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😳 😳 😳 Serena's first match in forever @ Wimbledon...... (Original Post) a kennedy Jun 2022 OP
If she manages to pull this out, I doubt she will go much farther MiniMe Jun 2022 #1
Don't want her to lose in 1st round. And she looks spent.... a kennedy Jun 2022 #2
Agree, 1 more point now MiniMe Jun 2022 #3
*shrug* did not know about going to ten.....damn. a kennedy Jun 2022 #4
I didn't either, just heard it MiniMe Jun 2022 #5
This is the first year it is in place at Wimbledon. Not used at the U.S. Open but in place in LoisB Jun 2022 #7
This year all the slams will be using the 10 point tiebreak in final set. Raftergirl Jun 2022 #11
I did not know that about USO. Thanks for the info. Is Raftergirl for Pat Rafter? In the top 5 of LoisB Jun 2022 #12
Yes. Raftergirl Jun 2022 #13
Cool - I used to love seeing him play. For me, it is Roger #1, David Ferrer #2, Patrick Rafter #3. LoisB Jun 2022 #14
Me too. Raftergirl Jun 2022 #15
Nalbandian was a great tennis player with "head" issues; I loved 'King' Juan Carlos and was LoisB Jun 2022 #16
Oh, don't get me wrong... Raftergirl Jul 2022 #17
No, that was the one where his girlfriend and Lleyton's girlfriend kept shooting dagger eyes at each LoisB Jul 2022 #18
At, I remember that. No as fun though as the year he had the Raftergirl Jul 2022 #20
Probably Her Last Wimbledon SoCalDavidS Jun 2022 #6
I know, very sad........was so proud of her "drop" shot.......she never uses it.... a kennedy Jun 2022 #8
Margaret Court's record True Dough Jun 2022 #9
Better to have your last Wimbledon be an epic match than going out injured muriel_volestrangler Jun 2022 #10
But there's still a Williams going - Venus won mixed doubles 1st rd with Jamie Murray muriel_volestrangler Jul 2022 #19

MiniMe

(21,828 posts)
1. If she manages to pull this out, I doubt she will go much farther
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 04:27 PM
Jun 2022

This match has taken a lot out of her.

MiniMe

(21,828 posts)
5. I didn't either, just heard it
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 04:35 PM
Jun 2022

oh well, sorry she lost first round, but she wasn't in tournament shape.

LoisB

(8,661 posts)
7. This is the first year it is in place at Wimbledon. Not used at the U.S. Open but in place in
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:06 PM
Jun 2022

Australia. It is intended to prevent 26-24 type tiebreaks.

Raftergirl

(1,367 posts)
11. This year all the slams will be using the 10 point tiebreak in final set.
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 02:07 PM
Jun 2022

It is changing at USO, also.

LoisB

(8,661 posts)
12. I did not know that about USO. Thanks for the info. Is Raftergirl for Pat Rafter? In the top 5 of
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 03:01 PM
Jun 2022

my all-time favorites.

LoisB

(8,661 posts)
14. Cool - I used to love seeing him play. For me, it is Roger #1, David Ferrer #2, Patrick Rafter #3.
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 10:12 PM
Jun 2022

Raftergirl

(1,367 posts)
15. Me too.
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 08:38 AM
Jun 2022

Travelled a lot of the world to see Patty play.

I first saw him in ‘93 at the USO on a wee outer court. He lost, but I was hooked.

My top favs

Pat
David Nalbandian (even I was shocked by that!)
JCF
Carlos Moya
Marat

And then a whole bunch of outer court guys.

They don’t make them like they used to. 😞

LoisB

(8,661 posts)
16. Nalbandian was a great tennis player with "head" issues; I loved 'King' Juan Carlos and was
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 10:20 AM
Jun 2022

head over heels over Marat Safin (2005 Australian Open final is my favorite match). Marat is #4 on my list and here's a shocker; Ivan Lendl is my #5. I never saw much of Carlos Moya. You are absolutely right, they sure don't make them like they used to.

Raftergirl

(1,367 posts)
17. Oh, don't get me wrong...
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 10:29 AM
Jul 2022

I loved FatDave and being a head case was part of it. Ditto for Marat. Was the 2005 AO final the one where he had all the blondes in his box?

Lendl never on my list.

In that gen It was Stefan and Mats for me.

LoisB

(8,661 posts)
18. No, that was the one where his girlfriend and Lleyton's girlfriend kept shooting dagger eyes at each
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 10:44 AM
Jul 2022

other. It was funny. Lendl is never on anyone's list of favorites except mine. Edberg was a class act and probably the greatest player at net - loved him. I thought Wilander was a boring player.

Raftergirl

(1,367 posts)
20. At, I remember that. No as fun though as the year he had the
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 11:57 AM
Jul 2022

bevy of blondes in his box.

Mats was cute though- which is one of my important qualifications (yes, I am that shallow.)

Thus the surprise when FatDave made my list.

Before Pat, my #1 was Aaron Krickstein. Last American I ever pulled for,

a kennedy

(32,073 posts)
8. I know, very sad........was so proud of her "drop" shot.......she never uses it....
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:19 PM
Jun 2022

did today and made me proud. Will miss her. Lotsa Americans lost today.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,478 posts)
10. Better to have your last Wimbledon be an epic match than going out injured
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 06:03 PM
Jun 2022

It was great to see her there again, and getting so close.

She could come back again - if she has a full year of fitness. She needs more than just the majors and a warn-up tournament before each.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,478 posts)
19. But there's still a Williams going - Venus won mixed doubles 1st rd with Jamie Murray
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 05:49 AM
Jul 2022
There’s a certain lèse-majesté in turning up at Wimbledon and calling yourself Venus. And it’s worse if the original Venus herself is in attendance, staring you down from the other side of the net. Certainly, Michael Venus, the world No 11 doubles player from New Zealand, would have known that every time the wags in the crowd shouted “C’mon Venus!” (or even “Marry me, Venus!”), they were exclusively cheering for the five-time Wimbledon women’s singles champion, at whom he was firing treasonable volleys.

Venus Williams has graced this tournament with her regal presence for 24 years now, just shy of her silver jubilee. On Friday evening, playing mixed doubles on No 1 Court with Jamie Murray, there was every evidence that she still rules OK. In spite of her age (42), in spite of her lack of match practise since last July, and in spite of the persistent leg injury still hinted at by the tape on her right thigh, Williams still had the power to make her namesake regret taking on her serve.

There was just the right amount of jeopardy in her and Murray’s first-round defeat of Venus and his Polish partner Alicja Rosolska 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3 in a match that took three sets and two and a quarter hours. After the game, Williams joshed her partner for playing hard to get (he turned her down for this gig last year, pleading a sore neck), but the truth was, she herself had had no plans to pick up her racket until she watched her sister Serena in action on Centre Court and felt suddenly inspired. “I saw the grass and I got excited,” said Williams. “That’s why I was asking him last minute. He just had a baby, too, so I know there’s a lot going on.”

Their siblings have, of course, set a precedent that both will be keen to beat. The Andy Murray and Serena Williams glamour pairing of 2019 seems, three years on, like a collective hallucination of happier, pre-pandemic days. But the footage is real, and that bigfoot duo made it as far as the third round before they were stopped by top seeds Bruno Soares and Nicole Melichar-Martinez.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/01/venus-williams-and-jamie-murray-look-the-part-in-giddy-first-round-victory
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