Federer v Anderson

Player B to win at least one set, main bet. Anderson win at a big price the sidebet.

Anderson's biggest failing on the big stage is not bottle (unlike so many) but a failure to avoid getting crocked. If he can somehow get on the court without slipping in the shower or tripping over a child's toy, he could cause a massive shock.

As good as Anderson serve is i cant see him troubling federer, he struggled at times v monfils who is not the same level as fed

Hope so, Anderson can't afford to be broken once, play for the tie breaker must be the strategy.

Broke already

gsm already, end of thread

Jul 11, 2018 -- 6:24AM, Journeyman wrote:

Player B to win at least one set, main bet. Anderson win at a big price the sidebet.Anderson's biggest failing on the big stage is not bottle (unlike so many) but a failure to avoid getting crocked. If he can somehow get on the court without slipping in the shower or tripping over a child's toy, he could cause a massive shock.

Lol Anderson has no bottle

Federer broken

that was a shocking line call

Oh yes! Now's the time

Certainly showed bottle to save the mp and hold tbf.

Not rushing his shots either. 30-40 on Fed serve now

Dude!

Breaks again! Now hold ffs

Love it if he holds here

if he holds wat does fed go? 1.1

Good tip JM, he takes a set - first player in the tournament to do so from Federer

NEVER IN DOUBT.

Mes what about that shot at 15-40 down. Not the shot of a bottler
And federer looking shaky

is looking a tad shaky

Yeah Anderson doesn't lack bottle in this fight, most players would have folded by now, Federer was desperate to win the tournament without dropping a set so it's no mean feat to take one off of him.

Becker has finally piped down on the 'one foot in the semi final' relentless Fed-love.

Some good volleying from Anderson and he can definitely smell blood.
Roger definitely rattled here

he couldn't, could he?

what's going on here

Toppling like a 'hasn't played a competitive match all summer' tree

If I could remember what I said a few months ago to dig it up about hating anderson and not betting on his matches anymore because he always did the opposite of what I expected I would

I remember that post Sabine

Reminiscent of Federer-Tsonga 2011, where a 2-0 set lead evaporated with Federer being unable to make any impact on opponent's serve.

It was during RG, against that Diego fella or something

I think only 4 times in Federer's career has he lost a match from being 2 sets up, Novak the last time in US Open 2011? the Tsonga match, Nalbandian at the Masters and Hewitt in Davis Cup

Some more very solid shotmaking bp down

Amazing scenes

Even when BP down there he went for every shot

Jul 11, 2018 -- 9:49AM, winningthought wrote:

It was during RG, against that Diego fella or something

think that was it actually

this one?
Spoiler: Show

will be hard to break anderson now

Such an important hold.

Roger has to try unsettle him somehow but Anderson is staying in the zone

Again showed real gonads there.

The key is he is looking across the net at the actual player (not the myth) and believing he can win this

Unreal point at a critical moment!

This would be the perfect time break to then serve it out

To be fair Roger has played way better in this set than the fourth.

But if Anderson just keeps his game steady and focused he should get a chance.

The crowd is 99% Federer but big Kevin Anderson is still holding his own

That slip by Fed did help however.

Is that 17 straight service holds for Anderson?

Think it's 19, saved a MP as well.
A shame KA wasn't serving first this set so the pressure was reversed.

A shame KA wasn't serving first this set so the pressure was reversed.

Yeah that's 100% been a factor! But now a chance

Federer's doing quite well for a bloke who's had the kitchen sink thrown at hi for the best part of 3 hours non-stop.

Some of the high pitched squealing from the inebriated 'it's coming home' crew is getting a bit intense.

Anderson silencing them with solid play though.

12 empty seats !

Criminal !

The one thing I've never liked about the Wimbledon crowd is, there were more cheers and support for Roger in the 2012 final than there was for Murray, his home slam, I've always struggled to get my head around that. Imagine that in Basel.

We've now passed the 4 hour mark

Yeah mes. Incredible that they needed to see his tears (and an Olympic win) before they committed to backing him.

It would be ironic if Roger's self imposed lack of match fitness catches up with him here. If he goes down 2 points on his serve again I think that'll do it.

Cracking match though.

gtfi!

OH YES!!

hold Big Kev

Anyone that got on Anderson prematch at 13-2 could think about taking profits here

Fed deserves to win FA
way too passive relying on oppo's UEs

sayonara

Anderson doing this just to spite me for saying he's got no bottle

GSM! Kevin solid as a rock

WP Ando didn't think he had it in him
absolutely pathetic from Fed
time to knock it on the head dude

Journeyman • July 11, 2018 12:24 PM BST
Player B to win at least one set, main bet. Anderson win at a big price the sidebet.


^tip of the year

Its pretty much nailed on to be Nadal or Djock now

I'd love to see Raonic or Anderson win it though

How is it nailed on rafa or novak, any one of those 3 left cud hit tru both on this surface

Big Kev was so in the zone and engrossed in the match, I don't think he actually realised he won at first when Federer's ball went wide, took him 2 seconds to come to.

Ty mes, and good to have a match thread to post it in..

'The zone' is right, I don't think he was knocked out of it at all for the last 3 sets.
Shows he can be a big match player if he keeps an eye on conditioning and avoids injury.

Well done Journeyman!

What price was he on here, at 2sets down and facing match point ?

15/1

SabineIsGOAT    11 Jul 18 13:18 
gsm already, end of thread

is sabine always clueless?

just forum humour, willie.