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The Tennis Thread (Part 27)
NewWorldMan wrote: »At Wimbledon in the old days when the grass was much faster the likes of Isner and Raonic could get to the final fairly easily and then be outclassed by one of the top players. But they would not do that much elsewhere, e.g., Goran Ivanisevic. Four Wimbledon finals wasn't it?
I wouldn't be surprised if Raonic gets at least s set from Djokovic. I've never actually seen a Raonic game so I've no idea how good he is apart from the serve?
He's improved a bit in fairness but is still not a very good mover
It's the grass which really brings out the worst in these players who don't move very well and his results at Wimbledon tell their own story
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Raonic is a better player than he was in say 2012 for example, the FH is a huge weapon and he can actually somewhat compete in rallies. Ljubicic has really helped his game on clay too. Felt for the past few months that if he played a more aggressive game he'd earn a lot more fans because he has the capability to go for shots. Just takes the dull and easy way out though a lot of the time due to his ridiculous serve.
In any event I don't see him troubling Novak here, he wasn't that great against Simon, was better against Granollers but yea this is a much togher ask. I can see a couple of tie breakers but think Novak takes it in 3.
Would it have made sense to have had all 4 women's quarters today.
There is a possibility, 2 women could go into the Semis Today, and if it does rain heavily tommorrow,the other Semi a Finalists not going through until Thursday, which would be a massive advantage for the winners today
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/27663878
I was about to throw a strop but then I read in the article,
'BBC Sport's digital coverage will be the most comprehensive ever, with up to 12 live streams across any device.'
Phew. I can live with that.
Also, I've never really used the red button as the quality isn't great so more focus on digital coverage works for me.
Milos is frustrating for players, he doesn't let you get into a rhythm. I could see him taking it to 4 sets and keeping other sets close if he serves well. But I would only expect him to win 3 sets if Novak has an off day. We shall see. I get the feeling it could be tougher than people expect or be a damp squib!
Looking forward to Sharapova's match soon. Muguruza could be tricky, but I can't see Sharapova losing. In fact I'm gonna go for Sharapova in two sets, one relatively close and the other to be comprehensive. Watch Maria lose 6-2 6-1 now!
I think we're probaly headed for a repeat of the 2012 final, although Sharapova-Halep is also a possibility. Sharapova-Kuznetsova would be a fascinating one to watch though!
On the men's side, I still can't see Rafa losing unfortunately.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/wimbledon2014
The TV schedule will change a bit because of the World cup so they will be more only one channel coverage than announced at the moment.
Very weird!
she'll need to be fairly careful with what she says about any fellow-pro. I mean openly criticising any of them is only asking for trouble, while fawning over anyone won't do too much good either!
It's hardly as if it's a ratings puller or she's actually one of the top players in the game (i.e. a Sharapova, Williams, Azarenka etc who'd likely draw ratings in their own country if they did it). And as you say she's 20!!
Different if it was Murray doing it as I'm sure people would be interested in a lot of what he has to say on others given his stature in the game. Robson is 20 with a lot to learn yet! I could never see Murray going into punditry though
I don't know what he was on about, she seems like a looker to me
Sharapova serve looking very wobbly, it is early though
Maybe that will help
Is Maria gonna get her shit together?
Good to see Garbine keeping up her good form but I wasn't expecting this at all