*Official* Tennis Thread

[NUFAN]

All this rain...you would think you were in England not France...

The rain is taking turns each day between the French and Champions Trophy.

 

[Niall]

Rafa pulverising Bautista Agut. He's probably dropped around 10 games in 12 sets of tennis.

Carreno Busta in the quarter final who will be a waste of time. I don't mind Rafa but its grim that he is in the semi final of the French Open in 2017 without breaking sweat.

 

[vcs]

Carreno Busta in the quarter final who will be a waste of time. I don't mind Rafa but its grim that he is in the semi final of the French Open in 2017 without breaking sweat.

It doesn't make a difference who he'd have faced, in this form he was going to make it there without breaking a sweat anyway. Maybe he'd have lost 20 games instead of 10.

 

[vogue]

And in other less bonkers news, Murray up 2-0 and looking ok so far.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Murray is improving. But if he has to beat Nish, Stan and Rafa/Novak in the next three matches I wouldn't put much money on it.

 

[Anil]

Murray is improving. But if he has to beat Nish, Stan and Rafa/Novak in the next three matches I wouldn't put much money on it.

he can/will beat nishikori but stan and rafa/novak are significant challenges...

 

[Niall]

Just me that has enjoyed the ladies side more than the men again this slam?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

me too, but that's pretty much always the case

Yesterday was a bit of a blow for the top half though.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

It's quite unusual for 7 of the top 8 seeds to make the Men's quarter-finals of a slam. The Ladies tournament lacks any really great players, but that probably makes it more interesting.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Congrats to morgie btw, think Halep pushed you over the line

 

[NUFAN]

Final Results

NUFAN
Del Potro (29)
Zverev (9)
Wawrinka (3)
Ferrer (30)
Raonic (5)
Nadal (4)
Goffin (10)
Djokovic (2)


Kerber (1)
Bertens (18)
Kontaveit (unseeded)
Williams (10)
Svitolina (5)
Suarez Navarro (21)
Radwanska (6)
Pliskova (2)



Samuel_Vimes
Murray (1)
Zverev (9)
Monfils (15)
Tsonga (12)
Carreño (20)
Nadal (4)
Thiem (6)
Đoković (2)

Stosur (22)
Kuznetsova (8)
Mladenovic (13)
Gavrilova (24)
Svitolina (5)
Suárez (21)
Strýcová (20)
Pavlyuchenkova (16)



morgieb
Del Potro (29)
Zverev (9)
Wawrinka (3)
Tsonga (12)
Carreno Busta (20)
Nadal (4)
Thiem (6)
Djokovic (2)

Stosur (23)
Bertens (18)
Mlandenovic (13)
Williams (10)
Svitolina (5)
Halep (3)
Strycova (20)
Pavlyuchenkova (16)


The final scores were:
Morgie 9.5
Vimes 8.5
Nufan 5

Congrats morgie, well played and bad luck Vimes. It was good fun despite not even being close. Happy with the format once again for Wimbledon?

 

[vogue]

Stan going through nicely against Monfils.. who is wearing one of the best / colourful sports outfits so far. Like Monfils,but he was outplayed by Stan today. Hopefully it stays dry here today..perhaps the cricket needs to be played in France...

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Forecast is pretty grim. Lots of clouds around Paris rn

 

[NUFAN]

Ah that's annoying if it rains out - Thiem vs Djokovic should be great.

Also I meant I wasn't close, the battle between Vimes and Morgie was very close (I guess that happens when you pick so many similar). Carreno Busta was definitely the best get. Mlandenovic was the only other outside the top 10. I initially named her too but I wanted to take a punt on Kontaveit. My lowest ranked quarter winner was only the 5th seed, very bad.

 

[ripper868]

Congrats morgie, well played and bad luck Vimes. It was good fun despite not even being close. Happy with the format once again for Wimbledon?

What is this and how do I join?

 

[Lillian Thomson]

What is this and how do I join?

When the Wimbledon draw is made you just have to predict the Quarter-Final line up in the Men's and Ladies singles. Nothing can happen until after the draw.

 

[vcs]

Holy ****, Thiem is wiping the floor with Djokovic in the 3rd set!

 

[MW1304]

Wow this is pretty big.

 

[vcs]

Didn't Djokovic smash Thiem 6-1, 6-0 or something in Rome? WTF happened in two weeks?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Welcome to the top table Thiem. About time somebody else joined the big boys.