Felix loses the first set. The top half of the mens draw is incredible 
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Miss Gauff is making me very happy. What fight from the 15 year old. Amazing.
Saving match points, and now a break up in the final set.
Saving match points, and now a break up in the final set.
Coco Gauff looks more likely to win this after Hercog was close to wrapping it up.
Man the drama keeps going on in this ladies match
This has turned into a fun match
The quality isn't high but it's extremely entertaining! Coco two points away again.
Also Felix goes from 5-3 up to losing it 7-5 and he's two sets to love down
Also Felix goes from 5-3 up to losing it 7-5 and he's two sets to love down
Gauff wins!
Her parents can't believe it. So nice.
An incredible win for Coco Gauff, she most definitely has the ability, attitude and overall makings to be a future great not only in Tennis but in Sport overall.
I'd be careful with all the hype she's going to get. Half a year ago everyone thought Osaka is going to dominate for a while and now she seems to have lost her way a bit.
Coco needs to build on this and not let it get to her head and let's hope it's not a one off event
Ostapenko too.
Yeah. She’s only 15 so lots of maturing to do yet. Fair play, but I have to say Hercog lost her way.
Hercog absolutely threw away this match. 5-2 up and comfortable, she was absolutely hammering Coco and pushing her all around the court and then she just got so tight and resorted to passive play and slices.
To be fair CoCo was very tight and not hitting through the ball as well in her earlier games. Attention must have got to her a tad. I think she done remarkably to come back. Rarely have I ever switched off a men’s game just to watch a woman’s game but Coco is box office.. mixture of power and grace.
think it's Djokovic's to lose now. literally everyone from his side of the draw moved out of the way. no Zverev, Tsitsipas, Anderson, Auger and Monfils before the possible final.
If joker wins this year. He has 6 wimbledons to feds 8 i think. Can he make a claim for grass court king before its all said and done?
The only guy left who could is Raonic, who been out with injuries for a while but from what I gather is playing well.
I looked at their head to head and it's 9-0 in favour of Djokovic though they've never played on grass.
Federer has 183-26 score on grass, and Đoković *only* 100-22. 186-38 Connors, McEnroe is pretty good as well, 121-20.
He is 2-0 against fed in wimbledon finals too.
with so many upsets already, I honestly wouldn't be that surprised if Pella beats him after he dismantled Anderson with ease. he also beat Cilic last year here whose game is not that different from Raonic. it's a bit surprising that his best results came on grass, not on clay.
but yeah, Raonic at least has a chance with his playing style as those big servers can always cause damage on this surface. Pella most likely wouldn't even come close to winning a set.
RBA, if he makes it, will be a tough test for Novak imo. He's already beaten him twice this year and he took Federer to 3 sets in Halle as well.
Zverev and Tsitsipas not making the second round of a Slam is routine now tbh so not really a surprise there.
Djokovic is at 4 Wimbledon titles right now so it's unlikely he'll ever usurp Federer as the better grass court player.
He'd have 5
2011, 2014, 2015 & 2018.
8 is too far away tbh. He should get the most HC slams though. Think he's only 1 behind Federer there.
Yeah he probably wont tbf. Still peak djoko vs peak federer on grass would be something special.
I'd back peak Djokovic over peak anyone else on any surface except Rafa on clay.
Nope.
The Wimbledon grass is again too bloody slow.
Clearly top defensive tennis, returning and ability to play long drawn out rallies are king even on grass, and tennis as a whole these days, as opposed to aggression, big serving, volleying and hitting big winners. Most big shots can be gotten to. It's a shame really. I get clay being this way but turning grass and hard courts into virtual clay is silly and hurts the game.
Once the lustre of the three greats wears off I imagine the direction tennis is headed in will get more flack, as it should. Having 3 of the 7/8 greatest of all time playing together keeps the sport absolutely fascinating. When you have Tsitsipas and Shapawhatsisname as the games 'stars' the issues will be more to the fore IMO.
Clearly top defensive tennis, returning and ability to play long drawn out rallies are king even on grass, and tennis as a whole these days, as opposed to aggression, big serving, volleying and hitting big winners. Most big shots can be gotten to. It's a shame really. I get clay being this way but turning grass and hard courts into virtual clay is silly and hurts the game.
Once the lustre of the three greats wears off I imagine the direction tennis is headed in will get more flack, as it should. Having 3 of the 7/8 greatest of all time playing together keeps the sport absolutely fascinating. When you have Tsitsipas and Shapawhatsisname as the games 'stars' the issues will be more to the fore IMO.
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Aye i'm leaning that way myself.
I honestly prefer seeing some longer rallies than watching the likes of Raonic/Anderson/Isner/Opelka throw down aces all match and have rally lengths averaging 2-4 shots.
AO in 2017 was noticeably increased in speed and yet we saw a lot of baseline tennis and the more "defensive" rallies but I think that's more to do with a lot more baseliners around these days than anything to do with the actual court speeds.
As for the tennis post these 3, it's going to be an awfully inconsistent bunch of players and pretty low on quality. Felix and Tsitsipas included, there's just no one who looks like they'll be both quality players and consistently good.
it may sound funny now, but people actually complained because of fast courts in past. I read interesting article about that couple of years ago, that it was the match between Sampras vs Ivanisevic/Becker (not 100% sure which one) that made crowd bored and media complain because of the ridiculously low number of rallies. like, 90% points were either aces or unreturnable serves or simply wild returns to the net or out of the field.
edit, found it: http://burnstennis.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-match-that-changed-tennis_10.html
it was against Ivanisevic.
edit, found it: http://burnstennis.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-match-that-changed-tennis_10.html
it was against Ivanisevic.
Serena's grunting is so ridiculous. It's a stop volley, shut the feck up.
She’s a mother, so have some respect.
Okay, respectfully shut the feck up then.
strong start from Rafa. some of the shots were just...
I love that Kyrgios is taking up for Tomic. Two peas in a pod.
Del Po and Tsonga sometimes look like they're getting battered and are without hope, and by that I mean their faces and body language, only to suddenly improve and respond. but not this time, I think. Tsonga simply looks spent.
I've been watching mid-00s Federer matches, and the speed of the court at the US Open is something else. He played differently then - mostly waited at the baseline and used his forehad to dominate before mixing it up if needed - and because of that you could really see how quick the court was (and how strong his forehand was).
Like this:
Also this one is lovely, just very high quality from Roger.
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Could end up being good for the game.
Granted, we’ve been fortunate enough to have 3 of the greatest ever playing at the same time, and that’s been great to watch, but, it’s also made the finals of tournaments pretty predictable. Inconsistency leads to not knowing how a tournament will turn out, and that is fun all in itself.
You keep hearing grass is playing like a clay court but if that were the case, Stan, Thiem and Tsitsipas wouldn't be exiting before Round 2 and the likes of Querrey, Raonic and co definitely would not still be around in the tournament as frequently as they are every year. The grass became slower after the change in 2001 maybe but I think it's also the style of the players these days and the improved fitness that means they can sit at the baseline and keep rallying irrespective of the surface.