Wimbledon 2009

Murray has been drawn in the same part of the draw as the injured Nadal, he is to meet Federer in the finals.
Nadal will play Hewitt in the second round, this same Hewitt who beat him in an exhibition match yesterday. I feel sorry for the Spaniard.

Djokovic is in Federer's draw but I doubt he'll reach the semis, although I will be cheering on him as I am "Fed up" (funny isnt it) with Federer.



Everything looks set for a Murray-Federer final.
 
Murray will start against Kendrick who he has beaten 3 times. The last time he beat him 6-0 6-0, should be very easy for Murray.
 
Addict said:
No. I'm pretty sure it's Murrays year this year. Federer will be shitting it if he meets Murray. He knows Murray is a lot better than him.

Tibs England would have won the T20 but were unlucky with the weather.
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Ehh?

That will be completely opposite if anything.
 
:lol: Addict.

Did Fed lose you lots of money at some point?
 
Federer - Verdasco/Tsonga

Djokovic - Del Potro

Murray - Simon

Nadal - Roddick



are the most obvious choices for the quarterfinals.


Underdogs Haas and Soderling are with Federer, Hewitt is with Nadal, Safin with Murray.
 
Apparently Nadal is moving better today and has won the first set vs Wawrinka. Interesting.
 
Odds are going right down on Betfair. You'd fancy him to play Wimbledon if he wins this match.
 
Lost second and final set in a special ten point tiebreak 10-3.

6-4, 6-7 (3-10) then and a press conference called for 7pm.

Edit - Actually he may have lost the second in a tiebreak and then they had another special one to settle it.

Still, losing anything to Waw doesn't sound great anyway.
 
It'll be interesting to see how 18 year old Grigor Dimitrov gets on and whether he can win a few matches in the first grandslam event of his career. A lot talk that he's potentially the next great champion in the mens game after Federer and Nadal.
 
That's a shame, I am sure we were all looking forward to the prospect of him playing Federer again.
 
Gutted to hear that, but I think it puts Federer very much in the box seat now. I'd feckin' love a Federer v Murray final(which I presume can happen now as I imagine Roger goes to 1 and Andy to 2?) which went on for 5 hours or something.
 
You'd have to expect a Murray v Federer final now.

Federer can't believe his luck, first RG now this.
 
Shame Nadal won't be there, its Rogers to lose now.
 
Well that's Wimbledon ruined then. The only person in it who actually deserves to win pulls out, leaving a over-rated Scot or a Swiss who can't deal with the pressure to win instead :rolleyes:
 
Count Duckula said:
Well that's Wimbledon ruined then. The only person in it who actually deserves to win pulls out, leaving a over-rated Scot or a Swiss who can't deal with the pressure to win instead :rolleyes:
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I don't understand how so many people fall for your blatant wind-ups. I expect a lot of people to bite here too.
 
zing said:
I don't understand how so many people fall for your blatant wind-ups. I expect a lot of people to bite here too.
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WUM?

"Nadal makes heroic return to Wimbledon field"

feck that shit, he needs to take some time off.
 
zing said:
I don't understand how so many people fall for your blatant wind-ups. I expect a lot of people to bite here too.
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Indeed, not agreeing that Federer is the bestest thing ever and that Murray is clearly going to win makes me a WUM.

Wimbledon will be shit now. A bit like the French when Nadal went out. A vaguely interesting watch to see if Federer would still manage to throw it away even with Rafa out, but the actual tension and excitement all but evaporated when the best player on the tour went missing.
 
Things have completely opened up for Murray now that Nadal is out. He looked, dare I say, Federer-esque at Queens last week. You can't see anybody beating him.. well, until the final anyway. Forget the clay season, on grass Murray is a completely different opposition. I can only realistically see Federer beating him at Wimbledon this year. How are his odds for Sportspersonality of the year?
 
Nadal must be absolutely gutted. Wimbledon is the pinnacle of the tennis season. And he's the reigning champions.

Its all opened up for Murray. But i can see Federer reclaiming his crown.
 
Flat-track bully Federer will steal another one with his conquerer out. It'll be all ''oohs'' and ''aahs'' again when he toys with the likes of Roddick (quarters or semi) and people will go on how in this form even Nadal wouldn't be his match, which in reality would be bollocks but it'd make them justify his win somehow. He's thrown everything and more at Nadal in several grand slam finals, even on his own favorite surfaces, and got fecked... we already knew Federer beats everyone in grand slams and makes it look good... everybody except Nadal... who absolutely destroys every small fry on his path as well AND beats his only rival in the tour on top of that.
 
Kevin said:
Flat-track bully Federer will steal another one with his conquerer out. It'll be all ''oohs'' and ''aahs'' again when he toys with the likes of Roddick (quarters or semi) and people will go on how in this form even Nadal wouldn't be his match, which in reality would be bollocks but it'd make them justify his win somehow. He's thrown everything and more at Nadal in several grand slam finals, even on his own favorite surfaces, and got fecked... we already knew Federer beats everyone in grand slams and makes it look good... everybody except Nadal... who absolutely destroys every small fry on his path as well AND beats his only rival in the tour on top of that.
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He beat him at the 2007 Wimbledon when both were in top form
 
Kevin said:
Flat-track bully Federer will steal another one with his conquerer out. It'll be all ''oohs'' and ''aahs'' again when he toys with the likes of Roddick (quarters or semi) and people will go on how in this form even Nadal wouldn't be his match, which in reality would be bollocks but it'd make them justify his win somehow. He's thrown everything and more at Nadal in several grand slam finals, even on his own favorite surfaces, and got fecked... we already knew Federer beats everyone in grand slams and makes it look good... everybody except Nadal... who absolutely destroys every small fry on his path as well AND beats his only rival in the tour on top of that.
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Completely untrue, who did he lose to in the French Open???? Pretty sure it was a small fry
 
Count Duckula said:
Well that's Wimbledon ruined then. The only person in it who actually deserves to win pulls out, leaving a over-rated Scot or a Swiss who can't deal with the pressure to win instead :rolleyes:
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How does Federer not deal with the pressure? If anything that`s what he does. The Grand Slams he have lost have either been on clay against someone a lot better or the two on hard surfaces at a time where Nadal was the better player as well.

I`d say that every final Federer has been a clear favourite in he has won.
 
I don't really follow Tennis that much. How good is Söderling really? Was Roland Garros a total fluke?
 
Ruben said:
How does Federer not deal with the pressure? If anything that`s what he does. The Grand Slams he have lost have either been on clay against someone a lot better or the two on hard surfaces at a time where Nadal was the better player as well.

I`d say that every final Federer has been a clear favourite in he has won.
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Yeh, my point exactly. In those finals where it's a lot more even he inevitably bottles it and loses. He tends to win when he's up against really shite opposition and look really good doing it.

As Kevin said, now that the man who is better in every single way has pulled out I expect Wimbledon to be full of people gobbling Roger's cock. After they're through gobbling Murray's, of course.
 
Alex said:
He beat him at the 2007 Wimbledon when both were in top form
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He needed an enormous effort and faced breakpoints 2-1 down in the fifth set to beat a 20-year old Nadal. Suffices to say to use that result as some sort of proof in this argument with Nadal in 'top form' then at that age and still learning on his least favorite surface vs Federer at his peak on his favorite surface isn't exactly convincing... everyone knew back then Nadal was going to do him next year (pummeled him at Roland Garros 6-1 6-0 6-2 or something, then showed the world that also betters him on grass, then rubbed it in to beat the guy on hardcourt at the Aussie Open)...
 
Iron Stove said:
I don't really follow Tennis that much. How good is Söderling really? Was Roland Garros a total fluke?
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No.

He has made tremendous improvements over the last year. Especially considering his mentality. Was a bit of an ass before, and struggled to control his temperament. His coaches have worked a lot on that in the last year and it pays off. He almost took out Nadal in last years Wimbledon as well, in a match that was delayed a hundred times.

He is still young, has a very powerful strike, is a great server and clay is not his favourite surface, so you can expect more from him.

That said, he is living in an age where tennis talents are in abundance though, so it will be tough for him to go all the way.
 
Count Duckula said:
Yeh, my point exactly. In those finals where it's a lot more even he inevitably bottles it and loses. He tends to win when he's up against really shite opposition and look really good doing it.

As Kevin said, now that the man who is better in every single way has pulled out I expect Wimbledon to be full of people gobbling Roger's cock. After they're through gobbling Murray's, of course.
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And those he has lost have been to better players, Nadal on clay and Wimbledon and Aussie Open.

You seem to confuse losing to a better player as "having no bottle".

By the same measure you could say that Soderling has no bottle because he lost the French to Federer.
 
Ruben said:
No.

He has made tremendous improvements over the last year. Especially considering his mentality. Was a bit of an ass before, and struggled to control his temperament. His coaches have worked a lot on that in the last year and it pays off. He almost took out Nadal in last years Wimbledon as well, in a match that was delayed a hundred times.

He is still young, has a very powerful strike, is a great server and clay is not his favourite surface, so you can expect more from him.

That said, he is living in an age where tennis talents are in abundance though, so it will be tough for him to go all the way.
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Cheers for the info Ruben! It's hard to distinguish facts from fiction in the hype train that is the Swedish media some times. So he's a very decent player then. We haven't really had a lot of those since the nineties.
 
Kevin said:
Flat-track bully Federer will steal another one with his conquerer out. It'll be all ''oohs'' and ''aahs'' again when he toys with the likes of Roddick (quarters or semi) and people will go on how in this form even Nadal wouldn't be his match, which in reality would be bollocks but it'd make them justify his win somehow. He's thrown everything and more at Nadal in several grand slam finals, even on his own favorite surfaces, and got fecked... we already knew Federer beats everyone in grand slams and makes it look good... everybody except Nadal... who absolutely destroys every small fry on his path as well AND beats his only rival in the tour on top of that.
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Why does he only hold two grand slams then? Why did Federer beat Nadal on Nadal's favourite surface in their last match? If we wiped out every small fry and beat his only rival then surely he would hold everything? This Nadal-domination that you envision doesn't reflect reality.
 
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