Board 8 > Rafael Nadal Wins Wimbledon [there's always next year, roddick] [lol not really]

(+) Yeah! (+)

Also. Isner has drawn Mahut in Round 1 at Wimbledon.

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Oh and I guess this bit is more important.

Fed and Rafa one half. Murray and Djoko other half.

Editted because originally they said it was Fed/Djoko, Murray/Nadal. God knows what was going on with the live feed there.

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Actually you know what. I have no effing clue anymore.

Official Wimbledon site

10:02: Murray in Djokovic's half of the draw, Roger and Rafa together Andy Murray is in the bottom half of the draw so gets a potential semi-final against Novak Djokovic. Roger Federer is in the top half - the Rafa Nadal half!


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RT @martinlaurence7: Wimbledon draw looks familiar! Isner vs Mahut again so book a few days off for that one! Murray could face Nadal once more in semis.

martinlaurence7‎ Wimbledon draw looks familiar! Isner vs Mahut again so book a few days off for that one! Murray could face Nadal once more in semis.

Wimbledon have come up trumps! Had to seed Federer no3 but still put him in the opposite draw to Nadal ... everyone is happy! #tennis


Daily Mail

Andy Murray is on course for a last-four meeting with world No 1 Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon.

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I think it's necessary to point out that Fish is still the 10th seed.

Is the rest of tennis really that bad?

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Setting up Isner and Mahut in round 1 again is some kind of bad joke.

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oh snap son

this will probably end in straight sets 'lol'

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Men's Draw:

Nadal/Murray
Federer/Djokovic

Nadal could run into Raonic in R3, Del Potro in R4, then Berdych/Verdasco/Fish in the QFs.
Murray could run into Cilic in R3, Wawrinka/Gasquet in R4, then Monfils/Tipsarevic/Roddick in the QFs.
Federer could run into Nalbandian in R3, Youzhny/Almagro in R4, then Ferrer/Tsonga/Dolgopolov in the QFs.
Djokovic could run into Baghdatis in R3, Llodra/Troicki in R4, then Soderling/Hewitt/Mayer/Melzer in the QFs.

I'd say Murray got the toughest draw and Djokovic the easiest, but it's all fairly marginal stuff. Nadal's doesn't look too tough but JMDP can play at a very high level as we all know. Federer should cruise to the SFs as he usually does, not because his draw's really that easy but because he rarely gets into trouble. If you're strongly anti-Murray I'd say there was some value on betting on him not making the SFs - Cilic, Wawrinka and Roddick have all beaten him in GSs before.

Women's Draw:

Wozniacki/Li
Azarenka/Zvonareva

Wozniacki could run into Cibulkova/Goerges in R4, Sharapova/Stosur in the QFs.
Li could run into Zheng Jie/Mattek-Sands in R3, Ivanovic/Radwanska in R4 then S. Williams/Penneta in the QFs.
Azarenka could run into Hantuchova in R3, Kanepi/Pavlyuchenkova in R4, then Schiavone/Petkovic in the QFs.
Zvonareva could run into V. Williams/Jankovic in R4, then Kvitova/Kuznetsova in the QFs.

First interesting match will probably be Venus/Jankovic in R3. Could have an awesome top half fourpack of Woz/Sharapova//Li/Serena. Bottom half is fairly dull IMO - good opportunity for any of those players to make a final.

Lots of British entrants and wildcards for me to follow in the first week too. Getting hyped already!

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More like Djoko could run into James Ward R4. Awwww yeah!

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Is there some rule where you have to absolutely despise on a personal level one of the top four? I've seen all of them in interviews and the only one who comes of at all badly is Murray, for being too posh to represent Scotland. You're from bloody Glasgow, why do you sound like that

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Pleeeease let there be Raonic/Nadal.

Then del Potro/Nadal.

Then Verdasco/Nadal.

Then Roddick (lol) or Murray/Nadal.

Then Djokles or Federer/Nadal.

From: Kotetsu534 | #057
If you're strongly anti-Murray

You know me too well.

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Draw time!
Gonna do some analysis of each quarter before Day 1.
Predicted winners in bold.

Rafael Nadal ESP (1)
Michael Russell USA
Yeah, don't see Russell getting anything out of this. Could maybe see him holding his serve a fair bit, and he may get a tiebreak or two if he's lucky.

Pablo Andujar ESP
Ryan Sweeting USA
Don't really know too much about these two, but I remember Sweeting's serve being pretty good.

Gilles Muller LUX
Tommy Haas GER
Haas is old but still dangerous on grass. Depending on his fitness, this should be fairly easy.

Fabio Fognini ITA
Milos Raonic CAN (31)
Don't rate Fognini at all, Ranoic's serve should get him through this.

Juan Martin Del Potro ARG (24)
qualifier
Obviously don't know the qualifier, but I doubt he'd beat Del Porto, who seems to be getting used to grass as he's aged.

Olivier Rochus BEL
qualifier
Rochus has always been pretty useful on grass, but you never really know with qualifiers as they've had 4/5 days of matches to get used to it.

Frederico Gil POR
Dudi Sela ISR
Quite a tough one, I can see it going five sets. Sela is more of a doubles specialist but last year got quite far in the draw IIRC. Haven't seen much of Gil this year.

qualifier
Gilles Simon FRA (15)
Despite being the most boring player on the tour, Simon will probably grind this out.

Mardy Fish USA (10)
Marcel Granollers ESP
Spaniard who hasn't really proven himself on this surface yet. Fish is quite renowned for getting far in Wimbledon/Queens.

Philipp Kohlschreiber GER
Denis Istomin UZB
Another fairly tough one. Kohlschreiber had a good last year, but has kinda fallen off the radar this year. Istomin has done the same IMO but I think he's more promising to win this one off his serve.

Robin Haase NED
Pere Riba ESP
Haven't seen Haase play in ages, but Riba isn't that great either. Could go either way.

Radek Stepanek CZE
Fernando Verdasco ESP (21)
Stepanek is usually a really tough opponent at Wimbledon, but he's been playing **** in recent months. Verdasco has lost some momentum as well but should have this.

Juan Ignacio Chela ARG (25)
Qualifier
Chela's in good form getting to the Quarters of the French. He's not great on grass but should get through at least one round here.

Donald Young USA
Alex Bogomolov Jr. USA
Young is so overrated IMO and I don't know much about Bogomolov, but I'm gonna take a gamble on him.

Qualifier
Julien Benneteau FRA
Taking a risk here and choosing the unknown qualifier here because I don't rate Benneteau at all either, and he hasn't been too great at other grass tournaments this month.

Filippo Volandri ITA
Tomas Berdych CZE (6)
Despite not being in great form, I can easily see Berdych reaching the Quarters to face Nadal.

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tagggg

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I talked to someone today that thought Murray was gonna win it all.

I laughed at them for a bit then I literally just started bleeding from my eyes.

The thought of Andy Murray winning Wimbledon gives me Stigmata.

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Did Tipsarevic seriously retire in the finals of Eastbourne with only one game left to play?

I mean, yes he was going to lose, but really? You couldn't hold out for 5 more minutes?

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Tipsy trollin'

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Here we go.

The 1st of Britain's regular supply of 1st round losers has bagel'd the 1st set.

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lol Vera

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/13830535.stm

Wozniacki hijacks Djokovic's interview.

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I'm going to post point totals and percentages from each of the big four's matches to see if there's any trends to be seen from them.

Nadal 6-4 6-2 6-2 Russell

Nadal: 90 points
Russell: 62 points

Nadal wins with 59.1% of the points.

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this is monaco spirit

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I had a £10 bet on Tipsarevic to win that match after he lost the first set. Was going so well and then he started having a hissy fit. Actually really glad he retired because I got my money back >_>.

Betting on Wimbledon matches now, should be fun.

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Woooo

Rain delay

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6th seeded Francesca Schiavone is being threatened, let's see who benefits from the rain delay.

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centre court match back on

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Here comes Andy!

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boo rain

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Aww yeah just watched the recording of Nadal's match.

Got down 2-4 and then he turned it on and it was OVER.

I don't know if like his shoes though.

They're still the courtballistec 3.3 but the color scheme is not very cool.



I was hoping I'd like his Wimbledon shoes because I am about to wear a hole in my courtballistec 3.3's and I can get a free pair since they're under warranty.

I think I'll stick with the same ones I got last time:



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oh lord

can you imagine if murray lost in round 1

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It would be worth it for the headlines alone

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every time NadalFederer are down bet on them :)

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I imagine you'll still get some headlines over there.

MURRAY FAILS TO WIN EVERY POINT

ANOTHER YEAR WASTED

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MURRAY ONLY TRIED ONE BETWEEN THE LEGS SHOT.

GET MORE COCKY, SON.

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andy roddick still wins



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10 Grand Slams + Being the best ever + this:



vs

1 Grand Slam + history of choking + this:



Nadal wins again.

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roddick has the hotter chick.

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by a wide margin

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I know you guys are going to chalk this up to my Nadal bias (which I admit, clearly exists) but Brooklyn Decker's face is just weird.

Still easily can call her hot but I'd take Nadal's girl over her.

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Murray 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-0 Gimeno-Traver

Murray: 115 points
Gimeno-Traver: 70 points

Murray wins with 62.2% of the points.

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Wow I had to leave when it was 3-3 in the second set. 15 games straight is crazy.

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That's how he doooooooooo.

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This topic is noticably unexcited for Isner-Mahut.

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Probably because it's gonna be a flop. Isner in 3 sets.

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I don't do this often and my computer is physically trying keep me from typing this, but Andy Murray put on a hell of a performance.

Following that finals showing against Tsonga at the Queens Club, I can actually say he is playing like a real man.

I really hope Nadal and Murray meet in the semis and Murray makes up for his performance last year with a tight, 5-set loss to Nadal.

It's going to take a lot more to turn my hate into respect but he's doing pretty well.

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Who are you and what have you done with Anri.

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From: Pondos | #092
This topic is noticably unexcited for Isner-Mahut.

WHY DO YOU THINK ANYTHING INTERESTING WILL HAPPEN?

We should all have a nice little "Hah, Isner and Mahut in round one again, LOOK OUT."

But really...this match will, in all likelihood, literally be less than one quarter the length of the fifth set of their last match alone.

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From: The Mana Sword | #095
Who are you and what have you done with Anri.

Hey, I was sitting here laughing my ass off when he lost the first set.

I probably yelled "YEEEEEEEEEEEAH MURRAY!" like 5 times.

But after what he did in the next three sets...if he's gonna play like that going deep into this tournament, I can honestly say I am excited to see Nadal beat him.

In a different way than usual.

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Murray not even gonna get the chance to face Nadal.

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Here's how I feel about that.

I like Roddick more. I want him to win Wimbledon more. And in a straight "Murray vs Roddick" match, I'd easily take Roddick.

But I think Nadal/Murray could be more interesting than Nadal/Roddick if Murray continues to play like a like a real man instead of following up great performances with god-awful ones.

Is Roddick really playing well enough to beat Nadal right now?

If he is, I'm all for him playing Nadal over Murray but I don't want to have to laugh at you forever when Nadal triple bagels that tired, old man.

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I will let you know tomorrow.

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