Second match on the centre court tomorrow, after Rodders vs Fish. No previous meetings between the two, but Gulbis seems to be having a good run of form at the moment, having reached his first Grand Slam QF in Paris a week or so ago, which is more than Andy has so far managed, & so can't simply be written off. An intriguing struggle in prospect...
72 % first serves, 13 aces for Gulbis in his match against Seppi - perhaps even more important than Andy's serving will be the way he returns against Gulbis.
And yet gave up 11 break points against Seppi, blew a break lead in the second set and wasted match points in the TB, and very nearly got broken when serving for the match in the 3rd set - despite the impressive stats he very nearly lost to Seppi.
Depends which Gulbis shows up, as if it is the one from most of this year than the match will be as easy as the Grosjean one as he won't keep 3 balls in a row in the court, but if he plays like he did at RG then it's a tougher test for him and will be a close match.
Don't think Andy will lose this as if the match gets close then Gulbis will struggle as he doesn't do well in close matches.
Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive.... those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience
I'm at work only a couple of miles from Queens, and I have to say the weather is looking pretty poor at the moment. I think there are going to be some heavy downpours.
Andy has slipped a couple of times and is complaining about the courts being too slippy. Seems quite dangerous, been a fair few of them slipping all over the place on centre court this week
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Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive.... those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience