WIMBLEDON 2014

Djoko to serve it out.

Tie break

djoko wins - fuck know what he was doing.

ultimately just another chapter in what's now a 0-10 h2h and a history of falling short vs top players for Cilic. I didn't see the second set, but he didn't even cover himself in that much glory - third set was fuckery from both, fourth and fifth sets there was a real lack of fight

what a gift from Fed - mini break back

Cilic... So tall, so mentally fragile. Lol remember when we used to call him Anime Eyes?

aww what a volley at the net..

chip and charge for the set

Strange to think Stan could play like that while ailing...

It wasn't that big a time out - hope he can continue playing well.

Fed playing really great.

His game is off a bit now...aargh

Stan pulled through but unless the meds work..

Errors creeping into Stan's game...

And Fed breaks.

yay

lol, McEnroe can't figure out why Federer's taking a bathroom break when he has the momentum, presumably the idea that someone might actually need to use the bathroom is a foreign concept now

"he is human" er..

lmao let the dude pee

At least Stan is serving first.

Even if he were to summon up the energy you wonder in what shape he would be for the SF.

Its all academic...this is an awful day. Forget Stan, I'm ill.

the commentary re: Fed took a bizarre turn there

come on - that was Stan's best for a while.

no energy left.

Great. Raonic - Kyrgios 'industrial' tennis left

I think popping in for the TBs might be the way forward with that one

TB decided by one mini-break, happily it went Kyrgios's way :)

shot of the fucken tournament there

Fed through - what bollocks.

Raonic has just broken in the 2nd

Cheap point follows on with cheap errors, etc.

Dbl break - Kyrgios' mum was right.

Raonic is as close as I get to calling a player 'unwatchable'

Who is going to play worse next - comedy from Raonic, K breaks.

No need for tie breaks here.

I mean I'm watching, but yeesh.

Raonic is a truly pathetic creature. 2nd serve thrashed away by K and the scream...you know that cliche about Canadians as too nice? Well, its like the government decided to change that by designing too unlikeable to say the least tennis players in Raonic and Bouchard.

i only tuned in for two games earlier but is there a reason why Raonic's wearing only one sleeve? it's almost as bad as watching him play tbh

(Although I don't dislike or like Bouchard)

New fashion statement from Raonic - must be putting K off!

K showing some guts, he had an arg with the umpire at the end of the 3rd but kept his head throughout. Looks like, yes, a breaker coming up.

But its all too much, five MPs

He's saved four of 'em

But he has that ace in the locker.

Went for a walk. Got back at 6-1 in that TB. For a second fantasised about Raonic losing it from 5 MPs up but not to be. BOOOOOOOO servebots (especially cheating servebots)

(I refer to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM3KZo61FZ4

)

I stayed through that - feel like I need a prize so I'll be going round the pub and get myself into a punch-up. See you later!

Incident was hilarious - could Raonic concede the point?

ugh totally forgot abt that.

But yes, Raonic could have conceded esp after the replay. I think I said this at the time, but I've often seen Del Potro himself concede points when he thinks his opponents got a bad call, so that incident just made Raonic look like that much more of an asshole.

Yeah, in much the same way players can concede points on wrong line calls...Raonic didn't exactly cover himself in glory talking about it either (a day later his PR team hurried him out to apologise properly iirc). Hard to say he "should" have conceded when it's an umpiring mistake first and foremost but it was such an egregious error, no room for uncertainty about what happened (similarly to that amazing doubles match where Vesnina and Mirza went into hysterics over a blatant Liezel Huber double bounce on MP).

Soooooo your SFs. Two potentially great (though I can imagine them falling flat tbh), two...less likely to be great.

(13) Eugenie Bouchard vs. (3) Simona Halep
(23) Lucie Safarova vs. (6) Petra Kvitova

Halep leads Bouchard 1-0 (at Indian Wells this year, a three-setter)
Kvitova leads Safarova 5-0 (4-0 this year, 1-0 on grass; two of those went to three sets, including a third set TB at Eastbourne, but maaaan that's a steep hill for Lucie to climb)

(1) Novak Djokovic vs. (11) Grigor Dimitrov
(4) Roger Federer vs. (8) Milos Raonic

Djokovic leads Dimitrov 3-1 (no matches this year or on grass; Dimitrov's win came on clay, Madrid 2013)
Federer leads Raonic 4-0 (1-0 on grass; Raonic won a set each time except their one Slam meeting, AO 2013)

The Huber controversy, only a tenuous connection but it's always worth rewatching. "But Carlos, it was TWO BOUNCE!!!1111" *takes ball from pocket and bounces it violently on ground*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLic-eiO5_8

And then Mirza HAMMERING Huber in the throat with the FH, bow down. And then Vesnina's amazing post-match tweets. Peak WTA drama, that was.