Djokovic v Nadal - Wimbledon Semi Final 2018

Surely likes of Ben don't seriously think this match right now is bad for tennis. Especially at a Wimbledon where it's struggled to get headlines because of the World Cup.

Like Nadal vs Del Potro got very little coverage because of its timing.

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:19PM, GRANTCKING wrote:

Jul 14, 2018 --  3:15PM, n88uk wrote:Ben is seething huge on Twitter atm. But I have no idea what he thinks should have happened.guy sounds like a proper soyboy

100% MASSIVE REMAIN VOTER/TRUMP HATER/LENTIL SOUP LOVER

NO WAY YOUR BOY CAN WIN, NOLE IS TOO FIT TOO STRONG

ONLY A MATTER OF TIME

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:24PM, doridoru wrote:

Jul 14, 2018 --  3:19PM, GRANTCKING wrote:Jul 14, 2018 --  3:15PM, n88uk wrote:Ben is seething huge on Twitter atm. But I have no idea what he thinks should have happened.guy sounds like a proper soyboy100% MASSIVE REMAIN VOTER/TRUMP HATER/LENTIL SOUP LOVER

LENTIL SOUP

Ben is the mug who said Paire was basically a cripple and might pull out of his R1 match here, won 3-0

IS THIS A ATTITUDE FRONT COVER? OR THE SEMIS AT WIMBLEDON? COMMITTE REALLY SHOULD DOCK SOME POINTS FOR NADLAS AOPPEARANCE

Keep laying the receiver at odds on

Not really enjoying the sweat clad chest of Rafa tbh but I can see why he has so many supporters on here

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:27PM, bobweenit wrote:

IS THIS A ATTITUDE FRONT COVER? OR THE SEMIS AT WIMBLEDON? COMMITTE REALLY SHOULD DOCK SOME POINTS FOR NADLAS AOPPEARANCE

Same with Grant

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Basically, the women's final is not as important as the men's semi is what he's saying.

That isn't really what he's saying. TV hardly decided today, they had no other viable options. TV is stopping your idea of moving the men's final to Monday though.

Womens final - 59 mins £2mil prize money same pay...SNOWFLAKE INSANITY

gsm incoming

Time 4 Rafa to get a shower and a fresh change of clothes! this is 3.30 and it's still before the watershed

Feels like Nadal in trouble every service game now.

They did have a viable option as explained umpteen times

OH MY IT'S SHOWER TIME 4 SWEATY

Only just realised England are playing, and losing.

your Monday final is way down the list

Ben Rothenberg @BenRothenberg
(Clock strikes 2 pm)
If you've tuned in for the women's final, our apologies: we've given over Centre Court for an extended occupancy by The Men, who are still playing because of an antiquated format they cling to to prove how manly they are or something we're really not sure.
6:01 AM - 14 Jul 2018

Ben Rothenberg @BenRothenberg
(Clock strikes 3 pm)
Hello viewers (and Royal Box attendees Meghan Markle, Shonda Rhimes, etc). We know you were here to see Serena Williams go for history a whole hour ago, but you see The Men are still out there and we don't feel empowered to tell them to constrain themselves.

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:31PM, mesmerised wrote:

Only just realised England are playing, and losing.

cool, fourth place is coming home

OH MY OLLLLLLLLLLLLLE NOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE

That's what I was referring to when saying Ben seething on Twitter atm.

fecking hell

WHERE THE RAFA FAN BOYS??????????????

I am gonna give that Rothenberg some wupass on Twitter I tell ya!

NEVER IN DOUBT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Novak is back baby

BIG BABE TENNIS

BRAVO DJOKOVIC

Federer gonna have to vulture a few more years to fight off Djokovic's hunt for 20 now

21

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:32PM, Angela Rebecchi wrote:

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMNovak is back babyBIG BABE TENNIS

OH YES TOADY WONGA TIME

he's doing the muggy celebration

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:33PM, bobweenit wrote:

Jul 14, 2018 --  3:32PM, Angela Rebecchi wrote:BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMNovak is back babyBIG BABE TENNISOH YES TOADY WONGA TIME

monster wonga time, BIG BABE TENNIS IS BACK BABY !

so, Djokovic is back now

Ben is just pandering to his female followers as always.

And ridiculous to tell the women there that he doesn't know that they're just waiting for the womens final, if that's was the case they wouldn't bother watching the men's if the women's was all that wanted to see.

Officially back about 5 days ago baby

oh well, time for 2-0 serena now

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:34PM, Angela Rebecchi wrote:

Officially back about 5 days ago baby

Toady knows his ONIONS

WD Novak backers.

Serena looks a good bet in the final but i must admit i've not seen Kerber hit a shot this tournament.

Ben's followers mostly disagree with him, he isn't really doing it for the plaudits there

good match..djoko's class but needs to grow a bigger pair at times

rafa was basically behind the 8 ball most of the time

even his heroics couldn't see him prevail

off to the fitba now

no interest in the sh1t that's going to follow

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:34PM, GRANTCKING wrote:

oh well, time for 2-0 serena now

Chase like a PRO COOP

has Ben given any credit to Rafa and Novak for just playing one of the best tennis matches of all time?

johnnythebull • July 14, 2018 3:35 PM BST
good match..djoko's class but needs to grow a bigger pair at times

amazing, just fought off a zoning Nadal and performed huge on the big points when down on serve a bunch of times and still this

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Rafael Nadal hits an unreal dropshot to save Djokovic's first match point.

This tennis has been ridonkulously good today, utterly no disputing that.

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:36PM, aaronh wrote:

johnnythebull • July 14, 2018 3:35 PM BSTgood match..djoko's class but needs to grow a bigger pair at timesamazing, just fought off a zoning Nadal and performed huge on the big points when down on serve a bunch of times and still this

. Well said Aronnh

gayers sticking together

Even your wrong once in a while Jonny

if Ben thinks BO5 is bad, should that opinion change because of a really good match?

Great stuff from both of them, Djoko really played like back in 11 and deserved the win, I wonder how it will affect him physically and mentally on sunday with zero days rest.

ok, I saw that, but stopped reading at ridonkulously so missed that part.

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:39PM, son of a gun wrote:

Great stuff from both of them, Djoko really played like back in 11 and deserved the win, I wonder how it will affect him physically and mentally on sunday with zero days rest.

yup big Kev could still yet be a player

who is this ben soyboy?

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:39PM, GRANTCKING wrote:

who is this ben soyboy?

Cooper stop copying quotes from a raving 6 stone lunatic on you tube with a coffee addiction it does you know favours

no*

you can be against bo5 without resorting to muggery like "we've given over Centre Court for an extended occupancy by The Men, who are still playing because of an antiquated format they cling to to prove how manly they are or something we're really not sure." and "We know you were here to see Serena Williams go for history a whole hour ago, but you see The Men are still out there and we don't feel empowered to tell them to constrain themselves."

that's fair

Good that!

Football now, I refuse to watch John Coffey in a wig slaughter some girl.

Ben Rothenberg
@BenRothenberg
2m2 minutes ago
Only ~10% of this match, timewise, was after 6-6 in the fifth. It was the best, most exciting part of it all, when both guys were on the cusp of winning.

Abbreviating that part, instead of the extraneous two sets at the beginning of the best-of-five match, seems so misguided.

he's a fantastic player..bob

u could see he always had just a little bit more than rafa

but he goes walkabout at crucial points in matches too often

letting his oppos back in

just always got that slight timeform squiggle for me as a backer

didn't get involved in the match

just pleasure to watch 2 greats against each other

greats nearly in ur class bob

had to google John Coffey, got the desired laugh tho

The problem with that theory to me is without the journey you wouldn't get the destination. It wouldn't feel the same if all that happened 3 hours before.

you had a great BO3 match yesterday that finished in a final set TB

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:37PM, aaronh wrote:

@BenRothenberg 13m13 minutes agoMoreRafael Nadal hits an unreal dropshot to save Djokovic's first match point. This tennis has been ridonkulously good today, utterly no disputing that.

what kind of complete f***tard uses a word like ridonkulously ffs

John Coffey

Must admit Serena looks really big, thought she would be around 1.4

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:41PM, caramba wrote:

you can be against bo5 without resorting to muggery like "we've given over Centre Court for an extended occupancy by The Men, who are still playing because of an antiquated format they cling to to prove how manly they are or something we're really not sure." and "We know you were here to see Serena Williams go for history a whole hour ago, but you see The Men are still out there and we don't feel empowered to tell them to constrain themselves."

I honestly have no idea what he means by the last line. It's not a serious suggestion anyway, what's he saying, tell them to stop it, end the match somehow. Just guff with no real meaning. It's nothing to do with feeling empowered. I remember must British journos seething when Kvitova vs Venus went like 9-7 in the 3rd delaying Murray, they were mugs then, and he's being a mug here.

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:43PM, n88uk wrote:

The problem with that theory to me is without the journey you wouldn't get the destination. It wouldn't feel the same if all that happened 3 hours before.

exactly. you can't just cut big parts out of a movie because the end is where it's the most exciting. you need to build things up properly to make the make the magic happen.

7-6(9) 3-6 10-8  or 6-4 3-6 7-6(9) are still two pretty dramatic great matches

The thing is Ben has turned it into a sexism debate when it isn't really one (for once).

Both Semis were fantastic, really enjoyed them. Just hope the final is not a walkover. My brother and his wife have tickets for the final.

Journo's will say anything to make themselves seem relevant and important, when really they're mostly 10 a penny.

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:46PM, caramba wrote:

Jul 14, 2018 --  3:43PM, n88uk wrote:The problem with that theory to me is without the journey you wouldn't get the destination. It wouldn't feel the same if all that happened 3 hours before.exactly. you can't just cut big parts out of a movie because the end is where it's the most exciting. you need to build things up properly to make the make the magic happen.

tbf, you could probably cut out a good chunk of 3hr movies and still do the same

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:47PM, n88uk wrote:

The thing is Ben has turned it into a sexism debate when it isn't really one (for once).

yeah, which is just as muggy as women haters hating on equal pay (not saying all those that are against equal pay are women haters, but there's some of that shining through).

some women haters (caramba) are even equal pay

pro-equal pay

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:49PM, aaronh wrote:

Jul 14, 2018 --  3:46PM, caramba wrote:Jul 14, 2018 --  3:43PM, n88uk wrote:The problem with that theory to me is without the journey you wouldn't get the destination. It wouldn't feel the same if all that happened 3 hours before.exactly. you can't just cut big parts out of a movie because the end is where it's the most exciting. you need to build things up properly to make the make the magic happen.tbf, you could probably cut out a good chunk of 3hr movies and still do the same

I wouldn't want any of the 216 minutes of Das Boot cut out

they're showing Bahrami shenanigans on me tv now. He was just seen giving HLR to Jonas Björkman during a match.

The thing is there's no good examples at slams because it's impossible because of the structure of them (ie. the women play a day ahead, so this can never happen the reverse way really, or is much less likely to do so). But I can think of many examples on tour of the women's final delaying the men's final, and we've, included Ben always moaned about the mugs complaining about this, you can't have it both ways.

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:51PM, caramba wrote:

Jul 14, 2018 --  3:49PM, aaronh wrote:Jul 14, 2018 --  3:46PM, caramba wrote:Jul 14, 2018 --  3:43PM, n88uk wrote:The problem with that theory to me is without the journey you wouldn't get the destination. It wouldn't feel the same if all that happened 3 hours before.exactly. you can't just cut big parts out of a movie because the end is where it's the most exciting. you need to build things up properly to make the make the magic happen.tbf, you could probably cut out a good chunk of 3hr movies and still do the sameI wouldn't want any of the 216 minutes of Das Boot cut out

probably in some muggy film like LOTR there's probably some pointless battles that you don't need

what's a HLR?

Lol any long films I do like I tend to like the full extended versions and love as much material added in.

Heart Lung Resuscitation, I see you call it CPR.

can't believe the umpires allow Bahrami to just add an extra ball into the mix and not call it

Anyone else think Djokovic is free money to win this title now, realistically 1.1 or lower IMO.

Great game, maybe serving first there made the difference but hats of to novak, great to see him back, see how many slams mr federer wins now with the 2 lads back to form

Not worth it. Djokovic still hasn't got over the line and has shown fragility in doing so, he should win comfortably and dominate from the baseline, but there's enough doubts to not pile into him @ 1.1x.

I know I said it before but Anderson will surely be massively out of shape - Djoker had to play today, but only two sets, so a nice warmup really.

i think it will be 3-0

Jul 14, 2018 -- 4:59PM, The Bhoys wrote:

Great game, maybe serving first there made the difference but hats of to novak, great to see him back, see how many slams mr federer wins now with the 2 lads back to form

Realistically no more, but I thought he was done winning Slams in 2011 so it was cool that he won another 4 after that. Novak could go on to dominate again, but it's unclear how his body will hold up.

great semi, one of the best we've seen.

And it does look like Joker really is back.

Once again, credit to Andy Murray who called it, the only one that did (the market certainly had no clue).