probably. At least it's not as bad as PCB Hurkacz in Toronto last year.
Heyyy don’t come for Hubert and my mans PCB like that 😭😭
I don’t see Zverev getting there, for sure not. Fritz has a shot
One thing I enjoy about Medvedev’s rants the last year or two is that they are completely unhinged, make zero sense like this boy is smart but he is not thinking. But also he still manages to be hilarious. Like he’s not thinking before he speaks and that’s iconic.
We are actually so blessed it’s going to be a terrible day when he retires
what did he write??
Tad slow :(
Tad slow
tad slow :(
We’re so lucky to have Alcaraz and Med on opposite sides of the draw. Everyday we get such a good match alternating between the two
It's FAA with a steel chair!
Well they may as well be the top 2 seeds so its good that it’s that way
Yeah exactly they both kind of feel untouchable right now. Such a good rivalry that somehow hasn’t even occurred yet
lol right on, after tonight’s match I can’t say I’m super confident about meds chances though. Let’s see how he is against Zverev. I’d favor sinner as well should he and alcaraz meet. But medvedev alcaraz is without a doubt the best match we could get
Meddy writes tad slow 😂😂
Too slow lmao
petra sampras
MeddyGOAT and DVerev to reignite their rivalry
Hahahaahahahahaha “too slow :(“
Iconic camera signature. “Tad slow :(“
Tad slow :( … iconic
too slow :( lmaooooo
“Such a bad court for tennis” lmao
May be Medvedev's liar liar was for Zverev
Dam that serve and volley.
the fact that it's this windy has me thinking a bit about sabalenka's serve tonight...
Rooting for Petra but was also rooting for this to end in a tiebreak 😏
Gg Ilya. Always a pain in my ass haha
Now Medvedev is going to play Zverev. That match is going to be wild.
Can’t wait for the post match interview
This is that blue clay court just disguised as a hard court
It’s why Rafa pulled out.
Tactical MTO after losing two service games
Bullshit Russian with bullshit shots. Love it.
PSYCHO BACKHAND AND THE COMMENTATORS ARE FUCKING SILENT LMAOOO
Meddy magic
WOW ! full on
The tactical Mtos worked LMFAO ostapenko calls one down 4-0 to disrupt rhythm, she goes back 4-4. Kvitova calls one at 4-4 to disrupt penko's rhythm, instantly breaks to serve for match.
Medvedev seems more affected by wind. He is checking his shots to make sure it is not long
This court is definitely ridiculously slow. Feels impossible to hit winners.
What even is this? It’s almost like watching slow-Motion.
Feels like Med gave that away on purpose
Med is always concerned with the ball management
Thanks
Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna hype up the Med Alcaraz final on this surface for Meddy's sake after this performance.
He looked bad against oconnell, let’s see what happens. Both have challenges along the way
I mean the sets he won, he won 6-2 and 6-1. He's good on these courts just gets into his own head sometimes smh
Good news for Med, final will most likely be during the day haha
Ivashka won a game! Haza
Hawkeye just missed that ball that went out in the medvedev ivashka match right?
Penko redeemed
Yeah, it was clearly out, he even just passed the ball back to lose the point.
I can’t wait for clay season and all the memes he’s gonna provide 😭
Cmon Medvedev call the ump a small kid. We know you want to.
Come on Meddy!
servebot Tabilo
Meanwhile, Krej just calmly going about her business.
109 errors combined for Kvitova & Penko rn
In a bo3? Holy fucking shit
Exactly why players like Ostapenko and Sabalenka have never grown on me.
Ivashka is Khachanov’s brother in law that always blows my mind.
And they’re married to twin sisters as well
One game on the board Ilya !
Amazed that Kvitova is still playing at a high level after what happened to her.
Kvitova Penko is the most subliminal passive aggressive match ever
That’s just how it goes with octopus man
Watch as Medvedev loses this match.
So many bakery products in Indian wells lately, you'd think it was in France.
Not the MTO ahahaha
The Medvedev bakery is open late tonight
Indian Wells gave us two peak WTA matches. 2013: Kerber Wozniacki Push Moonball fest 2023: Penko Petra Ball bashing bagel fest
“Will he get the quicker courts to appease his grumpy mood?”
I mean, IW is extremely slow so yeah.
Lets gooooooo Penko!!
Now petra needs a trainer. This match has everything
Medvedev really said gaslight gatekeep girlboss today
This court is an impostor according to Med.
This era of medvedev is so awesome
And they’re play 24k magic by Bruno mars hell yeah
So perhaps we content ourselves with a third, hidden, bagel.
Now a medical timeout for bleeding. This drama is primo.