Arena Federer/Nadal/Djokovic Era - Now 1/3rd Over

#19 for the Joker, and in Grand style.

 

That's if England's COVID numbers are stable enough to even hold Wimbledon.

 

Boris is to speak at 6PM but news is saying that England's 'day of freedom' will be postponed from June 21. New date given is July 19 but that hasn't been confirmed. So that will affect audience numbers if Wiimbledon goes ahead as masking and social distancing rules will still be in place.

 

My head is still spinning from Nadal being dethroned in Paris, though it had to happen eventually. Djokovic's level of fitness and ability at 34 is uncanny. He seems poised to dominate the sport for at least one more calendar year and outdo the 2015-2016 Nole slam. Who knows what will happen, but he devotes so much time and money and professional expertise into care of his body that I'd hate to try to predict when it will end or what his final majors title count will be. Since he won in Australis in 2008, he's only gone three of 14 calendar years without winning a major. He's won at least two majors a calendar year in six of the last 14 years.

 

Federer's early defeat in Halle can be argued to be a portent of the end for him...

 

Aliassime is on fire, but I think on a good day, it's likely that any top 25 player can beat Roger.

 

There is no reason Joker doesn't win the Grand Slam this year and have the the most majors ever. Makes me want to gag a bit thinking that very well might happen.

 

So it may. But Djokovic isn't young either and will need to manage his condition as well.

 

Wound up winning in four sets though it got dicey in the end. Joker took four sets as well.

And congrats to Stephens and Tiafoe on major upsets today. Tiafoe came out of nowhere with that win as it's his first win against someone in the Top 5 ever. Kudos!

 

Yikes, Serena Williams out with a leg injury in Round 1... :/

 

Absolute ridiculous what happened at Centre Court today. Poor Serena! To go out like that is just sickening.

 

Watching Murray on Centre court and as much as I'd like to believe he can get past Otte, I don't think he has the fitness yet.

Can he recover and push for a slam again after his surgery? I don't know, if Federer can then Murray should be able to but it feels like a long ask.

 

Murray so far proving me wrong.

As much as I like football, the fitness and athleticism of tennis players is immense and the punishment they face during a two week slam is beyond belief and the efforts of footballers pale into insignificance when its compared.

 

RoboMurray back on the court again

 

It appears I'm the only one watching Wimbledon

RoboMurray out yesterday, showed a clear lack of court fitness and even at his best Shapovalov would have been a difficult challenge for him so his straight set loss is not too horrendous


Emma Raducanu has just put on an epic performance for an 18 year old against Cirstea and is through to the next round. She looks like she could be very good as she gains experience.

 

I'm splitting the day between tennis and eurocup

 

Gutted for Raducanu

Didn't think she'd get past the match today buit to retire with an injury isn't great. No idea what it was either.

She could be one to watch in the next few years once she gets more experience

 

I thought she look very tired after some of those long points in the first set. I wonder if pressure got too much for her, she was holding stomach. Poor Emma, I hope she be back.

 

Young and in the biggest matches of her life so far with Britain cheering her like they did Tim/Andy etc...

Apparently she had some breathing difficulty so it could be stress/anxiety or she could be ill. Who knows, I'm sure the reasons will come out but she's potentially got a future ahead of her, she was outside the top 300 but bet the world 120 and two in the 40's and did it convincingly too.

She'll bounce up the rankings now

 

Yes, it was possibly occasion was too big for her. A lot of pressure. She was playing some nice tennis too.