*Official* Tennis Thread

[vogue]

Wish Mauresmo- Safina would hurry up and finish already

...and so do we all...!

... the Murray match about to start,interesting they decided to keep the roof on... hope its a three set one... I'm running in a couple of hours!

 

[Jono]

Good win by Karlovic.

Hewitt dominating here. A break up in the 5th. Completely turned the match.

His mental strength in such situations is amazing. Commentary has been woeful at times though. Cheerleading at its worst.

Roddick vs. Berdych should be awesome.

Wawrinka paying $11 against Murray

 

[Jono]

Haha, Hewitt in 5.

What a collossal collapse from Stepanek. 1, 2, 2 in the last three sets.

Newcombe just guaranteed that Hewitt would beat Roddick. Lol.

 

[superkingdave]

Wawrinka started well. Looks like he's got his gameplan sorted. Murray is serving like a drain, and is being dictated to nearly every point, think that was his first winner there.

 

[superkingdave]

Geez, considering how well he's been serving in this tournament so far, he must be serving about 20% First serves today if that. Goes a double break down.

Comms trying to make excuses with the roof...no he's just playing ****

 

[vogue]

Wawrinka started well. Looks like he's got his gameplan sorted. Murray is serving like a drain, and is being dictated to nearly every point, think that was his first winner there.

..Wawrinka playing well here and going 3-0 up...breaking Murray twice and making Murray look pretty poor...

 

[social]

Wawrinka started well. Looks like he's got his gameplan sorted. Murray is serving like a drain, and is being dictated to nearly every point, think that was his first winner there.

First time I've seen Murray on grass

Obviously has massive ground strokes but his service would want to pick up a heap if he is to really trouble the top guys - mid 80s second serve is woman's tennis

 

[Jono]

Juan Carlos Ferrero winding the clock back

 

[vogue]

This guy is just outplaying Murray... and Murray will have to change his game radically if he wants any chance at all...

 

[superkingdave]

...and so do we all...!

... the Murray match about to start,interesting they decided to keep the roof on... hope its a three set one... I'm running in a couple of hours!

Looking like you might get your 3 set match at the moment

Murray's got nothing at the moment, being absolutely dominated in the rallies and can't get his first serve in. Basically relying on UE's to win a game.

 

[vogue]

Looking like you might get your 3 set match at the moment

Murray's got nothing at the moment, being absolutely dominated in the rallies and can't get his first serve in. Basically relying on UE's to win a game.

... sat watching the match in my running gear,waiting for Murray to show a little sign of something...and its not forthcoming...could see him go out to this guy....

 

[Jono]

"This guy" is a seriously good player who has been improving for a long time. I'm a big fan of Murray, and he'll likely still get up IMO, but Wawrinka should not be underestimated.

For him to be paying $11 was ridiculous.

 

[Jono]

Commentators saying how Wawrinka is good friends with Federer, his Swiss compatriot, and he'd have given him advice on how to beat Murray.

Would have thought Wawrinka would have preferred to consult someone with a winning record over Murray instead

 

[Jono]

Stop showing the same ****ing Brit teenage fans wearing cowboy hats every winning shot of Murray!

 

[superkingdave]

Level now...good job he managed to start hitting his first serves and actually hit some winners as well. Wawrinka getting treatment as well.

 

[Jono]

Murray's played smart. Just hung in there. Wawrinka not getting his backhand winners in anymore.

 

[vogue]

"This guy" is a seriously good player who has been improving for a long time. I'm a big fan of Murray, and he'll likely still get up IMO, but Wawrinka should not be underestimated.

For him to be paying $11 was ridiculous.

... I wasn't underestimating Wawrinka at all....even tho I called him 'this guy' ,there is no underestimation of his ablities at all!! ..

 

[superkingdave]

Murray hitting copious unforced errors here, don't think i've ever seen him find the net as much as in this set.

Wawrinka has been hitting the ball so deep, just hitting a bit too deep at the moment, the standard has dropped from both players this set.

Lol as I type that Wawrinka wins a great point

 

[Jono]

... I wasn't underestimating Wawrinka at all....even tho I called him 'this guy' ,there is no underestimation of his ablities at all!! ..

Yeah fair enough. Just a little annoyed in how lightly everyone has been treating him. One of the Australian commentators was shocked when Mark Woodforde said Wawrinka was much better than Gulbis, and questioned him why. Was ridiculous.

Speaking of ridiculous, Channel 9 just cut coverage. Disgusted right now. This is Wimbledon FFS! Second to the Ashes in tradition of being aired here in Aust, yet we're putting up with this ****.

 

[vogue]

Murray takes the third..showing a bit of a fight here..Murray still only getting 42% of his first serves in...pretty poor figure