Wimbledon Day 7 - Blow a Gasquet & Bust Agut

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There was a very long break at 1-0 this set. Im not actually sure what it was but took at least 5-10 minutes

Amazing effort if Simon reached the semis though

temporary21 wrote:There was a very long break at 1-0 this set. Im not actually sure what it was but took at least 5-10 minutes

Ah ok!

Quick first game by Djoko!
4 first serve, 2 aces, game to love, apparently under a minute... quite a good start for him.
Come on Kevin, forget tax and DC debates and put up a fight!

Anderson saving one BP
Djokovic saving 2BP in the next game

Game to love in a minute for Agut against Federer

Come on Anderson, make him graze

biugo wrote:
Come on Kevin, forget tax and DC debates and put up a fight!

YES YES, ignore KingRaf and his nationalistic stuff, just beat Djoko

An Mto now Berdych 2 sets down... cheeky

This is a difficult match to watch. At least in football, when two teams you don't care for play you can hope for a goalless draw.

Berdych crashing out now 2 sets and a break. Brilliant move by the Wimby gods to put your showpieces on the exact same time

Martina Hingis is into the doubles Quarter finals. My heart always flutters when I see her. I still believe I could make her very happy.

kingraf wrote:Martina Hingis is into the doubles Quarter finals. My heart always flutters when I see her. I still believe I could make her very happy.

Word from the grapevine is youll be having your hands full (and I KNOW before you say anything)

Like I always tell my father (or girlfriend... Or anyone who's ever given me a lift while my car's in for more repairs)... You can't own a fine piece of engineering and not expect it to be high maintenance

kingraf wrote:This is a difficult match to watch. At least in football, when two teams you don't care for play you can hope for a goalless draw.

Dr. Ivo would always win the shootouts though!
So in case of a tennis draw, why not make it like boxing, with judges giving points on quality displayed!

Novak and Kev having a tea break, and Berdych is dumped out by a classy simon!

And a comfortable win for Simon! Garfunkel sent back home.

Djokovic may be in a bit of trouble here.

Don't think he's playing well and looks to be distracted...

Dat lob though...

So.. if Federer continues like that, we'll have the Davis Cup Final rematch in QF:
> Wawrinka-Gasquet
> Federer-Simon
France team could have an answer to te question: "Was there a chance to win, had we play on Grass instead of Clay?"

I'd be actually rooting for any mix of those for the SW19 Final, with a preference for an all Swiss.

Novak, that's not what clutch serve is! Take a note from Mr Anderson

Deserved for Anderson I think. Been the better player.

Clutch enough. the big Yank a set up against Nole.

So... Doubles and Mixed Doubles are in BO5, but Ladies Doubles in BO3?? Never noticed before, looks strange (would make more sense if Mixed were in bo3 too, or if LD were in Bo5)

Anderson breaks in set 2
3-1

Seriously worrying times for Novak here.

Anderson is redlining and hasn't dipped since the start. He's almost impervious on serve.

Question is will this crazy level subside or is this one of those lifetime best performances that takes out a top player.

Novak a bit passive though. Looks a bit lost at the questions Anderson is posing.

Djokovic is being taken to the shed.

Djokovic in this form would be an easy day's work for Wawrinka. Might want him to fight through.

Anderson needs this hold though.. or I'm afraid the redlining will disappear to a faster 4 sets win for Djoko

Some He luck, and some magic saves his bacon. Champions response

So a double fault and then he gets broken... let's see if it hurt. Go Kevin!

Djokovic breaks back via some very sexy returns.

This match is seriously close.

If Novak goes 2-0 down, it will be extremely tough to win 3 in a row against Anderson in this form.

As expected, now Novak wakes up

Take him to another TB to make it 2-0 up!

I've got to say that watching a Kevin Anderson match right after a Karlovic match makes for a pretty tedious afternoon's tennis.

Tense. But still boring.

Federer enjoying his late afternoon walk, letting Agut hold to love. 2 holds left for Fed, but he should try to break Agut to win the match.

And now I have to go out for a bit!

Really have no idea what I'll see when I get back, but if Novak doesn't win this set, it's over.

posposil in a 5 set battle in the doubles. Jamie doing his bit for his brother.

HM Murdoch wrote:And now I have to go out for a bit!

Really have no idea what I'll see when I get back, but if Novak doesn't win this set, it's over.

At least it will get things really really tense!
However I feel he'd get the set should they go to a TB.

They broke each other, now it looks like they just run through their serves to reach the TB and have a fight.

biugo wrote:Federer enjoying his late afternoon walk, letting Agut hold to love. 2 holds left for Fed, but he should try to break Agut to win the match.

And he does just that. Fed through with a routine win: 6-2 6-2 6-3

Agut saved 5 MP though, Federer needs to wrap it up faster if he wants to lift the trophy

Hes going quite well. Small danger of being undercooked for the semis. Havent seen much of him, is he playing solid enough to take out Muzz and Novak back2back (sorry)

Roger cannot afford to miss so many match points.

He's through, but he has to improve for his quarterfinal matchup with Simon

temporary21 wrote:Hes going quite well. Small danger of being undercooked for the semis. Havent seen much of him, is he playing solid enough to take out Muzz and Novak back2back (sorry)

Should Simon break him once at least, to take the monkey off his back? He mentioned after his Groth win that it feels nice to not have been broken, that his game is going great.

Kevin Anderson secures a TB at least. Now he'll go for Novak's serve to avoid this TB>

Well id expect him to be unbroken or nearly so, only Querrey had the game to break him really. Im thinking more his forehand and his general solidness

Set point Anderson... saved by Djoko

Another set point saved...

Big time again...

And Novak makes it to the tie break. He would be "lucky" to win this set: he broke after Anderson didn't confirm his break with a DF, and he saved 2 set points.

bad start from Kevin with 2 UE. 3-0 Djoko