Weeks 26 & 27 - Wimbledon 2016 (incl. Andy) (grass)

goldenboy · Club Coach

Weeks 26 & 27 - Wimbledon 2016 (incl. Andy) (grass)

indiana · Tennis legend

Yay, super stuff from Evo

Up to WR 72 in live rankings and within a further win ( who he play next then ?

) of Kyle and Aljaz.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

And a result to make Spectator's day: Nicolas Mahut has just despatched David Ferrer (13) by 1, 4 & 3. biggrin

philwrig · Hall of fame

Great matchup for Evo, Doggy's slice and dice completely unaffecting the Brit.
Came out today determined to win the TB, but the way he finished the match was clinical, Doggy giving him some help, but still impressive.
Fed is struggling so he should be competitive against the GOAT, but I said that about Marcus, and I was slightly wrong there, but I like his chances to do well.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Chris Goldsmith @TheTennisTalker 3m3 minutes ago

Yen Hsun Lu is W15 L1 on grass in 2016, only loss was to Dustin Brown in Manchester. #bbctennis #wimbledon

RJA · Hall of fame

philwrig wrote:
Great matchup for Evo, Doggy's slice and dice completely unaffecting the Brit.
Came out today determined to win the TB, but the way he finished the match was clinical, Doggy giving him some help, but still impressive.
Fed is struggling so he should be competitive against the GOAT, but I said that about Marcus, and I was slightly wrong there, but I like his chances to do well.

With all due respect to Marcus there was simply no way he was ever going to beat Federer and he knew it. He just went out there to try and have a good time and savour the experience. There is no way that Evo will take that approach, his ego simply wouldn't allow it. He will know that he is massive underdog but there is a part of him that thinks every match he plays is winnable if he can find his very best tennis. He might well take a heavy beating, although I don't think he will, but he will certainly be going out there to win the match and not simply to enjoy his day on centre court.

RJA · Hall of fame

Coup Droit wrote:
Chris Goldsmith @TheTennisTalker 3m3 minutes ago

Yen Hsun Lu is W15 L1 on grass in 2016, only loss was to Dustin Brown in Manchester. #bbctennis #wimbledon

Nice to see proper context for those 15 wins provided, i.e 14 of them at challenger level.

Spectator · All-time great

Stircrazy wrote:
And a result to make Spectator's day: Nicolas Mahut has just despatched David Ferrer (13) by 1, 4 & 3.

I a fan of Nicolas Mahut? How ever did anyone guess? But yes, it's a great result, and if my day hadn't already been made by Dan Evans' win, it would certainly have helped!

Not so sure about the start of the Lu/Murray match, though. Lu is dangerous. And a quick win for Mr Murray would be so helpful ...

paulisi · Tennis legend

I saw Lu struggle past Lloyd at Manchester. I have to say Lloyd should have won, but Lu found gears where necessary. No big weapons, but very consistent.

Spectator · All-time great

RJA wrote:
philwrig wrote:
Great matchup for Evo, Doggy's slice and dice completely unaffecting the Brit.
Came out today determined to win the TB, but the way he finished the match was clinical, Doggy giving him some help, but still impressive.
Fed is struggling so he should be competitive against the GOAT, but I said that about Marcus, and I was slightly wrong there, but I like his chances to do well.
With all due respect to Marcus there was simply no way he was ever going to beat Federer and he knew it. He just went out there to try and have a good time and savour the experience. There is no way that Evo will take that approach, his ego simply wouldn't allow it. He will know that he is massive underdog but there is a part of him that thinks every match he plays is winnable if he can find his very best tennis. He might well take a heavy beating, although I don't think he will, but he will certainly be going out there to win the match and not simply to enjoy his day on centre court.

I'm not sure I'd agree fully with the characterisation of Marcus Willis' approach: as someone (I think Steven) said earlier, it feels as if the appearance of a "just here for the ride" approach is in part defensive. The first set he was smiling (what else can you do when you're playing well but being, as he put it, duffed?) but once he got on the board, there was much more a look of determination. I do agree, though, that Dan Evans will go out to win, whether he actually does win or not. And with quite a lot of experience of playing top players in high-stakes matches, he's a much more dangerous prospect. It should be a very different atmosphere: all business ... and see where it goes from there.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
I saw Lu struggle past Lloyd at Manchester. I have to say Lloyd should have won, but Lu found gears where necessary. No big weapons, but very consistent.

According to Johnny Mac, Lu's backhand is beautiful. His forehand is unspectacular but solid. Unspectacular start to the first set by Andy, but a better finish (in spite of the wobble as he served for it!): in the bag by 6-3.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L64: (3) Roger Federer (SUI) WR 3 defeated (Q) Marcus Willis WR 772 by 0, 3 & 4
L64: Dan Evans WR 91 defeated (30) Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) WR 33 by 7-6(6) 6-4 6-1

L64: (2) Andy Murray WR 2 defeated Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) WR 76 by 3, 2 & 1

******

L32: (3) Roger Federer (SUI) WR 3 vs Dan Evans WR 91

L32: John Millman (AUS) WR 67 vs (2) Andy Murray WR 2

There is no head-to-head for Evo vs Fed, surprise, surprise, but Andy & the Milkman have met once before, in the last 16 in Brisbane (hard) in 2013, when Andy won by 6-1 5-7 6-3 & went on to take the title.

korriban · Challenger level

RJA wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Chris Goldsmith @TheTennisTalker 3m3 minutes ago

Yen Hsun Lu is W15 L1 on grass in 2016, only loss was to Dustin Brown in Manchester. #bbctennis #wimbledon
Nice to see proper context for those 15 wins provided, i.e 14 of them at challenger level.

Words cannot adequately describe how minimal Mr Goldsmith's contribution to tennis insight and knowledge is. He is so omnipotent that he is able to describe how a player is playing and what is going right or wrong from live scores alone. He talks. a lot! Not much else......grrrr

Priesty · Challenger level

Really enjoying this Wimbledon and the performances of Evo and Willbomb have been like a breath of fresh air.

What a pity Oliver Golding couldn't have met a Jen the Dentist...

indiana · Tennis legend

The Milkman has really progressed up the rankings. He first made the top 100 just less than a year ago ( on the back of qualifying and reaching R2 at Wimbledon last year ) and reached his CH 60 last month not far short of his 27th birthday.

It doesn't seem as long ago as 2009, but I've just seen that it is, since as a 20 yo he was losing a future SF and final in Australia to Jamie Baker. In more recent times, of course, he's had challenger contests with some of our guys and in successive weeks in November 2014 beat both James in an Australian Challenger final and then Kyle in a Japanese Challenger final.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 30th of June 2016 09:55:28 PM