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Wimbledon 2013

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    #92
    du Maurier
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    Super passing shot by Rafa!


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    #93
    Boots234
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    This game is over. He is hitting unbelievable shots


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    #94
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    Gringo180 wrote: »
    Hes been 2-0 down many a time in sets and I have never seen him visually struggle with injury this bad.

    I think he meant 2 sets down.


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    #95
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    Finished it with an ACE!!


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    #96
    iamanengine
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    And that's all she wrote folks! Damn.


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    #97
    Lams
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    Nadal has always struggled in the early rounds of Wimbledon as he doesn't play we'll on fast grass.
    The grass in the final of Wimbledon is almost closer to clay than it is day 1 grass.


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    #98
    castletownman
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    I hope Darcis' win isn't downplayed by speculation about the extent of Nadal's injury. A totally unexpected but completely deserved victory for the Belgian.

    Just to put it into context, it's only his second ever win at Wimbledon. Well done Stevie Darcy :D


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    #99
    pconn062
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    And the happiest person of all is.....Roger Federer! :)


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    #100
    smurfs5
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    Da Shins Kelly wrote: »
    I really like listening to Lindsay Davenport. She really knows her stuff.

    Yeah, I think she's fantastic. Much better than Austin and she was great on the final last year with McEnroe and Petchey.
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Shame you have to listen to Andrew Castle to get her though.

    Exactly. Unfortunately, he'll probably do the men's final again as well. The BBC have some absolutely excellent commentators such as David Mercer, Mark Petchey, Nick Mullins, Simon Reed etc. who are all far better than the banal Castle.


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    #101
    Da Shins Kelly
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    Shocking stuff there from Nadal.


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    #102
    iamanengine
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    This Ward v Lu match is a cracker!


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    #103
    woopah92
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    I hope Ward wins, I'd love to see Murray crush him :p


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    #104
    Floppybits
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    I don't think we will be seeing nadal till the clay court season next year.


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    #105
    garv123
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    Ill be bored in work tomorrow from 8am - 7pm.. Any particular games I should keep an eye out for?

    This was my afternoon in work :D

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    #106
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    garv123 wrote: »
    Ill be bored in work tomorrow from 8am - 7pm.. Any particular games I should keep an eye out for?

    On paper Kirilenko vs Robson, Watson vs Keys and particularly Mattek-Sands vs Kerber which would be my pick of tomorrow for the women. But as always they could be very entertaining, they could be s**t fests.

    Men's doesn't really look that interesting to be honest. Djokovic vs Mayer could be interesting. Mayer was in the QF last year, but hasn't done anything noteworthy since.


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    #107
    Elro
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    Tomic v Querrey and Simon v Lopez could both be good games. Lisicki v Schiavone looks to be the pick of the womens if they get on court.


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    #108
    MisterAnarchy
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    Floppybits wrote: »
    I don't think we will be seeing nadal till the clay court season next year.

    As a sufferer of Patella tendonitis myself its a terrible affliction and in sports where you have to turn direction quickly its more apparent.
    I hope he can overcome it but its very hard if not impossible to cure it .


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    #109
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    MisterAnarchy wrote: »
    As a sufferer of Patella tendonitis myself its a terrible affliction and in sports where you have to turn direction quickly its more apparent.
    I hope he can overcome it but its very hard if not impossible to cure it .

    How come it didn't bother him at all during clay season? Genuine question.


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    #110
    Elro
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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    How come it didn't bother him at all during clay season? Genuine question.

    The clay courts are the softest ones they play on so it probably doesn't affect his knees so much. Also he'd only just come back from ages off so maybe the wear and tear of regular tournament tennis has started to take it's toll again although I hope that second one isn't true because it'd have a huge affect on his career.


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    #111
    Floppybits
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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    How come it didn't bother him at all during clay season? Genuine question.

    I think it was down to the slower clay courts. He had time to get in position and hit the ball but on the faster surface like grass he doesn't have as much time.


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    #112
    MisterAnarchy
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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    How come it didn't bother him at all during clay season? Genuine question.

    Yeah that seems odd as he would have to do alot more scampering on a clay court than grass and its a hard court .
    Could be the gradual wear and tear ,it builds up but he had 2 weeks rest so it does seem odd.

    As was earlier stated though Nadal always struggles the first week of Wimbledon ,a bit like Bjorg .Nadal even struggled in the earlier rounds in Paris this year.
    He had no grass court preparation and his top spin game and grip isnt suited to grass.

    If he was playing on the fast grass of 10 years ago at Wimbledon he would struggle even more.

    I will say Nadal has often pretended to be injured in the past ,notably against Soderling at Wimbledon when there was definitely nothing wrong with him.


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    #113
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    If it is just that he was fine at the start of clay season but the wear and tear has made it sore again, where was his reasoning in playing like 8 clay court events? Why not just play the mandatory ones?

    I'm not accusing him of anything, I just find it all very odd.


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    #114
    Halloween Jack
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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    If it is just that he was fine at the start of clay season but the wear and tear has made it sore again, where was his reasoning in playing like 8 clay court events? Why not just play the mandatory ones?

    I'm not accusing him of anything, I just find it all very odd.

    The condition of nadal's knees is always shrouded in mystery. 8 month lay off, then storms to 8 finals in a row then the knees give out.

    There is a well known blog which goes into some detail about his knees


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    #115
    walshb
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    Halloween Jack wrote: »
    The condition of nadal's knees is always shrouded in mystery. 8 month lay off, then storms to 8 finals in a row then the knees give out.

    There is a well known blog which goes into some detail about his knees

    They must be some "drugs" that can make a man go from out injured and incapable of competitive play to being unbeatable.


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    #116
    garv123
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    Djokovic vs Mayer is a decent game to watch, some long rallies and good shots. djokovic is 1 set up.


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    #117
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    walshb wrote: »
    They must be some "drugs" that can make a man go from out injured and incapable of competitive play to being unbeatable.

    Well given how much confusion there was about when he was actually coming back, and Tony saying he'd play Australia, and then he didn't come back until March... well I kind of got the impression that his knees weren't actually bothering him for the whole time he was off.

    He probably could have come back and played Australia but I don't think he wanted to. I wouldn't be one bit surprised if he played one US Series event and the US Open and that's it for the rest of the year. His 2 months on clay were enough to qualify him for the YEC's and everything after Wimbledon is bonus points for him as he has nothing to defend.


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    #118
    nocoverart
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    Little Laura is on fire!


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    #119
    Halloween Jack
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    walshb wrote: »
    They must be some "drugs" that can make a man go from out injured and incapable of competitive play to being unbeatable.

    Or maybe, he's not being 100% honest about the condition of his knees? It's a handy catch all excuse for pretty much any unexplained behaviour.

    As Elmo mentioned, players are not above tactical withdrawal from tournaments, see murray at the French for an example.


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    #120
    Da Shins Kelly
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    Yeah, I think it's fairly obvious Nadal is not being honest.


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    #121
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    nocoverart wrote: »
    Little Laura is on fire!

    Young Laura, I think is more appropriate, she's 5' 11" :)


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