Wimbledon Open Thread
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and especially not Roddick, who always had an incredibly arrogant attitude in every press conference he was in. Reminds me of a guy that thought he was smarter or cooler than anyone else.
Just thought i would add that since this is a trend of who we are not fans of.
Already some craziness in the first set with back-to-back service breaks.
I am really sick of Djokovic. It's fun watching his losing, which obviously does not occur often. I love that he has yet to win Roland Garros. I'm sure once he beat Nadal in Paris, he was thinking, "Finally I am going to win this fucking tournament!"
and then Stan the Man said "no way, fool."
I don't know. I just am.
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Clearly you care since you clicked the thread.
Anyway, tennis is really fun to watch. It's great seeing the big four go at each other in seemingly every grand slam.
A few, but no one can beat Serena when it really matters (most of the time, of course). She should be playing the men.
Well, it's not really the age thing. It's more the level of talent that the greats are playing these days. Serena, Maria, and the big four for the men are playing, for the most part part, a bunch of no ones. Obviously there are some good players here and there, like Stan Wawrinka and some others, but these people are still winning because no one else is stepping up. Serena is built like a man anyway, so that is why she barely loses.
She's built like a world-class athlete - strong and fit.
Federer had his shot to take control after his break in the 1st set. He failed to do so. Since then Djokovic has been slightly better.
I hope I'm wrong, because I do enjoy watching Federer play, but I think the days of Federer winning Grand Slam events are past him.
Man. This has been a great tie break.
Pretty sure I would never get a racket on a serve, much less return one, by these guys. A friend of mine at U-M played tennis at Catholic Central, and he was pretty good (may have been a state champion or runner-up, can't recall). His legit first serve was too hard for me, and his second serve was like some wiffleball pitch, moving all over the place. So, he would just run me all over the court for a few strokes and then crush my soul.
At one point a few guys were touching 140+ on their serves. You could hardly see the fucking thing.
I remember. Good grief.
In his prime, Federer was borderline bulletproof at Wimbledon, possibly even better than Nadal at Rolland Garros. Maybe.
NICE
That was a crazy second set.
Federer FINALLY converts on an opportunity.
But how much did it take out of him?
Also, I don't get the whole "COME ON" shout that so many tennis players do. I know it's a tennis thing now, but I wonder where and when it started. It's extremely overdone, IMO.
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Cmon, Rog. One more for old time's sake!
That's exactly what it is. This is likely Federer's last serious shot at a GS title. He's going to do very well and go deep into a few more over the next couple years, but this is his surface. If not here, then probably never again anywhere.
Fed doesn't have the physcial or mental game to get past the Djoker anymore.
I believe Centre Court has a roof now.
It does and opened in 2009 or something, but these morons have not closed the roof. I simply don't get it. They'd rather keep the roof open, cover the court, and wait to see if the rain passes. Just close the fucking roof. No one wants this match to be delayed.