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johnnythebull When: 14 Jul 18 13:57

WTF! WTA mugfest b4 the WTA mugfest

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n88uk When: 14 Jul 18 13:57

I don't think it's the fines though, I think it's keeping good steed with the local council. Look at how Wimbledon is run, they aren't about upsetting people, they are about doing everything the "proper" way.

I imagine they could actually get out of the fines by entering some kind of agreement if they wished, but they don't want to, as Wimbledon is a day tournament, they don't want to run night sessions, they don't want to be playing at midnight as a principle.

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caramba When: 14 Jul 18 13:58

yeah, arrong's idea sounds better.

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n88uk When: 14 Jul 18 13:59

I find it hard to believe the locals would even be bothered by a 1 off occurrence given the overall upheaval caused by Wimbledon in the local area anyway. Is 1 massive overrun into the early hours once in a blue moon really going to make the locals seethe that much?

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tof When: 14 Jul 18 13:59

Ingerland collapsing @Lords ...

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caramba When: 14 Jul 18 13:59

shouldn't Wimbledoners be happy the tennis tournament put the place on the map? Doesn't that contribute to the prestige of that area?

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n88uk When: 14 Jul 18 14:00

Got away with that.

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n88uk When: 14 Jul 18 14:00

That was an awful drop shot

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aaronh When: 14 Jul 18 14:00

Jul 14, 2018 -- 1:59PM, n88uk wrote:

I find it hard to believe the locals would even be bothered by a 1 off occurrence given the overall upheaval caused by Wimbledon in the local area anyway. Is 1 massive overrun into the early hours once in a blue moon really going to make the locals seethe that much?

I bet the people who live by Wimbledon would be the type that would move next door to a music venue then fire in all sorts of complaints and get it closed

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aaronh When: 14 Jul 18 14:00

Jul 14, 2018 -- 1:59PM, caramba wrote:

shouldn't Wimbledoners be happy the tennis tournament put the place on the map? Doesn't that contribute to the prestige of that area?

certainly contributes to the value of their house

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n88uk When: 14 Jul 18 14:00

Would hold weight in a regular area Caramba, not in a rich area like Wimbledon.

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SabineIsGOAT When: 14 Jul 18 14:00

a lot of them rent out their house during the tournament anyway

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aaronh When: 14 Jul 18 14:01

how much to rent out a 3m Wimbledon house for the fortnight

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n88uk When: 14 Jul 18 14:01

What a great invention HawkEye is.

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EUGENE KRABS When: 14 Jul 18 14:01

wow

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johnnythebull When: 14 Jul 18 14:01

what a comeback..rafa..mi ese

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tof When: 14 Jul 18 14:02

shove that r00f up yours Novak ...

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tof When: 14 Jul 18 14:02

...and ze ball bouncing too ...

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n88uk When: 14 Jul 18 14:02

HawkEye another invention that come about because of scandal causing change. The USO 2004 where Serena got massively robbed about 3 times drove this change.

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mesmerised When: 14 Jul 18 14:02

plenty of social housing in Wimbledon, it's a bit like Hampstead, 5-10 million pound homes in one street turn the corner and cross the road and you're in a council estate.

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mesmerised When: 14 Jul 18 14:03

Goal line technology in football was forced forward because of Lampard's goal v Germany, according to FIFA.

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aaronh When: 14 Jul 18 14:03

var

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mesmerised When: 14 Jul 18 14:04

var off

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n88uk When: 14 Jul 18 14:04

I can understand not liking it that much. In terms of you always think having these things on your doorstep is better than it actually is if you're in their shoes. And it does put a lot of people in the local area, but not like you don't know when you buy into the area anyway, everyone knows about Wimbledon.

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tof When: 14 Jul 18 14:05

will novak do a presser after he loses ...

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EUGENE KRABS When: 14 Jul 18 14:05

serving first always massive in final set

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tof When: 14 Jul 18 14:05

...will he say I'm never playing tinnis again ...

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caramba When: 14 Jul 18 14:05

same start time in last match of group stage was forced forward because of Germany cheating.

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SabineIsGOAT When: 14 Jul 18 14:06

Jul 14, 2018 -- 2:05PM, EUGENE KRABS wrote:

serving first always massive in final set

stats wise it doesn't make much difference

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aaronh When: 14 Jul 18 14:07

classic SIG

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aaronh When: 14 Jul 18 14:08

were those stats ever filtered to account for quality of opponent

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wisewords When: 14 Jul 18 14:08

Jul 14, 2018 -- 1:55PM, caramba wrote:

If Wimbledon wanted to protect themselves from backlash in situations like these, they could just decide to finish a match like Rafa/Novak and just take the fines that comes with it. It's such a rare occurence anyway, so it wouldn't be a huge cost in the grand scheme of things. But this would have to be a long term policy to have, and not a spur of the moment thing you just decide on the day.

And then the complaints flood in from the local residents. They could never justify it

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n88uk When: 14 Jul 18 14:08

Stats wise the person serving 2nd wins more final sets.

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SabineIsGOAT When: 14 Jul 18 14:08

anderson has already done it twice serving second this tournament

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johnnythebull When: 14 Jul 18 14:10

rafa serves like a tart..his big weakness..doesn't get many free points

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wisewords When: 14 Jul 18 14:10

Jul 14, 2018 -- 1:59PM, n88uk wrote:

I find it hard to believe the locals would even be bothered by a 1 off occurrence given the overall upheaval caused by Wimbledon in the local area anyway. Is 1 massive overrun into the early hours once in a blue moon really going to make the locals seethe that much?

Yes.

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n88uk When: 14 Jul 18 14:10

Jul 14, 2018 -- 2:08PM, aaronh wrote:

were those stats ever filtered to account for quality of opponent

No. Really it's an impossible to stat to totally put weight into. The reason the person winning 2nd wins more is going to be because generally the person who won the 4th is the better/fitter player going into the 5th, generally that player served out the 4th set, thus is serving 2nd in the 5th set.

There probably is some advantage of scoreboard pressure but only when it gets to like 4-3, 5-4, 6-5 and so on. Majority of 5th sets there's probably already been a break by then.

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n88uk When: 14 Jul 18 14:11

But I imagine margins are so small I would put very little into any of it and just go on who you expect to win off who looks better.

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mesmerised When: 14 Jul 18 14:13

Kim Clijsters
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Interesting... the players can choose to play before or after the women’s final tomorrow . What do you think will happen ? @Wimbledon

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aaronh When: 14 Jul 18 14:15

there seems to be no actual record of that being true bar a few tweets

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