Wimbledon

[TheSpyder]

Starts Monday and looking forward to it. Working out of the house is great as you can watch all the matches on TV and on their web site. For $25 you can get total access on the web as well as watch and download many of the current matches and, even better, you can do the same for classic matches in the past. I downloaded Federer vs. Sampras and Arthur Ashe vs. Jimmy Connors last year as well as several others that are great.

Not sure how many tennis fans we have but it doesn't get any better than Wimbledon.

Spyder

[brockguy]

Originally Posted by TheSpyder

Starts Monday and looking forward to it. Working out of the house is great as you can watch all the matches on TV and on their web site. For $25 you can get total access on the web as well as watch and download many of the current matches and, even better, you can do the same for classic matches in the past. I downloaded Federer vs. Sampras and Arthur Ashe vs. Jimmy Connors last year as well as several others that are great.

Not sure how many tennis fans we have but it doesn't get any better than Wimbledon.

Spyder

might need those classic games for the start of next week. I dont think the weather is supposed to be too good..

[TheSpyder]

Damn...that is the one bad thing there the weather. Wern't they taling about putting a bubble over the main court? Oh well..so you think I should make at bet: Bodog:

Wimbledon 2008 Props - Will Rain Stop Play on the First Day of Wimbledon 2008? Rain to cause a delay or stop to any game scheduled for play on day one of Wimbledon 2008 - 23rd July for yes to be settled as winner
Yes

+200

No

-300

Originally Posted by brockguy

might need those classic games for the start of next week. I dont think the weather is supposed to be too good..

The sissies James Blake and Andy Roddick knocked out in the second round.

[brockguy]

Sharapova and now Ivanovic out

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by TheSpyder

Damn...that is the one bad thing there the weather. Wern't they taling about putting a bubble over the main court? Oh well..so you think I should make at bet:

The roof makes its debut next year. @ Ivanovic losing. That girl was on a tear.

Ivanovic looked exhausted mentally and physically. Still has a way to go in her conditioning.

I thought about betting Ancic today. If I'm not mistaken his odds were like +240 to win.

Edit. Was +170. Still decent odds but nothing to lose sleep over.

[brockguy]

while its not on the same level as "Henmania", the brits and Andy Murray are really starting to bug me.. I hope Gasquet finishes him off..

[brockguy]

this is a cracking little game, murray staying in there, gasquet was pretty much home and hosed.. already 24million euro bet on this game on betfair..

[ateamstupid]

Bethanie Mattek was fun to watch.

[TheSpyder]

I'm enjoying Marat Safin's comeback. Looks good and can't wait to see if he's got the same girlfriend as when he won the Australian open a few years ago. She was smoking!

Spyder

Safin's fitness is a big question mark. Can't see him getting past Federer.

McEnroe, the eldest, is a very good
analyst/announcer imo. How come
great ex-football players have such
a hard time doing the same...

Actually Aikman is pretty good imo.

I am hoping Nadal can step it up
to the next level and really pressure
Federer. I dont think he has the game on grass
but I do think he has the mental toughness.

assuming they play of course. Nadal should
have an easier way to the finals.

Originally Posted by pgardn

McEnroe, the eldest, is a very good
analyst/announcer imo. How come
great ex-football players have such
a hard time doing the same...

Actually Aikman is pretty good imo.

I am hoping Nadal can step it up
to the next level and really pressure
Federer. I dont think he has the game on grass
but I do think he has the mental toughness.

assuming they play of course. Nadal should
have an easier way to the finals.

Nadal is going to give him a hell of a battle on Sunday if tomorrow goes according to plan for them.

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Nadal is going to give him a hell of a battle on Sunday if tomorrow goes according to plan for them.

And the stage is set.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by pgardn

And the stage is set.

As is my alarm. The All-England Club couldn't have asked for two better singles finals.

[Samarta]

Tomorrow will be a very interesting day. There isn't a result that would surprise me. Blow-outs in either direction or 5 setter to either. This match has the makings of one of the all time classics.

Originally Posted by Samarta

Tomorrow will be a very interesting day. There isn't a result that would surprise me. Blow-outs in either direction or 5 setter to either. This match has the makings of one of the all time classics.

A Nadal blowout of Federer would surprise me.

For me Federer is by far the better player on this
surface in almost everyway from a shotmaking standpoint.

Nadal is a model of focused intensity.
Most people vibrate out of their skull with his competitiveness,
but somehow Nadal is able to use it in a useful manner.

If McEnroe had been able to accomplish this feat...
We might be talking about the best of all time from him.
McEnroe could hit every shot in the book.

[GPK]

I admittedly know jack sh*t about tennis...but watching Nadal and Federer this morning. These guys are amazing. An incredible amount of power combined with touch.

[TheSpyder]

Agree. I play alot and someone once told me it's a lot like boxing and these two are Ali & Fraizer. It's amazing how much mental strategy behind what they do.

This has all the makings of being a great one.

It appears Federer coming to the net is something he was playing with in the French and now he's using it bery well.

Spyder

Originally Posted by GPK

I admittedly know jack sh*t about tennis...but watching Nadal and Federer this morning. These guys are amazing. An incredible amount of power combined with touch.