*Official* Tennis Thread

[vogue]

I’ll miss the match between Edmunds and Cilic tomorrow, but going to catch the Federer Chung one on Friday . May miss the better one which will be annoying.

 

[vcs]

He's also beaten him at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2011 and 2012. Good player, but he'll only beat the top 4 if he has a great day, AND they happen to have an off-day/injury etc. Maybe once in 10 attempts.

 

[Niall]

I’ll miss the match between Edmunds and Cilic tomorrow, but going to catch the Federer Chung one on Friday . May miss the better one which will be annoying.

TBH i am loking forward to the Federer v Chung match more than the other. I have lots of time for Kyle, but Chung is really special.

 

[Anil]

Well done to Chung for not having a letdown next match after a big win.



Be honest, would you want Nadal/Djokovic winning Slams if Federer got knocked out early?

I certainly wouldn't.

it's federer or leander paes for me, wouldn't want anyone else to win anything in tennis...

Anyway, it's not a gimme or anything for Federer, he has to overcome 3 opponents who will all be playing very well. People said the same at the WTF last year and then Goffin beat him, or the US Open 2014, where he lost to Cilic.

What I will say is that, over the course of his career, Federer has been better than the other two at avoiding upsets and taking any opportunities that come his way when draws open up, which is all credit to him.

if say chung beats zverev, djokovic, federer and cilic...he would be a more than deserving winner...so would cilic, he has already shown that at his best he can more than hold his own against the top players...

 

[Burgey]

Chung will be a much harder test as he's never played him.

At this point in his career, you've got to think Berdych just has too many mental scars facing Federer (and the other top guys) to beat them at the latter stages of a Major.

The post match with Federer was pretty instructive. Said he hasn’t really seen Chung play much, then went on a minute-long dissection of his game. Spare us, Roger. Of course you’ve been watching him.

 

[Burgey]

it's federer or leander paes for me, wouldn't want anyone else to win anything in tennis...h34r...

Was a Vijay Armitraj fan in the 80s. Loved his cameo in that Bond flick.

 

[Anil]

i was a huge vijay fan too in the 80s, he was a truly world class player at his best, beat all the top players of his time...just too inconsistent...and didn't make enough of an impact at majors...some of his davis cup battles in singles and doubles were epic...

 

[Burgey]

 

[ripper868]

Give me that Mahesh Bhupathi/Leander Paes vs Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde for days. Made doubles fun to watch.

 

[vcs]

This Halep-Kerber match is incredible.

Halep finally goes through.

 

[Niall]

Shame I missed it. Have loved the ladies side this year so many great matches and stories. The men side? Federer sleep walking his way to another slam. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

 

[morgieb]

Shame I missed it. Have loved the ladies side this year so many great matches and stories. The men side? Federer sleep walking his way to another slam. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

At least this year the bolters have come from genuine youngsters rather than complete randoms ala last year's US Open.

Unfortunately injuries have ****ed the tour and the generation after Nadal/Djokovic/Murray being terrible hasn't helped either, basically allowing Federer and Nadal to walk their ways towards titles when they're fit and all kinds of randoms winning stuff when they're not.

I think Chung could give Federer a bit of a fight though.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Yeah it is encouraging that the surprise players this time are young and not journeymen which you hope means it isn't a flash in the pan one off and they may develop into top players. The big thing is though that they will now have huge expectation on them after this last fortnight and the spotlight will be on them like never before, hopefully they can cope with it.

 

[_Ed_]

It already doesn't look like it's going to be Chung's night.

 

[vcs]

Federer was always going to jump out to a fast start. This set's gone for Chung, he needs to figure out a way back in the next set.

 

[StephenZA]

Unfortunately this looks like a blow out... Fed giving the young man a little bit of a lesson here.

 

[Burgey]

Chung. Time to go to school.

 

[Niall]

God men's tennis is so ****ing ****, another slam where Federer looks like cruising to a Slam. Hopefully Cilic is less of a disgrace than he was at the Wimbledon final, because if not then it will mean that the last 4 slams Federer and Nadal will have carved up between them without breaking sweat. Thank God for women tennis.

 

[vcs]

Actually 5, lol. I'm a Federer fan but this is a bit uncomfortable to watch. But Djokovic also got schooled by Federer first time they played in a Major in the Australian Open 2007 and he turned out fine.

 

[vcs]

Cilic will definitely put up a fight.