Odds to win Wimbledon

[stroke]

Murray looking not good trying to plod through vs Otte.

[stotty]

Great win for Murray. Just showing a bit too much guile for Bash in the fourth set. Great to break at again at 5-3...as Murray not the best clutch server compared with the other Big 3.

Fine win, considering it was an horrendous 1st round draw he could easily have lost.

[stotty]

Murray in the driving seat here in the fourth set. Bash has completely lost his rhythm since the stop to close the roof. Not the first time this kind of interval has changed the course of events. Murray should close out from here...4-3 up in the fourth.

[stotty]

Nothing Murray can't soak up here if he plays moderately well. Sure, Bash is a heavier hitter but Murray is one of the best counter-punchers out there. Murray is a very difficult player to play because he mixes up pace and spin such effectively. This doesn't come across on TV but you get the gist of it when you watch him live.

[stroke]

Well the better tennis player, the guy who hits a much bigger ball off both sides, comes back and wins the 3rd set. I am just not shocked.

[stroke]

McEnroe is shocked. I am not super shocked at the way things have happened.

[stroke]

Murray has now won the 2nd set looking not like the better player.

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Murray wins 1st set vs Bash but I certainly could not say he looked the better player in doing so.

[stroke]

Sinner vs. Marton Fucsovics could be interesting...

Good call. Sinner is struggling it seems, but great win for Fucsovics.

[stotty]

Ist round matches of note....Nick vs Ugo Humbert, Murray vs Bash, Novak vs Jack Draper, Shap vs Kohl, Karatsev vs Chardy, Fed vs Mannarino, Struff vs Medvedev.

Sinner vs. Marton Fucsovics could be interesting...

[stroke]

Ist round matches of note....Nick vs Ugo Humbert, Murray vs Bash, Novak vs Jack Draper, Shap vs Kohl, Karatsev vs Chardy, Fed vs Mannarino, Struff vs Medvedev.

[don_budge]

Novak Djokovic is a lock...as in lockdown.

[jimlosaltos]

Thiem pulling out with a wrist injury from Majorca will re-juggle the top of the draw. That can make a difference. Hope Domi can defend his US Open title, missing that would be a shame.

[stotty]

Turbulent times. I wouldn't say the UK is putting Wimbledon in a bubble, tho. Much different situation than in the U.S. since over 80% of adults in the UK are vaccinated, highest percentage of any large nation. That and wearing masks when moving around the grounds aren't very restrictive compared to what U.K. has already been through. Certainly, fan response has been extremely positive -- selling 140,000 tickets in only hours, despite only pre-regs having pass code and restrictions.

That's encouraging.

As for the tennis itself -- very hard to predict. Let's see where people fall in the modified (again) draw. And how the finalists recover from Roland-Garros. Novak played a whole lot of tennis to get that title. And, of course, there is London's weather

The general feeling here amongst the population is the virus is more or less behind us, the scientists and some members of the government are somewhat more cautious in declaring we are through the other side just yet. The vaccination programme has gone remarkably well. It's the only part of the whole saga that has gone well, but, boy, what a part to get right....the most important part. The mood is confident.

[jimlosaltos]

Turbulent times. I wouldn't say the UK is putting Wimbledon in a bubble, tho. Much different situation than in the U.S. since over 80% of adults in the UK are vaccinated, highest percentage of any large nation. That and wearing masks when moving around the grounds aren't very restrictive compared to what U.K. has already been through. Certainly, fan response has been extremely positive -- selling 140,000 tickets in only hours, despite only pre-regs having pass code and restrictions.

That's encouraging.

As for the tennis itself -- very hard to predict. Let's see where people fall in the modified (again) draw. And how the finalists recover from Roland-Garros. Novak played a whole lot of tennis to get that title. And, of course, there is London's weather