Re: The Wimbledon Thread

by PlanetPakistan Mon 30 Jun 2008, 15:42

Darn!
Nadal has injured his knee in only the 2nd game of the match. Terrible stuff

by Basil Mon 30 Jun 2008, 20:42

Andy Murray now on BBC1 - 2 sets to one down, but 4 - 2 up in the fourth.

by PearlJ Mon 30 Jun 2008, 20:45

Good match this. Into the final set.

by Basil Mon 30 Jun 2008, 20:46

2 sets each

by Henry Nolonga Mon 30 Jun 2008, 20:49

Gasquet seems to be choking.

by JKLever Mon 30 Jun 2008, 20:52

Blowing a Gasquet...

by PearlJ Mon 30 Jun 2008, 20:54

JKLever wrote:Blowing a Gasquet...

That's the Sun headline if Murray wins....

by Basil Mon 30 Jun 2008, 20:55

JKLever wrote:Blowing a Gasquet...

I'd rather not.

by JKLever Mon 30 Jun 2008, 21:33

And Murray wins it....

by Ash Mon 30 Jun 2008, 21:35

what a match what a comeback !! cheers

by JKLever Mon 30 Jun 2008, 21:44

And for his reward he gets the prize of being gubbed by Nadal....

by holcs Mon 30 Jun 2008, 22:21

Nadal, fitness permitting will dump him out.

But fair play to the boy, he showed some fight although I think the frenchmen got jelly legs at the thought of winning. Typical!!

Anyway, yet another pointless 1/4 final slot for a Brit at Wimbledon!

by Big_Bad_Bob Tue 01 Jul 2008, 00:35

Fantastic match. Not sure I can remember a better comeback than that.

Can't see him taking a set off Nadal mind - pretty unlucky for Murray to end up in the same quarter really - I think he'd have had a better shot at taking down Federer just at the moment.

Ah well - it's progress for him anyway, and it's good to see him fit enough to be able to slug it out in the 5th.

He's got more bottle than I credited him with too.

Will he ever compete with the very best? Probably not, but he might just win a Slam by accident one day if the top players all blow up at the same time as they have in this year's women's championship.

by Winkle Spinner Tue 01 Jul 2008, 00:36

The Ancic comeback earlier in the day was better than that. Fantastic day of tennis, though.

by Zat Tue 01 Jul 2008, 00:55

holcs wrote:Anyway, yet another pointless 1/4 final slot for a Brit at Wimbledon!

Anyone able to say when the last time a Brit outlasted all the Americans and Australians in the singles draw of a Grand Slam tournament?

by JKLever Tue 01 Jul 2008, 00:57

Zat wrote:
holcs wrote:Anyway, yet another pointless 1/4 final slot for a Brit at Wimbledon!
Anyone able to say when the last time a Brit outlasted all the Americans and Australians in the singles draw of a Grand Slam tournament?

Got to be either Henman or Rusedski hasn't it?

by JKLever Tue 01 Jul 2008, 01:07

2004 French Open
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_French_Open_-_Men%27s_Singles

Henman got to the semis along with 3 Argies...

by Zat Tue 01 Jul 2008, 01:09

Not as long ago as I would've thought.

by Big_Bad_Bob Tue 01 Jul 2008, 01:11

Winkle Spinner wrote:The Ancic comeback earlier in the day was better than that. Fantastic day of tennis, though.

Very, very debatable.

Having lost the third set 6-3, I'm pretty sure that Verdasco can't have served for the match against Ancic at 2-0 up on sets, never having had his serve broken, and only been subject to a single breakpoint in the match up to that point!

by JKLever Tue 01 Jul 2008, 01:20

Zat wrote:Not as long ago as I would've thought.

Aye, amuses me the way people in this country deride Henman.

Wait till our tennis is back to the shit it was in the 80's/early 90's and they'll be gagging for someone as good as him. Sure he wasn't quite good enough to win a Slam event but he was still a top 10 player for years.

by Big_Bad_Bob Tue 01 Jul 2008, 01:22

JKLever wrote:
Zat wrote:Not as long ago as I would've thought.

Aye, amuses me the way people in this country deride Henman.

Wait till our tennis is back to the shit it was in the 80's/early 90's and they'll be gagging for someone as good as him. Sure he wasn't quite good enough to win a Slam event but he was still a top 10 player for years.

Concur.

by Zat Tue 01 Jul 2008, 01:23

It's OK, Murray can now inherit his mantle of being not quite good enough to win a slam.

by Winkle Spinner Tue 01 Jul 2008, 01:24

True. But that last set was absolutely epic. They were both squared off, daring each other to be the one to blink first. Compelling stuff. Either could have won it pretty much every other game.

Ancic was dead and buried in the fourth set, then won five straight games.

Maybe it's just because I don't like Murray.

by JKLever Tue 01 Jul 2008, 01:25

Murray isn't in Henmans class...

by PeterCS Tue 01 Jul 2008, 01:26

But he's too good to hurry.

Mint., in fact

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