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Still think Thiem is the one most likely to beat Djokovic, had a few quid on him at 12/1 purely from a value perspective, he beat Nadal in Australia and almost beat Djokovic who is virtually unbeatable in that slam.
 
Repeat of the 2018 & 2019 men's French Open final today and nobody's bothered? Thiem should win, good chance for some revenge.

Murray last on tonight, gonna be a late night. Going for a clean sweep of wins today for Konta, Evo and Murray. Evo v Moutet could be quite interesting and a bit loud...

Arkle said:
Best comeback ever:

"Down 6-1, 5-1, and four match points, 20-year-old Varvara Gracheva of Russia rallies to stun French 30th seed Kristina Mladenovic and win 1-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-0"

Got to assume that something went wrong for Mladenovic there? The 6-0 final set suggests an injury.
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She seemed to have completely lost the plot after the Muguruza match at the French Open a few years ago and never really recovered. She appers to be somewhat of an erm, interesting character.
 
Murray was never going to get anywhere near winning a slam again but surely he hasn't gone through all that work to play again just to get to the 2nd round of a slam. He has his slams and his millions and should just retire now knowing he has actually achieved something whilst never being consistently in the same class of the big 3 of the same era he will go down as a very good tennis player.
 
Blue_Monday said:
Murray was never going to get anywhere near winning a slam again but surely he hasn't gone through all that work to play again just to get to the 2nd round of a slam. He has his slams and his millions and should just retire now knowing he has actually achieved something whilst never being consistently in the same class of the big 3 of the same era he will go down as a very good tennis player.
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Why should he hes worked so hard to come back
 
chopsfc007 said:
Why should he hes worked so hard to come back
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He has Knakkered his body got a metal plate in his hip and spent months and months of gruelling therapy, fair enough if it was to get anywhere near the level he once was at but that's not going to happen. It can't be much fun for him surely.
 
Blue_Monday said:
He has Knakkered his body got a metal plate in his hip and spent months and months of gruelling therapy, fair enough if it was to get anywhere near the level he once was at but that's not going to happen. It can't be much fun for him surely.
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He wouldn't do it if he wasn't enjoying it
 
chopsfc007 said:
He wouldn't do it if he wasn't enjoying it
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Fair play to him but he has nothing to prove, he has won his slams, reitre spend time with your kids and wife , become a coach if he wants to stay involved in tennis. All of that sounds better than ruining his body to get to the 2nd round of a slam.
 
Blue_Monday said:
Fair play to him but he has nothing to prove, he has won his slams, reitre spend time with your kids and wife , become a coach if he wants to stay involved in tennis. All of that sounds better than ruining his body to get to the 2nd round of a slam.
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He's had 2 tournaments back he will get past round 2 even if he doesn't get to later stages
 
Blue_Monday said:
Murray was never going to get anywhere near winning a slam again but surely he hasn't gone through all that work to play again just to get to the 2nd round of a slam. He has his slams and his millions and should just retire now knowing he has actually achieved something whilst never being consistently in the same class of the big 3 of the same era he will go down as a very good tennis player.
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I only saw the first two sets before I went to bed but Felix played lights out tennis. Murray missed maybe one or two half opportunities in the second set but that was all he had.

24 aces, 2 double faults (23 double faults across his last two matches prior), 67% first serve percentage (5% higher than previous match, 10% higher than the one before), 52 winners (!!!!) and 30 unforced errors.

That's the best I've ever seen him play by a fairly significant distance.
 
MarcoG said:
I only saw the first two sets before I went to bed but Felix played lights out tennis. Murray missed maybe one or two half opportunities in the second set but that was all he had.

24 aces, 2 double faults (23 double faults across his last two matches prior), 67% first serve percentage (5% higher than previous match, 10% higher than the one before), 52 winners (!!!!) and 30 unforced errors.

That's the best I've ever seen him play by a fairly significant distance.
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Seem to remember reading an article or some quotes not that long ago suggesting Felix was the real deal and had the potential to dominate tennis for years to come, seems to have been said about a lot of players over the last 10 years or so without it ever happening but he certainly looked impressive last night.
 
Blue_Monday said:
Seem to remember reading an article or some quotes not that long ago suggesting Felix was the real deal and had the potential to dominate tennis for years to come, seems to have been said about a lot of players over the last 10 years or so without it ever happening but he certainly looked impressive last night.
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Yeah you're probably not far off on that to be fair. He looks to have it all to me but like you say, so many come and go.

If he plays like that (big if), I'd take Felix to beat Thiem in a couple of rounds. Murray didn't play particularly well last night but that Felix performance just seemed like something else.
 
Djokovic has just volleyed a ball after the point and accidentally hammered it into a line judge and might be about to be defaulted...
 
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