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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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Oh fuck :(

Not a fan of her tennis at all, but Bartoli deserved to win that match. Sabine didn't turn up mentally (she even admitted it in a way during the interview) until the end, but by then it was way too late.

I see people complaining online about Lisicki crying.

1. This was her best chance of ever winning a slam & she knows it.
2. She didn't play well
3. She is an emotional person

Thats why she's crying. Lay off her
 
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Of course you'd get emotional losing a grand slam final. Even the biggest cunts of the sport (Murray) have cried after losing a final.

Hopefully she maintains this form and comes back better than ever next year, and before then, gives the US Open a serious crack.
 
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Lisicki just didn't turn up mentally, the situation got on top of her and she bottled it basically. Bartolli played well, but Lisicki played so very poorly the entire way through pretty much. Very underwhelming final, hopefully tomorrows delivers.
 
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It was already a great emotional effort for Sabine to reach the final, beating both last years finalists along the way. Today was a bridge too far for her. I feel that if she tweeks a few things, particularly her shot selection, she could become a good fixture of the top 20. She's certainly made a lot of news fans over the past 2 weeks, me included.

As for Marion, like i mentioned above, i don't like the way she plays tennis, but i have to congratulate her on a fine victory. She really turned up mentally, which was impressive & took full advantage of Lisicki not being all there by not allowing her to play her way into the match. Also, i respect her celebration as she didn't leave Sabine hanging at the net whilst celebrating.

However, she probs had the easiest run to a grand slam title of all time. Didn't face a top 15 player, & the best player she faced was on a complete off day. But she took advantage of it to her credit

Now on to tomorrows final. Not my favourite match-up at all, but it should be closer than todays match. I'm going to go with Djokovic as he's in better form than Murray at the moment. Should be a close match though, so i'll say 4 or 5 tight sets to Novak.
 
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So happy for Marion, she's got the experience and maturity ,she's a character and she just busted all the people complaining about her weights and that she's not the beautiful model all the sports brands wants ! she just showed them who she is ! it's a fucking tennis game not a fashion show! she's been playing for so long now it's awesome she finaly makes it.Sabine is a 23 yrs old young player she has soo much time to get some experience, sometimes it's good to lose important match to learn and it will make her a better player !
 
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Had no time to watch the final unfortunately but man what a disappointing result. Have nothing against Bartolli, but I really wanted Lisicki to win. Still though this shouldn't put her down, she still had an amazing run, eliminating both finalists of last year, that's something to be really proud of. This was only her first final and she's still young. I hope she has a good run in the US Open.

As for today's final, I think Djokovic will win 4, or maybe 5. Wouldn't be surprised if Murray wins though.
 
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