WIMBLEDON 2016

I was amazed Vesnina not only went back out for her doubles with Makarova yesterday evening but came back from a set down.

Good to see Halep fight for once but she is so much further away from a Slam title than she was in 2013-14 imo. Her game has been kind of wrecked by the constant chorus back then of "she has to be more aggressive". No, counterpunching worked for her and horrible errors don't have a good enough pay-off!

Wonderful story for Venus. First Slam SF in six years at the age of 36!

PEDs are an amazing thing

Lendl effect paying off for Vesnina :D
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmnLf-4WgAAL5A0.jpg

Cilic takes the first set against Federer in tb (4), Raonic-Querrey 64

Fed not getting anything off the Cilic serve, even when gifted with two doubles in game four of that set. Two sets down, as is Querrey.

Perhaps surprisingly, Cilic-Federer is out-aceing Querrey-Raonic 25-14 right now.

Heading back to be office once I've seen a couple more feeble Fed BH returns off second serves.

well Fed did take the 3rd (no tv/stream, can only follow live scores sadly)

he saved 3 break points in an earlier game too

Fed's BH was actually beginning to click when I left the pub.

In other news, Querrey actually has a break point. And now a break!

cilic really hates break points doesn't he

hates them less now

he's very audibly swearing in serbo-croat, the umpire should intervene lol

raja

dear lord

Hot damn, that was tense. All the way we go.

Raonic through in four. Bleh. But it was Bleh either way.

literally don't care about work in the morning, don't care, don't care

no way I'm missing another 30 minutes of Goran Ivanisevic looking like he wants to die

lol federer being a dick to the lino

end of 4th set was choketastic

Yeah, Goran is in knots, isn't he? Compare and contrast with someone like Lendl.

I may dip in again on my phone in about 15min but I didn't get a thing done during that t/b. Sometimes I wish grass-court tennis was somehow an evening/night-time activity. Work days are torture during the second week.

always think that if they must have a day off it should be the second mon or tue, not sun

can the crowd be banned from saying anything

LOL that is the worst challenge I have ever seen

can someone who watches more tennis than me confirm likewise

lol remember when cilic blew three break points in the middle of the third set

Desperation.

Didn't think Old Rog would pull that out. Slam #18 on Sunday or it'll never happen.

Yeah coming back from two sets down was something I didn't think he was still capable of. Was mildly rooting for Marin but I suppose I'd rather have Fed playing Raonic.

Funny how the first two sets appeared kind of close but from middle of set 1 thorugh middle of set 3 it didn't "feel" close, to watch it looked like Cilic was winning easily. Based on the sights, the comeback was unexpected but the score was never a blow-out. I cashed out on Cilic midway through set 3, turning my fiver into $25, five of which I'm going to waste on Tsonga! Hah!

Worst sound in the world? Todd Woodbridge trying to pronounce "Pouille" btw. (Also he kept saying Federer was geeing himself up in Swedish which was quite funny)

Cilic did seem to be winning easily but Federer was really, really bad in the first two sets, which covered up Cilic's wobbles. And I've seen too many collapses from Cilic to ever rule another one out at any stage, that USO SF being very much the anomaly in his career. (I put money on Federer down a set and a break.)

Federer had BETTER rid us of Raonic.

Goddam Andy you were doing so well..

Some real zip to Tsonga rn.

AM really hanging on atm..

come on 0-30, this is the moment.

jesus..breaks

come on, tim!

fuck, Tsonga responding with everything, now 0-30

brill challenge tsonga 0-40

I mean it was an awful decision

saves 3 BPs, great 2nd serve there

astonishing depth T, one mroe bp

awesome - breaks back

epic fkn game, T just about hangs on - can't even begin with this one: 4-4

rifling them thru now..0-15

If Tsonga keeps going, Fed wins his 8th Wim - one of these days

This is getting crazier as it goes.

fk a dropshot oh my life

Incredible winner - bp

and breaks..

peak tsonga is such an amazing sight