Wimbledon 2016 - Day 7

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Good to see new faces - Johnson, Vesley, Pouille, Mahut.

MoTD - Kyrgios v Murray (IMVHO).

Dan Evans has some nice shots. Apart from being broken twice at the beginning of the match Evan's has been competing well with Federer.

Nole watch here. I reckon that rain break has saved him, and hell pull it out tomorrow. Its given Sam soo much time to think

Scratches head - what on earth is going on  6-7 1-6 to Querrey.  Any news about this second set?  

This break could work for Querrey - because everyone knows about Djokovic's miraculous abilities to recover when the match goes long.  

However if it is a fresh "best of three set" match tomorrow - well Querrey only needs to win one more set to win & his big hitting abilities should give him the advantage.

Djokovic v Querrey reminds me of Djokovic v Anderson.

The rain and break in play is the worst thing that could have happened to Querrey.

Screech was all over the place and there for the taking.

No doubt he'll regroup somewhat and Querrey will inevitably choke now that he's had so much time to think about things.

Rain saves Djokovic

agree, has novak reeling off three straight sets, written all over it

Well well well. I thought that between Roger and Nole one would cruise while the other might struggle, but I had the two of them swapped.

I think by tomorrow morning the spell will be broken and Djokovic will win Still, I hope it is at least competitive - if he wins the last three sets something like 6:2, 6:1, 6:1 that will be anticlimactic.

TRuffin wrote:I don't know if he can get back to even the 2015 level.

"Even" the 2015 level?  Wow.  But for the injury, were you planning on him to play better this year than in 2015?

Henman Bill wrote:Interesting to see the betting odds still make Nole the favourite even 2-0 down to a half decent player. Albeit very close to 50/50 odds.

Seems reasonable to me.  Before the match, I would have given him better than 50/50 chance to win in straight sets.  There may be factors that change it now but on balance I think definitely better than 50/50 still.

Expect Djoko to come roaring back today. Wondered if he was ill yesterday. He certainly looked out of sorts.
Wimbledon junkies can get their fix on the middle Sunday this year as well, thanks to the rain.

BBC suggesting Novak looked unwell in his practice this morning.

perfect start. This already looks a totally different match from yesterday

Not a good start from Querrey.

This could get very ugly.

Querrey needs to wake up. Or this is gonna be even stevens after an hour.


theyre going off now though...

At the pace this was going, Djokovic could win it in an hour.

Born Slippy wrote:BBC suggesting Novak looked unwell in his practice this morning.

He could be unwell, or it could be like when commentators are suggesting that he looks tired during a match.

This seaside music is really annoying

Things are nearly back up and running

Hopefully this will get Querrey going.

That was a very nervous looking hold from Querrey. A few horrible first serves. Was lucky Djokovic was not too sharp either. But it was a hold, so hopefully he will settle down now.

No chance of that. More rain

Unbelievable. Showers are around so what do they do? They open the roof on Centre Court.

Castle absolutely desperate for Novak to lose. He's groaning with every Querrey miss.

It's embarrassing.

Querrey is barely hanging in in his service games, and Djokovic is not even playing that well yet. Yesterday Nole had 1BP in two sets. He has had 6 in this set already.

Djokovic there for the taking but don't think Sam is the man for the job.

emancipator wrote:Castle absolutely desperate for Novak to lose. He's groaning with every Querrey miss.

It's embarrassing.

That sounds like what I am doing too.

Awful standard from both.

OH! Second serve break point, and the return limps into the net!

summerblues wrote:

emancipator wrote:Castle absolutely desperate for Novak to lose. He's groaning with every Querrey miss.

It's embarrassing.

That sounds like what I am doing too.

Hehe, but you're allowed

Oh my... and again... there for the taking

OMG, what the hell is Q doing - so many chances wasted

At some point Screech is gonna find his range and then it's over.

emancipator wrote:At some point Screech is gonna find his range and then it's over.

Exactly. He has had BPs in every one of Querrey's service games this set without playing well at all.

Oh 2 more bp's saved by Nivak
Sam cant waste anymore of these. hes been terrible

but another

wasted again

What
A Volley

Federer esque

Amazing hold in the end.

Q has to win this set or it's over.

No BPs this time, but Querrey cannot get an easy hold - there were still a couple of deuces.  Nole hit a few good shots in that game - is he starting to dial in?

Yeah. The pressure finally tells.
As soon as Querrey doesnt ace, hes 10-90 for the point

Well, that's it folks

Nole finally breaks. You knew it had to come. The only thing that is keeping Querrey in it is his improved serve as the set progresses.

well a tiebreak looks inevitable now

Unreal. Both playing very poor set.

LOL Q breaks back.

What on earth is Screech doing?

temporary21 wrote:well a tiebreak looks inevitable now

Maybe, but let's hope not.

Can he break again to seal the deal?