2014 Wimbledon Championships...London, England

[stotty]

5-5 in the second...culmination point. Will Dimitrov make it or drop off?

[don_budge]

Score?

Dimitrov is one set up against Murray...playing well. First thing I notice is his movement has improved a lot since last year. Love the way he has peppered the Murray forehand here and there with sliced backhands. I really like Dimitrov's sliced backhand.

Can he keep it up? He thinks he can. I tell by his body language. Let's see...

What's the score now?

[stotty]

What's the score now?

6-5 to Murray. Murray has no right to steal this set...but he might.

[stotty]

Dimitrov 2 sets up. He deserves it. He's been the more assertive and has been serving much better than Murray. Murray has been too passive and is paying the price. Murray will have to knuckle down and play his best if he is to win. It's doable but the odds are stacked heavily in Dimitrov's favour now.

[don_budge]

Come on Andy!

Dimitrov 2 sets up. He deserves it. He's been the more assertive and has been serving much better than Murray. Murray has been too passive and is paying the price. Murray will have to knuckle down and play his best if he is to win. It's doable but the odds are stacked heavily in Dimitrov's favour now.

Win a set would you...I'm texting while driving! Trying to get home...to see some tennis.

[GeoffWilliams]

I posted earlier that Serena's post match press conference, after her loss to Cornet, was the very essence of Serena, but I spoke too soon. She outdid herself with this doubles match absurdity.

You can take the goddesses out of Compton, but you can't take Compton out of the goddesses.

[stotty]

Win a set would you...I'm texting while driving! Trying to get home...to see some tennis.

You may have to drive quick. Andy is hanging in and not much more. If Dimitrov keeps it up he is going to win.

The trouble with Andy is he just isn't comfortable playing flat out at the top of his game. He likes to play within himself. It just won't do here...you'd think he could see that...but he doesn't seem to. Andy's forehand has let him down at key times so far...and his second serve has been a dolly drop at times.

[stotty]

You may have to drive quick. Andy is hanging in and not much more. If Dimitrov keeps it up he is going to win.

The trouble with Andy is he just isn't comfortable playing flat out at the top of his game. He likes to play within himself. It just won't do here...you'd think he could see that...but he doesn't seem to. Andy's forehand has let him down at key times so far...and his second serve has been a dolly drop at times.

4-2 Dimitrov...step on the gas, don_budge.

[stotty]

4-2 Dimitrov...step on the gas, don_budge.

5-2...unless you're pulling in the drive, you'll miss it.

[don_budge]

thanks Stotty...

I'm home now...thanks for keeping me posted. Dimitrov vs. Murray and Djokovic vs. Cilic...a set all. Fantastic. Jimmy Connors in the announcers booth. Yeah baby!!!

[stotty]

3 straight...best summed up as a fearless performance.

[klacr]

Djokovic vs. Dimitrov

Federer vs. Raonic

Old guard versus the new school. A passing of the torch or will champions mind and resume win out. Ok Federer fans, this is Roger's chance. Can he do it.

Djokovic got pushed to 5 sets today by Cilic. Wondering how the match would have gone had it been Berdych. Sorry, Had to get the Czech's name in there one final time for this thread.

Kyle LaCroix USPTA
Boca Raton

[gzhpcu]

Didn't think Roger would do it, Wawrinka played a terrific 1st set with supersonic backhands, then he began to run out of gas...
Roger has a good chance to reach the final now...

[stotty]

Didn't think Roger would do it, Wawrinka played a terrific 1st set with supersonic backhands, then he began to run out of gas...
Roger has a good chance to reach the final now...

Roger should be able to pick Raonic apart if he can return enough serves. He's rarely had problems with players like this in the past.

Dimitrov vs Djokovic should be the game of the tournament. I'm looking forward to that one.

[DougEng]

Federer goes for 18th…can Grigor go through 3 of the big 4? no, not likely.

Roger should be able to pick Raonic apart if he can return enough serves. He's rarely had problems with players like this in the past.

Dimitrov vs Djokovic should be the game of the tournament. I'm looking forward to that one.

Agree Stotty. Roger will beat Raonic provided he can get a couple leads early. He does like beating up on the big hitters.

I forgot to add notes on Dimitrov…I had him being very close to Murray, maybe even. He's beaten Andy earlier this year and is confident with Roger behind him. And he's always had quality sets/matches against Murray. But I wasn't sure if Dimitrov would be ready for the center stage, thought maybe next year. We all know how good he is and can be, but at this point...the impact of Rasheed has been strong. Dimitrov's fitness has been subpar (like Raonic) but now they are beasts…like Stan the Man. Still I'm not sure as a tall order. For him to beat Murray, Djokovic and Federer? Remarkable feat. I'm betting against it. But if there is a chance of beating 3 of the big 4, it will be on grass, not hard courts, not clay courts.

Djokovic in 4 or more likely 5 sets - Dimitrov has beaten Andy twice this year, but not Djokovic. He entered the Murray match 1-3 lifetime. The same against Nole, it's 1-3 lifetime. Could be close but Djokovic has more gas in the 5th set.

Roger in 4 sets. One or two big breaks may be the difference!

Roger wins his 18th major and 8th Wimbledon. Stan was playing so well, but it looks like he got a bit fatigued, big beautiful backhand but his movement: changing directions, to the forehand, getting down for shots was poor late in the match…fatigue is usually not much of a factor on grass.

Now, John McEnroe and Andre Agassi have been saying Nadal is the greatest player of all time right when Roger might stretch his lead in majors. And the greatest of all time losing to 3 guys ranked 100 or lower at Wimbledon…in consecutive years.

For Nadal to win Wimbledon, he needs to take greater risks and flatten out that serve again, back to 130 mph.

When all's done…maybe Federer might be at 18 majors…possibly 19…I really think he does have the likelihood of one more. Nadal may end at 17…I see another French...But there's a great deal of parity now with the emergence of the young guns. Djokovic needs to slide his slam streak…he's lost 5 of his last 6 finals. It may be after Sunday, 6 of 7.

Bouchard defeats Kvitova and becomes the new darling of tennis. The $100 million girl.