Re: The Wimbledon Thread - anyone for tennis?

[beamer]

How the bookies see it now:

Djokovic Evens
Murray 7/4
Del Potro 40
Berdych 55
Others available at 66 or above. Potty has to be worth a fiver at that price doesn't he?

Serena 1/4
Kvitova 14
Others 25+

[JGK]

And incredibly, Stakhovsky puts Federer out. And what looked like the toughest half of the draw you could imagine now looks like a cakewalk for Murray, with Tsonga and Cilic gone along with Nadal there's nobody else seeded above 15 left!

I suspect that's the last time Centre Court will see Federer, I can see him playing the US Open and maybe the Tour finals in London then calling it a day. Once he's no longer a realistic Slam contender it's hard to see him being motivated to go on.

Fed said he'll be back. Hopefully he won't be. He'll drop out of the top 4 now.

For the record, I had 15 on his opponent. So not a bad night at all.

[beamer]

They have to say they'll be back at this stage. Guess the rest of the year will make his mind up. How about a parallel with Sampras, who went out at the same stage of what turned out to be his last Wimbledon, then won the US Open before retiring? Then again, he didn't have rivals quite at the level of Djokovic and Murray on hard courts.

[Big Dog]

Hewitt gone.

Seems he only has one good game in him these days. He beats a seeded player first round & then goes out to a journeyman.

[JGK]

Yeah. should be the last Wimbledon for Fed and Hewitt (who have 8 titles between them).

[taipan]

Yeah.   should be the last Wimbledon for Fed and Hewitt (who have 8 titles between them).

And possibly Nadal.

[Henry]

I think Fed's got one more year left in him. And perhaps even one more grand slam. Never write off a champion like him. Remember when Sampras won the 2002 US Open? Most people didn't think he had it in him anymore.

[skully]

Crikey, some tall poppies have been lopped. Rafa, Fed, Sharapova.

[lardbucket]

Stosur still in it. Tomic still in it.

[lardbucket]

Tomic trying to choke.

[PeterCS]

Gagging?

What did he swallow?

[PeterCS]

Is it Tommick or Tomitch?

[lardbucket]

Usually pronounced Tomick here. Rightly or wrongly.

[PeterCS]

We had the same dilemma with Dokic, before Dock-Kick cleared off back to Dock-Itch country.


("dock" is Scots for arse)

[PeterCS]

So, have the Aussie papers already featured the headlines ...

A TOMIC POWER STATION - when he muscles another poltroon aside

TOMIC BOMBS - when he goes catastrophically arse over tip

TOMIC ANNIHILATION - when either of the above happens on a big stage

[PlanetPakistan]

Fed is 31 and with his style he can play for 4 or 5 more years.

[taipan]

Fed is 31 and with his style he can play for 4 or 5 more years.

By that logic Amir has 15 years left.

[beamer]

He won't want to play when he's no longer a contender for major titles though. It's not like team sports where you can sometimes find a new role as you age, it's all for yourself and there comes a time where that dominant form just isn't going to come back. He's been the best, or close to it, for 10 years so what motivation will he have to drag himself round the circuit getting knocked out early?

[PlanetPakistan]

He can make some new goals e.g at least 1 GS finals appearance a year

[lardbucket]

doubles

[baggygreen]

Oh yeah, this is on

In all these upsets no one's bothered to let Serena taste the same medicine. Disappointing.

[PeterCS]

Robbo getting wiped away like a skidmark in a toilet pan.

And if she doesn't wake up soon, the Kiwi will flush her away as if she was never there.

Farqin Aussie immigrant.

[lardbucket]

Tomic has choked.

[JGK]

Tomic just blew 4 set points to go 2 sets up.

[skully]

Tomic is such an erratic pea-heart.

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