Wimbledon 2022

Sunday play is a permanent thing from now on, the organisers say they no longer need a day to repair the courts as the surface is now more resilient.

The winners/runners-up still plays 7 matches in the exact time-frame as before, so I think 'causing havoc' is an exaggeration.

This schedule is fairer to the players in that more of them get to play their last 16 games on Centre/One. Previously all 16 games (8M, 8W) in the 4th round were played on Monday, so 10 of the games were on outside courts.

The prevalence of night games is something that has happened because of match length increases, not because of any scheduling change. Afaik there was always 3 games scheduled for each court each day. So far they haven't gone down the French Open route of specifically scheduling a late game and selling separate tickets.

Undeniably it's good for TV stations (and an extra day of ticket sales) but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing. I'm delighted to see more games at the business end.

Neither of them are seeded.

Kyrgios has a better world ranking currently than Nakashima. 45 versus 54.

I don't think any need for the mongrel comment personally.

De Minaur on top early versus Garin...not shocked at that tbh.

Sinner is just a year older at 20, so he's not exactly experienced at this level either.

The scoreline does tell the tale of the match imo. Sinner completely dominated a lot of the rallies, Alcaraz was lucky to get a set on a tie-break, and he failed to convert a single break point in the match. If he lost to Nadal or Djokovic, it would be understandable, and you could cut him some slack, but loosing to one of his peers in this fashion ensures I won't believe the hype just yet.

I'd say De Minaur thought he had it all sewn up as well!

They both look knackered, making silly mistakes - it'll be about who can keep going a bit better for a bit longer now.

What a comeback by Garin!!!

Speaking of the tennis, one of the (few) leaves I wish some other players would take from Kyrgios' book is how quickly he gets through his service game. None of that bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy or picky, picky, picky, picky, picky, picky, picky, picky, picky.

just switched over to see him bounce the ball NINE times before serve. Maybe I was unlucky.

But I do agree, he seem to play at a proper tempo that more should.

Nadal having a fairly easy time of it against Van De Zandschulp

But as I typed that, VDZ has broken him for 1-0 in the 3rd..... can he hold on to the break for a full set though?? I can't see it (but hope he does!)

And after that brief lead, Nadal now looks like someone saying "blow it up ref, we're done here, time for home".

Steamrolling him now.

Not quite sure he believed anymore in himself in that third set though. So kinda resigned to his fate and then picked it up a bit as a result. Thought he hit towards centre of court a bit much, so Nadal wasn't really needing to move much, whereas Nadal was making him run. For a man with a supposedly gammy foot, that'd surely be one way to knock the bunny out of him. Mind you, he'd be sweating so much then that serves could take even longer!

***Did anyone spot the 'Paddy' during the kyrgios vs nakashima game today??*

he was wearing an Offaly GAA shirt 😙

The biggest difference is the longevity that players can go now a days. The advancement is sports science is huge compared to the 70s, 80 and 90s. Born borg was 25 when he won his last slam, sampras was 30. Novak and Nadal could be nearly 40 when they win their last.

It's very difficult to compare players from the generations. I do think in the last five years the standard outside the top three has been poor and this has really helped the big two maintain their dominance.

Not really . You could argue Nadal on easier side of draw now