Grand Slam Wimbledon 2018

[caesar88]

Watching post-2013 Serena try to close out matches often feels like watching Seconds From Disaster lol

 

[pepsi]

Well there you go, wimbledon organisers doing something aus open couldn't .They've scheduled Federer on court 1.
CENTRE:
Djokovic-Nishikori
del Potro-Nadal

COURT 1:
Federer-Anderson
Raonic-Isner

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Well there you go, wimbledon organisers doing something aus open couldn't .They've scheduled Federer on court 1.
CENTRE:
Djokovic-Nishikori
del Potro-Nadal

COURT 1:
Federer-Anderson
Raonic-Isner

Watch the whinge happen lol

 

[caesar88]

Watching post-2013 Serena try to close out matches often feels like watching Seconds From Disaster lol

Then she serves it to love, jinxed it

 

[pepsi]

Serena, Kerber and ostapenko are absolute quality semi finalists.

 

[red+black]

Serena #181 coming into Wimbledon
Lose SF - 51
Lose F - 28 (3rd oldest finalist)
Win F - 19 (oldest slam winner)

 

[Wolfs]

Seeds Remaining

Spoiler: Men's

(1) Roger Federer
(2) Rafael Nadal
(3) Marin Cilic - 5060 - Defending 1200 - Loses 1155 - 3905
(4) Alexander Zverev - 5755 - Defending 180 - Loses 90 - 5665
(5) Juan Martin Del Potro
(6) Grigor Dimitrov - 4780 - Defending 180 - Loses 170 - 4610
(7) Dominic Thiem - 3835 - Defending 180 - Loses 170 - 3665
(8) Kevin Anderson
(9) John Isner
(10) David Goffin - 3110 - Defending 0 - Gains 10 - 3120
(11) Sam Querrey - 2130 - Defending 720 - Loses 630 - 1500
(12) Novak Djokovic
(13) Milos Raonic
(14) Diego Schwartzman - 2435 - Defending 10 - Gains 35 - 2470
(15) Nick Kyrgios - 1855 - Defending 10 - Gains 80 - 1635
(16) Borna Coric - 1745 - Defending 10 - Loses 0 - 1745
(17) Lucas Pouille - 1835 - Defending 45 - Loses 0 - 1835
(18) Jack Sock - 2110 - Defending 45 - Loses 35 - 2075
(19) Fabio Fognini - 2030 - Defending 90 - Loses 0 - 2030
(20) Pablo Carreno Busta - 2145 - Defending 0 - Gains 10 - 2155
(21) Kyle Edmund - 1950 - Defending 45 - Gains 45 - 1995
(22) Adrian Mannarino - 1580 - Defending 180 - Loses 0 - 1580
(23) Richard Gasquet - 1465 - Defending 10 - Loses 0 - 1465
(24) Kei Nishikori
(25) Philipp Kohlschrieber - 1575 - Defending 10 - Gains 80 - 1655
(26) Denis Shapovalov - 1588 - Defending 10 - Gains 35 - 1623
(27) Damir Dzumhur - 1665 - Defending 45 - Loses 0 - 1665
(28) Filip Krajinovic - 1489 - Defending 0 - Gains 10 - 1499
(29) Marco Cecchinato - 1514 - Defending 10 - Loses 0 - 1514
(30) Fernando Verdasco - 1280 - Defending 10 - Loses 0 - 1280
(31) Stefanos Tsitsipas - 1254 - Defending 35 - Gains 180 - 1399
(32) Leonardo Mayer - 1235 - Defending 0 - Gains 10 - 1245

(1) Simona Halep - 7871 - Defending 430 - Loses 300 - 7571
(2) Caroline Wozniacki - 6910 - Defending 240 - Loses 170 - 6740
(3) Garbine Muguruza - 6550 - Defending 2000 - Loses 1930 - 4620
(4) Sloane Stephens - 5463 - Defending 10 - Loses 0 - 5463
(5) Elina Svitolina - 5250 - Defending 240 - Loses 230 - 5020
(6) Caroline Garcia - 4960 - Defending 240 - Loses 230 - 4730
(7) Karolina Pliskova - 4315 - Defending 70 - Gains 170 - 4485
(8) Petra Kvitova - 4610 - Defending 70 - Loses 60 - 4550
(9) Venus Williams - 3971 - Defending 1300 - Loses 1170 - 2801
(10) Madison Keys - 3536 - Defending 10 - Gains 120 - 3656
(11) Angelique Kerber
(12) Jelena Ostapenko
(13) Julia Goerges
(14) Daria Kasatkina - 3165 - Defending 70 - Gains 360 - 3525
(15) Elise Mertens - 2635 - Defending 10 - Gains 120 - 2755
(16) Coco Vandeweghe - 2603 - Defending 430 - Loses 420 - 2183
(17) Ash Barty - 2435 - Defending 10 - Gains 120 - 2555
(18) Naomi Osaka - 2350 - Defending 130 - Loses 0 - 2350
(19) Magdalena Rybarikova - 2310 - Defending 780 - Loses 770 - 1540
(20) Kiki Bertens - 2090 - Defending 10 - Gains 420 - 2510
(21) Anastasija Sevastova - 2005 - Defending 70 - Loses 60 - 1945
(22) Johanna Konta - 1866 - Defending 780 - Loses 710 - 1156
(23) Barbora Strycova - 1915 - Defending 70 - Gains 60 - 1975
(24) Maria Sharapova - 1943 - Defending 0 - Gains 10 - 1953
(25) Serena Williams
(26) Daria Gavrilova - 1765 - Defending 10 - Gains 120 - 1885
(27) Carla Suarez Navarro - 1677 - Defending 70 - Gains 60 - 1737
(28) Anett Kontaveit - 1656 - Defending 130 - Loses 0 - 1656
(29) Mihaela Buzarnescu - 1648 - Defending 20 - Gains 110 - 1758
(30) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova - 1596 - Defending 10 - Loses 0 - 1596
(31) Shuai Zhang - 1545 - Defending 10 - Loses 0 - 1545
(32) Agnieszka Radwanska - 1580 - Defending 240 - Loses 170 - 1410


All 4 women left are seeded players

 

[BobbyMorri]

Well there you go, wimbledon organisers doing something aus open couldn't .They've scheduled Federer on court 1.
CENTRE:
Djokovic-Nishikori
del Potro-Nadal

COURT 1:
Federer-Anderson
Raonic-Isner

ha. Nole is finally on CC.

So happy for Julia. I didn't watch the 3rd set but I heard it was lights out tennis. Bout time the WTA had a new Semi finalist once again. I don't think she can beat Williams but you never know.

Giorgi just couldn't get a point against the serve on Williams.

Geech, the potential finals could be quality. Ostapenko, the girl who will smash Williams off the baseline, or Kerber, the girl who will force Williams to work and hit another ball over and over again.

 

[caesar88]

I’m not sure Serena has the consistency in her game yet to go all the way.

Kerber is probably best equipped to capitalise on Serena’s lapses but if Serena can bring her best tennis of the tournament so far in the next two matches then 24 is hers to lose.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Some decent looking Men's quarter finals on paper.

 

[Hamingja]

I’m not sure Serena has the consistency in her game yet to go all the way.

Kerber is probably best equipped to capitalise on Serena’s lapses but if Serena can bring her best tennis of the tournament so far in the next two matches then 24 is hers to lose.

Neither Kerber or Ostapenko would be scared to beat Serena at least.

Rus, Tomova, Mladenovic, Rodina, Giorgi, Goerges.

Nice run to a WTA international final, oh wait it is Wimbledon....

 

[Roobs321]

Kerber has been frenetically hanging just outside the top 10 for most of the season, due a result which will launch her well within to a ranking of her quality. She'd be my favourite for now.

I wonder if Ostapenko can replicate Stan's "5 slams later..." thingy.

Any which way, we have 4 great stories among the women.

Isner making the men's semis is a bit ugh, but otherwise the men's is juicy if a bit same olds.

 

[red+black]

Some decent looking Men's quarter finals on paper.

Quickly scrolling through, read this as:

Some decent looking men in the quarter finals #NTTAWWT

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Wimbledon first-round men's doubles tennis clash reported over match-fixing suspicions

BY JACK KERR UPDATED 27 MINUTES AGO

A men's doubles match at Wimbledon has been reported to gaming and tennis authorities as suspicious after an "out of the ordinary" late shift in odds, the ABC can reveal.

International bookmaker Pinnacle Sports has confirmed the first-round match was "flagged as suspicious due to irregular betting patterns".

Pinnacle's sports integrity manager Sam Gomersall said the company noticed "a series of bets from accounts with a history of wagering on suspicious matches", which were placed in the hour before the match began.

This helped create a late shift in odds, which Mr Gomersall said was "another clear indication" of suspicious activity.

"We would anticipate some minor odds movement in any tennis match," he said.

"But the odds movement … just under an hour before it was due to start is certainly out of the ordinary.

"We followed our strict protocol when it comes [to] match-fixing alerts by notifying the authorities on site at Wimbledon and reducing our market offering immediately."

Some of the players involved in the match are ranked in the singles top 100.

ABC cannot identify the match for legal reasons, but has made efforts to contact the relevant players.

Another industry insider, who said he also flagged the match with authorities but did not want to be named, said the game attracted significant interest on betting markets.

However, the ABC is not aware of any bookmakers closing their books on this match, and a tennis betting analyst says the match did not attract suspicions with eastern European bookmakers.

The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) would not comment on whether the match was under investigation.

"The TIU has become more transparent, hence our publication of [quarterly] match alert data, but that is also balanced against the need for operational confidentiality, as in this matter," a TIU spokesperson said.

The ABC has also contacted Wimbledon, the UK Gambling Commission and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for comment.

Mr Gomersall said Pinnacle Sports was "committed to doing what we can to reduce the number of fixed matches in all sports".

"We will continue to work closely with local police forces and other similar organisations to assist the great work they are doing to combat match fixing in tennis."

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-11/wimbledon-tennis-match-reported-as-suspicious/9968896

 

[caesar88]

Neither Kerber or Ostapenko would be scared to beat Serena at least.

Rus, Tomova, Mladenovic, Rodina, Giorgi, Goerges.

Nice run to a WTA international final, oh wait it is Wimbledon....

They wouldn’t be scared no, but Serena would probably find another gear against a Slam winner. I think her semi final will be tougher for her than the final should she make it.

 

[pepsi]

They wouldn’t be scared no, but Serena would probably find another gear against a Slam winner. I think her semi final will be tougher for her than the final should she make it.

I doubt that. She has lost to kerber in a slam final before and ostapenko is a slam winner herself and can outhit serena. The occasion will get to georges.

 

[caesar88]

I doubt that. She has lost to kerber in a slam final before and ostapenko is a slam winner herself and can outhit serena. The occasion will get to georges.

Yeah but Kerber played exceptional tennis to beat Serena. Her greatest challenge in grand slams has always been overcoming the less-fancied underdog who in theory shouldn’t trouble her. It’s happened over and over. She rises to the occasion against the better opponents

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Ostapenko reminds me of davenport, easy power and times the ball superbly. Imo is more of a danger than kerber if and only if she plays lights out tennis which she is certainly capable of. Serena will be flat out trying to get balls back in that case.

 

[BobbyMorri]

Ostapenko looked good last night.

I really can't see which way the final will go if Williams makes it. The old adage is that if Williams plays her best, she will win. (ps i disagree with that now, Muguruza's best is untouchable). That will be true for Julia and Kerber. But Ostapenko is something different. So young and with unmatched power. I don't think she will do a Muguruza and dominate from the off. Ostapenko will be up and down but if she is up on the big points like against Cibulkova, then you can't do anything because she just smashes the ball.

And then, if she isn't at her best, Kerber is in with a massive chance. Kerber is consistently very good.

To beat Ostapenko, Serena will have to serve very well, to keep Ostapenko away from any chance to smash it ala, Venus to Alona last year. To beat Kerber, she will have to return very well and smash that 2nd serve every single time.

 

[red+black]

so which MD is the culprit? http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/draws/index.html?event=MD

#1 seeds?
22-20 match?
one of the retirements?
one of the triple tie-breakers?

 

[red+black]

It was this match: http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/stats/3102.html

Perhaps about time for life bans. Read more here: https://twitter.com/Carretero77

 

[Hamingja]

so which MD is the culprit? http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/draws/index.html?event=MD

#1 seeds?
22-20 match?
one of the retirements?
one of the triple tie-breakers?

Fixing a 22-20 match sounds like a lot of effort.

http://www.tennisexplorer.com/match-detail/?id=1700005

Marrero/Verdasco opened $1.48 and started $2.38.

Match includes "some top 100 players" as per the news articles.

One of them has form.

The other match that would be suspicious based on betting patterns would be this other one.

http://www.tennisexplorer.com/match-detail/?id=1700018

Berrettini and Marterer drifted from $2.62 to $3.73 in one opening fluc which is a big jump.

 

[Hamingja]

It was this match: http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/stats/3102.html

Perhaps about time for life bans. Read more here: https://twitter.com/Carretero77

You could have posted this a few minutes earlier and I wouldn't have went through the betting flucs of every round 1 men's double match

 

[pepsi]

It was this match: http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/stats/3102.html

Perhaps about time for life bans. Read more here: https://twitter.com/Carretero77

Thanks for the link, what excellent research by that person! Tennis lends itself as one of the easiest professional sports to match fix and who knows the extent to which it occurs. The doubles player marrerro looks suspicious as does verdasco really!

 

[red+black]

You could have posted this a few minutes earlier and I wouldn't have went through the betting flucs of every round 1 men's double match

if you went from the top, it was the 2nd match