Re: The Wimbledon Thread - anyone for tennis?

by lardbucket Wed 08 Jul 2015, 09:15

'Leconte' ... good nickname for Henry on this French forum?

by PeterCS Wed 08 Jul 2015, 11:53

The Count of Mighty Ozto?

by taipan Wed 08 Jul 2015, 16:41

The pom is playing well

by Guest Wed 08 Jul 2015, 19:21

The Frenchman chokes on schedule.

by Guest Wed 08 Jul 2015, 19:57

Well I never. What a match.

by PeterCS Wed 08 Jul 2015, 23:46

What, the choked breathed again, you mean?

by JGK Thu 09 Jul 2015, 00:50

This is going to be so predictable.

Joker will crush the Frog who is there because he has choked slower than his opponents in the last 2 matches.

Murray in 4 over Fed.

Murray lose in 4 in the final after jagging the third set in a tie breaker.

by skully Thu 09 Jul 2015, 01:12

Can you lay a pineapple on that scenario?

by JGK Thu 09 Jul 2015, 01:20

skully wrote:Can you lay a pineapple on that scenario?

Meh. It's probably paying about evens. Hardly worth it.

by beamer Thu 09 Jul 2015, 15:11

Muggy makes the final... have to admit I hadn't even heard of her before this tournament.

The effective women's final is next. Although given Maria hasn't beaten Serena for a decade, maybe they should just give Williams the trophy now. Sleep

by Guest Thu 09 Jul 2015, 15:59

Muggy is quite tasty.

by Henry Thu 09 Jul 2015, 16:20

I think I'd rather eat rusty nails than watch Serena v Sharapova.

by beamer Thu 09 Jul 2015, 19:35

One Murray into a final, at least...

by JGK Fri 10 Jul 2015, 17:44

The Scot saves a set point which would have put him two sets down.

by JGK Fri 10 Jul 2015, 18:24

The Scot loses in straight sets. Sublime from Federer.

by Guest Fri 10 Jul 2015, 20:48

I can't adequately describe how much I would love it if Fed wins on Sunday. Would be such a beautiful and historic sporting moment. Oldest finalist for 41 years apparently.

I know every other English forummer will spit on me for saying this but I would give up the Ashes to see Fed lift the title on Sunday. He won't be around forever but there will always be the Ashes and we will win again one day. This could be his last Grand Slam final.

And also about 7 years after PearlJ said he would never win another slam, incidentally.

by beamer Fri 10 Jul 2015, 22:20

Hope he can get one last title... though maybe it wouldn't even be that, on this sort of form it wouldn't surprise me if he's still challenging at the business end of things at 40. Everyone's been writing him off since Nadal dethroned him at Wimbledon in 2008, and he's kept proving people wrong.

Proof of tennis's timewarp: no male player born in the 90s has yet reached a Grand Slam final. The first player born in the 80s did so in 2000.

by lardbucket Sat 11 Jul 2015, 00:14

What Vilky said.

by PeterCS Sat 11 Jul 2015, 01:33

You'd even let Australia win the Ashes to allow Fed to lift the trophy, you mean?

by lardbucket Sat 11 Jul 2015, 01:39

I'd even bet your house on it.

by PeterCS Sat 11 Jul 2015, 01:44

That's frightfully ungenerous of you, old fruit.

^ [needs an MCC duffer voice.]

by lardbucket Sat 11 Jul 2015, 01:46

Bacon and egg tie, a Pimms in hand, and Waldorf eyebrows.

by PeterCS Sat 11 Jul 2015, 01:49

Blofeld?

Or some other wizard, not of Oz?

by Ethics? The Gall! Sat 11 Jul 2015, 02:52

PeterCS wrote:You'd even let Australia win the Ashes to allow Fed to lift the trophy, you mean?

much as i dislike federer that would be acceptable

cos i dislike djokovic even more

by JGK Sat 11 Jul 2015, 03:30

HTF can you dislike Federer?

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