Wimbledon 2013

[supernaps]

I'm a huge Nole and Masha fan, so obviously I want both of them to win. I do realize though, that Sharapova claiming the title is very, very difficult. Williams is basically playing the best tennis of her career and has improved tremendously on the power front. (and Azarenka is also lurking)
Nadal's out (which I was surprised as well, but not that surprised as many others, grass was never his strongest spot) which makes it easier for Djokovic; let's just see if Federer's tremendous experience will be enough this time.
It's gonna be interesting to see things progressing.

[charliepanayi]

A spate of withdrawals today - seven in all apparently!

[I Don't Need A Name]

It sucks when it's names like Cilic, Tsonga and Azarenka gone!

Although if anyone caught the Brown Vs Hewitt game, Brown played some excellent tennis! He knocked out a player 119 seeds above him.

And it seems like a day for that, with Ivanovic falling to 66th Seed Eugenie Bouchard and Sharapova being beaten by 131st Seed Michelle Larcher De Brito

[supernaps]

Holy balls. Sharapova's out from the second round, woah.
She had a very, very mediocre game but that doesn't diminish de Brito's win followed by a brilliant performance.
Gutted to see Masha out that early, I was hoping she would go through the final (now that Azarenka withdrew) to meet with Williams but oh well.

Good luck to de Brito though, looking forward for her in the future, I like her straightforward kind of play.

[charliepanayi]

Five of the top ten women's seeds are out already.

[supernaps]

They say that the n.2 court is the "graveyard of champions" but this year, it feels like every single court is like that, lol.

[Aulayna]

Yeah sad to see Sharapova go, she's always been one of my favourites. There's definitely been some massive upsets so far and we're only 3 days in.

[charliepanayi]

And Federer is heading the same way at the moment

[I Don't Need A Name]

I would like to say that watching the Sharapova match was exciting etc. but I only watched the last few points, and that was a chore due to it being a massive screaming match. There's just no need to make those kind of noises when playing Tennis..

[supernaps]

I would like to say that watching the Sharapova match was exciting etc. but I only watched the last few points, and that was a chore due to it being a massive screaming match. There's just no need to make those kind of noises when playing Tennis..

But it's not like they get an enjoyment out of making that grunt; it helps them, put the pressure and power out. Yeah, you could argue that sometimes it can get a bit overplayed but it's not like they can help it.

Federer's looking on hot water, this day is a cursed day for the top seeds.

[charliepanayi]

Does someone just want to give Djokovic and Murray byes to the final now. Williams too.

[I Don't Need A Name]

I would like to say that watching the Sharapova match was exciting etc. but I only watched the last few points, and that was a chore due to it being a massive screaming match. There's just no need to make those kind of noises when playing Tennis..

But it's not like they get an enjoyment out of making that grunt; it helps them, put the pressure and power out. Yeah, you could argue that sometimes it can get a bit overplayed but it's not like they can help it.

That's debatable in itself. Sure it happens in games where players make a grunting noise when you put down the power into the shots, and exert themselves, that's just natural, but those two weren't using it like that. They were literally screaming after every single shot.

[supernaps]

That's debatable in itself. Sure it happens in games where players make a grunting noise when you put down the power into the shots, and exert themselves, that's just natural, but those two weren't using it like that. They were literally screaming after every single shot.

Well, with that same logic, that is debatable as well. You can't know how much pressure it took them for every movement, thus the grunting might have helped them after every single shot.

[Rocket Edge]

Disappointed but wasn't surprised to see Federer lose yesterday. He's been playing like trout all year and when he gets tested, areas of his game falls to pieces. His forehand was poor yesterday, his backhand non-existant, and if it wasn't for his serve being reliable he would have been comfortably beaten. Maybe he needs to add in more tournaments than hes having to regain match fitness.

This Wimbledon is Murrays to lose. He is more comfortable on the grass than Nole and he wants it more. I just hope players like Haas, Del Potro, Dimitrov, & Brown make good runs.

[supernaps]

Nole's on the next round, which shouldn't come off as surprising really, but well, this year, you never know. Saw his last set, he was really good.

Williams seems to be running on her own; I'd love to say that Kimiko would pose a threat to her, but seems unlikely. Hopefuly I get proven wrong on that.