Wimbledon Day 4

Rubi squanders the break.

He doesn't have a percentage bone in jis body, that's the problem.

Again, could be easily fixed with a good coach.

I am not expecting him to win this, such a shame and a waste of great opportunity he waited and worked for such a long time.

Rubi's got top 3 fhdtl.

He strikes it sublimely. Flat as a pancake.

Wow Fed looks tight.

Wtf is going on, first must wait 3h for girls to finish, now Fed broken and breaks back.

Needs a glass of water on his face to wake him up a little and finish this in quick 3.

This should be the perfect match for Fed to get into his baseline groove.

Some S&V groove would be good too.

The Neo BH is looking a bit retro today.

Duci SBH pride of Serbia!

Watching two matches at once, Rubi claws TB back being 2:6 down in it!!!!

Fed rusty, sure Lajo being a doubles player, knows net play.

Come on crush himm nowwww

Watching two matches at once, Rubi claws TB back being 2:6 down in it!!!!

Fed sucking some swiss alps milk.

Federer very rusty so far.

federer moving up  gear in the tie break but really slow start in the first set

Damn, Federer producing an amazing tie break

Emancipator wrote:Damn, Federer producing an amazing tie break

it was over before it even started,its amazing how he changes the pace that a match is being played at when he moves up a gear
suddenly his opponent cant keep up and looks out of depth

Guess up tp TB warm up, then crush him

Ouch

the match looks like it has turned into a practise session for roger

This hasn't been sharp - gonna have to play himself into form.

he is wining pretty comfortably but a lot of schoolboy errors

When you look at a match like this, you'll realize Federer will never play his absolute A game under these conditions. 
With a decent ball on grass you'll get a lot of 1-2 punch rallies, and Federer will shine. On a fast-medium pace HC Federer can excel, like at the AO. But with this ball it is neither fish nor fowl. There's isn't any evidence of a neo backhand because he can't simply hit it like on a HC.

A problem could be that in the last few rounds players like Murray/NAdal/Djoko will not go out against Federer to play better than Federer, they will just make sure Fed suffers under the conditions.

Grass used to be the surface the handy talented players could make a mark on, it's no longer the case at Wimbledon. It's a playground for grinders, just like it is on clay.

Federer "i was struggling to get rid of the nerves.."

Only human

gallery play wrote:When you look at a match like this, you'll realize Federer will never play his absolute A game under these conditions. 
With a decent ball on grass you'll get a lot of 1-2 punch rallies, and Federer will shine. On a fast-medium pace HC Federer can excel, like at the AO. But with this ball it is neither fish nor fowl. There's isn't any evidence of a neo backhand because he can't simply hit it like on a HC.

A problem could be that in the last few rounds players like Murray/NAdal/Djoko will not go out against Federer to play better than Federer, they will just make sure Fed suffers under the conditions.

Grass used to be the surface the handy talented players could make a mark on, it's no longer the case at Wimbledon. It's a playground for grinders, just like it is on clay.

you dont think that he can or you dont think that the conditions will allow him to
i dont expect him to play his absolute best against such an opponent,but its good to see that he has the ability to raise his game when it matters like the first set tie break 
that was pretty spectacular 
roger saying he was feeling very nervous today in the first set 
strange to hear him say that

I don't think the conditions allow him to play his best. The conditions do him more wrong than good, which should't be the case on grass.

gallery play wrote:I don't think the conditions allow him to play his best. The conditions do him more wrong than good, which should't be the case on grass.

its a sad state of affairs if thats the analysis people are having about the best grass court player of the last 15 or so years 
the grass does him more harm then good...
well if its any consolation,roger did win madrid on the blue clay 

Veejay wrote:

gallery play wrote:I don't think the conditions allow him to play his best. The conditions do him more wrong than good, which should't be the case on grass.

its a sad state of affairs if thats the analysis people are having about the best grass court player of the last 15 or so years 
the grass does him more harm then good...
well if its any consolation,roger did win madrid on the blue clay 

You don't understand. The conditions at Wimbledon changed considerably through the years.
Compare this match with second round match at the AO and tell me in which match he played better.

gallery play wrote:

Veejay wrote:

gallery play wrote:I don't think the conditions allow him to play his best. The conditions do him more wrong than good, which should't be the case on grass.

its a sad state of affairs if thats the analysis people are having about the best grass court player of the last 15 or so years 
the grass does him more harm then good...
well if its any consolation,roger did win madrid on the blue clay 

You don't understand. The conditions at Wimbledon changed considerably through the years.
Compare this match with second round match at the AO and tell me in which match he played better.

no i do understand,the grass shouldnt be doing especially him more harm then good
the reference to the blue clay was only a joke to prove that he can win on any surface no matter how much it has been changed

Slow grass or big ball, so far Fed ain't looking leathal. Maybe second week more loose.

Indeed
Now i understand your comment about the blue clay. Spot on. They removed it instantly

gallery play wrote:Federer "i was struggling to get rid of the nerves.."

Only human

That's the cost of him putting all eggs in Wimbledin basket.

gallery play wrote:When you look at a match like this, you'll realize Federer will never play his absolute A game under these conditions. 
With a decent ball on grass you'll get a lot of 1-2 punch rallies, and Federer will shine. On a fast-medium pace HC Federer can excel, like at the AO. But with this ball it is neither fish nor fowl. There's isn't any evidence of a neo backhand because he can't simply hit it like on a HC.

A problem could be that in the last few rounds players like Murray/NAdal/Djoko will not go out against Federer to play better than Federer, they will just make sure Fed suffers under the conditions.

Grass used to be the surface the handy talented players could make a mark on, it's no longer the case at Wimbledon. It's a playground for grinders, just like it is on clay.

Agree completely.

Wimbledon sucks. Most of talented players are out already.

Wilmbledon is now the kingdom of muscle and percentage.

I only saw a few points but Fed looked same as last year. BH was a worry.

Amazing  what conditions can do to talent. I fell sorry for him.

He may still win it but it's going to be hard work.

medvedev fined $14,500 for his behaviour 
tomic fined $15,000 for admitting to abusing a medical time out cause he didnt feel like playing 
he has also been dropped by a sponsor because of that

Clearly cutting the grass to 8mm instead of 9mm had their desired effect to slow the court...us the dry conds. A real shame.

Jahu wrote:“I feel holding a trophy or, you know, doing well — it doesn’t satisfy me anymore,” Tomic said Tuesday. “It’s not there. I couldn’t care less if I make a fourth round (at the) U.S. Open or I lose (in the) first round. To me, everything is the same. I’m going to play another 10 years, and I know after my career I won’t have to work again.”


Classic words of the son of a dumb father, what a disgrace.

a lot of people make that mistake assuming that things are guaranteed 
many NFL players are already bankrupt by a certain age but thats usually mainly down to excessive spending 
some people make bad investment choices too,but ultimately the economics of being hit by another global recession could ruin tomics retirement fund or prospects

its actually being reported that tomic was hit with a $19,725 fine
the racquet sponsor who dropped him was Head 
interesting that Head dropped tomic over his bored comments but stuck with Sharapova during her doping ban
i think that he needs to take a break from the tour,maybe that will help him rediscover the reasons why he wanted to become a pro player in the first place