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I always feel Wimbledon under-reports UE statistics.
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*Official* Tennis Thread
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honestbharani
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Yeah amazing someone has such good numbers and still lost. Predictably a 5 set thriller though. 
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Average ages for breaking through are increasing, and careers are lengthening. Muller is playing his career-best tennis at 34. Mischa Zverev is playing his career-best tennis and he's fairly old now. Federer and Nadal don't look like going away any time soon. Ferrer was playing at a high level until quite recently. Wawrinka also has been a late bloomer.
It's quite a contrast when you consider that McEnroe, Wilander, Becker, Edberg etc. were more or less done winning Slams at 25 or so. Borg retired at 25. Sampras really struggled after 2000 except for a couple of US Open runs. I think it is good to see great players having longevity and the hunger to carry on. The younger ones just need to get to their level rather than waiting for them to go away.
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Modern fitness levels mean the age till when players can be at their best is getting higher and higher. The issue will be more on the mental fatigue side than the physical alone, I feel. And Sachin made a great point that post 30, the recovery time your body needs becomes longer. So it is possible to keep going at the highest level as long as you take care of your body and schedule till the late 30s, I feel.
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Was one of the most enjoyable matches I have seen in ages. Both played so well.
Lillian Thomson
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Wimbledon starting today with Djoko under the roof. I don't know what the forecast is but I wonder if they might end up playing all five singles matches on Centre Court today if the rain continues for too long.
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Depending on length of the mens game it could be very possible. Be much better to do that than have the games on court 1 on and off all day with loads of stoppages.
vogue
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Well Djokovic 4-1 up in 17 minutes..could be very short game..
Niall
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Was deemed more worthy of a main court than Kerber v Mugu
OverratedSanity
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Really want Venus to win it
Lillian Thomson
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Although she isn't British Konta does at least sound surprisingly like the Queen is her aunt Betty after five years. Can't stand Navratilova in the commentary box droning on about nothing.
grecian
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This is going to get pretty tiresome, been here since she was 14, a dozen years, chose to play for us, has been in our system, much more British than many cricleters.
Unless she loses to the hobbit, then she can go back to been Australian-Hungarian obviously, as is the tradition.
Niall
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Bar one double fault, twas class from Simona, Konta making some costly errors now.
grecian
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Yep, just hit 4 UE's when she was 15-40 too, she's a Brit okay.
Magrat Garlick
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how: class everything that isn't a literal shank as a forced error.