2016 Wimbledon Championships: Day 9, July 6 - Order of Play

[rafanoy1992]

Now, I expect Roger to win against Raonic, but I am not so sure against Murray.

Cilic moved well apart from serving well. Raonic does not move well and also not very good at the net.

While I do expect Murray to win the tournament, him facing Federer in the final will give me some nervousness and squirm. I watch enough sports that a great player most often than not put out some magic tricks from his sleeves and wins the championship.

And Federer is the type of player that can do that.

 

[lob]

I certainly would not call it a choke. Cilic played quite well. He served big. His groundies were hard and fast. Cilic moved very well. The MPs he missed were not chokes, but good serves by Roger.

The double fault by Cilic in the 4th set TB is the only one that can be called as choke possibly. But, a DF happens in a long match somewhere. It is unfortunate for Cilic that it happened in the TB.

Yup. It was way too close. I'd say Roger got lucky. But kudos to him that he didn't blow it! Have to tip my hat and eat a bit of humble pie.

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[Tennisman12345]

I certainly would not call it a choke. Cilic played quite well. He served big. His groundies were hard and fast. Cilic moved very well. The MPs he missed were not chokes, but good serves by Roger.

The double fault by Cilic in the 4th set TB is the only one that can be called as choke possibly. But, a DF happens in a long match somewhere. It is unfortunate for Cilic that it happened in the TB.

Cilic played fantastic apart from the 3-3 0-40 , the 2 BP points in the 4th , 2 of the 3 the MP which is surely a choke

 

[Busted]

Cilic has NO IDEA what just happened...Zero...He is still thinking " Wait a minute...I outplayed the guy Roger finds a way. Congrats.

And now you will have to cheer for Raonic like a good Canadian. :snicker

I said before the tournament Milos was winning it...so yeah I also said Nole was losing in the quarters . That did not happen but I was close there too

If Raonic is going to win - then he'll have to play better in this year's semi against Roger than he did in 2014 when he got schooled. :snicker

 

[Busted]

I wanted Cilic to win because I really want Murray to win his 3rd Slam. Also, Murray has either Federer or Djokovic in ALL of his slam finals appearances so at point he has to be thinking, "When will I get a break?"

But on a serious note, great effort from Federer. He fought hard even though he wasn't playing his best tennis.

As for Cilic, his forehand let him down on those match points. He needed to hit a good forehand but he did not so he lost the tiebreaker and the match.

I'll watch the replay tonight, but you're right - Murray can't be thrilled to see Federer make it past Cilic, but he'll have his hands full with Tsonga if Jo-Willy has his crap together...which as we all know is always an iffy proposition.

 

[Busted]

Old guy with the thinning hair and pudgy midriff pulls it out in the fifth! :clap

Pudgy midriff? :laydownlaughing I was watching a match on ESPN when Fed was changing his shirt on the changeover. His stomach didn't look pudgy to me, but he clearly ain't spending all day at the gym like Rafa either. Then again - all that over-training hasn't always served Rafa well. Roger's had 1 major injury in his career and Rafa's had about 93...:lolz: JK, Rafa, fans...he's only had 85 injuries...

 

[Shivashish Sarkar]

If someone choked, it doesn't take anything away from the winner. If Cilic choked, its his fault. Even Fed has choked in some matches of his life. Fed showed in the 5th set he deserved every bit.

 

[Kieran]

I certainly would not call it a choke. Cilic played quite well. He served big. His groundies were hard and fast. Cilic moved very well. The MPs he missed were not chokes, but good serves by Roger.

The double fault by Cilic in the 4th set TB is the only one that can be called as choke possibly. But, a DF happens in a long match somewhere. It is unfortunate for Cilic that it happened in the TB.

Second last point of the 4th set tiebreak, Cillic pushes Roger out of position, then drills a straight-forward DTL forehand into the trams. He should know better by now. There were many occasions where a bloke with a spine would have taken that match by storm, but Cilic wasn't that bloke.

He *coughed*...

 

[Tennisman12345]

Murray wins first set . Tsonga really choked at 7-6 on set point 87 mph 2nd serve missed trying to outdo Cilic .

 

[Kieran]

That was a great first set, and kinda crucial for Murray to have to battle and play high intensity stuff under pressure. The return and passing shot when Tsonga served at 6-5 in the tiebreak were Nadalesque. He's a lot better at big moments now, the Scot...

 

[Kieran]

The lads in commentary were comparing this Tsonga collapse to Kyrgios in the previous rounf. Lleyton hewitt probably felt compelled to defend young Nick for his dereliction of duty in that match,because he said, "that's what Murray does to players!"

Eh, not true. One of 'em is French, and the other is Kyrgios. A much better assessment, I think...

 

[mrzz]

Second last point of the 4th set tiebreak, Cillic pushes Roger out of position, then drills a straight-forward DTL forehand into the trams. He should know better by now. There were many occasions where a bloke with a spine would have taken that match by storm, but Cilic wasn't that bloke.

He *coughed*...

I agree that Cilic was far from stellar in a few key points in the match (but so was Federer, the set point he missed prior to the shot you mention was 983274329487 times easier). The shot you mention was not very hard, but not that easy too. It was a running forehand, the ball had spin and it was quite low. In a tie breaker, in the 4th of a Wimbledon quarter final. A lot, and I really mean a lot, of folks would also miss that shot, and you know that.

It was doable? Surely it was. But misses like that are far too common.

Cilic played at a insane level at times. If he would play like that always, he would not be #13 in the world.

So, yes, he could have won that match. But it was not the first, and it will not be the last time, that one of the big three wins a match because the opponent can not sustain the extremely high level needed to beat them. That´s why they are the big three and the others are the others...

 

[Kieran]

^^ Not could have, should have. When he had his foot on Federer's neck with a two set lead, he dropped a calf.

Blimey, I left the Murray match and with was a six-inch putt for Andy to wave his hat in the air at the adoring crowd. I come home and....who's that cupid in Tsonga's box? :heart:

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Wow, Fed and Murray pushed to 5. It would be nice to see Tsonga push through and win a slam at least one of these talented French players should win one.

 

[AnonymousFan]

Haha, Murray just pointed at himself and it looks like he said "there's no way I'm going to lose this match"

 

[Tennisman12345]

5-0 to Murray great 5th set

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I stopped watching Andy's match after the first set. It looks like Murray played five sets just to make sure that he spends as much time as Fed on court. :cover

p.s. Seriously, is this a case of Tsonga playing well or Murray losing concentration?

 

[Front242]

If someone choked, it doesn't take anything away from the winner. If Cilic choked, its his fault. Even Fed has choked in some matches of his life. Fed showed in the 5th set he deserved every bit.

Fed's botched a ton of 5 setters so he deserves to win a few too.

 

[Carol]

Old guy with the thinning hair and pudgy midriff pulls it out in the fifth! :clap

Pudgy midriff? :laydownlaughing I was watching a match on ESPN when Fed was changing his shirt on the changeover. His stomach didn't look pudgy to me, but he clearly ain't spending all day at the gym like Rafa either. Then again - all that over-training hasn't always served Rafa well. Roger's had 1 major injury in his career and Rafa's had about 93...:lolz: JK, Rafa, fans...he's only had 85 injuries...

You have not any idea what are you taking about :laydownlaughing maybe you should find out how many hours Federer spends in the gym and training, you would be like :eyepop
At least Nadal has not had any surgery because his injuries, just because his appendix

 

[GameSetAndMath]

At this stage of Fed's career, there is always some record or another every time Fed wins a match.
Today, his win created the following three records. :clap :clap :clap

1. Roger Federer has now won 307 matches in GSs. This is a record for either sex. Previous holder of this record was Martina with 306 wins.
2. Roger has reached SF at Wimbledon 11 times. This ties the record by Jimmy Connors.
3. Roger has now come back from 0-2 deficit and won the match 10 times. This ties the record by Boris Becker and Aaron Krickstein.

This last one is especially amazing considering the flak he gets from folks (including me) on being bad in matches that go to the fifth set. :celeb: