The only one of those that could even threaten Federer is Raonic. Federer would dispose of Isner, Anderson and Querry pretty easily.We'll see, He is looking at Anderson or Querry in the Quarters, and then likely Isner or Roanic in the Semi's. So he will likely still face two top 15 players on the way, but who knows.
On the other side, a Nadal / Del Potro quarter could be a war if JDP can stay healthy. He was incredible today
Roanic Isner could be an interesting match perhaps. Sure it could be a straight sets 3 tiebreaker game, but it sure has the chance to be a 5 set, 21-19 in the 5th type of match. Isner had a 64 Ace victory the other dayOn the other hand, if men's seeds hold (very unlikely), we have a potentially awesome final 8 in store:
Federer/Anderson (1/8)
Raonic/Isner (13/9)
Djokovic/Nishikori or Krygios (12/15 or 24, Nishikori is up a set and a break on Krygios right now)
Del Potro/Nadal (5/2)
Looking utterly disinterested, Kyrgios gifted Nishikori a second service break - and effectively the set with a 5-1 advantage - when he fired a 215kph second-serve double-fault on break point.
"He kind of gave up," ex-British Davis Cup star Andrew Castle said on the BBC after Kyrgios surrendered the opening set in 16 minutes.
Former Australian Open finalist and British Davis Cup captain John Lloyd went further, saying the tempestuous talent "has to make his mind up to how much he wants to commit to winning slams"
I don't really get the way matches are scheduled on tour. In an era where Nadal and Federer are still head-and-shoulders above everyone else in the men's game, do they really need to be on Centre Court (or its equivalent elsewhere) for virtually every match and to get extra days of rest over their opponents? I get that you want to put the biggest attractions in front of the most fans as much as possible - although scheduling a doubles match involving Jamie Murray on Centre Court at the end of the day while DelPo was stuck on a court with no roof and no lights was very weak - but surely there ought to be an element of competitive balance involved.Very disappointing that DelPo got a very late start yesterday, and wasn't able to finish. He had to really battle today, and compared to what I saw earlier in the tournament looked rough. Now I have far less confidence he will give Nadal a match
That was the best match I've seen this year. Just throwing their bodies all over the place and crushing the ball for nearly five hours. It was a nice exchange after the match with Nadal crossing the net and giving him a hug, but I still felt awful for Del Potro. I want him to win another major.The level of play in Del Potro/Nadal is amazing, this should have been the final. Nadal close to winning, but fighting off break points up 4-3 in the 5th currently.
Edit: 5-3 Nadal, finally. One game away.
If Serena played like she did today against Kerber I am not sure Kerber has much of a chance. Kerber won easily today but Ostapenko had so many unforced errors that Kerber didn't really have to do much.Serena and Kerber both win in straight sets, at least Kerber has some Grand Slam winning experience so maybe she can give Serena a good final.
6pm in London...have to think so.So I have tickets for tomorrow - any chance the Nadal vs Djokovic gets pushed or finishes tomorrow morning, and I get to see it with my Saturday tickets?
Would you really prefer that? This is great IMO, and I otherwise would have very little interest in this match, other than it being a big sporting event.Maybe this will push Wimbledon into finally putting in a 5th set tiebreaker.
It's great, until the winner loses 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 on Sunday because they have no legs.Would you really prefer that? This is great IMO, and I otherwise would have very little interest in this match, other than it being a big sporting event.
Why couldn't you have wished for a slightly smaller number? Yikes. Nadal-DelPo is going to have to get punted till tomorrow. I figured they'd have started them on Court 1 by now.I'm not that into tennis, but this is pretty compelling. I want like a 20-18 final set.
As opposed to losing 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 as was likely gonna happen anyways...?It's great, until the winner loses 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 on Sunday because they have no legs.
Part of me wants to agree to a 5th set tiebreak at 12-12, but part of me also enjoys the sheer spectacle of this. Wailing away, game after game, for the championship of each other.Maybe there could be a compromise or something, a 5th set tiebreak once it gets to 9-9. This is just mutual destruction, and it's even worse when it's a semi.