The Tennis Thread

[Pancake]

Screw the haters, Federer is awesome.

Preach on, brother o/

\o

He's a great player. He just looks like the lovechild of Jimmy Carr and Quentin Tarantino.

Cannot unsee

[DML]

Would like to see Fed win but Cilic is in great form. Anyone but Nadal the possible drug cheat is my mantra.

Gotta love Djoko going out. Got to be the worst attempt to regain Number 1 this century.

[PES Fan]

Would like to see Fed win but Cilic is in great form. Anyone but Nadal the possible drug cheat is my mantra.

Gotta love Djoko going out. Got to be the worst attempt to regain Number 1 this century.

Why do you keep calling Rafa a drugs cheat without any proof? I take it Murray and Djokovic are drug cheats too because they are awesome at defending the baseline.

And why do you always have a go at the other three but never Murray? Again worst attempt at number 1. Well Murray has been the worst and luckiest number 1. He's lucky like I said last year that Federer and Nadal got injured. Their problem was dealing with Djokovic not Murray. I remember when I was getting laughed at by you and Moggy for suggesting Fed could win another slam. Here we are that he is close to getting another slam. I don't think he's going to let this one go as he seems fully motivated.

[PES Fan]

Just come out of the opera and seen the news!

Murray

Shittest World No1 this century?

Marat Safin was World Number 1 for like 2 weeks or something so definitely not

That wasn't just down to Safin though. He probably got knocked out one tournament early and the player behind him was probably just a few points behind. I don't think that's ridiculous. Or it could have been that the player who was trailing Safin had no points to defend as he didn't play in a tournament the previous year and that's how he overtook Safin. That's like laughing because Man Utd were on top of the table for a few hours before Chelsea played. It's not like Safin lost 14 matches in a row in two weeks.

Murray has been world number 1 for 7 months and only won one tournament. Wawrinka and Djokovic have been shite. So it's been left with the two injured players from last year to chase him. Scary thing is that Federer has no points to defend after Wimbledon. It's a matter of when not if he becomes number 1.

[Gandalf]

strawberry float off Murray. And that shot of him 'limping' away in the car park. First class Scottish banana split.

C'mon Jo

[Moggy]

I remember when I was getting laughed at by you and Moggy for suggesting Fed could win another slam. Here we are that he is close to getting another slam. I don't think he's going to let this one go as he seems fully motivated.

You've said that a few times, but I don't recall laughing at you (DML might have).

I once said Federer was too old to be a serious contender anymore. And he is! Way too strawberry floating old to be winning tennis grand slams! Like really really old! This isn't chess, snooker or darts, tennis players shouldn't be able to do it at his age.

The fact that he won the Aussie and looks like winning Wimbledon is remarkable and a credit to one of the greatest athletes not just in tennis but in all sports.

But it doesn't change the fact that he's old.

[Drumstick]

Urgh. Today's results could not have been any worse. Might as well eliminate Konta in the semis and I can be done with this year's event.

[Rocsteady]

strawberry float off Murray. And that shot of him 'limping' away in the car park. First class Scottish banana split.

C'mon Jo

Aye alright dickhead

[PES Fan]

I remember when I was getting laughed at by you and Moggy for suggesting Fed could win another slam. Here we are that he is close to getting another slam. I don't think he's going to let this one go as he seems fully motivated.

You've said that a few times, but I don't recall laughing at you (DML might have).

I once said Federer was too old to be a serious contender anymore. And he is! Way too strawberry floating old to be winning tennis grand slams! Like really really old! This isn't chess, snooker or darts, tennis players shouldn't be able to do it at his age.

The fact that he won the Aussie and looks like winning Wimbledon is remarkable and a credit to one of the greatest athletes not just in tennis but in all sports.

But it doesn't change the fact that he's old.

Tennis is changing though.

Even the older plays not including Federer are doing well. Nadal won the French at 31. Lopez won Queens at 35. Wawrinka has done well in recent years.

Querry and Muller doing well at Wimbledon. Cillic and Berdych aren't young guns.

The days of seeing a Becker or Nadal come along and start winning slams are gone in the men's game.

[Snowcannon]

So, am I the only one hoping for a Querrey-Berdych final?

[Denster]

Would like to see Fed win but Cilic is in great form. Anyone but Nadal the possible drug cheat is my mantra.

Gotta love Djoko going out. Got to be the worst attempt to regain Number 1 this century.

Bless.

[Drumstick]

So, am I the only one hoping for a Querrey-Berdych final?

I'd take it.

[Tineash]

Would like to see Fed win but Cilic is in great form. Anyone but Nadal the possible drug cheat is my mantra

strawberry float off with that lazy bullshit

Especially as Cilic actually served a ban, but that doesn't even seem to merit a mention

[DML]

Federer is clearly the greatest ever. I love watching Federer play, and he has great humility off the court. For me he's what a sportsman should be. Showmanship but with grace and personality as well. A year ago it might have seemed unlikely and his chance had gone, but surely no one could fully write him off? After all if anyone can do it its him.

Nadal being a drugs cheat us a pretty well know theory thanks to the timing and length of time he has had off. It holds a little bit too much water for me, so Id support the other three over him. After all none of the others have had an incredibly convenient amount of time out of tennis.

Murray? I don't tend to pass judgment on him because there are plenty of others who are here to do that, I just like to support him and point out his obvious qualities. I remember when people thought he was another Henman, they clearly weren't paying attention to his game. Murray has flaws for sure, but I have respect for him for rising to the top of the game at the greatest time in tennis history.

Djokovic has the more boring game, but I have such respect for his all around game, guys a machine. Djoko vs one of the other three is always a good game but play someone else and he tends to terminate them.

I predicted Fed and Muguruza before the tournament, both are still in. However I can definitely see Cilic getting his second grand slam.

[Moggy]

strawberry float off Murray. And that shot of him 'limping' away in the car park. First class Scottish banana split.

C'mon Jo

Aye alright dickhead

But but but he once said he didn't want England to win a football match.

[Tineash]

Nadal being a drugs cheat us a pretty well know theory thanks to the timing and length of time he has had off. It holds a little bit too much water for me, so Id support the other three over him. After all none of the others have had an incredibly convenient amount of time out of tennis.

Federer just took 6 months off and came back winning everything, you dipshit.

[DML]

Nadal being a drugs cheat us a pretty well know theory thanks to the timing and length of time he has had off. It holds a little bit too much water for me, so Id support the other three over him. After all none of the others have had an incredibly convenient amount of time out of tennis.

Federer just took 6 months off and came back winning everything, you dipshit.

Don't call me a dipshit. I didn't say it did happen, Im saying it could have happened.

Regardless, Nadal is my least favorite of the four.

[Tineash]

Don't be a dipshit if you don't wanna be called a dipshit.

[DML]

Don't be a dipshit if you don't wanna be called a dipshit.

Oh well. Nadal is out anyway. Let's get hack to talking about the eight players still able to win Wimbledon.

[Tineash]

Well it takes some huge strawberry floating balls (and a lot of dipshittery) to look at those top 3 players - One of whom transformed his career overnight and said it was all because he gave up gluten, one of whom took a long break and came back playing the best tennis of his life at 35, and the third of whom takes a lot of long injury breaks - and say YEP IT'S THAT THIRD GUY WHAT A DOPER.