King Kareoke
Striker
Did Roddick serve and volley. Trying to remember the last one.
I find myself harking back to a McEnroe or a Navratilova
I find myself harking back to a McEnroe or a Navratilova
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Scunny Dan
Midfield
I think Roddick was an 'occasional', but more a '1-2' big serve, big forehand. Stepanek servce / volleyed, but was slightly below top drawer. Does Isner of the current crop?
Isner's more serve and hope that wins the point, isn't he?
Scunny Dan
Midfield
Probably, but I couldn't recall he if he generally approached for a putaway volley, or hung back for a mid-court forehand.
I think he'd like to but he doesn't really have the speed, particularly now, to get to the net quickly enough. I'm trying to remember back to his mammoth semi-final with Anderson but I've mostly blanked it out.
MarcoG
Striker
Doctor Ivo's the last standing proper serve and volleyer. Still plugging away at 42 year old. Retirement can't be too far away now. Isner hangs at the baseline, he's a bit out of the ordinary for big servers to be honest. He's almost better when he gets injured because he just starts taking massive cuts at the ball earlier in the point or starts serve and volleying.
FWIW Nick Lester tweeted this yesterday. Matteo Berrettini's got the best serve in the world right now I reckon and has apparently not played one single serve and volley point at Wimbledon this year which is staggering.
FWIW Nick Lester tweeted this yesterday. Matteo Berrettini's got the best serve in the world right now I reckon and has apparently not played one single serve and volley point at Wimbledon this year which is staggering.
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Scunny Dan
Midfield
That doesn't make pleasant reading. 4% can't be far off clay-court tennis statistics.
King Kareoke
Striker
Shame really takes away such a good part of the grass game and i personally think made the games more enjoyable
It made things more variable, certainly. I guess, in the end, defending against serve and volley has won.
Scunny Dan
Midfield
I know Kyrgios has a mouth about a lot of things, but his comment during a changeover about "this is not grass court tennis any more, grass court tennis should be FAST", rang true.
I always thought Borg winning Rolland Garros and Wimbledon consecutively was remarkable. The achievement is certainly not as remarkable any more, as the surfaces are nowhere near the polar-opposites they were.
I always thought Borg winning Rolland Garros and Wimbledon consecutively was remarkable. The achievement is certainly not as remarkable any more, as the surfaces are nowhere near the polar-opposites they were.
I really dislike Djokovic
Sharpshooter
Midfield
Game over.
Marty Moose
Striker
Same here. Comes across as an absolute prick and it's dull as fuck watching him win all the time like the machine he is.
Sharpshooter
Midfield
If Novak wins today, since Wimbledon 2003 it would mean the big 3 have would have won 60 out of the past 72 slams (83.33%), a span that has lasted 18 years.
Blue_Monday
Central Defender
Possibly the worst standard of tennis I have ever seen in a Wimbledon final this 
Sharpshooter
Midfield
Back on serve!
1st set not ower yet mate!
Sharpshooter
Midfield
And we have match! First set Berrettini!
Written when Djokovic was 5-2 up, honestly didn't see this coming!
chopsfc007
Striker
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