Wimbledon 2024

[Alan Harper's Tash]

De Minaur looks pretty impressive so far. His returning especially.

 

[BringBackSwales]

That's a bit harsh, she clearly slid across the surface and her leg jarred in response. She's still on her rehabilitation path and is probably being very cautious not to incur another injury. I got the feeling she wasn't moving very well across the baseline yesterday, her opponent kept playing the same shot deep into the corners of the court and winning comfortably whereas Coco Gauff was reaching those shots in her game against a better opponent (although still lost). Raducanu also didn't work her opponent anywhere near enough, kept playing it straight back to her too often, giving her the chance to play those winning shots.

I hope she can put her injury woes behind her and have a few steady seasons.

And her poor emotional strength, just as big an issue

 

[BringBackSwales]

The physio spent more time working on her back.
Very strange considering she supposedly hurt her leg

I don’t think she knew what was wrong with her and probably wanted a bit of attention

 

[KS55]

and if she doesn't she has still done more than any British woman since Wade, she will always have that.

Anna Kournikova had a career and I don't think she ever won a singles tournament.

Ann’s K posed for a lot of pics and modelled many products.
She was a good looking blonde with a cracking mum.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Ann’s K posed for a lot of pics and modelled many products.
She was a good looking blonde with a cracking mum.

Didn’t know her mum was hot too

 

[bluealf]

Ann’s K posed for a lot of pics and modelled many products.
She was a good looking blonde with a cracking mum.

Spellcheck required but I think I got the drift :P

 

[KS55]

Spellcheck required but I think I got the drift :P

Corrected. Ta.

 

[ancoats]

and if she doesn't she has still done more than any British woman since Wade, she will always have that.

Anna Kournikova had a career and I don't think she ever won a singles tournament.

Sue Barker won the French Open as well

 

[levets]

Sue Barker won the French Open as well

Year before Wade won Wimbledon though. Shame Sue surprisingly got beat in the semi final as we would have had an all English/British final

 

[jimharri]

Zverev needs to make that call!

 

[somapop]

Often mentioned in the media about the Etihad but no mention of empty seats at Wimbedon.Is tennis failing as a sport in the UK

Possibly some of this was down to it being the wettest in 25 years.

Might also be prohibitively expensive and/or some of the bigger names are missing/retired atm.

There's new stars such as Alcaraz, but no Fed or Nadal (Djokovich perhaps, but he's still a bit of pantomime villain.

 

[somapop]

Rune fizzled out.
And the aforementioned panto villain Djokovich having a go at the crowd in this speech was mildy amusing....

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Rune fizzled out.
And the aforementioned panto villain Djokovich having a go at the crowd in this speech was mildy amusing....

Gooooooooooooood Evening.

 

[City Raider]

So petty for someone so successful.

 

[somapop]

Gooooooooooooood Evening.

His Delia moment....

 

[BlueHammer85]

Especially as the crowd were shouting ‘Ruuuune’

Love watching him and one of the greatest sportsmen of all time - but he’s had a mare on this one.

 

[jimharri]

Just saw the clip now. He comes across as a bit of a smacked arse.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

I missed the end of the match but I see Djokovic had a pop at fans who were clearly saying Ruuuune and not booing the narcissistic tosser. Or were they saying Boo-urns?

 

[bluemoon32]

Hell of a player but he's a right ****

 

[Stephen230]

For someone with ‘20 years on tour’ who’s played in ‘Far more intimidating atmospheres’ it seems odd that a bit of pantomime booing clearly rattled him so much.

I guess it’s why TV stations like to interview players immediately after the game is over, to catch them in an emotional state, with their guard down.