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Murray on at around 5pm.
Original post by Mackay
Murray on at around 5pm.
Original post by snowman77
he's on now and it's only 3:30pm?
Yeah, that was what BBC said this morning. All times are subject to change depending on the time of other matches.
Is this tournament on grass or clay? Never seen a Wimbledon so slow. What's the point of being an aggressive player in this day and age? Every player should stand miles behind the baseline and get as many balls as they can back into play as you can only really win tournaments by playing that way. Aggressive style of play isn't rewarded anymore because of the majority slow courts. Thanks to the ATP and ITF for ruining tennis.
Women's British tennis is such a disgrace
About to watch Garcia knock out Watson
About to watch Garcia knock out Watson
Nadal with a good straight set win but will need to improve, especially with his FH going forward, Dustin Brown has the potential to cause him some problems
Original post by bittr n swt
Women's British tennis is such a disgrace
About to watch Garcia knock out Watson
About to watch Garcia knock out Watson
Original post by The_K1NG
Is this tournament on grass or clay? Never seen a Wimbledon so slow. What's the point of being an aggressive player in this day and age?
Think the weather isn't helping, to be fair.
Was waiting for someone who couldn't resist the urge to quote me
On another day she would have been knocked out. She got lucky and her luck will run out.
On another day she would have been knocked out. She got lucky and her luck will run out.
Original post by Mackay
Think the weather isn't helping, to be fair.
Yeah probably.
Nadal R1 match was the worst match I've ever seen. Nadal after playing well in Stuggart is back to being terrible. He has to improve massively if he is to even progress to the QF.
Wish Murray wouldn't grunt so much, if I'm honest.
Murray lucky to come through that second set with Kukushkin two points away from the set and serving.
Federer took all of 67 minutes to win.
Murray really shouldn't have made things that difficult for himself, but he has time to improve..
Halep and Bouchard both out... What a difference a year makes :/
Original post by lizzy95
Halep and Bouchard both out... What a difference a year makes :/
On paper, a lot of the female players should perform well. But when you look at their Grand Slam record, it tells a different story. Sharapova for example only has 5 Grand Slam titles and regularly gets knocked out before the quarter finals. With her talent, she should have easily captured 10+ Grand Slams by now. Petra Kvitova is another woman who has way under-performed for her talent.
If you compare that to mens tennis, the favourites and higher ranked players generally make it to the latter stages of tournaments. You can almost always count on guys like Djokovic, Murray and Nadal to make it to at least the quarters or semis of tournaments. They almost never have random off days where they lose to rank outsiders.
My theory is twofold:
1. Women have to deal with PMS, periods, hormonal changes, mood swings each month and this can have a temperamental effect on their game.
2. The early money and fame gets to the heads of women. They can get by earning millions of $$$ just by doing magazine shoots and flaunting their bodies, not for their tennis playing abilities. This causes most of them to waste the talent they have. Someone like Laura Robson probably has millions of $$$ in the bank already - there is just no incentive for her to try and win any big tournament.
Original post by lizzy95
Halep and Bouchard both out... What a difference a year makes :/
Happy that Bouchard lost early again but very sad for Halep
Original post by snowman77
Womens tennis is extremely unpredictable. I give respect to anyone who can predict womens tennis matches with any reasonable degree of consistency and accuracy. Strong favourites will randomly and unexpectedly lose in straight sets. Only Serena Williams has any consistency in the womens game, but even she is prone to a shock loss.
On paper, a lot of the female players should perform well. But when you look at their Grand Slam record, it tells a different story. Sharapova for example only has 5 Grand Slam titles and regularly gets knocked out before the quarter finals. With her talent, she should have easily captured 10+ Grand Slams by now. Petra Kvitova is another woman who has way under-performed for her talent.
If you compare that to mens tennis, the favourites and higher ranked players generally make it to the latter stages of tournaments. You can almost always count on guys like Djokovic, Murray and Nadal to make it to at least the quarters or semis of tournaments. They almost never have random off days where they lose to rank outsiders.
My theory is twofold:
1. Women have to deal with PMS, periods, hormonal changes, mood swings each month and this can have a temperamental effect on their game.
2. The early money and fame gets to the heads of women. They can get by earning millions of $$$ just by doing magazine shoots and flaunting their bodies, not for their tennis playing abilities. This causes most of them to waste the talent they have. Someone like Laura Robson probably has millions of $$$ in the bank already - there is just no incentive for her to try and win any big tournament.
On paper, a lot of the female players should perform well. But when you look at their Grand Slam record, it tells a different story. Sharapova for example only has 5 Grand Slam titles and regularly gets knocked out before the quarter finals. With her talent, she should have easily captured 10+ Grand Slams by now. Petra Kvitova is another woman who has way under-performed for her talent.
If you compare that to mens tennis, the favourites and higher ranked players generally make it to the latter stages of tournaments. You can almost always count on guys like Djokovic, Murray and Nadal to make it to at least the quarters or semis of tournaments. They almost never have random off days where they lose to rank outsiders.
My theory is twofold:
1. Women have to deal with PMS, periods, hormonal changes, mood swings each month and this can have a temperamental effect on their game.
2. The early money and fame gets to the heads of women. They can get by earning millions of $$$ just by doing magazine shoots and flaunting their bodies, not for their tennis playing abilities. This causes most of them to waste the talent they have. Someone like Laura Robson probably has millions of $$$ in the bank already - there is just no incentive for her to try and win any big tournament.
The first half of your comment I agree with wholeheartedly but the second... not so much.
Women in all sports suffer with PMS etc and yet manage to compete at a consistently high level, there's medication for stuff like that so shouldn't be a reason for losing matches, if a player's smart they'll take such things into account.
With regards to women being distracted by magazine shoots etc that shouldn't be a reason why the women's game is more unpredictable than the men's. Many of the top men's player have also participated in shoots, Wawrinka's fresh of a naked shoot and Nadal's modelled underwear for Armani, to name just a few instances, so again magazine shoots aren't that relevant.
It probably has more to do with the fact that there's a big 4 in the men's game that have been consistent for years in the big tournaments whilst no such group exists in the women's game.
Women's sport in general sucks.
Equal prize money is an utter joke.
Equal prize money is an utter joke.
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