Murray should get back to playing singles asap. Provided he can stay fit, he'll be back to the Top 15 in absolutely no time.
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Raonic into a 5th set after leading 2-0.
Commentator said he served for the match too.
Commentator said he served for the match too.
I wonder if they'll fine Berretini his money? His stats are actually worse than Tomic's 
If Raonic thinks Wimbledon is playing like clay, I'd like to see him hit 27 aces in 4.5 sets there.
If Raonic loses this, then Djokovic's run to the final would mean Goffin in the QFs and then Pella or RBA in the semis
I think Djokovic would rather face Raonic than RBA. Unlike the Canadian, RBA can actually do more than just serve aces and he's also beaten Novak twice already this season and took Federer to 3 sets in Halle.
Excellent is extreme, he's hardly beat anybody great outside Khachanov.
Match point on the raonic serve now for Pella!
Raonic has won 3 points with 1 unreturnable serve and 2 aces. Pella has won the 3 rallies and one double fault. It helps to be able to do more than just serve.
Raonic has won 3 points with 1 unreturnable serve and 2 aces. Pella has won the 3 rallies and one double fault. It helps to be able to do more than just serve.
More of a rounded game but RBA isn't capable of serving himself out of trouble. I don't think either will cause him problems but I'd be more wary of Raonic at Wimbledon
Big serve and volleying from Raonic to save match point. 5-5 now.
Pella definitely has a chance if he can just move back a bit more and get returns in play. He's bossing all the rallies.
Pella definitely has a chance if he can just move back a bit more and get returns in play. He's bossing all the rallies.
With Novak being the greatest returner there is, I think he can neutralize the Raonic serve well and as we can see here also, Raonic is kind of average once a rally is on and Djokovic would eat him up.
like I've said, wouldn't be surprised if Pella takes this. Djokovic has everything going his way atm.
also, nice one, Berretini. Tomic would get slaughtered if he played like Berretini today and Cilic (vs Sousa).
also, nice one, Berretini. Tomic would get slaughtered if he played like Berretini today and Cilic (vs Sousa).
Nice of Sergio Ramos to pop along to support Raonic.
Raonic what a nothing player
I really don't know why anyone thinks Raonic going out is good for Djokovic. He's got all the tools to neutralize Raonic's serve and once that is done, there's nothing left to his game.
And Raonic is out. Two utterly awful volleys to end it.
While that is all true, I still think he's a much bigger threat than RBA or Pella for me. Neither player has experience at the later stages of slams too.
players like him can be very dangerous because you can't return their serves on this surface when they're in the mood. even Djokovic struggles with that, as we saw vs Anderson once or Querrey. not even Federer bothered him that much as those two did. neither Pella neither Agut are one-dimensional as Raonic, but they also can't really surprise him with anything. they simply lack power and he'll just outlast them and break them more times than they're capable of doing that to him. he can sometimes lose against such players in "lesser" tournaments but not here.
I can't grasp the whole everything going Djokovics way posts. Seems like people post this every tournament to downplay him.
He is 9-0 vs Raonic. Who has went out that would trouble him? Anderson has been injured and off form. Medvedev is not great on grass and Goffin beat him, same with Tsitsipas. Could be argued this is hardest opponent he could of faced albeit you would take it each slam. Zverev and Thiem went out in the bottom half.
Fed has had an easy route to this stage. Kei hardly someone to worry about these days.
Nadal has had the hardest route on paper but neither Kyrigos or Tsonga are seeds.
Bar Nick all three guys have had it easy. Nadal got hardest test in QF.
He is 9-0 vs Raonic. Who has went out that would trouble him? Anderson has been injured and off form. Medvedev is not great on grass and Goffin beat him, same with Tsitsipas. Could be argued this is hardest opponent he could of faced albeit you would take it each slam. Zverev and Thiem went out in the bottom half.
Fed has had an easy route to this stage. Kei hardly someone to worry about these days.
Nadal has had the hardest route on paper but neither Kyrigos or Tsonga are seeds.
Bar Nick all three guys have had it easy. Nadal got hardest test in QF.
So is Konta going to be the new Tiger Tim?
he's my favorite player yet I still think that players who can trouble him the most on this surface (Anderson, Zverev, Raonic etc) aren't in tournament anymore. that doesn't "downplay" his potential win here, neither I'm comparing his route to Nadal's or Federer's. whether you go by ranking or simply by type of players he struggled before, I doubt he would rather play those guys before Agut or Pella in next round. he knows he's in total control when he plays them as they simply can't overpower him on his usual day.
That is partially the point. A soft draw that has become easier. You can only beat what's in front of you and that's what he's done.
Yeah but these guys are also more capable of breaking Novak than someone like Raonic who can't really seem to win any extended rallies or return well at all.
He did face some tough matches vs Querrey and Anderson but those were back in 2015 and 16. Last year Anderson was actually in good form and Novak took him apart in the final. Ofcourse if he gets a Raonic or Anderson absolutely redlining, they'd trouble him but it's pretty unlikely given how much they've dropped off now. RBA is also the only guy who's yet to drop a set and then fact that he's beaten Novak twice already will give him a bit of a mental boost as well.
His draw wasn't difficult for sure but it's harder than what Federer has gotten and yet the talk only seems to be of seeds falling in Novak's half. Federer's had a dream draw and too without seeds falling along the way. Rafa's the only one who's had a tough draw tbh. I wish Thiem had made it now instead of Querrey
. Unlike Novak, Rafa actually does have a very long history of struggling against such players here and Querrey's been broken ONCE all tournament and leads the ace count. However, if Rafa can get a decent read on his serve, he ought to win this easily enough because Querry's overall game also seems pretty average.Yeah but these guys are also more capable of breaking Novak than someone like Raonic who can't really seem to win any extended rallies or return well at all.
He did face some tough matches vs Querrey and Anderson but those were back in 2015 and 16. Last year Anderson was actually in good form and Novak took him apart in the final. Ofcourse if he gets a Raonic or Anderson absolutely redlining, they'd trouble him but it's pretty unlikely given how much they've dropped off now. RBA is also the only guy who's yet to drop a set and then fact that he's beaten Novak twice already will give him a bit of a mental boost as well.
His draw wasn't difficult for sure but it's harder than what Federer has gotten and yet the talk only seems to be of seeds falling in Novak's half. Federer's had a dream draw and too without seeds falling along the way. Rafa's the only one who's had a tough draw tbh. I wish Thiem had made it now instead of Querrey
That’s a bit of a stretch saying he has long history.
You look at the recent players he’s lost to at Wimbledon and Muller is really the only serve bot there. I mean you could say Kyrgios but he has more to his game when he bothers. Istomin, Rosov and Brown weren’t serve bots.
Let’s take Nadals record against best serve bots. That’s Raonic, Isner, Anderson, Karlovic and Querry.
Nadal is 4-1 against Querry.
5-0 vs Anderson
7-1 vs Isner
5-0 vs Karlovic
7-2 vs Ranoic
So he’s lost four matches in total to the serve bots.
Federer has lost seven matches to them albeit he’s played more matches against them.
Djokovic has lost eight matches to the above players despite not losing one to Raonic.
So the long history comment doesn’t wash with me. Nadal should be winning matches vs Querry. It’s a tough match but if he wants to win grand slams outside of clay these are the sort of players he should beat with ease.
I think this Wimbledon besides Kyrgios vs Nadal has been pretty poor. The matches have been crap and too many top seeds outside the top three going out.
Nadal's struggles against big servers isn't an all surface thing. It's something he has chiefly struggled with only at Wimbledon. Darcis, Brown, Rusol, Nick and Muller all served big and had the matches of their lives absolutely painting the lines with their shots. It's the reason why Rafa fans tend to look out for big servers in his quarter every time the draw is out. Now I'm not expecting him to lose vs Querrey and if he reads his serve even half well, he should be winning this match but I've always felt Rafa is more vulnerable vs the big servers than the other two when it comes to Wimbledon and hence I'd have rather faced Thiem over Querrey.
As for the top seeds crashing out, it's become a bit of a recurring theme in Slams off late I feel. The Big 3 apart, no one is consistently making the second week of Slams. It also doesn't help that you've had a lot of very average players make it to the Top 10 recently.
Sad to see Gauff knocked out, but I really like Halep, so at least there’s that.
Watching this Serena match, the only person beating her is herself. Could easily be dominating but making loads of silly errors.
Strycova has been great but this has been peak Konta up to now.
See you next year, guys. Same bat time, same bat channel.
Every time it feels like Konta is beating herself rather than the opponent beating her. So many unforced errors and over hit shots.
Goffin doing ok so far.
Goffin playing great atm.
Good start by Goffin. He needs to win the first set to have any chance today.
Djokovic stepped it up and Goffin got a bit nervous after breaking.
Goffin really missed his chance there. the loss of set is not big deal, but he was really good for majority of set and most likely can't even player better than that, while Djokovic can only improve.
Put on the RBA - Pella match on briefly and Court 1 does not look in a good way at all compared to Centre Court.
it's over. Goffin lost his nerves and Djokovic is hitting everything. from 4-3 and 30-0 for Goffin to this.
Oh dear. 6-0 in the second set from a position where Goffin was playing really well.
Djokovic has won 10 games in a row, yikes.
These three are just trouncing the losers. Not that amusing.