Wimbledon 2011 thread 20 June - 3 July

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WTF Nadal? If he's missing smashes, something is not right.

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Two break points for Djokovic. Awesome tennis.

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Brilliant from Djokovic again. 2-0 he leads.

:bow:

[Master Splinter]

Murray was in this position too.........

But Djokovic has taken advantage now.

[Özim]

Nadal getting outplayed, Djokovic has been immense so far.

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Fucking hell Djokovic.

[Cripps_orig]

Didnt even realise Djokovic had broken

Was posting on GW

Damn GW

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3-0. Four unbelievable games in a row.

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Djokovic finally puts an easy one wide. :lol:

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Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton on Twitter: (http://twitter.com/#%21/Joey7Barton) "Can't see Nadal losing but would love Djokovic to win this....":lol:

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Break point for Djokovic.

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Djokovic breaks and will serve for the second set. Amazing.

[Cripps_orig]

Someone do a drug test on Djokovic

He has never impressed me but he looks awesome today

[Özim]

Djokovic doing to Nadal what Nadal did to Federer.

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Three set points for Djokovic.

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And Djokovic takes it 6-1. That was an absolute annihilation.

[Özim]

This has been an awesome showing by Djokovic so far, Nadal can't compete with him from the baseline.

That's the only time I've ever seen Nadal outplayed from there, doesn't seem to have any answers.

[Master Splinter]

Surely Nadal will mount some sort of comeback.

Amazing from Djokovic so far.

This second set was one of the great sets in tennis.

[Cripps_orig]

Hoping Djokovic takes the 3rd as well now.

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Snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan on Twitter: (http://twitter.com/#%21/ronnieo147)"Novak is Nadal's daddy!!" :lol:

[Boss]

Quite impressed with Djokovic thrashing this pile of filth.

C'mon lad.

[Master Splinter]

Quite impressed with Djokovic thrashing this pile of filth.



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Break point for Nadal.

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Nadal does break and leads 2-0 in the third set.

[Cripps_orig]

Nadal back in it

FFS

[Master Splinter]

Djokovic is breaking his own record for ball bouncing today.

Deserves a code violation.

[Cripps_orig]

Anyone ever worked out why players look at 3 or 4 tennis balls before serving?

I remember Wossy (How he is missed, another shocker from the BBC) asking Murray and he said he only did it cos the others did it

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Anyone ever worked out why players look at 3 or 4 tennis balls before serving?

I remember Wossy (How he is missed, another shocker from the BBC) asking Murray and he said he only did it cos the others did it

They look for the ball that has less fluff on it, so to speak.

[Boss]

:unsure:

Quite dislike Nadal being better than the great man that is Federer.

Hope this is the end of him.

[Toronto Gooner]

Quite impressed with Djokovic thrashing this pile of filth.

C'mon lad.
What the f**k. Want to explain what you have against Nadal?

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Two break points for Nadal.

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One break point remaining.

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Deuce. Well played Djokovic.

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Adv. Nadal.

[Boss]

What the f**k. Want to explain what you have against Nadal?

Relies on pace and strength rather than technique and elegance.

Top player, probably the best in the world but Federer is far more classy.

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Double fault. Nadal will serve for the third set.

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Three set points for Nadal.

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And Nadal takes the third set 6-1.

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Break point for Nadal.

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Deuce.

[Toronto Gooner]

Relies on pace and strength rather than technique and elegance.

Top player, probably the best in the world but Federer is far more classy.
I would agree that the classiest and the best player I have seen is Federer. Personally, I hate the grunting as I see it as a deliberate attempt to put off the opponent.

However, Nadal has great technique. The ability to put the amount of spin on the ball that he does is almost unbelievable. The fact that Nadal has been able to adapt his clay court game to the other surfaces has to be acknowledged. Also, Nadal is not playing with his dominant hand: he is naturally right-handed.

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Djokovic holds, 1-0.

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Two break points for Djokovic.

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Djokovic breaks. Amazing defence, again. Djokovic leads 2-0 in the fourth set.

[Cripps_orig]

Just has to hold serve 4 times now and hes done it

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And break point for Nadal.

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Nadal flukes it. 2-1.

[Cripps_orig]

Nadal breaks back with a massive assist from the net

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3-3 in the fourth set.

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0-30 on Nadal's serve...

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Three break points. Stunning defence, how the hell he does it, I have no idea.

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Two break points. Just about. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Djokovic breaks and serves for the Championship

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Djokovic breaks and will serve for the Championship!!

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Not the kind of shot you want when you're serving it out. :lol:

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30-15.

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Championship point!

[Cripps_orig]

Djokovic wins

6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3

Cant wait for the US open

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Djokovic wins 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3!

:bow:

What a year. Unbelievable.

[Cripps_orig]

Novak :bow:

Hes won me over

Brilliant

[Özim]

Best player in the world wins Wimbledon against player who use to be the best.

Djokovic :bow:

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Nadal. :bow:

Djokovic. :bow:

Federer. :bow:

Bacon. :bow:

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Best player in the world wins Wimbledon against player who use to be the best.

Djokovic :bow:

I want to see the whole of that second set again. That was ridiculous.

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The BBC can't provide a mic that works for Nadal.

:doh:

[Cripps_orig]

The mic fucking up

BBC are having a shocker

Nadal will be back

[Cripps_orig]

Djokovic wont win as many slams as Federer or Nadal but this year is something all Tennis fans will remember.

Its something special.

Reminds me of the Invincibles. We didnt win a CL and only won one trophy but going undefeated that long is something that will be remembered through the ages.

Novak :bow:

Invincibles :bow:

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And now they talk about Murray. :rolleyes:

[Master Splinter]

Djokovic :bow: :bow: :bow:

The second set :bow:

Some uncharacteristic errors from Nadal, but mostly due to the relentlessness of Djokovic.

Men's Tennis :bow:

Tennis :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jurgen Melzer in a final? Stange times.

[Master Splinter]

Jurgen Melzer in a final? Stange times.

He won the men's doubles here last year with Petzschner.

[Toronto Gooner]

Djokovic wont win as many slams as Federer or Nadal but this year is something all Tennis fans will remember.

Its something special.
Maybe so, but I think that we might have seen the changing of the guard. I wonder how soon it will be before Djokovic wins his first French and U.S. titles.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He won the men's doubles here last year with Petzschner.

That somehow passed me by.

Anyway, Davis Cup ties up next. :popcorn:

[Master Splinter]

SuBa says no-one was talking about Djokovic before Wimbledon :haha:.

Maybe Castle wasn't. But if you weren't talking about the guy who won the Australian Open and had lost one match all year - beating Nadal four times in the process - as a contender, you were probably insanse.

[Toronto Gooner]

SuBa says no-one was talking about Djokovic before Wimbledon :haha:.

Maybe Castle wasn't. But if you weren't talking about the guy who won the Australian Open and had lost one match all year - beating Nadal four times in the process - as a contender, you were probably insanse.
I do not disagree, MS but many people were pointing to the loss to Federer at Roland Garros as showing that Djokovic was still not at the highest level. They dismissed the Australian Open and the other tournament wins.

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They're too afraid to rate anybody above Murray. Federer and Nadal? That's one thing but another guy ahead of Murray? :yikes:

Also, with regards to winning the US Open, well that's going to be a pretty hard call. I hope Del Potro shows what he did at Wimbledon there (and improves his ranking in the meantime too).

[Master Splinter]

They're too afraid to rate anybody above Murray. Federer and Nadal? That's one thing but another guy ahead of Murray? :yikes:



It's annoying when this myopia creeps into tennis. It's expected in football, but tennis presenters/commentators (apart from Castle) are not the dregs you find in the football world. I suspect being jingoistic is in their contracts though.

[Toronto Gooner]

It's annoying when this myopia creeps into tennis. It's expected in football, but tennis presenters/commentators (apart from Castle) are not the dregs you find in the football world. I suspect being jingoistic is in their contracts though.
As Canada gets the U.S. feed, we have to put up with the discussion about how the level of U.S. tennis has dropped. Conversely, it does mean that we get people like John and Patrick McEnroe, Brad Gilbert and Chris Evert doing colour commentary which is good. Both McEnroes and Gilbert are great for analysing a player's game, including weaknesses. Not that they are infallible as they were focussing on Nadal and Federer for the most part.

As for Murray, from what I have seen, he does not seem to really enjoy tennis and looks as if he is only doing it to please his mother!

[Cripps_orig]

Apparently Nadal suffered a hairline fracture on the foot he injured v Del Potro and could be out for 6 weeks.