2019 Wimbledon...ATP 2000...London, England

[stroke]

Fed wins the 1st set in a tiebreaker looking only like he can. 2 things, he is hurting Nadal with the down the line forehand, and I think he knows Nadal is vulnerable to the short ball, bringing him in, IF he gets Nadal to hit a backhand on that ball. Of course, the Nadal forehand is not an option for Fed. And Roger's backhand is holding up great vs the Nadal hook forehand.

[don_budge]

Novak's level dropped in the 2nd set vs RBA and after winning the 1st set, it is one set all. And he is getting fussy out there. There won't be much room for level dropping and getting fussy vs Fed or Nadal.

Just got back and walked in the door. Flew all night and made my way home by bus, train and finally the car ride home. I was wondering the whole time what time Nadal and Federer were playing. Djokovic fussing? He's milking it. There isn't much going on between him and Bautista-Agut. Another break in the fourth for Djokovic. Good...get this over with. You cannot watch it. I'll never forget watching him at the French Open. Trying to watch him is more like it. I was nodding off...only the French coffee kept me conscious.

Hoping for a compelling victory for Federer. Shame that the grass doesn't give him an outright advantage on the Spanish knuckle head. Look at the wear patterns on the grass. No net play...it was engineered out of the game long ago. Oh look! Djokovic just went to the net!

[stroke]

Novak's level dropped in the 2nd set vs RBA and after winning the 1st set, it is one set all. And he is getting fussy out there. There won't be much room for level dropping and getting fussy vs Fed or Nadal.

[stroke]

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[stroke]

Nadal is favored slightly vs Fed at -128. Fed is +120. The oddsmakers have adjusted things as this tournament has progressed as they now have Nadal as the #2 favorite to win the tournament and Fed at #3. Going into the tournament, they had Fed at #2 and Nadal at #3. Novak is still the strong favorite to win the tournament.

[bman]

Roger played great today. But what puts him a notch below the other two right now is that he cannot return a serve off the backhand side. It could be a close loss, or a blowout, but I agree with gzhpcu. It's also going to be windy again, not as bad as the french, but enough to be a factor.. Nadal is playing the best tennis of anyone right now. Of course, I do think Djokovic is capable of the win on Sunday. (Fingers crossed).

[gzhpcu]

Nadal outplayed Sam Querry. Sam had more problems with Rafas serve than Rafa with Sams. I do not see how Roger can beat Rafa. (Sorry, don-budge... )

[bman]

Nishikori is playing unbelievable tennis after 1 set. Fed is playing great and just got outplayed.

[don_budge]

And where the hell is db, it is not the same without him

Thanks stroke. I am in the good old USA!!! Playing golf with "The Ugly American"! Finding my game. I was at my dear old tennis coaches place yesterday with dear old Dad. Talk about nostalgia. This is the man that gave me those roots in the classic game that I advocate. What a super, super guy. He and my Father were colleagues for years at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, Michigan.

We watched Roger Federer play Berrittini to boot. So apropro. Will weigh in on Friday when I arrive home...in Sweden. Looking forwards to a Federer spanking of Nadal too.

[stotty]

Fognini and his latin temperament again.... at least he apologized...

All is forgiven. Infinitely more watchable than most players and believes in himself.

[gzhpcu]

Fognini and his latin temperament again.... at least he apologized...

[stroke]

Is anyone else repulsed by the media fawning over "Coco"? I am and think it's not only premature but disrespectul to where she is in her career. I wish her the best but these kinds of expecations are ridiculous and could truly mess with this kid's psyche. Remember Melanie Oudin? Genie Bouchard? Cici Bellis? Let's wait til she does something significant besides win one match against Venus.

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[stotty]

Is anyone else repulsed by the media fawning over "Coco"? I am and think it's not only premature but disrespectul to where she is in her career. I wish her the best but these kinds of expecations are ridiculous and could truly mess with this kid's psyche. Remember Melanie Oudin? Genie Bouchard? Cici Bellis? Let's wait til she does something significant besides win one match against Venus.

Copy that.

It doesn't help when there nothing else much for the media to write or talk about. The whole event is flat as a pancake so far. You can only wax lyrical so much about the Big 3 annihilating the rest of the field. Tennis has a whacking great problem looming up on the not so distant horizon: the void there will be once the Big 3 step down.

Good luck to Coco. The girls is going to need it. She will have the full weight of tennis on her shoulders for the next five years at least.

[seano]

Agreed, I get to the point where I have to change the channel.

[John Yandell]

Is anyone else repulsed by the media fawning over "Coco"? I am and think it's not only premature but disrespectul to where she is in her career. I wish her the best but these kinds of expecations are ridiculous and could truly mess with this kid's psyche. Remember Melanie Oudin? Genie Bouchard? Cici Bellis? Let's wait til she does something significant besides win one match against Venus.