Wimbledon 2010

[merman]

How much are strawberries and cream these days?

£2.50 for a punnet of 10 strawberries, an increase of 25p on last year...

Can Wimbledon be done on a budget?

[Misfit]

Battle is about to recommence in the Isner Mahoooooo match.

You can catch it on BBC 1, BBC HD or through the BBC website...

[isomies]

Is there something a bit odd about the fact that the french player went to a fifth set 24-22 in qualifying?

2^6 all at the moment

[Misfit]

They think it's all over...

...it is now.

Isner wins 70-68

[Misfit]

11 hours 5 minutes.

Special presentation happening now.

Don't think Mahut's heart is in it.

[Guru-Meditation]

Don't think Mahut's heart is in it.

Can't blame the lad. Over 300 games played and still knocked out of the first round.

[Misfit]

Don't think Mahut's heart is in it.

Can't blame the lad. Over 300 games played and still knocked out of the first round.

For sure.

I hate on court interviews in general, but it's unnecessarily harsh on the loser.

[Geenius]

Supporting Mahut all the way. They must have dragged him back on court for that presentation as I saw him leave before switching over for the end of the footy. Switched back and there he was. Leave them alone. Not a fan of Isner, but for god's sake let him have his rest and feed before he has to play again. Another interview was starting after he walked off court too.

Nadal's just lost his first set now too.

[Gorecki]

I kept channel hopping to see what was going on and every time I did it was the exact same thing. Increasingly tired players smacking unplayable serves at each other, punctuated by the odd decent passing shot. If it wasn't for the insanity of the scoreline it would have been dull, dull, dull.

Slightly more interesting is the Gruaniads live blog of it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/ju ... ennis-live
He starts going slightly mental from about 4pm.

7pm:What's going on here? Once, long ago, I think that this was a tennis match. I believe it was part of a wider tennis tournament, somewhere in south-west London, and the winner of this match would then go on to face the winner of another match and, if he won that, the winner of another match. And so on until he reached the final and, fingers crossed, he won the title.

That, at least, is what this spectacle on Court 18 used to be; what it started out as. It's not that anymore and hasn't been for a few hours now. I'm not quite sure what it is, but it is long and it's horrifying and it's very long to boot. Is it death? I think it might be death.

[Geenius]

I despise that kind of tennis, which is why I'm no fan of Roddick or Isner (or Karlovic or Querrey...). Mahut has more to his game, but didn't get much chance to show it.

But... this was hilarious, particularly last night. Isner's body language just had me doubled up with laughter every time a shot went flying past and he'd hardly moved his feet. Looks toward his team and shrugs of his shoulders, followed by another slump and trudge across to the other side.

Nadal through in 5. Jamie Murray and Jonny Marray go out to the #1 seeds in the doubles, 15-13 in the 5th. Tsonga through 10-8 in the 5th. Good tournament this year with lots of upsets and close matches.

[merman]

I kept channel hopping to see what was going on and every time I did it was the exact same thing. Increasingly tired players smacking unplayable serves at each other, punctuated by the odd decent passing shot. If it wasn't for the insanity of the scoreline it would have been dull, dull, dull.

Slightly more interesting is the Gruaniads live blog of it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/ju ... ennis-live
He starts going slightly mental from about 4pm.

7pm:What's going on here? Once, long ago, I think that this was a tennis match. I believe it was part of a wider tennis tournament, somewhere in south-west London, and the winner of this match would then go on to face the winner of another match and, if he won that, the winner of another match. And so on until he reached the final and, fingers crossed, he won the title.

That, at least, is what this spectacle on Court 18 used to be; what it started out as. It's not that anymore and hasn't been for a few hours now. I'm not quite sure what it is, but it is long and it's horrifying and it's very long to boot. Is it death? I think it might be death.

I'll tell you what it was, exactly what Wimbledon needed to get people interested in the tennis again while the World Cup is on...

[Misfit]

Isner now going for the quickest game at Wimbledon. Currently 6-0, 6-3 down and not looking in great shape. The trainer has been out for a massage a couple of times.



In fact his match has just been relegated to the red button coverage...

[Portland]

Shall we just give Nadal the trophy now then? That sounded quite an effort on the radio, and having just seen the replay, seemed a real struggle.

Very rare logon at work just to say <ahem>

[Misfit]

Sad to hear Federer come up with injuries as an excuse. No credit to his opponent who was awesome.

Wouldn't give it to Nadal yet, he's in a battle with Soderling right now.

[Portland]

<ahem>

Murray's also turned it round after a shady first set...