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Wimbledon

Post by WestMidsClaret » Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:18 pm

Not the football team before we have countless arguments again :lol:

The tennis has started.
Heather Watson 1 set up and is a break up in the 2nd. Is Murray in? Surprised Ken hasn't started a thread on it. :D

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:19 pm

I hope the likes of Heather Watson and Johanna Konta do well.
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Re: Wimbledon

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:19 pm

Think he is in the mens doubles with Williams
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Re: Wimbledon

Post by WestMidsClaret » Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:21 pm

FactualFrank wrote:I hope the likes of Heather Watson and Johanna Konta do well.
I'm out of the loop on the men's side. Any chance of a bloke making a deep run?

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:23 pm

WestMidsClaret wrote:I'm out of the loop on the men's side. Any chance of a bloke making a deep run?
I'm out of the loop with anything tennis full stop as it's not my bag at all. I just attempt to get into it for these two weeks. Assuming Andy Murray is in, that's as much as I know for the men's.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by WestMidsClaret » Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:26 pm

Oh well looks like we'll have to cheer on the women just like in the footy :)
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Re: Wimbledon

Post by WestMidsClaret » Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:52 pm

Heather's through.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Jul 01, 2019 3:16 pm

Big shout "out!" to all the line judges.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by Goobs » Mon Jul 01, 2019 3:24 pm

claretonthecoast1882 wrote:Think he is in the mens doubles with Williams
Venus or Serena ;)

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by Hibsclaret » Mon Jul 01, 2019 3:26 pm

Come on Tim...
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Re: Wimbledon

Post by Damo » Mon Jul 01, 2019 8:11 pm

I hope Jaume Munar is ok after his shocking injury in today's game. Looked really serious
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Re: Wimbledon

Post by Dark Cloud » Mon Jul 01, 2019 8:20 pm

Any chance you might suddenly change the thread title to Milton Keynes?

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Post by CrosspoolClarets » Mon Jul 01, 2019 8:25 pm

My wife's a tennis club member so we had top seats today to watch Tsisipas the Greek 7th seed get knocked out in a battle full of southern European emotional ranting and raving. Brilliant stuff.

6th seed out too. Looks like Fed, Nad or Djok again.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by Aclaret » Mon Jul 01, 2019 8:26 pm

Damo wrote:I hope Jaume Munar is ok after his shocking injury in today's game. Looked really serious
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Are you sure that's a finger?
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Re: Wimbledon

Post by edison » Mon Jul 01, 2019 8:29 pm

FactualFrank wrote:I hope the likes of Heather Watson and Johanna Konta do well.
The likes of? What about Heather Watson and Johanna Konta though?

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by tim_noone » Mon Jul 01, 2019 8:54 pm

Hibsclaret wrote:Come on Tim...
Been busy I'm here now.....what's occurring? :)

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by Dark Cloud » Mon Jul 01, 2019 9:00 pm

tim_noone wrote:Been busy I'm here now.....what's occurring? :)
Some guy's scratched his finger and everything's stopped for serious medical attention apparently. That injury is truly shocking tbh!!! I've never seen anything like it, even playing Sunday League footy up Towneley!!!!
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Re: Wimbledon

Post by tiger76 » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:45 am

Well! that was an eventful day one in the ladies singles,Osaka and Venus dumped out,the latter by a 15 year-old qualifier.

Konta has a genuine shot this Wimbledon,but so have a dozen others,i've neither known a more open contest in the woman's draw.

For the gents it's hard to see past one of the big 3,Marin Cilic is the biggest danger on a grass court.

The organisers will have a headache scheduling Murray's doubles matches,his partnership with Serena will attract more interest than many of the singles matches,you can hardly dump them on an outside court surely.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by WestMidsClaret » Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:27 pm

Dan Evans 2 sets up.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by FactualFrank » Tue Jul 02, 2019 3:16 pm

Federer a set down.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by ClaretDiver » Tue Jul 02, 2019 3:27 pm

1How long is Konta's t-shirt.....lol

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by FactualFrank » Tue Jul 02, 2019 4:09 pm

Konta through.

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Post by Bosscat » Tue Jul 02, 2019 4:18 pm

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ClaretDiver wrote:1How long is Konta's t-shirt.....lol
It covers Konta ;)

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by FactualFrank » Wed Jul 03, 2019 2:15 pm

Heather Watson looks to be crashing out already.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by tiger76 » Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:27 pm

Watson out again.

Edmund going well though he's taken the 1st set against Verdasco,would be a big win if he can pull that off.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by WestMidsClaret » Thu Jul 04, 2019 12:43 pm

Harriet Dart making a good fist of it. Never heard of her.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by tiger76 » Thu Jul 04, 2019 3:01 pm

Evans and Dart through to round 3,Jay Clarke up next can't say i've heard of him before,nice easy match against a chap by the name of Federer.

The British record is improving at Wimbledon,blimey it wasn't so long ago they all tumbled in the 1st round,now at least some are advancing a few rounds.

Shame about Kyle Edmund yesterday until the injury he was heading for victory.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by FactualFrank » Thu Jul 04, 2019 4:18 pm

Konta looking like she'll be through in 5 minutes.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by FactualFrank » Thu Jul 04, 2019 5:43 pm

This Nadal - Kyrgios match is actually quite entertaining.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by Hibsclaret » Thu Jul 04, 2019 5:50 pm

FactualFrank wrote:This Nadal - Kyrgios match is actually quite entertaining.
Definitely entertaining. Kyrgios is a strange character. No respect for one of the best players of all time. It’ll be nice to see an annoying Aussie put back in his box. Clearly has no respect for the game either....

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by ClaretDiver » Thu Jul 04, 2019 5:51 pm

Kyrgios is a d**k!

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by Imploding Turtle » Thu Jul 04, 2019 5:53 pm

lol. Kyrgios is such a dick.

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Post by TVC15 » Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:02 pm

Kyrgios is definitely a screw loose and a complete waste of talent in his lack of training etc...but Nadal is notoriously slow and he gets away with murder with how long he takes between points. It’s bad enough when he bounces the ball 376 times on each serve but for him to be saying he is not ready on the opponents serve is ridiculous...kyrgios should be allowed to just serve and it’s tough if he’s not ready.
But Kyrgios’ antics are pathetic - and it’s no wonder with the way he acts and talks to the umpires that they decide to favour the opponent.

Would be not surprised if this ends up in a fight !

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by SalisburyClaret » Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:02 pm

Kyrgios underarm serve was quality

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Post by ClaretDiver » Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:03 pm

TVC15 wrote:Kyrgios is definitely a screw loose and a complete waste of talent in his lack of training etc...but Nadal is notoriously slow and he gets away with murder with how long he takes between points. It’s bad enough when he bounces the ball 376 times on each serve but for him to be saying he is not ready on the opponents serve is ridiculous...kyrgios should be allowed to just serve and it’s tough if he’s not ready.
But Kyrgios’ antics are pathetic - and it’s no wonder with the way he acts and talks to the umpires that they decide to favour the opponent.

Would be not surprised if this ends up in a fight !
and then you have that other waste of space Tomic..glad he got his fee revoked....should not even be allowed to enter next year!

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by TVC15 » Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:06 pm

ClaretDiver wrote:and then you have that other waste of space Tomic..glad he got his fee revoked....should not even be allowed to enter next year!
I saw the clips of that - he was an absolute disgrace. What is it with these lazy convicts ?!!

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Post by ClaretDiver » Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:43 pm

TVC15 wrote:I saw the clips of that - he was an absolute disgrace. What is it with these lazy convicts ?!!
They were both born there but are from 'immigrant' family backgrounds. Having live out there for a number of years I can tell you there are a lot of them who have a massive chip on their shoulder and think the world owes them....

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by Hibsclaret » Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:46 pm

The ones I meet are very balanced. They have a chip on both shoulders
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Post by jrgbfc » Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:49 pm

Was reading somewhere earlier that Krygios and Nadal have a bit of history and really dislike each other.
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Re: Wimbledon

Post by Imploding Turtle » Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:51 pm

jrgbfc wrote:Was reading somewhere earlier that Krygios and Nadal have a bit of history and really dislike each other.

Yep. This game was always going to be spicy.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by tiger76 » Thu Jul 04, 2019 8:21 pm

jrgbfc wrote:Was reading somewhere earlier that Krygios and Nadal have a bit of history and really dislike each other.
I''d never have guessed :lol: Nadal through in 4 anyway.

Serena had a scare earlier she had to come from a set down to beat a qualifier.

And the defending Ladies Champ is out,bowing out to a 'lucky loser',the woman's game is impossible to predict these days,but Konta must fancy her chances here,grass is her best surface and she has home town advantage.

Andy Murray and partner have turned their match around after losing the opening set they're now a break up in the 3rd,1 set all.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by Imploding Turtle » Thu Jul 04, 2019 8:56 pm

Both Murray brothers are 2-1 up. So they're both one set away from being one match away from the only match we need to make this Wimbledon great.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by Imploding Turtle » Thu Jul 04, 2019 8:57 pm

If it happens I hope they both just trash talk the entire time before the match.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by tiger76 » Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:37 pm

Andy's through,Jamie's match will resume tomorrow,with him leading 2 sets to 1,suspended for bad light just after 9 PM.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by jdrobbo » Thu Jul 04, 2019 11:01 pm

For such an early stage of the competition, the Murray doubles match and Nadal’s display, were first-class.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by IanMcL » Fri Jul 05, 2019 4:30 am

Well done to Sir Andy.
Brings the court to life.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by tiger76 » Fri Jul 05, 2019 12:54 pm

Wozniacki gone now,and she wasn't happy with some of the hawk-eye calls that went against her.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by ClaretDiver » Fri Jul 05, 2019 6:03 pm

Has the media spotlight finally got to Gauff??

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by Imploding Turtle » Fri Jul 05, 2019 6:10 pm

ClaretDiver wrote:Has the media spotlight finally got to Gauff??
No. She's just losing a tennis match.

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Re: Wimbledon

Post by tiger76 » Fri Jul 05, 2019 6:13 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:Both Murray brothers are 2-1 up. So they're both one set away from being one match away from the only match we need to make this Wimbledon great.

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Jamie Murray clearly didn't read the script,of course the Murray brothers could still meet in the mixed doubles.

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