Grass Court season - Wimbledon tune-ups

Nothing against him either, I just like other young ones to beat him, he doesn't matter in tennis world.

well...

he has been number 12 of the world 4 years ago... and has been top 20 for a long time in his career

I wish I was number 12 in the world in anything really

actually he stayed in top 50 from 2007 to 2018

and he just won 3 matches in one day

Would you date him? Are you a M or F ?

Experience, experience, experience!!!!!

The 4 grass finalists this year are 28, 34, 37, 37!!!

And some id....people still think one peaks at 26?

Ridiculous!

No way, he is a tory

I mean, as far as game style goes, I also prefer Lopez to FAA.  FAA is more interesting to me only because he is young so one wants to see how good he can be.

Jahu wrote:Fed needs to win tomorrow to get Seed 2 at W.

Is that so?  That could be more important here than at RG as the draw may be less balanced here - with no obvious 4th favorite to complement the top 3.

Hopefully he wins tomorrow.

Fed a bit loose so far, 3:2 but had to save it from 0:40

Set 1 to Fed on TB, average so far  just enough to win.

Cool

All in all quite comfortable for Fed. Now that I saw him play SF/F I am more hopeful than I was earlier in the week when I only saw the scores. Fed looked to me like he was playing in the second gear and could play better if needed.

10th Halle title. Unreal to win one tournament 10 times. I wonder if that was done before.

Fed wins, much better 2nd set with usual.Goff choking.

summerblues wrote:10th Halle title.  Unreal to win one tournament 10 times.  I wonder if that was done before.

Hahahaha

Come on Simon!!!

Jahu wrote:

summerblues wrote:10th Halle title.  Unreal to win one tournament 10 times.  I wonder if that was done before.

Hahahaha

It’s a blot on his record, makes him look like a typical limited monosurface specialist.

Agree, only another W in a few weeks can wash off this huge blot.

Jahu wrote:usual.Goff choking.

Yeah, some of his double faults made me think that maybe he still has a Fed poster hanging in his room.

Choking has been his trademark, he is 28, best rank #7, and has 1 500 and 3 250

What are Simon and Goffin doing in grass court finals anyway?

Looking at Simon's path to the final he barely scraped through to get here - his first four rounds:

7:6 third set over Ward
Three sets vs Anderson
7:6 third set over Mahut
Three sets vs Medvedev

Simon just will not go away. I thought Lopez would take the second set.

Come on Simon, dont give up!!!

What kind of middle of the court tennis shit match is this? Occasional net play by Lopez and not good at it. Net points on 2nd set were 4 each, so SImon can volley equally good.

Match point saved by Simon. Tentative stuff.

Lopez does it. Cool.

Too bad Simon didn't take it.

Castle saying you can fit Schwartzman inside the trophy haahha git.

He won the singles and doubles!

...and Andy & Judy quite happy too!!

Grass court tennis AKA real tennis.  Well done Fed.

Fed played great when relaxed in the 2nd set. But he did allow many chances to Goffin in 1st set. They could easily have proved costly against a better opponent.

Baghdatis has announced Wimbledon will be his last tournament. 

Have to say I admired his attitude to sport. Clearly had a real enjoyment for the sport and enjoyed being out on court no matter where it was.

so seeds for wimbledon are out

Nadal would get djokovic and federer in semis and final (no order there)

in quarters it is thiem, zverev, tsitsipas or nishikori

in 4th round cilic, coric, raonic or monfils

in 3rd round de minaur, pella, pouille, paire, shapovalov, edmund, djere, lajovic

...name the winner now?

Jahu wrote:...name the winner now?

federer, or djokovic most probably

Ok, now he needs the 50/50 draw to go for him and he has a chance.

C’mon, Djokovic get Nadal.

legendkillar wrote:Baghdatis has announced Wimbledon will be his last tournament. 

Have to say I admired his attitude to sport. Clearly had a real enjoyment for the sport and enjoyed being out on court no matter where it was.

Yes Bagdhatis is actually the player who sums up best the problem the young generation is facing. He was a talented player when he first arrived on the scene...He had a cracking FH which was hurting lots of players like Fed's FH was feared back then. But tennis evolved to such a point that cracking shots a la Roddick, Fed and Bagdhatis were simply not enough as the ball was coming back through those very mobile, riskless, solid players.

Unless one has a good day a la Kyrgios, the tennis that pays is not the one who kills rallies, it is the one which brings the ball back....and that was not Bagdha's style.

naxroy wrote:so seeds for wimbledon are out

Nadal would get djokovic and federer in semis and final (no order there)

in quarters it is thiem, zverev, tsitsipas or nishikori

in 4th round cilic, coric, raonic or monfils

in 3rd round de minaur, pella, pouille, paire, shapovalov, edmund, djere, lajovic

If this is the list, then I would choose this as the easiest possible route for Fed:

Rd3: Pella
Rd4: Monfils
QF: Nishikori
SF: Anderson

Hardest possible:

Rd3: Shapovalov
Rd4: Cilic (in spite of his form)
QF: Tsitsipas
SF: Nadal

But really, other than the SF Kev vs Nadal, I do not see all that much difference in the earlier rounds.  Especially since the potentially strongest early opponents (Cilic, Shapo) are struggling with form.

Tenez wrote:

legendkillar wrote:Baghdatis has announced Wimbledon will be his last tournament. 

Have to say I admired his attitude to sport. Clearly had a real enjoyment for the sport and enjoyed being out on court no matter where it was.

Yes Bagdhatis is actually the player who sums up best the problem the young generation is facing. He was a talented player when he first arrived on the scene...He had a cracking FH which was hurting lots of players like Fed's FH was feared back then. But tennis evolved to such a point that cracking shots a la Roddick, Fed and Bagdhatis were simply not enough as the ball was coming back through those very mobile, riskless, solid players.

Unless one has a good day a la Kyrgios, the tennis that pays is not the one who kills rallies, it is the one which brings the ball back....and that was not Bagdha's style.

Indeed he had natural flair. He didn't fit the 'professional' mould and was certainly a throwback to generations past.

naxroy wrote:so seeds for wimbledon are out

Nadal would get djokovic and federer in semis and final (no order there)

NAdal has to get past the likes of Dustin Brown first.