largely irrelevant but massively awesome

[meretricula]

maybe two of you care, but nobody is awake so I'm posting. oh god, Laura Robson. LAURA ROBSON. you make everything 200% more awesome. Great Britain moves into the final with another fabulous mixed doubles win, and for the record? these two should play Wimbledon. England might actually explode from the excitement.

(ok, so they're going to get their asses handed to them in the final when they have to play actual doubles players, but still. holy god Laura Robson is actualfax making Andy Murray awesome by sheer force of personality.)

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[vlieger.livejournal.com]

i know i'm actually enjoying watching andy, and i'm really not a fan of him at all. the doubles today was so awesome. and omg looking forward to the final!

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

I only managed to catch the end of the tiebreak, but I really hope I can find a stream for the final. they are so cute!

[vlieger.livejournal.com]

for real. and tommy as well, god, he was too adorable for words yesterday :D

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

this is basically a dream final, no lie.

[vlieger.livejournal.com]

it is. although i did have a moment today where i wished they had dima playing for russia. but then that final kind of surpasses everything.

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

well, I mean, as much of a dream final as possible given the teams who played. I still can't believe there was no Team Serbia. Nole + JJ = fabulous show, for always. and Team Safin is the team of my heart. =D

[vlieger.livejournal.com]

yeah, exactly. ughh i still can't believe i won't ever see marat playing again! it's kind of depressing when you think about it. all the players i've grown up loving will start retiring in the next few years D:

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

aww, there will be new players to love, I promise! actually at this point there are too many players to love, I feel conflicted.

[vlieger.livejournal.com]

haha i know. i'll always have to have someone to follow and adore. idk, it's just i tend to get ridiculously attached to the ones i grow up with. it's the same with football, and arsenal; i love the current team to deth, but the one i grew up with will always be just that little bit more special, you know? lol idk, i'll shut up now.

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

no, I mean, when Rafa retires I will probably be utterly heartbroken, I understand. first love and all that. =)

[vlieger.livejournal.com]

exactly, same with me for roger. but you're right, i mean, i'm not depressed about arsenal being a different team. i just look back on the old one really, really fondly. so it's all good :D

[ifeelfinite.livejournal.com]

IAWT. Completely. Laura Robson is officially the only female tennis player I have ever taken an interest in thanks to her performance this past week. I caught the last match and half of tonight's... however, I still think Andy is a bit of an ass on and off court :\ Like he said, he kept trying to take balls from her and often fucked it up or left half the court wide open when she was doing a fantastic job. And he just seems so grumpy all the frickin' time. I mean, LIGHTEN UP. She does make up for him though :,) Love her. Can't wait for the final tomorrow~ I will be cheering for Laura and Tommy, despite them being on opposing teams.

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

I love a lot of ladies on tour, but Laura is such an adorable little bb, I hope she grows up to be even awesomer than she already is. and to give Mandy credit, his unique way of providing emotional support seems to be working great. she's not afraid of him at all, I think it makes her feel more confident that they can make fun of each other. =D

(oh, also, I love that you want to cheer for the half of each team that's hopelessly overmatched and inevitably going to lose. XP)

[ifeelfinite.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA WHAT YOU SAY?

I AM SO HAPPY SFSDNFSNGOSIGNSN!!!!!!!!

And now for mixed doubles. Best. Tournament. Ever.

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

LOLOLOL INORITE. I just got home from the bar in time to see Andy Murray lose the lead that Laura gave them, that moron. if they win he should have to give her his diamonds too, this is ridiculous.

go Team Adorable! you can do it!

[ifeelfinite.livejournal.com]

I was going to be so upset if there was no mixed doubles (but, uh, WHEN are the mixed doubles?! I don't want to miss anything!). Oh Tommy and Laura :') Such lovely and talented bbs.

btw Tommy is totally gay. He wants those diamond encrusted balls soooo much, LOL~

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

idk, but they have to give Tommy and Mandy "suitable rest" don't they? at least in proper tournaments, they'd never make someone play a doubles match right after finishing their singles. I'm trying to find a stream that works on my computer, grr.

ahahaha also their trophy is BALLS. DIAMOND ENCRUSTED BALLS. that's not Freudian at all!

[ifeelfinite.livejournal.com]

IT'S STARTING NOW! Veetle is streaming TTC in case you're not already using it! ;)

[ifeelfinite.livejournal.com]

http://www.veetle.com/viewChannel.php?cid=4b1c080ee2173

Just download the Veetle player and install-- this site is AWESOME. Such great quality.

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

haha yeah I found it a few minutes ago! it's way nicer than the streams I've been using before. =D

[ifeelfinite.livejournal.com]

TTC is almost always going, so I always use Veetle when I need to see a match that TTC has rights to. I also pay for TennisTV (like $100/yr graaa) but that stupid fucking site only shows ATP tournaments and doesn't even start coverage until Rotterdam.

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

shiny!

[likeviolins.livejournal.com]

YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES!

She is the cutest thing ever!

Anyone that can make the Muz smile has got some god powers!

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

she's like his sassy baby sister. I love that they're so mean to each other; I was really worried that Muzz would be a jerk to her and she would crumple, but she's totally winning the zinger competition.

please please please tennis gods that they can play mixed in the Slams this year. I would totally root for Muzz to win a Slam in mixed doubles.

[likeviolins.livejournal.com]

Wimby Final: Jamie/Jelena vs. Laura/Andy.

It would be the Grand Slam of Cute and Snark!

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

agreed =)

[aramley.livejournal.com]

Do you think if Mandy and Laura and JJ and Jamie played doubles against each other, it would tear a hole in the universe under the sheer weight of the cute?

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

very possibly, but if that could be the Wimbledon mixed doubles final I would be willing to risk it!