Wimbledon Day 7 - Blow a Gasquet & Bust Agut

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Well hes stepped up here 3-0

Now if Kevin wins this set, it would be clutch! :p

Oh well, in the words of twenty first century philosopher, R. Kelly, "That's that". Djokovic go cruise from here

Yes! Still holding up! Go Kevin!

Not yet...

Phew smash solid that time

Kevin's turn to save set points...

Bloody hell... Djokovic?

Well... clutch... Now we have a real match

2 sets to love for Kevin Anderson

I did not expect that.

Will they move to CC to finish the match today as the commentators suggest if they run out of light, or will they come back tomorrow?

kingraf wrote:Oh well, in the words of twenty first century philosopher, R. Kelly, "That's that". Djokovic go cruise from here

and just like R Kelly, a little premature. Why did you have the R Kelly Jinx us King?

Theyll move to centre if its needed

Leave it alone Kev! Frak me.

Surely common sense says you start closing the roof of centre court right now, in preparation to move them?

Suprisingly though, about "unbreakable" anderson: Novak and Kevin both won 32-33% of receiving points

kingraf wrote:Surely common sense says you start closing the roof of centre court right now, in preparation to move them?

But surely common sense is not so well shared (or it costs money)

Common sense at wimby? Dont talk Tosh!

Djokovic is fascinatingly vulnerable at Slams for such a dominant #1 - he is more like Lendl than Federer or Nadal.

Novak breaks... here we go

Djokovic will rattle thru this third set

Bad break here for Keving - take your point back!
At least Djoko is not joking around with his break opportunities: 2/3, where it took 6 tries for Fed to seal the match against Agut, despite breaking him 5 times before...

barrystar wrote:Djokovic is fascinatingly vulnerable at Slams for such a dominant #1 - he is more like Lendl than Federer or Nadal.

Surely that's because he belongs in that (Lendl) tier of legends, rather than the Nadal, Borg, Sampras, Federer one? He actually reminds me of a modern version of Ivan

I can't get a handle on who's playing the best. Might even be Simon!! It just shows it's all about who turns up on the day

Hes got Lendls fight though. I must credit the SA/US man though, hes grabbed his chances here

Jamie finished helping his brother by beating Pospisil who won't have the extra energy he'd got from another win.

Honestly Murrays second serve looks whack, if novak goes out then Rogers the Firm favourite, Simon IS playing very nicely though...

banbrotam wrote:

barrystar wrote:Djokovic is fascinatingly vulnerable at Slams for such a dominant #1 - he is more like Lendl than Federer or Nadal.

Surely that's because he belongs in that (Lendl) tier of legends, rather than the Nadal, Borg, Sampras, Federer one? He actually reminds me of a modern version of Ivan

Let's see - he's got a more than decent chance of double figures in slams, in which case I'd have him above the Lendl tier but, I agree, not in the Nadal/Sampras/Federer tier.  Hovering somewhere around Borg.

Djokovic will not lose. I mean... come on

temporary21 wrote:Honestly Murrays second serve looks whack, if novak goes out then Rogers the Firm favourite, Simon IS playing very nicely though...

And Simon is NOT afraid of beating top players - Fed will need to be serious about it

I keep telling them Wawrinka, but they won't listen.

Keep the pressure on Kevin, even if you decided this 3rd set is not yours - don't let Djoko's confidence get back up

Wawrinka could even win this without dropping a set.

Terrible service for Kevin on the third set - 47% first (when it goes through it still makes damage though) I hope he had time to regroup in the quick set.

Otherwise, take a pee break at the end of the set, it worked for Andy against Novak

temporary21 wrote:Honestly Murrays second serve looks whack, if novak goes out then Rogers the Firm favourite, Simon IS playing very nicely though...

And always has been. Hasn't stopped him beating Roger before or winning good trophies

People forget that Murray and I think he's wrong in doing this, tends to play according to what he needs to do to win the match - rather than play to his strengths all the time

Anyone who can return as well as he can is in the running as Roger has found out in the past

So far, Djoko won 113 points, Anderson 98.

If Djoko wins this, I think that the most likely winner comes from the top half of the draw, but there is no red hot favourite to win.

A lot came in that 3rd.

Djokovic has this in the bag, but Anderson tanked it after he lost serve.

If Djoko breaks Anderson here, the match is as well as over for Kevin

Novak is going to win this.

Neither are comfortable on their serve right now - and Novak seems to have the edge...

Break in the fourth... Hes battened down the hatches and Kev cant keep up

Match is played on this set. If Novak wins it, he'll win the match (and for Anderson it's obvious).

Good fight though

Eventually, it's another case of a player not believing he's winning - crumbled after being 2 sets up, losing his mojo while letting his opponent find his.

Time to break back!

Could the CC break save him

Are they going to move to CC?

So now Novak is red lining?

Anderson would love to play on center, with its indoor atmosphere giving his serve additional padding.