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 Post subject: Wimbledon 2016
PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 11:00 am 
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Men's Singles

Raonic vs Roger in one semi, Berdych and Murray in the other.

After being down 2-0 sets, Roger pulls of the huge comeback versus Cilic in his quarterfinal match. Would love to see Roger win one more major to solidify his legacy but it's been 4 years since he's won one and his game has plateaued. He seems unable elevate any further and was lucky to beat Cilic on pure fan adrenaline. He is 35 years old mind you.

Raonic breezes through versus Querrey using a new and improved power second serve. He's winning somewhere in the 80-84th percentile of his service points - unreal.

Murray struggles in his semi as per usual. He plays like a bulldozer out there. Not much grace but lots of power. It's not pretty to watch but Murray plays with the heart of a champion and will be tough to beat if he makes it through (which he should). Didn't see the Berdych match.

Women's Singles

Serena Williams will face Angelique Kerber in the final. Kerber defeated Serena in the Australian Open final earlier this year. She prevails over Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 in the other semifinal.

Since winning her sixth Wimbledon trophy last year to raise her career count to 21 majors, Serena has come quite close to tying Steffi Graf with 22, the most in the Open era, which began in 1968 (Margaret Court holds the all-time mark of 24).

But Williams was surprisingly beaten by Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Open semifinals last September, by Angelique Kerber in the Australian Open final this January, and by Garbine Muguruza in the French Open final last month.

Can she get over the mental hump on Saturday?


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 Post subject: Re: Wimbledon 2016
PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 4:10 pm 
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Logical Progression wrote:
Men's Singles

Raonic vs Roger in one semi, Berdych and Murray in the other.

After being down 2-0 sets, Roger pulls of the huge comeback versus Cilic in his quarterfinal match. Would love to see Roger win one more major to solidify his legacy but it's been 4 years since he's won one and his game has plateaued. He seems unable elevate any further and was lucky to beat Cilic on pure fan adrenaline. He is 35 years old mind you.

Uh, that is elevating his game. He's tracking down balls better than anyone remaining (save maybe Murray) and his serve looks as strong as a weapon as it ever has. He stunk for two sets and found his game. He did need an error-filled tiebreak in the 4th but I'm betting on Roger in a tiebreak vs. Milos, too. His forehand lets him down a lot more than it used to, that's the main difference from Roger today to Roger in his prime. But I'm all in on Roger this tournament. He's gonna win. And he'll win a title at an age older than Agassi was when he won his last major (Aussie '03, 32.7) and almost as old as Agassi was in the '05 US Open Final vs Roger.

Serena is definitely chasing ghosts at this point. Time for her to equal Steffi and start to lay claim on the title of greatest singles player of all time.

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 Post subject: Re: Wimbledon 2016
PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 6:56 pm 
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scratchham wrote:
Logical Progression wrote:
Men's Singles

Raonic vs Roger in one semi, Berdych and Murray in the other.

After being down 2-0 sets, Roger pulls of the huge comeback versus Cilic in his quarterfinal match. Would love to see Roger win one more major to solidify his legacy but it's been 4 years since he's won one and his game has plateaued. He seems unable elevate any further and was lucky to beat Cilic on pure fan adrenaline. He is 35 years old mind you.
Uh, that is elevating his game. He's tracking down balls better than anyone remaining (save maybe Murray) and his serve looks as strong as a weapon as it ever has. He stunk for two sets and found his game. He did need an error-filled tiebreak in the 4th but I'm betting on Roger in a tiebreak vs. Milos, too. His forehand lets him down a lot more than it used to, that's the main difference from Roger today to Roger in his prime. But I'm all in on Roger this tournament. He's gonna win. And he'll win a title at an age older than Agassi was when he won his last major (Aussie '03, 32.7) and almost as old as Agassi was in the '05 US Open Final vs Roger.

Serena is definitely chasing ghosts at this point. Time for her to equal Steffi and start to lay claim on the title of greatest singles player of all time.
Yes but can he sustain it? Roger plays a beautiful game and I hope he wins - just have this hunch it's Raonic's time. He clearly has more tools in his bag of tricks than he had a year ago and has become a very well rounded player. Big second serve, better net cover volley, improved footwork. He handled Roger pretty easily earlier in the year in Brisbane (6-4, 6-4).

Anyways waiting for either of them on the other side will be Andy Murray. No slouch and clear favorite should he advance past Berdych.


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 Post subject: Re: Wimbledon 2016
PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 12:00 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Wimbledon 2016
PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 1:34 pm 
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Great match - Raonic has clearly found the required mental fortitude to win a major - not to mention developing a much more well rounded game.

Hope he destroys Murray.


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