Wimbledon 2011

[ants]

Cannot believe Tomic is in the quarter finals in Wimbledon, and has beat some absolute guns along the way in Soderling and Davydenko, not to mention Malisse, who is a pretty good player on the grass. Having said that, he is such an arrogant little punk, i hope Djokovic does him 6-0, 6-0, 6-0 in the quarters.

My tips remain the same, Fed Express to win the men, and Sharapova to win the women. Bartoli looked good last night against Serena though.

 

[Troy]

Tomic has the issue Dokic had ridiculously controlling father that makes many enemies. Watching Tomic's press conference after the match he seems to have calmed down a bit and isn't as much of a jerk. He is very calm and well spoken for an 18 year old. Watching him play he is the most relaxed player I have seen in some time, he doesn't seem to rush around the court but still gets to the ball in time.

Both Williams sisters being eliminated yesterday was the icing on the cake after Tomic won. Can't stand Serena and Bartoli played a great game to beat her.

Men's singles Quarter Finals:

Nadal vs. Fish
Murray vs. Lopez
Tsonga vs. Federer
Tomic vs. Djokovic

I haven't seen much of Fish this tournament. Nadal suffered from a slight foot injury last match so hopefully that doesn't affect him. It should be the top four seeds that make it to the Semi-finals.

Women's Singles Quarter Finals

Cibulkova vs. Sharapova
Lisicki vs. Bartoli
Paszek vs. Azarenka
Kvitova vs. Pironkova

Sharapova vs. Bartoli in the SF's if that happens should be a cracking match. Sharapova would be clear favourite now and good pick ants to select her before the tournament as the winner.

 

[Dod Draper]

Nadal's going for an MRI and apparently may have to pull out... hope not though.

Personally, I'm rooting for Federer to win this. Him or Murray.

 

[Troy]

The MRI showed no serious damage so he should play against Fish. Whether or not his foot lasts the match is another question. If I was Fish I would be trying to make Nadal run as much as possible on that sore foot.

 

[Troy]

Lisicki beat Bartoli 6-4, 6-7, 6-1. I didn't expect this and I know nothing about Lisicki. She will face the winner of Sharapova vs. Cibulkova.

 

[Troy]

Sharapova vs. Lisicki and Azarenka vs. Kvitova are the semi-finals for the women's singles. Sharapova is in incredible form and is clear favourite to win it she will most likely face Azarenka in the final.

Men's singles quarter finals are tonight.

 

[Andrew]

Sharapova better win because I have no clue who the others are lol

Tomic vs Djokovic tonight, the ratings on TV will be huge.

Poor Angry Boys, on the same time as the match...

 

[Troy]

Are 7 showing it live or will it be on 7's digital channel? If 7 are showing it live the ratings would be huge and Angry Boys will suffer like it did when the State of Origin was on at the same time.

 

[Andrew]

I believe it's actually live on Channel 7 because Tomic is playing. They always hype the Australians, I'll be at a pub so I might watch the Tennis there.

Djokovic is on a hot streak, if Tomic ends it I will praise him like never before

 

[Troy]

I don't give Tomic much hope of winning a set let alone winning the match. Tomic has been great so far but Djokovic is in incredible form and is a class above. If Tomic can win a set then that will be a huge positive.

 

[Andrew]

Djokovic is on a 46 game winning streak I believe, something like that. He hasn't lost in a long time and I don't see him losing soon either but if Tomic can pull off an upset then he'll be credible like Hewitt was when he was ranked #1

 

[Troy]

Djokovic's streak ended when he lost on clay at the French Open. Still he has been in the best form of any player this year and will be tough to beat. Tomic I think has already shown he is more than a prodigy in this tournament, he has shown that he belongs at this level and as he develops he should turn into a very good player.

 

[Andrew]

Clay is shit anyways, explains his one off loss. Other than that, he's on fire...

Should be a good match. If Djokovic win, I won't say it will be easy I'd be saying 6-4 6-4 7-6 6-3 or something like that.

 

[Troy]

Djokovic broke Tomic right away and won the first set 6-2. Going to serve in the second at the moment.

Going to try to make some inplay bets for Wimbledon. First is $5 on Tomic to win the 12th game at 11-1.

Federer is one set up on Tsonga.

 

[Troy]

BOOYAH!

+$50

Tomic is now 3-1 in the second set and is serving.