Day 12 - It's everything or nothing!

by Tenez Fri Jul 08, 2016 8:49 am

Milos Raonic (CAN) [36] v Roger Federer (SUI) [30]

Tomas Berdych (CZE) [40] v Andy Murray (GBR) [20]
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Timea Babos (HUN) [5] Abigail Spears (USA) [10]
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) [5] v Raquel Atawo (USA) [10]

Serena Williams (USA)2 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) [8]
Venus Williams (USA) 2 v Julia Goerges (GER) [8]

And joker AND double point for gessing the number of sets in the mens semi.

by Tenez Fri Jul 08, 2016 8:51 am

Roger Federer (SUI) [30] 4 sets

Andy Murray (GBR) [20] 4 sets joker

Timea Babos (HUN) [5] A
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) [5]

Karolina Pliskova (CZE) [8]
Julia Goerges (GER) [8]

by raiders_of_the_lost_ark Fri Jul 08, 2016 10:19 am

1. Federer
2. Berdych
3. babos/Schvedova
4. Williams

by raiders_of_the_lost_ark Fri Jul 08, 2016 10:38 am

raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote:1. Federer JOKER 3 sets
2. Berdych 5 sets
3. babos/Schvedova 2 sets
4. Williams 2 sets

by noleisthebest Fri Jul 08, 2016 10:45 am

Federer in 3 sets joker
Murray in 5 sets
Babos/Schvedova
Williams/Williams

by noleisthebest Fri Jul 08, 2016 10:47 am

I look forward to matches today, though I wish there were other players in it...

I still dislike watching Raonic's lumbering manufactured tennis, Berdych's choking and Murray's ugly square jaw gaping and yelling profanities....

So....GO ROGER!!!!! tennisball

by Daniel Fri Jul 08, 2016 11:26 am

Oh god I have to go with brain.

Raonic 50%
Murray 70%

Federer can do it - and it should be easier than Cilic... but Raonic is gonna throw everything. Then again... Federer has never lost in a Wimbledon SF.

by luvsports! Fri Jul 08, 2016 11:57 am

Fed (4 sets) Murray (3 sets) joker Babos Pliskova
Le pen: fed (5 sets), Murray (4 sets) joker babos, williams
Holding magroin: Raonic (4 sets) murray (4 sets) joker, babos, williams

by noleisthebest Fri Jul 08, 2016 1:07 pm

Seeing Raonic and Federer walk out court...made me sad Nole is not here.

Nole and Fed are such smooth athletes...I love the way they both just walk...Fed like a cat, Nole tall with a perfect straight back...they look sooo good.

Nobody left in the draw is worthy of playing Federer....so he must win. Not just today but on Sunday, too.

This is my A personality talking...sorry I don't have a spare one. Winking

by luvsports! Fri Jul 08, 2016 1:48 pm

One poor game costs him. Can't afford to have another 3hour match.

by Tenez Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:14 pm

That's why we don't want Raonic in teh final!

by luvsports! Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:18 pm

Wasted bps

by Veejay Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:20 pm

that was a massive by raonic saving 3 set points

gott say milos is playing incredibly well,wont be suprised if he wins this match

by Tenez Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:21 pm

Tenez wrote:That's why we don't want Raonic in teh final!

...and then he saves 4 SP! erm

by Tenez Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:31 pm

It's amazing to see Fed's camp believing he can win!

I honestly don't.

by Tenez Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:32 pm

I mean, yes he can win today but He will be nackered on Sunday. He will need a whole week to recover!

by luvsports! Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:32 pm

ALLEZ!

by noleisthebest Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:35 pm

Raonic...really is just a big serve.
And not even that serve is natural.

Fed donated him the fist set...during his warm-up mode.

by Tenez Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:36 pm

noleisthebest wrote:Raonic...really is just a big serve.
And not even that serve is natural.

Fed donated him the fist set...during his warm-up mode.

No. He has a game behind it but he is really fragile nerve wise.

by Veejay Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:40 pm

milos cracking under the pressure,good sign for federer who is able to keep his cool under pressure and able to raise his game when it really matters
that said,milos has improved an incredible amount the last few weeks,i expect him to be the first player of the next generation to break thrugh and win a major

by noleisthebest Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:42 pm

Tenez wrote:
noleisthebest wrote:Raonic...really is just a big serve.
And not even that serve is natural.

Fed donated him the fist set...during his warm-up mode.
No. He has a game behind it but he is really fragile nerve wise.

I don't call someone who hits exclusive inside out drilled FHs into the BH - having a game.

Is that all he has to show for his height and 16-17 years of hitting the ball?
Just that bit ot good bashing timing on one shot?

by Tenez Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:53 pm

Ouch..federer seems really tired now.

by Tenez Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:54 pm

noleisthebest wrote:
Tenez wrote:
noleisthebest wrote:Raonic...really is just a big serve.
And not even that serve is natural.

Fed donated him the fist set...during his warm-up mode.
No. He has a game behind it but he is really fragile nerve wise.
I don't call someone who hits exclusive inside out drilled FHs into the BH - having a game.

Is that all he has to show for his height and 16-17 years of hitting the ball?
Just that bit ot good bashing timing on one shot?

17 years of hitting the ball but many less of playing Federer on grass.

by Veejay Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:59 pm

roger moving much better today,doesnt look as slow as he did against cilic
still struggling with his serve but over all much better today
i expect roanic to feel the pressure now that roger has broken

by luvsports! Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:00 pm

CHUM JETZE!

by Tenez Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:09 pm

Veejay wrote:roger moving much better today,doesnt look as slow as he did against cilic
still struggling with his serve but over all much better today
i expect roanic to feel the pressure now that roger has broken

I am not so sure actually. I think Raonic simply have not got the same weight of shots from the baseline.

Federer looks slow to me but it doesn't matter as much!

by noleisthebest Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:10 pm

Tenez wrote:
noleisthebest wrote:
Tenez wrote:
noleisthebest wrote:Raonic...really is just a big serve.
And not even that serve is natural.

Fed donated him the fist set...during his warm-up mode.
No. He has a game behind it but he is really fragile nerve wise.
I don't call someone who hits exclusive inside out drilled FHs into the BH - having a game.

Is that all he has to show for his height and 16-17 years of hitting the ball?
Just that bit ot good bashing timing on one shot?

17 years of hitting the ball but many less of playing Federer on grass.

Even Murray would have shredded him to bits today.
His legs are too awkward for moving forward...bending...he doesn't have hands...

by Veejay Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:13 pm

when all is said and done,federer will go down as the most beautiful player to watch...no athlete has ever or will ever match his grace

by legendkillar Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:21 pm

McEnroe is a slippery fish!

He now says Federer is the greatest. I don't take issue with it now being Federer, but in the last 13 years it went from Sampras to Nadal and to Federer who he has anointed with GOAThood.

For such a great player, what a lousy pundit and commentator he is!

by Veejay Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:28 pm

McEnroe is full of shit!!

by legendkillar Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:32 pm

by Veejay Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:57 pm

really sloppy game from federer!!

by Veejay Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:58 pm

cant believe it!!!!

by luvsports! Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:58 pm

to a 5th we go...

by AceofDeath Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:01 pm

Club level ball basher grabs 4th set, surely this is his match now.

by legendkillar Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:02 pm

Think the outcome of that passage of play was going to settle the outcome. TB, Fed wins, break from Raonic, and well I think he will take it from here. Sad

by noleisthebest Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:03 pm

I didn't mind Federer's stubborn confident 2nd serves that brought him 2 DFs, but his shot selection on FH volleys has been quite below his standard all match.

Not sure why.

by Veejay Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:19 pm

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Daniel Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:19 pm

Shame Fed got the hardest draw this year compared to Murray. Far harder.

by N2D2L Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:25 pm

That game from 5-6 40-0 in the 4th set was so odd from Federer.

by N2D2L Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:27 pm

Not been that impressed by Raonic today, despite being 34 Federer has bossed Raonic from the baseline.
Raonic kept himself in it with serve, and then Roger went a bit mad and gave it away in the 4th set.

by Veejay Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:35 pm

gutted!!!!

by N2D2L Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:39 pm

Veejay wrote:gutted!!!!

Agree with what you posted earlier about Fed being much more pretty to watch.

Fed service games can be a bit too quick for my liking, but at Wimbledon his return games when he's really focused can be insane.
Best is when he does the combo of a piercing backhand slice, bringing his opponent forward but in no man's land, and then he'll cream the backhand down the line.

Raonic is just a massive servebot, NITB is right, I'm sorry. Of course when he gets the chance he hits the ball hard, and he's ok at the net because of his long reach, but that's about it.

by Veejay Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:41 pm

roger choked in that match he had the match on his racket Sad

i am absolutely gutted...thats it for roger...no more grand slams

by bogbrush Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:42 pm

Agh, two 5-setters a bit too much. Probably a mercy he didn't win because it would have been the 2012 Olympic final all over again - knackered Federer getting nothing.

by Tenez Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:51 pm

Federer is indeed very stubborn. That FH down the line on his set point when he had the whole court..and then that's how he got broken again in the 5th......but by then he was completely dead.

You might see up the thread that I noticed Federer tiring in that end of 3rd set. By the end of the 4th he had nothing left and everything looked much easier for Rao who was made to look better than he is.

However like BB I think it's a good thing Rao went through. He has now a better chance to stop Murray than Federer woudl have.

But hey maybe Berdych is going to surprise us all! Whistle

by bogbrush Fri Jul 08, 2016 5:00 pm

I fancy Raonic to win this now - Murray really is a tedious player and Berdych is useless.

by Veejay Fri Jul 08, 2016 5:18 pm

i still cant believe how roger blew the 4th set,so many chnaces up 40-0 in the last game and then lost it with several double faults
but i agree with everyone,had he won today,he certainly wasnt going to win on sunday
i quite fancy roanic's chances now,he weathered the storm and had no trouble serving the mathc out
that was pretty impressive agains roger at wimbledon semi finals cause i thought that he was going to choke in that last game

by Jahu Fri Jul 08, 2016 5:19 pm

Told you Raonic will win W or at least a new guy.

Fed did his best, he cant win 2 x 5 setters in 3 days, should of taken 4th set and would still probably lose to Andy in the final.

by Veejay Fri Jul 08, 2016 5:29 pm

i reckon roger will retire at the end of the year
it will still a pretty dam good wimbledon for a 35 year old who just came back on tour after injuries and illness

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