Wimbledon - Mens Semi Final Day 12

by Guest Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 11:16

First topic message reminder :

Well here we are at the business end. Centre Court will be the gladitorial theatre. Here's hoping for some blockbuster encounters and winners by the bucketloads!

Novak Djokovic v Juan Martin Del Potro

Andy Murray v Jerzy Janowicz

The first one certainly the pick of the matches.

The money is on another Andy v Novak final. Can Delpo and Jerzy cause the top seeds a massive upset to rival the biggest upsets?

by banbrotam Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:21

Chydremion wrote:Crowd now turning really classless celebrating double faults.

Probably partly due to the boorish Polish contigent who make the Murray lot look mild mannered. And JJ's histronics

by bogbrush Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:23

Janowicz has zero rallying capability.

by Henman Bill Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:24

Murray's getting his racket on a lot of first serves at least.

Interesting to see a match with so few rallies, quite old school wimbleon, could be evne more so with roof closed

by bogbrush Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:24

banbrotam wrote:
Chydremion wrote:Crowd now turning really classless celebrating double faults.

Probably partly due to the boorish Polish contigent who make the Murray lot look mild mannered.

What are they doing? Beating people up?

by Henman Bill Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:25

BB, your first comment is harsh, but the second is funny

by Henman Bill Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:31

how short was that second serve?

by Henman Bill Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:31

standard of the match has decreased in set 2 compared to set 1

by Henman Bill Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:34

Murray played some smart points in that game. I actually like the short low slice and come to the net at 0-30. it was as good a play as he had available in that tricky position

by time please Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:35

Bl**dy hell - well done Murray. Some really cool and clever play.

Janowicz is going to be a monster v soon, even if he is looking flakey atm. First set he looked almost unplayable at times and he covers the court in a stride and a half.

by Guest Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:36

Phew he got away with one there.

by kingraf Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:40

Murray proving that a good big 'un beats a good gigantic un'

by Guest Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:41

Hes choking again... hes really playing badly, if hes lucky enough again itll be 90-10 in the serbs favour

by Guest Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:42

3 crappy errors...

by Guest Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:43

Thank god for that serve

by Josiah Maiestas Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:47

banbrotam wrote:
Chydremion wrote:Crowd now turning really classless celebrating double faults.

Probably partly due to the boorish Polish contigent who make the Murray lot look mild mannered. And JJ's histronics

blame the foreigners Whistle

by subhranshu.kumar.5 Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:48

Murray is really giving hard time for Janowicz. The young lad is bit nervous here.

by **laverfan** Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:50

subhranshu.kumar.5 wrote:Murray is really giving hard time for Janowicz. The young lad is bit nervous here.

Janowicz's errors are not helping him either. Stark difference between first and second sets, as noted earlier.

by banbrotam Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:58

bogbrush wrote:
banbrotam wrote:
Chydremion wrote:Crowd now turning really classless celebrating double faults.

Probably partly due to the boorish Polish contigent who make the Murray lot look mild mannered.
What are they doing? Beating people up?

I knew you'd respond Cool

I wonder if you'd have been so understanding if it was Judy Murray laughing

by subhranshu.kumar.5 Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 19:58

1-1 is the score after the second set.

by Guest Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:00

I cannot beleive how much Janowicz is red lining it every balls a gunshot

by Guest Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:01

OH MY GOD..... Rolling Eyes

what a horrific miss hes in trouble now

by Josiah Maiestas Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:04

banbrotam wrote:
bogbrush wrote:
banbrotam wrote:
Chydremion wrote:Crowd now turning really classless celebrating double faults.

Probably partly due to the boorish Polish contigent who make the Murray lot look mild mannered.
What are they doing? Beating people up?

I knew you'd respond I wonder if you'd have been so understanding if it was Judy Murray

Talking about Judy is still better than watching Murray play Laugh

by subhranshu.kumar.5 Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:06

Janowicz misses another break point. picard

by NickisBHAFC Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:14

Im sorry this Janowicz must be the classless tennis player. I really hope the crowd can start to wind him up.

by Guest Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:14

Absolute c*ap Janowizc deserves to win and is heavy favourite to do soo now... I can beleive hes THIS poor again

by subhranshu.kumar.5 Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:17

NickisBHAFC wrote:Im sorry this Janowicz must be the classless tennis player. I really hope the crowd can start to wind him up.

Well that's bit harsh....He is 3-1 ahead in the second set.

by NickisBHAFC Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:18

I meant classless as in his attitude. Very unsportsmanlike when he gets a point.

by bogbrush Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:19

banbrotam wrote:
bogbrush wrote:
banbrotam wrote:
Chydremion wrote:Crowd now turning really classless celebrating double faults.

Probably partly due to the boorish Polish contigent who make the Murray lot look mild mannered.
What are they doing? Beating people up?

I knew you'd respond I wonder if you'd have been so understanding if it was Judy Murray

I meant that to make the Murray box look mild mannered they must have been beating people up.

It's great over here, we're not getting much of Judy. Bliss.

by lags72 Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:20

Henman Bill wrote:Well done to both players for the quality of the first set. For quality rather than entertainment, it was better than the first set of the Djokovic-Del Potro match. Does anyone else think that match was overrated a bit? Set 1 was average, set 5 was OK, set 4 tiebreaker pretty awesome. I missed sets 2, 3 and half of 4 though, were they better?

HB : Djoko/Delpo was in no way overrated, not for me. One of the very best semis I've seen at Wimbledon thumbsup

by bogbrush Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:20

NickisBHAFC wrote:I meant classless as in his attitude. Very unsportsmanlike when he gets a point.

Is he cheering unforced errors, that sort of thing?

by time please Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:21

I can't stand the aggressive fist pumping from Janowicz or the wagging finger at his box after crucial games........other than that, he's scarily impressive.

Great service game from Murray to hold.

by subhranshu.kumar.5 Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:22

NickisBHAFC wrote:I meant classless as in his attitude. Very unsportsmanlike when he gets a point.

Yup agree with that. In the first semi both del porto and Djoko showed a true sportsman character, with djoko applauding del's point and del was waiting for djoko after the match. Hats off to two great players of this game. thumbsup

by lydian Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:23

Janowicz would be some player if he had a backhand.

by invisiblecoolers Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:24

laverfan wrote:Quite agree, Danny. Impressive from DelPo. Hope iC is watching. That FH @15-30 was just amazing.

Yea it was so nervous so I didnt comment, but Del Po didn't let me down, he was a bit unlucky but thats part and parcel of sports, what I liked is he gave his best yet came short but that didn't make lose respect for the winner, he paid due respect the winner deserved at the end of the match. thumbsup

by bogbrush Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:25

lydian wrote:Janowicz would be some player if he had a backhand.

And wasn't throwing in a drop-shot every other rally.

by invisiblecoolers Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:25

OMG JJ is letting Murray back in the match now he gonna pay for it.

by subhranshu.kumar.5 Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:26

A break point for Murray, a good response to ruthless behavior of Janowicz.

by Henman Bill Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:26

Del Potro - Djokovic was undountebly a good match but what I heard ranged from match of the tournament (OK, maybe) to one of the best of all time (no) although to be fair it was more the BBC than the forum overdoing it.

by banbrotam Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:26

I'm not certain I've seen two SF's as thrill bound as these today

As I suspected, this is turning into a needle match

May the best man win!!

by lydian Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:26

Yeah, he's basically a serve plus a rallying FH.

by Danny_1982 Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:27

"Murray has the widest variety of facial expressions"

More brilliant commentary by the beeb!

by Henman Bill Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:27

Did anyone else think "one too many" the instant Janowicz hit that drop shot on break point down? Wasn't as bad as the one Murray hit but still..

Shame that Murray broke with a netcord, he was almost broken with a netcord earlier but got away with it...lucky

by time please Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:27

coolly played again Mr Murray - now hold your serve please!

by lydian Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:27

Murray is serving out a tree today.

by Henman Bill Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:28

good value for money for ticket holders today. Now very much looking like roof after set 3.

by Guest Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:29

Murray has this in the bag, JJ's got great potential but not consistent enough as of yet. Murray in 4. Djokovic/Del Potro game was immense compared to this.

by lydian Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:30

Janowicz is still very raw, very much a work in progress.
Don't think he's playing particularly well though.
All that said, I don't like it when the crowd get this involved.

by time please Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:31

Now James Corden is cheering Janowicz's error - unnecessary and pretty classless!

by invisiblecoolers Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:31

Danny_1982 wrote:"Murray has the widest variety of facial expressions"

More brilliant commentary by the beeb!

Just a small correction it was

"Murray's box have the wildest variety of facial expressions"

by Guest Fri 5 Jul 2013 - 20:32

Semi wasnt the best ever match for me... but it was a pleasure to watch both guys trying to win it... this one torture both guys giving it away

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