Wimbledon 2022

Really impressive, shame for De Minaur he has been so impressive really impressed me in the win against Jack Draper

The Helen Lovejoy pearl clutching around Kyrgios is a bit OTT. There's a reason they stuck him on centre today and it's because he's a draw/crowd favourite. Love him or hate him most people have an opinion on him.

I find him a much better watch than most players and his speed of play should be commended.

you know he kinda reminds me of Quentin Hann in the snooker another Australian bellend who used to misbehave from time to time and never won a tournament just a journeyman in it for the money only

Didn't even manage to hold onto it for 1 game 🙄

But has lost his serve to 15......

Now, can VDZ hold on to the break this time???

I've never seen anyone as zen playing a match on centre court as this guy!

Did you see John Isner playing this tournament - he has a big serve and was coming in behind it often enough. As for others, you do see it as a tactic to break up / change up the game a bit. Otherwise players seem too wary of the return of serve now and that they'll be passed. My take on it anyway.

When they were showing the grand slam stats before Nadals match this evening I was genuinely surprised at how far Djokovic Nadal and Federer are ahead of the rest in terms of titles. Next best is Sampras back on 14 to Nadals 22 and Feder/Djokovic on 20. Has the standard of the men’s game slipped that Much in the last 15 or so years, or are those 3 just that exceptional that they are so far ahead of the rest ? Was the overall field stronger in the 70’s 80’s and 90’s so the titles were spread out between more players ?

I’d be a casual watcher at best, just Wimbledon really, and even that I haven’t seen a whole lot of in the last few years, mainly just the final.

I think you're quite correct in that 'sports science' is the difference in longevity. Let's just hope that this all turns out to be legitimate 'sports science' in years to come. Presumably though the same 'sports science' and more so is available to the following pack, so it doesn't quite explain it either. In the big tournaments, I think too the crowd can have a palpable effect. They often root for the old firm favourites and the challenger has to overcome that as well. Worth a few points and often at crucial moments.

Kyrgios is definitely a tougher proposition than any of the opponents left in Djokovics side of the draw. Although Nadal probably does have the easier quarter, I think Sinner could put up a fight later today

You'd have to hope (well, I do anyway) that one of the youngsters who's on a roll might surprise themselves, and the world, and stage an upset.

Kyrgios has been charged with common assault (it was a former partner seemingly) (incident in Dec 21 in Australia)...