The Tennis Thread

[Willy Nilly]

Not a massive tennis fan but do enjoy following Wimbledon. Men's tennis looks bloody brutal to me. Those 5 setters in the heat and it's just you against him, slog after slog. What do they do to recover from these matches and be fit enough to play the net match in what amounts of a few hours time?

[bexVN]

Nadal looks the best I have seen him for years both in play and attitude (as in positive over negative). I assume he is playing injury free for the first time in a long while.

[SydneyBridge]

Is the draw set for Murray v Nadal in the final as they are 1 and 2 seeds?

[bexVN]

ash73 said:

Nadal's getting a bit thin on top though, I noticed.

I just saw shorter hair. Not sure the amount of hair he has makes a difference to his play though!!

[AlexRS2782]

Awesome result for Marcus Willis & Jay Clarke in the doubles earlier.

[PhilH42]

Willis and Clarke great result! Question is as always can they back it up in the next round after a big scalp....If they can they could just write a bit of history.

Talking of scalp....Nadal is definately needing a bit more sod on the fairway....its a race to see who will go bald first him or Murray and I reckon he's winning.

[MiniMan64]

ash73 said:

Konta not firing on all cylinders today, this is looking dicey.

Ditto for Murray!

[PhilH42]

Yes Konta!!!!!

[Melman Giraffe]

MiniMan64 said:

ash73 said:

Konta not firing on all cylinders today, this is looking dicey.

Ditto for Murray!

Really...

Konta on course to win, Murray should taker first set

[NRS]

PhilH42 said:

Yes Konta!!!!!

Have you got a very slow internet stream?

ETA: you deleted the new post,

[BlackLabel]

Well played Konta.

Rafa in a bit of trouble here. I think Fed is going to have a tough match too.

Edit - couldn't have been more wrong about Fed/Dimitrov.

Edited by BlackLabel on Monday 10th July 18:33

[BlackLabel]

4+ hours later they're still at it......what a match this has been. 4 or 5 match points saved by Nadal so far.

[E24man]

Muller would have won this about six games if he had given up on trying drop shots.

[BlackLabel]

E24man said:

Muller would have won this about six games if he had given up on trying drop shots.

It's been all Muller in the final set.

[MiniMan64]

Wow.

Just wow.

The level of the men's game at the moment is insane.

[ferrisbueller]

This is nuts

[BlackLabel]

Brilliant tennis - shame there has to be a loser.

[Chris Stott]

Wow. Not much of a tennis fan, but that was enthralling.

[BlackLabel]

Well played Muller - now watch him get knocked out in straight sets in the next round, that's what usually happens to players who knock Nadal out of Wimbledon early.

[spikeyhead]

Muller, ice cool