Australian Open '11: Point by Point Coverage

[skyz]

I just have to say that Roger's skin looks so nice again.

[skyz]

Looks like Novak psyched us all out with his yelling and belabored breathing.

What the fuck, Roger? Get it together for the 3rd set please.

[tikigirl]

If Fed goes down two sets, I'm going to have to go to bed. It's sad, I know, but I am so fucking tired.

[tikigirl]

FUCK.

[agentx]

The way Federer is playing set 3 will be over in about 15-20 minutes so I think I'll watch this destruction.

[skyz]

A Proactiv tennis commercial with Woz! She looked good in it. Deathly boring but very pretty in it.

Roger looks really fatigued and he has bags under his eyes.

[skyz]

Patrick's voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me right now. I'm so tired and wish Cahill was commentating too instead of this bunch.

[tikigirl]

I am so ready for bed. Fuck the AO.

[acre]

Oh no, no, no - I though Fed had that set in hand! Now I don't so much really watch this: in fact, the tv is going off(not the recording of course) and I just wish I could go back to bed. 2 cups of tea mean that ain't happening.

Sure, Roger can win from 2 sets down, but how often(ever) does he do it against a player of this quality. Well this just sucks.

Since I'm at least deferring my surgery(maybe canceling) my anxiety isn't quite what it was, but watching Roger lose is always bad for me. Hey, maybe my DR will write a script explaining that here's a patient in a very fragile position, and I one of the "medicines" I highly recommend for her is that you win your damn matches! ROGER.

[lt]

It'd be funny, but not ha ha funny, if Federer lost 5 consecutive games to lose this set.

Why'd you have to jinx him like that?

That second set was deadly for Fed and ridiculous for Djokovic--he's running Fed around like a master puppeteer.

It's official, I dislike the Aussie crowd more than any other Grand Slam crowd. They hold their liquor as badly as badly as the US Open crowd but drink more so its worse. I think it's because of what Jeff Tarango said (yes, I'm bringing him up again)--this tournament occurs during the two weeks that Europe is on vacation which is why the tournament won't move in the calendar. So what we have here is a bunch of drunk vacationers having a grand ol' time.

Mirka looks so concerned.

[agentx]

With his BP conversion, you'd think Roger was playing Rafa right now.

I'm very concerned with this service game now.

[lt]

Djokovic's inside out forehand is firing right now--and since that is going to Fed's backhand this match has gone ugly (for me).

[agentx]

Just two more chances Roger...assuming he can hold his own serve.

ETA: I assumed it was going to be Roger's forehand that would be contributing to shank/mishit count, little did I know his backhand is good at that too.

[acre]

Oh dear, I wish I'd just gt up, fed the cats(no tea for me) and climbed straight back in bed w/o so much as turning the tv on. Cause this I don't want to see, not happy. Yeah, I know Djok is good enough to beat him at times but, but, but - straight sets in a Slam semi? Nooooooooooooooo!

Well for once in a very great long while it appears that finals will be all about the women for me. I'm glad to be interested in them, and would have been anyway - but not cause the rest of it is shit.

[harry24]

As painful as it is to watch Rog get beaten like this, I've been grudgingly feeling for some time that it's a shame that two players as extraordinary as Murray and Djokovic haven't been quite able to fulfill their ability

Plus, I'm feeling optimistic about Fed continuing to develop and improve.