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Wimbledon

Posted: 01 Jul 2025, 06:51
by stubbo-admin
Off to Wimbledon today....had a look at the players/draw and hadly know a single player. No more the halcyon days of Murray, Federer, Nadal and then latterly Djokovic.

Or the good old days of Agassi, Sampras, Courier etc.

Anyway, anyone we should be looking out for?

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 08 Jul 2025, 09:50
by Russ of the BML
Sinner got lucky last night. Dimitrov was tearing him a new one until he got injured. 

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 08 Jul 2025, 08:09
by fraser
Fauxstralian wrote: 08 Jul 2025, 07:38 Norrie (with his Welsh & Scottish parents) was born in S Africa and actually raised in NZ
Developed his tennis in the USA college system
Bit of a mongrel then
Might own a house in London but that’s as close as he gets to English
Pot meet kettle 

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 08 Jul 2025, 07:45
by Massive Attack
No one claimed he was English. He's the one that claims to be British. Whatever the mongrel is, he deserves his place in the Quarters. 

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 08 Jul 2025, 07:38
by Fauxstralian
Norrie (with his Welsh & Scottish parents) was born in S Africa and actually raised in NZ
Developed his tennis in the USA college system
Bit of a mongrel then
Might own a house in London but that’s as close as he gets to English

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 08 Jul 2025, 07:19
by Massive Attack
Eastside surge" wrote: 08 Jul 2025, 07:05 So we now have to pretend Cameron norrie is British despite the fact he was born in South Africa and then raised in Australia !
No, he regards himself as British which is why he's representing Great Britain. He also happens to have Welsh and Scottish parents and has spent a fair bit of time living in the UK as well. Good luck to him and a decent achievement to get to the Mens Quarters.

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 08 Jul 2025, 07:05
by Eastside surge
So we now have to pretend Cameron norrie is British despite the fact he was born in South Africa and then raised in Australia !

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 22:42
by the coming of gary
The Quarter Finals ...

Cobolli v Djokovic
Sinner v Shelton
Norrie v Alcaraz
Fritz v Khachanov

And the Women ...

Sabalenka v Siegemund
Anisimova v Pavlyuchenkova
Swiatek v Samsonova
Andreeva v Bencic
.

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 21:25
by Fauxstralian
He has had a MASSIVE stroke of luck especially as he was struggling with an elbow injury himself 
To win it he is going to have to beat Shelton & then likely Djokovic  followed by Alcaraz 
If he can do that he will have earned it

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 21:17
by RootsRadical
Shame. Looked like Sinner was going out.
If he wins it now will it be tainted?
 

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 21:03
by Fauxstralian
Dimitrov 2 sets up & 2-2 and injures his pectoral muscle and has to retire
Sinner gets out of jail

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 20:19
by Fauxstralian
Dimitrov serving to go 2 sets up against Sinner 

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 07 Jul 2025, 07:55
by Massive Attack
Good to see that Cameron Norrie go through to the Quarters and watch the lanky Chilean crying his eyes out at the end to a chorus of boos. 

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 06 Jul 2025, 17:38
by Nutsin

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 05 Jul 2025, 22:06
by Tomshardware
In the 1992 Wimbledon championships Jeremy Bates made it to the 4th round, narrowly losing to Forget in 5 sets. Forget went on to lose to McEnroe in the quarter finals.  McEnroe would then lose to Agassi in the semi final.  Agassi went on to beat Goran Ivanisevic in the final.

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 05 Jul 2025, 01:23
by WHU(Exeter)
I was going to say the same thing, I’m impartial to tennis, but Gary kept us all up to date, accompanied by the

….

Sort your act out Gary.

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 05 Jul 2025, 00:37
by Gank
Pi Alpha Nu" wrote: 04 Jul 2025, 23:26 Cliff Richard used to post on the Wimbledon threads a wile back. 
What happened to him?
The old bill are still examining his hard drive under Operation Yewtree.

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 05 Jul 2025, 00:27
by the coming of gary
Niblets wrote: 04 Jul 2025, 21:31 A tennis thread not started by The Bumming of Gary?

Utter Woke Nonsense.
Thanks, old cork ! .. I have been a bit slack lately

Meanwhile, women's tennis remains amazingly open ;
None of the current top ten have ever won Wimbledon
.

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 04 Jul 2025, 23:26
by Pi Alpha Nu
Cliff Richard used to post on the Wimbledon threads a wile back. 
What happened to him?

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 04 Jul 2025, 21:31
by Niblets
A tennis thread not started by The Bumming of Gary?

Utter Woke Nonsense.

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 04 Jul 2025, 21:30
by stubbo-admin
Making a good fist of this Raducanu. Creating plenty of opportunities...such a shame could sneak the first set.

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 04 Jul 2025, 17:50
by Fauxstralian
Straight sets win for Norrie
Jarry (qualifier) or Fonseca next up for him
If he gets through that likely quarter final opponent…. ALCARAZ

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 04 Jul 2025, 14:06
by Swiss.
Fauxstralian wrote: 04 Jul 2025, 07:47 Centre court today from 1.30 has matches with Fritz followed by Alcaraz & then Raducanu against the number 1 seed Sabalenka

Court 1 has Norrie v Bellucci as the second match. Norrie the last of the British men left
This is a big chance for Raducanu. A big if she beats Sabalenka but with so many top seeds out and her that part of the draw she has a chance to win it. 

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 04 Jul 2025, 07:47
by Fauxstralian
Centre court today from 1.30 has matches with Fritz followed by Alcaraz & then Raducanu against the number 1 seed Sabalenka

Court 1 has Norrie v Bellucci as the second match. Norrie the last of the British men left

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 04 Jul 2025, 07:32
by WHU(Exeter)
Steffi Graf was into the Jesus and Mary Chain and is therefore the best tennis player ever.

Fact (FACT)

Re: Wimbledon

Posted: 03 Jul 2025, 21:59
by Massive Attack
Never did like that fucking useless cսnt Draper...