Wimbledon 2023

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Missing Sir David Gray on here, he would have had the thread started long before now. Hope he's back some time.

My wife and I had tickets for Court 1 on Friday but we're both down with a sickness bug with no sign of much improvement so had to cancel. Absolutely gutted.

Anyway, Alcaraz has just started and looking forward to Murray v Peniston this afternoon.

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Spoiler alert. That bellend Djokovic wins.

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Spoiler alert. That bellend Djokovic wins.

Shock. Not like you to come on and slag him off.
Hope he wins, your outrage will be epic.
Alcaraz could be the guy to stop him though. Superb player, and improving on grass court

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Love watching Sabalenka, all that raw power, these screams and facial expressions. Hope she wins it.

Easy win for Murray. Tsitsipas or Thiem next.

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Missing Sir David Gray on here, he would have had the thread started long before now. Hope he's back some time.

My wife and I had tickets for Court 1 on Friday but we're both down with a sickness bug with no sign of much improvement so had to cancel. Absolutely gutted.

Anyway, Alcaraz has just started and looking forward to Murray v Peniston this afternoon.

hope he’s keeping well

[WeeRussell]

Putting sentiment aside, is anyone else really surprised murray is favourite to beat Tsitsipas today?

Maybe I’m just so out of touch these days but I’d have guessed the Greek would have been about 1/5!!

I’ll be wrong as usual and another good win for Murray incoming 😁

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Putting sentiment aside, is anyone else really surprised murray is favourite to beat Tsitsipas today?

Maybe I’m just so out of touch these days but I’d have guessed the Greek would have been about 1/5!!

I’ll be wrong as usual and another good win for Murray incoming

I think it'll be a good game, but I wouldn't have Murray as favourite.

I guess the bookies are pricing in the fact that Tsitsipas had a long one yesterday, whilst Murray had a day off? Plus the fact that grass isn't traditionally the Greek's favourite surface.

I'd say he did very well to beat Thiem yesterday, and will be a very tough prospect for Murray.

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I think it'll be a good game, but I wouldn't have Murray as favourite.

I guess the bookies are pricing in the fact that Tsitsipas had a long one yesterday, whilst Murray had a day off? Plus the fact that grass isn't traditionally the Greek's favourite surface.

I'd say he did very well to beat Thiem yesterday, and will be a very tough prospect for Murray.

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Yeah you could be right, and he’ll have the whole crowd onside too. As I say I haven’t seen nearly as much as I usually do and didn’t realise his game was so long last round… just expected the Greek to be a fairly short favourite!

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Putting sentiment aside, is anyone else really surprised murray is favourite to beat Tsitsipas today?

Maybe I’m just so out of touch these days but I’d have guessed the Greek would have been about 1/5!!

I’ll be wrong as usual and another good win for Murray incoming 😁

Very surprised to hear that. The Andy Murray of today, capable as he still is of playing tennis most mortals can only dream of, is no way favourite for this match.

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Very surprised to hear that. The Andy Murray of today, capable as he still is of playing tennis most mortals can only dream of, is no way favourite for this match.

I’m glad it’s not just a case of me being daft!

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Stunning win for Liam Broady. He's always had the talent, just never nailed it down.

Katie Boulter also going well.

[heretoday]

Looks like Andy and the Greek are set in for the night. A right battle.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

1 set each, gripping stuff! 👏

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

2-1 Murray, he took a terrible fall on the penultimate point. Match continues tomorrow.

[weecounty hibby]

What an athlete Andy Murray is. Talent, skill, will to win, effort, commitment all off the scale

[HibbyAndy]

I'm no sure this break suits Murray , He had his opponent on the ropes !! Sisipass now regroups and goes again tomorrow and if he comes out hitting as hard as he did in the 1st set it's game on ! Still in the balance for me


By the way Murray rolling back the years , Absolutely brilliant ..Metal hip and 36 years old , Scotlands greatest ever sportsman

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I'm no sure this break suits Murray , He had his opponent on the ropes !! Sisipass now regroups and goes again tomorrow and if he comes out hitting as hard as he did in the 1st set it's game on ! Still in the balance for me


By the way Murray rolling back the years , Absolutely brilliant ..Metal hip and 36 years old , Scotlands greatest ever sportsman

Not only Scotland's but Britain's greatest ever IMHO.

It was vintage stuff and wonderful to see how passionately the crowd got behind him. As you say, he was thriving on the late night atmosphere and the break came at a better time for his opponent - although Andy may need some recovery time from that fall.

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Last night was sporting theatre of the the highest order. Murray played unbelievably well, so did Tsapitas (he looked like a real talent). What a pity it had to stop, you had the feeling Murray was going to prevail in a fourth set. I suspect things may pan out a bit differently today though.

[Betty Boop]

Soorr puss moaning and groaning.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Murray loses his serve in the 5th set, can't see him recovering from that.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Murray loses 3-2 to the 5th seed. Fine effort but, not quite good enough.

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Soorr puss moaning and groaning.

What a contribution, looking forward to seeing more.

[Hiber-nation]

Disappointing, really thought Andy was going to do it. But a lot of folk (esp the bookies surprisingly) seemed to have forgotten Tsistipas is 5 seed with a fantastic serve and forehand.

Norrie out too.

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Disappointing, really thought Andy was going to do it. But a lot of folk (esp the bookies surprisingly) seemed to have forgotten Tsistipas is 5 seed with a fantastic serve and forehand.

Norrie out too.

He certainly had the momentum last night. Felt he had to win it in four tho as in the end it came down to nothing more than the 12 year age gap as you would never have known one player was fifth seed and the other unseeded.

Great effort by Andy.

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Soorr puss moaning and groaning.

I was kind of biting my tongue as was sure I’d be the only one who found him a bit much at times 😂

Couldn’t help thinking that a few individuals would be up in arms at the way oor Andy goes on sometimes if it had been the Serbian machine.

Still some effort to see him back playing at this level with a hip replacement.

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I was kind of biting my tongue as was sure I’d be the only one who found him a bit much at times 😂

Couldn’t help thinking that a few individuals would be up in arms at the way oor Andy goes on sometimes if it had been the Serbian machine.

Still some effort to see him back playing at this level with a hip replacement.

Yeh, you can see the frustration of not quite bring able to rekindle the brilliance of his peak years due injury/age boils over. He's so beloved of the Wimbledon crowd tho and has done so much for British sport that the vast majority will forgive him a few expletives.

He's also remains great box office unlike the Serbian automaton, who played out his perfunctory grind-fest over Wawrinka in front of a barely half-full arena. Any other champion taking to the court for the Friday night slot would pack the place out.

[Jones28]

Eubanks v Tsitsipas going the full five sets. Really good game.

[Trinity Hibee]

That Alcaraz berrettini match was superb. Alcaraz definitely going to win quite a few majors in his career.

[Trinity Hibee]

Superb comeback from Jabeur there.

[WeeRussell]

We can say what we want about Djokovic’s personality. Absolutely phenomenal tennis player.

Would be nice to see Alcaraz take the title but Novak will absolutely deserve it if he claims another.

Hope Jabeur goes on to win the female’s.