DAY 10...Another cloudy day!

I'll do the picks later but just to say that Fed is only facing big servers and poor rallying players in his next 2 matches.....could be good news before the final.

Though I expect Cilic to be hard work!

Order of play is out:

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/schedule/schedule17.html

Fed first on CC followed by Murray.

Murray's opponents playing the second match on C1.

Interesting to see serve ruling grass again...but we'll see for how long down the tournament.

Annoying that Murray escaped them all bar head-free Kyrgios.

And never set his foot on C1 this year....

i expect raonic to be much more of a test for roger then cilic
he hasnt looked anyhwere near the same player that beat roger at the u.s open

Tenez wrote:I'll do the picks later but just to say that Fed is only facing big servers and poor rallying players in his next 2 matches.....could be good news before the final.

Though I expect Cilic to be hard work!

Raonic and Cilic are far more than just servers. And you don't win slams by just being a server.

They are both going to be very difficult - assuming he has to play Raonic too.

Roger Federer (SUI) [3] v Marin Cilic (CRO) [9]
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [12] v Andy Murray (GBR) [2]
Sam Querrey (USA) [28] v Milos Raonic (CAN) [6]
Tomas Berdych (CZE) [10] v Lucas Pouille (FRA) [32]
Jonathan Marray (GBR)      Max Mirnyi (BLR) [12]
Adil Shamasdin (CAN)   v Treat Huey (PHI) [12]
Raven Klaasen (RSA) [11]        Mike Bryan (USA) [2]
Rajeev Ram (USA) [11] v Bob Bryan (USA) [2]

And don't forget the joker.

Roger Federer (SUI) [3]
Andy Murray (GBR) [2]
Milos Raonic (CAN) [6]
Lucas Pouille (FRA) [32] Joker
Max Mirnyi (BLR) [12]
Treat Huey (PHI) [12]
Mike Bryan (USA) [2]
Bob Bryan (USA) [2]

Roger Federer (SUI) 55%
Andy Murray (GBR) 80%
Milos Raonic (CAN) 80%
Lucas Pouille (FRA) 55%

We agree on something, Tenez. Let's not make it a habit.

it's your exposure to OTF.....you are unconsciously learning.

I suspect our confidence level on the predictions is different.  You prob think Federer will sail it - and I think he needs to be at his v best. Likewise, you prob give Tsonga no chance.

I certainly don;t think fed will cruise. On the contrary. I think it might lose as his performances are very inconsistent nowadays. If he plays like Monday he shoudl be fine though.

Federer, Murray, Querrey (joker), Pouille, Myrni, Bryan

I think Cilic will be tougher than Raonic or Querrey as he moves better than them.

If his back is mobile, Fed should keep winning, though.

And then on Sunday, let's hope for the repeat of 2012!

Tenez wrote:Roger Federer (SUI) [3] v Marin Cilic (CRO) [9]
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [12] v Andy Murray (GBR) [2]
Sam Querrey (USA) [28] v Milos Raonic (CAN) [6]
Tomas Berdych (CZE) [10] v Lucas Pouille (FRA) [32]
Jonathan Marray (GBR)      Max Mirnyi (BLR) [12]
Adil Shamasdin (CAN)   v Treat Huey (PHI) [12]
Raven Klaasen (RSA) [11]        Mike Bryan (USA) [2]
Rajeev Ram (USA) [11] v Bob Bryan (USA) [2]

And don't forget the joker.

Cilic, Tsonga, Rao, Pouille (joker), mirnyi, Bryans,

Le Pen: Cilic (joker), murray, Raonic, Berd, Marray, Bryans
Holding magroin: Cilic, Tsonga, Querrey, Berdych (Joker), Mirnyi, Bryans.

1. Federer
2. Tsonga
3. Querrey
4. Berdych
5. Jonathan Marray (GBR)      Max Mirnyi (BLR)
6. Brayans

Goran looks silly with the beard!

That aside, I hope Fed's FH starts firing soon.

Bit tentative on the bps there.

luvsports! wrote:Bit tentative on the bps there.

Tentative full stop. Hence my FH comment above.

Fed needs to stretch Cilic not feed him mid balls hoping for an error.
Very risky on grass.

Beckham is a disgrace with all those tattoos.

I blame him for this mindless epydemic.

becham looks about 10 years older then he actually is
he has really lost his looks pretty quickly
youd think with that much money that he would have a little fresh up
but you gotta give him credit,he has really managed to step up his game,i remember the days when he could barely string a sentence together now he is doing full interviews lol
we coud be in for an unpset the way cilic is playing

roger not looking sharp today,seems a step slow

There is nothing I hate more seeing on a tennis court than a DBH-er pounding Federer's BH with all his FH might.

It's simply is not right.
Come on Rogerrr!!!

Veejay wrote:roger not looking sharp today,seems a step slow

yes he is not fit.

Come on Fed, wake the F up, slice and dice, break his back.

noleisthebest wrote:There is nothing I hate more seeing on a tennis court than a DBH-er pounding Federer's BH with all his FH might.

It's simply is not right.
Come on Rogerrr!!!

I was going to say. There is no doubt in Cilic's tactic!. Everything on the BH! As simple as that.

gutted!! the way roger is playing...he is definitely going to loose
he isnt getting any 1st serves in,looks very vulnerable on the backhand side
he  isnt readingcilic' serve well either,he is not looking shard at all
he looks like his mind is somehwere else

Cilic returning over 85% of first server, Fed half that.

Wake up grandpa, nowwwww

Wow, what a volley!

My hope is that Cilic will choke serving for the set.

Mind you, he has that mad glint in his eye again...like when he played Fed in USO.

Come on crowd!!!!! Blow some wind in Fed's sails!

That BH miss at the net from Fed was the unofficial end of his career. 

that was so poor from roger  theres no way he is going to win this match 

Veejay wrote:that was so poor from roger  theres no way he is going to win this match 

Yes it's going to be tough....but i have the feeling he is going to win that 4th set.

He better win third and forth, as this way 4th ain't even gonna be played.

Milo takes first 2 sets and Querrey is finished for this W with a historic win

If Fed loses today, Milo to win W 

The missed BPs are beginning to hurt Fed.. 0/3 vs 1/1. This stat of BP conversion rate is bad patch in Fed's greatness.

He is much easier to defend Breaks against compared to some other GOAT contenders.

Jahu wrote:Milo takes first 2 sets and Querrey is finished for this W with a historic win

If Fed loses today, Milo to win W 

If he gets Murray in final, Murray will roast him to fresh English-toast. Raonic lacks heart of a champ.

i cant believe that roger missed that backhand!!

Fed is getting rushed.. too slow on a lot of those balls. 

No Nadal, No Djokovic.. all on grass... and if he can't win the championship here, well... its done then..

...he can always win Basel, or maybe ATP250's are his best chance now.

Veejay wrote:i cant believe that roger missed that backhand!!

You mean that one from the baseline?
That's how Nadal won all his matches against Federer - by numbing his arm.

Veejay wrote:becham looks about 10 years older then he actually is
he has really lost his looks pretty quickly
youd think with that much money that he would have a little fresh up
but you gotta give him credit,he has really managed to step up his game,i remember the days when he could barely string a sentence together now he is doing full interviews lol
we coud be in for an unpset the way cilic is playing

Beckham's looks?? That's interesting Veejay.. You seem to be a fan of his looks.

Don't think Fed has power to win next 3 sets, unless Cilic hurts himself.

No power from Fed today.

I se se a break now...dunno how.

COME ON ROGER!!!!

raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote:

Jahu wrote:Milo takes first 2 sets and Querrey is finished for this W with a historic win

If Fed loses today, Milo to win W 

If he gets Murray in final, Murray will roast him to fresh English-toast. Raonic lacks heart of a champ.

I think Cilic is the best bet against Murray.

I'm sure nitb has Beck's Perfume, or Djoko's communist Peugeot 

Still the odd bit of magic.

noleisthebest wrote:I se se a break now...dunno how.

COME ON ROGER!!!!

maybe not.

Cillic got to admit is playing some super tennis, great moving too.

Fed has no answers.

nitb, you just jinxed Fed, now Cilic 3 TB.

All done here.