Wimbledon 2011 thread 20 June - 3 July

[Cripps_orig]

The draw takes place later on this week.

Starts next monday.

Predictions?

Mens - Nadal

Womens - Who cares. One of the Williams probably if they still play Tennis. Havent heard about them in a while

[Marc Overmars]

A guy at work as tickets to a semi final, might take him up on the offer.

[Master Splinter]

Britain's Andy Murray has been drawn against world number 56 Daniel Gimeno-Traver in the first round of Wimbledon.


Defending champion Rafael Nadal will open play on Centre Court on Monday against American Michael Russell.


John Isner will play Nicolas Mahut in a repeat of last year's record-breaking 11-hour match.


In the women's draw, top seed Caroline Wozniacki plays Arantxa Parra Santonja and reigning champion Serena Williams faces Aravane Rezai.


Serena and Venus Williams, winners between them of nine of the last 11 Wimbledon titles, have been drawn in opposite halves, setting up the possibility of a fifth final between the siblings.


Murray should have few problems with Gimeno-Traver, having beaten him in straight sets on hard court in Valencia two years ago, as well as on clay in a Futures tournament in 2005.


Gimeno-Traver, 25, lists clay as his favourite surface and has won just one match in two previous appearances at the All England Club.


British number two James Ward, a semi-finalist at Queen's Club last week, faces a tough opener against France's 19th seed Michael Llodra, while fellow wildcards Dan Cox and Dan Evans take on Sergiy Stakhovsky and Florian Mayer respectively.



Among the women, British number one Elena Baltacha has been drawn against a qualifier, while Heather Watson meets France's Mathilde Johnansson, Laura Robson plays German Angelique Kerber, and there is an all-British clash between Anne Keothavong and Naomi Broady.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/13807291.stm

Isner v Mahut again :lol: :haha: :doh:

Someone is surely taking the piss?!

Ward :rose:.

[Master Splinter]

Oh, and I predict Nadal and Li Na for the title.

Li Na :bow:.

[Özim]

I predict a p*ss easy run to the semi's for Murray.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Federer and Serena (I hope I am horribly wrong of the latter). I'd say Djokovic but I don't have the foggiest about how he'll be on grass, probably awesome if this season is anything to go by.

Whose side of the draw is Del Potro on, Djokovic's or Nadal's?

[Rors]

I will accept nothing less than 100-98 in the fifth for Isner - Mahut :sulk:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Isner and Mahut had best be doing endurance training.

[Master Splinter]

Nadal and Del Potro could meet in the third round :popcorn:.

The Nadal/Murray section looks slightly tougher.

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/ms/r1s1.html

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Federer could meet Nalbandian in the third round. :popcorn:

[Master Splinter]

Federer could meet Nalbandian in the third round. :popcorn:
6-0 6-0 6-1 tbh.

Not to Nalbandian.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fed. :rose:

Couldn't even triple bagel him.

[Marc Overmars]

Sounds like Wimbledon could be very stop-start with the predicted rain over the next 10 days or so.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Centre court matches should be fine though.

[Rors]

Centre court matches should be fine though.

They might have a fair bit of waiting around to do mind. Seeds through into the second round, but having to hang on for a few days to see which Bogdanovic-follower can squeeze through out there on Court 13. So I don't think this will necessarily cut down on us going back to Barker every so often to show us 'some tennis off tape' with the big 'R' in the corner.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

If there are long delays they will move some matches to Centre Court. Not that a Bogdanovic type player will attract a big crowd.

[Master Splinter]

Not that a Bogdanovic type player will attract a big crowd.

:angry:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

You know it's true!

[Rors]

They'll be round the block :bow:

[The Wengerbabies]

Can't believe its been 10 years since I last went to Wimbledon. Saw Venus Williams win it that year :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

They'll be round the block :bow:

Running away.

[Master Splinter]

Order of play for the first day. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7416645.stm)

Would be brilliant if Isner and Mahut were to play on centre court on tuesday, while it's raining outside, and the match carried on for an age again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hopefully they have four ridiculously long tiebreaks and then another 70-68 epic.

[Cripps_orig]

Nadal hasnt lost at Wimbledon since 2007

We'll see him and then later on Murray on Centre

[Cripps_orig]

Nadal out on court

[Syn]

HAHhahahahahHhahaha Nadal is currently losing!!!!!

[The Wengerbabies]

Nadal breaks 5-4, serving for the set.

[The Wengerbabies]

Predictably Nadal takes the first 6-4

[Master Splinter]

Barry Davies stuck with Tracey Austin on women's mathches :rolleyes:.

Promote him to the prime-time men's matches you Beeb bastards.

Lindsay Davenport also doing commentary :bow:.

[Cripps_orig]

Zvonareva looks decent.

Hope she does well again

[Master Splinter]

Zvonareva looks decent.

Hope she does well again

Struggling at the moment.

One set all with Riske.

[Cripps_orig]

She won the first set 6-0 as well.

Anyway on to more important stuff, Nadal leads 3-1 in the 2nd set

Russell serving atm. Hes playing rather well tbh

[Cripps_orig]

Nadal 2 breaks up now at 5-2 and will serve for the 2nd set

[Cripps_orig]

Nadal wins it 6-2

[Cripps_orig]

Nadal breaks

1-0

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Zvonareva serving for the match at 5-3

[Cripps_orig]

Zvonareva wins it 6-0 3-6 6-3

Berdych up next on Court 1

[Cripps_orig]

Nadal wins 6-4 6-2 6-2

Dokic up next on Centre.

Wonder if her fathers there :popcorn:

[Master Splinter]

Frankie Dettori/Sebastien Grosjean/Robert Pires/Mauro Camoranesi needs to go out.

She is awful. Never mind the sounds she makes.

Come on Dokic!

Her dad is probably in jail somewhere.

[Cripps_orig]

Frankie Dettori/Sebastien Grosjean/Robert Pires/Mauro Camoranesi needs to go out.

She is awful. Never mind the sounds she makes.

Come on Dokic!

Her dad is probably in jail somewhere.

:blink:

Who are you talking about?

As for Dokics father, he was prisoned 2 years ago but prob out by now

[Master Splinter]

Who are you talking about?



Schiavone. She is a dead-ringer for them all.

[Cripps_orig]

:lol:

Now that you mention it, i see similarities.

Good tennis player though.

Hoping Dokic wins this asap though so we get to the main event

[Master Splinter]

Hoping Dokic wins this asap though so we get to the main event

Neighbours?

[Cripps_orig]

Neighbours?

Havent watched that since 2007.

Murrays match against a pub teamer is after this

[Master Splinter]

Murrays match against a pub teamer is after this

He's 56 in the world. Not that much of a pub-teamer.

Nadal's was moreso.

[Cripps_orig]

Schiavone won the first set

[Cripps_orig]

Dokic 3-0 up in the 2nd

Schiavone serving

[Cripps_orig]

Dokic won the 2nd 6-1

1-1 in the 3rd but rain stops play.

Roof will be closed soon and play will be resumed in half hour or so

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Schiavone has just won. Murray will be on soon.

[Rors]

Dokic can continue her descent into complete madness for the next 366 days now.

--

Cue the hyperbole....

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Murray the GoAT. :bow:

[Rors]

"Stop saying 'but' to me" - Mac doing his best to try and stem the ridiculous hype installed simply by Muzzah winning Queens'. After all, we've been here before....

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Murray gets tired at the end of Grand Slams apparently, says John Llloyd. Well if that's the case when he has only been reaching the semi-finals at best recently, that doesn't bode too well for his hopes.

[Rors]

Bring this one up Mac!

John McEnroe (USA) d. John Lloyd (GBR) 6-1 6-2 6-2

(Davis Cup '78)

[Rors]

I don't know if this is the match I would waste a "come on Andy!" on :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

John Lloyd lost a match? :yikes:

[Rors]

John Lloyd lost a match? :yikes:

"Come off it" indeed.

Gimeno decides to drop his racquet whilst in a point to win the game. I think that's the tone for this one well and truly set...

[Rors]

Note to Gimeno - not every forehand needs to have enough topspin on it to threaten the Earth's axis.

[Master Splinter]

Jiminy Trevor is going for it.

Will be futile when his forehand wears out by 6-6.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I don't think Gimeno-Traver's strength is attacking the opponent's serve.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

A couple of break point saves from Murray there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gimeno-Traver breaks and will serve for the first set. :doh:

[Rors]

!

Stick a fork in him...

[Rors]

I don't know if this is the match I would waste a "come on Andy!" on :lol:

Well, I did say "I don't know"...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gimeno-Traver takes the first set 6-4.

Murray. :lol:

[Rors]

Bring back Buster Mottram (overlooking that being-a-member-of-the National Front business)

[Marc Overmars]

Muzza. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Is this pub teamer pretty good or is Murray just playing shit?

Anyway come on Tim

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bit of both. This is usual Murray though in GS tournaments.

[Marc Overmars]

The pub teamer had a strong serve in that first set.

[Rors]

Lloyd doing his finest "yeah..but there's plenty of time to go" commentary here..

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Literally peaked too soon, Petchey? :unsure:

[Rors]

Literally peaked too soon, Petchey? :unsure:

The searing altitude of SW19 :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wow. G-T. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-2 in the second set, Murray to serve.

[Rors]

Mac, you're very possibly the finest commentator out there, but please, don't talk about any other sports :lol: Reminds me of his attempts to discuss England - Croatia with Lineker in June '04, "Rooney at the edge of the 20yard box" and all..

[McNamara That Ghost...]

McEnroe talking about Sol's move to us in 2001. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Murray breaks and leads 5-3.

[Cripps_orig]

The Brit breaks

5-3

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Murray takes the second set 6-3.

[Cripps_orig]

Should go on and win it from here

[Rors]

Muh..I was enjoying that too.

[Cripps_orig]

Murray with the double break

3-0

He serves next

[Rors]

He's given this one up..

[Cripps_orig]

Murray serves for the set after an injury time out for the other guy

[Cripps_orig]

Murray wins it 6-0

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Murray takes the third set 6-0. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Murray breaks

1-0

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Double break

3-0

[Marc Overmars]

The pub teamer. :rose:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Could be another bagel here.

[Cripps_orig]

Triple break

5-0

Murray serves for the match

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Murray wins 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-0. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Murray wins 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-0

[Cripps_orig]

Murray won 15 games in a row

Thats impressive

Just checked the draw. Murray plays the winner of

Kamke v Kavcic

Never heard of either of them so another pub teamer awaits

[Cripps_orig]

Isner v Mahut is on 4th on Court 3 tomorrow

Heather Watsons match is after them. Poor girl.

Serena, Federer and Djokovic all on Centre

[Olivier's xmas twist]

The pub teamer. :rose:

yep showed what he was in the end, Murry did not even play that good but made it look easy. the poor lads went mentally after hr lost the 2nd set.

[Cripps_orig]

Roddick on court 1 v a pub teamer

Hes a set up

As is Serena on Centre

[Cripps_orig]

Serena loses the 2nd set

[Master Splinter]

Serena wins 6-3 3-6 6-1.

Serena crying. A bit gay tbf.

Roddick leading 6-4 7-6(8-6) against the German pub-teamer.

[Master Splinter]

Del Potro beats Cipolla 6-1 6-4 6-3. 6ft 6 v 5ft 7 :lol:

Martinez-Sanchez beats Jankovic 5-7 6-4 6-3.

Jankovic :haha: oh dear.

Federer v Borat on now.

[Cripps_orig]

Murray will face Kamke on Wednesday

Should eb another comfortable win against the pub teamer

[Cripps_orig]

Roddick won 6-4 7-6 6-3

[Cripps_orig]

First set tie break in Federers match

[Cripps_orig]

Fed wins it 7-6 (7-2)

[Master Splinter]

Borat holding his own so far.

[Cripps_orig]

Fed won the 2nd set 6-4

[Cripps_orig]

Fed breaks in the 3rd

2-1

[Cripps_orig]

And theres the double break

4-1

[Cripps_orig]

Fed wins 7-6 6-4 6-2

Djokovic v pub teamer on Centre now

Djokovic 2-3 down but its on serve

Ward match is on Court 2 atm

[Master Splinter]

Barry Davies finally getting some big match action.

Barry Davies :bow:.

[Cripps_orig]

Djo breaks and serves for the set at 5-4

[Cripps_orig]

Wins it 6-4

[Cripps_orig]

Ward 2-5 down to Llodra.

Tempted to watch that but just put it on and John Lloyd is commentating so fuck that tbh

3-5 now. Llodra serves for the set

In other news, Hewitt is up a set v Nishikori.

In possibly the match of the first round, Baghtadis v Blake, its 2 sets all but Blake breaks in the fifth and is 2-0 up

[Cripps_orig]

Strauss and Cook are at Centre Court.

Not sure if there are any other players

[Cripps_orig]

Djokovic wins the 2nd set 6-1

[Cripps_orig]

1749: Bad news for some, despite the glorious sunshine we have news that 12 matches have been postponed, including Heather Watson v Mathilde Johansson.

Shit weather tomorrow as well and for the rest of the week so there will be a lot of matches backed up id say

[Cripps_orig]

Isner and Mahut are out on court

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Djokovic won 6-4 6-1 6-1.

:lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Ward is 2 sets down

Isner and Mahut 2-2

[Cripps_orig]

Sharopova is on Centre Court.

Bonus match there

[Cripps_orig]

Isner and Mahut in a first set tie break unsurprisingly

[Cripps_orig]

Isner takes it 7-6 (7-4)

[Cripps_orig]

1856: The order of play for Wednesday is out - Centre Court: Venus v Date-Krumm, Nadal v Sweeting, Roddick v Hansescu; Court One: Berdych v Benneteau, Murray v Kamke, Kvitova v Keothavong.

Does court one have a roof?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nope.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Isner is 4-1 up in the second.

[Cripps_orig]

Looks like Murray will have to wait a bit to play his match

[Cripps_orig]

Sharapova 2 breaks up :bow:

She is Lindsey Davnports tip for the title.

Lets hope she reaches the final. Couldnt care less if she wins or not though

[Cripps_orig]

Isner wins the 2nd set 6-2

[Cripps_orig]

Ward also lost btw.

Hes had his 15 mins. Going back to pub team level he is

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sharapova took the first set 6-2.

[Master Splinter]

Going back to pub team level he is

More like illegal backstreet brewery level tbf.

[Cripps_orig]

Sharapova breaks

1-0

Watching that on the red button.

Watching Isner v Mahut online and Eastenders is being recorded on Sky Plus

This is the life tbh

[Master Splinter]

Eastenders is being recorded on Sky Plus


Oh dear.

I thought Fantastic Four 1 and 2 being your favourite films and Westlife/Boyzone being your favourite groups was bad.

[Master Splinter]

Mahut breaks in the third set.

Mahut :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

Mahut breaks in the 3rd.

The come back is on.

[Cripps_orig]

Bit of a shocker from Shazza there.

2 double faults and shes lost her serve

1-1 back on serve

[Master Splinter]

Some Australian pub-teamer about to upset Nishikori in four sets on court 12.

[Cripps_orig]

Bit of a shocker from the linesmen/assistant referees/umpires/empires etc in the Sharapova match.

2 balls that are well in are called out and the pub teamer loses her serve cos of it.

Then again she could have challenged the call and didnt so her fault tbh

Shazza breaks and leads 2-1

[Cripps_orig]

The umpire not happy the pub teamer keeps looking at her coach which isnt allowed for some reason.

A stupid rule in Tennis

[Cripps_orig]

Isner breaks back

4-4

[Cripps_orig]

Shazza has the double break

4-1

Mahut serves to stay in the match at 4-5 down

[Cripps_orig]

Sharapova wins 6-4 6-1

[Cripps_orig]

Bloody hell, she signed every single ticket, ball etc whilst leaving the court.

Probably expected a security guard to come save her

[Cripps_orig]

Isner v Mahut 3rd set tie break

[Cripps_orig]

Isner wins it 7-6 6-2 7-6

Tie break was 8-6

[Cripps_orig]

Just seen Serenas lob. :bow:

Also her interview :bow:

Hoping to see her in the final v Sharapova.

Unless they are in the same side of the draw

[Master Splinter]

Mahut :(

Li Na beat Kudryavtseva 6-3 6-3.

Li Na :bow:.

[Cripps_orig]

Soderling also through

Think he faces Hewitt next

[Cripps_orig]

Djokovic will go world number 1 if he reaches the final

[Olivier's xmas twist]

The Organisation for the matches has been shambolic Laura robson was right. why did they not start on Centre court earlier or put the roof up earlier.

[Cripps_orig]

Pretty good match on BBC 1 atm.

Venus v a pub teamer

Venus was 2 breaks down but 6-5 to Venus now with the Pub Teamer serving to stay in the set.

Venus has won 5 in a row

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tiebreak time currently.

[Syn]

Date-Krum...what a stupid name imo.

[Syn]

Commentators is have an orgasm.

Good tennis though tbf.

Well done the Kimiko.

Tennis is the real winner.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

DK takes the first set. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

The Pub Teamer is actually 40 years old and took 12 years out of the the game having been in the top 5 at one point.

Venus :lol:

Should stick to the mens games tbh

[Cripps_orig]

Venus breaks

2-1

[Cripps_orig]

Venus wins the set 6-3

Stopped raining and players will be out on court 1 in 10 mins.

Murray is 2nd on that

[Cripps_orig]

Venus 6-5 in the third

Date-Krum serving to stay in the match

[Cripps_orig]

Berdych won the first set 6-1

Could be seeing Murray within the hour i think

[Cripps_orig]

Venus wins it

6-7 6-3 8-6

What a match. Doubt you'll see one better in the womens game this year.

Both players :bow:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Venus wins it

6-7 6-3 8-6

What a match. Doubt you'll see one better in the womens game this year.

Both players :bow:

Rafa on the red button because.... Our hev is playing on bbc 1

[Cripps_orig]

Watson won the first set

No point watching the Nadal match tbh cos it will overlap with Murrays and i dont want to start watching it and then change over

[Cripps_orig]

Berdych 2 sets and a break up

[Cripps_orig]

Berdych wins 6-1 6-4 6-2

Murray is next

[Cripps_orig]

Nadal wins the first set

Watson loses the 2nd set but she is hampered by an elbow injury picked up during that set otherwise i reckon she'd have won it

[Cripps_orig]

Murray breaks first game

1-0

[Master Splinter]

Date-Krumm :(

5-3 Murray currently.

[Cripps_orig]

Murray :pal:

Demoted from Centre to Court 1 and now not even BBC are showing his match atm

[Cripps_orig]

Nadal 2 sets up

Murray wins the first set 6-3

[Cripps_orig]

Watson loses

She played well tbh but the elbow injury got to her

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-3 in the second set.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Break point for Kamke. Murray double faulted.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Deuce.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Murray breaks and will serve for the first set at 5-3.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great point. Kamke. :bow:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Great point :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Murray wins the 2nd set 6-3

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Murray takes the second set 6-3, great serving.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wawrinka is out. :o

[Cripps_orig]

Wawrinka was due to meet Murray in the 4th round.

Probably be Gasquet now

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nadal wins 6-3 6-2 6-4.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

According to Tim Henman, when Andy Murray has that element of frustration, he gets frustrated.

[Rors]

Only Boris 'Cloud 7' Becker can get away with using "twitter" and "facebook" as verbs

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Boris. :lol: :bow:

Three break points for Murray.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Two break points remaining.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And Murray breaks. Serving for the match.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Murray wins 6-3 6-3 7-5.

[Rors]

Henman's attempts to 'muscle' in on 6-Love-6 are entertaining. Mac must be wondering how many mirrors he's broken to end up being paired with that chump.

[Rors]

Always good to hear Bazza on commentary.
Keeping his voice in trim until August ( :pray: )

[Rors]

Indeed, the two-year extension he was being offered on his contract made clear that he would not be covering any "live" football, and there was no guarantee that he would have any involvement at all with the 2006 World Cup. He felt this unacceptable and declined the offer

The Beeb :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why wouldn't they want him doing football? It's not like they have much to televise anymore.

[Rors]

Unless they planned on giving him Moto GP..!

The Beeb have dropped more than their fair share of clangers in the past, but that's right up there. "Heh"

[Rors]

They know how to pick 'em on Today At Wimbledon - Becker and Aunt Bessie doing the honours.

[Master Splinter]

Henman's attempts to 'muscle' in on 6-Love-6 are entertaining. Mac must be wondering how many mirrors he's broken to end up being paired with that chump.
Nothing wrong with Henman. Not sleazy like Lloyd or Castle, always seemed like a decent bloke.

McEnroe can pretty annoying at times, as he repeats the same soundbites daily.

[Rors]

Nothing wrong with Henman. Not sleazy like Lloyd or Castle, always seemed like a decent bloke.

McEnroe can pretty annoying at times, as he repeats the same soundbites daily.

Only the criticism of Lloyd and Castle saves you here.. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nothing wrong with Henman. Not sleazy like Lloyd or Castle, always seemed like a decent bloke.

McEnroe can pretty annoying at times, as he repeats the same soundbites daily.

Henman is Captain Obvious. I know a lot of commentators do that but Henman consistently does it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hewitt took the first set against Soderling 7-6 (7-5).

Serena won in three sets earlier. Djokovic took the first set 6-3 against Anderson.

[Cripps_orig]

Djokovic wins the 2nd set 6-4

Hewitt v Soderling looks to be a close game

[Cripps_orig]

Djokovic breaks in the 3rd

1-0

Tsonga after that and then the main event.

[Cripps_orig]

What a point by Hewitt to break Soderling in the 2nd set.

Shot of the tournament by a mile

5-3 Hewitt, he servers for the set

[Cripps_orig]

Hewitt wins it 6-3

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Djokovic wins 6-3 6-4 6-2

[Cripps_orig]

Just seen Murrays next match

Its against Ivan Ljubicic. Former World number 3 so not a pub teamer

[Cripps_orig]

Soderling wins the 3rd set 7-5

[Cripps_orig]

Raining now so only Centre has a match going

[Cripps_orig]

What a point by Hewitt to break Soderling in the 2nd set.

Shot of the tournament by a mile


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/13893860.stm

[Cripps_orig]

And he does it again :lol:

Hewitt :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

Soderling wins the 4th set 6-4

As expected, we are in to a 5th set

[Cripps_orig]

Del Potro won

6-7 6-1 6-0 6-4

He faces Gilles Simon next and the winner of that will probably face Nadal in the 4th round

[Cripps_orig]

Hewitt breaks in the 5th

2-1

Hewitts fanatics :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Soderling breaks back

2-2

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Tsonga loses the first set 6-7 (4-7)

[Cripps_orig]

Soderling does it from 2 sets down

6-7 3-6 7-5 6-4 6-4

Great match

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Li Na took the first set against Lisicki 6-3.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lisicki leads 4-1 in the second set.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lisicki took the second set 6-4.

[Cripps_orig]

Tsonga won the 2nd set

Want that match over and done with asap

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Li Na breaks in the third set and leads 3-2.

[Master Splinter]

Henman is Captain Obvious. I know a lot of commentators do that but Henman consistently does it.
Henman is as consistently boring as 95% of commentators. He's not annoying though and doesn't love the sound of his own voice. Which makes him fine in my book.

I don't have a problem with any tennis commentators really (apart from Castle, who is just awful) and they are infinitely better than anyone in football by virtue of being able to construct full sentences. McEnroe being treated like a demi-god and oracle can be nauseating, especially as he speaks exclusively in Americanisms and has a few stock phrases he repeats over the Wimbledn fortnight. Never mind him also not knowing much about players outside the top ten. Of the big-name ex-players, Becker and Cash are probably the most interesting. Becker has a strange way of phrasing things at times, but it makes him and his attempts at jokes quite endearing. Sam Smith seems to be the one with the best knowledge of the game and is enthusiastic about even the less important matches. Mark Petchey is quite good too. Old timers like Barry Davies and David Mercer are always fine of course.

[Cripps_orig]

McEnroe is awesome when talking about other sports.

He was talking about cricket the other day after Strauss and Swann were interviewed on the BBC. He said he used to watch it during the 80s and Viv Richards was his best player.

Anyway Tsonga won the 3rd set 6-4

[Cripps_orig]

Li Na serving for the match is broken

5-5

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lisicki breaks back, it's 5-5 in the third set.

[Cripps_orig]

Dimitrov breaks in the 4th

2-0

FFS

Come on Tsonga

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Li Na breaks and will serve for the match again.

[Cripps_orig]

Was raining but the players manned up and stayed out there.

Puts Test Cricket to shame.

Stopped raining as well

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Three break points for Lisicki. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

6-6. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Ok now its pouring down and they go off.

Back to Centre i go

[Cripps_orig]

Do they have a time limit for matches on Centre?

Its half 7 and still Federers match to go.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Two match points for Lisicki...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Do they have a time limit for matches on Centre?

Its half 7 and still Federers match to go.

Not now they have a roof.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Both match points are saved.

[Cripps_orig]

So we'll definitely see Federers match then?

Should be an easy 3 setter for him though

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lisicki wins 3-6 6-4 8-6!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

So we'll definitely see Federers match then?

Should be an easy 3 setter for him though

Yeah they will definitely play.

[Cripps_orig]

Another great womens match.

I dont usually take much interest in the womens game but its been great so far.

Well done to both for a great match.

Time for Federer

[Master Splinter]

Li Na :doh:

A shocker from her.

I tipped Kvitova for the French, but Li Na won. Now that Li Na has gone out, Kvitova is winning this tbh.

After Federer has won in about 70 minutes, they should move Sharapova v Robson to Centre.

[Cripps_orig]

1931: Expect some more screams on Court One, though, because Laura Robson's match with Maria Sharapova has been cancelled for the night. A real shame, but we won't see that one played until Friday.

Thats the match i wanted to watch as well

[Master Splinter]

laura robson on twitter: (http://twitter.com/laurarobson5) "my match has just been cancelled! Going to do a bit of gym work then go home and sleep!"

ffs.

[Cripps_orig]

Baghtadis is through and will play Djokovic in the next round

Hope that match is as good as the QF of 2007

[Master Splinter]

Baghtadis is through and will play Djokovic in the next round

Hope that match is as good as the QF of 2007

Straight sets tbh.

To Djokovic.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant net play by Federer.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Two break points for Fed. Oh dear.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

One break point remaining.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fed breaks and leads 2-0 in the first set. Fed to serve.

[Cripps_orig]

Federer breaks

Game, set and match

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mannarino killed Hawkeye. :rose:

[Cripps_orig]

Tsonga wins 4 games in a row and is 4-3 up in the 4th set with a break