Wimbledon Day 1

There we go. 15 hours before the start of the first day..who do you think might be the first seeded casualty of day 1?

Murray, Stan, Kyrgios, Pouille, Khashanov?

Stan for me. Not that I want him to go but he is a slow starter.

Here comes the game:

Andy Murray (GBR) [3]
v
Alexander Bublik (33)


Daniil Medvedev (33)
v
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) [5]

Elise Mertens (33)
v
Venus Williams (USA) [10]

Rafael Nadal (ESP) [4]
v
John Millman (33)

Johanna Konta (GBR) [6]
v
Su-Wei Hsieh (33)

Philipp Kohlschreiber (33)
v
Marin Cilic (CRO) [7]

Nick Kyrgios (AUS) [10]
v
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (33)

Ivo Karlovic (CRO) [21]
v
Aljaz Bedene (33)

Fernando Verdasco (ESP) [5]
v
Kevin Anderson (10)

Andrey Kuznetsov (10)
v
Karen Khachanov (RUS) [8]

Denis Shapovalov (13)
v
Jerzy Janowicz (13)
v

Malek Jaziri (33)
v
Lucas Pouille (FRA) [14]

You volunteering to do the picking game Tenez?

I d love to LS but i m not very well organised. happy to participate.

Was afraid you would say that.
I have exams this Friday and if possible I would rather someone else do it!

Ok will start it later after my bbq in this lovely day.

See OP for game.

Alexander Bublik (33)

Daniil Medvedev (33)

Elise Mertens (33)

Rafael Nadal (ESP) [4]

Su-Wei Hsieh (33)

Marin Cilic (CRO) [7]

Pierre-Hugues Herbert (33)

Ivo Karlovic (CRO) [21]

Kevin Anderson (10)

Karen Khachanov (RUS) [8]

Denis Shapovalov (13)

Malek Jaziri (33)

Murray
Wawrinka
Mertens
Nadal
Konta 
Cilic
Kyrgios
Karlovic
Verdasco
Khachanov
Shapovalov
Pouille

ahh top man! Cheers!

Bulge: 
Murray
Stan
Venus
Rafa
Hseih
Cilic
Kyrgios
Karlo
Verdasco
Karen
Shapo
Jaziri

T: 
Bublik
Medvedev
Mertens
Millman
Hseih
Cilic
Kyrgios
Karlo
Anderson
Karen
Janowicz
Jaziri

M:
Murray
Stan
Venus
Rafa
Konta
Cilic
Kyrgios
Karlo
Anderson
Kuznetsov
Janowicz
pouille

Bublik, 
medvedev, 
Venus,
millman,
hseih,
Kohl, 
Kyrgios, 
Karlovic, 
Anderson, 
Karen, 
Shapalov, 
Pouille

I will post my mates' picks soon.

Donkeys years since I played this, could someone remind me of the rules please?

bogbrush wrote:Donkeys years since I played this, could someone remind me of the rules please?

Just pick your winner in the matches listed in the OP.

I don't play but:

Wawrinka could very well lose. He isn't the best on grass and his opponent is good enough to cause an upset.  Gonna go Wawrinka. 70%.

Nadal. I expect Nadal to romp home against Millman, but it would be the 5th time in a row that he's lost to a rank 100. Gonna go Nadal 85%.

Cilic should batter Kohl. 90%.

Kyrgios should batter Herbert.  90%

Karlovic should win. 85%

Gonna go Anderson. 60%
 
Janowicz should beat Shapovalov 70%

Pouille should batter Jaziri 90%

looks like kyrgios didnt batter anyone 
didnt see the match so im assuming he is still injured

Yes I had a feeling about him. Check my OP.

Khasha as well. No because I'd typically expect him to lose v Kuztenev but because he is in Rapha's draw and we know his luck and how his draws clear up as he advances.

grass not looking so green on centre court
looks like a match has already been played on there

yep kyrgios retired after being 2 sets to 0 down

Veejay wrote:grass not looking so green on centre court
looks like a match has already been played on there

Not only that, it's dead slow too. 

The court's like we're in the second week already

gallery play wrote:

Veejay wrote:grass not looking so green on centre court
looks like a match has already been played on there

Not only that, it's dead slow too. 

The court's like we're in the second week already

watching the match on court 1 and its the same there too
really slow too

the court's a joke, a disgrace actually. 
The grass season is over. This looks like a hybrid court (sand and rubber)

There's absolutely no juice in this green stuff. 

Rafa to win on the green clay of Wimbledon. 

gallery play wrote:the court's a joke, a disgrace actually. 
The grass season is over. This looks like a hybrid court (sand and rubber)

It's true isn't it? Even JJ v Shapovalov end up having 20 strokes rallies.

It's not the court it's the shuttlecork balls.

JJ is so loud....

gallery play wrote:There's absolutely no juice in this green stuff. 

Rafa to win on the green clay of Wimbledon. 

i was just thinking the same thing... tailor made grass courts for him

Tenez wrote:

gallery play wrote:the court's a joke, a disgrace actually. 
The grass season is over. This looks like a hybrid court (sand and rubber)

It's true isn't it? Even JJ v Shapovalov end up having 20 strokes rallies.

It's not the court it's the shuttlecork balls.

The court's not OK too. High bounce and it even looks moldy, they really F#cked up this time

just switched over to centre court and it looks rough!!!
court already looks like it would on day 3 or 4 imagine what it will play like on the final day ggrr

gallery play wrote:

Tenez wrote:

gallery play wrote:the court's a joke, a disgrace actually. 
The grass season is over. This looks like a hybrid court (sand and rubber)

It's true isn't it? Even JJ v Shapovalov end up having 20 strokes rallies.

It's not the court it's the shuttlecork balls.

The court's not OK too. High bounce and it even looks moldy, they really F#cked up this time

Maybe but they have been using 100% clay for the last few years. High bounce is also the result of bigger balls. The pressure of course also affect it as the balls shoudl be the same as queens and Halle in principle.

Let's see what Fed says about it.

I only saw a few points of Shapalov-JJ and thought the grass was quite fast, but the balls very bouncy and light.

It looked weird.

Will be difficult to control the ball.

I hope Stan survives Medvedev.

Who is this idiot Milliman?

Nadal's moonballs are making the court play like slow clay.

I just missed a 23 shot rally....

Or maybe I haven't missed anything.

... wrote:Who is this idiot Milliman?

Nadal's moonballs are making the court play like slow clay.

I just missed a 23 shot rally....

Or maybe I haven't missed anything.

Millman's anticipation is amateur level. How did a player like that break into the top 200?

BTW: the women's matches look twice as fast. That ball must be 50% lighter

Well, there we go.  Kyrgios severely injured and couldn't do anything.  It's a real shame.  He'd have been a proper force this year if he hadnt have injured himself.  I took a bet early and lost my 10  


As I said before, Nadal's draw is a joke. Did anyone expect Millman to win, really?

Rafa's BH looks lethal - hitting it flat and with pace. Playing aggressively and close to the baseline.

Daniel wrote:Well, there we go.  Kyrgios severely injured and couldn't do anything.  It's a real shame.  He'd have been a proper force this year if he hadnt have injured himself.  I took a bet early and lost my 10  

LOL Abu-Daniel. Perhaps you should quit the gambling. If it's in any way a reflection of your skill and knowledge of tennis, I expect you're hopeless.

Henman cracks his one joke again.

'Rafa must have been 11 years old'

I thought Nadal looks extra nervous.

It's that moron (sorry the guy os really getting on my nerves) Milliman that's building Nadal's confidence with every shot, giving him not even a decent knock.

I feel sorry for the fans there...and elsewhere...had a peek af a few courts and barly anyone has a clue how to play on grass.

Jaziri and Stak notable exceptions atm.

Did Kyrgios injure himself during the match?

Saw that Brown is going to play Murray next.

I hope he has a decent joint before he walks onto CC and puffs Murray away in style.

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... wrote:I thought Nadal looks extra nervous.

It's that moron (sorry the guy os really getting on my nerves) Milliman that's building Nadal's confidence with every shot, giving him not even a decent knock.

I feel sorry for the fans there...and elsewhere...had a peek af a few courts and barly anyone has a clue how to play on grass.

Jaziri and Stak notable exceptions atm.

Still think Rafa is a big hitter away from going out.

Unfortunately Millman doesn't seem to have any weapons.

Emancipator wrote:Rafa's BH looks lethal - hitting it flat and with pace. Playing aggressively and close to the baseline.

Against Millman even Ferrer's BH would look lethal

'If we're brutally honest, we haven't got a clue'
Inverdale referring to his tennis knowledge or the reason why the referee came on court?

DECIMA wrote:'If we're brutally honest, we haven't got a clue'
Inverdale referring to his tennis knowledge or the reason why the referee came on court?

Why are you listening to his commentary?

You can watch without any commentary on bbc.

Emancipator wrote:

Still think Rafa is a big hitter away from going out.

Unfortunately Millman doesn't seem to have any weapons.

I have never seen Nadal as a big hitter.

Bighitters are shotmakers.

Nadal only muscles the ball and that's quite a difference.

Imagine if he was able to hit the ball flat and use all that muscle & effort.

The ball would fly like a rocket!

... wrote:

Emancipator wrote:

Still think Rafa is a big hitter away from going out.

Unfortunately Millman doesn't seem to have any weapons.

I have never seen Nadal as a big hitter.

He wasn't trying to say that, he was saying a big hitter can knock Nadal out

That's right. Decima is now the official translator. I have appointed him using my moderating rights.

I may ban Abu-Daniel unless he behaves like a good little boy.

This Millman guy is bloody useless

Daniel wrote:Well, there we go.  Kyrgios severely injured and couldn't do anything.  It's a real shame.  He'd have been a proper force this year if he hadnt have injured himself.  I took a bet early and lost my 10  


As I said before, Nadal's draw is a joke. Did anyone expect Millman to win, really?

That's why Kyrgios was in my list of potential 1st round losers. if you bet money you want to know that Kyrgios was not 100%. In fact I am as bad as you cause I should have put some money there.

You can tell the balls are huge when you see how the players handles them before serving. They are like balloons.

But more importantly how they drag down towards the baseline.

Can Halle and Queens have teh same balls? Or are they specific to this slam?

That was a sick drop shot!