Wimbledon 2018

Dirk · 13 Jul 2018 at 21:25

Pigeon_Killer said:
This is too easy for Djokovic at the moment. Hitting the baseline with every return to put pressure on Nadal's serve and holding his serve with ease.

Edit: Yes, finally a break.

There's not an ounce of quit in Nadal, while Novak can still be a little fragile. Even at his best he would often suffer a dip in form during a match. Which player wears down the other first is anyone's guess right now. I'd say Nadal has the edge.

CaptainRAVE · 13 Jul 2018 at 21:26

Novak has this I reckon. Can’t stand the guy though. Incredibly arrogant.

McBain · 13 Jul 2018 at 21:29

CaptainRAVE said:
Novak has this I reckon. Can’t stand the guy though. Incredibly arrogant.

Plus a massive whinger, he was actually whining that the crowd were giving him a bit of needle when he played Edmund.

Hope Nadal smashes him.

Pigeon_Killer · 13 Jul 2018 at 21:32

The slice has made a huge difference to Nadal's game now, really intelligent play.

robfosters · 13 Jul 2018 at 21:33

Turning into everything I hoped for

CaptainRAVE · 13 Jul 2018 at 21:34

Wow, what a match so far. Love nadal. So much better than the previous match this afternoon.

Dirk · 13 Jul 2018 at 21:36

Bounce, bounce, bounce....

Nadal is getting into his stride. This is the quality he produced for the entire five sets of the Quarter Final.

Pigeon_Killer · 13 Jul 2018 at 21:43

Loving this :cool:

robfosters · 13 Jul 2018 at 21:43

This is epic tennis!

CaptainRAVE · 13 Jul 2018 at 21:49

Great stuff by nadal, but rubbish if they have to finish tomorrow. Is it now air conned in there? They are melting.

Pigeon_Killer · 13 Jul 2018 at 21:50

The fact they have to play after the women's final makes it even worse, let them play on Court One FFS and make more from ticket sales.

Dirk · 13 Jul 2018 at 21:51

CaptainRAVE said:
Great stuff by nadal, but rubbish if they have to finish tomorrow. Is it now air conned in there? They are melting.

There is air circulated but the temperature is bound to be higher than ambient, especially with the lights. Biggest problem i imagine is having no breeze to help cool the players down.

CaptainRAVE · 13 Jul 2018 at 21:58

Haha, sort the balls!

Such incredible tennis.

Dirk · 13 Jul 2018 at 22:01

CaptainRAVE said:
Haha, sort the balls!

Such incredible tennis.

Lol. Who but Rafa would spot a ball not accounted for at a time like this. His attention to detail is incredible.

BaZ87 · 13 Jul 2018 at 22:18

Pigeon_Killer said:
The fact they have to play after the women's final makes it even worse, let them play on Court One FFS and make more from ticket sales.

I'd imagine they don't want this game to overshadow the women's final if they were played at the same time.

CaptainRAVE · 13 Jul 2018 at 22:20

They they couldn’t put these two on at the same time. It is, however disgraceful that these two were put on as the second match. I guess they couldn’t recourt it today either.

Such a shame that this will not finish tonight.

I reckon novak would have the edge in a tie break.

robfosters · 13 Jul 2018 at 22:21

I’m sticking around for the 11pm riot

Merlin5 · 13 Jul 2018 at 22:21

If only centre court was fully soundproofed, then they could play beyond the 11pm curfew.

BaZ87 · 13 Jul 2018 at 22:23

Merlin5 said:
If only centre court was fully soundproofed, then they could play beyond the 11pm curfew.

Isn't it more to do with people leaving the area rather than the sound from inside the court?

CaptainRAVE · 13 Jul 2018 at 22:24

Edit, beaten. And yes. Very noisy.

Merlin5 said:
If only centre court was fully soundproofed, then they could play beyond the 11pm curfew.

I guess the problem is the people leaving. Still, 2 weeks of the year. Crazy.