Wimbledon 2016 - Day 7

by **laverfan** Wed 29 Jun 2016, 10:04 am

First topic message reminder :

Schedule - http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/schedule/index.html

Live Scores - http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/index.html

Good to see new faces - Johnson, Vesley, Pouille, Mahut.

MoTD - Kyrgios v Murray (IMVHO).

by summerblues Mon 04 Jul 2016, 2:58 pm

Born Slippy wrote:Fed would have crushed Raonic anyway.

Kind of agree. If Fed beat Cilic, he would likely beat Raonic too. Cilic - if playing well - by far the most dangerous opponent for Fed in the top half.

by Guest Mon 04 Jul 2016, 2:59 pm

Do we have a rough idea for when the Murray match will start.

I have to pop out but wanna be back in time Very Happy

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 3:00 pm

Mad for Chelsea wrote:
Born Slippy wrote:
Born Slippy wrote:
Mad for Chelsea wrote:There's a doubles match over on court 7 which is level at 12-12 in the fifth
Has a former champ playing in it as well!

Three match points to Marray and partner.
Erm, still 0-40. No idea what's going on as its not televised!

It's finished, Marray and his partner have won 14-12

Good stuff. Marray into another Wim QF. He couldn't win again could he?!

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 3:06 pm

emancipator wrote:Do we have a rough idea for when the Murray match will start.

I have to pop out but wanna be back in time

Hard to judge. I'm assuming that Serena's match is currently awaiting the roof going up? I'd pop out now as Murray won't be on for at least an hour.

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 3:07 pm

Stinker of a game from Goffin. Raonic has a break! Comeback on?

by lags72 Mon 04 Jul 2016, 3:07 pm

summerblues wrote:
Born Slippy wrote:Fed would have crushed Raonic anyway.
Kind of agree. If Fed beat Cilic, he would likely beat Raonic too. Cilic - if playing well - by far the most dangerous opponent for Fed in the top half.

Hmm....

Can we be sure (the present-day error-prone) Fed "would have crushed Raonic" ....? chin

In their last five meetings, it's 3-2 to Federer ; and 6 sets won, but five conceded.

Good to see Goffin showing some form

by Guest Mon 04 Jul 2016, 3:08 pm

Thanks BS, sounds like a plan Run

emancipator

by Mad for Chelsea Mon 04 Jul 2016, 3:08 pm

Poor game from Goffin that really, couple of loose shots, and Raonic has some sort of foothold.

by Mad for Chelsea Mon 04 Jul 2016, 3:12 pm

Off for rain...

by summerblues Mon 04 Jul 2016, 3:13 pm

lags72 wrote:Can we be sure (the present-day error-prone) Fed "would have crushed Raonic" ....?

I am not, but that is not quite what I said. I said that I thought that if he first beat Cilic, then he would also beat Raonic. I could see Fed playing poorly enough that they would both beat him, but I think that Cilic when playing well (as he seems to be) is harder for Fed to beat.

by summerblues Mon 04 Jul 2016, 3:13 pm

Rain

by TopoftheChops Mon 04 Jul 2016, 3:22 pm

TopoftheChops wrote:
Guest82 wrote:
summerblues wrote:Love second Monday at Wimbledon. Quite a few good matches. My predictions:

Mahut
Raonic
Federer
Cilic
Berdych
Tomic
Tsonga
Murray

Mine:

Mahut
Raonic
Federer
Cilic
Vesely
Tomic
Gasquet
Murray

querrey
goffin
fed
nishi
berdych
tomic
gasquet
murray

good so far bar nishi

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 3:49 pm

From 4-5 down Serena has obliterated Kuz - now 75 50. Not long until the big match.

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 3:53 pm

Three clean return winners in the last game - 43 winners in total. Brutal from Serena.

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 4:04 pm

Bit weird that Milos is playing on Court 2 whilst J-MC is on centre talking about the Murray match. I know he's a consultant but must be strange when he's not there.

by summerblues Mon 04 Jul 2016, 4:13 pm

Raonic clawing his way back into the match, though really more through Goffin's level dipping than Raonic's improving.

by summerblues Mon 04 Jul 2016, 4:16 pm

Good luck Nick!

by summerblues Mon 04 Jul 2016, 4:30 pm

Raonic in the 5th set now. It looks like Tomic is headed there too.

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 4:32 pm

Yep Pouille makes it 2 sets all.

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 4:40 pm

Got to assume at some stage Nick might drop below 88% first serves in!

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 4:46 pm

That serve is so damn good.

by summerblues Mon 04 Jul 2016, 4:47 pm

Good hold from 0-30.

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 4:49 pm

Raonic up a break in the 5th. Bad loss for Goffin given his dominance early on.

Tomic has saved break points in all three service games in the 5th - got to assume he will get a break himself soon!

by Duty281 Mon 04 Jul 2016, 4:50 pm

Kyrgios looking too quick and too powerful for Murray.

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 4:52 pm

Yep - Tomic breaks for 4-2.

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 4:54 pm

Kyrgios now up above 90% first serves. Ludicrously good.

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 4:55 pm

Pouille breaks straight back. Good match!

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 4:58 pm

Murray never wins big tiebreaks so essential he wins this next game. Neither player can play better than this. Awesome set.

by temporary21 Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:01 pm

Great comeback from Raonic

by Duty281 Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:02 pm

The switch to BBC2 works for Murray!

That's the value of experience.

by summerblues Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:02 pm

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:02 pm

Excellent from Murray. Well-deserved set. Needs to maintain this level though as Kyrgios is playing great.

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:06 pm

Does this guy ever miss a first serve? It's insane!

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:12 pm

Second set letdown here for Andy. Dangerous times.

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:13 pm

Big hold that. Keep focussed Andy.

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:16 pm

What happened to Gasquet?

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:18 pm

First time Kyrgios misses two first serves in a game. Murray breaks.

by temporary21 Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:18 pm

Gasquet retires... damn

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:19 pm

Kyrgios on the edge here. Vital game for Andy to hold.

by summerblues Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:19 pm

Kyrgios just not solid enough. Some brain cramps thrown in for good measure. Long way back now.

by Aut0Gr4ph Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:19 pm

Andy benefitting from some indiscipline in that game. Vital he consolidates the break.

by summerblues Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:20 pm

temporary21 wrote:Gasquet retires... damn

What happened there?

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:21 pm

Gasquet pulled his back. Real shame.

by Aut0Gr4ph Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:22 pm

Wouldn't be remotely surprised if Kyrgios drops his head from here. Hope Andy can continue to be solid and not give him a sniff.

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:24 pm

Kyrgios with a mad game. Keep focus Andy!

by Aut0Gr4ph Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:24 pm

Well, Nick won't be getting any time violations today at this rate.

by summerblues Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:25 pm

Kyrgios falling apart.

by summerblues Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:25 pm

Aut0Gr4ph wrote:Well, Nick won't be getting any time violations today at this rate.

I thought it was crazy that they gave him a time violation the last match - he is always one of the fastest guys to serve.

by Aut0Gr4ph Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:27 pm

Key question now is whether Kyrgios will reset for set 3 or continue showing disinterest.

by Born Slippy Mon 04 Jul 2016, 5:27 pm

Fantastic win for Pouille. Great for him to make a Wimbledon QF. Must be close to top 20.

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