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Maroon Sailor
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I think Zverev needs to make hay while the sun shines.

 

No Sinner or Alcaraz standing in his way.

PortyJambo
Posted
9 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said:

I think Zverev needs to make hay while the sun shines.

 

No Sinner or Alcaraz standing in his way.

It's definitely the best chance he'll get, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if Mensik or one of Arnoldi/Cobolli beat him

JudyJudyJudy
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9 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said:

I think Zverev needs to make hay while the sun shines.

 

No Sinner or Alcaraz standing in his way.

No doubt he will bottle it . 

Maroon Sailor
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Kostyuk fighting back in the 2nd set. 4-3 now after being 4-1 down. 

 

Andreeva swept her away in the 1st set

Maroon Sailor
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Andreeva serving for the match

 

6-1 5-3

 

 

Maroon Sailor
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Andreeva through to her first Grand Slam final

Maroon Sailor
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2nd semi-final first set took longer than the entire match of the first semi-final

 

Shnaider 6-7 Chwalinska

Maroon Sailor
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Chwalinska wins 7-6 6-4

 

 

Chwalinska v Andreeva in the final

 

A first Grand Slam beckons for one of them

 

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JudyJudyJudy
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https://www.express.co.uk/sport/tennis/2212430/BBC-Wimbledon-pundit-announced-names-axed-Eugenie-Bouchard#comments-wrapper
 

“ a legend “ ? Bouchard ? Think she got to one semi final ? Was viewed as the next best thing but never made the big break through , pundits predicated for her . 

The commentary team does need a shake up though . Get rid of Claire Balding and  John Inverdale for a start . Mac is excellent and down to earth . Love him . Becker was great too . Andrew Cotter too . Martina, Tracy Austin and Annabelle Croft . Yep 👍 
 

i still prefer the old school ones like the great “ oh I say “ Dan Maskell . He was the quintessential English man . He was so knowledgable about tennis and very respectful to the ladies referring to them as “ Miss “ or “ Mrs “ . I like that he was so fashioned that he referred to Martinas then partner Judy Nelson as her “ friend “ God bless him 🤣 


John Barrett is missed too . 
 

Ann Jones was an excellent commentator too and Gerald Williams who used to do the late night show round up kept it all together . 

 

 

 

 

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Sonay Kartal is going to miss the whole grass court season, including Wimbledon, with her back injury. 

 

With Draper still not back yet, although he is meant to be playing next week in Stuttgart, it's not been a good year for British tennis players so far! Raducanu, Fearnley, Fran Jones, and now even Norrie, have all had injury issues too.

rudi must stay
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Very even match so far between Mensik and Zverev

Maroon Sailor
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14 hours ago, JudyJudyJudy said:

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/tennis/2212430/BBC-Wimbledon-pundit-announced-names-axed-Eugenie-Bouchard#comments-wrapper
 

“ a legend “ ? Bouchard ? Think she got to one semi final ? Was viewed as the next best thing but never made the big break through , pundits predicated for her . 

The commentary team does need a shake up though . Get rid of Claire Balding and  John Inverdale for a start . Mac is excellent and down to earth . Love him . Becker was great too . Andrew Cotter too . Martina, Tracy Austin and Annabelle Croft . Yep 👍 
 

i still prefer the old school ones like the great “ oh I say “ Dan Maskell . He was the quintessential English man . He was so knowledgable about tennis and very respectful to the ladies referring to them as “ Miss “ or “ Mrs “ . I like that he was so fashioned that he referred to Martinas then partner Judy Nelson as her “ friend “ God bless him 🤣 


John Barrett is missed too . 
 

Ann Jones was an excellent commentator too and Gerald Williams who used to do the late night show round up kept it all together . 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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JudyJudyJudy
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3 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

 

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That’s exactly when I starting watching tennis circa 1978 ish . Loved Chrissie V Martina . Always rooted for Martina 

Maroon Sailor
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Fully expect Andreeva to win her 1st grand slam today.

 

First of many

Maroon Sailor
Posted

1st set Andreeva 6-3

Posted
56 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

Fully expect Andreeva to win her 1st grand slam today.

 

First of many

She’s been touted as next big thing for a while so good to see her living up the promise . I was gonna watch it but it looks like she is running away with it . Reminds me of my GOAT Monica Seles 

Maroon Sailor
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7 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said:

She’s been touted as next big thing for a while so good to see her living up the promise . I was gonna watch it but it looks like she is running away with it . Reminds me of my GOAT Monica Seles 

 

She was trailing 2-3 in the first set, but has now won 7 games on the trot

 

I can see her winning this set 6-0

 

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5 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

She was trailing 2-3 in the first set, but has now won 7 games on the trot

 

I can see her winning this set 6-0

 

Yes checked scores on live score . 

Maroon Sailor
Posted

Andreeva wins 6-3 6-2

 

French Open Champion

rudi must stay
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Thanking herself. Strange 

Posted
33 minutes ago, rudi must stay said:

Thanking herself. Strange 

Nowt wrong with thaf . It’s a feature of “ self care “ and gratitude ..

rudi must stay
Posted
1 minute ago, JudyJudyJudy said:

Nowt wrong with thaf . It’s a feature of “ self care “ and gratitude ..

 

Ye suppose it's to do with mental health which everyone talks about these days. But it's a bit naff isn't it? She's a tennis player earning millions... dark times?? What dark times has she gone through did somebody not give her a bottle of water or she didn't get the right ball? 

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11 minutes ago, rudi must stay said:

 

Ye suppose it's to do with mental health which everyone talks about these days. But it's a bit naff isn't it? She's a tennis player earning millions... dark times?? What dark times has she gone through did somebody not give her a bottle of water or she didn't get the right ball? 

I don’t know what dark times she went through , as I don’t know much about her . However she may have and is now through the other side . 

rudi must stay
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4 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said:

I don’t know what dark times she went through , as I don’t know much about her . However she may have and is now through the other side . 

 

That's nice isn't it good that she's beaten her pretend demons

Maroon Sailor
Posted
1 hour ago, rudi must stay said:

 

That's nice isn't it good that she's beaten her pretend demons

 

What pretend demons are you alluding to?

 

She may have missed out on a childood as she has been nurtured to play tennis from an early age

Posted
28 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

What pretend demons are you alluding to?

 

She may have missed out on a childood as she has been nurtured to play tennis from an early age

Yep . And the missing out of normal teenage experiences. The pressures of social media etc . We don’t know . It’s hers to own 

rudi must stay
Posted
54 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

What pretend demons are you alluding to?

 

She may have missed out on a childood as she has been nurtured to play tennis from an early age

 

That's not a tough life at all. And look at her now she's a millionaire 

Maroon Sailor
Posted
16 minutes ago, rudi must stay said:

 

That's not a tough life at all. And look at her now she's a millionaire 

 

How do you know it's not?

rudi must stay
Posted
1 hour ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

How do you know it's not?

 

A tough life is living with a mental illness that's a tough life not tennis. Tennis is hitting a ball and earning millions for it

Maroon Sailor
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9 minutes ago, rudi must stay said:

 

A tough life is living with a mental illness that's a tough life not tennis. Tennis is hitting a ball and earning millions for it

 

So you no nothing about her upbringing but because she is now earning millions she hasn't had a tough life or can possibly have had mental.health problems?

Maroon Sailor
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Let's just stick to the actual tennis. Wimbledon starts soon

Posted
1 hour ago, rudi must stay said:

 

A tough life is living with a mental illness that's a tough life not tennis. Tennis is hitting a ball and earning millions for it

 

Got to share the dressing room with pesky loudmouth Ukrainians. 

rudi must stay
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9 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said:

Let's just stick to the actual tennis. Wimbledon starts soon

 

Fair enough. Let's hope Draper can get fit, has the game to go far in majors in my opinion

JudyJudyJudy
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Oh dear this is a possible straight sets win . Mind you the last two times they played Zverev won . However he is a famous bottle merchant so you never know ..

rudi must stay
Posted
27 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said:

Oh dear this is a possible straight sets win . Mind you the last two times they played Zverev won . However he is a famous bottle merchant so you never know ..

 

I don't think he has bottled it Cobolli is playing much better

JudyJudyJudy
Posted
2 minutes ago, rudi must stay said:

 

I don't think he has bottled it Cobolli is playing much better

Yes I wrote that when Cobolli wasn’t playing as good . He has raised his game . 

Maroon Sailor
Posted

Cobolli flunked his dunk for the set

Maroon Sailor
Posted

5th set decider

Maroon Sailor
Posted

2 sets each

 

Cobolli   1   6   4   7

Zverev   6   4   6  6

JudyJudyJudy
Posted

Wow . 
 

nice to see Marion Cotillard and Jean Dupardin in the crowd 

Maroon Sailor
Posted

Ominous now

 

3-0 Zverev with 2 breaks. Whatever he's taking, it's working.

Maroon Sailor
Posted
20 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said:

Wow . 
 

nice to see Marion Cotillard and Jean Dupardin in the crowd 

 

Ooh Aah is there as well.

 

When the seagulls follow the trawler

Maroon Sailor
Posted (edited)

4-0 Zverev

 

That point at 30-40 could be massive as Cobolli had 2 smashes to break back

 

4-1 Zverev

 

 

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Maroon Sailor
Posted

Grand Slam champion at last for Alexander Zverev

 

Takes the final set 6-1

Maroon Sailor
Posted

Last mens German Grand Slam winner was Boris Becker 30 years ago !

rudi must stay
Posted

Well done Zverev

JudyJudyJudy
Posted
37 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said:

 

Ooh Aah is there as well.

 

When the seagulls follow the trawler

Oh he’s terrific ! 
 

👍

rudi must stay
Posted (edited)

Perelations has a nice ring to it 

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JudyJudyJudy
Posted
14 minutes ago, rudi must stay said:

Well done Zverev

Good to see him break his 🦆 

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