The 2015 In Between Grand Slam Thread

walshb · 16-06-2015 12:10PM

Federer will rewrite history at this year's Wimbledon. His 63rd consecutive GS tournament. Remarkable. Most consecutive for male and female.

RosyLily · 16-06-2015 03:17PM

WaterLily. wrote: »

I saw him play a few years ago at Wimbledon, I was right on the front row practically on the court and he was absolutely magnificent. It's cruel the way his talent is just going to go to waste, he must be devastated by the way his career has turned out

I seen him play at Wimbledon too, think it was 2011. Court 18. I was a couple of rows back from the front but even there you could see how tall he was! Ridiculous amount of power and could move so well for a tall player. Looking at the video he posted, I just wanna hug him!! Had tickets to Court 1 in 2013 for Men's QFs and was hoping to see DelPo vs. Ferrer. I got Djokovic instead.:mad::(

Anyone know exactly what his wrist injury is? Has any other player recovered from it?

Another impressive stat for Federer. Can't believe he's 34 this year!!:eek: Time flies.

MrKingsley · 16-06-2015 04:44PM

Not sure this warranted a new thread but a quick question.

Bautista Agut was playing Verdasco last night at queens.

When he was serving to the Adv. side he stood wide but stood right beside the T when serving to the Deuce side. Obviously each to their own.

However when he served to the Deuce side his toss was so far behind his head he ended up hitting the ball from the other side of the T. I always thought that would have been the equilavent of a foot fault.

Would anyone be able to tell me? Im too lazy to go rooting for the rules.

To stay on topic Nadal and Dolgopolov are having a great game

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 16-06-2015 11:17PM

Speaking of wrists.... Laura Robson is due back at Eastbourne this weekend. Wrist is apparently fully healed. Fingers crossed.

yerwanthere123 · 16-06-2015 11:35PM

Praying for a Wimbledon WC and a R1 match with Genie :pac:

Seriously delighted to have her back though

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 17-06-2015 12:07AM

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Praying for a Wimbledon WC and a R1 match with Genie :pac:

Seriously delighted to have her back though

She's been out for so long I would have thought she could have used a protected ranking to get into Wimbledon.

yerwanthere123 · 17-06-2015 12:32AM

I'm not sure how the protected ranking thing works to be honest. I'd have thought that there's a limit to how long you can use them for? Idk.

Floppybits · 17-06-2015 09:52AM

Another blow for Nadal going out so early at Queens.

RosyLily · 17-06-2015 12:43PM

Genie vs. Laura match would be great! The way Bouchard is playing now, you might give Robson the slight edge.....if it happens of course!

Sad to see Hewitt lost in his last Queen's appearance. Some good 2nd round matches to look forward to. I think Kokkinakis has a decen chance of upsetting Simon.

the_monkey · 17-06-2015 04:40PM

Kevin "Bloody" Anderson knocks Stan the Man out of Queens ... those shorts are beginning to annoy me, its a good thing he won't be allowed to wear em in Wimbledon

lostcat · 17-06-2015 08:11PM

Not surprised by Stan going out, I guess he can be excused after the French. I would think that it won't even overly bother him, he seems to be of a mind that when he's on fire, he's on fire, and when he isn't, how bad.

I made the point in the FO thread that his 90% level is beatable by a lot of other players 90%.

It's a bit frustrating that we cant watch him shoot out the lights every week, but sure what's rare is wonderful

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Floppybits · 18-06-2015 10:43AM

lostcat wrote: »

Not surprised by Stan going out, I guess he can be excused after the French. I would think that it won't even overly bother him, he seems to be of a mind that when he's on fire, he's on fire, and when he isn't, how bad.

I made the point in the FO thread that his 90% level is beatable by a lot of other players 90%.

It's a bit frustrating that we cant watch him shoot out the lights every week, but sure what's rare is wonderful .

Sometimes I wonder with Stan if he is just not that bothered most of the time. You can almost see him shrug the shoulders when he goes out of a competition and is not that bothered.

Rjd2 · 18-06-2015 02:42PM

Stan has a pretty dire record on grass lets not forget.

RosyLily · 18-06-2015 10:52PM

Sabine Lisicki set another record during her match versus Belinda Bencic. She hit 27 aces.:eek:

Floppybits · 19-06-2015 11:32AM

RosyLily wrote: »

Sabine Lisicki set another record during her match versus Belinda Bencic. She hit 27 aces.:eek:

it must grass court season Sabine has suddenly come to life.

the_monkey · 19-06-2015 04:38PM

lovely match between Simon and Raonic here ...

RosyLily · 19-06-2015 05:32PM

Good win for Gilles. I wonder if the other Gilles can pull off the upset over Murray. He seems to be doing well after teaming with Jamie Delgado.

StillIntact · 19-06-2015 07:25PM

Muller did well for a while but eventually Murray got on top of the serve and was very good in the final set. Isner or Troicki next so more big serving!

Another decent performance by McGee in his challenger event getting to the semifinals. Good form with Wimbledon qualifiers coming up next week.

the_monkey · 21-06-2015 03:29PM

Jesus the british crowd are annoying ... and have 2 weeks of this sh¡ite coming up when Murray wins Wimbledon..

yerwanthere123 · 23-06-2015 02:29AM

McGee already out of the Wimbledon qualies, three sets loss to Tobias Kamke

RosyLily · 25-06-2015 12:56PM

Really good win for Aga in Eastbourne!! Defeated Pironkova 6-2, 6-2. 80% 1st serves, 25 winners, 6 UFEs. Such a clean match from her. Hopefully she's back to her best. Excited to see if Radwanska continues the good form into Wimbledon.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 25-06-2015 01:00PM

Just reading this in the Irish Times. "Irish" youngster, Bjorn Thompson, training at the Bollettieri academy in Florida. Could be a name to look out for in the future, although it seems his Jr. ranking has dropped since he's been there. He seems to be blaming that on clay season. We shall see.

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/irish-youngster-called-bjorn-learning-from-tennis-master-bollettieri-1.2261736

ConM96 · 25-06-2015 08:25PM

Good week also so far for Wozniacki. Hopefully she can capture the title later this week and carry the momentum into Wimbledon. Could potentially be a dangerous opponent to the Top 4.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 25-06-2015 09:15PM

ConM96 wrote: »

Good week also so far for Wozniacki. Hopefully she can capture the title later this week and carry the momentum into Wimbledon. Could potentially be a dangerous opponent to the Top 4.

Woz is seeded 5th so she won't have a chance to encounter the Top 4 until late into the 2nd week, chances are she, or all of them, will have been ousted by then.

I'd like to see anyone, literally anyone, other than Serena win.

StillIntact · 14-07-2015 04:40PM

Davis Cup squeezed in at the weekend, they need to sort out the schedule! Should be a tight one between GB and France on grass. Argentina might hold the edge at home against a Djokovic-less Serbia. Expect Belgium and Australia to come through the other ties. Tough task for Ireland in South Africa at altitude although not impossible given that Kevin Anderson is not there.

fryup · 15-07-2015 05:57PM

serious question....

if serena williams was playing in the mens how far would she get? quaterfinals semis??

Wicklow Brave · 15-07-2015 06:52PM

fryup wrote: »

serious question....

if serena williams was playing in the mens how far would she get? quaterfinals semis??

She wouldn't qualify I'd say. She'd be ranked in the mid to high 100s imo.

Liam broady is ranked 159 for example, I don't think serena would beat Broady but he'd have his hands full.

RosyLily · 15-07-2015 09:50PM

I think Serena could beat Broady. Definitely give her a 50/50 chance. It would be interesting to see how she'd fare against the men's #180 for e.g. She's beaten practically everyone in the women's game.:pac:

walshb · 17-07-2015 11:55AM

fryup wrote: »

serious question....

if serena williams was playing in the mens how far would she get? quaterfinals semis??

R2 if lucky. Her breaking a man's serve would also be a bit lucky.

Her main asset is her power over other women. That is not an advantage over a decent male. Heather Watson had her beaten for chrissake!

She wouldn't have near the power/speed/athleticism combination needed to be remotely competitive with a good male player.

the_monkey · 17-07-2015 04:23PM

fryup wrote: »

serious question....

if serena williams was playing in the mens how far would she get? quaterfinals semis??

Round 1 ... would lose in straights ... mens and womens game absolute GULF in difference.

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