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Wimbledon 2015

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  • #902
    allybhoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,704 ✭✭✭allybhoy


    MisterAnarchy wrote: »
    Why does the BBC allow that ape Andrew Castle to commentate,he is insufferable.

    Agreed, he's so partisan.


  • #903
    efb
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    Now he's cranked it up a notch


  • #904
    efb
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    MisterAnarchy wrote: »
    Why does the BBC allow that ape Andrew Castle to commentate,he is insufferable.

    Be grateful you don't have John Inverdale


  • #905
    seanhynes
    Registered Users Posts: 7,513 ✭✭✭seanhynes


    TheMilkyPirate wrote: »
    Why do the number of sets get lower as the tournament progresses? I thought they would get higher ala snooker darts etc

    Barry Davies should commentate on all the big matches a great of the BBC


  • #906
    efb
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    I used think Andrew Castle was annoying til John Inverdale commentated on Gasquet's QF


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  • #907
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,544 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    If Andy wants to win this he's gonna have to up the aggression, which it now looks like he's doing. That passive bullsh*te isn't going to work on Federer.


  • #908
    Wicklow Brave
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    Still think Murray will win this.


  • #909
    efb
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    Wicklow Brave wrote: »
    Still think Murray will win this.

    Really? I think Rodger is looking sublime


  • #910
    Banta
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    Federer looks in that sort of ominous form he's used to get into where he was making any shot he tried. Murray looks a little impatient or something at the moment.


  • #911
    FatRat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭FatRat


    Murray 2nd serve just isn't good enough.


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  • #912
    Banta
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    Murray camp all look nervous.


  • #913
    the_monkey
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    Judy Murray is a bleedin' mad yoke ..


  • #914
    efb
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    Andrew quickly corrects his first double fault stat


  • #915
    efb
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    the_monkey wrote: »
    Judy Murray is a bleedin' mad yoke ..

    I wouldn't cross her


  • #916
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,934 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    efb wrote: »
    Did Rodger even care about the Olympics?

    I think the BBC are over egging that one.
    yerwanthere123 wrote: »
    He wanted it bad, and had said so many times.

    It's the only thing he hasn't won. He's even got Olympic Doubles Gold but no single. Rio will probably be on clay so I don't fancy his chances of getting it now. 2012 was his best shot.


  • #917
    Wicklow Brave
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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    It's the only thing he hasn't won. He's even got Olympic Doubles Gold but no single. Rio will probably be on clay so I don't fancy his chances of getting it now. 2012 was his best shot.

    Rio is on hardcourt.


  • #918
    allybhoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,704 ✭✭✭allybhoy


    the_monkey wrote: »
    Judy Murray is a bleedin' mad yoke ..

    She has a face like a lasagne....good dancer tho :)


  • #919
    efb
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    Castle wets himself every time Murray wins a rally


  • #920
    efb
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    So that was out...


  • #921
    Mint Sauce
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    Fed showing no signs of slowing yet.

    :(


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  • #922
    Mint Sauce
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    efb wrote: »
    So that was out...

    Apparently chalk flew up.


  • #923
    MisterAnarchy
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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    2012 was his best shot.

    He was spent in the final in 2012 ,the semi final with Del potro the previous day was a marathon match.


  • #924
    efb
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    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    Apparently chalk flew up.

    I though it was paint? Chalk on clay?


  • #925
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    Wicklow Brave wrote: »
    Rio is on hardcourt.

    Really, I assumed South America would mean clay. Well then, you never know. He might get it yet.
    MisterAnarchy wrote: »
    He was spent in the final in 2012 ,the semi final with Del potro the previous day was a marathon match.

    True, but on paper, Olympics at Wimbledon was the one he should have won.


  • #926
    efb
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    But does the Olympics mean anything to professional tennis players?


  • #927
    Mint Sauce
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    efb wrote: »
    I though it was paint? Chalk on clay?

    I've seen chalk fly on grass. Infact a little flew on Feds Ace in the last game.


  • #928
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    efb wrote: »
    I though it was paint? Chalk on clay?

    They use titanium dioxide to mark the lines on grass. It's a pigment which is also used to colour anything from paint to food.


  • #929
    mzungu
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,309 Mod ✭✭✭✭mzungu


    Its been a steady ship from Fed so far. Murray needs to up his game considerably.


  • #930
    Mint Sauce
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    One thing I have always noticed about the roof on centre. Its like its never fully open, ie, juts out more on one side compared to the other.


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  • #931
    efb
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    Saved one set point


  • #932
    efb
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    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    One thing I have always noticed about the roof on centre. Its like its never fully open, ie, juts out more on one side compared to the other.

    It's how it retracts


  • #933
    the_monkey
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    Murray has it won ..


  • #934
    efb
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    the_monkey wrote: »
    Murray has it won ..

    The game?


  • #935
    efb
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    Another break point!


  • #936
    the_monkey
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    efb wrote: »
    The game?


    Match ... done deal...


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  • #937
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
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    efb wrote: »
    But does the Olympics mean anything to professional tennis players?

    Probably to some it does, to some it doesn't.

    Taking London as an example, Tsonga v Raonic went to 25-23 in the last set, and that was a second round match. Delpo v Federer went to 19-17 in the last set in the SF's. Both players who ended up losing were devastated.

    Djokovic was clearly devastated when he lost the bronze medal play off, I've never seen him so disappointed after a loss, not even at RG.

    You could argue that regular season tennis doesn't matter that much to some of the players, they're just having fun and making a lot of money. To some winning means everything.


  • #938
    efb
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    the_monkey wrote: »
    Match ... done deal...

    I think Fed is on course to win 3-0


  • #939
    Halloween Jack
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    Feds got a read on the murray first serve


  • #940
    efb
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    That was well out


  • #941
    FatRat
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    efb wrote: »
    That was well out

    Yeah poor calls today


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  • #942
    efb
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    FatRat wrote: »
    Yeah poor calls today

    The umpire called it out didn't he- he's on the ball


  • #943
    pconn062
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    If Murray gets out of this I predict a complete turn around.


  • #944
    Mint Sauce
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    efb wrote: »
    That was well out

    Seen chalk fly, thought it was in

    :D

    Being put through the wringer here, so need the loo, but not leaving this game.


  • #945
    mzungu
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    Bit of a marathon game this one. If Murray loses it he could capitulate entirely.


  • #946
    CassieManson
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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Probably to some it does, to some it doesn't.

    Taking London as an example, Tsonga v Raonic went to 25-23 in the last set, and that was a second round match. Delpo v Federer went to 19-17 in the last set in the SF's. Both players who ended up losing were devastated.

    Djokovic was clearly devastated when he lost the bronze medal play off, I've never seen him so disappointed after a loss, not even at RG.

    You could argue that regular season tennis doesn't matter that much to some of the players, they're just having fun and making a lot of money. To some winning means everything.

    I think it was worth 750 ranking points - so I would say most players would be interested. In 2012 after Murray won John McEnroe commented that the Olympics should have the same number of ranking points as the slams


  • #947
    FatRat
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    efb wrote: »
    The umpire called it out didn't he- he's on the ball

    That's what I mean.. it shouldn't have had to have been him to make the call. Thi can't go on forever...


  • #948
    John.Icy
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    Federer loses this game, he'll lose the match I think.


  • #949
    alchemist33
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    Winner of this game will win the match. Fantastic stuff


  • #950
    efb
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    FatRat wrote: »
    That's what I mean.. it shouldn't have had to have been him to make the call. Thi can't go on forever...

    Yeah I was agreeing with you. The line judge should have caught it


  • #951
    Floppybits
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    Murrays forehand had been awful today.


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