2018 Wimbledon Championships - Men

[DarthFed]

Zero.

Lol, what? Are you implying Roger likes very slow and high bouncing surfaces?

 

[atttomole]

Exactly my point. Better not to bother with long rallies and outpositioning Nadal.

My point is that he misses very easy forehands and looks a bit slow in his movement.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I fully expect Vesely to raise the anti and give a fight in second set.

 

[Busted]

You have to understand Gilbert's agenda. He wants Fakervic or Nadull in the final preferably dull to stop Federer. He knows Gulbis will be a bigger threat to faker than bendikori so he wants him in the QF.

Gilbert absolutely hates Federer. A true dulltard "pundit".

Back up - Brad Gilbert hates Roger? He's certainly obsequious and deferential enough to him on ESPN - especially when Roger comes on for an in-person interview. Or maybe Chris McKendry is just kicking him under the table?. What have I missed? Surely he's not still stuck on Roger beating Andre like a drum and Andre firing him and hiring Darren Cahill, is he? Does he hate Cahill, too?

BTW - Truly comedic ESPN moments for me is watching Gilbert and Johnny Mac pretend to be nice to one another. Maybe they can invite Ivan Lendl on to do a guest spot with the two of them.

 

[DarthFed]

I fully expect Vesely to raise the anti and give a fight in second set.

This guy has no hope on this crap. Only chance was taking the first set.

 

[monfed]

Back up - Brad Gilbert hates Roger? He's certainly obsequious and deferential enough to him on ESPN - especially when Roger comes on for an in-person interview. Or maybe Chris McKendry is just kicking him under the table?. What have I missed? Surely he's not still stuck on Roger beating Andre like a drum and Andre firing him and hiring Darren Cahill, is he? Does he hate Cahill, too?

BTW - Truly comedic ESPN moments for me is watching Gilbert and Johnny Mac pretend to be nice to one another. Maybe they can invite Ivan Lendl on to do a guest spot with the two of them.

As much as JMac if not more. He can't be a vocal fed hater as that will drop the veil of being an insightful commentator but he keeps WISHING for Fed to fail. The guy is the most Fed hating agenda driven commentator EVER.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

This guy has no hope on this crap. Only chance was taking the first set.

I am not saying he has chances of winning the match.

 

[monfed]

This guy has no hope on this crap. Only chance was taking the first set.

The only hope is if dull has those 2015 Verdasco Barcelona type meltdown which is 99.99% unlikely.

 

[Federberg]

You can't just ball bash your way past Rafa. You have to have some serve & volley. I agree with DF. This isn't really a contest. Just hitting practice for Rafa

 

[DarthFed]

I haven't been around in a while, but is this what we're doing now..'cuntdal' and 'maggot'? Thought we were going to stick with the tennis in these forums.

Apologies. My love for Nadal sometimes gets out of hand.

 

[atttomole]

Back up - Brad Gilbert hates Roger? He's certainly obsequious and deferential enough to him on ESPN - especially when Roger comes on for an in-person interview. Or maybe Chris McKendry is just kicking him under the table?. What have I missed? Surely he's not still stuck on Roger beating Andre like a drum and Andre firing him and hiring Darren Cahill, is he? Does he hate Cahill, too?

BTW - Truly comedic ESPN moments for me is watching Gilbert and Johnny Mac pretend to be nice to one another. Maybe they can invite Ivan Lendl on to do a guest spot with the two of them.

He does show his Federer dislike but it is kind of veiled. I remember last year, after Fed won Wimbledon, he made a statement about how Fed had been lucky, and Carhill replied that Brad has been saying that for Roger's other 18 slam titles.

 

[monfed]

Jason Goodall showed a graphic on the bounce of these courts and it really is bouncing high. Wish I had taken a screenshot.

 

[DarthFed]

Looks like Monfils might blow another set

 

[monfed]

He does show his Federer dislike but it is kind of veiled. I remember last year, after Fed won Wimbledon, he made a statement about how Fed had been lucky, and Carhill replied that Brad has been saying that for Roger's other 18 slam titles.

Cahill is the only commentator in that quartet of Jmac, Pmac,Fowler and Gilbert that I pay attention to for analysis. Love JMac's accent and voice though, nice commentator if you can get past his bias.

 

[Denis]

Lol, what? Are you implying Roger likes very slow and high bouncing surfaces?

Fed would not have won a single of his matches against Nadal at RG even in those conditions. Nadal is in another league on clay. Djokovic might have stood a chance in a few matches he played there against Nadal, notably that 5setter in 2012 or so.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

That third set TB between Gulbis and Special K was weird. From 5-5, the next 10 points were lost by the server continuously.

 

[Denis]

Vesely’s returning is aweful.

 

[atttomole]

Cahill is the only commentator in that quartet of Jmac, Pmac,Fowler and Gilbert that I pay attention to for analysis. Love JMac's accent and voice though, nice commentator if you can get past his bias.

I agree. J. McEnroe is the best analyst if you exclude his hyperbole.

 

[kskate2]

Cahill's analysis is good because he's the best coach of the bunch

 

[DarthFed]

Fed would not have won a single of his matches against Nadal at RG even in those conditions. Nadal is in another league on clay. Djokovic might have stood a chance in a few matches he played there against Nadal, notably that 5setter in 2012 or so.

I disagree, and fact of the matter is Rafa probably doesn't win RG every year in the conditions I mentioned. Conditions are absolutely perfect for him at RG. Closest thing for Roger is probably Halle, a mere ATP 500