WIMBLEDON 2015

well poo

great match

Testament to how well Watson was playing that I didn't even put a bet on Serena to come back and win

omg how does Garry Richardson still have this job. Every question about Watson until one about Venus

That was the first tennis I've watched this year and I turned up in the pub at the exact moment the match turned Serena's way. Oh dear.

omg how does Garry Richardson still have this job.

His interview with Andy Murray after the match against Haase was abysmal.

Anyway, well done Heather, I doubt Serena will have a tougher match this tournament.

Also, annoyed I didn't cash out my speculative quid placed at 12/1 when she was 3-0 up in the 3rd, but I really thought she was going to go on and do it.

yeah she was in with a shout right up to the end

This amazing Safarova point was probably also the turning point of her match

https://vimeo.com/132552268

Muguruza/Kerber and Niculescu/Pliskova are two v entertaining stylistic contrasts right now

It occurs to me that Kerber and Niculescu have two of my favourite FHs in tennis, for very different reasons

Titanic game by Muguruza. 16 minutes, eight deuces, five set points saved.

point of the tournament there

omfg the first point of the TB

Muguruza has saved 7 SPs now. Two with FH winners on the line

What a superb set of tennis that was from Kerber/Mug.

Insane quality. Muguruza saves NINE set points, at least three with winners right on the line, and takes the TB 14-12. Two more sets of that please

I fear for Petra facing either of these two playing like that.

Browns just won a set. 2-1 against Troicki

Niculescu into week two of a Slam for the second time :))))))))

Muguruza easily the 92-95 (or whatever) generation player i've been most impressed by

She fell off just a bit in the second set. What a contrast.

In the 1992-95 generation I'd put Keys' potential above Muguruza's but those are definitely the two most impressive to me.

Meanwhile, Giorgi has hit her 300th DF of 2015

(Not an exaggeration, her actual 300th)

Maria just hit a dropshot ROS vs Keys

Kerber/Muguruza getting good again (and just in time for Kerber, who woke up at 1-3 15-40 down)

That game where she was down 00-40 and still won it was amazing.

Haha @ that match ending on a Hawkeye challenge so close

Brilliant performance by the White Mug over one of the most in-form opponents tbh. Really time for her to make a push for the top 10 rather than floating around #20 forever

isner has mishit like 8 shots already since the restart

& bails himself out w some bomb serves

Haaaaaaa @ that match's resumption lasting two games and finishing with an Isner DF. PERFECT

Potential tournament-ruining nightmare stopped in its tracks. BEGONE

the ball kid ran all the way back across ct and i think fucked up his tempo there

agree m/l xp

ugh there is nothing worse than Groth servebotting out a set when I want him OFF THE COURT immediately.

timea is exposing lisicki there

espn is asking fed to explain his emojis lol

Tsonga got robbed :(

Blatant double hit from Karlovic down SP.

Elsewhere, Govortsova makes it two Belarusians in a Slam second week ever (the last non-Azarenka BLR in a Slam second week was Olga Barabanschikova, Wimbledon 2000). Jankovic playing very well to take Petra to three, let's see how long it lasts. Pospisil seems to have got it together for now vs Ward.

ffs Petra, get it together.

If Jankovic had only had a serve like this in her prime...

Petra's first serve seems to have gone missing but aside from that I don't think she's playing that badly.

Oh my god. 4-4, 30-30, Petra stops the rally to challenge (AFTER she'd hit a really great cross-court FH that had Jankovic on the run). Obviously she was wrong. IDIOT

Oh my gawwwwwwd these errors suddenly. From 30-0 to 30-40, MP Jankovic

lol petra

Oh well, bye bye Petra

Bollocks

Well, probably Jelena's best ever win at Wimbledon. Petra...no comment for how the last two games unfolded.

Also what the fuck is going to happen in that bottom half now. Here's your women's last 16.

(1) Serena Williams (USA) vs. (16) Venus Williams (USA)
(23) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) vs. (30) Belinda Bencic (SUI)
(4) Maria Sharapova (RUS) vs. Zarina Diyas (KAZ)
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) vs. (6) Lucie Safarova (CZE)
(5) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) vs. (20) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)
(15) Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) vs. Monica Niculescu (ROU)
(Q) Olga Govortsova (BLR) vs. (21) Madison Keys (USA)
(13) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) vs. (28) Jelena Jankovic (SRB)

Going with Serena, Vika, Ma$ha, Lucie, Garbiñe, Timea, Madison, Aga.

Venus is obv in better form but form doesn't historically matter that much in all-Williams matches, I cannot see Venus ending her little sister's Serena Slam. Niculescu actually leads the h2h against Bacsinszky 4-1 but all those matches were in Bacsinszky's first career...I would be delighted with a Niculescu run obviously.

You probably know exactly what's happening in Monfils/Simon. Exhibition tennis. Exhibition attitudes. Monfils serving at SP in the third set TB, has fit of giggles. Loses ensuing point, is still giggling