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Related: About this forum😳 😳 😳 Serena's first match in forever @ Wimbledon......
whew ..3 set tiebreak ..
MiniMe
(21,828 posts)This match has taken a lot out of her.
a kennedy
(32,073 posts)😢
MiniMe
(21,828 posts)Oops, they just said they play to 10, is that something new?
a kennedy
(32,073 posts)MiniMe
(21,828 posts)oh well, sorry she lost first round, but she wasn't in tournament shape.
LoisB
(8,661 posts)Australia. It is intended to prevent 26-24 type tiebreaks.
Raftergirl
(1,367 posts)It is changing at USO, also.
LoisB
(8,661 posts)my all-time favorites.
Top of my list - never to be replaced.
LoisB
(8,661 posts)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 dont make them like they used to. 😞
LoisB
(8,661 posts)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)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)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)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,
SoCalDavidS
(10,599 posts)Federer is also done, so truly an end of an era.
a kennedy
(32,073 posts)did today and made me proud. Will miss her. Lotsa Americans lost today.
True Dough
(20,262 posts)continues to stand by the narrowest of margins...
muriel_volestrangler
(102,478 posts)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)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 Murrays 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. Thats why I was asking him last minute. He just had a baby, too, so I know theres 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