Wimbledon Day 7 - Blow a Gasquet & Bust Agut

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Jahu wrote:

legendkillarV2 wrote:

Jahu wrote:Well Korgi was harsh to Aussie Tennis guys (for not helping him after the surgery, blla blla) and they reprimanded him nicely yesterday.

That was Tomic you fool!

Oh yes, my mistake, you sexy boy

Are you coming on to me or am I coming on to you?

But too nervy for my blood this one. Goffin stan for me

Just what the doctor (pardon the pun) ordered. An early break of serve from Murray in the second set to lead 7-6 1-0.

How's Azarenka on Court 12? What's her current ranking?

Swan has lost the first set

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kingraf wrote:How's Azarenka on Court 12? What's her current ranking?

Is she still with that mofo redfoo or whatever his name was?

No. I don't believe she is. She now seemingly spends her time not on court being Gael Monfils' head cheerleader.

Wawrinka took the first set. Long way back now for Goffin. Wawrinka pulling off an RG-SW19 double is beginning to come into focus... and after that...

#Careergrandslam?

Sounds silly to day it but wawrinka is a real dark horse. Hard to say that about a guy who just won the French open but he hardly had a great grass record in the past.

He is so high on confidence right now and he can overpower anybody in the draw. If djokovic does meet him in the semis, he will be very nervous as stan has the ability to play the match on his terms. If he plays like the French open final, there is not a lot anybody can do to counteract that power and precision

slashermcguirk wrote:If he plays like the French open final, there is not a lot anybody can do to counteract that power and precision

I think he'll struggle to produce a performance as devastating as that on grass due to the faster surface and shorter time to swing at his shots.

He's playing very well though.

If ends up playing Novak, that match really will be on a knife edge.

Might be a case of different... But the same. Only been broken once this Wimbledon. So what he loses in Groundstrokes, he gains in serves. Will need Djokovic to have a poor serving day, but he needed that in Paris anyway.

Is Stan really playing well now?
stats show otherwise with 29W to 31UE, 54% first serves, 1/3 BP and defended 1/2...
Though I agree against Djoko he could tickle the world #1, if not tennistically, then mentally

Not now, as in this very moment. Although he's playing alright. More in the general scheme of the tournament.

Off topic - WTF is Nastase wearing?

Karlovic return and ground strokes are truly abysmal. How after that long on tour could you have such awful ground strokes!

Not playing particularly well, but that extra bit of quality and experience has Wawrinka two sets up

Ivo breaks Andy for the third set!
2-1 Murray, and a whole more to do!

And Simon breaks Berdych 3-2 in the first set. Note that Simon is 6-4 H2H against Tomas

Terrible game, in a real fight now.

And a much worse way to lose the set than through a TB:
- confidence rising for Ivo
- tougher mindset for Andy
- Ivo serving first again

Murray is going to explode at the fact that he managed to lose four points in which he had to feed the ball in against Karlovic.

I wonder what Andys 1 st serve percentage on bp is for his career. Ive a feeling its very low

His only solace is he cant be beaten in 2 tb's now

Karlovic could probably make the second week of the odd grand slam until he's 40 with that serve.

To be fair, Ivo's stats for that set show he played very well - 10 aces, 78% first serves, 26 winners v 3 unforced errors.

With that serve, it's always going to be difficult to just overwhelm him on a fast court.

Wasting his chances here Andy, the inevitable wobble... every time

Karlovic is dropping the anvil it's like BOOM BOOM BOOM.

Wawrinka broken again.
Playing really poor right now.

Come on Ivo, give us 5 sets

Go Simon! He takes the first set with a break - Berdych will have a hard time getting to the QF

Cilic loses the second set to Kudla. Karlovic continues to serve with the force of Kratos, but Wozniacki is out.

Motm hawkeye, jeeez I couldnt beleive it when Ivo made that... just out though 4-3

Cheeky that HE. I wouldn't have allowed it.

Karlovic mugged by the technology. Unbelievable.

seen that a lot, people challenging immediately after a legitimate shot, no blame attached though, of course youll challenge

Karma for the cheeky double hit maybe?

temporary21 wrote:seen that a lot, people challenging immediately after a legitimate shot, no blame attached though, of course youll challenge

Oh I don't blame the player, but Garner should've put his foot down and said too late.

Youre a lucky son of a b Murray, giving away 30-40 and that second serve deserved to be done.

Thats a great play on the second though

Conspiring to make this hard but one more service game and the nightmare is over

Wawrinka steps it up from 2-0 down, and does that thing where he savagely bullies his opponent into submission. He's through 7-6 7-6 6-4

Well played there by Ivo.

Well played Murray and Ivo.

Ivo can feel hard done by in that 4th.

Garner deserves a slap!

Murray through. Good test.

And Simon break in second set 2-0

Maybe Murray has the luck of future winners?

Tell you what, Simon is crushing thi a lot harder than ive seen him do so before, Berdych all over the shop

33 minutes to go to 3-1 though...

On ranking points: Simon going to SF would mean Rafa leaves the top 10 (and Andy could take #2 spot to Roger with a tournament win)