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Re: Tennis 2021
« Reply #150 on: June 19, 2021, 04:42:01 PM »
Good run for Watson at Birmingham to reach the semi final and losing to Jabeur is no shame.

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Re: Tennis 2021
« Reply #151 on: June 20, 2021, 03:46:35 PM »
Berrettini beats Norrie in 3 sets. Great week of tennis. I do love Queen's as a tournament.

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Re: Tennis 2021
« Reply #152 on: June 23, 2021, 04:50:32 PM »
Watched a few matches at Eastbourne. Can see another surprise happening in the women's singles at Wimbledon.

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Re: Tennis 2021
« Reply #153 on: June 24, 2021, 11:06:37 AM »
Andy Murray selected for the Olympics. Can see the logic in the singles given he is the defending champion but struggling to see why he is selected above his brother in the doubles.


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Re: Tennis 2021
« Reply #154 on: June 25, 2021, 10:42:40 AM »
Tough draws for British players at Wimbledon.

Draper vs Djokovic will be a big step up for Draper. Centre court, prime time, against the defending champion who is going for his 20th Slam title!


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/57609184
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« Reply #155 on: June 25, 2021, 01:02:24 PM »
Tough draws for British players at Wimbledon.

Draper vs Djokovic will be a big step up for Draper. Centre court, prime time, against the defending champion who is going for his 20th Slam title!


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/57609184
It doesn't seem quite fair somehow!
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Re: Tennis 2021
« Reply #156 on: June 26, 2021, 02:31:38 PM »
Good to see a major return to form by Ostapenko winning Eastbourne

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Re: Tennis 2021
« Reply #157 on: June 28, 2021, 08:24:32 AM »
Konta out of Wimbledon because of covid contact


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« Reply #158 on: June 28, 2021, 01:55:04 PM »
And Draper breaks Djokovic in the 3rd game. What a feeling that must be!.

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« Reply #159 on: June 28, 2021, 02:20:33 PM »
And Draper takes the first set! No matter what happens from here this will launch him into the hearts of the supporters.

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« Reply #160 on: June 28, 2021, 02:29:44 PM »
Djokovic breaks

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« Reply #161 on: June 28, 2021, 02:41:37 PM »
And breaks again

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« Reply #162 on: June 28, 2021, 02:45:07 PM »
Djokovic wins 2nd set

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Re: Tennis 2021
« Reply #163 on: June 28, 2021, 03:13:00 PM »
3rd set Djokovic who is turning this into a tennis lesson.

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« Reply #164 on: June 28, 2021, 03:47:41 PM »
And Djokovic wins. Good performance by Draper. And it will give him a bit of an aura on the ITF and Challenger circuit as there will rarely be any other players there who can say they have taken a set off Djokovic, never mind on Centre Court.

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« Reply #165 on: June 28, 2021, 04:03:09 PM »
And Djokovic wins. Good performance by Draper. And it will give him a bit of an aura on the ITF and Challenger circuit as there will rarely be any other players there who can say they have taken a set off Djokovic, never mind on Centre Court.
That was interesting - reading the e-mails all together was like having a condensed commentary. Well done, that Draper chap!
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Re: Tennis 2021
« Reply #166 on: June 28, 2021, 05:06:03 PM »
Tiafoe beats 3rd seed in the men's, Tsitsipas. Great performance.

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Re: Tennis 2021
« Reply #167 on: June 28, 2021, 05:41:32 PM »
 And Stephens puts the 2 time women's champion and 10th seed, Kvitova out in straight sets. Kvitova looked flat. Stephens is a former US Open champion but has been put of form for sometime.

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Re: Tennis 2021
« Reply #168 on: June 28, 2021, 05:59:05 PM »
Murray coming up against the 24th seed Basilashvili in about 5 minutes

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Re: Tennis 2021
« Reply #169 on: June 28, 2021, 06:59:34 PM »
First set to Murray

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« Reply #170 on: June 28, 2021, 09:09:26 PM »

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« Reply #171 on: June 28, 2021, 10:01:32 PM »
Just wow and ooft. And he wins but....

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« Reply #172 on: June 29, 2021, 01:53:30 PM »
And Venus Williams wins at the age of 41

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Re: Tennis 2021
« Reply #173 on: June 29, 2021, 06:13:16 PM »
Federer 2 sets to 1 down against Mannarino

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« Reply #174 on: June 29, 2021, 06:23:31 PM »
If Federer loses here, I suspect it will be his last match at Wimbledon
 If he wins, and he's just broken Mannarino it will be a great fightback