WIMBLEDON 2016

for my own very selfish reasons I hate that they put the fed match first and murray second

in that you'll have to miss Fed? think of it as the Raonic match and missing it becomes much easier to take

Tsitsipas gigantically choked the boys' SF against Shapovalov, though I think Shapovalov is the better player anyway - a lefty with a lovely one-handed BH (they both have 1HBHs, the Fed impact!)

why are they letting McEnroe commentate Raonic's match?????

xxp right well I don't hate raonic its just the match of the two id rather see

(xp) I was wondering that myself.

xxp I recall gimmlestob still commentating an isner match while coaching him idk

Department of mental strength: Potapova, down a (very hard-fought) set to Day, comes through 14 total deuces across the first three games of the second set to lead 3-0.

i have a two-handed backhand for brushing my teeth :(

lmaoooo, Day stopped the rally to challenge a Potapova rally ball called in, when Hawkeye showed that it was indeed in Potapova let out the most immense C'MOOOOOOOOON from the other end

are you avoiding the raonic - federer match out of principle or something

it is quite depressing tbf

got both on, nothing to say about Raonic/Federer except "expected, stultifying" and my attention is much more with Potapova/Day

am genuinely considering switching Raonic/Federer to the other girls' SF though

a ball, bouncing on a human face forever

Pretty much.

Ban The Serve

if he only bounced it two or three times before serving he'd be instantly 50% more palatable

raonic is playing out of his mind

hmm spoke too soon. it's either winners down the line or double faults, it seems

ffs Rog, get a grip, stop this guy reaching a Wimbledon final.

http://tennismash.com/2016/07/08/equal-prize-money-opponents-cherry-picking-facts/

^^^^^

really hoping this can be the LAST word on equal prize money; so bored having to have this debate year after year

Yastremska fending off multiple SPs to draw back from 2-5 to 5-5 against Pervushina in the second set, bellowing C'MOOOOOONNNNN after literally every point she's won

Yastremska wins 7-6, 6-7, 6-3 - such an intense match. Love her BH. Some quality talent in the juniors this year.

ughhhhh Raonic randomly peaking to drag this tedious match into a 5th

ugh federer WHYYYYYYYY

That was partial Raonic peaking on those returns and mostly Fed flopping with hitting the ball straight at him and DFing tho

also McEnroe stfu

It's a fkn nightmare.

that is the worst shot federer has ever played i think

also McEnroe stfu

I can hardly hear what he's saying tbh.

this is turning into such a horrorshow

aaaaagh Raonic in the final nooooooo

Murray will destroy him, right?

Right?

Unless Fed slips into his 26yo body at the change of ends, this is 6-1.

Why are ppl disliking Raonic?

They're confusing him with Tomic, maybe?

He has the look and demeanour of that kid at school you fucking detested

From the little I've seen of him he has a boring style - huge serves, big FH winners and little else

his game is unwatchable

... as is his face.

... sorry, that's a bit much!

I have no idea how ppl in ilx tennis threads arrive at their impassioned judgments but it's fun, seems it's always GOOD VS EVIL

He looks like one of the guys in red shirts in the original Star Trek series who would go down to some planet with Captain Kirk and get killed as soon as he got there.

Murray should clean up Berdych pretty quick and be nice and rested. Right? Please?

If Fed had lost six, four and four, never getting a break point, that would have been one thing. But he had that match in his grasp. Perhaps his thigh/knee wouldn't have held up for Sunday anyway.

Pretty sure if you played all the points that involved exciting tennis b2b from that five-setter you'd barely get to 10 minutes

Raonic has actually ruined Canada for me too.

like this should feel ~momentous, first Slam final for a young player, end of an era (well this obv happened years ago but) but I just feel comatose right now

Fair enough, well done to the guy, great achievement, just lose in the final please.