Wimbledon Day 5: Friday, June 27 - Order of Play

[tented]

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Click here for the Day 5 Order of Play

(All matches, on all courts, are listed in order to give you a feel for when everything will begin and end.)

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Please use this thread to discuss Day 5 action.

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[DarthFed]

Cilic and Berd could be interesting and Dimitrov might get a decent test. It's one of those matches that Dimitrov needs to win and fairly comfortably to show he is becoming more consistent.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

sir grigor wants to be winning and making it 8 victories on grass in a row.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Dimitrov better bring his return game because if the last match is any indication Dolgo is serving great.

I am not expecting any surprises but I imagine Agut will put up a decent fight against Murray. That guy is improving constantly.

Fognini-Anderson is a contrasting styles clashing. Let's see if Triple F can get through this one without drama.

I am also curious as to how Rusty-JJ match will conclude. I am rooting for Leyton there.


Nole -Simon sounds boring on paper, because we all know how Simon will play, but I see this as a great opportunity for Nole to improve his attacking game, come forward, channel his inner Becker a bit.

 

[Front242]

^ It may not be so boring hopefully. Simon played a blinder against Nadal at Rome. Never saw him play so aggressively. He'll have to do so to stand any chance but hopefully he'll make it interesting. If he plays his usual counter puncher miles behind the baseline game he's toast, so he'll need that aggressive mindset and game plan.

 

[tented]

^ It may not be so boring hopefully. Simon played a blinder against Nadal at Rome. Never saw him play so aggressively. He'll have to do so to stand any chance but hopefully he'll make it interesting. If he plays his usual counter puncher miles behind the baseline game he's toast, so he'll need that aggressive mindset and game plan.

Simon's success at Wimbledon has always been limited:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Gilles-Simon.aspx?t=pa&y=0&m=s&e=540#

I'll be surprised if Novak doesn't win this in straights.

 

[DarthFed]

I think Fog will be punted out. Hope I'm wrong but he seems too up and down to win against a decent big server at Wimbledon.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

Friday has rain in the forecast, get that roof ready......

 

[britbox]

Matches of the day:

Berdych / Cilic
Dimitrov /Dolgo

Djoko/Simon might be semi-interesting for a set but the bottom line is that Novak does everything better.

 

[britbox]

I think Fog will be punted out. Hope I'm wrong but he seems too up and down to win against a decent big server at Wimbledon.

Yeah, I'm going with Anderson. He might prove to be a bit of a dark horse here. They are underway.

 

[nehmeth]

Matches of the day:

Berdych / Cilic
Dimitrov /Dolgo

Djoko/Simon might be semi-interesting for a set but the bottom line is that Novak does everything better.

Nice first set between them. I like both these guys, but yes, Simon doesn't have the weapons to win here.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Nole breaks to go up 3-1 in the second. Anderson broke as well, trying to take it to a decider against the fabulous one.

 

[Moxie]

And Simon broke back. JJ's playing in sunglasses. Hangover?

 

[nehmeth]

And Simon broke back. JJ's playing in sunglasses. Hangover?

And just like that, it's 5-2... they may have slowed down the grass courts, but it still plays a lot quicker than the old clay.

 

[Riotbeard]

Glad Jerzy took the second. He needs to get through this quick! Sorry, not a Hewitt fan, and don't have much sentiment for him.

 

[Riotbeard]

And Simon broke back. JJ's playing in sunglasses. Hangover?

He often wears the sports sunglasses.

 

[Moxie]

And Simon broke back. JJ's playing in sunglasses. Hangover?

He often wears the sports sunglasses.

Just kidding, though I hadn't seen it before. I was thinking of Safin.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Nole chipping and charging...that brought a tear or two to my eyes...

I have said this before but I don't mind repeating myself: There is a lot of room to come to the net in the men's game today, and not just on grass. Simply because other than a handful of top players, the field is not good at passing people. Why? Because they rarely have to! When nobody comes forward and everyone stays back, you are not going to have a lot of practice in short, angled, heavy top spinned passing shots.

Giraldo beats Granola and earns the right to face Roger.

Rusty needs to win 3 sets in a row now to beat JJ. I am not sure he can do that.

 

[Riotbeard]

Also, if you need another reason for robbie koenig to be your favorite commentator, he just recommended the show Eastbound & Down. Probably forgot to mention that is one not for the kids.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Triple F is down 5-0 in the decider?
Reminds me of a military vehicle that has a long barrel attached to it that it shoots with, or the thing in my car that I put my gas in...