*Official* Tennis Thread

[roseboy64]

I think Federer's obviously the favourite. Roddick may pose a challenge as well as Safin and I'm thinking Hewitt too.

 

[Simon]

id be surprised if Safin makes it to the last 16....

 

[Simon]

is anyone else as excited as me about wimbledon?!?!
its gonna be another long night...

 

[Mister Wright]

is anyone else as excited as me about wimbledon?!?!
its gonna be another long night...

I can't get excited about Wimbledon until well into the 2nd week. I have exams until Tuesday. Hopefully my two Aussie mates will still be pounding the grass then.

 

[_Ed_]

I'm definitely excited about it. Doesn't start til midnight here though, and big day of studying for my Thursday exam tomorrow so can probably only watch a couple of matches tonight.

 

[Mister Wright]

Has anyone been on the official Wimbledon site? Is is just my computer or does everyone else get a really small font on the site? Does anyone know if/how I can change it to be larger?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Definitely your PC - there should be a Text Size changing option in your browser's view menu somewhere.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Has anyone been on the official Wimbledon site? Is is just my computer or does everyone else get a really small font on the site? Does anyone know if/how I can change it to be larger?

It's quite small, but still readable IMO.

What browser are you using? Assuming Firefox, press Ctrl and the + button and it should get larger.

 

[Mister Wright]

It's quite small, but still readable IMO.

What browser are you using? Assuming Firefox, press Ctrl and the + button and it should get larger.

It's readable, but a struggle.

I have to use Internet Explorer.

 

[Mister Wright]

Don't panic everyone, I managed to fix it...phew.

 

[Mister Wright]

Federer & Hewitt win their first sets - 6-4 & 6-3 respectively.

 

[_Ed_]

And both went on to win comfortably, Federer 6-4 6-2 6-4 and Hewitt 6-3 6-3 6-1.

Msykina had a bit of a fright before winning 5-7 7-6 6-4.

First upset of the tournament: Patty Schnyder out in the first round to Antonella Serra Zanetti, 6-4 6-7 6-3

 

[Mister Wright]

Phillipousis wont even win a set is my prediction...

same here

You were saying....

 

[Anil]

You were saying....

he is facing safin in the 2nd round...who do you think will win that tussle?

 

[Mister Wright]

he is facing safin in the 2nd round...who do you think will win that tussle?

Newcombe thinks The Poo will win that one. Had The Poo had a tough five setter I would say Safin in a canter, but Safin is no certainty on Grass, and The Poo loves the turf at Wimbledon, it won't be as easy for Safin as some think.

 

[Simon]

nwec thought scott draper would be davydenko, the aussie comentators are so biased its not even worth taking into account what they say.
having said that i give the poo a big chance against Safin...

 

[Sudeep]

Serena just lost the first set 7-6 (14-12). Absolutely amazing play by Haynes. Hope she can capitalize on throwing Serena off her play.

 

[sledger]

henman scrapes through in predictably needlessy difficult performance

 

[V Reddy]

Serena just lost the first set 7-6 (14-12). Absolutely amazing play by Haynes. Hope she can capitalize on throwing Serena off her play.

What happ to Espn-Star nowadays. They cut off the telecast after the first set... damn

Man.. what a blockbuster lineup tomorrow on the centre court . Very difference from the one sided matches we normally get to see on the centre court on the first week. Ofcourse now that i said it.. all of them could turn out to be damp squibs
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Mark Philippoussis (AUS) vs. Marat Safin (RUS)[5]
Sania Mirza (IND) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[5]
Joachim Johansson (SWE)[11] vs. Greg Rusedski (GBR)

 

[Sudeep]

What happ to Espn-Star nowadays. They cut off the telecast after the first set... damn

Apparently, they've marred by their obsessive urge to show the new sense of nincompoopery they've picked up.