Wimbledon 2016 *Warning Post #15*

Floppybits

Oh yes folks it is nearly that time of year again. Qualifying starts today, I don't see James McGee listed, is he injured?

cowboyBuilder

The draw is a bit of a joke , Murray has basically 6 walk overs into the final ..

All the decent players are in Djokovics half.

Sono

Heading over to it but have to collect tickets on the day, anyone able to advise how much time I should leave as play doesn't start until 1pm, weather looks to be horrendous as well, looking forward to the comp though.

RosyLily

Sono wrote: »

Heading over to it but have to collect tickets on the day, anyone able to advise how much time I should leave as play doesn't start until 1pm, weather looks to be horrendous as well, looking forward to the comp though.

Gates open at 9.30 so you can collect tickets from then. How much time you leave all depends on whether you want to wander around, see some matches on outside courts, get something to eat etc.

Sono

Didn't realise you could wander around other courts that's handy to know, will probably aim for around 10am so, thanks for your reply

RosyLily

Sono wrote: »

Didn't realise you could wander around other courts that's handy to know, will probably aim for around 10am so, thanks for your reply

Oh yeah! If you have a ticket for Centre you don't have to stay there for the whole day. Court 4-19 (and some seats on 3) are open for all ticket holders. It's nice to wander around and soak up the atmosphere. And the sausage rolls at the bakery stand by Court 2 are delish!!! (At least they were last year!:))

Enjoy your day!!

Sono

RosyLily wrote: »

Oh yeah! If you have a ticket for Centre you don't have to stay there for the whole day. Court 4-19 (and some seats on 3) are open for all ticket holders. It's nice to wander around and soak up the atmosphere. And the sausage rolls at the bakery stand by Court 2 are delish!!! (At least they were last year!:))

Enjoy your day!!

Thanks brilliant to know, it's so hard to find out info on their website, bring it on!

yerwanthere123

Anyone else feel totally... not ready for Wimbledon? Euro 2016 has left me feeling totally out of the loop.

Anyway, here's to hoping it'll be a good tournament. I'm rooting for anyone but Djokovic on the men's side, and on the women's I think I'd actually like Serena to take it, just to remind everyone she's still the boss.

Order of play for tomorrow:
https://twitter.com/WTA_insider/status/747024165358739456

Sono

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Anyone else feel totally... not ready for Wimbledon? Euro 2016 has left me feeling totally out of the loop.

Anyway, here's to hoping it'll be a good tournament. I'm rooting for anyone but Djokovic on the men's side, and on the women's I think I'd actually like Serena to take it, just to remind everyone she's still the boss.

Order of play for tomorrow:
https://twitter.com/WTA_insider/status/747024165358739456

Totally not ready? What do you have to do other than sit down and enjoy the wonderful spectacle that is greatest tennis comp in the calendar year. Euros have been a damp squib so far anyway so hopefully this is a lot better.

Memnoch

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

The draw is a bit of a joke , Murray has basically 6 walk overs into the final ..

All the decent players are in Djokovics half.

Wimbledon are absolutely shameless. It really leaves a sour taste in the mouth and spoils the enjoyment of the tournament seeing such a blatantly rigged draw, really the same as last year, to give Murray the best chance of taking the title.

Football, Athletics, cricket, cycling and tennis.

Doping, match fixing and the draws. Is there any sport left in the world that is not rife with corruption?

P.S. http://www.playthegame.org/fileadmin/image/knowledgebank/Tennisdraws_Katarina_Pijetlovic.pdf

CONCLUSION: The probability that the two incredible coincidences (i.e., hand‐draws of seeded players at the three Grand Slams, and the computer generated draws of unseeded players at the US Open) might happen simultaneously is 1 in ca. 32 BILLIONS. These figures are a strong indicator of fixing and merit detailed investigation.

Sono

Kyrgios
Gasquet
Wawrinka

Hardly fixed is it, it's a good draw but it's definitely not easy like some are making out here.

cowboyBuilder

Memnoch wrote: »

Wimbledon are absolutely shameless. It really leaves a sour taste in the mouth and spoils the enjoyment of the tournament seeing such a blatantly rigged draw, really the same as last year, to give Murray the best chance of taking the title.

Football, Athletics, cricket, cycling and tennis.

Doping, match fixing and the draws. Is there any sport left in the world that is not rife with corruption?

P.S. http://www.playthegame.org/fileadmin/image/knowledgebank/Tennisdraws_Katarina_Pijetlovic.pdf

Will make it all the sweeter if Djokovic does win it ..

curiosity

Sono wrote: »

Didn't realise you could wander around other courts that's handy to know, will probably aim for around 10am so, thanks for your reply

Best part about it, imo. If you're able to, you could go the evening before as well, they let people into the grounds after 5 or 6 pm for about a tenner. You would still have a few hours of tennis, and a chance to get your bearings for the next day. Enjoy it.

Sono

curiosity wrote: »

Best part about it, imo. If you're able to, you could go the evening before as well, they let people into the grounds after 5 or 6 pm for about a tenner. You would still have a few hours of tennis, and a chance to get your bearings for the next day. Enjoy it.

That's great to know too, really looking forward to heading to it now, it's a balls not knowing who we will get to see but I'm sure it will be great regardless!

RosyLily

Nipping this in the bud now.

Any more mention of the draw being rigged, fixed or in favour of a player will result in a warning for the poster. They will also be asked not to post in this thread for the duration of Wimbledon. This issue has been brought up constantly this year and enough's enough.

Sono

RosyLily wrote: »

Nipping this in the bud now.

Any more mention of the draw being rigged, fixed or in favour of a player will result in a warning for the poster. They will also be asked not to post in this thread for the duration of Wimbledon. This issue has been brought up constantly this year and enough's enough.

Was there really a need for this? Seriously?

It's people's opinion that it's fixed, hardly upsetting is it?

curiosity

The draw is fine, imo.

Anyway, is the Red Button working for anyone? I can see all the streamed courts online, but it'd be good to get Ana on the telly.:)

Sono

Ward doing well against Djokovic in the second set.

_Bella_

Had really been hoping that the Djokovic celebration was just for RG but he's brought it to Wimbledon:(

cowboyBuilder

_Bella_ wrote: »

Had really been hoping that the Djokovic celebration was just for RG but he's brought it to Wimbledon:(

ah jesus he hasn't has he ??

I thought he'd leave it out for a British Player ranked 177 in the world on his day on center court.

I do like Djokovic, but he really really tries too hard to be popular.

yerwanthere123

Oh dear Ivanovic. Methinks her mind is more so on her upcoming nuptials.

Sono

Does anyone know what the queues are like in the early rounds for collecting tickets? Presume I don't have to queue with all the people who are just hopeful of tickets? Don't fancy standing in a queue for hours when we get there! Cheers

RosyLily

Sono wrote: »

Does anyone know what the queues are like in the early rounds for collecting tickets? Presume I don't have to queue with all the people who are just hopeful of tickets? Don't fancy standing in a queue for hours when we get there! Cheers

For collecting tickets I don't think there's much of a queue. I got them one year and had to go to Gate 4 ( I think), show them the e-mail from Wimbledon saying I was collecting tickets then go to the office. Was queuing there for maybe 10 mins. They seemed to have a good few people there getting everyone sorted.

Sono

RosyLily wrote: »

For collecting tickets I don't think there's much of a queue. I got them one year and had to go to Gate 4 ( I think), show them the e-mail from Wimbledon saying I was collecting tickets then go to the office. Was queuing there for maybe 10 mins. They seemed to have a good few people there getting everyone sorted.

Thanks for this, one last question do I really need to bring a bill with my address on it? Have recently moved house and don't have any bills from original application. No more questions after this I promise.

RosyLily

Sono wrote: »

Thanks for this, one last question do I really need to bring a bill with my address on it? Have recently moved house and don't have any bills from original application. No more questions after this I promise.

I remember bringing a bank statement with me but they never asked for it. That could be changed though this year with heightened security and the like. Ask as many questions as you like!:)

_Bella_

Anyone else queueing this year ?

yerwanthere123

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

The draw is a bit of a joke , Murray has basically 6 walk overs into the final ..

All the decent players are in Djokovics half.

Memnoch wrote: »

Wimbledon are absolutely shameless. It really leaves a sour taste in the mouth and spoils the enjoyment of the tournament seeing such a blatantly rigged draw, really the same as last year, to give Murray the best chance of taking the title.

Football, Athletics, cricket, cycling and tennis.

Doping, match fixing and the draws. Is there any sport left in the world that is not rife with corruption?

P.S. http://www.playthegame.org/fileadmin/image/knowledgebank/Tennisdraws_Katarina_Pijetlovic.pdf

Bit early in the tournament for this kind of tripe, no? I mean there's lot of crap posted in here during Wimbledon but this is just :rolleyes:

Have to laugh at the fact that we didn't even make it to 2pm on the first day before a mod warning was rolled out :pac:

Sono wrote: »

Totally not ready? What do you have to do other than sit down and enjoy the wonderful spectacIle that is greatest tennis comp in the calendar year. Euros have been a damp squib so far anyway so hopefully this is a lot better.

It just feels like it's come upon us extremely quickly, that's all. And I've really enjoyed the Euro's

Regarding your ticket enquiries, from my experience if you've got pre-purchased tickets there's barely any queuing. Went in 2014 on the first Tuesday, got on the tube at Paddington at 9.30am and was inside the grounds with my tickets got for 10.20pm, so it's all really quick. If you're aiming to be there for the 1pm start though it could take longer as it's obviously busier. My advice would be to go as early as possible, you'll have a terrific time just milling about the place and taking in the atmosphere, as well as being able to watch the matches on the outside courts as previously mentioned to you. And then you can head to the show courts to watch the big matches! You'll have a terrific day, enjoy

yerwanthere123

I see pretty much everything went to form today. Ana losing early inspires nothing more than an eye-roll these days. After she gets married I really think she needs to sit down and ask herself if this is really what he wants to do any more. She's obviously not on the young side of the game, but the game is getting older, and I still believe that she's got something left to give. Entirely up to her I guess.

Potential for fun matches tomorrow. Woz-Kutnetsova could be great, Fritz-Wawrinka could be interesting too. I wouldn't even rule out Cirstea taking out Kvitova, if Jankovic can do it anyone can :eek:

cowboyBuilder

Fritz-Wawrinka is the one to watch.

Fritz is the future of the game.

yerwanthere123

So great having the red button with such extensive viewing options....of course when the red button actually works that is. Has been out of order both today and yesterday :rolleyes:

RosyLily

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

So great having the red button with such extensive viewing options....of course when the red button actually works that is. Has been out of order both today and yesterday :rolleyes:

I know, bloody ridiculous!! I was hoping to catch Mattek-Sands/Safarova yesterday but no, nothing!!:mad:There's been a few complaints directed at the BBC Sport and Red Button accounts on Twitter. Whether they'll listen and fix the issue remains to be seen. I like having options.:)

curiosity

RosyLily wrote: »

I know, bloody ridiculous!! I was hoping to catch Mattek-Sands/Safarova yesterday but no, nothing!!:mad:There's been a few complaints directed at the BBC Sport and Red Button accounts on Twitter. Whether they'll listen and fix the issue remains to be seen. I like having options.:)

Managed to add them on Sky. System setup, add channels

Frequency 12.422
Polarisation H
Symbol Rate 27.5
FEC 2/3

RosyLily

Thanks a mill! I'll give that a go later.:)

Mint Sauce

Red Button working fine here.

RosyLily

Is Dani Vallverdu on Team Delpo now? Could have sworn it was him courtside. Speaking of JM, he'll play Stan in the next round! Could be a good one. Dustin Brown vs. Nick Kyrgios in R2 could be interesting.

yerwanthere123

curiosity wrote: »

Managed to add them on Sky. System setup, add channels

Frequency 12.422
Polarisation H
Symbol Rate 27.5
FEC 2/3

Worked a treat, fantastic, thanks!

curiosity

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Worked a treat, fantastic, thanks!

Good to know:). Shame the rain came along to nobble things.

PressRun

Some big hitting from the two women on centre right now. Coco Vandewegh just that bit more accurate at the moment.

PressRun

Brilliant second set in this Bondarenko/Vandewegh match.

Sono

Isner v Bagdhatis could be the one to watch today,

Dimitrov v Simon on court 1 could be a belter also, here's hoping!

Hunchback

Sue Barker sounds like she may have had a glass of champagne with her strawberries - she cannot stop laughing

RosyLily

Hunchback wrote: »

Sue Barker sounds like she may have had a glass of champagne with her strawberries - she cannot stop laughing

Must be the Pimms!:P

Willis looks ridiculously happy!! Never seen a player smiling when they're warming up.:)

RobertKK

Glad Federer is winning so easily, such an overhyped match, too much laughing which said it was not being taken seriously before it started.
6-0 first set to Federer.

PressRun

This probably has all the intensity of a training session for Federer. Still, it's a clearly a massive moment for Willis. For a guy who hasn't had the most illustrious of tennis careers and was on the verge of giving it up, it's not a bad story to be able to say you played Roger Federer on centre court at Wimbledon and got a few grand for your trouble. Nice to see him enjoying it.

CFlat

He's starting to find his feet. He has a powerful serve.

RosyLily

RobertKK wrote: »

Glad Federer is winning so easily, such an overhyped match, too much laughing which said it was not being taken seriously before it started.
6-0 first set to Federer.

I wouldn't say it was overhyped, everyone knew Marcus had no chance, it was just over-excitement. Big moment for Willis. He played Roger Federer on Centre Court in a RF shirt.

Still lots of R2 matches left. Hopefully rain clears up for the rest of the week. I think men's doubles matches will be best of 3 to save time. Not sure if it's just first round or more though.

smurfs5

15 R1 matches still to play tomorrow so play beginning at 11am on outside courts. The schedule has really been thrown off by the rain. The middle Sunday might be needed if there's more over the next few days.

Bencic has just beaten Pironkova and has shown how impressive she can be on grass. Two great grass players who produced some cracking tennis.

Have to say, I loved the Willis story. Was all set to quit and go to America to coach but decided to enter qualifying, got through 6 rounds and ended up playing Roger Federer on Centre Court! He acquitted himself well I thought and threw in some nice shots but there was never much trouble for Federer. Still, he clearly enjoyed the occasion, has a bit of personality and will hopefully inspire some of the lower ranked players. When you're ranked 772 in the world, it can be pretty soul-destroying and financially unsustainable to play Challenger and Futures events with all the expenses and very little prize money on offer. His £50k prize money from Wimbledon is a nice boost which should hopefully allow him to continue his career.

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

ah jesus he hasn't has he ??

I thought he'd leave it out for a British Player ranked 177 in the world on his day on center court.

I do like Djokovic, but he really really tries too hard to be popular.

Agree with this. Cringed a little bit seeing Djokovic trying to make the hand raise a thing. I like him too but the PR offensive has gotten a bit much. The dancing & impressions at the Australian Open, messing around with the ball kids at Roland Garros etc. is fun but it does seem like he's trying really hard to get people to like him. He may well overtake Roger in Grand Slams but I'm not sure he'll ever achieve the popularity or legendary status of him or Rafa.


All eyes tomorrow on Delpo/Stan! My two favourite players meeting at Wimbledon- the perfect tennis scenario for me! Wish it was a QF but think it could be a special match. Great to see Delpo back and playing well. He did this interview a few days ago which is well worth a read: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/06/24/three-years-later-juan-martin-del-potro-returns-to-wimbledon-almost-feeling-100-percent/ (It confirms that Dani Vallverdu is on his coaching team for this week- they're trying it out and will see how it goes).

PressRun

smurfs5 wrote: »

Agree with this. Cringed a little bit seeing Djokovic trying to make the hand raise a thing. I like him too but the PR offensive has gotten a bit much. The dancing & impressions at the Australian Open, messing around with the ball kids at Roland Garros etc. is fun but it does seem like he's trying really hard to get people to like him. He may well overtake Roger in Grand Slams but I'm not sure he'll ever achieve the popularity or legendary status of him or Rafa.

I read an article last year after Wimbledon that questioned why Djokovic doesn't seem to inspire the same fandom that Roger and Rafa do, especially given he's potentially going to be more successful than both of them. I believe it's partly down to his personality. He's just not as likable as the other two and the fact that he tries so hard to be likeable just makes it worse as he then comes off as somewhat false. I'm sure he's a perfectly pleasant individual, but when you try to hammer it home, I think it ends up coming off the opposite of how you intended. That coupled with the fact that I just don't think his style of play, while incredibly efficient and effective, is as thrilling to watch as Federer or Nadal at their best. The Federer/Nadal rivalry has produced some unbelievable spectacles that even the most casual of fans could get into. I don't know too many casual fans who would think as fondly of Djokovic as they do of Roger and Rafa.

NoviGlitzko

Is the Wawrinka/Delpo match on today? Can't check for some reason.

cowboyBuilder

PressRun wrote: »

I read an article last year after Wimbledon that questioned why Djokovic doesn't seem to inspire the same fandom that Roger and Rafa do, especially given he's potentially going to be more successful than both of them. I believe it's partly down to his personality. He's just not as likable as the other two and the fact that he tries so hard to be likeable just makes it worse as he then comes off as somewhat false. I'm sure he's a perfectly pleasant individual, but when you try to hammer it home, I think it ends up coming off the opposite of how you intended. That coupled with the fact that I just don't think his style of play, while incredibly efficient and effective, is as thrilling to watch as Federer or Nadal at their best. The Federer/Nadal rivalry has produced some unbelievable spectacles that even the most casual of fans could get into. I don't know too many casual fans who would think as fondly of Djokovic as they do of Roger and Rafa.

Don't like to admit it, but it's true.

I mean the 2008 Wimbledon final ! - You would never see that with Murray Djokovic ..

RosyLily

Was anyone watching the Bencic match? Why the retirement? I thought she looked in great form against Pironkova yesterday.

Doesn't look like Stan-Delpo is on today. Maybe tomorrow. Hopefully it's on Centre....that'll draw a good crowd!