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Wimbledon 2017
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Men shouldn't be allowed to play women's tennis!MrOneLung said:Am sure she will come back stronger.
Not as if she chucked it away or choked - Venus was the better player on the day.-1 -
Come on Heather Watson and Chris Packham!0
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She'll be a year more British next year too. Quite like Konta to be fair. Grunts less than the rest. Tournament is all a bit of an anti climax now. Federrer winning will be a nice touch but gloss taken off by the rest of the big fourball being knackered.0
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Watson and Packham won2
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The semis would have been amazing with the big 4 there and fitSillybilly said:She'll be a year more British next year too. Quite like Konta tonne fair. Grunts less than the rest. Tournament is all a bit of an anti climax now. Federrer winning will be a nice touch but gloss taken off by the rest of the big fourball being knackered.
Nadal vs Murray on grass, Djokovic vs Federer
Sadly not to be0 -
I hadn't realised that Virginia Wade (while of British stock) actually lived in South Africa between the age of 1 and 14, so even our best women's player got much of her tennis development abroad!0
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Dear old Barry Davies commentating on the Mixed Doubles on the Red Button.
He must be pushing 80 now.0 -
And still a pompous twat.LenGlover said:Dear old Barry Davies commentating on the Mixed Doubles on the Red Button.
He must be pushing 80 now.0 -
Davies was by far the best sports commentator. Could handle any sport.
Am sure there has been a thread on commentators3 -
I always loved his slight sense of disapproval when somebody make a silly mistakeMrOneLung said:Davies was by far the best sports commentator. Could handle any sport.
Am sure there has been a thread on commentators
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The World Staring Championship isn't the same without him.MrOneLung said:Davies was by far the best sports commentator. Could handle any sport.
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Football
Netball
hockey
Ice hockey
Tennis
Ice Skating
Olympics
Winter Olympics
He could do them all.0 -
Had a good day at Centre Court, even if the first semi-final was a walkover and the second a little disappointing. Konta hit plenty of aces (as well as some double faults) and made some very good groundstrokes, although Venus had the edge in quality on the day and made her experience tell. Whenever she lost a potentially big point on her serve, she almost invariably slowed things down on the next point, often by repeating her ball toss.
Konta should continue to improve and has now made the top 5, which is no mean achievement. Really enjoyed the two mixed doubles games that followed, with Jamie Murray/Martina Hingis and Heather Watson/Henri Kontinen making it through to the semis.
Before play started, a friend of mine took us on a tour of the media centre and its incredibly impressive facilities. There are teams of people knocking out press packs and match statistics - the sort of stuff that, in football terms, John Motson used to spend vast amounts of time pulling together before his commentaries. The place really is a statto's wet dream.1 -
Brendan Fraser and Stuart Storey (the latter used to be my Nan's boss) were both excellent at the Olympics / AthleticsMrOneLung said:Davies was by far the best sports commentator. Could handle any sport.
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First set Querrey. Cilic is a pain in the arse with all this ball bouncing.1
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One set all 7-6, 4-60
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It is games like this that make me seriously consider the future of tennis on grass!0
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Think I may actually hate John Inverdale.1
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Cilic wins 6-7 6-4 7-6 7-50
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This.Talal said:Think I may actually hate John Inverdale.
I wonder what Mcenroe thinks when Co commentating with him. Probably the same as us.0 - Sponsored links:
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I can't quite put my finger on why, but to me Querry looks like he was drawn by Dr Seuss1
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Fed too sets up. Going to win the tournament without dropping a set. Miles ahead of everyone atm. The greatest ever. Total respect .0
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A month shy of his 36th birthday and Federer is into the final0
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I can see Cilic being competitive on Sunday, but can't see him winning0
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His 11th Wimbledon final in 15 years, that's a ridiculous record.2
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golden oldie time .. Venus and Roger .. combined ages ? .. 720
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Good commentator. Doesn't rabbit on too much, or go into prediction mode. He lets you watch the game. That's a disappearing skill with tennis commentators.LenGlover said:Dear old Barry Davies commentating on the Mixed Doubles on the Red Button.
He must be pushing 80 now.
Watching Watson & Kontinen in the semi final. Good match.1 -
Amen. Are you reading this Inverdale?!vff said:
Good commentator. Doesn't rabbit on too much, or go into prediction mode. He lets you watch the game. That's a disappearing skill with tennis commentators.LenGlover said:Dear old Barry Davies commentating on the Mixed Doubles on the Red Button.
He must be pushing 80 now.
Watching Watson & Kontinen in the semi final. Good match.0 -
Roof closed for the final. It's gonna be loud!0
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Exiled_Addick said:
Feds is favourite by miles. Most talented, in the best form and probably even in his mid thirties the fittest and best conditioned.Leuth said:Querrey is likeliest IMO
Cillic would be second favourite though because he has won a slam before and experience does count in major finals.
Bit late with the gloat here, but I don't get to be right very often, so please forgive me, but...Leuth said:Well, let's see...
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