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Jaded · « **Reply #625 on:** 01 June, 2022, 12:13:58 am »

5 match points.

Jaded · « **Reply #626 on:** 01 June, 2022, 12:16:59 am »

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rafletcher · « **Reply #627 on:** 01 June, 2022, 09:01:48 am »

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YESSS!

I like Nadal a bit more than Djok

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T42 · « **Reply #628 on:** 01 June, 2022, 09:31:45 am »

Quote from: Jaded on 01 June, 2022, 12:16:59 am

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I like Nadal a bit more than Djok

Didn't have an opinion until the Djerk's anti-vaccination idiocy last year.

LittleWheelsandBig · « **Reply #629 on:** 01 June, 2022, 09:51:01 am »

Nadal is not my favourite tennis player, due to Operación Puerto, but the other one is a dangerous loon, so he ranks even lower.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #630 on:** 01 June, 2022, 10:22:58 am »

Come on Tim!

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rafletcher · « **Reply #631 on:** 24 June, 2022, 06:59:39 pm »

Well done Jack Draper. But only 90 ranking points.

andyoxon · « **Reply #632 on:** 28 June, 2022, 02:57:26 pm »

Paul Jubb (wildcard Brit) doing well against Kyrgios.

rafletcher · « **Reply #633 on:** 28 June, 2022, 03:35:26 pm »

He is rather, isn't he. And Ryan Penniston won too.

rafletcher · « **Reply #634 on:** 29 June, 2022, 11:14:12 am »

I rather suspect that that was the last time we'll see Serena Wiliams at Wimbledon. And having watched some of the match, it was far from the "thriller" of the BBC headlines. I'll not be sorry though, her dreadnought style of tennis never appealed to me, despite her evident skills.

Legs · « **Reply #635 on:** 29 June, 2022, 11:47:46 am »

Not particularly sorry to see her disappear from the scene either. Boring dominance and a litany of unsporting behaviour throughout her career. Her behaviour at the 2018 US Open was especially unedifying.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #636 on:** 30 June, 2022, 06:01:53 am »

Quote from: andyoxon on 28 June, 2022, 02:57:26 pm

Paul Jubb (wildcard Brit) doing well against Kyrgios.

I'm waiting for the obligatory tabloid photo of his wife/girlfriend watching, headlined "THE JUBB JUBB BIRD".

Wowbagger · « **Reply #637 on:** 30 June, 2022, 08:48:46 am »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 30 June, 2022, 06:01:53 am

Quote from: andyoxon on 28 June, 2022, 02:57:26 pm
Paul Jubb (wildcard Brit) doing well against Kyrgios.
I'm waiting for the obligatory tabloid photo of his wife/girlfriend watching, headlined "THE JUBB JUBB BIRD".

Too highbrow for British tabloids.

Legs · « **Reply #638 on:** 30 June, 2022, 02:08:37 pm »

It never ceases to amaze me how bad Wimbledon are at filling the seats, particularly on the show courts. It is rather galling to be watching on TV, unable to be there, but seeing so many empty seats, even on the show courts.

rafletcher · « **Reply #639 on:** 30 June, 2022, 03:43:22 pm »

Quote from: Legs on 30 June, 2022, 02:08:37 pm

It never ceases to amaze me how bad Wimbledon are at filling the seats, particularly on the show courts. It is rather galling to be watching on TV, unable to be there, but seeing so many empty seats, even on the show courts.

They're not bad at it - not everyone with a show court ticket spends all tgheir time there watching a match, they'll wander around the outside courts too, plus go and eat etc. And then there are debenture holders who don't always go or sell-on their seat, and some no-shows. All the seats are paid for, so they can’t just let folk in to fill them up.

Anyway, well done Katy!

andyoxon · « **Reply #640 on:** 03 July, 2022, 02:15:31 pm »

Kyrgios v Tsitsipas, & press conferences, are worth watching for a bit of drama & good tennis.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/02/nick-kyrgios-brings-the-noise-and-blasts-past-tsitsipas-in-stormy-encounter

Legs · « **Reply #641 on:** 05 July, 2022, 03:08:09 pm »

Not looking great for Novax at the moment... Long may that continue! [fingerscrossed]

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #642 on:** 05 July, 2022, 05:59:14 pm »

Come on ~~Tim~~ Cam!

Legs · « **Reply #643 on:** 05 July, 2022, 07:07:41 pm »

Bu99er, typed too soon. Anyhoo, wot ‘e sed ^^

rafletcher · « **Reply #644 on:** 06 July, 2022, 07:35:59 pm »

So, Krygios vs Nadal, spicy!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #645 on:** 07 July, 2022, 08:23:24 am »

I went to a fight and a tennis match broke out.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/07/three-wimbledon-security-guards-arrested-after-alleged-fight-on-grounds?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

rafletcher · « **Reply #646 on:** 07 July, 2022, 11:11:11 am »

Just noticed, the Wimbledon mixed doubles final is being played today (Thursday). A continual downgrading of the discipline, I wonder how long it will continue.

Peter · « **Reply #647 on:** 07 July, 2022, 01:26:25 pm »

Three sets maximum...

rafletcher · « **Reply #648 on:** 07 July, 2022, 01:46:57 pm »

Quote from: Peter on 07 July, 2022, 01:26:25 pm

Three sets maximum...

It's been that for ever with the mixed. At least here they get to play a proper final set, outside of the slams it's 2 sets and a "Champions Tiebreak" to 10 (I think) in place of a final set.

rafletcher · « **Reply #649 on:** 07 July, 2022, 09:19:44 pm »

Boo, no Krygios - Nadal semi.