Wimbledon

Tennis going by the cliche count.

maccamax wrote: Sport doesn't come better than that marathon.      Call it a DRAW. No crap , behaviour problems ,    . Just one hell of a battle .     Will go down in Sporting History as one to remember.

Passing Through wrote: Geez Doc, of all the things you could take-away from that epic 5 hour thriller, potting women's sport wasn't even on my list.

First I make it clear = I'm only a recent convert to the gamble on Tennis & know little about the in depths of the players.

However I have a Son , who like E&E , knows the game , Stats and gets a Dollar out of Tennis.

Some of the facts are very interesting .   Like this year , You would be winning more backing Venus Williams than Serena. ( Bet for win if fav and half stake if not )

Djocovic has played 43 games , fav 42 times and your losing on him.

Barty performed well , consistent & better priced. One of the top returns for punters.

As was Halep , Riske , Pliskova Karolina ( her twin a loser )

No surprise that the oz men went bad . Worst being Tomic & Millman .

Promising players like the young Greek Tsitipas , Osaki, Vekic , were in the losing stable .

    Interesting stuff aye.

I'll bet when our Gun tipster said the Mens final would go 5 sets, he didn't imagine such

a Sporting History 5.

Whale wrote: Seems slightly unfair, Roger wins sets by breaking serve, Djoker by winning tie breaks.  Seems Federer is not great in tie breaks Longest final ever, if the system was as it used to be, no tie breaks ,they would be playing for 2 days

Whale wrote: Seems slightly unfair, Roger wins sets by breaking serve, Djoker by winning tie breaks.  Seems Federer is not great in tie breaks Longest final ever, if the system was as it used to be, no tie breaks ,they would be playing for 2 days

They were both out on their feet at the end. It looked like another break was coming (probably Fed breaking him) but 12-12 came too quick. Surprised if it had have gone on much longer in the absence of a tiebreak.

Serena Williams destroys another top tennis Tournament.

She quit after 4 games in the Final of the Canadian Show Piece.

Towing that "V-Dub" doesn't help her but I'll bet she lines up for the US Open in a week or Two.

    

maccamax wrote: Serena Williams destroys another top tennis Tournament. She quit after 4 games in the Final of the Canadian Show Piece. Towing that "V-Dub" doesn't help her but I'll bet she lines up for the US Open in a week or Two.

Enough of the personal stuff

Barty thrashed by Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2 6-4 at Cincinnati. Crikey, Kuznetsova must be nearly 40. She's been around forever. Oh, no - 34, but she won the first of her two majors 15 years ago.

Tlazolteotl wrote: Jeez it's easy to win women's grand slams. Barty has peaked at the right time. The 3 opponents with the most class and who would normally be her biggest obstacles are: Serena- old and tired Naomi- in a tizzzy Petra- injury concerns There's really no mountains to climb to get to the top of women's tennis atm with Serena in decline. On the men's side, by contrast, you've got to scale, Mt Federer, Djokovic and Nadal before you reach the summit.

Grass , hardcourt & clay surfaces are like comparing chalk & cheese. Almost different games - like comparing basketball & netball or baseball to softball 

Can you see any of the younger players who look likely to beat Djokovic in the next couple of years? I can't.

 probably the most unpopular champion since McEnroe.