Novak Djokovic and Marin Cilic will continue their Wimbledon campaigns as the entire fourth round is played on Monday. They are set for respective encounters with Kevin Anderson and Denis Kudla.
(1) Novak Djokovic vs. (14) Kevin Anderson
Djokovic and Anderson will be squaring off for the sixth time in their careers and for the first time in more than three years when they meet again in round four of Wimbledon on Monday. Anderson won their first-ever encounter 7-6(1), 3-6, 6-4 at the 2008 Miami Masters but Djokovic has since won four in a row without dropping a set. The Serb prevailed three times in 2011–including 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 at Wimbledon–and at the 2012 Indian Wells Masters.
After succumbing to Stan Wawrinka in the French Open final, Djokovic did not play any off the grass-court warmups. But it is safe to say some rest did not do him any harm. The world No. 1 steamrolled through his first week at the All-England Club with straight-set scalps of Philipp Kohlschreiber, Jarkko Nieminen, and Bernard Tomic. Anderson punched his ticket to the last 16 by defeating Lucas Pouille, Marsel Ilhan, and Leonardo Mayer. This is the 14th-ranked South African’s second career trip to the Wimbledon fourth round and second in succession. Anderson’s one-two punch with his serve and forehand will make at least two sets relatively competitive, but Djokovic knows what to expect from the big guy and the favorite’s form is far too great for anyone outside the top five right now. In fact, since last summer’s Cincinnati Masters he has only one loss to a non-top five adversary (Ivo Karlovic, Doha).
Pick: Djokovic in 3 losing 11-14 games
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(9) Marin Cilic vs. (WC) Denis Kudla
Few could have imagined that Kudla would be in the second week of Wimbledon when this fortnight began–or that he would be the last American standing. That being said, his fine form at the All-England Club has not come out of nowhere. The world No. 105 had been just 2-6 at the ATP level in 2015 prior to this tournament, but he entered two grass-court Challenger events last month and reached the final of one before winning the other. His run so far at the All-England Club has been a dream for Kudla, who owns five-set victories over Pablo Cuevas and Santiago Giraldo and a four-setter at the expense of Alexander Zverev.
Next up for the 22-year-old is a first-ever meeting with Cilic. The reigning U.S. Open champion has not quite been the same since that triumph last summer, in part due to injury, but he is finally heating up again. Cilic reached the fourth round of the French Open and the semifinals in Stuttgart before succumbing to Viktor Troicki in a third-set tiebreaker. The ninth-ranked Croat has been far from dominant at this event, but he persevered through five-setters with Ricardas Berankis and John Isner after easing past Hiroki Moriya in his opener. Kudla wields some dangerous firepower, especially off the backhand side, but in the end this is mismatch between a slam champion and someone who had never previously been to a third round.
Pick: Cilic in 4
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Djokovic: “I congratulate Kevin for a great effort. It wouldn’t be undeserved if he would win this match” #Wimbledon
As opposed to Federer who after a loss uses words like “lucky shot” and “it’s a shame really”.
Djokovic: “This was one of the most difficult matches I’ve played at Wimbledon, maybe in my career” #Wimbledon
Just got in to see that nole won.thank the good lord for that otherwise we could have had some dreadful matches in that half of the draw. anderson was just going to revert back to his usual game afterwards….
wonder if the figures in the other side of the draw had anything to do with the strictly impartial decision by the wimby committee not to finish the match last night when nole would have run through the last set like wildfire. would have been nice for both murray and fed if he had gone out but then again with british fair play uppermost in their minds am sure they would never dream of thinking such a thing…
off to do some more work now…
british fair play
all are equal and all entitled to fairness
still, some are more entitled to fairness than others, no?
or should I say one (1) is more entitled to fairness than the others, no? 😉
wonder how roger’s dad feels about having to wear that silly cap at his son’s matches….they look like a bunch of penguins up there…..(what is the collective noun for a group of penguins btw??)
fedfans
ha ha hawkeye…just spilt my tea after reading that….
the zoological terms include a waddle…..that’s quite a good description as well…
fedfans = waddle
Yes you set me up pretty good there amy. I couldn’t resist.
🙂
The BWs then:
blind waddlers
blind : unthinking, hypnotized, groupthinking
it does have one think going for it, though, the penguin gestalt: why not complete it:
wear the penguin caps along with a black-tie (smoking) get-up
If I only were a fedfan, I mean a BW,
I’d wear the black-tie outfit (with the emblazened rf logo, of course!) with the obligatory rf tie,
and I’d feel important and smug,
a member of the most impressive club to be a member of,
I’d learn to enjoy nespresso-machine capucinnos (after all, many fine coffee establishments in Italy use these gleaming machines now), and rolex watches (or fakes if the wallet’s not thick), and all the other finer things in life
I’d be impressive then, important even,
I’d have made it to the higher echelons of life and society
and you clearly tell that about me
you could tell by my rf black-tie uniform
and my rf cap
you could tell by my self-satisfaction
and my smug smile
I’d be a somebody then
I could say,
slowly
‘nobless oblige’
and other impressive stuff
but alas I am not a fedfan
I could have been
I could have been a contender
but I cannot help myself
I am but a humb!e fan
of the boy from the island
bearing flowers
and the other boy from the other island
bearing swearwords and a fiery head of hair
but I won’t begrudge the BWs
their impressiveness
after all
‘nobless oblige’
pace, friends
#pax
good god chloro, what is the original form of that parody!! you and hawkeye are leaving me for dead today….!
great parody though……..
the original form? a mishmash of this and that
you know: one thing reminds you of another
certainly redefines the notion of eclectic chloro, so much so that is deserves its own dictionary space….
what is that last photo of hawkeye’s a reference to??
amy, you did see some of the print ads (and video ads) what paint the picture of what it takes to become impressive and impressive enough to reach self-satisfied smugness, no?
the ads by that collection of high-ticket corporations selling luxuries that have now paid the one rf 8 figures in endorsements
If it is worth 8 figures in endorsements to sell the image to the masses of becoming one of the self-smug owners of luxury items that bestow importance and impressiveness to one. Enough masses that the increase in sales must be worth a collection 9 figures.
Of course such numbers couldn’t possibly interfere with any kind of fairness 😉
Let’s go back to sleep
Let’s get back to the land of dreams
Let’s dream together again in the cozy group we are and think the same thoughts together
Let’s no longer entertain doubts or thoughts of our own
Let’s see the world in the uniform consensual way our priests have graced us with
our good priests of the holy corporations that bestow us with the finer luxuries in life
we will waddle together
waddle good and true
waddle
slowly
towards the land
of ever increasing glory
the land where I too can dream
of being rf himself
in my dream I can allow myself to believe
that I am he
that I am rf
at last
Glory be
#pax
thank you, amy
as to hawkeye’s pic, I have no idea
I have my little areas of nerdiness but it’s not in there
ok chloro i see this waddle thing is really catching on…
could even be money in it, no??
although not alas for Himself one thinks…..(or maybe…..)
could be useful that waddle rhymes with twaddle….
actually the words are so close that they are virtually synonymous…..
thank you for teaching me a new word, didn’t know ‘twaddle’
well, while we’re twaddling anyway
I wonder about your question:
does He Himself they are waddling to, after, around, below… does He Himself waddle too?
what say you, other posters?
will you waddle with us, will you do?
will you twaddle with us, will you do?
#DoYou?
there are a distressingly large number of hollywood movies about penguins…do you think this is some kind of fedfan code…. a way of communicating even when their hero isn’t playing tennis..?
that’s a frightening thought….
steve martin has a lot to answer for….
I think you are onto something there amy. They can be a mindless bunch with no sense of humour.
http://blogs.sfu.ca/departments/continuingstudies/wiredreporter/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Borg1.jpg
what on earth is that? sorry hawkeye but your wits are quicker than mine…
Just a nerd reference amy. Says more for you that you don’t recognize it.
a few days ago i was saying that i would have picked pete’s forehand as one of my 3 goat forehands rather than lendl’s but that this was partly subjective bias as i like pete so much more than ivan….
saw later that you said you had really liked pete and his game…
but isn’t pete a fedfan?? or don’t you mind in his case?
Yes he’s a massive fedfan and I do mind but he rectified this by saying that Roger is not the GOAT and Rafa is the reason why with his own argument for GOATdom.
Hated to see a burned out Sampras lose to fedfan at WImby in five and to see fedfan pass Pete’s slam count. However, fedfan will never tie Pete’s six consecutive year end No. 1 finishes.
I was as passionate for Pete as I am for Rafa.
hawkeye, all the more reason to hope that rafa finally gets his act together and wins some more slams….
i like pete and his game a lot too…..
would like to see pete work on rafa’s serve….
That’s a nice thought.
Pete’s introversion I think has prevented him from doing much in tennis after his playing career ended other than some exhos. It’s a shame.
so do you think that his shyness – which i like – would prevent him coaching?
he has such tennis knowledge as well as being a classy guy…..
Yes I do unfortunately.
it is time now to start writing the follow-on to Minions:
Waddluings
Adorable waddling small-stature penguins
Trying to be handy like minions
handy with watches and espresso’s and rackets and such
why with those penguins flippers
and the snug black-tie dinner jackets
Trying to be impressive penguins
twaddling words of wisdom
of the sort such as “I can’t believe myself how well I played today”
and “I think I’ll now pay my opponent a back-handed compliment,
and I think my fellow minions will not notice”
Theme song:
I am feeling so snug today
I am feeling so smug today
I will always feel so snug
I will always feels so smug
Because I’m Happy
Waddle along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I’m Happy
Twaddle along if you feel RF is the truth
Because I’m Happy
Waddle along if you know what RF is to you
Because I’m Happy
Twaddle along because that is what we all do
For RF is He
RF is Happiness
For RF is Me
(I dream)
And Me is Happiness
#Bliss
my god chloro! all this waddling is like a virus spreading through the english language so that every single word is contaminated by it….
see what a terrible virulent force fedfandom is? there is no viable antidote to it….
it does contaminate a lot, doesn’t it? and not only tenngrand threads let’s hurry to add…
there is one antidote, alas, one that takes to speck out of the adoring eye
it threatens the twaddling waddling blissful impressivity of the short-statured ones
it is a humb!e boy from a small island
it is ten past eleven at night, or twenty-three past ten in the morning
and thus it was decreed
that much would be arranged
much would be done
to hamper the progress
of the insolent affront
to the twaddling waddling happiness
of the many
and thus much was done
waddling and wrigging
twaddling and trick-ling
and word-besmirching
and booing
and booing at the next year
accusations of doping
and yet it became late
ten past the twenty-third hour
and yet it was too early
twenty-three past ten in the onset of a new day
when would it end
even the seven and ten fortress
for a while look too assailable
then came the accusations
of gamemanshipping
and clock ruling
and timing the ruling
to the breaking point
fortunately came the injuries
year and year again
fortunately came the boy’s own
internal Dreads
with the inuries
and the Dreads
the fortress was safe
for now at least
but one can never be sure enough
yet I mean not to get you down so much
my dear friends
do not worry
everything is in hand
let’s get back to waddling
and twaddling
and the happy dreaming
by the side of rf
the warm hearth of coziness
snugness and smugness
we are all together
and happy
we are rf
and he is us
together
like a teakettle
and a teacozy
‘t is nothing
no ailment
that cannot be bettered
with a nice cup of
so let’s be cozy
and happy
let’s be
rf
#cozy
#pax
we are rf
and he is us
together
like a teakettle
and a teacozy
excellent chloro….will definitely pour a cup of that….
although will not drink it i hasten to add….
very english drink tea…
the english have a lot to answer for as so often in the last century or 2…..
I do understand it is not all the english that drink this hallowed drink
yes, they do have a lot to answer for, as do the portuguese, the dutch, the french, the spanish, the germans, the italians and the belgians
but i hasten to add, not all the inhabitants of their countries
and I hasten to add, a lot of others have a lot to answer for
in fact in every country many have done so much they have to answer for too
I get very tired to hear it is only the above countries that supposedly have done stuff to answer for
while you drink your cup of something else
perhaps play John’s song
he wrote to make a bit of fun at his old school where he was told he would not amount to anything, where now they were analysing his song lyrics
some choice rf quotes from this song:
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.
I’m crying
Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun
See how they smile
See how they snide
Elementary penguin singing
Yes, that nice song does Get Back to the Penguin
#pax
#cozy
one tends to get more upset about one’s own country’s failings though no?
Beatles would have done a lot with the waddle…..
Penguin answers to all our needs….
he loves you yeah yeah yeah
he loves you yeah yeah yeah
with a love like that you know it can’t be bad
with a love like that you know you should be glad
glad enough to wear a penguin hat…..
i’d too be glad
to wear a penguin hat
if only I could
I surely would
but my love for her
never bloomed
and I’m left
with the love of him
of the islet
true, about one’s own country’s failings
this is my third country so three now to be more upset about 🙂
pete working on rafa’s serve and self-confidence
and a different professional working on his ___ condition (not married to the idea of spelling it out again 😉 ) what with a bit of talk therapy, perhaps some meds, a bit of visualization and self-talk etc…
then imagine what rafa could do coming back after having his a____ back to a moderate level and his c___ back high (ok, that one we are allowed to spell out: confidence), with some little strategic and tactical nothings whispered in his ear by dear pete, his serve upgraded…
perhaps going on 30 but he would, in such a scenario, still be a force to reckon with, a possible direct attack yet at the Seven and Ten Fortress… as he was supposed to be in the Four and Ten and Five and Ten years of the RF era.
There are no meds that would fix Rafa’s problem and allow him to play with the same energy and stamina required at the professional level.
i am entirely convinced that with the right help and toni not boiling his bones down to a kind of gruel which he drinks regularly like an old codger vampire or werewolf (i am taking the piss out of myself here btw before someone attacks me for being literal)
that rafa would very quickly bounce back and perhaps be even more of a force than before! imagine what rafa would be like with a serve and quick-fire return…..!
am wondering who is responsible for disseminating the horrific upsurge of penguin-ness which is now polluting our entire popular culture?
can’t just be steve martin, although he does have to take his fair share of blame….
You mean this guy???
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view5/4653629/two-wild-and-crazy-guys-o.gif
ha ha hawkeye….just spilt some more tea (not real tea though chloro, so don’t worry that i am a fed collaborator)
or this guy.
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/84903/steve-martin-dentist-o.gif
for chrissakes hawkeye…take it away…..!
or this guy?
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/166760/steve-martin-o.gif
steve genius martin dat
and, amy, what _kind_ of tea do you drink then, huh?
sounds a little suspicious
I think you better bring yourself back into the fold
the cozy blanket of don_t_think_for_yourself
camomile… herr SS fragemeister chloro…!
i drink it in veritable buckets….
quite
not _real_ tea then indeed, as you said
I know I was interrogatory there
just please don’t call me that title,
those were not _nice_ men and women
Canadians are unarmed Americans with Medicare and really good beer, eh?
we don’t, generally, descend into the darkest kind of behavior and then justify it
camomile
good infusion, healthy, calming, and probably more besides
great for my shot nerves due to lack of sleep as the noise at night is appalling.
night before last one of my neighbours was out in courtyard trying to find the outside electricity source to the flat where music was being played to shut it off!
has been going on forever and drives one to acts of insanity….!
sorry to hear that
pretty extreme
is not fun but should be ending soon as people involved should be booted out in a few weeks….
scenes of pure farce in the meantime..
‘care charmer sleep…son of the sable night…….. ‘&tc….
impossible to do without it …….
it’s good to hear the nightmare will end
strong poem … and then that last line…
thank you for introducing me to Palgrave, never read any of his poems
went to school in a country where English was not a language of instruction so we studied little of its literature
here’s to proper nights of restore and repose
coming in the eight month of the year
palgrave chloro??
sorry, very very tired but not following…thought that was the name of publisher/anthology?
‘care charmer sleep….’ has a lovely sound system…is from one of the english renaissance poets but can’t remember which right now….
too fast with the googling twaddling… twiddled some more and Samuel Daniel is the poet
yes thought so!!
am all penguin-ed out for now chloro…
in fact i think i might be in some kind of weird limbo…..
hoping against hope to sleep tonight so am off to try and get into bed early before the horror starts…
ordinary words look like chinese atm….
see you!!!!
hopefully you get enough rest tonight
it occurred to me that his is perhaps why we’ve seen you posting here in the wee hours of the night UK-time
penguins will sleep, even they must, and get another day for their waddlings and twaddlings