Wimbledon Talk (Draw etc)

Who is going to do it this year, someone old or someone new?

Will the most beautiful trophy with the:

"The All England Lawn Tennis Club Single Handed Championship of the World'

engraved on it again be lifted by a single-handed player?

Let's hope so!

He, he...not much talk going on, come on everyone it's
WIMBLEDON!!!!!!!

Draw ceremony starting at 10 AM, in half an hour.

Live radio:

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/interactive/radio.html

Not sure if they will have a video stream available, as well?

noleisthebest wrote:Draw ceremony starting at 10 AM, in half an hour.

Live radio:

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/interactive/radio.html

Not sure if they will have a video stream available, as well?

Forgot about it.

Keep us informed.

"When a tennis fan is tired of Wimbledon, he is tired of life." - nitb
                                                                                 

Roger is definitely NOT tired of Wimbledon:

Minutes after his quarterfinal exit at the French Open, Roger Federer was asked whether it was too early to look ahead to Wimbledon.

"No," Federer replied, "it's never too early."

I'm already thinking what I'm going to do the next few days, because Wimbledon is going to be a big goal for the season. That's where I want to play my best.


I want to win it,' and I feel like my game is good. It's been solid. It's been positive, and I have just got to keep it up now.''

Projected QFs: #TheDraw

Djokovic v Nishikori
Wawrinka v Raonic
Murray v Ferrer
Berdych v Federer

Nole playing Kohlschreiber in round one!

where is rafaaa

Herbert playing Chung.

who is nadal playing in R4

Pouille playing Anderson.
Go Lucas!!!!

noleisthebest wrote:"When a tennis fan is tired of Wimbledon, he is tired of life." - nitb
                                                                                 

NITB, the Confucius of tennis!

Kim Jong-Un wrote:who is nadal playing in R4

Rosol. Kiddin'

noleisthebest wrote:Roger is definitely NOT tired of Wimbledon:

Minutes after his quarterfinal exit at the French Open, Roger Federer was asked whether it was too early to look ahead to Wimbledon.

"No," Federer replied, "it's never too early."

I'm already thinking what I'm going to do the next few days, because Wimbledon is going to be a big goal for the season. That's where I want to play my best.


I want to win it,' and I feel like my game is good. It's been solid. It's been positive, and I have just got to keep it up now.''

Never good to put too much pressure on oneself.

Hmmm Nadal gets Murray in QF.

noleisthebest wrote:Nole playing Kohlschreiber in round one!

Poor Kholi. Coudl have had a better draw.

Kim Jong-Un wrote:Hmmm Nadal gets Murray in QF.

That should be interesting.

Tenez wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:Roger is definitely NOT tired of Wimbledon:

Minutes after his quarterfinal exit at the French Open, Roger Federer was asked whether it was too early to look ahead to Wimbledon.

"No," Federer replied, "it's never too early."

I'm already thinking what I'm going to do the next few days, because Wimbledon is going to be a big goal for the season. That's where I want to play my best.


I want to win it,' and I feel like my game is good. It's been solid. It's been positive, and I have just got to keep it up now.''

Never good to put too much pressure on oneself.

I agree, it may have been just a post loss reaction. He is known for being impulsive after big losses.

Nadal playing Bellucci in R1.
Tsonga-Muller

Tenez wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:Nole playing Kohlschreiber in round one!

Poor Kholi. Coudl have had a better draw.

Yes...this is second week in a row for him...but he is playing very well.
More comfortable and confident on grass than Richie, and Richie was outplaying Nole with his BH yesterday.

....


Mannarino-Berrer
Coric-Stakhovski
Berdych-Chardy

Paire-Youzhny
Federer-Dzumhur (the guy he played in RG)

Hewitt-Djokovic potential R2match.
Murray playing Kukushkin.
He also potentially has Tsonga, Nadal, Federer and finally Nole en route to the trophy.

So good news for Nole for having Murray in the other half.

Yes, it looks like they have reverse draws from RG.

Fed to potentially play a tired Murray/Nadal in SF?

Full draw:

luvsports! wrote:So good news for Nole for having Murray in the other half.

Good news for Murray too, don't you think? That's where I think draw rigging coudl have happened.

Tenez wrote:

luvsports! wrote:So good news for Nole for having Murray in the other half.

Good news for Murray too, don't you think? That's where I think draw rigging coudl have happened.

Exactly!
Last time Murray beat Nole was when he won Wimbledon...in 2013!
I have my own theory how why it happened.

Well imo he's got a tougher run in.

Fed has a nice quarter, should be ready to pounce in week 2.

Another good R1 match : Gulbis-Rosol!

Beautiful photo of young stars in Wimbledon.
But the brightest one is not in it

luvsports! wrote:Well imo he's got a tougher run in.

True...I don't think it's rigged....here but let's keep an eye on it. Always important.

noleisthebest wrote:

Tenez wrote:

luvsports! wrote:So good news for Nole for having Murray in the other half.

Good news for Murray too, don't you think? That's where I think draw rigging coudl have happened.

Exactly!
Last time Murray beat Nole was when he won Wimbledon...in 2013!
I have my own theory how why it happened.

I know about Nole drug testing the day before but the main reason is that Delpo played amazing and Djoko allowed him to play amazing.

Tenez wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:"When a tennis fan is tired of Wimbledon, he is tired of life." - nitb
                                                                                 

NITB, the Confucius of tennis!

Tenez wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:

Tenez wrote:

luvsports! wrote:So good news for Nole for having Murray in the other half.

Good news for Murray too, don't you think? That's where I think draw rigging coudl have happened.

Exactly!
Last time Murray beat Nole was when he won Wimbledon...in 2013!
I have my own theory how why it happened.

I know about Nole drug testing the day before but the main reason is that Delpo played amazing and Djoko allowed him to play amazing.

Yes...similar to Olympic final vs Fed.

Delpo has a lot to answer for

In retrospect I am happy Nole did not get that one. It hurts me when a retriever wins Wimbledon multiple times.

Tenez wrote:In retrospect I am happy Nole did not get that one. It hurts me when a retriever wins Wimbledon multiple times.

I remember you were cheering for him in your club at the time...but I suppose some of Nole fans there will never know what you really think.

The wimbledon site is in turn so crap now. Try to read the draw and see the different quarters...a pain!

Ha, random option of Gulbis to win wimby.

Who is Dennis Kudla? and why does he get a WC? Same M Ebden??!!!

Why didn't I get one?

Tenez wrote:Who is Dennis Kudla? and why does he get a WC? Same M t ??!!!

Why didn't I get one?

Just watched this video. Roger giving a guided tour around Wimby…good stuff! Nice seeing him goofy as always, and interacting with other players too.

https://www.periscope.tv/w/aF1KuDEwNDM4OTl8MjkwMDQzOTlmXSPF-nj8XfUXky2laqXa0tTtSrZvvrqwYoabfb2ifg==

My colleague on sportpulse wrote this article on the young guns, top 4 to watch:

http://www.sportpulse.net/content/top-4-young-guns-watch-wimbledon-161003

Looks like he missed the most promising one: Rublev.

ymer looks like a good deal too.

I saw a bit of Ymer in Roehampton, nothing in particular stood out, but looks like a complete player, good serve, calm temper.
At least he is not a percentage basher like Zverev.
I can't remember who he was playing but it was very close and he was behind in that first set, so I was surpriised to see he won.

Not sure about Chung and Edmunds, haven't seen much, but all other players apart from Ymer in this photo are flairless product of various tennis factories.

Another proof draw is rigged for Murray:

David Ferrer has withdrawn from The Championships due to an elbow injury. Lucky loser Luca Vanni takes his place #Wimbledon
1:23 PM - 28 Jun 2015
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That isn't proof.

Shame about Ferrer.

Ferrer withdrawing just after the OOP appeared, is one of the most blatant draw manipulations I have ever seen. Else Nadal would have got Cilic, right?

Thanks to his mate Daveeed Nadal's draw is looking like the easiest top 8 seed more than a No. 10 seed draw. The luck of drawing Ferrer was already out of this world. Now he can easily make the QF without even meeting a top 20 player. Fingers crossed Spanish team miscalculated and surprise loss for Nadal incoming.

ETA: Btw, could this be a silent ban? I have seen pictures of Ferrer practicing with Nadal, so why withdraw?

Has Ferrer played any pre-wimby tournament? That's strange I agree.

In any case I don;t think Ferrer woudl withdraw just to help Nadal's draw. No way. So I am not sure i am following the logic here.