*Official* Tennis Thread

[vogue]

Raonic is going out and Wawrinka will comfortably win..so lunch then to watch Murray later..

 

[Jono]

Troicki is capable of pushing Stan tbf

 

[vogue]

Troicki is capable of pushing Stan tbf

Well he took a set off him but that's all..
Murray having an interesting first set, gone to a tie breaker , light is poor ,bit drizzly. Murray takes it .
Hope it's not going to be another 5 set struggle..

 

[Compton]

In the world of big servers, John Isner has a pretty poor tiebreak record.

 

[vogue]

Storm set in so play suspended..

 

[vogue]

Murray through in 3 sets so the break didn't upset his play...and the Gasquet-Nishikori game has been a good one , Gasquet 2-1 up and 2-1 up in the fourth..

 

[Niall]

Gasquet v Murray will be fantastic fun, I'd love to see Gasquet winning it, obviously that won't happen, but would be a great story if he did,, just Murray, Wawrinka and Novak left to beat.

 

[Jono]

Jeez so much for that prediction. Gasquet was all over Nishi.

 

[Anil]

wow raonic was really whupped...

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Really bad storm around Western Europe today. The floods killed four people near Stuttgart, and the remnants of the storm are heading to Paris.

So yeah no play guys

And just as I type it's official, RG calls off play.

 

[Jono]

All day? ****

 

[vcs]

Hoping Gulbis or Thiem can pull off a miracle and stop Novak.

 

[vogue]

Really bad storm around Western Europe today. The floods killed four people near Stuttgart, and the remnants of the storm are heading to Paris.

So yeah no play guys

And just as I type it's official, RG calls off play.

Let's hope there is some play tomorrow ...terrible news as regards the deaths too.

 

[Jono]

Hoping Gulbis or Thiem can pull off a miracle and stop Novak.

Genuine question - why?

Last year Stan winning was so much fun because he just pulled out one of the most ridiculous performances to stop Novak, but why do you not want to witness history? Novak is clearly an ATG, and deserves a French. Sport is too unpredictable to just assume he will eventually win one (injuries, random youngsters turning great etc.).

Novak will never have a better chance to win than this year (notwithstanding having made the final in 2012, 2014, and 2015).

 

[Anil]

yeah this is the best chance for him...and yes he deserves to complete the career slam...if he wins, he would also have a good chance at the calendar slam...

 

[vcs]

Genuine question - why?

Last year Stan winning was so much fun because he just pulled out one of the most ridiculous performances to stop Novak, but why do you not want to witness history? Novak is clearly an ATG, and deserves a French. Sport is too unpredictable to just assume he will eventually win one (injuries, random youngsters turning great etc.).

Novak will never have a better chance to win than this year (notwithstanding having made the final in 2012, 2014, and 2015).

Well, it would be nice to see a youngster like Thiem have a breakout. Other than that, it's just a "cheering against the overwhelming favourite" thing, no particular reason.

 

[grecian]

I'm not hugely bothered if Novak does it or not, but in the end it's not abnormal to not want history to be done, if you're not an big fan of the player.

Unique things become less unique when they're done a lot.

 

[Jono]

Well, it would be nice to see a youngster like Thiem have a breakout.

Would prefer Gulbis winning, that'd be pure awesome. He'd give the best press conference ever.

 

[Anil]

Well, it would be nice to see a youngster like Thiem have a breakout. Other than that, it's just a "cheering against the overwhelming favourite" thing, no particular reason.

yeah? did you ever cheer against federer?

 

[vcs]

yeah? did you ever cheer against federer?

Hehe. TBF, not even Federer was this dominant even in his 2006 hey-day.