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Hot off the heels of an amazing French Open, the men and women now turn to the grass courts of Wimbledon. Can Rafa continue with his momentum, or can Novak wrestle it back? Can Federer rise up and collect another slam? Can Murray get a breakthrough slam in front of his home crowd? Will there be a darkhorse shocker like Tomic :side: to come through and take the world by storm?

I'm thoroughly looking forward to this event, it's my favourite slam and I'm really hoping to see some great tennis on display. As far as the ladies go, you'd have to think Sharapova, Kvitova, Serena, Azarenka etc will all be in the mix, Stosur a slight chance provided she doesn't choke it up in monumental fashion, and well, who knows with the women, Wozniacki might even break through and break her duck.

June 25th, can't come soon enough.
 
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He's a right royal cunt, that Murray.

Ferrer being #3 is an embarrassment to the men's game. Hopefully Djokovic and Murray don't fail at the US Open and allow the sack of shit to hit #1 - that would be astonishingly awful for the game.
 
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He's boring, a flat-track bully, a hack, and just...a cunt of a person and player.
He's actually probably the nicest of the top players in the way he comes across but you've obviously had a personal experience with him to decide he's a cunt of a person. :kobe8
I think he can actually get to No.2 once Murray's Olympics points fall off, lol.
I didn't think the Olympics affected the rankings. And that wouldn't make sense because he can't possibly defend them the year after and Ferrer can't improve on his points from the previous year.
Janowicsz is the real deal!!
There's a reason why he's not even top 20 yet. Take away his big serve or return and he looks a little over average from what I've seen. Murray will return the serve a lot more than most. Plus he's had a shockingly easy route to the Semi in fairness. Faced a kid in the 1st round, retirement in the 2nd, beat Almagro and looked immense on his serve tbf, biggest challenge vs Melzer which went to 5 and Melzer is hardly one of the top players and then some guy who isn't even top 100. It's impossible to really judge him until he comes up against a top player like Murray rather than getting easy draws. I don't think it'll be easy for Murray but I'd be shocked if he lost. Del Potro however I think has a great chance against Novak if the knee holds out.

Murray seems to always have one match per slam where he's well below par but at least he's coming through them without playing at his best these days. I always think it's nice to have a challenge like that along the way rather than breezing all the way to the Final in straight sets every match. That performance won't cut it again though.

I'm fairly certain that nazzac either doesn't properly watch Murray matches or has such a self-fulfilling prophecy that Murray matches are boring that he's managed to program himself to perceive them that way regardless. Fairly certain it's that because he doesn't seem to be able to accept that some players play a different way to the way he enjoys watching most. There were some pretty fabolous rallies in that game which came down to Murray's defensive skills and his ability to hit passing winners from seemingly impossible situations. But alas he doesn't serve and volley so BORING.
 
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I'm an occasional tennis watch who's not avid about the sports but watches matches sometimes...

It's always bugged me the serve rule:
When is a serve that hits the net a net serve and when is it a fault? This guy hit the net twice and was still on his first serve? But after hitting the net another time it was a fault and his 2nd serve
 
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Still better to watch than Murray :torres

Thrilled with Del Po. I was worried after he fell, but he came back to put on a fantastic performance. Del Po is really serving immense in this tournament, and will need to do so again against Djoker.
 
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