luckystar

Sorry, that’s me at 1:58PM.

Rafa’s FH is horrible today, and Thiem breaks!

Rafa not hitting with depth; he has the topspin but not the depth. His shots barely passes Thiem’s service box. Rafa’s all court game is there to help him though.

Yes littlefoot, I agree about Djoko losing at this FO, that it’s a great impact on his claim to be greater than Fedal, than just merely losing a SF at a slam.

So, for that reason, I don’t wish for Djoko to make […]

I think if it’s not too windy out there, Thiem will S&V and drop shot more, seeing Rafa’s deep court position behind the baseline. He couldn’t S&V in the SF as its too windy for his serve to work well.

Rafa by […]

Well, the flatter shots thing may be true in normal circumstances but not when in windy conditions. Thiem needed five sets to beat Djoko, who’s playing some of his worse tennis in the wind; he’s not going to get […]

And 2014 USO by Cilic!

Come on, why are you so superstitious?

Well, I said before the SFs that I feared Rafa facing Thiem in the final. But, after watching both SFs, I think Rafa will win the final even if the final is on Monday and Thiem has sufficient rest.

From both […]

And, I’m sure the spectators there at the Wimbledon SFs last year were getting irritated with the Isner/Anderson match when it had gone on like forever. They paid high prices for the tickets because they w […]

Big Al, that’s because RG has no roof yet! We won’t complain if RG’s PC court has a roof and it’s closed to keep out the rain. Next year we’ll see the roof at PC court and I’m sure we won’t be complaining i […]

Talking about that, Fed had the luck to draw Rafa in the SF, had he been drawn in Djoko’s half, I bet it’s Fed in the final to meet Rafa there (and Rafa would’ve beaten Thiem in a windy SF, unlike this Djoko)!

Djoko had played Rafa twice in the FO final and Rafa still beat him in four sets (it couldve been three sets in 2012 if not for the rain which saved Djoko for a set). In the 2014 final, Rafa wasn’t really at his […]

Kevin, if the match was played within the same day, then yes I agree, that conditions should remain the same whether the rain stopped or started again, so once the roof was closed because of the rain, then let it […]

Yes good for her. Nice listening to the Aussie anthem, not many Aussie winning at the FO I think.

Yeah, well done to Ricky!

You see PK, by starting the match indoors, it’s already a disadvantage to Rafa – Rafa mentioned that he couldn’t see the ball clearly in the first set under the light, so he lost the first set rather quickly. […]

If Rafa just reached the final at Wimbledon, he would have 7960(7480+1200-720) points, and Djoko losing in the SF to Rafa would mean he ended the year with 7765 points (9045-2000+720),so Rafa despite not playing […]

Regarding last year’s Wimbledon SF, I too feel that Rafa was robbed a chance to hold that trophy again with all the wrong decisions made by the organisers in particular. And, worse still, it ended up costing Rafa […]

Thiem into another FO final has proven that his 2018 run was no fluke. I think he’s reaching his peak now at 25 almost 26. I wish for him to have a better career than that Dimi guy, who is such a d […]

At least now we don’t need to listen to all the hype about Djoko’s double non calendar slams and also his double career slams!

With this win Thiem gets to retain his no.4 ranking, had he lost in the SF, he wou […]