WIMBLEDON 2012, FINAL: Andy outplayed as Federer wins Final 4'6, 7'5, 6'3 6'4

[david1610]

C'mon Andy. Deuce. Think I just saw the nerves in the last two points.
Do it. Hold. C'mon Andy!

[Jan]

bp :sofa:

[Manaus]

:sofa: BP...

[-J-]

aces please
cmonnnnnnnn

[Murray_Mania86]

Break Point.. Big serve Andy.

[Helen40]

Noooooo!!!!

[KnightOwl]

Eeeek :sofa:

[RFS]

for heaven's sake - some chugger just knocked on my door... wanting to have a few minutes of my time. Give over.

[Murray_Mania86]

:( 2-2.

[Jan]

:grrr:

[KnightOwl]

Poooooh!

[Manaus]

GAAAAH! Well no-one said it was going to be easy.

[Helen40]

bovver, too many Fed supporters.

[-J-]

ok on serve now lets look for the opportunists
cmonnnnnnn

[Jan]

didn't go for the big serve on bp

[cazza99]

There are many in the audience applauding Fed

[david1610]

Federer's nerves have gone.
Ace please. C'mon Andy!
Never mind. Still on serve.
C'mon Andy!

[hfwardhouse]

Darnit - break again Andy!

[DaveArneRiise]

Great defence. 0-30

[Murray_Mania86]

0-30 Come on Andy :)

[-J-]

little gglimmer
cmonnnnnnnn

[-J-]

looked oot

[david1610]

Is it just me. First two games aggressive ... wins last game... passive....

Goes for it but when up....

Never mind. Just do it.
C'mon Andy!

[david1610]

Save that last challenge for a setting winning/losing challenge!
30-30 C'mon Andy!

[hfwardhouse]

oooooooh deuce

COME ON ANDY!!!

[-J-]

little glimmer
cmonnnnnnn

[Helen40]

Great rally to bring up another duece

[Murray_Mania86]

Still aggressive. Federer will dictate on his own serve David.

[Manaus]

Keep pushing Andy!

[DaveArneRiise]

Damn pass was on

[Helen40]

Never understand why they don't lob

[KnightOwl]

Should have tried to hit him in the Tsongas!

[Murray_Mania86]

Great shot...Back to Deuce!

[-J-]

shot!!
little glimmer
cmonnnnnnnn

[Murray_Mania86]

Federer Holds.. Now safe hold Andy.

[DaveArneRiise]

Back to business on serve now. Focus Andy.

[Manaus]

Ok, just hold Andy, you'll get chances later.

[david1610]

BHDTL what a weapon! C'mon Andy!

[hfwardhouse]

Come on Andy .... safe hold, 4 first serves, aces would be good :thumbup:

[-J-]

ok Andy safe hold now please don't let him build any kind of momentum
cmonnnnnnnnnn

[Jan]

please hold Andy

[-J-]

get the rhythm going andy
cmonnnnnnnnn

[-J-]

two more points
cmonnnnnnnnnn

[-J-]

now finish it
cmonnnnnnnnnnn

[-J-]

this time close it oot
cmonnnnnnnnnnn

[DaveArneRiise]

Damn it back to deuce again.

[hfwardhouse]

Eeek COME ON ANDY!!!!

[-J-]

aces
cmonnnnnnnnnn

[Murray_Mania86]

Come on Andy.. Let's not go from 40-15 to Deuce. Let's close games out.

[Manaus]

Oh cripes, deuce. :sofa: Please hold Andy.

[DaveArneRiise]

Big first serve Andy cmon close this out

[-J-]

finish it

[Murray_Mania86]

Well Done Andy.

[hfwardhouse]

Well done Andy .... now break please :)

LET'S GO ANDY LET'S GO!

[pippadaisy]

phew

[Manaus]

:phew: Good, now push for a break.

[Helen40]

Phew, thought that might have gone Fed's way. Now for a kit kat!

[-J-]

good hold now lets push him again see what comes up
cmonnnnnnn

[david1610]

Calm down. Don't get to 40-15 and panic.
Good serving. Think.
C'mon Andy!

[davech]

Godd hold there. More first serves please in the next service game...

[WimbledonAce]

I am so tense, can hardly walk! Come on Andy!

[Nina]

Is Beckham there? or Queen?

[Jan]

easy service game from Fed this time

[-J-]

backs & victoria yes

[KnightOwl]

Is Beckham there? or Queen?

Becks yes, Queen no...

[david1610]

Unless I am projecting my own views, I think Andy was fine the first two games and perhaps the occasion has got to him a bit ..... so just important to keep holding and work through that.
C'mon Andy!

[Jan]

I am so tense, can hardly walk! Come on Andy!
you're trying to walk???

[WimbledonAce]

Typical that becks there. And dr who,lol.

[david1610]

Is Beckham there? or Queen?
Wonder what Posh Spice's answer to that would be!

[-J-]

sok Andy just stay with him
focus safe hold please
cmonnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[WimbledonAce]

you're trying to walk???

I went to get this tablet so I can post!

[Manaus]

Need to keep holding Andy, can't let Fed get a sniff of a break.

[Jan]

I went to get this tablet so I can post!
ah right!

[JAMES4578]

Tight again there but Andy holds for 3 all, pity he lost that break and Fed playing better now and the Switz goes up 4-3. Seems Andy seems to have backed off a bit, needs to step it up again.

[pippadaisy]

you're trying to walk??? :lol:
i,m just trying to breathe

[Nina]

Thanks to everyone :)

Come on Andy!

[Jan]

keep going Andy

[Jan]

getting worried

[DaveArneRiise]

Ok Federer looks in the zone now. Andy needs to step it up here

[KnightOwl]

Eeek, first serves please!!

[-J-]

play your own game andy

cmonnnnnnnnnnnnn

[Murray_Mania86]

Oh No! Fed finding the rhythm. :(

[hfwardhouse]

EEEEEEK come on Andy .... aces please!

[Manaus]

0-30. :sofa: Uh-oh, Fed stepping up here. Please hold Andy!

[-J-]

more like it
cmonnnnnnnn

[Jan]

first serve - that's better. more please

[DaveArneRiise]

Andy starting to drop further behind the baseline, needs to regain the initiative here. Just like that great point!

[Jan]

nice

[Murray_Mania86]

2 good points big point now..

[KnightOwl]

Great point! Good lad!!

[-J-]

2 more
cmonnnnnn

[david1610]

C'mon Andy! Roger is starting to go up a couple of gears. Embrace the occasion and play your true tennis!

[DaveArneRiise]

Will take that

[-J-]

close it oot
cmonnnnnnnn

[Murray_Mania86]

Love to see Federer Shank :P

[Murray_Mania86]

Onto Deuce again.

[Jan]

deuce :sofa:

[-J-]

Love to see Federer Shank :Palways said he is a shanker

[Murray_Mania86]

First Serves needed.

[Jan]

:phew:

[DaveArneRiise]

That's what happens when you step inside the baseline Andy. That's the winning formula right there.

[KnightOwl]

Great shot! Very classy forehand :)

[-J-]

nice
now close it oot
cmonnnnnn

[-J-]

stay focused andy just the 2 points
cmonnnnnnnnnnn

[WimbledonAce]

Need to breathe!

[Jan]

first serve gone awol

[Murray_Mania86]

Oh No!!

[-J-]

big serve
cmonnnnnnnnn

[Manaus]

Serve disappeared a bit, BP for Fed :sofa:

[hfwardhouse]

Uh oh .... COME ON ANDY!!!

[Jan]

:sofa: again

[WimbledonAce]

Uh oh.

[DaveArneRiise]

Well saved.

[WimbledonAce]

Well saved, phew!

[Murray_Mania86]

Saved. Fire up.

[Jan]

and breathe

[Helen40]

Far too many Fed fans, they should be ashamed of themselves

[-J-]

for the luv of bunny austin close it oot
cmonnnnnnnnnnn

[KnightOwl]

:phew: good save!

2 more tho...!

[Murray_Mania86]

Needs to save another one :(

[KnightOwl]

Ooooh! So close!!

[-J-]

margins

[Manaus]

Oh man, Andy, where the heck has your serve gone?

[Murray_Mania86]

Well saved again now close it out....

[Jan]

great play Andy
come on

[DaveArneRiise]

Brilliantly saved. That was gutsy.

2 aces now please.

[WimbledonAce]

Breathe. Scary how fed getting the serves back thoug.

[-J-]

ACE NOW PLEASE
CMONNNNNNNNNNN n

[WimbledonAce]

yes come on that man!

[-J-]

right then close it oot
cmonnnnn

[Murray_Mania86]

Digging deep Andy keep fighting.

[KnightOwl]

Right, finish it off!!

[pippadaisy]

C'mon indeed

[Murray_Mania86]

We need first serves.

[KnightOwl]

Where has his first serve gone :confused:

[Jan]

first serve PLEASE

[Murray_Mania86]

Back to Deuce. This is turning into a key game now. Get it won Andy.

[-J-]

first serves andy
cmonnnnnnnnnnn

[hfwardhouse]

Come on Andy - first serves please .... aces would be perfect

[DaveArneRiise]

Short balls centre of court to RF's FH are going to get punished simples.

[Helen40]

He can't buy a first serve ATM, and Fed's forehand is really firing now.

[Manaus]

Really need to get your serve back Andy!

[WimbledonAce]

Phew, one more plexe.

[pippadaisy]

this time Andy

[Jan]

thank you
and another please

[-J-]

F I N I S H I T
CMMMMnnn

[Murray_Mania86]

Thank the lord.

[pippadaisy]

phew crucial to hold there

[WimbledonAce]

Gutsy, well saved Andy. Now break him!

[KnightOwl]

:phew: hold! Glad to get out of that game!

[davech]

Phew!!!!! :phew:

[Manaus]

Oh my heart. :phew: Ok, REALLY want a break now.

[Jan]

:phew:
now let's get into Fed's service this game please

[-J-]

thank god for that. feels like a kitkat
now lets push him break hold for the set
cmonnnnnnnnnnn

[JAMES4578]

Some nervy moments and too many 2nd serves but Andy holds for 4 all, come on!

[DaveArneRiise]

No challenges left though :(

[WimbledonAce]

Loving that point, lol.

[Murray_Mania86]

Glimmer.

[hfwardhouse]

Hahaha Fed didn't bring a crash helmet!

[Jan]

bet Fed was worried where Andy was aiming then!!!

[WimbledonAce]

Great stuff, come on Andy! Mental toughness!

[-J-]

straight at him
little glimmer
cmonnnnnnnnnnn

[davech]

That's the way - hit it at his head!

[DaveArneRiise]

glimmer

[RFS]

I am nervously catching up on company finances... and every time I hear the crowd roar, I smile. I smile.

[hfwardhouse]

COME ON 2 bps - LET'S GO ANDY!

[DaveArneRiise]

2 BP's ya beauty

[Murray_Mania86]

15-40 come on.

[Manaus]

The Lendl way. :thumbup:

[KnightOwl]

Way to go!!

[-J-]

chances
2 bps
cmonnnnnnnnnnn

[WimbledonAce]

Shame he didnt knock his head off, go AM

[david1610]

Phew! Hanging on until he finds his first serve.
So important to try and hold for the rest of the set and take it to a TB (if any presents come along on Fed's serve, take them, but at the moment hang on!).

[RFS]

That's the way - hit it at his head!
That has Lendl written all over it

[WimbledonAce]

Yes, wowzers!

[-J-]

kitkat :boogie:

[davech]

:yahoo:

[Jan]

kitkat :clap:
NOW HOLD PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

[DaveArneRiise]

Means nothing unless Andy serves it out.

[KnightOwl]

Yes!! :clap:

[Manaus]

You beauty Andy! :cheer:
Now please for the love of all things good, hold!!!!

[-J-]

now focus safe hold & consolidate
cmonnnnnnnnnnnn

[WimbledonAce]

So tough, loving his mental attitude!

[RoastLamb]

Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't cope with this. Tell me when he's won the set.

[JAMES4578]

What a game to break again, come on Andy!

[Jan]

please remember how to serve first serves

[cazza99]

Brad Gilbert ‏@bgtennisnation


big Lendl influence on that pass by Muzzard he loved trying to hit you ?

[pippadaisy]

Oh man after a real hard hold Andy gets a break c'mon andy

[WimbledonAce]

First serves would be lovely!

[hfwardhouse]

yikes .... come on Andy ... first serves please!!!

[-J-]

regulation service game andy like thousands of others
cmonnnnnnnnnnnn

[david1610]

Now find the bottle Andy!
(And lots of aces!).
C'mon Andy!

[Helen40]

Wretched Murray coaster. Four aces please!

[DaveArneRiise]

Great start. 3 more points

[-J-]

3 to go cmonnnnnnnnnnn

[WimbledonAce]

Come on that man! I am shaking!

[KnightOwl]

Great stuff. Need good serving here!

[WimbledonAce]

Challenge, yikes.

[WimbledonAce]

Worried that Andy has none left.

[-J-]

Worried that Andy has none left.holds here it wont matter

[Jan]

tense

[WimbledonAce]

Shame, regroup, and ace.

[KnightOwl]

Eeeeek! Come ON!!

[DaveArneRiise]

2 MORE, Please 2 big aces Andy

[Jan]

good first serve

[WimbledonAce]

Great serve, lets go.

[hfwardhouse]

Oooooooh 2 points from the set .... COME ON ANDY!!!

[-J-]

two more points
cmonnnnnnn

[cazza99]

Jon Wertheim ‏@jon_wertheim

putting the rigor in rigor mortis RT @DavidDusek: @jon_wertheim I love the Ivan Lendl hasn't moved since he sat down. He's motionless.

[DaveArneRiise]

Ace 2 set point, let's take the first with an ace! Cmon

[-J-]

two set points
cmonnnnnnnnnnn

[Manaus]

:nailbiter: Please do it Andy!

[WimbledonAce]

Set points, omg.

[-J-]

getinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[DaveArneRiise]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees !!! :yahoo: :yahoo:

[Bardot]

Fantastic Andy!!! :cheer::cheer::cheer:

[KnightOwl]

:yahoo: that's the way to do it!!

[pippadaisy]

:yahoo:Yeessss
yoo hoo the monkeys off his back

[hfwardhouse]

:yahoo: :yahoo:

Awesome!

[Manaus]

YES YES YES! Only the first set but well done Andy! So tough and resilient! :yahoo:
Well no matrter what happens now at least the statistic of Andy never winning a set in a final can be put to rest. :thumbup:

[Minnie98]

YEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! :yahoo:

[Helen40]

OMG, great fighting! His first grandslam set. Now for another two!

[WimbledonAce]

First ghost gone. Now lets do the rest. He is so focussed, loving that.

[davech]

The stats are mostly yellow on Andy's side. Which is nice.

[-J-]

only five errors for andy patience can be the key striking at the right moment

[RoastLamb]

:mexican: :mexican: :mexican::mexican: :mexican: :mexican:

[david1610]

Yes, yes, yes!
We all know THAT IS A BIG STEP FORWARD!!! First set in a GS final.
Long, long way to go but that is a very important milestone for Andy!

Now stay focused!!! C'mon Andy!
PS Lendl unmoved because.... it is only one set! More work to be done! Love it!

[Alis]

Wahey!!!!!! One down, two to go Andy.

[Jan]

well done Andy - your first set in a gs final. now 2 more please

[pippadaisy]

ha ha they said llendl never moved good on him keeps andy focussed not getting too excited

[WimbledonAce]

Need to focus here aftercthe excitement.

[RoastLamb]

I expect Roger'll go all out now. Andy has to keep step with him.

[-J-]

ok andy dont give him any thing here stay with him still a loooooong road ahead no detours please
cmonnnnnnnnnn

[Manaus]

Serve well and hold Andy!

[WimbledonAce]

Focus!

[Jan]

nooooo not a lapse please

[-J-]

cmonnnnnn andy

[KnightOwl]

No! Eeeek! Hold please...!

[WimbledonAce]

Come on, we do not want an early break.

[Helen40]

Refocus, don't let Fed in.

[Manaus]

:sofa: No walkabouts Andy, hold!

[hfwardhouse]

Yikes focus Andy ..... first serves please!

[-J-]

who pays 100quid a pop only to shout cmon rafa

[KnightOwl]

Great stuff! Keep it going, laddie!

[WimbledonAce]

Much better, well done Andy, tough tough tough.

[-J-]

thats it now two more points
cmonnnnnnnnnn

[david1610]

Focus. Safe hold. C'mon Andy!

[Helen40]

who pays 100quid a pop only to shout cmon rafa
Or cummon Pete, what a plonker

[Jan]

big serve please

[DaveArneRiise]

Need first serve here. Ace preferably