Wimbledon Day 8 or 9

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There's some ladies on. I think I want Li Na to win this one, along with Lisicki and whoever. Maid Marion too.

banbrotam wrote:I actually thought the first two sets were the worst I'd ever seen him play at a Slam.

Hmmm... he was pretty terrible in his first US Open final. Deer in the headlights.

I also seem to remember him being quite bad in his loss to Cilic at the USO... but then it turned out he had a wrist injury so I suppose that one doesn't count. ..

I wonder if Novak's watching this. If so, he's in a win-win situation. Either his biggest rival for the title goes out or his biggest rival is taken to 5 sets and isn't playing very well.

The Special Juan wrote:I wonder if Novak's watching this.  If so, he's in a win-win situation.  Either his biggest rival for the title goes out or his biggest rival is taken to 5 sets and isn't playing very well.

He'll be more interested in how well Del Boy is I suspect.

He's standing too far back again...

MOVE FORWARD ANDY!

banbrotam wrote:

Danny_1982 wrote:Murray is capable of winning 3 sets in a row against Verdasco, that's for sure... But he would need to play well to do so, and he's playing frankly awful!

I can't remember him playing this badly at Wimbledon. It's gone up a bit in this set, but still it's a million miles from what we've seen the last 18 months. Just got to hope he clings onto this set and gains some momentum to play better.

I actually thought the first two sets were the worst I'd ever seen him play at a Slam.

Yeah probably banbro.

He's still clinging on, he has no confidence in hitting the ball and so is playing the percentages.

Right thing to do I guess when your confidence is on the floor, but I have a really bad feeling about this set.

If Murray were to win this in 5 and beat Jancowicz in 3, with rest days on Thursday and Saturday, he would be fine for the final so not that exciting for Djokovic.

Although if he loses that's obviously a boost to Djokovic's chances.

Del Potro with a realistic chance to win Wimbledon if Murray gets beaten today.

Uh oh.....

If by chance Verdasco takes down Murray , which do you consider as the biggest upset of the tournament here are the choices

1]Darcis taking down Nadal on 1st round [true 1st round]
2]Sergy taking down the Wimbledon Legend Fed in 2nd round [ofcourse Fed wasn't in great form]
3]Lisicki taking down Serena Williams in 4th round
4]Verdasco taking down an inform and the current best player of grass Murray.

Murray playing like garbage, must be the pressure, his form was good until today.

Oh come on - he seems to have no belief in his game at all.

This feels like virtual match point...

1) lisicki
2) Stahkovsky
3) Darcis
4) Verdasco

Verdasco seems to wilt a bit, might choke this away.

invisiblecoolers wrote:If by chance Verdasco takes down Murray , which do you consider as the biggest upset of the tournament here are the choices

1]Darcis taking down Nadal on 1st round [true 1st round]
2]Sergy taking down the Wimbledon Legend Fed in 2nd round [ofcourse Fed wasn't in great form]
3]Lisicki taking down Serena Williams in 4th round
4]Verdasco taking down an inform and the current best player of grass Murray.

Lisicki. Williams was on a thousand match win streak.

Or Darcis... One of the two.

Meanwhile Judie's hair has gone grey because of the pressure she feels watching her son play.

Phew... How is Murray hanging on here?

Surely this can't go on. He is playing soooo poorly!

So Kingraf and Danny you don't consider Verdasco's performance over the rest?  
Strangely I see this as the best performance if it happens.

Verdasco hit that for 6! Its gone miles!!!!!!!!!

"The Spaniard has nerves of steel" Boris Becker

Hmm let's wait a bit longer before you say that. We're still talking Fiasco.

Murray now playing absolute garbage retrieving tennis, nothing on his balls. That's how I usually play in matches lol.

IC - Ive been calling a Verdasco final for a week, I couldnt act shocked if he makes semis

Worse is that garbage tennis might even get him the win. Hate it when that happens.

He turned defence into attack there - can he build on this.................

step by step, brick by brick.......................

The umpire is so moody. Let the crowd enjoy themselves!!!

Got the break... didn't deserve it. Standing so far back the camera can barely pick him up.

I'll take it though. Please don't get broken back, Andy.  

@ Danny I quite agree with you Williams upset should be the biggest one of the tournament but a small correction its not 1000 match winning streak its 150,000 million matches I guess. 

Chydremion wrote:Worse is that garbage tennis might even get him the win. Hate it when that happens.

He'll win in five. It's pretty depressing, very dull tennis from Murray at the moment.

Chydremion wrote:"The Spaniard has nerves of steel" Boris Becker

Hmm let's wait a bit longer before you say that. We're still talking Fiasco.

I know I was about to say this, stupid Boris, he gave this comments for just 1 big second serve  , Boris please find a different job. 

Williams upset is the biggest by miles, a boiling hot favourite for Wimbledon who was not running on fumes (Fed), or 'defending' a 2nd round defeat from last year and transitioning from her best surface with doubts about her knees (Nadal).

kingraf wrote:IC - Ive been calling a Verdasco final for a week, I couldnt act shocked if he makes semis  

Well bet 365 was giving 3.50 times on Verdasco to win the match when he was leading 2 sets to 1  , it has gone up to 5.50 now, so its clearly not over eventhough Verdasco was leading by a big margin, my view this would be the biggest upset of the tournament if Nando can do it, the difficulty of winning this match is much higher than the other 3. 

I've nothing against Murray but its a pity to see the guy trying to win points starting to lose the match.

If Murray wasn't British I would support Verdasco. How patriotic am I that I still support murray ey?

bogbrush wrote:I've nothing against Murray but its a pity to see the guy trying to win points starting to lose the match.

Unfortunately the game is for grinders these days. 

Huge challenge by Murray there payed off!

Well that is superb from Murray. Time to complete it now!!!!

Did Verdasco goof up the match again? can he do it from here on?

Oh Boy oh Boy I want another upset, Vamous Verdasco do it for me and you.

Have to say the centre court crowd is pretty decent, they have cheered on Verdasco's winner as well.

Lets play word association
Fifth set= shootout
Shootout= football
Football= Spain>Scotland
Spain>Scotland= Verdasco victory

Cant fault the logic

Murray starting to crumble again.

As a neutral I'm pleased Verdasco has remained composed so far in this final set. I'd hate to see an implosion (from either player) - with such a good contest the winner ought to earn their place in the semis, not be handed it...

Boris now plugging McIntyre as a comedian - I guess it takes one to know one.

One thing i will say about Murray today, despite been very crap at times, his serves have been spot on.

The advantage of serving first may start to kick in unless Murray gets a break soon - otherwise he may be serving to stay in the match every time he steps up.

I wonder how long before FerVer remembers AO09 and the three DFs he served when serving to stay in it.

That minutes break at changeover gives players too much time to remember past mistakes

One thing that has gone up and down during this match is the value of futures for CC tickets on Sunday.......................

Murray again smashing a comeback!!!!!

I don't think i have any finger nails left!!!

One area where HE is partially right, is that Murray does not seem to be able to enthuse CC - the crowd is not particularly animated despite this being an absolute nail-biter.  Maybe they are too stressed, or maybe they are disappointed by the performance, but it is a pretty subdued CC crowd I'd say.

I'd also say that I am not on the edge of my seat as I would have been for Fed, even though as a Brit I want Murray to win.