Wimbledon 2022

Pigeon_Killer · 25 Jun 2022 at 13:06

Wimbledon starts on Monday and the big story during the build up to this years event has been their ban of Russian and Belarusian players as well as the decision of the ATP and WTA to strip the tournament of ranking points. Some of the big names missing are Medvedev, Rublev, Khachanov, Sabalenka and Azarekna. Zverev's also missing, after snapping in half during the French, as is Little Miss Drama Queen who may or may not have an achilles injury.

Djokovic and Swiatek are unsurprisingly the top seeds and favourites for the second slam running and Serena returns after an entire year out. Murray's also back after skipping the French although there are doubts about his fitness after he picked up an injury during his final loss in Stuttgart to Berrettini.

Seeds

Draws
Men's
Women's

The Brits
Alastair Gray v Chun Hsin Tseng
Andy Murray v James Duckworth
Cameron Norrie (9) v Pablo Andujar-Alba
Dan Evans (28) v Jason Kubler
Jack Draper vs Zizou Bergs
Jay Clarke v Christian Harrison
Liam Broady vs Lukas Klein
Paul Jubb v Nick Kyrgios
Ryan Peniston v Heri Laaksonen

Emma Raducanu (10) v Alison Van Uytvanck
Harriet Dart v Rebeka Masarova
Heather Watson v Tamara Korpatsh
Katie Boulter v Clara Burel
Jodie Burrage v Lesia Tsurenko
Sonay Kartal v Danka Koviniv
Katie Swan v Marta Kostyuk
Lily Miyazaki v Caroline Garcia

Reuben klang · 26 Jun 2022 at 14:19

Anyone but Novax please.

Tennis is has taken a hit since Fed basically retired, once Rafa joins him it’s going to take a complete nose dive.

arc@css · 26 Jun 2022 at 14:57

No Federer in this year's Wimbledon?

robfosters · 26 Jun 2022 at 15:03

Is any bookie taking bets on Raducanu to collapse like a sack of spuds by the second set?

Pigeon_Killer · 26 Jun 2022 at 15:32

arc@css said:
No Federer in this year's Wimbledon?

Not back until September at the earliest.

robfosters said:
Is any bookie taking bets on Raducanu to collapse like a sack of spuds by the second set?

Highly likely to happen, she's clearly not learnt to take time off when injured and it sounds like she's rushing back. She should sack off the grass court season and get herself fit for the hard court season.

Stumble Bum · 27 Jun 2022 at 10:40

Tennis is in the doldrums for top talent at the moment. When are the next big names going to break through. I've looked at both the men's and women's odds and it's a little hard to get excited about Wimbledon this year but we'll see.

Worthy · 27 Jun 2022 at 11:08

It's odd not having Sue Barker doing the opening!

doodah · 27 Jun 2022 at 11:22

Popped over to Wimbledon Park yesterday, looked like a mini festival was on (tents, people in the sun, food vans and all sorts). Didn't realise it was essentially people queuing up for tickets, a good crack.

Merlin5 · 27 Jun 2022 at 13:32

robfosters said:
Is any bookie taking bets on Raducanu to collapse like a sack of spuds by the second set?

I think she's an overhyped one hit wonder. Got lucky with the US Open but hasn't done anything special since and I don't think she'll do much better than any other British female at Wimbledon.

Stumble Bum · 27 Jun 2022 at 13:53

Kwon breaks Djokovic. Good start so far.

Edit: and it's probably over. Boo.

el_dazza · 27 Jun 2022 at 14:55

Novax loses the second set 6-3

el_dazza · 27 Jun 2022 at 16:29

robfosters said:
Is any bookie taking bets on Raducanu to collapse like a sack of spuds by the second set?

I'll be surprised if she doesn't retire in the first!

Robbo · 27 Jun 2022 at 16:30

Let's see if Raducanu can manage a set without some sort of medical issue.

Alice In Wonderland · 27 Jun 2022 at 17:32

Reuben klang said:
Anyone but Novax please.

Tennis is has taken a hit since Fed basically retired, once Rafa joins him it’s going to take a complete nose dive.

Yeah anyone but Novak!

Emma seems to tentatively be doing okay so far.

Have to admit that I feel a bit guilty wondering when she will inevitably have to pull out again due to an injury.

I really hope she doesn't though.

Pigeon_Killer · 27 Jun 2022 at 17:34

Only just started watching but she seems to have taken a noticeable amount of power off her ground strokes in favour of better placement. Not sure if that's nerves, coaching or an attempt to keep her body in one piece.

Hurhacz out in 5 sets.

Edit: Drop shot seems to be the key, Raducanu looks hesitant every time she has to move forward.

Robbo · 27 Jun 2022 at 18:19

Solid win for Raducanu.

CaptainRAVE · 27 Jun 2022 at 18:21

Well she’s already surpassed expectation, should relieve some pressure.

englishpremier · 27 Jun 2022 at 18:28

Van Uytvanck is a decent but not great grass court player. It was a routine win for Emma today. No surprised. Remember she got to the 4th round last year without issue, where she withdrew.

Her next opponent is Caroline Garcia though, who's been ranked at high as 4th in the world (2018) before, and recently won a tournament on grass against
Bianca Andreescu who I like as an up and coming talent despite being 22.

Kwon played well to take a set of Novak. In fact he was on fire. Djockovic looked disinterested for a couple of games, but in the end it was never in doubt.

More of a surprise is Hurkacz being beaten by Davidovich Fokina.

Alcaraz is currently having a very tough time against Struff. Could go either way. Will be an upset if he gets knocked out.

Alice In Wonderland · 27 Jun 2022 at 18:30

I'm impressed and very relieved too!!

Pigeon_Killer · 27 Jun 2022 at 18:51

Is it me or does Murray look like he's a lost a good amount of weight?

Wimbledon 2022

I haz 4090!