Weeks 26 & 27 - Wimbledon - men's main draw (grass)

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

RE: Weeks 26 & 27 - Wimbledon - men's main draw (grass)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

For the record:

L32: Vasek Pospisil (CAN) WR 56 defeated (WC) James Ward WR 111 by 6-4 3-6 2-6 6-3 8-6

I feared the worst when he failed to make any real impression in the fourth set & expected his service to wilt sooner than it actually did! hmm

LouieG · County player

Gutted, but like has been said he didn't create much in the last 2 sets and Vasek was solid.

-- Edited by LouieG on Saturday 4th of July 2015 06:59:18 PM

nicofrance · Strong Club Player

I think the nerves got to both Ward and Pospisil and contributed to an overall poor quality match however putting my patriotism aside the Canadian thoroughly deserved to win given his fantastic serving in the 5th set. Given he was serving second he showed no weakness at all. I don't feel as disappointed with this loss as yesterdays Watson heartbreaker.

Ward had a bit of luck with the Ferrer withdrawal, got two wins and is in the top 100 after so many years of trying so should be pleased. I'm not sure how high he can go, top 50 should be his target.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I completely agree, nicoF.

it wasn't a great match, patchy and bit nervy by both. Ward did a good job, overall, but Pospisil's serving was just amazing in that fifth set. He deserved the win.

Poor Heather's was certainly a far bigger heartbreaker . . .

But a great week, really, by both...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The Hoo-hah about the possible 'double hit' of Karlovic on Tsonga's set point is reasonable and all part of tennis and what twitter is made for.

What's not reasonable is that even the BBC does not seem to know the double-hit rule.

www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/33395884

the journalist assumes it's illegal without any knowledge of the rule and the fact that, under the rules, it almost certainly was perfectly fine.

TMH · Futures qualifying

The level of tennis knowledge and research in this country is beyond awful to be honest. There are a handful of decent journalists, but most of the ones at Sky, Eurosport, BBC etc seem to have as much understanding as your typical two-week fan.

SkySports had an article before the tournament about how the organisers had refused to up Nadal's seeding, completely unaware how the seeding actually works. I made a comment pointing out the facts of the matter and surprise surprise it wasn't approved.

They regularly make mistakes and won't take any criticism at all. Does my nut.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Coup Droit wrote:
I completely agree, nicoF.

it wasn't a great match, patchy and bit nervy by both. Ward did a good job, overall, but Pospisil's serving was just amazing in that fifth set. He deserved the win.

Poor Heather's was certainly a far bigger heartbreaker . . .

But a great week, really, by both...

Agreed; 2 wins for both just what the doctor ordered with Heather's match against Serena above and beyond most expectations (and nearly beyond wildest dreams...which has now become the new expectation smile ).

Over to Muzz again now...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Of the 16 left,

9 are seeded to be where they are,

5 are seeded 17-32 and 2 are unseeded

The 2 who are unseeded are WR 56 and WR 105 !

There are:

2 Swiss
2 Serbs
2 French
2 Croats
1 Brit
1 American
1 Canadian
1 South african
1 Czech
1 Belgian
1 spaniard
1 Aussie

There are 4 aged over 30, with the oldest being 36

There are 2 aged under 25, with the youngest being aged 20

The average age is 28