2021 WIMBLEDON

Fed is not looking good here

Tie break at the 2nd

Fuck me that slip..

wow hubie!

little of everything in that tiebreak, tough now for rog to dig out

Hurkacsz is 2 sets up, he has an excellent serve and great temperament

fed was 2 pts away from being up 5-1 and serving to close out that set btw

it’s like watching Serena being deconstructed by one of those next-gen players who are not in awe of her

fed at least wont crumble emotionally like serena usu does

hurkacz has only hit 12 unforced errors

straight sets, bagel last set - my word~

could this finally be the young male player to break through the Big 3 ceiling straight away and just go for that slam title (and Djoko’s throat), the way it’s so common on the women’s side these days?
getting ahead of myself probably, but it would be exhilirating

*exhilarating

Would love Shapovalov to win this. Be pretty happy with Berrettini. FAA would be amazing (to lose eight ATP finals in straight sets and then... just win a Slam). Hurkacz too... I mean, you can see where I'm going with this.

Also... re: getting wiped out in a Slam qf like that and it possibly being the end of yr career. Why oh why couldn't Thiem 76 63 60 Djokovic at RG 2017 have been similarly career-ending?

At the end of the 2nd set, felt it was over so I switched off. I didn't want to see it.

I mean, you can see where I'm going with this.

― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 bookmarkflaglink

Yeah lol. Frankly if Djoko loses a set I'll be surprised.

Prove me wrong kids!

standard in this berrettini/felix a-a match p dire tbh

can’t see Shapovalov or Berrettini (or FAA) beating Djoko, but Hurkacz has that meteoric quality. it’s got to happen one day, might as well be him, now. please, I need this dream!

Hurkacz quality of play against Fed was incredible. Great winners, low on UE, amazing sublte touch at times (that lob from just behind the net in the second set (iirc), wow). If he keeps this up he could win this

Barty Kerber looks excellent from what I've seen

Kerber hanging on..

Can't see Barty not winning the breaker

DF for 4-0 Barty

Ruthless

6-0 to 6-3..

Barty does it

What coverage by both Sab and Pli in that rally!

Sabalenka just having a bit more here

Sorry Pliskova, has a break in the 2nd

Three aces at the next to hold

These two have shared about 25 aces btw

Pliskova SP after being 30 down

Beautiful FH, onto the final set

Pliskova playing a smarter bunch of points here. Breaks.

It's been solid since. Pliskova to serve for the final spot

With an ace!

I don't have anything against Sabalenka per se but I almost always find myself rooting against her and I haven't really interrogated why

Sort of hard to cheer for someone who has taken an apolitical stance on her country's authoritarian crackdowns. I know it's not her fault she's from Belarus, but it's hard not to be compromised to some degree by a system like that.

She's a good player, tho.

it's still pretty cool shapovalov made it this far

v old man yelling at clouds take but i'm v much enjoying the post pandemic practice of back of the court towel racks rather than having some poor ballboy/girl having to deal with it. amazing how many less times per game players need a towel now that they don't have some minion scurrying over to them whenever they ask.

Berrettini dominating the first semi

63 60, Jesus :/

This might've been nerves. He won the next on a breaker then lost 6-4.

Berrettini in the final and it's a big day for Italy across sports this Sunday

Shapo serving for the set, predictably screwed it up

Embarrassing drop from Shapo in the TB

no margin for error vs novak, that 5-4, 30-30 error by shapo was dire

Shapo has two more bps

No he said he loved football and wanted IT to win !

(It being football, no italy !)

https://football-italia.net/djokovic-i-hope-italy-win-but-only-in-the-evening/

he's a fan of ac milan, speaks italian, and spends a lot of time in italy, apparently

I knew he'd probably want Italy to win, stupid question to ask him after he'd just won Wimbledon though.