WIMBLEDON 2019

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

we are going all the way

To serve for a fifth set... where thankfully, there'll be no more tie breaks.

Federer needs to play the fifth set like it’s the sixth set

lol

I should probably have waited before posting that but hey

phew that point!

well a god rally to stop Djoko from getting one of these breaks back

into the net: one more BP

One more shot at that fifth set...

3 SPs

And there we go.

Roger served it out and my stream promptly cut out argh.

Fed now @ deuce

sorry Novak @ deuce

Two good serves to see it out. On serve: 2-1 D

Its two breaks points djoko, with net cords helping him a bit

A few BPs saved..

0-30 Fed, danger

Two BPs to save