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*Official* Tennis Thread

Niall

Niall

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I have seen worse matches, but pleased that we did not have a fifth set and happy that Sam is gone. Nice lad I assume, but would have been a waste of everyone's time in the final, Cilic has the potential to somewhat trouble Federer and would be favourite against Berdych.
 
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vogue

vogue

International Vice-Captain
Uppercut said:
Yeah so cringe to hear the commentators gush about the quality of the tennis when it's so obviously the lowest standard in a Wimbledon semi-final in decades. You could serve John Inverdale a turd on a plate and he'd call it a masterpiece.
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I'm not sure why he even is asked to commentate at Wimbledon..

So, still hoping for a Federer/Cilic final.
 
MW1304

MW1304

Cricketer Of The Year
Berdych had a couple of glaring chances in the first two sets that he completely squandered. Bit of an if only for him.
 
vcs

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Uppercut said:
Yeah so cringe to hear the commentators gush about the quality of the tennis when it's so obviously the lowest standard in a Wimbledon semi-final in decades. You could serve John Inverdale a turd on a plate and he'd call it a masterpiece.
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Was commentating more about the style rather than the quality, but yeah, the quality wasn't particularly brilliant either. The style of play was rather one-dimensional as well.

I don't know if I'd call it the lowest standard semi-final in decades.. there was that Hewitt-Nalbandian year. Quite a while back though.

Jerzy Janowicz reached the semifinal in 2013 I think, and Berdych reached the semi last year. Didn't watch that match but by the statistics it appeared like he played a poorer match compared to his effort today. Still a long way from beating the top guys in an important match though.

Federer didn't play as well as he did against Raonic, but Berdych did a decent job of getting his returns in deep and putting him under some pressure, I thought.
 
vogue

vogue

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Muguruza breaks against Williams.. wonder if she can hold ?

And she does..
 
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vogue

vogue

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Williams going down 0-6 in the second didn't take long..and a rather subdued finish. Pity for Venus as I would have liked to see her win.
Congratulations to Muguruza.
 
MW1304

MW1304

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Great stuff Garbiñe. After toughing out the first set that was completely deserved.

Shame for Venus to get bageled but there ya go.
 
grecian

grecian

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Lillian Thomson said:
Great tennis for the first 10 games........... Muga's been my tip for a few years. Hopefully she'll become more consistent.
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Doesn't really need to be that consistent if she keeps on performing in Slams, Nowadays 23 is young in tennis and she's won 2 slams and made another final, who cares what she does at WTA level really. 4 titles, 2 of them slams.

great 1st set, painful 2nd set, shame for Venus, but Garbine is an interesting character, quite sarky as well, which obviously I like. Also happy with her comeback from the French, where her comeback to Kiki M was legendary snark and well-deserved.
 
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Lillian Thomson

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grecian said:
Doesn't really need to be that consistent if she keeps on performing in Slams, Nowadays 23 is young in tennis and she's won 2 slams and made another final, who cares what she does at WTA level really. 4 titles, 2 of them slams.

great 1st set, painful 2nd set, shame for Venus, but Garbine is an interesting character, quite sarky as well, which obviously I like. Also happy with her comeback from the French, where her comeback to Kiki M was legendary snark and well-deserved.
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I meant in the Slams. Her record is quite poor aside from the wins. Of course she'd rather win a few and be otherwise inconsistent than continually making the last four without winning, There's no reason why she can't do well at the US Open but so far she hasn't.
 
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