Wimbledon Discussion

Great match between Kyrgios and Tsitsipas. Quality attacking tennis from both and the on court antics made the match even more entertaining. Quite disappointed with the result, as Tsitsipas just wasn't clutch enough in most of the crucial moments, but I think this is probably his best performance on grass and he has improved tremendously on this surface, which is definitely his weakest. Kyrgios looks very motivated this tournament and if he remains focused I think he can reach the semifinal. A Nadal - Kyrgios semifinal would be very interesting.

Nadal 's bossy attitude was really out of the rules. How dared he calling Sonego to complain about his grunting? That's the referee 's task. He even put his hand on Sonego 's chest to intimidate him.
And this coming from someone who always takes more than the allowed 25 seconds without getting a warning, and doing his "head, shoulders, knees and toes - eyes and ears and mouth and nose" ballet every time he serves.
Besides, he realized grunting was annoying only when he lost a break? Lame.

Is Nadal a referee? Is it his task to talk to the opponent? Is he allowed to put his hands on the contenders?

That means nothing was worth being said.
You can't do justice by yourself. Just think if this happened in football ⚽ every time there's a foul.
Being a top player means you can win easily by yourself without being bossy towards minor opponents, it doesn't allow you to bully them.

They should require him to serve in the 25 seconds to begin with.
I'm not saying Sonego is a better player than Nadal.
But Nadal complaining only when Sonego tied 4-4 in the third set makes him look petty.
That said, I'm watching Silverstone grand prix right now

In my book Formula 1 >>> tennis...
No TV is showing Wimbledon right now btw.

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Only one Carlos today... and it's Sainz 🏎 😁

Van Rithjoven is ranked 104 in the world. He fluked a Grass court title this season, but he's never done anything in Slams  and clearly isn't at that level in general as his ranking suggests. Djokovic looks good, but in part because his level of opposition isn't very strong. I think Sinner is too inexperienced at the latter stages of Grand Slams to present much trouble for Djokovic,  so Novak will likely stroll to the final and the only one who could probably stop him from winning the  title is Nadal (if he makes the final, of which there is no guarantee).

Carlos Alcaraz is facing some pretty harsh realities right now. A great  talent, but can't exercise his game and his will at Slams like he's managed in 3 set tournaments.  He's still very young, so it'd be unfair to write of that breathless potential too early (even someone like Federer took a few years for his game to click to being dominant at slam level), but comparisons to teenage Nadal at the same age are starting to look a bit silly. Carlos is nowhere  near a good or dominant as 19 year old Nadal. 

I'd never write off Djokovic making a comeback (he was down 2 sets to love in the French Open final last year against Tsitsipas and came back to win). And Sinner may start realising what he's about to do and start choking the match away. Happens all the time, expecially with the Big 3.

But again, it's not surprising that Djokovic’s level in previous  rounds was being exaggerated because his opponents were not good enough to know how good his level actually was. Sinner is top level player, so it's an actual challenge. I only felt that Sinner's lack of experience at this stage of a grand slam might hurt him, but he's rising to the occasion. 

Still, if Djokovic goes out today, Nadal becomes the clear favorite to win the title and the Calender Grand Slam really does look possible. 

Sinner's little injury in the last game of the third set doesn't sound good. Even if it's a small injury, it's still an issue.

It was the end of the 4th, and he was already down a double break. All hope was already lost by that point, and he looks fine, to be honest.