WIMBLEDON 2019

nadal didnt serve well enough and couldnt end rallies

Tennis, bloody hell

id be happy to be wrong but i dont think fed can beat djoker on sunday

I don’t think so either. This was great but not quite the display vs Murray in the semis in 2015; that level was only good enough for a set vs Novak two days later.

Fingers crossed for a distracted, UEing Serb.

Nadal didn't play well but that was still tremendous from the old man. So much patience today on the long rallies, forcing Rafa into uncharacteristic errors.

Not sure if it will be enough against Nole, but I hope to be proven wrong too. I've really gone off Djokovic these past few weeks over his poor attitude re: Gimelstob.

I kept expecting Nadal to take charge and Federer to fold, but aside from S2, he hung in there like never before. Even in the final game, RF made some great first serves which Nadal kept returning strong, but Fed kept pouring on the pressure. I really don't think that Rafa played poorly so much as Federer stayed strong and outwilled him.

I'll be surprised if Sunday is one-sided.

yeah nadal played pretty well, if he breaks in that final game i dont think its outlandish to think he comes back to win tbh

Incredible, flawless performance from Halep today - 6-2, 6-2 over Williams in under an hour and just three unforced errors!

Never seen anyone read Serena's serve like that, and her court coverage was Djokovic-like.

mahut just got tagged in the head on an overhead ~ hope hes ok

Hard to believe that's the same Halep who six weeks ago in Paris got clobbered by Anisimova, never able to even begin getting into the match.

I don't often keep watching through all the after-ceremonies and celebration, but it was touching to see how much it meant to Halep. Apparently, she was quite honored to be in the presence of royalty! Also surprised by the BBC lady in the on court interview disparaging Halep's French Open win by comparison.

Apparently, she was quite honored to be in the presence of royalty!

Romania was a kingdom from 1881 to 1947, until the advent of communism put an end to the monarchy. Many Romanians think back fondly on this supposedly resplendent period to better cope with the horrors of the Gheorghiu-Dej/Ceaușescu era, so royalty (much like Christianity) is viewed in a positive light by a significant segment of the population. There was even talk of restoring the throne after 1989, as Michael I was still alive at the time. Thankfully, that never happened.

men's doubles final is fantastic

It is ridiculously good. Let’s have five tie-breaks.

Halep irresistible from about 2pm on Tuesday.

Rooting for the French team if only because I can remember ER-V’s dad beating Connors at the French. I am old.

the grounds pass only folks have had to wait a long time 2 get in here lol

omg mahut

colombia!

I feel sorry for Mahut

I feel like that many nutshots deserve a victory

its true, and yet

Eye socket, throat and knackers - here, have a runners-up trophy to put next to the little trinket we gave you in 2010 for losing an 11-hour match. Also, I’m still sore on his behalf for the loss at Queen’s to Andy Bloody Roddick all those years ago.

Bit of a shame MxD final gets pushed to No.1 court today. I know it was past 9pm when the Colombians won last night, hence no LD final, but how late was it two years ago? Muguruza-Venus was a longer match than Halep-Serena and Kubot/Melo won the MD 13-11 in the 5th. They squeezed the LD final in under the roof back then... admittedly it was a double-bagel blowout and didn't trouble the curfew.

yerman has followed up 3 UEs with 3 extremely good points

aaaand an UE

aaaand another one?!

literally six UEs to throw that tie-break

Final should be over, v v poor from Fed at the end there.

he's started set two angry

Literal lol at Mirka's face after Federer breaks to start the second set: "Why didn't you play like that in the TB?!!"

Aaaaand there's the double break.

is djokovic injured

Nah just mentally recovering from that first set. Roger did nearly the same thing in his match against Nadal - stole the first set in a TB, lost the second 6-1.

Lol that was quick but I expect more of a third set.

Solidly on serve so far

Fed set point - what a play at the net

solid serve to save

TB

it's a tiebreak, so RF has his errors out on show again

jesus and how

Ughhhh

Biggest difference in Roger's game in this match vs the one against Rafa: consistency in rallies. Against Nadal, he showed more patience - content on just making his shots, drawing Rafa into errors.

Here, he's the one making the errors, going for too much on the finishing shot.

Two SPs

These TBs are going to give me nightmares.

Just a few key errors which is expected. Fed is in his late summer; Djoko is no 1 and dominant.

Fed hasn't faced a single BP on his serve yet is somehow down two sets to one. Unbelievable.

Djokovic hasn't been dominant in this match at all! Fed has been outplaying him consistently EXCEPT during those awful, awful TBs.

Djokovic is hardly winning those points, Roger is handing them to him.

Fed has won 10 more points than Djokovic. This is an awful way to lose a Slam final.

"Djokovic hasn't been dominant in this match at all!"

Sorry what I meant is slam form and what they are bringing into the match.

I think 10 more points is more to do with that weird 2nd set from Djoko...although I am half-watching this with the cricket.

Still on serve and Fed playing toe-to-toe: 2-2

jesus this match

Fed has broken and he wants some more: 30-30