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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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I was looking at his schedule for this year a few days ago, and I was wondering why he decided to skip Miami because I knew that if he did, he wouldn't play for 2 months. I guess the article answered that question. Not a bad decision, spending time with his family is more important and he isn't that young so he can't play many tournaments. I'm really glad to know that he won't retire anytime soon. I would love to see him have another run at No.1 but that's quite unlikely. Hate to say it but with the way things are going atm, I can see Murray overtaking Federer in the rankings by the end of the year or even sooner.
 
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I think thats smart by Federer. He should focus on the slams to see if he can rack up number 18 (most likely at wimbledon)

Yesterday was such a great day for me in terms of tennis, i'm still buzzing. Nishikori winning his 2nd 500 title, and proving that he is legit. If you want an example of injuries haulting a players progress, look at Nishikori. And Tsonga has more top 10 wins this year so far than the whole of last year. Great win for him considering he was getting outplayed. Finding ways to win when the opponent is better than you on the day is always good. Jo wasn't great in this tournament, but he didn't need to be.

Allez



3 of my favourites have won titles in 2013. Shvedova is slacking, so come on Slava and win a title this year!!
 
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Well she won't be winning Florianapolis. She lost in 3 sets to Czink 6-2,4-6,2-6. Shvedova was an error machine, couldn't keep the ball in play, couldn't serve, couldn't return well. She's pathetic atm, and someone should tell her that tennis matches last longer than 1 set.

Federer won in 3 sets 5-7,6-0,6-2. From what i read the other guy played well in the first set, and had Fed in trouble but he dropped off and Federer upped his game.
 
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Watched the first set of Del Po vs Baghdatid at college. Looked pretty poor from what i saw, but i'm glad Del Po won.

Tsonga playing Llodra atm, and is a break up.

Edit* Llodra wins 7-6,6-2. 1 bad game from Tsonga and Llodra took over. Happy for Mika, hopefully he maintains a decent ranking this year.

Hopefully Jo reovers from this loss and has a good run next week
 
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Del Potro wins today in straights. Faces Daniel Brands in the Quarter Finals.

I like Brands, and he's dangerous. Big servers always are dangerous. They met in Vienna last year and Del Po only just pulled through.
 
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I had a feeling Berdych would win, I watched the match, it was really high quality tennis from both. Berdych just seems to give Fed a lot of trouble nowadays. I was impressed with the way Berdych served the match out, even if he did a poor job of serving for the second set. Berdych/Djokovic should be good, although I think Djokovic wins in 2, he's in great form at the moment.
 
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Was expecting Federer to win but I'm not surprised with the result tbh, Berdych always seems to play well against Federer. Knew it was going to be a close match.

As for the final, Djokovic to win 2. I would prefer Berdych to win though.
 
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So just because he won the Aussie Open(his best slam btw) and Dubai you think he will win all the 4 slams. Really?

The way he is playing now is definitely not better than he was in 2011 and at that year he couldn't do it. So why do you think he can do it now?

But sure I will quote you this post by the end of the French Open.
 
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