Wimbledon 2012

[LukeParkerno1]

i don't think stosurs game is that bad for grass. she is heavily powerful thus should simply be pushing the ball deep and hard to the back of the court to overpower her opponents. she seemingly finds a way to f*** up in situations she can't lose... but does

Stosur's best serve is the kick serve and it doesn't work on grass, lets be honest without her serve she is VERY average, and it shows up on grass. The problem she has is she has NO plan B...

 

[Spitta09]

$100 on Rus, oh you BEAUTY!

Dear oh dear wasnt she paying $7 bucks as well? Talk about easy money

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Dear oh dear wasnt she paying $7 bucks as well? Talk about easy money

Yep lol, Tomic and Stosur, I am up almost $900 in 2 days lol

 

[juzzo]

Paszek is impressive. Has she been around long? One to look out for or just the normal randomness of the womens tour?

 

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

Well, that's exactly what happened. A faultless performance by Gulbis. Almost 2x more winners than unforced errors, served ridiculously and showed some mental toughness to top it all off. Shame we know he won't be able to keep it up and actually go on a decent run here.

Janowicz def Gulbis 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, 9-7.

As expected.

 

[juzzo]

And Li Na goes down. Free pass to the final for Sharapova.

 

[Xtreme]

Happy Rus won, shall follow her closely. ... until she loses in the third round

 

[red+black]

No huge shock that Sam lost, so not disappointed with her effort to be honest. Said to a mate yesterday she was 50/50 at very best to make the 3rd round. That's 10 Wimbledon campaigns for a solitary 3rd round. I think she'd be lucky to make the 2nd round at the Olympics.

 

[Spitta09]

hahaahaha at least stosur is no Woznihacki.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

And Li Na goes down. Free pass to the final for Sharapova.

You mean except for Clijsters and Lisiki. Tough half to be honest.

 

[Sir Vlado]

Wozniacki out.

Women

Wozniacki losing early is hardly a surprise these days, to be honest, much like Jankovic.

 

[Sir Vlado]

Paszek is impressive. Has she been around long? One to look out for or just the normal randomness of the womens tour?

Made the QF of Wimbledon last year. Won a title last week but prior to that was losing just about everything. She's got talent and she's still young but ...

 

[hirdy_is_champ]

Bad luck Sam, at least she won a match this year. Although the way she's been showing how stressed she is during a match is a bit out of character, even when she appears composed, in reality she's crapping herself. Its a bit difficult to watch to be honest.

Also is it fair to say Aussies aren't really grasscourters anymore? I'm not just saying this because everybody bombed out this year, but I swear apart from Kooyong there are no grasscourts in Melbourne (at least in the northern and western subrubs). And apart from Bernie's run last year its pretty much been the same deal for a few years where we have very few singles wins.

 

[jod23]

Not since Hewitt won Wimbledon have we had anyone really threaten at the home of tennis. Rafter almost won it twice before Hewitt. Nothing in a decade or so now though.

 

[Kram]

The amount of noise Sharapova makes when playing is bloody ridiculous.

 

[pepsi]

The amount of noise Sharapova makes when playing is bloody ridiculous.

Hit the mute button! It is the only way to watch a Sharapova match.

 

[Kram]

Something needs to be done about it, fair enough it's a big shot with extra effort but every bloody time they hit the ball?? Would drive me absolutely nuts if I had to play tennis against someone that did that.

 

[hamohawk1]

no more channel 7 commentators?

 

[XFactor1979]

stosur lost in the second round?

*being superficial, to hell with this Aussie pride bs!* What did her Dutch opponent look like?

I'd Rusther!!!!

Caroline's opponent was not bad viewing either, it takes credentials to play on centre court

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Something needs to be done about it, fair enough it's a big shot with extra effort but every bloody time they hit the ball?? Would drive me absolutely nuts if I had to play tennis against someone that did that.

Whinge, you don't like it, switch it off, and she is far from the WORST! The opponent Lisiki played was 100 times worse, Azarenka is just as bad. Nadal (and I love the bloke) grunts as much as well!

 

[CHBench]

This is when Ivo Karlovic's game comes in handy.

Snatches the 2nd set from Murray.

 

[crowsarethebest]

Bad luck Sam, at least she won a match this year. Although the way she's been showing how stressed she is during a match is a bit out of character, even when she appears composed, in reality she's crapping herself. Its a bit difficult to watch to be honest.

Also is it fair to say Aussies aren't really grasscourters anymore? I'm not just saying this because everybody bombed out this year, but I swear apart from Kooyong there are no grasscourts in Melbourne (at least in the northern and western subrubs). And apart from Bernie's run last year its pretty much been the same deal for a few years where we have very few singles wins.

Well grass courts are a bitch to maintain and cost a crapload which is why there aren't many around. Shame really, love watching grasscourt tennis as it promotes attacking, positive tennis.

Karlovic vs Murray at 1 set all. Love watching Karlovic play haha, they should just automatically skip to the tiebreak though. All he has to do is fluke a point or two in the breaker and he's got it.

 

[XFactor1979]

Karlovic would make a great henchmen in a James Bond movie. In the style of 'Jaws'

Take note - a henchman, not main baddie. Main baddies talk. Karlovic doesnt

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Murray is through, I am off to bed, hope Bagdahtis wins.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Nadal ia in a real fight against Rosol. Nadal has already saved two set points in the first.