Sleeper Pick or, “The Mess I Woke Up To”
“Next year, I’ll bring the schmear!”
I’ll be honest. Living on the east coast, I haven’t stayed up for a ton of tennis over the last two weeks. Don’t get me wrong; I get to watch the day session, only to typically spend the night doing what one ought to be doing at night time anyway: sleeping. Most of the matches I’ve slept through have turned out to be neutral fare; it’s safe to say there hadn’t been any Djokovic/Wawrinka-style epics thus far (too soon?). Even if there were, there’s always Twitter to catch me up.
Boy, did y’all do me a solid tonight.
WE DID IT TOGETHER YOU GUYS. pic.twitter.com/sXUarrVEnJ
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Courtney Nguyen (@FortyDeuceTwits) January 30, 2015For those who lived through this aggressively bad match, a fair warning: this may trigger some of your presumably fast-developing PTSD.
For those who slept, this is what I woke up to:
Weird stuff from Djokovic. Did someone slip him a crouton? Huffing/puffing, playing up and down tennis. Feels like 2010 again #AusOpen
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Nick McCarvel (@NickMcCarvel) January 30, 2015Gluten humor. We’re off to a good start.
“I hit, he hit, yadda yadda yadda, and I guess I won.”
Djokovic had no idea he won third set, was hanging back behind the baseline waiting for balls. Even he doesn't want to watch this. #AusOpen
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Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) January 30, 2015It’s like Federer’s still with us, you guys.
this match right now.. http://t.co/WtrOijnE8o
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Matt (@puntdotcom) January 30, 2015It’s at this point when the collective fear starts to set in.
W/UE ratio so far: 20/33 for Novak, 28/50 for Wawrinka. #highqualitystuff
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Harry (@_harry91) January 30, 2015I believe the term is "fugly"
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Ed McGrogan (@EdMcGrogan) January 30, 2015Jokes on jokes.
Can't wait till John McEnroe calls this match one of the best he's ever seen at the French Open
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Nick Nemeroff (@NNemeroff) January 30, 2015Take it away, Judge Judy.
Look, not ALL of the tennis was bad…
Stan serves it out. We’re going five!
Sorry, BritBrit. pic.twitter.com/xIG5RGShRn
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Courtney Nguyen (@FortyDeuceTwits) January 30, 2015…just most of it.
Djokovic hit 0 winners and 14 unforced errors in the fourth set. I repeat, Djokovic hit 0 winners and 14 unforced errors in the fourth set.
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Tumaini (@tumcarayol) January 30, 2015Keeping the stat sheet clean and easy to follow, as always.
Wait. #men
"I've made a huge mistake..." http://t.co/qrjsHJpOSc
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Roo (@roobynVC) January 30, 2015“…I think I left the oven on!”
5-0 Novak. pic.twitter.com/KoV87oq4f7
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Courtney Nguyen (@FortyDeuceTwits) January 30, 2015Even waking nightmares must come to an end.
Just because something goes 5 sets doesn't mean it's "epic." Here are epics:
1. Iliad
2. Odyssey
3. Bridget Jones
4. that one Nadal/Federer
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Jason (@Hurleytennis) January 30, 2015You don’t mean this one, right?
It is finished. And now we must explain it to the children. pic.twitter.com/6dc1rUwuDU
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Courtney Nguyen (@FortyDeuceTwits) January 30, 2015“..and don’t think for one second
that this means we love you less.
KNOW that it means that.”
And so we end the match as it began: laughing through the crippling exhaustion.
What was your favorite moment of Djokovic/Warinka III? Sound off in the comments!
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