Wimbledon 2021

varkanoid · 11 Jul 2021 at 16:54

Why is the crowd singing "Football is coming home" when he won the 2nd set.

manic111 · 11 Jul 2021 at 17:01

That return :eek:

Merlin5 · 11 Jul 2021 at 17:05

Yeah. Really hope Berrettini can win this set and take it to a 5th.

manic111 · 11 Jul 2021 at 17:06

Think it's done, Berrettini looks like his head has gone down

Edit: then again, maybe not!

Merlin5 · 11 Jul 2021 at 17:12

I think you need a general grounds ticket to get on Henman Hill. Anyone know roughly what it would cost on finals day? I'd like to go next year.

manic111 · 11 Jul 2021 at 17:13

Merlin5 said:
I think you need a general grounds ticket to get on Henman Hill. Anyone know roughly what it would cost on finals day?

Think it's about £20

Merlin5 · 11 Jul 2021 at 17:17

manic111 said:
Think it's about £20

Really? That's excellent, thought it would be more.

manic111 · 11 Jul 2021 at 17:19

Merlin5 said:
Really? That's excellent, thought it would be more.

Well you're effectively paying to watch a tennis match on a big TV with overpriced food and drink, so I'm not sure how much they can realistically charge!

(And to be clear I love Wimbledon, and try to go every year)

Merlin5 · 11 Jul 2021 at 17:25

manic111 said:
Well you're effectively paying to watch a tennis match on a big TV with overpriced food and drink, so I'm not sure how much they can realistically charge!

(And to be clear I love Wimbledon, and try to go every year)

True. I might get to be on tv though.

I wonder if we can bring our own refreshments, particularly as I'm a cheapskate.

manic111 · 11 Jul 2021 at 17:27

Merlin5 said:
True. I might get to be on tv though. I wonder if we can bring our own refreshments, particularly as I'm a cheapskate.

Pretty sure you can, there were lots of people there this year with picnic baskets etc

Merlin5 · 11 Jul 2021 at 17:30

manic111 said:
Pretty sure you can, there were lots of people there this year with picnic baskets etc

That's good to know.

Merlin5 · 11 Jul 2021 at 17:34

Well done Djokovic. Just crazy good.

Merlin5 · 11 Jul 2021 at 17:36

Wow, that kid's phone will be worth a fortune on ebay.

Eddie · 11 Jul 2021 at 17:37

Djokovic not quite ready to give it up yet.

Now for a bit of mixed-doubles (featuring three Brits), leading up to the footy

manic111 · 11 Jul 2021 at 17:38

Eddie said:
Djokovic not quite ready to give it up yet.

Now for a bit of mixed-doubles (featuring three Brits), leading up to the footy

Great day of sport! And hopefully an awful day for Italian sport

Merlin5 · 11 Jul 2021 at 17:40

manic111 said:
And hopefully an awful day for Italian sport

Kind of has been so far.

Eddie · 11 Jul 2021 at 19:51

manic111 said:
Great day of sport! And hopefully an awful day for Italian sport

Thankfully it was won in two, I like watching tennis but...

Spacedeck · 11 Jul 2021 at 20:54

As much as I'm a Federer fan and he will always be the best thing that's happened to this sport, there's no denying Djokovic will become the GOAT, if he isn't already. The guy is a beast and just shows no signs of slowing down.

Somnambulist · 12 Jul 2021 at 00:58

And after having Federer and Nadal force him to keep raising his level over the last 10-15 years, he’ll now have nobody to challenge him for several years given the utter failure of the next generation of players to even come close to the level they set. Easy pickings.

Sad to watch Federer keep going despite the inevitable terminal decline as Father Time catches up to him.

Reuben klang · 12 Jul 2021 at 07:19

Somnambulist said:
And after having Federer and Nadal force him to keep raising his level over the last 10-15 years, he’ll now have nobody to challenge him for several years given the utter failure of the next generation of players to even come close to the level they set. Easy pickings.

Sad to watch Federer keep going despite the inevitable terminal decline as Father Time catches up to him.

Completely agree. There’s been a couple of generations now.