Mo is one of the most loved umpires on the ATP. His great smile, charm, sense of humour, combined with his fearlessness to make overrules and command of the action on court.

Perhaps it was most fitting that he got to sit over the Isner-Mahut epic, in which he sat for 7 straight hours on the second day without a lunch, dinner, or bathroom break. Not to mention there were no challenges, so he had to be engaged on every single point. To even up the epicness, ESPN is now calling him “Number 1″, seeing him as one of the best, if not the best chair on the men’s side.

So how do we reward such epicness? Let’s help get him umpiring the men’s Wimbledon final on Sunday! You can go here to retweet my original tweet, which has … now been retweeted by both Jon Wertheim and Matt Cronin… and the @Wimbledon account itself!. Or if you want, retweet this entire post’s tweet. Let’s do this!

…On my beach at night.

Wow Marin, just wow. Doesn’t like Indian Wells hospitality? Misses his real coach? Tired from Davis Cup? Just simply doesn’t give a fuck?

Marin won one point in the first set tiebreak against GarLo, and then proceeded to not give a rat’s ass in the second set… quite honestly the worst lack of effort by a top 10 player that I’ve seen in a long time. I don’t know what the final unforced error count was for him in that set, but the number is probably too big for this blog.

I’d be tempted to say “oh, he’s tired from Davis Cup”… but it’s a WEEK later. He’s played a lot this year, no doubt, but dude, you’re a top 10 player, this is Indian Wells, a Masters tournament, this is what you get up in the morning for. Sad times.

This goofball also managed to eat a Fish bagel in the second set. Unless it’s salmon, whole grain, and cheese, sounds disgusting at best. Apparently Fish was arguing with Mo, however, and once you tip the Scales of Mo against you, there’s really not a whole lot you can do. Nole tossed a 2 (to go with his first set ‘stick) in the third and took it home. Good boy.

Nothing else too crazy for the dudes really, other than Gilles losing, which is unfortunately not too surprising these days. Poor guy. Rafa of course made a solid return, which is good. OOP today is far from delicious (or even as good as yesterday) however, the possible wind and drama might get the better of some players, so definitely keep a look out. Most of the interesting matches are on the ladies’ side (Caro/Kiri!). Can check the OOP here.

And by that, I mean this exact day in tennis. Which has 13 minutes left in my time zone, so it will therefore likely be over by the time this is even posted. Regardless, all new posts summing up the day’s action will go under “This Day In Tennis”. Sadly, work got in the way today.

Story of the day comes from the Koellererererer/Fergasm match. Koellererererer started complaining to Mo (did I mention NO ONE messes with Mo?) that he was cramping and needed a timeout. Mo wouldn’t give it to him. Cramping is considered a lack of conditioning, not a real injury, and there for injury timeouts aren’t allowed while play is going on. Koel then let Fer serve it out, and proceeded to bitch to Mo the entire changeover while receiving physio, apparently even calling him the “worst ump” he had seen in his “seven years on tour”. Um, no, moron. Incident happened once again later in the match, and he freaked once again. Still no stop in play allowed. Koel even had match point on Fergasm come the third set, but no worries, as Sven was around to make sure justice was kept in order, and the Scales Of Mo remained, as Fer held it off, and eventually served for it at 6-5, in which Koel cramped up again and was screaming out in pain. Tough luck dude, but rules are rules, and the Hammer of Sven will come down if you even dare mess with the Mo man.

In other Bastad news, Pico won in straights, serving a bagel in the first (atta boy), Melz and Almagro both moved on. In Stuttgart, Gilly dropped pretty easily to Zverez 64 62 (wtf dude, you don’t like clay, why you doing this to yourself?) Jeremy, Kief, and Koyla moved on, Foghat knocked out PHM via retirement, and Kohlswhatever lost to qualifier Kubot (badass name).

For the women, cause you’re SO excited, K-Bond and Benesova won, as well as two other chicks Ive never heard of (snore). Patty, Errani, Shvedova, and ALG all move on in Italy, presumably the quarters. Hasn’t Flavs won this yet ffs?

Expect slightly more in-depth and partially more interesting coverage over the next couple of days, but seriously not feeling it too well right now. But that’s fine, Dina will be back come Monday, and stuff will be fully out of control come August.

Did I mention I’m going to the Rogers Cup for four days in Toronto?