WIMBLEDON 2014

PHEW.

Dimitrov/Mayer doesn't seem particularly enthralling. Do I dare switch over to the Murray match and listen to the inevitable excruciating commentary?

McEnroe is ok but these guys will go into overdrive if Murray runs away with this.

I'm gonna get Laura Robson commentary for the Aga match? Awesome. I expect her to be good

Radwanska/Makarova is easily the best option now (they're warming up), even without Robson commentary

Dimitrov is so breaking Mayer here

Feeble unforced error. 1st set.

Good call on A-Rad/Makarova! Decent point at the net from Makarova in that game to break there. (Also blissfully sensible commentary, hurray)

Cute how Sam Smith is being so encouraging to Robson

Makarova's outsmarted Aga a couple of times at net, you don't see that often

turned this on and i officially dng radwanska, her game is made of papier mache and string

yeah so 'what do you think?' and Robson came up with a good answer.

makarova looks useful tho

Rad not Rad lame joke, another set p

awful - df for set.

Hmm. Aga saves three SPs with unreturned serves, hands over the 4th with a DF

Murray for another break in the 2nd.

what's the deal with radwanska - how did she achieve success beforehand? doesn't seem capable of it on this evidence

with shots like these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JpvTzA0C_k

Just get him on a 8+ shot rally Murray - it will come.

4th bp

Aga can't seem to take advantage of these soft draws :(

Another break for Makarova, blimey. A-Rad is falling apart a bit here :(

ever since that brilliant win over Vika at the AO, Aga's been pretty subpar, just a bit lacklustre. Although I wouldn't be surprised if she still won this

so she's a touch player. when her touch deserts her, that's trouble

lol at the most incredibly useless play at the net from Anderson. Murray breaks.

You can make 'em seven foot but if they can't play..

Makarova has been impeccable today though. Executing with confidence and has had an answer every time Aga's tried to get wily

what a volley from rad!

some life in this match..

Makes it through but maybe its too early for a break.

murray just hit anderson in the face

set cd be 6-0

oh dear - 3 BPs

what a shot to get the double break

like, by now this is a thrashing, a complete slaughter. radwanska had to play an astonishing rally just to win a point there

Missed that - too much switching.

Anyway - Murray's 2nd serve seems to have regressed. The rest of his game will need to be at his absolute best otherwise he loses to Dimitrov. xp

My sole purpose on these threads is to talk about scheduling so...

Seems likely that top-half of women's QF will now be Wednesday; Kerber-Sharapova won't get on, Halep-Diyas and Lisicki-Shvedova were always going to be tomorrow. I assume the "30% chance of rain" between now and 9pm will allow Makarova her chance to take one more game to complete the bottom half. Men's are straightforward; bottom half of R4 tomorrow (forecast good), plus Mayer-Dimitrov, if they don't complete. Rest of top half will be done tonight. Wednesday forecast good too - three matches on each showcourt, starting with the women, I guess.

The end of that set was surprisingly entertaining.

Like Peng, Anderson falls to 0-5 in Slam R4s.

So it rained for most of the wc match.

Now this breaker between Dimitrov and Mayer is quite good.

no no Mayer poor at the net.

omg!

That challenge was in despair and hawkeye saves the day - Mayer get back, the breaker is back on.

amazing point from makarova

oh dear, Mayer dfs to hand that to Dimitrov..

set cd be 6-0

― avicii usque ad arse (imago), Monday, June 30, 2014 3:58 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

done

Radwanska did not exactly look like she was committed to the comeback

Safarova v Makarova is a fascinating QF. Two talented but inconsistent hard-hitters, one a perennial Slam underachiever (until now!), the other a perennial Slam overachiever (Makarova's career highs have all come at Slams...and Eastbourne), h2h 1-1. I think Makarova takes it...

You know screw Wimbledon and their fucking traditions, they can't run a slam worth shit

It is pathetic - they get this roof but they close their eyes to reliable forecasts that give likelihood of rainfall and can't act accordingly?

But what Wawrinka is saying is they could've played their match late in the outside courts (moving doubles or juniors matches) but didn't for security reasons. See what the organisers say.

So glad Becker is not doing commentary.

Not so glad Djoko is unlikely to win a slam while he is his coach.

Tsonga putting up a fight just as I thought it was winding down.

All the scheduling nonsense could have been so easily avoided in so many ways. It's not even that severe, the infuriating thing is how little Wimbledon seem to care about disadvantaging players.

That return to finish the match <33333

So glad Becker is not doing commentary.

Not so glad Djoko is unlikely to win a slam while he is his coach.

Djokovic has done so much for the British public. Losing two Slam finals to Murray (one of those with a total flop performance) and taking Becker off our TV commentary