*Official* Tennis Thread

[superkingdave]

skd, do you doubt Murray every tournament on purpose

Haha..i'm just a natural pessimist...I do think his first round opponent is quite dangerous though, a decent serve volleyer after that he'll likely have something like Gulbis/Troicki/Safin/Simon/Roddick...i'm sure he'd take that if offered it.

 

[Mister Wright]

Nadal withdraws from Wimbledon

 

[Simon]

Interesting draw, disapointed Kohlschrieber has been drawn to play Federer in the thrid round. Haas' draw is semi decent, potentially Cilic third round, Blake 4th and Djokovic quarters, all winable.
Top section of the draw is definitely weakest, pretty much between Roddick or Del Potro but Wimbledon usually throws up a surprise, so if an outside is making the semis its from that section.

 

[ohtani's jacket]

Am I right in assuming Nadal will lose all of his Wimbledon points from last year?

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Am I right in assuming Nadal will lose all of his Wimbledon points from last year?

I'm pretty sure he does, which means Federer regains No. 1 if he wins.

 

[Jono]

Worst day ever.

 

[Simon]

I'm pretty sure he does, which means Federer regains No. 1 if he wins.

Thats correct, also if Murray wins the tournament and Federer falls before the quarters I think it is then Murray would go to 2nd and Federer to 3rd.

 

[grecian]

Aww, Laura Robson to prove herself to be a genuine Brit tennis star by losing a match when she was a set and a break up.....

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Blake two sets down to Seppi.

 

[Mister Wright]

Wimbledon, by far, have the best live stats of all the grand slams.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Blake gaawn

 

[vogue]

...just switched over to BBC2 to get a quick see of the Sharapova/Kutuzova match....

screeching must be driving the people watching to despair .......back to the Federer match for me....

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Blake gaawn

5-0 to 5-7. That's a quality choke.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Söderling doing his best Karlović impression at the moment. Nowhere near returning serve.

edit: saves four set points with an ace, an almost ace, and serve-and-volley. Can take pressure, can Robban.

edit 2: fifth set point goes long. My prediction holding.

 

[vogue]

..Beck disposes of Lopez in an entertaining 5 setter....

 

[Matt79]

Federer through. The guy in Oz who bet $800,000 for an $8000 return doesn't have to have an awkward conversation with his accountant tomorrow.

 

[Matt79]

Now watching Sharapova play what appears to be her uglier stunt double, muted of course.

 

[vogue]

bit of an interesting game getting going here.... Djokovic losing the first set in his opening match....

 

[Magrat Garlick]

bit of an interesting game getting going here.... Djokovic losing the first set in his opening match....

and in Norway, they're showing Federer vs Lu on delay.

Back to radio.

 

[vogue]

and in Norway, they're showing Federer vs Lu on delay.

Back to radio.

...kinda interesting game to have on.... Djokovic not looking too comfortable in the second set,not settling well....