Wimbledon 2018 (2nd July - 15th July)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

More like Big Bird really.

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Raonic takes the first set 7-6 (7-5).

[Goonermerree]

Wah, Rafa won't have finished his match when the football starts, I'll have to miss the match.

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Have it on from the BBC website too?

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Del Potro takes the third set 6-4!!!

[Goonermerree]

Have it on from the BBC website too?

Good idea, I did that with the doubles yesterday.

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Guess what? Raonic - Isner is in to a second tie-break. :haha:

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Isner won the second set 7-6 (9-7).

:rose:

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Nadal takes the fourth set 6-4, on to a fifth!

[Goonermerree]

Come on Rafa

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There was a ridiculous point a minute ago with Del Potro going flying at the net. And winning it!

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Nadal runs in to the crowd and lands on some old dear! :haha:

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Isner took the third set 6-4. :popcorn:

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Nadal breaks!

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Isner wins!

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Nadal to serve it out.

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Nadal wins! 4 hours 47.

Fair fucks, Nadal is an absolute animal.

[Master Splinter]

Rafa :bow:.

[Goonermerree]

Rafa wins, some good news for me today.

[Mac76]

Federer :haha: :haha:

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First set of Anderson v Isner goes to a tie-break. :faint:

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Anderson takes the first set 7-6 (8-6).

Isner. :haha:

Trump. :haha:

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Isner takes the second set 7-6 (7-5).

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On to a third tie-break! :haha:

Although there were breaks of serve in this one.

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Two great pick-ups from Isner low down in a row.

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9-9. :lol:

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Isner takes the third set 7-6 (11-9)!

2-1 he leads.

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Anderson blows three set points.

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Anderson takes the fourth set 6-4 though!

On to a fifth.

Nadal and Djokovic. :lol:

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Fifth set is still on serve, 6-6.

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Predictions for the first break?

I'm going at the 40th game of the set.

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Maybe not.

0-30 on Isner's serve. :lol:

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Isner holds. :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Someone needs to push Gimelstob off the balcony.

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9-9.

:lol:

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Break point for Anderson!

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Anderson slashes at it, deuce.

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Isner holds. Great point tbf.

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I'll put this back on when/if there is a break, I can't watch anymore. :lol:

[SMatthews]

Can these jokers just gtf off the court? They're only playing for runners up prize money. They're not even close to breaking each other.

[Master Splinter]

I've always been in favour of the tie-break in the final set and this does nothing to change my mind.

Of course, the tie-break would go to 30-28 or something, but at least we'd see the credits roll. The rule has to come in soon, surely?

This has surprisingly been an excellent match for the most part, but at this point it becomes a bit of a chore for everyone.

Still:

Nadal :haha:.

Djokovic :haha:.

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15-15. :bow:

This match might carry on until the Wimbledon 2019 final.

[SMatthews]

Or, as McEnroe suggested, go to 10-10 as a limit and then a tie-break. Keeps everyone happy that way.

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Nadal and Djokovic to play their match on Mario Tennis Aces. :bow:

[SMatthews]

The problem is, the serve is probably the last thing to tire out, so when the movement has gone along with the ability to return, it’s a long wait with big hitters like this.

[SMatthews]

I’d be fuming if I had centre court tickets sitting through this with the likelihood of seeing the most anticipated game of the tournament getting further and further away.

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Two break points for Anderson!

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Ace to save the first.

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And the second. FFS.

:haha:

[Master Splinter]

Piss off Isner!!!!

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Isner holds. :rose:

[dostoy]

It doesn't matter who wins now as they will be knackered for the final.

Wimbledon should be ashamed of themselves, this is farcical.

I just hope Djokovic wins the other semi final.

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I guess but Nadal and Djokovic are famed for their lengthy matches too. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

They won't necessarily be knackered because most points consist of one or two strokes. A long rally breaks out twice per set, if that.

Nadal or Djokovic would have strolled the final anyway.

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19-20, Anderson to serve. Break is incoming based on my prediction earlier.

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Love hold.

Me. :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Isner's wife was seven months pregnant before the match started.

The child is now starting middle school.

[SMatthews]

It doesn't matter who wins now as they will be knackered for the final.

Wimbledon should be ashamed of themselves, this is farcical.

I just hope Djokovic wins the other semi final.
It didn’t matter before the match began. Neither of these two were ever going to win the thing.

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22-22. :sleep:

[Master Splinter]

What a point!

0-30 again.

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0-30 on Isner's serve, come on FFS.

[Master Splinter]

0-40!

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Three break points!

[Master Splinter]

YESSSSS!!!!

Anderson breaks!

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Anderson breaks and will serve for the match!!

[Master Splinter]

Isner to break straight back?

:lol:

:haha:

:crying:

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0-15...

[Master Splinter]

0-15.

:haha:

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15-15. :pray:

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30-15!

[Master Splinter]

Two match points!

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Two match points! :faint:

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Anderson wins 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (5-7) 6-7 (9-11) 6-4 26-24!!!

It's finally done.

Six hours 35 minutes. :haha:

Isner. :rose:

Trump. :haha:

[Master Splinter]

ANDERSON FINALLY WINS!!!!!!!!!!!

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John Inverdale sounds devastated. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Quinton Fortune :bow:.

Charlize Theron :bow:.

Kyle Edmund :bow:.

Arnold Vosloo :bow:.

Uncle Sam :haha:.

McEnroe :haha:.

Fat People :haha:.

Gimelstob :haha:.

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Nadal - Djokovic playing with the roof closed. :popcorn:

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https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3OYuJKvr9f4/maxresdefault.jpg

:bow:

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Djokovic and Nadal are on court.

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As ever backhand down the line for Djokovic will be key to how he does against Nadal.

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Three break points for Djokovic!

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Djokovic breaks on the second of them and leads 4-3!

Ridiculous returning.

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Becker whining. :lol:

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2011ovic so far, Nadal serving to stay in the first set.

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And he does, Djokovic to serve it out.

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Djokovic takes the first set 6-4! :bow:

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Break point for Djokovic.

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Nadal saves it thanks to his banana forehand down the line.

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Nadal holds.

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Djokovic's smashes. :haha:

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Break point for Djokovic again.

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Bizarre return for the body serve. :lol:

Deuce.

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Adv. Djokovic.

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Another poor return. Deuce.

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Nadal holds on.

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What a miss from Djokovic!

Two break points for Nadal.

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Nadal breaks and leads 3-1 in the second set. :popcorn:

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Brilliant point.

Two break points for Djokovic.

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What a forehand pass from Nole and gets it back on serve.

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Nadal whacking the cover off it. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

I know we've seen them play so many times before, but it is really incredible to have players this great playing in the same era.

Federer is also quite good too.

This should be the World Cup final.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nadal breaks again.

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Bonkers points.

Break point for Djokovic.

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Deuce.

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Adv. Djokovic.

Djokovic taken his chances going in to the Nadal forehand but it works.

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Deuce. :lol:

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Nadal goes past the post. :lol:

Set point.

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Nadal takes the second set 6-3.

:popcorn:

[Master Splinter]

The sound of the ball being battered under the roof is glorious.

[Goonermerree]

Chalk and cheese: mincemeat

[Goonermerree]

As good as Isner's serve is, once the ball is in a rally, he doesn't have quite so much, and as good as Anderson has played, he is no match for these two, 5 setter or not.

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What a point again. :haha:

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Serving contest now. :lol:

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Nadal's dad with grey hair. :lol:

:(

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Nadal serving to stay in the third set.

[Master Splinter]

Nadal's dad with grey hair. :lol:

:(

I saw him pop up in The Blacklist recently.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633604/

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I think Djokovic wants to go to bed.

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Nadal again serving to stay in the third set.

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I saw him pop up in The Blacklist recently.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633604/

John Noble. :bow:

D.C Legends of Tomorrow. :bow:

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It's tie-break time!

[Goonermerree]

This is absolutely stunning tennis, pity it's not the final.

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Djokovic is definitely back after taking two years off. :lol:

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Brilliant tennis.

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What a drop shot from Nadal.

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Set point for Nadal.

[Master Splinter]

Ridiculous from Nadal.

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6-6!

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Set point for Nadal and to serve.

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Balls from Djokovic bringing Nadal in, 7-7!

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Set point for Nadal, Djokovic to serve.

[Master Splinter]

Drop shot derby.

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8-8.

This tie-break might not finish in time. :lol:

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Set point for Djokovic!

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What a silly return.

[Master Splinter]

Two pub returns from both.

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Mental stuff from Djokovic running around the court, set point for him!

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Djokovic takes the third set 7-6 (11-9)!!!

Wow. What a set.

[Master Splinter]

Carry on FFS.

[SMatthews]

That was a much needed palette cleanser after that last Anderson/Isner set.

[SMatthews]

Likely to restart at 1pm apparently.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Players are back on court.

[Goonermerree]

Come on Rafa!

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Break point for Djokovic, Nadal gave up on that rally, dropshot/heavy slice from the back of the court.

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Deuce. :lol:

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Djokovic hammering down the return winners.

[Goonermerree]

Djovic looks the stronger of the two at the moment.

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Second break point for Djokovic.

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Great save from Nadal.

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Nadal eventually holds, 0-1.

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Nadal breaks and leads 2-0 in the fourth set.

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Two break points for Djokovic. :lol:

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Nadal goes long and Djokovic breaks back!

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Butterfly invasion. :bow:

[Goonermerree]

Nadal is just not commanding enough when he gets his nose in front, same with the tie-break last night, he had opportunities to win it and just couldn't do it. I think Djokovic is the better player in the match.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Two break points for Nadal.

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Nadal breaks and will serve for the fourth set.

Djokovic going mental on himself.

[Goonermerree]

Come on Rafa, see it through this time.

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Nadal double faults, three break points for Djokovic. :doh:

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One break point remaining.

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Deuce. :lol:

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Nadal takes the fourth set 6-3!

On to a fifth. :faint:

[Goonermerree]

Phew, love- 40 to winning the 4th set. This would have been a great match played all at once. Stupid licensing law.

[SMatthews]

Stick the woman’s in court 18 to get it out the way. This is all that matters.

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Adv. Djokovic.

Break point.

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Crap return again. Deuce.

[Goonermerree]

Nadal just doesn't seem to have the oomph today. They are both a bit cagey though, winner of this wins the title.

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Nadal holds, 4-4. :lol:

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Horrible miss from Djokovic, two break points for Nadal!

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Both saved. :faint:

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Djokovic holds.

26-24 anyone?

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Nadal holds, 5-5. :lol:

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The Umpire is confusing himself. :lol:

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15-30 on Nadal's serve...

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30-30. Nole going mental again.

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Nadal holds, 7-7.

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Two break points for Nadal!

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One of them saved.

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And the other saved with an ace.

Djokovic's big balls have returned.

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Adv. Nadal

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What a pass from Djokovic to save it. :bow:

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Muscle memory, Boris.

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Djokovic holds!

7-8.

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Awful miss for Nadal, whacks the net!

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Jesus wept, what a point.

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Match point for Djokovic!

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Nadal saves it at the net!

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Nadal holds, 8-8. :haha:

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Nadal channeling Federer with that shank.

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Three match points for Djokovic!

Nadal fell down.

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Djokovic beats Nadal 6-4 3-6 7-6 (11-9) 3-6 10-8 and gets to his fifth Wimbledon final!!!!!

What a fucking match. :bow: to both.

Absolutely brutal.

[dostoy]

Well done Mr Djokovic.

I'm glad that Nadal is out.

There has to be a tie break in the final set at 6-6, but I doubt Wimbledon will change it as its tradition and we cannot change them now can we.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kerber takes the first set against Serena 6-3!

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Kerber up a break in the second!

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Kerber to serve it out!

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Kerber hammers Serena 6-3 6-3 to win Wimbledon!!!!

First time winning Wimbledon but third Slam overall.

Kerber. :bow:

Serena. :haha:

[Mac76]

Kerber hammers Serena 6-3 6-3 to win Wimbledon!!!!

First time winning Wimbledon but third Slam overall.

Kerber. :bow:

Serena. :haha:

Wow, no problem Kerber :lol:

[Mac76]

Well done Mr Djokovic.

I'm glad that Nadal is out.

There has to be a tie break in the final set at 6-6, but I doubt Wimbledon will change it as its tradition and we cannot change them now can we.

Why not Nadal, i think they're both ok

Agree about the tie-break thing, tomorrow's final will have to be played in wheelchairs i reckon

[Master Splinter]

Djokovic :bow:.

Nadal :bow:.

Just mind-boggling tennis.

Well done to the rebuilt T-1000 on his fourth Wimbledon title.

[Master Splinter]

Kerber :bow: :bow:.

Great to see her back to her best.

Hope she doesn't have the inevitable dip for once and can little bit dominate because aside from Serena, no-one else is going to step up consistently.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Play begins in about 40 minutes.

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Djokovic broke first game. :haha:

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Two more break points for Djokovic. :rose:

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And Djokovic breaks, leads 4-1 in the first set.

[Letters]

Anderson :rose:
This isn't looking good.

[SMatthews]

We had the final on Friday and Saturday. This is just a standard 3rd or 4th round stroll for Djokovic in his current form.

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Djokovic takes the first set 6-2!

[Letters]

Anderson pretending to be injured to save face.

[Mac76]

Talk about a 30-minute final, this is a 3-minute one - Anderson losing serve on the very first game, they must have started putting Djokovic's name on the trophy right there and then

Now Anderson's already reduced to pulling the old 'i'm injured' trick to save face...

EDIT: snap, Letters :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Two break points for Botovic.

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Djokovic breaks. :lol:

[Mac76]

At least it'll all be done well in time for the World Cup kickoff - i reckon Djokovic is thinking the same :lol:

[Letters]

This could be the worst Wimbledon final of all time!

[Mac76]

Anderson launches south africa's first ever tennis-ball shaped space probe

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Nole wants to watch the World Cup final too. :bow:

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This could be the worst Wimbledon final of all time!

Last year's was up there.

Cilic. :lol:

Federer. :bow:

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Anderson holds, out come the Henmanesque fistpump.

[SMatthews]

Anderson being patronised by the crowd for winning a game.

[Mac76]

Anderson holding things up, spoilsport

[Mac76]

Anderson being patronised by the crowd for winning a game.

They never miss such opportunities

[SMatthews]

There’s simply no choice between watching Lineker and co for an hour, or watching a leisurely stroll to slam number 13 for Nole.

See you at kick off Croatia.

[Mac76]

Novak bringing out the aces to speed things up

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And another break. :haha:

[Mac76]

Even Henman and Becker aren't listening to the commentator :haha:

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Wallovic. :bow:

[Mac76]

C'mon Novak keep it together

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Djokovic to serve it out.

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Break point for Anderson. :lol:

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Anderson goes long with a slicey shot.

[Mac76]

Normal service resumed...

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Djokovic takes the second set 6-2!

[Mac76]

Meanwhile Jack Draper lost... :rolleyes:

[Master Splinter]

Meanwhile Jack Draper lost... :rolleyes:

England :haha:.

(Sorry, TEG.)

[Master Splinter]

I'm glad this is the final tbf, because if it had been Djokovic v Federer or Nadal v Federer, I would have been in the strange situation of watching the World Cup final on ITV+5.

[Mac76]

I'm glad this is the final tbf, because if it had been Djokovic v Federer or Nadal v Federer, I would have been in the strange situation of watching the World Cup final on ITV+5.

The real final was Nadal v Djokovic yesterday

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Anderson wins his third game of a set finally. :faint:

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3-4 Anderson leads.

Djokovic to serve.

Don't make it a final now!

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Anderson flukes a break point!

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It was on Anderson's racquet but goes long with the backhand.

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Djokovic holds on.

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Set point Anderson!

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Djokovic feather a save at the net, Anderson fell over earlier in the point.

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Third double fault from Djokovic in this game.

Set point for Anderson!

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Djokovic saves it again.

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Djokovic holds on!

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Two set points for Anderson!

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Both saved by Botovic.

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Set point again for Anderson!

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That one saved also.

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Djokovic holds, it's tie-break time!

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Djokovic can serve it out.