2018 Wimbledon Championships - Men

[DarthFed]

Struff is GOATing right now

Lol wtf?

 

[DarthFed]

This guy hits big, decent player really.

 

[monfed]

Lol wtf?

Fed GOATing too.

 

[kskate2]

ESPN turns on Pliskabot

Haha. You borrowing my terms of endearment...

 

[DarthFed]

Fed not moving well and clearly not handling the kick serve from Struff

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Fognini in the 4th round seems like the obvious threat right now. His QF should he make it there will be tough if it's DP or Ebden and the semis will be brutal (Zverev, Kyrgios or Djokovic). But more than that, it's about the way he's playing. Luckily there's still time to improve but the clock is ticking. This isn't a slam where he can afford to play himself into form since he's usually out of the tournament over the past 5 years or so before he finds said form. Plus, while it's fair to ask who can stop him, I think we can all agree the list of no-names (or then-no names) to stop him since 2012 isn't exactly stellar.

Have you checked out Alex De Minaur. He is exactly the type of player whom Rafa would hate to play. Alex is out and out aggressive player. He may cause an upset. Alex's serve is not big, but decent. But, he has aggression in every bone. He does not come in on every ball like Mischa, but he has decent net play. More later on him in the upset thread.

His primary weakness is backhand, even though he plays two handed BH. If Rafa can recognize it and keep pounding his backhand, Rafa will win it though.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

ESPN turns on Pliskabot

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[DarthFed]

Still absolutely ridiculous they cut out of Federer for this. Not even an American involved.

 

[atttomole]

Fed not moving well and clearly not handling the kick serve from Struff

Their AO match this year was quite close, with a tiebreak.

 

[monfed]

TB incoming

 

[DarthFed]

59% second serve points won for Struff. That's the bad area for Rog​

 

[kskate2]

Manna serving for it

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Nice break by Fed. The penultimate pt was too good.

 

[monfed]

59% second serve points won for Struff. That's the bad area for Rog​

That's the area that worries me too. A more clutch player will be problematic.

 

[kskate2]

Mac takes the opener from cough drop slayer

 

[atttomole]

Excellent break of serve. I hope he can play for another 10 years, just for the tennis.

 

[monfed]

6-3 7-5 Fed. Good job, Struff was dominating the baseline points in that set.

 

[atttomole]

Struff is a decent player. Let's not forget that.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Struff is certainly showing he can hang in with Fed, even if he is losing.

 

[monfed]

Struff looks angry

Mirka looks like she's in a carnival.