Bully Wee Villa Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 This hasn't even been a match, sadly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 hour ago, sparky88 said: Ridiculous that they are struggling to complete 3 matches even with a roof on Centre Court. No idea why they don't start earlier. Does seem a bit odd they don't start at 12 at the latest to catch up a bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Aaaand... that's Wimbledon over for another year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 This is where Wimbledon starts - all the British jobbers are out and they now have to talk about tennis. Andy does not have a lot of points to defend from now until the end of the year, in fact he has to defend 90 before the US Open. He is about 200 points away from being seeded. There is a grass court tournament in Newport in two weeks(250) , then Washington (500) and then the two Masters (1000). All he needs is one good run in one of them. He can then re-assess at that point and see what he wants. He has already committed to a Chinese tournament later in the year as well. I hope Andy reflects and sees although it was a tough loss, it was a good loss in the grand scheme of things. It takes a World #1 to beat Tsitsipas in Grand Slams this year. Lost to Novak in the final of the Australian, and then to Alcaraz in the QF of the French. I watched the Lehecka match earlier and thought he played really well, Berdych has done really well with him. That was his fifth seed he has beaten in the Slams this year. It will be interesting to see what he can do against Medvedev. I feel sorry for Berdych imagine being good enough to beat Djokovic and Federer on Centre Court to only have to then play Nadal in the final. Roblev Bublik is likely the only match worth watching tomorrow from the Men's side, just because of the randomness of both players, lots of variety, and a high chance for mental breakdowns. It will be interesting to see if Andreeva can follow up her high profile win, she is building quite a resume despite only being 16. Svitolina Azarenka should be a great match, and will be interesting if they will be any needle in the match at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignoramus Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 I’m sure the Wimbledon organisers are loving it as Russians and Belarusians start pouring their way into the later stages in the men’s and women singles events 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Anyone been to Wimbledon? Savage Henrietta, having never once expressed an interest in tennis at all, has suggested going. I assume it’s a Glastonbury style clusterfuck? Anyone with experience? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Can tennis players, current and former, stop calling the final of a tournament the ‘finals’. ‘She beat her in the French Open finals.’ It’s singular you fucking idiots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Another half 8/9 start for Djokovic tonight. They really need to start earlier on the show courts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 (edited) A monumental arse collapse by Hurkacz at 6-5 up and serving in the tie break, gets a good serve in but then dumps an easy volley into the net, then follows it up with another unforced error. First set Novax. Edited July 9, 2023 by peasy23 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 What a chance for Hurkacz to go one set up. 6-3 up in the tie break, couldn’t take any of this three set points, arse just collapsed . Djokovic rings off five points in a row to win it 8-6. This one won’t be finished before the curfew, the serving has been superb so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiblue Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 The Pole has Hibsed the first set 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Hurkacz again serving at 5-4 up in the tiebreak and hits 2 of his worst shots of the night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Retweeted by Andy Murray.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Got to feel for Hurkacz there, he played two of the best sets of his life, up until the last few points. Served over 80% first serves and his first serve must average over 125mph and he took the lead in both tie breaks. He’s still 2-0 down and he will go out tomorrow. Watching that reminded me of what I think Roddick said about Djokovic. ‘first he takes your legs, then he takes your soul’ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Yep, he was terrific right up to the close of each tie-break. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 9 hours ago, peasy23 said: Retweeted by Andy Murray.... The folk in the comments are spot on. This isn't 1981, grass court matches aren't over in 2 hours now because they aren't serve and volley fests. Matches now last over 3 hours regularly, even straight setters, and squeezing 2 men's and 1 women's match in during the 9 hour window is difficult, especially as they have to close the roof. Get all courts starting at 12. I watched the end of the Azarenka/Svitolina match just to see what would happen. Azarenka waved at Svitolina, who immediately put her racket up at her in acknowledgement, and that was it. I don't think the crowd saw that and booed Azarenka off, when it was well documented before hand that there wouldn't be a handshake at the end of the match. Azarenka was spot on in her press conference, she respected Svitolina's decision, still acknowledged each other at the end, and reckoned by that time of night all the crowd were pissed and didn't know what was going on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, TheScarf said: The folk in the comments are spot on. This isn't 1981, grass court matches aren't over in 2 hours now because they aren't serve and volley fests. Matches now last over 3 hours regularly, even straight setters, and squeezing 2 men's and 1 women's match in during the 9 hour window is difficult, especially as they have to close the roof. Get all courts starting at 12. I watched the end of the Azarenka/Svitolina match just to see what would happen. Azarenka waved at Svitolina, who immediately put her racket up at her in acknowledgement, and that was it. I don't think the crowd saw that and booed Azarenka off, when it was well documented before hand that there wouldn't be a handshake at the end of the match. Azarenka was spot on in her press conference, she respected Svitolina's decision, still acknowledged each other at the end, and reckoned by that time of night all the crowd were pissed and didn't know what was going on. I don't see why they can't do what other slams do, start at 12 and schedule 3 matches, but say that the 3rd one won't start before 6pm or so. As they said last night during Djokovic v Hurkacz, it must be very frustrating for the players having no real idea when they will start, and then by the time they did start they are already thinking this match won't get finished tonight. I watched that match and it was clear that Azarenka waved her racket, commentary team all spotted it too. I did see one tweet from someone who saw Azarenka wave, but didn't see Svitolina respond due to the umpire's chair being in the way. Obviously the whole crowd weren't unsighted like that though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 1 minute ago, peasy23 said: I don't see why they can't do what other slams do, start at 12 and schedule 3 matches, but say that the 3rd one won't start before 6pm or so. As they said last night during Djokovic v Hurkacz, it must be very frustrating for the players having no real idea when they will start, and then by the time they did start they are already thinking this match won't get finished tonight. I watched that match and it was clear that Azarenka waved her racket, commentary team all spotted it too. I did see one tweet from someone who saw Azarenka wave, but didn't see Svitolina respond due to the umpire's chair being in the way. Obviously the whole crowd weren't unsighted like that though. Aye she definitely waved which was immediately returned by Svitolina. The press conference was the usual from the Nigels, trying to rile the player up with daft questions after they've had the situation explained to them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Heliums Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 15 hours ago, Savage Henry said: Anyone been to Wimbledon? Savage Henrietta, having never once expressed an interest in tennis at all, has suggested going. I assume it’s a Glastonbury style clusterfuck? Anyone with experience? IMO it's way, way better than you think it's going to be. If you're queuing, it's really well organised. We went down on the train, camped overnight – and got tickets for a show court the next day. Definitely worth doing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 16 hours ago, Savage Henry said: Anyone been to Wimbledon? Savage Henrietta, having never once expressed an interest in tennis at all, has suggested going. I assume it’s a Glastonbury style clusterfuck? Anyone with experience? I am not sure you mean by Glastonbury clusterfuck - but to get tickets you need to register for the ballot. You are then randomly picked for tickets and you then have a three day time window to purchase your allocated tickets. Tickets that aren't sold get re-allocated to the queue, so even without tickets you can join the queue and you may end up with something better than the grounds pass. The grounds pass will get you access to every court apart from the show courts - Centre, 1 and 2. A grounds pass is good in the first few days as you will have plenty opportunity to see top players, later on in the tournament you're only likely to see doubles jobbers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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