# 2011 French Open \[TENNIS\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 20, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611 "2011-05-20T19:20:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/101 "2011-06-03T14:41:33Z")
I think it sucks that NBC is televising the semis on tape delay. If Rafa wins, I’ll be rooting for either Novak or Roger to win the French. I never have like Nadal and it probably because of his nervous twitches and the ever-present wedgie that he apparently has. But there is no denying his talent or worldwide popularity. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/102 "2011-06-03T16:57:53Z")
Wow, Fed and Djoker are seriously playing a solid first set. These guys both really want the win. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/103 "2011-06-03T16:59:09Z")
This one has been great so far. They’re going to a tiebreak now. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/104 "2011-06-03T16:59:28Z")
Tiebreaker for the 1st set. These guys are under tremendous pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/105 "2011-06-03T17:02:06Z")
Wow, a monster point in the tie break. Epic match. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/106 "2011-06-03T17:02:59Z")
7 pm local time and the first set (an hour long) is not over yet. If this match goes 5 sets (or even 4) they probably will not complete it today. 9:30 pm local time is about the latest they can play IIRC. Shitty timing by TPTB at the French Open. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/107 "2011-06-03T17:07:54Z")
Good Lord, this tiebreak is tense. What a match. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/108 "2011-06-03T17:09:14Z")
Fed wins the first set! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/109 "2011-06-03T17:10:32Z")
Djokovic puts a forehand in the net and Federer takes the set, 7-5 in the tiebreak. They’re both playing great here. Federer finished the set with 23 winners and 12 errors, and Djokovic had 18 and 10. > [@notfrommensa](#): > > Shitty timing by TPTB at the French Open. Or they could’ve just set up some freaking lights. They’re not going to have those for several more years. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/110 "2011-06-03T18:05:01Z")
Is “Hawkeye” not in use here? I keep seeing the umpire getting out of the chair to check ball marks. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/111 "2011-06-03T18:08:41Z")
Federer takes the second set 6-3, and he had a lot of other cracks at Djokovic’s second serve. Djokovic looks is up 2-0 in the third, but he frustrated and dispirited to me. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/112 "2011-06-03T19:13:56Z")
Novak showed up in the 3rd set and 4th set. Now serving for the 4th set. No chance of completing a 5th set today. They will probably quit for the day after this set if Novak can hold at 5-4. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/113 "2011-06-03T19:18:16Z")
Federer breaks to level the fourth at 5-5. I was sure they were going to call it there, but Federer is now serving. I guess they’re going to make them finish this set. It’s 9:17 over there and they’re playing without lights. This is a little ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/114 "2011-06-03T19:20:58Z")
I can excuse them for not having lights. I can’t excuse them for starting a 5 set tennis match at 6 pm local time, w/o lights. Stupid decision. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/115 "2011-06-03T19:23:38Z")
Right, I wouldn’t be complaining about the lights if they weren’t making them play this late without them. It doesn’t look that dark on TV, but trying to hit a tennis ball at 100 mph in the gloaming is difficult and it doesn’t do justice to the tennis they’ve played. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/116 "2011-06-03T19:31:57Z")
9:30 pm local time and they start a tie-breaker. Lets hope it is an epic Borg/McEnroe Tie-breaker. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/117 "2011-06-03T19:32:46Z")
Hell of a lunging serve return by Djokovic to get it to 2-2. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/118 "2011-06-03T19:34:40Z")
3-3. What tension. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/119 "2011-06-03T19:35:40Z")
Best match of 2011 so far. 5-3 Fed. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611/120 "2011-06-03T19:35:51Z")
An ace from Federer and then a huge serve - it’s 6-3, triple match point! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-french-open-tennis/582611.md?page=7)