The One Tornament where the players are allowed on grass, Wimbeldon 2005 Thread

[bono_man2002]

Well it all starts today....so Discuss!

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

R. Federer to make it three.

I'm off to watch the coverage.

 

[Nube Gris]

Yeah i can see a Federer-Roddick final but Federer is too tough and should prevail
Would close the gap with Bjorn Borg with 36 straight wins on grass
Borg won 41 straight from his 5 Wimbledons (1976-80)

 

[Aardvark747]

I'll be watching the highlights when I get home

 

[U2@NYC]

Federer is my candidate... Roddick is overrated and he has been struggling.

Would like to see an upset like Nalbandian, Coria or Nadal making it far, though...

 

[verte76]

Maybe Roddick is overrated, but clay is his weakest surface. He's alot better on the faster surfaces. He just won Queens again. I'm not saying he'll win. The Queens courts are different from the Wimbledon courts. Federer is my pick to win.

 

[Nube Gris]

Overrated?
I don think so, he has the biggest serve in tennis and pretty good groundstrokes also
He's won the U.S Open, and last year he almost won that Wimbledon Championship match against a struggling Federer
At the end the Swiss master was too tough and prevailed

On grass he's very good. He has won 3 consecutive Queen's
The man is a big candidate

But Federer's too tough

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Roddick has had a pretty piss poor season so far, but grass is his best surface. Semi-finals for him, at least.

I'm putting a bit of money on Stan Wawrinka going on a bit of a run...

 

[bono_man2002]

Aussie's Predictions: (well Hewi and Scud)

Lleyton will get as far as the round of 16, Mark out in the 4th round....
I could be totally off (not really looking into the draws much)

Roger to win again, but i'd like to see somone else win.

 

[Aardvark747]

Rusedski thru...

Now it's Tim's turn!!!





























(no chance)

 

[bono_man2002]

They have a little competiton on a TV program over here called "Any Given Sunday", they are getting people to send in headlines for
A- Tim Henman (but I can't remeber what for, I think it was for when he was to exit the tornament)
B- Mark Phillipousis

I was gonna send in "Poo wipes Number 2"

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Henman down two sets to love...

This could be interesting.

 

[Aardvark747]

Henman down two sets to love...

This could be interesting.

COME ON TIMMY!!!

 

[1stepcloser]

2 sets to 1 now.

COME ON TIM

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Wawrinka goes down to Santoro in four. Damn.

Nice job, Tim.

JHH out in the first round! Now that's a shock.

 

[boosterjuice]

I'm curious to see what Nadal can do on grass.

 

[bono_man2002]

C'mon Scud, get a go on!

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Henman crashes out!

To be honest I thought I'd be really shocked but I'm not.

I think Murray will take a set off Nalbandian before bowing out.

 

[Aardvark747]

Did we REALLY expect anything else from Henman? Well actually, I thought he'd at least last another round! Poor guy!

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Did we REALLY expect anything else from Henman?

Judging by the excitability of

a) Andrew Castle
b) the BBC
c) the rest of your country's press

Yes. Way too much.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Murray out in five.

I'm still torn between feeling really sorry for the guy and being very annoyed with his antics.

 

[U2@NYC]

Yup, happy for Nalbandian. Probably the only Argentine that has a true shot at Wimbledon.

It would be great to see Coria beat Roddick today, though.

 

[bono_man2002]

Lleyton through....

 

[U2@NYC]

Roddick beat Coria

Federer through as well. He has an easy match against Gonzalez in the next round, so we should see him in the semis where he will likely face Hewitt.

I think that we will see Nalbandian vs. Roddick in the other semi.

 

[bono_man2002]

Federer through as well. He has an easy match against Gonzalez in the next round, so we should see him in the semis where he will likely face Hewitt.

.

Where he will destory Lleyton, as per usual.

 

[VertigoGal]

Roddick and Grosjean to a fifth set...this is so nerve-wracking

so am I the only one in here rooting for Roddick?

 

[U2@NYC]

Roddick will win, much to my regret. He is up 4-1.

Federer - Hewitt and Johansson - Roddick.

I guess we will get that Federer - Roddick final after all.

 

[VertigoGal]

I guess we will get that Federer - Roddick final after all.

 

[U2@NYC]

V. Williams through to the final...

Davenport close to winning but match is being delayed by the rain.

 

[beau2ifulday]

I can't believe Williams knocked out Sharapova - I like Venus alot though, so it will be a pleasure to see her play in the final.
I guess it shows that she still has the ability to play good tennis - I figured she had pulled a Kournikova and succombed to a more commercial career.