Djokovic v Anderson - men's Wimbledon final 2018

Jul 15, 2018 -- 3:57PM, aaronh wrote:

WTF happened in that Pella match

Cilic mugged hard. Hard to totally explain it, but he probably can't explain it either. Rain obviously hurt, he was winning so easily before the delay.

It was most telling that the fans were just cheering points won against serve, no-one really cared who won, they just wanted it to end, and that's not a desirable outcome for everyone.

Jul 15, 2018 -- 3:45PM, n88uk wrote:

I think that's the only retirement men or women ever.

just looked this up, looked like Edberg retired against Lendl in the Australian Open 1990 when 2-0 down and 5-2 in the third. So just 2 retirements in history.

*anyone

some cricketeer in Anderson's box

not even watching this, just looking at the score every 10mins

don't let this match distract you from the pizza

I don't like 5th tiebreaks. I think all tiebreaks are a bit of an anticlimax so i think it would be a shame to go down the US open route. It's why I'd like to see the no-ad rule for 6 or 8 or 10 games after 6-6. You've just played the better part of an extra set and for the players on court, and the ones due afterwards, and probably the spectators, you should kill the match.

what else are you doing grant during the mens final ?

djoko got a fitba match to watch

One thing 5th tiebreaks at 6-6 does it is it's pro servebots. I still remember that year at USO when Isner beat Roddick I think without breaking him all match and looking very tired in the 5th set, but ultimtately servebotted huge in the final set tiebreak.

he's not crotian.

Draper match getting interesting again if he can break

Jul 15, 2018 -- 4:03PM, mesmerised wrote:

what else are you doing grant during the mens final ?

watching the T20 cricket and horse racing

absolute towelling this

4-4

n88uk 15 Jul 18 15:04 
One thing 5th tiebreaks at 6-6 does it is it's pro servebots. I still remember that year at USO when Isner beat Roddick I think without breaking him all match and looking very tired in the 5th set, but ultimtately servebotted huge in the final set tiebreak.

ok, so let's modify my rules. no ad to 10-10 after 6-6 in the fifth. and then a breaker, and the players have to play with wooden racquets.

Murray/Azarenka or Melichar/Peya?

sounds good DStyle

wee jamie and vuvuzela.

The best way to stop these serve bot marathons in the 5th set is to force them to serve underarm once it gets to 6-6

Then the best returner will win and win more quickly.

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Jack Draper 4-5 in decider of the junior final. Shades of 1995 when the boys doubles involving Brits James Trotman and Martin Lee on Court One generated more noise than the Sampras-Pioline men's final.

Well that's not hard here.

what channels that on, might watch it

Red Button.

Red Button 5. I don't have Sky so can't tell you

it's MP now

shame Draper played 19-17 in SF really

Is there some MMA we could all discuss on this thread....

Extreme Rules chat in S/OT 6 only, sorry

good match 6-1 6-7 6-4 Tseng

Saw highlights of his last match, anyone that wears Baseball caps backwards like the new media darling Shapo deserves to lose by default.

Jul 15, 2018 -- 4:14PM, aaronh wrote:

shame Draper played 19-17 in SF really

ffs it was only 3 sets and hes a kid

oh draper got pumped in the final, thought it was still going

6-2 6-2 think I might be taking back my 'avoided a girls score' comment from earlier....

Djokovic taking a fake bathroom break.

Still possible for Novak to get to 20 slams too

Novak doing his best to make this clash with the footy

...and Ando with their toilet trips...

Jul 15, 2018 -- 4:17PM, GRANTCKING wrote:

Jul 15, 2018 --  3:14PM, aaronh wrote:shame Draper played 19-17 in SF reallyffs it was only 3 sets and hes a kid

4 hrs

4 games for Anderson so far in this final

Think the lowest I can ever remember was Federer only getting 4 against Nadal in the French Open final 2008, Wawa last year got 6

Jul 15, 2018 -- 4:24PM, dlarssonf wrote:

Still possible for Novak to get to 20 slams too

wouldn't write it off but last 18 months done big damage to his chances

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It's some day of sport

Wherever you are in the world, send us your double screen set up for the final day of #Wimbledon and the #WorldCupFinal

Wimbledon not realised this won't be necessary yet?

He's got to go back to 3 a year type years if he wants to get to 20.

Yeah it did aaronh and I thought then it would never happen but I am starting to think it might again - injury free he has years left and Rafa aside I don't see who will stop him consistently , a slam a year for the next 6 years has him close

If he's only winning 1 a year though, chances are Nadal/Federer are winning others thus the bar is higher than 20 anyway.

Nadal will be alright , that other mug won't be, he has a year left max

Jul 15, 2018 -- 4:33PM, n88uk wrote:

Wimbledon@Wimbledon 6m6 minutes agoIt's some day of sportWherever you are in the world, send us your double screen set up for the final day of #Wimbledon and the #WorldCupFinalWimbledon not realised this won't be necessary yet?

will be good when they show that Wimbledon is on all the small screens

Nadal has a big chance of getting to 20 and beyond. Current form has to have him 1 of favs to win USO, if he picks that up, him going over 20 is starting to look good.

Yeah n88uk but Nadal's problem is Novak though. Novak plays him and matches up so well with him , would love nadal to get to the twenty though but after yesterday it's hard to see another wimbledon title in that haul

Can you name the last time a player come back from 2 sets down in a grand slam final.

will there be a French Open in the next 3 that Rafa is not fave for as long as he is playing?

I'm not convinced Novak just wins this and dominates everything like it's 2015 again though, but we will see.

Gaudio against Coria i think n88uk

French 04

Nadal really wasn't that far from him yday and the other day, and definitely had his chances to win the match on what is probably his worst surface (ok it's not Djokovic's best either, but point stands).

Yes that's correct, that was a huge choke from Coria.

I remember it well because Tiger Tim had Coria under the cosh after 2 and half sets in the semi

Unless Djokovic really gets back to 2015 level, who is going to beat Nadal at Roland Garros. Djokovic will have to get right up to his peak level to have a chance of toppling Nadal there.

No Djokovic doesn't beat at RG but hard courts is a different matter

Djock has destroyed his chances of reaching 20+ imo

After his aussie open win in 07 (i think) he didn't do anything for 3 years, spent most of his time whining about injurys, he's had long spells of doing nothing in his career and still has 12 going on 13

Jul 15, 2018 -- 4:39PM, n88uk wrote:

Yes that's correct, that was a huge choke from Coria.

don't remember him bottling it

He 100% bottled it.

20 is really an infacted figure because of Novak's absence, Federer was able to win 2 of his 3 slams were he didn't beat a top 5 player and in all 3 Novak would have been favourite, I would even of had Murray has fav to beat Federer given the form he was in latter part of 2016 but injuries took their toll.

He tightened up in that 04 final mes

There was a set where he literally couldn't serve so had to go to an amateur technique

I still think he might have thrown it but who knows

infacted = inflated

You know a grand slam final is s*** when we're here talking about the past

what could have been if Djokovic didn't get injured then cheat on Jelena

Because there is literally nothing to say about this final, there's no betting angle, nothing.

Whatever happened to jelena jankuvic ?

Injured. No idea when she's back.

is it still the back injury

I liked her

Djokovic could do with breaking about now to get this finished for the World Cup final.

I don't know Aaron, sorry.

Coria suffered from cramps in the final, had  MTO and struggle to serve after, that's not losing your bottle

Cramps caused by the stress and anxiety of choking.

aaronh    15 Jul 18 15:45 
what could have been if Djokovic didn't get injured then cheat on Jelena

????????

did you never hear that rumour

Last I checked, even wikipedia talks about Coria's 'yips'. Pathological choker.

I heard rumours that the was problems in the marriage but no never heard anything really of merit.  Why is there a strong rumour aaron?

no it was bad cramps in his legs and his serve turned to pot

was supposed to have had a close relationship with some Indian actress

Its no coincidence that Djokovic didn't start to play better until Boris was destroyed.

Oh right no never heard that!!! Novak Woods

had been some other rumours too but that was the strongest one

Right , wouldn't see Rafa cheat on the beautiful Xisca

Even Gaudio tried to choke it as well, that's how bad Corias choke was

set point

Novak doing the mug Novak bit.

djoker being djoker...

Anderson looked too knackered to ever have a realistic chance of winning today

Even if he'd got the set he'd have folded almost certain.

Anderson was never beating Djock in a final, esp after over 6 hours the other day

He's a serve bot with nothing else

"doubles final is still to come"


After the Lord mayor's show, comes the dustcart.

If Djokovic is back to preparing for matches the way he did in 2015, Anderson was never going to stand a chance

Doesn't mean Anderson is a mental midget or just a servebot (QF proved otherwise). Just knackered!

Yeh, his mental side has obviously improved massively.

Bob Hewitt not at the feast?