2023 Men's Wimbledon Championships

[MargaretMcAleer]

William Blumberg and Casper Ruud have withdrawn from the doubles due to Ruud having shoulder pain

 

[rafanoy1992]

That is your opinion,

You really think that Sinner made a comment regarding about Zverev’s comment about him and scheduling?!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

You really think that Sinner made a comment regarding about Zverev’s comment about him and scheduling?!

I made it up okay ,

 

[rafanoy1992]

I made it up okay ,

That’s okay with me as long as you know it is not real.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

That’s okay with me as long as you know it is not real.

Whatever you say I am over this, I dont post things willy nillyI dont make things up,

 

[Jelenafan]

 

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I enjoy watching this doubles team. @don_fabio does too, I believe.

 

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There goes your Babycakes into a mouthwatering fourth round match with Chaz Alcaraz…

Some visuals for @kskate2 to accompany your post.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I always enjoy listening to Meddy in his press, he is always clear and honest on his performance, he did play a tricky opponent in Fucsovics and came through with a solid win in 4 sets.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Just looking at some of the mens matches,

Bublik v Rublev, could be a bit of a revenge match, Alex defeated Andrey in this year's Halle final to win his first grass court title, though over 5 sets Rublev may have the edge.
Seeing Sinner's draw has really opened up with Fritz being defeated, he should defeat Galan
Djokovic has a H2H 5-0 over Hubi, I cant see Hubi making any inroads into Novaks game, unless he serves lights out, though he is facing the best returner in the mens game at present
Can Dimitrov hold his nerve, leading 2 sets to love over Tiafoe, in a match that had to be suspended due to rain, come back and win the match, he does have a record of not been able to close out matches

 

[Kieran]

In regards to Berrettini playing Alcaraz who was the last player to have beaten Alcaraz in a 5 setter and 2/3 of their matches have gone to deciding TBs,
Quite frankly at this point in time, I really dont expect Matteo to win. An area that does concern me is the placement of Alcaraz serves, it is an area that he needs to improve

Why do you think his service placement needs improving?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Why do you think his service placement needs improving?

I feel he needs to mix it up more often in matches, adding variety, he has a great kick serve btw

 

[Kieran]

I feel he needs to mix it up more often in matches, adding variety, he has a great kick serve btw

Interesting. There’s stats that show he’s not mixing it up enough? Where is he favouring with the placement? Statistically, he’s doing quite well on serve..

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Interesting. There’s stats that show he’s not mixing it up enough? Where is he favouring with the placement? Statistically, he’s doing quite well on serve..

That is just my personal opinion, to me a player has to mix his serve up and keep his opponent guessing, especially at 30 all points, or deuce, I remember Rafa use to use his tee serve on big points, I could close my eyes, when he used to use his tee serve, it was successful more times than none lol!

 

[Kieran]

That is just my personal opinion, to me a player has to mix his serve up and keep his opponent guessing, especially at 30 all points, or deuce, I remember Rafa use to use his tee serve on big points, I could close my eyes, when he used to use his tee serve, it was successful more times than none lol!

It’s definitely an opinion, I’m just wondering are there stats that show he’s too predictable, especially in those 30-all points?

Rafa was like a metronome with his serve to Federer’s backhand. No variation, just fizzed it into the backhand. Generally the purpose of Rafa’s serve was to construct, not to destroy. It was a chess move, to construct the rally that was to follow..