WIMBLEDON 2016

Weather confusing things again, but are some players going to have to double up today, in order to get the 3rd round done? Is Stephens-Kuznetsova & Bacsinsky-Pavlyuchenkova now pencilled in for the late afternoon? Kvitova-Makarova didn't even restart though, nor did the last of the men's r2 stragglers, Youzhny-Zverev.

BBC2 literally cut away from Kerber/Witthoeft at 6-6 in the TB to show Djokovic walking on to court. Like seriously...you've got time to finish the TB at least, have some respect.

It's pretty dreadful, this kind of programming. The day I decided I *had* to get a Freeview box was when BBC left the Agassi-Philippoussis fifth set at a crucial moment to show Tim Fucking Henman knocking up on Centre. This was 13 years ago, before the advent of multiple streaming options, when the Red Button on Freeview was the only way to see what the main channel wasn't covering.

I assume the players who still had to play their R2s today will have their R3s on the Middle Sunday schedule

the Henman years were so dreadful for BBC coverage, the wealth of courts at our fingertips is obviously luxurious in comparison but it's still frustrating that the BBC fucks up so egregiously when the technology means it doesn't even need to, even if it prioritises its own stupid "better to see a famous/British player not playing than anyone else actually playing" philosophy

So we are going to have Middle Sunday? There has been a decision?

yes we are - details to be given later I believe..

Tickets all to be sold online from Ticketmaster at 3pm, schedule I guess dependent on what isn't finished today? They're still aiming to get all the R4s done on Manic Monday so assuming Kvitova and Zverev get their R2s done today, it's all the leftover R3s. If Kvitova and Zverev don't finish today they're fucked

xps not wanting someone to dominate every slam ever =/= hating them

query 4 bps at 3-2 up on the 4th..D dug himself out, wonder if query's chance is gone

serving 'em up to keep a lead on serve

surely now novak

breaks and now to serve for the 4th. but really novak on the brink for a cpl of mins

fuck me

thrash volley - break back

querrey's incompetence is pretty amusing

and yet if he breaks novak..

I'd consider retiring now instead of losing to this thrash

omg rain

lol this match
this blessed rain
this engerland

oh my god.

rip novak

lmao this is amazing

querrey

http://blog.mytennislessons.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-09-at-11-10-24-am.png

so who fucked Novak's mind? there has got to be another explanation for this

I mean sure the slam but you might think a loss in a 2nd week - and not to this?!

Finding Makarova's black socks weirdly jarring

Petra making error after error: not jarring in the least, obv

Shades of Curren vs Connors, '83.

the funny thing about the Querrey loss is that Querrey was choking for his LIFE. I really didn't see much of it before the closing stages but the last set was atrocious quality from both. Even the MP, Querrey tentative on every stroke before Djokovic hits an error for no reason.

After the immense pressure of finally winning RG/holding 4 in a row was lifted I don't think much further explanation is needed. We saw how hard 4 in a row was, 5 in a row is unfathomable. Just one of those situations where you couldn't imagine who exactly would do it, and tbh Djokovic wobbled against Ward and Mannarino so...

No such excuses for Kvitova who seems to have finally changed her career's frustration "85% flopping, 15% peaking" ratio to "100% flopping". Easy money, cheers Kate M.

Can't believe this is Mahut's first Slam second week! Thrilled with Doi's first week 2 too, exciting that she gets a chance to avenge her loss from MP up to Kerber at the AO. Halep/Keys and Radwanska/Cibulkova are popcorn R4s, Aga was incredible against Siniakova.

Why are there so many #hormones among the men this tournament? So many tantrums and fights. Kyrgios, Paire, Troicki, Delpo v Pouille (this was a great match otherwise), Fognini v Lopez...I don't want to hear any ATP player talk about WTA emotions again. Even Cornet has been an oasis of calm in comparison.

I scored No 1 Court tkts for tomorrow! I get to see the Kyrgios circus in person.

Djokovic seriously made Querry look like a tennis god in the second set. It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen in my life.

Sloane's collapse against Sveta was highly entertaining.

Feeling sad about Delpo again though. What happened between him and Pouille yesterday? I missed the whole drama.

Isner-Tsonga BBC commentator will not shut up about Isner-Mahut, at least ten references, starting in the 4th set. Well, you've willed your marathon set into being now, let it go.

Roz - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/02/wimbledon-del-potro-pouille-mens-singles

Thank god Tsonga put a stop to the Isner marathon stuff before it got silly again.

Got No 1 Court tickets for yesterday, Middle Sunday is so much fun! Kuznetsova/Stephens was a thriller, Sweta just threw everything at her towards the end. Didn't feel like a Sloane choke because there was never any momentum in the match...both players had patches of awful errors that seemed to come at random (ditto their winners).

Lopez was clearly just a bit too fatigued to push Kyrgios like yesterday, he didn't roll over but he was chuntering away to his box from the first game. Ultimately a Lopez without a first serve and volleys isn't a pretty sight (unlike his ass in those obscenely tight shorts). Kyrgios hit a few astonishing BH crosscourt passes.

Vesely/Sousa...by the second set I looked around and literally 10 people in my immediate vicinity were on their phones. Sousa was absolutely atrocious, could barely hit a groundstroke.

Saw some incredible junior drama at the end of the day. First saw 15yo Iga Swiatek when I went to Les Petits As for work last year (biggest U14 tournament in the world, she reached the SF iirc) and she was playing against Usue Maitane Arconada, three years older and basically outhitting her on every point. Came back from 1-5 in the final set but just couldn't get it done, lost 9-7 in the third and was in floods of tears even before she got to the handshake. Sad to see but she's one to watch and will def be winning this sort of match next year.

your last 16s for Manic Monday! I got 10/16 each, not bad, quite happy I picked Doi and Johnson in particular.

(1) Serena Williams vs. (13) Svetlana Kuznetsova
(21) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. (27) Coco Vandeweghe
(3) Agnieszka Radwanska vs. (19) Dominika Cibulkova
Ekaterina Makarova vs. Elena Vesnina
(5) Simona Halep vs. (9) Madison Keys
Misaki Doi vs. (4) Angelique Kerber
(8) Venus Williams vs. (12) Carla Suárez Navarro
Yaroslava Shvedova vs. (28) Lucie Safarova

(28) Sam Querrey vs. Nicolas Mahut
(11) David Goffin vs. (6) Milos Raonic
(3) Roger Federer vs. Steve Johnson
(9) Marin Cilic vs. (5) Kei Nishikori
Jiri Vesely vs. (10) Tomas Berdych
(19) Bernard Tomic vs. (32) Lucas Pouille
(7) Richard Gasquet vs. (12) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
(15) Nick Kyrgios vs. (2) Andy Murray

And Kerber is yr first QF-ist.

Hey, A-Rad/Domi has just got good! Domi was so strong on the important points, helped by Aga missing some putaways, often hitting it back to her. The game where Domi tried to serve it out at 5-4 in the second was terrific in places, the really long rally at... deuce? It ended on a sad error but was terrific moving and punching. Aga's retrieved from 3-5 to take the second 7-5.

These two have such a great rivalry right now! Hard to believe Aga once double bageled her in the final at Sydney once. So, so happy to have Domi back as a threat!

I put a fiver on A-Rad at the start of the tournament. Hopefully I can cash that out if she survives this.

However, more smartly, I put a fiver on Cilic when Djokovic lost!

Aga/Domi is another nailbiter.

Holy shit that game at 5-5. I love both of these women so much.

Jeez-o, this is tense.

I put a fiver on Cilic when Djokovic lost!

Aye, last time Nole opened the door for Fed in a Slam, Cilic promptly shut it. May happen Wednesday.

turn on wimbledon for five minutes and cibulkova/radwanska provides the greatest rally i've seen in women's tennis, ever

;_; Aga. But what a way to go.

can you think of a greater game to win a match, jesus

gawd the injustice. One had to lose, the other's gonna be gassed. Cibulkova deserves to make the final rather than face Serena in the SF.

turn on wimbledon for five minutes and cibulkova/radwanska provides the greatest rally i've seen in women's tennis, ever

Then there was another one nearly as good!

that set was right up there with that Kuznetsova/Schiavone epic, oh oh oh and Rubin/Sanchez-Vicario from the 1996 Australian.

yeah i mean i only showed for the last two games and that alone was titanic

Here's your stats for the third set, containing 16 games:

Domi: 33W/21UE
Aga: 18W/6UE

Damn.

Man, I just missed all this.