Running Wimbledon thread

Nadal is 11-6 lifetime against him. The there was the curious case of Guillermo Canas, who beat him in consecutive tournaments last year. I couldn't find if he was ahead in the all-time series though.

No-one else springs immediately to mind.

 

I think Roger gets him back, in some ways the French Open beatdown was a wake-up call and possibly a relief. Even the great ones have an off day against a guy who was almost impossible to beat to begin with.

Plus, frankly, tennis needs Federer to be on top for another couple of years. He's carrying the sport in terms of mainstream press and it doesn't seem like anyone else is really interested in doing it.

And I would pick Venus over Serena here. This seems like one of those Venus years, she's sort of under the radar and not getting a lot of attention.

 

Marat wins! Marat wins!

 

That 2nd round game against Djokovic could be outstanding. Like the announcers were saying, he usually plays to the level of his opposition.

Safin could get a huge boost with a win on Wednesday.

 

Oh dear Chris Fowler: Estonia is in the Balkans, which is kind of near Finland, right?

It's a good thing Bud was there to correct him.

 

I fucking hate Chris Fowler being involved with tennis.

 

I used to be a Williams sisters fan but after watching more and more of Serena, I am tired of her haughty attitude and body language. When playing a nobody in the 1st round, she just seems like there is no joy at playing at Wimbledon on a beautiful sunny day on the 1st day of the "fortnight."

 

She definitely wasn't playing a nobody today so it probably wasn't much fun.

 

Good news! Andy Murray's up two sets to none on Santoro, including winning four straight games to close out the second set.

Davydenko's done, knocked off in straight sets for the first big upset, and to SC's joy Andy Roddick's on the verge of advancing in straight sets.

 

Hate to tell you this, GB, but Murray will not make it to the second week.

And was there anyting suspicious about Davydenko's straight-sets loss? Just asking.

 

He had an 'off day' apparently. And, you doddering old fart, I have belief in young Mr. Murray. The fact that he was down 4-2 in the second and came roaring back said something to me.