Wimbledon Day 8

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So we are nearing the business end of Wimbledon.

Federer is up against Robredo looking to avenge his US Open defeat last year.

Nadal will face the new kid on the block Kyrgios.

Wawrinka is up against Lopez and Raonic will face Nishikori.

On the ladies side Sharapova against Kerber.

Kvitova, Lisicki and Halep all in action.

Interestingly enough Wimbledon is the only event not to have Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray all clash in the Semi's. So could we see that duck get broken?

kingraf wrote:Suppose Federer is South African now... Let's go Federer!!

I am glad you always had a back-up ace-in-the-hole.

Gerry SA wrote:

The Special Juan wrote:

Gerry SA wrote:

The Special Juan wrote:Poor Nadal.  He's been victim to the 3 biggest Wimbledon (possibly tennis?) upsets of all time.

I'm sure his 2 Wimbledon titles will make him a little happier....

Maybe so, I'm sure he doesn't care a jot.  He's been bloomin' unlucky 3 years in a row.

Or he's lacked the ability to adapt?

Could've tried S&V? He's pretty decent at the net

He was certainly serving well enough today to warrant that tactic in the future.

kingraf wrote:

Suppose Federer is South African now... Let's go Federer!!

He's always been half South African!!!

invisible coolers wrote:... but it would be a great fairy tale if this kid could motor along to the finals beating 2 Legends on Wimbledon on his way.

I think he can.

laverfan wrote:@Emanci... good to see you back. Jahu is talking about KbN.

Thanks LF.  

Yes I know very well who he's referring to - I have been observing from afar.

I suspect Amritia/KbN/Red/IMBL etc may have come into contact with the evil entity known as BOO (Oh BOOOO0000oooo.......). Hence I have returned to cleanse his soul, for verily he and they are all one.

  

emancipator

Thanks LF - Actually supporting Stan and Kerber now, I was just being humorous. But on a serious note though, Fed's developed a rather legitimate Saffer accent... The Swiss German inflection when he speaks English gives a crude Afrikaans-English vibe

So the claims of Rafa never winning another Wimbledon look likely. I'd take another Aussie, and RG and one other. And a WTF most importantly

@Gerry/KR... Federer is a pretty decent South African. I think Anderson is a very nice guy too.

Neither Murray nor Djokovic were this young when they made their first QF.

Odds for a Dimitrov and Kyrgios final?

ChequeredJersey wrote:So the claims of Rafa never winning another Wimbledon look likely. I'd take another Aussie, and RG and one other. And a WTF most importantly

A WTF would be worth more than another W/AO/USO/RG. Hopefully he can do it soon, perhaps this year.

legendkillarV2 wrote:Odds for a Dimitrov and Kyrgios?

Dimitrov has a much tougher road than Korgi, IMVHO.

PS: Writing Djokovic off may be a bit too early, too. Murray may have too much nous for Dimi, but I am happy to be wrong, for the sake of new blood and a new title holder.

Yeah, he owns a Saffer passport, if I'm not mistaken. Mother from Kempton Park just like me. We're practically related.

Dimitrov has to win tomorrow now to make the draw look beautiful.

One grinder gone one more to go.

laverfan wrote:

ChequeredJersey wrote:So the claims of Rafa never winning another Wimbledon look likely. I'd take another Aussie, and RG and one other. And a WTF most importantly

A WTF would be worth more than another W/AO/USO/RG. Hopefully he can do it soon, perhaps this year.

Reckon if he goes deep in the USO he'll keep struggling with the WTF

The Special Juan wrote:Neither Murray nor Djokovic were this young when they made their first QF.

Djokovic was a few days short of 19 when he made his first QF (at RG in 06).

emancipator wrote:

Jahu wrote:What a match.

Were is the kneeling guy?

The Kneeling guy?

Oh you mean Amritia/IMBL/Red/a million other user names?

He's probably crying in his bedroom. I expect you won't see him for a while but no doubt he'll be back next time Rafa wins something - with a new username, new approach, but always the same goal.

  

emancipator - may the serve be with you

I did suspect he was red, but there was no reaction to my suspect he neither agreed to it nor rejected the claim.   

This Krygios kid is cold blooded though. Don't think he missed a first serve from 4-1 up. Nadal's recent history at SW19 means I'm not anointing this kid yet, but when you have that serve, and that backhand... and that level of competition (the Raonic generation) I see half a dozen plus Slams in his future.

Hear me now.

I want Fed/Andy/Djoko loosing tomorrow.

I want Stan to loose in SF.

I want a pair of new faces for the final.

I want....

legendkillarV2 wrote:Odds for a Dimitrov and Kyrgios final?

I saw somebody paint Kyri and Cilic finals.   

falzy21 wrote:Still as a rafa fan he should have had the third and played a bad tb.  He didn't play too well frankly and as such I'm down, but happy to see a good young guy make a statement.  Nadal can have little complaint but oh well   Is like stan to win Tomoz. He'll be tough if he serves like he did today but Feds looking very good

Yeah, let's not congratulate the player that made Nadal look like an average player in faster conditions (which he is). Instead, Nadal didn't "play good". He wasn't allowed to.  Nadal wouldn't have come close to winning Wimbledon of old.  He has no B game at all.  His entire routine is based around hitting to an opponents back hand, moonballing, and hoping for mistakes.  He is boring. I am laughing my head off at all those fist pumps he did...  looking back on that match, he just looks ridiculous now.

That's 3 years in a row that he has come unstuck when his routine, boring, moonball play can't get him over the line. Seems to have a big issue against taller players. GOAT?  You are having a LAUGH.  We are finally seeing the end of that dark cloud. Skill, variety and shot making, over dull, defensive, bores.  FINALLY.  The stink of Nadal and his one-eyed fans, who ignore all his misdemeanours, is coming to an end.

VAMOS!

GREAT STUFF.

HM Murdoch wrote:

The Special Juan wrote:Neither Murray nor Djokovic were this young when they made their first QF.

Djokovic was a few days short of 19 when he made his first QF (at RG in 06).

So he was. I keep forgetting it's not 2013.

kingraf wrote:This Krygios kid is cold blooded though. Don't think he missed a first serve from 4-1 up. Nadal's recent history at SW19 means I'm not anointing this kid yet, but when you have that serve, and that backhand... and that level of competition (the Raonic generation) I see half a dozen plus Slams in his future.

Sounds funny but very true.

+1

This guys brings the Australian flavor back to tennis, smart, talented, aggressive, and a bit of bully look.

Tennismaster?

We salute you   

Best of all, Nadal will never ever win Wimb again! As it should be.

ChequeredJersey wrote:

laverfan wrote:

ChequeredJersey wrote:So the claims of Rafa never winning another Wimbledon look likely. I'd take another Aussie, and RG and one other. And a WTF most importantly

A WTF would be worth more than another W/AO/USO/RG. Hopefully he can do it soon, perhaps this year.

Reckon if he goes deep in the USO he'll keep struggling with the WTF

Why ?

There's only 2.5 months between the two.

tennismaster wrote:

falzy21 wrote:Still as a rafa fan he should have had the third and played a bad tb.  He didn't play too well frankly and as such I'm down, but happy to see a good young guy make a statement.  Nadal can have little complaint but oh well   Is like stan to win Tomoz. He'll be tough if he serves like he did today but Feds looking very good

Yeah, let's not congratulate the player that made Nadal look like an average player in faster conditions (which he is). Instead, Nadal didn't "play good".  He wasn't allowed to.  Nadal wouldn't have come close to winning Wimbledon of old.  He has no B game at all.  His entire routine is based around hitting to an opponents back hand, moonballing, and hoping for mistakes.  He is boring. I am laughing my head off at all those fist pumps he did...  looking back on that match, he just looks ridiculous now.

That's 3 years in a row that he has come unstuck when his routine, boring, moonball play can't get him over the line. Seems to have a big issue against taller players. GOAT?  You are having a LAUGH.  We are finally seeing the end of that dark cloud. Skill, variety and shot making, over dull, defensive, bores.  FINALLY.  The stink of Nadal and his one-eyed fans, who ignore all his misdemeanours, is coming to an end.

VAMOS!

GREAT STUFF.

N where did you come from?   

just a few weeks back he won an amazing 9th Roland Garros title dude, Fed can only dream of winning 9 titles in a Grand Slam.   I am not even a Rafa fan, lets celebrate the Kids success and not deflate Rafa.   

tennismaster wrote:

falzy21 wrote:Still as a rafa fan he should have had the third and played a bad tb.  He didn't play too well frankly and as such I'm down, but happy to see a good young guy make a statement.  Nadal can have little complaint but oh well   Is like stan to win Tomoz. He'll be tough if he serves like he did today but Feds looking very good

Yeah, let's not congratulate the player that made Nadal look like an average player in faster conditions (which he is). Instead, Nadal didn't "play good".  He wasn't allowed to.  Nadal wouldn't have come close to winning Wimbledon of old.  He has no B game at all.  His entire routine is based around hitting to an opponents back hand, moonballing, and hoping for mistakes.  He is boring. I am laughing my head off at all those fist pumps he did...  looking back on that match, he just looks ridiculous now.

That's 3 years in a row that he has come unstuck when his routine, boring, moonball play can't get him over the line. Seems to have a big issue against taller players. GOAT?  You are having a LAUGH.  We are finally seeing the end of that dark cloud. Skill, variety and shot making, over dull, defensive, bores.  FINALLY.  The stink of Nadal and his one-eyed fans, who ignore all his misdemeanours, is coming to an end.

VAMOS!

GREAT STUFF.

Yeah can't see him winning SW19 again. There's still Clay though and it was less than a year ago that he dominated the USO in a supposedly quick year

Fed may have won 9 Wimbledon's if they hadn't slowed it down.  And let's face it, this is the power era.  Put Nadal in Borg's era, and where is he?

IC, right, but deflating Nadal and Djoko is allowed by Royal decree   

invisiblecoolers wrote:

emancipator wrote:

Jahu wrote:What a match.

Were is the kneeling guy?

The Kneeling guy?

Oh you mean Amritia/IMBL/Red/a million other user names?

He's probably crying in his bedroom. I expect you won't see him for a while but no doubt he'll be back next time Rafa wins something - with a new username, new approach, but always the same goal.

  

emancipator - may the serve be with you

I did suspect he was red, but there was no reaction to my suspect he neither agreed to it nor rejected the claim.   

Silence is consent  

emancipator wrote:

ChequeredJersey wrote:

laverfan wrote:

ChequeredJersey wrote:So the claims of Rafa never winning another Wimbledon look likely. I'd take another Aussie, and RG and one other. And a WTF most importantly

A WTF would be worth more than another W/AO/USO/RG. Hopefully he can do it soon, perhaps this year.

Reckon if he goes deep in the USO he'll keep struggling with the WTF

Why ?

There's only 2.5 months between the two.

Nadal tends to fade end of season, even taking into account that HC isn't his best surface (though he was getting better on it and worse on grass) and he's especially beatable indoors

See ya next time Nadal loses. And again. And again. And again. Pay back, fanboys.

Ciao!

Oh dear. I thought we could all be adult about it. No idea why I keep trying

tennismaster wrote:Fed may have won 9 Wimbledon's if they hadn't slowed it down.  And let's face it, this is the power era.  Put Nadal in Borg's era, and where is he?

Mark Selby is god!

ChequeredJersey wrote:Guess I'm supporting Fed, Dimi, Kygrios, Cilic then

Hello

  

Please PM me the way of the big words.

I desire this power.

  

emancipator

tennismaster wrote:Fed may have won 9 Wimbledon's if they hadn't slowed it down.  And let's face it, this is the power era.  Put Nadal in Borg's era, and where is he?

You seem familiar... Very familiar... Didnt I see you this time last year?


Fed would possibly have fewer than 7 with quicker courts tbh. And Nadal would probably still have 10+ majors

What I am happy for the result are as follows

1]A grass should play as grass and aggressive players should win and thats the result today.

2]A young blood rising to the challange to deflate the current world no.1

3]I just don't wanna see Rafa ending the current year as World no.1, then you simply cannot control Rafa fans .   

4]Last but not least, it would be fun to take some dig at Rafa fans who were all at celebration after the French Open.   

Otherwise lets be frank, Rafa has excelled more than enough on a surface that least suits his style, he has won 2 titles with 5 final appearance given his style of play its simply amazing.

Oh it's that bloke! The mentally unwell one that's still bitter for being told off 2 years ago

Jahu wrote:IC, right, but deflating Nadal and Djoko is allowed by Royal decree   

     

tennismaster wrote:See ya next time Nadal loses.  And again. And again. And again.  Pay back, fanboys.

Ciao!

Just because Nadal lost, there is no need for WUMmery, please.

falzy21 wrote:Oh it's that bloke! The mentally unwell one that's still bitter for being told off 2 years ago

It is that special in question

CJ/Falzy... please do not rise up. You are providing a platform for further WUMmery. It will just go downhill from here, if you do.

Anyone not having s3x tonight and celebrate some new QF blood in tennis, I hope gets constipated.

Viva la Tennis   

Call em as I see em. Don't worry we've seen this bloke. He's a coward he says his thing and runs away before he can be told off. The fact he has t moved on for this long tells me exactly what he or she is

Jahu... please.

It is nice to see new names in the QFs. Even nicer if we see 4 new names in the SFs

Lets hope   

Jahu wrote:

laverfan wrote:I want this kid to beat Federer now.

No way. Fed will slice  and drop shot him to death.

Raonic-Korgi will be a serving heaven.

Fed-Stan a SHBH heaven.

Andy-Dimi average.

Djoko-Cilic average.

It depends whether you think that domination by serve is "heaven"   

For me Roger's not slicing and dicing as much anymore. He doesn't want long rallies - I honestly Roger will now lose to any of his rivals if they play well, regardless of his form. Certainly transport Murray to the final and give me Roger rather than Stan or Raonic. I just think that ultimately, the big boys have beaten Roger enough not to be cowed by four good matches!!