I think the 27th seed might have benefited from having his Brit-on-Centre-Court privileges removed. It was ridiculous that he was there. He might have done better if he’d been scheduled on an outside court.Halys deserved it! Maybe this will springboard him into a new level of play! Ya never know! Evans needed to keep spiraling down!
Seeing Chris just won his first ATP title, I think you are over hyping him quite frankly
And a 250, at that. He had these two things in common with Tiafoe - a 250 tournament victory, and now he’s one of the favourites at Wimbledon…
Agree, and Chris is 27 years old mind you, a late bloomer, if we can call him thatAnd a 250, at that. He had these two things in common with Tiafoe - a 250 tournament victory, and now he’s one of the favourites at Wimbledon…
And a 250, at that. He had these two things in common with Tiafoe - a 250 tournament victory, and now he’s one of the favourites at Wimbledon…
I’m saying that some of the seemingly intractable “traditions” of Wimbledon can run contrary to a) common sense b) a spirit of accommodating both the players and the spectating public and c) simple logistics and planning.
Their traditions aren’t intractable though. They’ve added a couple of roofs, they brought in tiebreaks after others had shown they work, they dropped their own peculiar seeding system. They kept the all-white rule - which I like - but I also like that they’ve made a concession to the ladies with regards to underwear there.I’m saying that some of the seemingly intractable “traditions” of Wimbledon can run contrary to a) common sense b) a spirit of accommodating both the players and the spectating public and c) simple logistics and planning.
If an outdoor venue for W is so sancrsant, then delay the finals until it can be played only outdoors, but in that case, Wimbledon says tradition be hanged, we got TV money $$$$$ so let’s close the roof.
If hallowed British traditions like the actual last name of the friggin Royal family can be charged, than start again
Rain delayed matches earlier in the day before the scheduled regular match and you squeeze comfortably more matches in aroofed stadium, but of course that common sense trumps tradition so they can’t have that.
Tented, give me the name of your employer, I’m going to insist they impose a “ white attire only” day at the company for you.
But did he ever beat Rafa then take Alcaraz into deep waters in the same slam? If not, then pump the breaks because he's not on the same level as Tiafoe just yet.And a 250, at that. He had these two things in common with Tiafoe - a 250 tournament victory, and now he’s one of the favourites at Wimbledon…
Well that’s true. There’s a whole 2 other 250s between them. If he wins a 500 he levels the game there. The pair of these are great rivals now, when you think about it..
I do think Stan played well on Monday, but at his age this is rather a nice potential advantage for him. I do feel for Etcheverry. You know Stans going to run him around, if he can, test those legs early. Oh, and it looks like that was his first ever win on grass. I don't like his chances.
I also feel for him, remember these are tennis professionals and have to be able to cope with weather delays like what happened today at Wimbledon, the forecast was for rain and the weather forecast was correct, we cant control the weather, they did have covers on, then the rain eased off and came back again pronto, the officials made the correct decision to cancel all play on the outside courts. they only have 2 roofs, they could have started matches earlier, seeing the forecast was bad, they didnt,
Hey, he’s in Wimbledon! He could have been dispatched today and he won. He’s not a victim of anything. I doubt he’s complaining about having another match to play tomorrow. I’d say he feels privileged and excited about it all…
If this were anything like Novak's first rodeo, you might have reason to worry. But he's even been here before with the CYGS in play. On top of that, the bottom half of the draw has been kind to him. Sure, Novak could have a bad day early, but there's not really much of anyone to take advantage of it. Stan? He's 150 years old, with bad knees. It would take a lot of Novak beating himself not to reach the final, and even then, maybe if Alcaraz is there and ready to beat him? I think you should relax. Nothing's a shoo-in, but this one is close.
Agree w/ most everything else but this. It actually rained a bit yesterday, so that's 2 affected days.
True that. They’ll recover though. Might be that they have to sacrifice that irritating French bloke Henri Leconte doing his boring clown act in week 2. Now I hope it rains tomorrow too, if it guarantees that..
I guess he was just stunned that he had to play again tomorrow, seeing he was on court for over 4 1/2 hours, though I agree with your comments
