2019 Wimbledon

[Dan Gould]

A star is freaking BORN!

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[Brad]

She will have her biggest test to date when she faces 7 seed Simona Halep on Monday. 

[Brad]

Rafa, Serena and Barty looked good today. Barty and Serena could be a very interesting match; Barty barely broke a sweat (or so it seemed). 

[Brad]

Looks like Serena won't have to worry about beating Barty as the number 1 seed is out. 

[Brad]

An impressive victory by Simona Halep. Serena never seemed to be able to get untracked and just when it looked like she might be getting back into the match, Halep broke her. Too many unforced errors today. 

Tomorrow's match could be a marathon. I think Federer might have another title in him. 

[Matthew]

2 hours ago, Brad said:

An impressive victory by Simona Halep. Serena never seemed to be able to get untracked and just when it looked like she might be getting back into the match, Halep broke her. Too many unforced errors today. 

Tomorrow's match could be a marathon. I think Federer might have another title in him. 

Halep was amazing in her court coverage, she got everything back. Great win for her.

[Dan Gould]

2 minutes ago, Matthew said:

Halep was amazing in her court coverage, she got everything back. Great win for her.

Not just the defense but the shot-making from defensive positions was positively Rafa-esque.

[Matthew]

21 minutes ago, Dan Gould said:

Not just the defense but the shot-making from defensive positions was positively Rafa-esque.

It was, and it wore down Williams, she looked at a loss on how to respond.

[Brad]

She made a couple of early cross court shots, turning sure points from Serena into points for her, that were positively amazing

[Brad]

This is one incredible match at 9-8 in the fifth. You can cut the tension with the proverbial knife. 

[Dan Gould]

I'm afraid Roger is about to lose. I've run out of work to do and am moving to the couch. Everytime I watched from there, he lost (both tie breaks) and when I went back to the office and watched online, he won the set.

Honestly if he does lose this will be about the biggest disappointment. Never seen him play this sloppy. And I can't remember ever seeing so many shanks off the frame.

[Brad]

The loser will rue the opportunities he had. It’s a match you don’t want to see end. I think it’s going to a tiebreaker. 

Edited July 14, 2019 by Brad

[Brad]

One of the great matches but one I’m sure Federer would like to forget. Who can blame him?

[soulpope]

9 hours ago, Brad said:

One of the great matches but one I’m sure Federer would like to forget. Who can blame him?

I believe age took its toll on the sentimental favourite ....

[Brad]

I thought there were three key points, all in the fifth set. Federer broke Djokovic when the latter was up 4-2. I thought Djokovic had let a golden opportunity slip by — although I was proved wrong— and then Federer had two match points up 9-8. I was sure Djokovic was finished and was amazed when he saved match point and actually more so when he won the game. The last was in the tiebreak when Federer was down 1-2 and mishit or shanked the ball. That put him in a big hole from which he could not recover. Pity.  I thought Federer was the better player as he had more winners but Djokovic came through at just the right moments. 

[soulpope]

6 minutes ago, Brad said:

I thought there were three key points, all in the fifth set. Federer broke Djokovic when the latter was up 4-2. I thought Djokovic had let a golden opportunity slip by — although I was proved wrong— and then Federer had two match points up 9-8. I was sure Djokovic was finished and was amazed when he saved match point and actually more so when he won the game. The last was in the tiebreak when Federer was down 1-2 and mishit or shanked the ball. That put him in a big hole from which he could not recover. Pity.  I thought Federer was the better player as he had more winners but Djokovic came through at just the right moments. 

Agreed .... believe a "younger" Federer would have finished Djokovic off after the break in the 5th at latest ....