Wimbledon

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Grigor and his easiest on the eye game on Tour up 2 sets to 0. Grigors best on tour(now that Fed is retired) on full display.

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Grigor now the very slight favorite to win vs Sinner.

[jimlosaltos]

Grigor and his easiest on the eye game on Tour up 2 sets to 0. Grigors best on tour(now that Fed is retired) on full display.

I leave the home office for two hours and this is what happens !!!

Grigor up 6-3 7-5 and seems to be serving Jannik off the court. Grigor is AVERAGING 130 MPH on first serve through two sets+, max 141 MPH. 57% in winning 85%.

Off ground, Grigor is + 13 ( 34-21) vs Jannik at -2 (19 - 21) for, getting out my abacus, a differential of +15 for the Bulgarian.

I like both players, so that's ok.

[stotty]

Dimitrov now in good position with a 2 set lead. He possesses a really good sliced backhand down the line when he can get in position to do it, better than most players out there. The problem for Dimitrov is if Sinner can manage to ratchet up the power. Sinner has been out of sorts so far.

[stotty]

Injured…this looks like a disaster for Dimitrov. He’s been killing Sinner.

[stroke]

It looks like Grigor pulled a pec muscle early in the 3rd. Does not look good

[jimlosaltos]

Injured…this looks like a disaster for Dimitrov. He’s been killing Sinner.

Oh, no !

[jimlosaltos]

Quarters are Set And Chock Full of Surprises.

Women's Qs. Lesser known Laura Siegemund, a 37 year old doubles specialist, faces Aryna. Pavy vs Amanda is another welcome retro reunion. Teen Mirra is in her first quarterfinal at Wimby, possibly first of many, this vs mother-returner Belinda Bencic. Iga meets the improbable Liudmila Dmitrievna Samsonova, who at 26 years old has hit the fastest serve of the event by a woman, now upped to 128 MPH.

Gotta' admit it. I'm pulling for Amanda Anisimova. What a comeback story that would be for a kid that's been through it.



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Men

Hard to know what to think of Jannik vs Ben. The Italian had looked great all week, then reverted to uneven form he's shown sporadically since his return. If Grigor could serve Jannik off the court, one would think Ben has a puncher's chance. This really opens the way for Novak, who dodged Jack Draper, the biggest threat in his quarter, and could make the semifinals without meeting a single player in the top 10. Fritz, Alcaraz and Djoko will be heavy favorites. But this has been a crazy event.




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[stotty]

That was rotten luck for Dimitrov. He still had work to do but he was well on his way to winning that match. He’s one of the few great all round players around – and lovely to watch. I was really enjoying that match.

[jimlosaltos]

I've never heard of this in tennis before. NFL, seemingly every weekend during the season. NBA, occasionally.

A player was ordered to retire because he failed a concussion protocol.

From NYT:

The No. 2 seeds in the boys’ doubles draw, Dominick Mosejczuk and Alejandro Arcila, were serving to level their match with Timofei Derapasko and Jacapo Vasami, with Mosejczuk serving and Arcila at the net. The American unleashed a first serve, which found a target it was definitely not supposed to find {the back of his partner's head}. Ouch:

After falling to the court and receiving attention from the umpire, Arcila waved things off, hit two winning volleys and helped his partner win the second set 6-3, having lost the first by the same scoreline.

But then Arcila had to go through concussion treatment. He failed the tests conducted by the medical staff, and he and Mosejczuk had to retire with the third set still to play.

[jimlosaltos]

Sinner hurt his elbow early.

I did not see or hear about this until now:

"Sinner fell and appeared to injure his elbow in the first game of his match against Grigor Dimitrov today. Then he shockingly lost the first two sets, as Dimitrov put on a sizzling performance of aces, net rushes and all-out attack in the face of a player who has been untouchable this first week in London.

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Sabalenka is a tough watch. Days ago, Martina Navratrilova was commentating during Katie Boulders match that Katie was just missing routine groundstrokes. Ditto that with Sabalenka. And all that screaming on balls that are not hit that hard is such a no. To me, not that it matters, the hindrance rule should come into play. She was even screaming bunting the ball around with slice forehands.

[jeffreycounts]

And all that screaming on balls that are not hit that hard is such a no. To me, not that it matters, the hindrance rule should come into play. She was even screaming bunting the ball around with slice forehands.

Her screaming drives me crazy. She does it to intimidate her opponent on those easier balls and it’s not right. She should absolutely be penalized. I hope Anisimova takes it to her. Amanda can match her power.

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Her screaming drives me crazy. She does it to intimidate her opponent on those easier balls and it’s not right. She should absolutely be penalized. I hope Anisimova takes it to her. Amanda can match her power.

She is never going to stop unless someone decides to enforce the rules, which is very very unlikely. Serena did the same thing forever. I think you are right, it is some kind of unbelievably annoying attemp to intimidate.

[jimlosaltos]

She is never going to stop unless someone decides to enforce the rules, which is very very unlikely. Serena did the same thing forever. I think you are right, it is some kind of unbelievably annoying attemp to intimidate.

Agreed BUT some broadcasters, notably ESPN in the US, might be equally or more to blame. They choose what sounds to pick up and how much to amplify it, adding "action" to the broadest my making the grunts louder than then are in the stadium.. I'm starting to believe they also add artificial sound. I've noticed rallies where the ball is just booming off players rackets, then someone hits a soft, drop volley and mysteriously that also makes a loud noise. Someone forgot to turn off the tennis equivalent of a laugh track.