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

Priesty · Challenger level

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

PockyTastic · Futures level

Alex and Bryden are both out on court at the moment alongside James.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Tight, tight tie-break but Brydan loses it....

Miriambee · Futures level

all Brit matches are on the red button. 991 - 996 on cable.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, that was a decent, honest performance from James.

LouieG · County player

Unlucky James, gave a really good account of himself once he got going, nice to see!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L128: (1) Novak Djokovic (SRB) WR 1 defeated (WC) James Ward WR 177 by 6-0 7-6(3) 6-4

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

It's fair to say Alex isn't really a grass player. Goffin will win this in straights.

christ · Futures level

christ wrote:
So if Mr Ward (J) beats Mr Djokovic, and Mr. Murray then beats Mr Ward (J) - or someone - in the final, then Mr Murray will only be about two grand slams behind Mr Djokovic in the rankings? Definitely catchable.

Well, nearly. If he hadn't had a 9 game lead, Mr Djokovic would have been in trouble there.

RJA · Hall of fame

A good effort from James after the first 9 games. If he played with this level of intensity week in week out this defeat wouldn't have resulted in him dropping well outside the top 200.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

christ wrote:
christ wrote:
So if Mr Ward (J) beats Mr Djokovic, and Mr. Murray then beats Mr Ward (J) - or someone - in the final, then Mr Murray will only be about two grand slams behind Mr Djokovic in the rankings? Definitely catchable.
Well, nearly. If he hadn't had a 9 game lead, Mr Djokovic would have been in trouble there.

In trouble? Novak?

Never.

But it was a good match from James, no doubt.

RJA · Hall of fame

Jaggy1876 wrote:
It's fair to say Alex isn't really a grass player. Goffin will win this in straights.

Alex needed a really good draw (i.e a clay specialist) to have any chance of being competitive. If we are being honest his wild card was nothing more than a 30K funding boost, which given he progress this year was probably justifiable.

Jimmy09 · Intermediate Club Player

I actually think Alex is striking pretty well, but its very much one paced not much variation going on.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L128: Nicolas Mahut (FRA) WR 51 defeated (WC) Brydan Klein WR 260 by 7-6(0) 6-4 6-4

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

As expected, they're going down like nine pins. cry

L128: (11) David Goffin (BEL) WR 11 defeated (WC) Alex Ward WR 245 by 2, 3 & 2