The Tennis Thread

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

This tiebreak has been shocking.

[Ian]

I had to pop out for the middle of this but since I got back Kyrgios seemed to be constantly shouting about something. Quite a lot of cuntery to fit into one final, these two.

[Yevrah]

Djokovic remains the dullest to watch great in any sport ever.

[Ian]

Djokovic remains the dullest to watch great in any sport ever.

Selby as a contender maybe? You're probably right though.

He's impossible to root for, for me.

[Lewis]

He said sport.

[Shindig]

Yep. Federer just oozed class, Nadal has the athleticism and Andy Murray has the entertaining comebacks you can watch. Djokovic is just ... a bit machine-like.

[Don]

Both these guys seem like great guys, I don't know what the obese virgin losers who follow the sport have against them but they're wrong.

[-james-]

Kyrgios would be great value if his tantrums didn't make him lose his head. He's pretty unplayable when he's on form so it's usually just a bit tragic when he goes off on one.

[niko_cee]

He said sport.

And great.

[Boydy]

Isn't Kyrgios's court case for domestic abuse? Given what he's like on the court with the world watching him, god knows what he's like behind closed doors.

[Shindig]

"I can't forget when she left me on the street alone at 4 in the morning in New York, taking off my cell phone and wallet and in the meantime he went to one of his exes.

She told me it was my fault and I shouldn't be a victim, then she bragged to friends that she slept with a stripper, only three days after we broke up. She called me one day and told me I shouldn't do bullshit like commit suicide, I just had to shut up and let him go."

I think those are words from his lawyer showing his side of it.

[SvN]

Federer has announcted his retirement.

The greatest of all time?

[Yevrah]

Sadly not according to this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Grand_Slam_men%27s_singles_champions#Champ ions_list

[randomlegend]

Everyone knows Wimbledon is worth 2 of any other "slam".

[Ian]

Federer is my favourite of the big players to watch in my lifetime, even if he's as charismatic as one of those cows he got for winning slams

[Shindig]

Yeah, he seemed more about calm precision when Nadal and Djokovic ran around to bail themselves out of bother. I can watch that stuff all day.

[Shindig]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/63014086

"STOP USING PRIVATE JETS!" <attempts to burn carbon>

[Waffdon]

Reckon Murray’s metal hip might pop out if he gets this to a 5th set.

[Waffdon]

He’s just thrown 4 break points in the 5th set. Reckon he’ll lose serve now and the game.

[Waffdon]

Hero

[Shindig]

I'm going to miss the sheer terror of a Murray 5-setter.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The dick actually has an easy route to the semi-final if his hip holds up too.

Hardest match will be his third rounder against Bautista Agut but if he gets through that it's pretty easy until Novax.

[Shindig]

Fuck off, you greasy Pole. :D

If an easy route requires 10 sets just to get into the third round, it isn't easy.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Casper Ruud the second seed who was in his bracket is gone, as have all other seeds bar Bautista Agut.

For his Quarter-final there are no seeds left that he can face with 2 of the potential opponents being a wildcard and a lucky loser.

It's opened up massively for him. He's beaten two of the four hardest opponents in his bracket, one of the others is out and he faces the fourth next.

A lot of his potential opponents for the fourth round and quarter-final have never been this far in a grand slam.

[Waffdon]

He’s played 11 hours in 2 matches and probably got to sleep after 6am meaning he’s literally getting way less rest because of a stupid format. He’ll do well to win more than 8 games in the whole match.

[Waffdon]

Lol if this goes 5 sets. Murray on the Nadal shit.

[Yevrah]

Murray rolling back the years here. Absolute shambles that they have to stop at 11 mind.

[Shindig]

I'd rather have that than playing til 3am.

[Baz]

Murray rolling back the years here. Absolute shambles that they have to stop at 11 mind.

I agree. I went to bed but was hoping to wake up to see he’d won.

What time does it resume?

[Ben]

Alcaraz is on first. It'll be about 4pm.

[Waffdon]

Is there anything more boring than tennis players who serve really well

[Spikey M]

Chris Eubank having a go at the Tennis. :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mon Tsitsipas :cool:

[Spikey M]

Rublev vs Bublik easily the game of the tournament so far.

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:cool:

[Manc]

This Nadal regen looks a bit shit.

[Ian]

I always used to watch Wimbledon finals regardless of who was in them but can't be arsed watching Djokovic robot his way to another.

[Spikey M]

I think the nerves have got to him. He was looking pretty good earlier in the tournament.

[Spikey M]

6-0, 6-0, 6-0 would be pretty funny though.

[randomlegend]

He's minced the world number 3 and 6 on the way to the final, he can't be that bad.

Or are we just in one of those phases on tennis where there's like 2 good players?

[Spikey M]

That's more like it.

[Spoonsky]

That was a great set.

[-james-]

13 deuces. Fuck off.

[-james-]

Alcaraz is a joke

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Alcaraz is a monster.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He's minced the world number 3 and 6 on the way to the final, he can't be that bad.

Or are we just in one of those phases on tennis where there's like 2 good players?
He's the youngest ever to be ranked number 1 which he did at 19.

The kid is a superstar.

[Spikey M]

Djokovic crying over the wind :happycry:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That drop shot was world class.

[randomlegend]

If only he'd cut soy out of his diet as well as gluten.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He genuinely could beat Novax's records.

[Shindig]

I still love the story of how his gluten free diet came about.

"Hold this bread. If you feel weaker, get off that shit."

[Spikey M]

Haha fuck off Djokovic.

[Manc]

The crowd are insufferable.

[Lewis]

The crowd are insufferable.

I don't even care and I wanted Djokovic to win because of them.

[igor_balis]

ooh i support the heel, i'm hard

[Kikó]

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Pretty incredible achievement for Murray. Elite company.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Really liking Kyrgios on comms.

[Ben]

Is he retired now?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

No but he's a permacrock right now.

Only played one match last year and none so far this year.

Knees, wrist and ankle injuries.

He should join TTH tbh, he'd fit in well.

[Kikó]

Time to retire Mahow's name as Andy Murray finally plays his last Wimbledon. An absolute great of the sport.

[Baz]

Never mind him. Seen that Perricard’s serve? Beast.

[Shindig]

Time to retire Mahow's name as Andy Murray finally plays his last Wimbledon. An absolute great of the sport.

It's kinda shite how he and Nadal's bodies have just collapsed. :(

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Alcaraz is ON THE ROPES here.

[niko_cee]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cz9x74erp37o

:roflol:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What a way to end it.

[Manc]

Born in Canada to a Romanian father and Chinese mother. Stop the boats.

[Spikey M]

I bet Murray and his bitch mum are absolutely foaming that she threw his retirement wank under the bus without also pulling out of the singles. :D

[Spikey M]

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:happycry:

[randomlegend]

Find Murray quite likeable to be honest.

[Spikey M]

It's his mum I can't stand.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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:happycry:

The SEETHE :harold:

[Lofty]

Is it fair to say at this point if Radacanu looked like Becky Adlington instead of a model the hype would be nowhere near as intense?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

No.

Firstly British tennis players are always hyped massively and secondly she's won a Grand Slam, as a qualifier which has NEVER been done before or after (yet).

The hype was justified but she's been riddled with injuries, I also think her coaching carousel hasn't helped too.

She's also better on hard courts than grass.

[Manc]

Novak getting crushed.

[Spikey M]

Couldn't happen to a nicer bloke.

[Gray Fox]

Alcaraz just completely took him apart on that last Novax service game.

[Spikey M]

Completely shat the bed there.

[niko_cee]

lol if Novax comes back from here. A metaphor for the football later.

[randomlegend]

Novak getting smashed is always satisfying.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Alcaraz :cool:

Spain to keep going later on.

[Pleb]

Dan Evans has arrived.

[Gray Fox]

Nadal has called it quits. End of an era.

[Waffdon]

Andy Murray now coaching Djokovic lol

[Gray Fox]

Mahow will love him even more now.