OLYMPICS MENS SINGLES, 29/7 - 5/8 2012: Tournament main discussion thread (draw in 1st post)

[Sallydaisy]

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LONDON 2012 - Olympics Tennis
All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, London
WEB SITE: http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/home.aspx

64 Draw Singles/32 Draw Doubles
SURFACE: Grass
BALL: Slazenger Wimbledon Ultra Vis Hydroguard

MENS SINGLES DRAW
Entry deadline: June 11, 2012 (released June 28, 2012)
Seeding based on rankings on July 23, 2012
Main draw: Thursday, July 26, 11:00 a.m.

(1)Roger Federer (SUI) vs Alejandro Falla (COL)
Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
(Ip)Adrian Ungur (ROU) vs Gilles Muller (LUX)
Denis Istomin (UZB) vs (14)Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
(10)John Isner (USA) vs Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs (Ip)Malek Jaziri (TUN)
Lukas Lacko (SVK) vs Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
David Nalbandian (ARG) vs (7)Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)

(4)David Ferrer (ESP) vs (Ip)Vasek Pospisil (CAN)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs (Ip)Blaz Kavcic (SLO)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
Bernard Tomic (AUS) vs (15)Kei Nishikori (JPN)
(12)Gilles Simon (FRA) vs Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
Lukasz Kubot (POL) vs Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs Donald Young (USA)
Ivan Dodig (CRO) vs (8)Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)

(6)Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs Steve Darcis (BEL)
Santiago Giraldo (COL) vs Ryan Harrison (USA)
Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) vs Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs (11)Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
(16)Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs Robin Haase (NED)
Go Soeda (JPN) vs Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
(Ip)Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs (3)Andy Murray (GBR)

(5)Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs (Ip)Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)
Tatsuma Ito (JPN) vs Milos Raonic (CAN)
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
David Goffin (BEL) vs (9)Juan Monaco (ARG)
(13)Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
(Ip)Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) vs (Ip)Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
Andy Roddick (USA) vs Martin Klizan (SVK)
Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs (2)Novak Djokovic (SRB)


ATP Ranking Points
Gold: 750, Silver: 450, Bronze: 340, SF: 270, QF: 135, R16: 70, R32: 35, R64: 5

[Sallydaisy]

I've never known my tennis twitter feed be silent for so long ..........
:shades:

Latest tweet (11.20) from ITF Olympic Tennis ‏@OlympicsTennis (https://twitter.com/OlympicsTennis)
Pre-draw speeches underway at Wimbledon... Olympic draw starting soon.



And a photo (https://p.twimg.com/AyuNFTZCYAAfLol.jpg:large) from inside the press room ... very exciting. Not.

[Sallydaisy]

MENS SINGLES DRAW - R1

Andy Murray v Stanislas Wawrinka

[scrapaddict]

good start since Stan will be tired after a late night with the flag!

[Sallydaisy]

ANDY'S POTENTIAL ROUTE TO THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
R1: Wawrinka. R2: Devvarman/Nieminen. R3: Gasquet. QF: Berdych. SF: Djokovic.
Federer is in the other half.

Selected other R1 matches so far:
[1]]Federer (SWI) vs Falla (COL)
(https://twitter.com/DavisCup) Isner (USA) vs Rochus (BEL);
Tipsarevic (SRB) vs Nalbandian (ARG)

Young (USA) v Seppi (ITA)
Harrison (USA) vs Giraldo (COL)
[4]Ferrer (SPN) vs Pospisil (CAN)
[2]Djovokic (SRB) vs Fognini (ITA)
Roddick (USA) vs Klizan (SLO)

[scrapaddict]

Djokovic vFognini federer v Falla Ferrer v Pospisil

Sorry, posted before seeing the above so delete please

[Sallydaisy]

Djokovic vFognini federer v Falla Ferrer v Pospisil

Sorry, posted before seeing the above so delete please
:no worries:
No harm having the information twice!

More snippets ref R1 matches
Lopez (SPA) vs Tursunov (RUS)
Verdasco (ESP) vs Istomin (UZB)
Del Potro v Dodig,
Tsonga v Bellucci,
Cilic v Melzer,
Hewitt v Stakhovsky
Tomic (AUS) vs Nishikori (JPN)
Troicki v Almagro


Davis Cup ‏@DavisCup (https://twitter.com/DavisCup) How's this: Berdych, Almagro, Gasquet, Murray, Tsonga, Monaco, Cilic, Djokovic. ALL in the bottom half. Wow.

[cazza99]

Noooooo, what a hard draw for Andy again. Wawrinka, Gasquet and Berdych who can all play well on grass.

[Golden Lady]

Hard draw for Andy is not a bad thing as he proved at Wimbledon.

Also, this can't be bad news...


@NeilHarmanTimes: It looks as if The Fed may have done Andy an enormous favour by letting Stan carry Swiss flag this time around

They must be playing on Saturday :thumbup:

[cazza99]

itftennis (http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/news/articles/london-2012-olympic-draw-held-at-wimbledon.aspx)- Olympic draw held at Wimbledon

[pabbers]

Good grief another hard draw for Andy - certainly being kept on his toes!

[Sallydaisy]

Hard draw for Andy is not a bad thing as he proved at Wimbledon.

Also, this can't be bad news...



They must be playing on Saturday :thumbup:
That was countered by a later tweet from PatMoren:

@NeilHarmanTimes (https://twitter.com/NeilHarmanTimes) Wouldn't have thought it will make any difference, Feds half will play first.

Not sure what they'll do for the Olympics - will go see if I can find out.

Meanwhile here's a couple of links to the Mens Singles draw
Stuart Fraser ‏@stu_fraser (https://twitter.com/stu_fraser)
Olympic Men's Singles top half: http://pic.twitter.com/cAl1VbFS (http://t.co/cAl1VbFS)
Olympic Men's Singles bottom half: http://pic.twitter.com/hzG6v2kS (http://t.co/hzG6v2kS)

[rk350]

Very hard to see anyone with a chance of stopping Fed until the final, such an outrageously easy draw!!

[hfwardhouse]

Yuck. What a horrible draw :sofa:

[Golden Lady]

That was countered by a later tweet from PatMoren:


Not sure what they'll do for the Olympics - will go see if I can find out.

Meanwhile here's a couple of links to the Mens Singles draw
Stuart Fraser ‏@stu_fraser (https://twitter.com/stu_fraser)


:thanks: got carried away there for a moment.

[KnightOwl]

I was certainly hoping they would get Andy to play on the first day - that's why we chose to get tickets for the Saturday!

The scheduling, I assume, is up to the BOC and I would have thought they would want to open with the top British player....

[cazza99]

judy murray ‏@judmoo

Murray v Ferrerrrrrr grinding it out on the practice courts. Captain of the Armada providing the eye candy. http://pic.twitter.com/yuk26TLM
https://p.twimg.com/AyudlbXCMAAj23k.jpg
picture from twitter

[Sallydaisy]

I was certainly hoping they would get Andy to play on the first day - that's why we chose to get tickets for the Saturday!

The scheduling, I assume, is up to the BOC and I would have thought they would want to open with the top British player....
The IOC can do as they please but since the ITF is the main advising tennis body they could well be suggesting the Olympics follows the same format as Grand Slams. Depending on the venue that usually means that either the defending champion (not applicable in this case) or the #1 Seed starts proceedings and the rest of his/her half plays that day too.

I'm trying to find out what they're doing ... not much information so far.

[Katie]

Andy keeps on getting these tough draws! Hopefully it'll mean a nice and easy one for the USO *wishful thinking*.

Berdych was the player I didn't want in the QFs, and opening with Wawrinka is very tough!

[cazza99]

The full draws are now on here

http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/results/men%27s-singles.aspx

[cazza99]

Jon Wertheim ‏@jon_wertheim


Bill Gates has attended the tennis event at the last three Olympics. Just saying..

[cazza99]

judy murray ‏@judmoo

Dani, Andy, Colin n Ross with the captain of the Armada. Aka Georgio Clooney. http://pic.twitter.com/8w3Scaz5
https://p.twimg.com/Ayrzfe2CcAA9rOk.jpg
picutre from twitter

[cazza99]

tennis space (http://www.thetennisspace.com/off-court/clijster-exclusive-im-missing-the-ceremony/) - Kim Clijsters exclusive: I'm missing the Ceremony

tennis space (http://www.thetennisspace.com/off-court/elena-baltacha-my-dad-is-my-olympic-hero/) - Elena Baltacha: My dad is my Olympic hero

[DrewZiph]

I have tickets for Tuesday. Please play the top half on Saturday!!!!

[JAMES4578]

Andy certainly hasn't been given any favours but sure he can rise to the challenge! Wawrinka could be a tough opener though!

[scrapaddict]

Yes but he will be tired after the opening ceremony!!!!!!!!!!!

I too hope Andy plays Sunday as I am going on Tuesday

[davech]

So it's looking like Andy will play on Sunday? :doh: :banghead:

[missglitter]

Please let him play on Sunday as I have tickets for Tuesday as well

[cazza99]

Wimbledon Groundsman ‏@WimboGroundsman

Nice piece in the times today courtesy of @NeilHarmanTimes http://pic.twitter.com/IGnoQH3p

[Sallydaisy]

I've just looked up some archive information and in Beijing the #1 seed played on the first day (Federer, then as now). 2nd seed Nadal and his half of the draw were scheduled to play on day 2.
As it goes rain severely disrupted play in Beijing and the OOP on the Monday was a nightmare.

So, if the ITF follow the pattern of 2008 it is very likely that the top half (Federer's) will play on Saturday and the lower half on Sunday.

However, please remember that the doubles draws start on the same day as singles and in 2008 the Murray's played their R1 dubs on the first day.

[cazza99]

Tennis Space (http://www.thetennisspace.com/on-court/five-thoughts-on-the-olympic-draws/)- Five thoughts on the Olympic draws

[clancy]

Very hard to see anyone with a chance of stopping Fed until the final, such an outrageously easy draw!!

Can someone pl tell me how these draws are made! - Federer always seems to get the easiest passage and Andy the hardest; either someone up there likes him or someone doing the draw does! Does he also walk on water?

[Sallydaisy]

Can someone pl tell me how these draws are made! - Federer always seems to get the easiest passage and Andy the hardest; either someone up there likes him or someone doing the draw does! Does he also walk on water?
Might be hard to believe but the draws are done at random and with witnesses to ensure no fixing!
In the case of the Olympic draw it was made in front of a bunch of journalists who'd be only too happy to report if they spotted anything remotely dodgy - can you imagine the story?
:lol:

The top 2 seeds are placed #1 top and #2 bottom. Seeds 3 & 4 are drawn from 'the hat' so there's no guarantee which half they'll be in; I think they then draw the rest of the seeds and then the other players.

The Olympics does allow for adjustments to be made to ensure that where there is more than one player from a particular nation that they don't meet. So, for example, you'll see in the Mens Doubles that the Murrays and Flemchins are in opposite halves, (same for the in the Ladies Doubles where our 2 ladies teams wouldn't meet before a Final) andin the Ladies Singles Bally, Hev and Anne are all in separate Quarters. This is set out in the Olympic/ITF rulebook.

[AllyB]

I had thought the Olympic draw should have been unseeded in the interest of equality and it being a one-off tourney, but was concerned that Andy might be the loser in a totally open draw - couldn't really have been much worse though!

[Alis]

O.K. - I don't usually go along with conspiracy theories but this is happening just far too often to be pure coincidence. Fed gets the easiest draw and Andy gets the most difficult - so predictable. How did they do the draw? Did they use balls? No draw is tamper proof - balls can be weighted or marked to the touch in some way. Or perhaps it's just that Fed has sold his soul to the devil!

[Linda]

Interestingly, someone was telling me recently of various ways that they can rig it. One was exactly what you describe. Although the fact that they can do it doesn't necessarily mean that they do.

[Sallydaisy]

O.K. - I don't usually go along with conspiracy theories but this is happening just far too often to be pure coincidence. Fed gets the easiest draw and Andy gets the most difficult - so predictable. How did they do the draw? Did they use balls? No draw is tamper proof - balls can be weighted or marked to the touch in some way. Or perhaps it's just that Fed has sold his soul to the devil!
If you feel that strongly about it you need to write to the ITF or ATP; but without proof to back up such allegations I'm not entirely sure what sort of response you'd get back.

[Alis]

Interestingly, someone was telling me recently of various ways that they can rig it. One was exactly what you describe. Although the fact that they can do it doesn't necessarily mean that they do.

I agree Linda - it doesn't mean that they DO but it also doesn't mean that they DON'T!

[Alis]

If you feel that strongly about it you need to write to the ITF or ATP; but without proof to back up such allegations I'm not entirely sure what sort of response you'd get back.

I didn't think I was actually making any allegations - I'm just saying that it is possible for draws to be rigged.

[Sallydaisy]

I agree Linda - it doesn't mean that they DO but it also doesn't mean that they DON'T!
But you cannot accuse them without proof otherwise you are committing libel ...


I didn't think I was actually making any allegations - I'm just saying that it is possible for draws to be rigged.
It was implied though - that's sometimes enough ...

[Reef]

It is quite incredible how Andy seems to get the short straw time and time again and Fed is certainly blessed with good fortune - and maybe that's just the way life is. All the more credit to our boy for doing so well when it's never that easy.

The flip side is that perhaps it spurs him on to try harder - he certainly gave his all at Wimbledon and will do the same for the Olympics but yes, it's about time Lady Luck smiled on him. He's earned it.

[Lizzim]

Think the tennis schedule for Sat can be found here:

http://www.london2012.com/tennis/schedule-and-results/day=28-july/all-day.html

Looks like Andy/Jamie on court 2 for their first doubles match....might have to try and get a seat for a bit!

[Linda]

Karlovic has withdrawn, replaced by Petzschner

Top half playing Saturday.

[Sallydaisy]

Think the tennis schedule for Sat can be found here:

http://www.london2012.com/tennis/schedule-and-results/day=28-july/all-day.html

Looks like Andy/Jamie on court 2 for their first doubles match....might have to try and get a seat for a bit!
Thanks Lizzi, hope you manage to see the boys in action.

That's the weirdest OOP set up I've seen in a long while ........
Going to have to type it all up!
:doh:

[Linda]

That's strange, that page now seems to have disappeared :confused:

Ah, no, it's back again now!

Funny things happening this evening. Have had trouble getting onto Twitter too. And order of posts on here have moved! Maybe it's just me :confused:

[Lizzim]

Thanks Lizzi, hope you manage to see the boys in action.

Yeah, fingers crossed.....not sure how long I would have to queue though to get a seat....will try my luck - and abandon court 1 for a bit :)

Ross and Colin starting off on court 14 by the look of the schedule but I guess that could change depending on other matches.

[rouges]

I can't wait. Njoy everybody.

[Madeline]

Interesting. According to Saturday's OOP as posted by Sally in the closed thread, both Federer and Berdych are playing - and they are in opposite halves of the draw.

[Sallydaisy]

Interesting. According to Saturday's OOP as posted by Sally in the closed thread, both Federer and Berdych are playing - and they are in opposite halves of the draw.
I'd be very happy for someone to click on the link and try to make sense of how they've presented the order of play ... first work out the blank spaces.

[jaysee]

Interesting. According to Saturday's OOP as posted by Sally in the closed thread, both Federer and Berdych are playing - and they are in opposite halves of the draw.
It may be to do with the doubles - I noticed that Ferrer isn't playing in the singles on Sat - but he's playing his R1 doubles with Floppy. They're in opposite halves of the singles draw, so presumably it's been arranged so that they both play doubles on Sat, singles on Sun.

[Sallydaisy]

Yeah, fingers crossed.....not sure how long I would have to queue though to get a seat....will try my luck - and abandon court 1 for a bit :)

Ross and Colin starting off on court 14 by the look of the schedule but I guess that could change depending on other matches.
:confused:
I thought they were playing last on Ct 14 ... and if you go down the list of events they're deffo listed as 19.30.

[Linda]

I guess it's not a whole half of the draw playing each day then, it's just random.

Brits in doubles action on Saturday:

1730 Court 2 Andy & Jamie v Melzer & Peya
1730 Court 12 Robson & Watson v Kerber & Lisicki
1930 Court 14 Fleming & Hutchins v Benneteau & Gasquet

ETA - I think your explanation is probably right, jaysee.

[scrapaddict]

Berdych does not have an asterisk whatever that means so still hope Andy will play Sun and Tues

What dreadful website to follow!

[Lizzim]

:confused:
I thought they were playing last on Ct 14 ... and if you go down the list of events they're deffo listed as 19.30.

Sorry I meant starting off their Olympics campaign not play for the day :)

[jaysee]

I guess it's not a whole half of the draw playing each day then, it's just random.

Brits in doubles action on Saturday:

1730 Court 2 Andy & Jamie v Melzer & Peya
1730 Court 12 Robson & Watson v Kerber & Lisicki
1930 Court 14 Fleming & Hutchins v Benneteau & Gasquet

ETA - I think your explanation is probably right, jaysee.

Not so simple - Berdych (bottom half) is playing Sat but his partner Stepanek (top half!) isn't, so Stepanek will have to play both singles and doubles on Sun.

Stepanek's opponent is Davydenko - and he also doesn't play either singles or doubles on Sat - but HIS partner, Youzhny, IS playing his singles.

So basically it is random (or a mess....)

[Linda]

And I haven't a clue what the asterisks, or lack of, mean . . .

[supergran]

Balls can be "tampered" with. There used to be this theory in Rugby League when Yorkshire teams were drawn against Lancashire teams but then in the semis they seemed to kept apart. So, for example if Wigan and St Helens and Leeds and Hull were in the semi finals it always seemed that Wigan played Saints and Leeds played Hull. This ensured a Final for fans on either side of Pennines. There was talk of hot balls and freezing cold balls....conspiracies raged. I'm not being cynical but....will now avoid libel!!

[david1610]

Balls can be "tampered" with. There used to be this theory in Rugby League when Yorkshire teams were drawn against Lancashire teams but then in the semis they seemed to kept apart. So, for example if Wigan and St Helens and Leeds and Hull were in the semi finals it always seemed that Wigan played Saints and Leeds played Hull. This ensured a Final for fans on either side of Pennines. There was talk of hot balls and freezing cold balls....conspiracies raged. I'm not being cynical but....will now avoid libel!!
Rugby League fixing balls.... next you will be suggesting they even change the change of the round ball! :)

(From a guy who as a kid supporting Bradford Northern got to know Lancashire through its rugby grounds!)

[pabbers]

Balls can be "tampered" with. There used to be this theory in Rugby League when Yorkshire teams were drawn against Lancashire teams but then in the semis they seemed to kept apart. So, for example if Wigan and St Helens and Leeds and Hull were in the semi finals it always seemed that Wigan played Saints and Leeds played Hull. This ensured a Final for fans on either side of Pennines. There was talk of hot balls and freezing cold balls....conspiracies raged. I'm not being cynical but....will now avoid libel!!

Please do - the forum legal eagle is getting the jitters. Would be most appreciated if folks could back off this topic now please :thanks:

[Alis]

Please do - the forum legal eagle is getting the jitters. Would be most appreciated if folks could back off this topic now please :thanks:

I can't see why - we are merely saying that these things are possible. Just as it is possible that certain players are given favourable court times - I'm not suggesting that this happens -merely that it could. All pure conjecture of course!

[supergran]

It's a bit sad and to me extremely worrying that we can't have a chat about things on here without worrying a legal bod. I foresee the day when we can only talk about certain topics in the privacy of our own homes.

[RoastLamb]

Oh crap! I just got back from vacation today and as I haven't been on the computer at all I didn't see any Olympic stuff. Just saw that Rafa is out. Heartbroken.

And the draw!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek: Andy!

[millypops]

It will interesting to see if Rf attends the opening ceremony as he is playing on Saturday??????

[Alis]

It will interesting to see if Rf attends the opening ceremony as he is playing on Saturday??????

Pretty sure he won't - always thought there would be an ulterior motive for him turning down the honour of carrying the Swiss flag.

[Linda]

I foresee the day when we can only talk about certain topics in the privacy of our own homes.

Don't you know that Big Brother is watching you even in your own home? There are secret surveillance devices embedded in the new digital TVs that we've all had to buy . . . .

:sofa: ;)

[Golden Lady]

I imagine that this is for the best;


@ NeilHarmanTimes: Hearing that GB tennis team will not be attending the ceremony tonight. All play on Saturday. It's a tough decision but the right one

[scrapaddict]

Ludicrous to have an opening ceremony that loads of athletes won't be able to attend - do you think they went to the dress rehearsal?????

As long as the ceremony tires Stan we won't mind:laugh:

[Linda]

Poor Stan, Roger has really stitched him up there!

[Golden Lady]

Yes but Stan isn't playing tomorrow is he?

[Sallydaisy]

Any flagbearers who are in the tennis event have their R1 matches scheduled for Sunday.

However, it appears the GB team weren't given a choice ... report on the BBC now (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19013470)

Britain's Olympic tennis team have been told they are not permitted to attend the London 2012 opening ceremony.

The eight-strong squad, some of whom planned to take part, were informed of the decision by email on Friday.
A British Olympic Association spokesman told BBC Sport: "It is a choice made by each sport team leader together with the athletes.

[Linda]

Yes but Stan isn't playing tomorrow is he?

No, but Fed didn't know the schedule when he declined to carry the flag.

[Sallydaisy]

No, but Fed didn't know the schedule when he declined to carry the flag.
I don't get why so much is being made of this. Even if Federer had carried the flag he'd have had Saturday off because the ITF have clearly allowed for that eventuality in making sure flag bearers aren't playing on Saturday.
:confused:

[pabbers]

I don't get why so much is being made of this. Even if Federer had carried the flag he'd have had Saturday off because the ITF have clearly allowed for that eventuality in making sure flag bearers aren't playing on Saturday.
:confused:

Couldn't agree more. Don't get what all the fuss is about..........

[Linda]

Just doing a bit of http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd287/Granny_Linda/AnyoneButFed.gif

;)

[ljs]

well its the right decision if they all play on Saturday , but its kinda sad . The opening ceremonies are part of the Olympic experience . Ive heard other athletes talk about how great they felt taking part in them.

[scrapaddict]

Great news that Laura is now def. in the singles

Go go go team GB

[pabbers]

Just doing a bit of http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd287/Granny_Linda/AnyoneButFed.gif

;)

It's what yer left hand's for :lol:

[Linda]

Hold on - if my left hand is for http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd287/Granny_Linda/Smileys/AnyoneButFed.gif and my right hand is for :lol:, how am I going to hold my glass of :wino:?

[Golden Lady]

I know the majority don't care for Fed and heaven knows I do not want him to win Gold either but is it not just possible that he actually wanted to give Stan the chance to carry the flag? After all they are friends and without Stan, Fed would not be the proud owner of an Olympic gold already. I actually think it's quite fitting that Stan gets his moment, whatever the circumstances that brought it about and he certainly looks delighted here (https://twitter.com/stanwawrinka/status/228809489103609856/photo/1)

[RoastLamb]

I guess Stan did win the gold medal in dubs too. We tend to forget that. :lol:

[Katie]

I guess Stan did win the gold medal in dubs too. We tend to forget that. :lol:

He did, and played so well in the final. He deserves his moment now.

[supergran]

He certainly does but Federer was asked first and turned it down. And in my jaundiced view it was not for Stan's sake.

[Linda]

Federer is quoted on the ATP site as saying that Stan deserves it because he (Fed) couldn't have won his gold medal without him. Was going to post a link but for some reason I can't access that page now. :confused: I did definitely see it, though; I know that doesn't sound much like the Fed we know but I'm sure I didn't dream it.

[Golden Lady]

Federer is quoted on the ATP site as saying that Stan deserves it because he (Fed) couldn't have won his gold medal without him. Was going to post a link but for some reason I can't access that page now. :confused: I did definitely see it, though; I know that doesn't sound much like the Fed we know but I'm sure I didn't dream it.


This (http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2012/07/Features/London-Federer-Hands-Flag-Honour-To-Wawrinka.aspx) is it Linda

[pabbers]

Hold on - if my left hand is for http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd287/Granny_Linda/Smileys/AnyoneButFed.gif and my right hand is for :lol:, how am I going to hold my glass of :wino:?

Good grief.......you mean you don't have your :wino: administered intraveinously??? :p

[themass15]

Hoping to see Andy too tomorrow on Court 2 like thousands of others no doubt! Fingers crossed I will see him on Wednesday and/or Thursday.

[Sallydaisy]

The big screen on Henman Hill - and the Pet Shop boys are live on stage entertaining the crowd.
https://twitpic.com/show/large/acnj6x

[Linda]

I thought the tennis was sold out ages ago? There seem to be plenty of spare seats on Centre Court :confused:

Darcis has just taken the first set off Berdy!

[Linda]

And Darcis gets the break in the 2nd!

And he gets a second break and will serve for the match!!!!

[Reef]

I thought the tennis was sold out ages ago? There seem to be plenty of spare seats on Centre Court :confused:



Yes I was thinking the same...loads of spare seats on all televised courts.

[Linda]

And Darcis has won! Berdy is out! :shocked:

[Madeline]

Well, that's one of Andy's nasty prospective opponents out of the way :dance:

[rainy days]

YES! Not to sound mean or anything, but I was hoping for this outcome. Andy's H2H against Berdych was worrying me... Although Berdych didn't seem in form at Wimbledon either.

[Linda]

I thought the same myself, but didn't dare post it as there are a few rounds to play before it makes a difference . . . where is Pabbers with the cauldron?

[Sallydaisy]

I thought the same myself, but didn't dare post it as there are a few rounds to play before it makes a difference . . . where is Pabbers with the cauldron?

It's one of our forum smileys so anyone can use it ..........
:cauldron:

[rainy days]

Yeah, Stan is in the way and surely not a walkover and while I'm not really worried about Nieminen, Gasquet is also more than capable of causing problems. But I'm trying to think positively.

[cazza99]

Tennis is on both SKy channels 453 and 454 today, 453 covering Centre Court and 454 covering Court 1

[Linda]

Thanks Sally!

[cazza99]

Tennis is on both SKy channels 453 and 454 today, 453 covering Centre Court and 454 covering Court 1


I only managed to find one of the tennis channels through the BBC red button on Sky, so better to go through the Sky listings (EPG).

[Alis]

Yeah, Stan is in the way and surely not a walkover and while I'm not really worried about Nieminen, Gasquet is also more than capable of causing problems. But I'm trying to think positively.

I'm actually more worried about Andy having to play Baggy in the third round than Gasquet.

[Alis]

Yay - Darcis beat Berdych 4 and 4 - fantastic!!!!

[JennieF]

Hello everyone. :GBflag: Lots of questions!!........Is tennis on the beeb at all? If there's a possibility of tickets (as mentioned in previous posts) how can I get one? When is Andy's first singles/doubles match? Was he at the opening ceremony last night? Can anyone help me pleeeeze??!!

[RoastLamb]

Does anyone have a livescore? I don't have tennis on tv at all. :sad:

Glad Berdbrain is out for Andy's sake altho' I had him winning in the doubles. :eek:

[millypops]

I thought the tennis was sold out ages ago? There seem to be plenty of spare seats on Centre Court :confused:

I can't believe there are so many empty seats on all the Courts, I try the website nearly every day to see if I can get a ticket, looks like another **** up,

[rainy days]

They have live scores at the official site. But only one match at a time, just click on the one you are interested in.

http://www.london2012.com/tennis/schedule-and-results/

[JennieF]

Tennis on BBC1 now.

[Sallydaisy]

Does anyone have a livescore? I don't have tennis on tv at all.

This is the main (http://live.itftennis.com/livescores.aspx?lang=EN) livescore board on the ITF website and the only one that has all courts on it. Seems rather cumbersome, only shows first 5 courts in action on main page, and you need to scroll down for the rest.

[JennieF]

Sorry....BBC3!

[RoastLamb]

I managed to find livestreams for centre and court 1 but they are both foreign so can't understand a word.

[Linda]

They are currently showing 4 different courts on the BBC website - I guess you can't get that outside of the UK - but somebody must be streaming it somewhere.

[RoastLamb]

I found a proper livescore board here. (http://live.itftennis.com/livescores.aspx?lang=EN)

Oops sorry, I didn't see Sally's post above. Same one I think.

I hope Benny beats Youzhny.

[Sallydaisy]

I've just moved posts relating to Andy's doubles match (partnering Jamie) over to the match thread here. (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?1260-OLYMPICS-DOUBLES-R1-Andy-amp-Jamie-Murray-v-Peya-Melzer.-Sat-28th-July-Court-2-approx-5pm)
It would be really helpful if peeps could post on the correct threads.
:thanks:

[cazza99]

They have tennis on the BBC red button if you have sky or freesat.

[cazza99]

They are currently showing 4 different courts on the BBC website - I guess you can't get that outside of the UK - but somebody must be streaming it somewhere.


Ahhh. More courts on the internet than on the TV. It is getting very confusing trying to find out where to go for stuff as everything is so different to whatwe are used to and all the providers are different too. We'll probably just get used to it when the games end.

[Linda]

Fed v Falla starting! Vamos Falla! :swingin:

[cazza99]

Only just realised that Darcis has taken out Berdych 6-4 6-4. :yahoo:

[RoastLamb]

Drat! falla had a couple of break chances there but couldn't do it.

[RoastLamb]

Are regular peeps allowed in the royal box or is it still only for the VIPs?

[rainy days]

I haven't been able to find a stream yet either. Hmm.

ETA: Here (http://tvpc.com/Channel.php?ChannelID=9618) is a BBC3 stream.

[RoastLamb]

I haven't been able to find a stream yet either. Hmm.

ETA: Here (http://tvpc.com/Channel.php?ChannelID=9618) is a BBC3 stream.

Hey! That stream works for me! Astounding. British commies. I had the others on mute - much too exciteable.

[david1610]

I have this - European Broadcasting Union - working (well, in Portugal) for Fed's match.
The eurovisionsports.tv site has twelve live feeds with a 30 sec. intro for each and have not investigated them all....

Oops.... http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/

[david1610]

I though the Fed match was done and dusted but Falla has pulled it back to 5-5 in the second!

[cazza99]

There are currently several channels on Sky covering the tennis.

453 Centre Court HD
454 Court 1 HD
469 Court 2 HD
472 Court 3 HD
473 Court 4 HD

477,478, 493, 496 and 497 also cover the tennis and are non HD tennis channels.

Maybe they show more tennis when coverage of the other sports discontinues

[Linda]

Verdasco is out :sad:

[david1610]

Is this the main thread? Andy alert!!! Li Na and Hantuchova finished! Andy and Jamie next on court!
Now if anybody finds an international stream!!!!

[RoastLamb]

Falla takes the second set. :yahoo:

[Linda]

Falla levels the match at a set apiece :big grin:

[david1610]

Wasn't expecting Falla to get the second set!

[cazza99]

Tennis is now being shown on BBC1. But it is Federer's match and Andy Castle is commentating. Hope that means that Castle will not be commentating on Andy's match.

[cazza99]

I'm wondering wether they had some technical problems with the BBC red button earlier. Now if I press "T-W" in BBC (on Sky), tennis is listed 5 times, same as in the EPG.

[JAMES4578]

Certainly a few surprises with Berdy and Nando both out! Fed was also on court a bit longer than he expected,having been in a winning position in the 2nd.

[scrapaddict]

I have connected my netbook to my Tv ( well hubby has!!!) and I watched Andy's match that way as there were streams for centre court, court one and court two.
Great tele

[Helen40]

Has anyone figured out how to find out (accurately) what on earth the beeb is showing in each Olympic slot on freeview. When I chose the red button today to get the promised Fed match, it was archery!

[themass15]

Had a good day yesterday apartment from the disappointment of Andy & Jamie going out in the doubles. Watched Berdych lose to Darcis then went over and saw some of the Ferrer/Lopez. Terrific atmosphere on Court 19. Managed to get into 2nd row on Court No 2 and saw two sets of Li v Hantuchova. Have to say Jamie let Andy down with his serving. Looking forward now to Wed/Thurs. Also got a seat for the Bronze Medal match next Sunday. Still trying for Centre!

[Madeline]

Has anyone figured out how to find out (accurately) what on earth the beeb is showing in each Olympic slot on freeview. When I chose the red button today to get the promised Fed match, it was archery!

Short reply - no! I have given up and turned to livestreams.

[Sallydaisy]

It's raining ......... thank goodness for the roof.
:wimbrolly:

https://twitpic.com/show/large/ad2nc9

[cazza99]

Has anyone figured out how to find out (accurately) what on earth the beeb is showing in each Olympic slot on freeview. When I chose the red button today to get the promised Fed match, it was archery!

Try the Radio Times guide (comes with the maga. zine). Archery was listed in the Radio Times guide for Freeview between 5 and 6.30 yesterday. Not sure if that was accurate.

[cazza99]

Hopefully I have managed to make some sense of all the TV coverage.

Watching the Olympics/tennis on TV/internet


Main BBC coverage - The main Olympic coverage is on BBC1, BBC3 and the internet. BBC2 will show coverage when the news is on BBC1.

Additional BBC coverage - There are another 24 channels dedicated to the Olympics provided by the BBC for those using Sky, Virgin, Freesat or the internet and 1 or 2 channels for those using Freeview.

Tennis on BBC - The BBC are allocating 2 of the 24 channels each day for tennis until the finals, one for Centre Court and one for Court 1. During parts of the day when other channels are available they will sometimes allocate more channels to tennis.

Eurosport - British Eurosport 1 and 2 and Eurosport Player are covering the Olympics



Details of how to access the extra BBC channels


Freeview

BBC Red button - one channel (301) plus another (302) after 7 pm. 304 for Freeview HD.
It is not possible to view the extra BBC 24 channels.


Freesat

BBC Red button - up to 24 channels
For tennis click on the "T-W" and the streams will be listed.

EPG - program guide - 24 channels
go to channels 150-173


Sky

BBC Red button - up to 24 channels
For tennis click on the "T-W" and the streams will be listed.

EPG - program guide - 24 channels
go to channels 450-473 for HD. Also 477,478, 493, 496 and 497 which are not HD.


Virgin

BBC Red button - up to 24 channels
For tennis click on the "T-W" and the streams will be listed.

EPG - program guide - 24 channels
go to channels 574-597


Internet

BBC Olympics live video page - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video

BBC Olympics tennis page- the streams will be listed on the right hand side - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/sports/tennis

[RoastLamb]

Ooh my telly is actually showing tennis! Just had an interview with Milos and they're about to go to centre court. Wow! yesterday they did show Serena and Fed but seven hours after their matches.

[harriet]

i'm impressed by the beeb, umpteen channels, 450 onwards. so far i have watched dressage, rowing, swimming and now tennis.
yes, i access tv via sky, and the sport tab is where the beeb's extra channels lurk

[Alis]

I agree Harriet - excellent coverage from the Beeb.

[Linda]

Why has the match thread just become closed?

[RoastLamb]

So is Lendl not with Andy here? I don't recall seeing him in the box today.

[cazza99]

So is Lendl not with Andy here? I don't recall seeing him in the box today.

No, he'll meet up with Llendl again when he goes across the pond.

[Sallydaisy]

Oooo'er. The roof has a leak!!!

Barry Flatman ‏@Barry_FlatmanST (https://twitter.com/Barry_FlatmanST) Murray reports the roof has a leak & was allowing rain to drip through near his bag. Somebody with some gaffa tape needs to get up there

[Linda]

So they've still not been able to restart play on any of the other courts? The rain must be very localised, it's really hot and sunny here!

[Alis]

Maybe they'll put Djoko's match on to Centre to finish after Shriekarova.

[Linda]

It will be very interesting when that one restarts. What a time to have to stop, at 7-7 in a tiebreak!

[Sallydaisy]

Maybe they'll put Djoko's match on to Centre to finish after Shriekarova.
They still have a 4th match scheduled though for Centre Court.
Next up is Tsonga v Bellucci.

It would be good if they could play another one on Centre after that though ....

[Alis]

Thanks Sally - didn't realise that.

[rondun]

There are currently several channels on Sky covering the tennis.

453 Centre Court HD
454 Court 1 HD
469 Court 2 HD
472 Court 3 HD
473 Court 4 HD

477,478, 493, 496 and 497 also cover the tennis and are non HD tennis channels.

Maybe they show more tennis when coverage of the other sports discontinuesExcept 453, 454, 469 etc are only in HD f you have an HD subscription, otherwise they are the SD channels and the HD ones are on 477 etc... if that makes sense!
eg I'm watching 453 in SD because I don't have HD

[Linda]

Does anyone know why the BBC website calls Court 18 "Court 4"?

[Sallydaisy]

Does anyone know why the BBC website calls Court 18 "Court 4"?
No idea at all.
Court 4 isn't being used for main draw play and is designated for practice only.
Here's a map (http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/Documents/Venue/01/24/20/59/KDVENUEWIMTennis_Neutral.pdf) of the grounds at Wimbledon showing the courts/facilities for the Olympics.
(the Aorangi practice courts have been set aside for AELTC members use for the duration).

[Sallydaisy]

The service areas on Centre Court already look very worn and we're only into Day 2 with 7 more days of play! Hardly any grass at all - it'll be like playing on clay in a 6' area before long. Not sure the 3 week reseeding approach has really worked.

[Sallydaisy]

This (http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/schedule/daily-schedule.aspx)is the Order of Play for today which now shows which matches have been postponed.
There are some for each court still on the schedule so they must be hoping to complete those started and get a few more played tonight whilst the light holds.

The covers are coming off the outside courts .........

[Linda]

Even if they start play shortly I should think there will be quite a few more matches that won't get played/finished as well as the ones already listed as postponed.

[cazza99]

They still have a 4th match scheduled though for Centre Court.
Next up is Tsonga v Bellucci.

It would be good if they could play another one on Centre after that though ....

Tsonga and Bellucci neck and neck in a 1 set tie break at 4-4

[cazza99]

Does anyone know why the BBC website calls Court 18 "Court 4"?
No, they are probably meaning "stream" 4.

[cazza99]

Bellucci has just taken 1st against Jo Wilfred.

[Linda]

Oh no, I really hope Tsonga isn't going to lose. Not sure if he's injured :crying:

[RoastLamb]

I know Tsonga is in Andy's draw but I don't know if I want the Brazilian dude facing Andy at any point.

[cazza99]

The other matches have now restarted. Nole has lost first set to Fognini.

It can't have been very easy to go back on half way through a tiebreak after such a long delay.

[Linda]

Fognini took the first set off Nole!!!

[cazza99]

Fognini took the first set off Nole!!!

Yup. They had to stop at 7-7 in the tiebreaker cos of rain.

[Linda]

I've been wondering all afternoon what would happen when they resumed at that point!

[cazza99]

They are currently showing Nishikori vs Tomic on court 18 on the other tennis channel on Sky (454). Nishikori has taken the first set.

[RoastLamb]

I can't find any livestreams other than cc. :sad:

[Linda]

That's probably because the BBC website is only showing Centre and Ct18 :grrr: I want to watch Courts 1 & 2! Yesterday they gave us a choice of 5 courts.

[Sallydaisy]

Fognini took the first set off Nole!!!
Normal service being resumed - Noley takes the 2nd set 6'2.

[Madeline]

Nieminen next for Andy.

[Sallydaisy]

Nieminen next for Andy.
Yep, threads up here. (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?1267-OLYMPICS-TENNIS-SINGLES-R2-Andy-Murray-v-Jarrko-Nieminen.-Tuesday-31st-July-court-amp-time-tbc)

[Genbrit]

The service areas on Centre Court already look very worn and we're only into Day 2 with 7 more days of play! Hardly any grass at all - it'll be like playing on clay in a 6' area before long. Not sure the 3 week reseeding approach has really worked.

I noticed this too Sally. Think they will hope the matches played on centre are as short as possible!!!!

[Sallydaisy]

Nishikori and Ferrer are both through.

EDIT - and Djokovic

[cazza99]

That's probably because the BBC website is only showing Centre and Ct18 :grrr: I want to watch Courts 1 & 2! Yesterday they gave us a choice of 5 courts.

There are more live sports today. Its worth checking often to see if they put any more up though. I'd have thought they would with Laura and Hev playing.

[Linda]

Phew! Tsonga is through. That was tough.

[RoastLamb]

Ferru had it relatively easy against Vashy. He's playing v. well.

[Linda]

Vamos Ferru! Unfortunately his record against Fed is 0-13 :sad:

[Linda]

Vamos Ferru! Unfortunately his record against Fed is 0-13 :sad:

And thinking of this, I checked the record of the Spanish players (who are playing in the Olypmics) against Fed and it is a combined 0-32. Perhaps Rafa should have played after all even if he had a leg in plaster.

[cazza99]

Neil Harman ‏@NeilHarmanTimes

No Robson and Watson tonight. Back tomorrow. Order of play not before 9pm


Slippery courts, confusing messages, courts starting, not starting, stopping, not stopping. This is a bit of a shambles

Wimbledon Groundsman ‏@WimboGroundsman

Shade over court one wasn't conducive to helping keep the court dry as the temp fell so the tennis for today was called on safety grounds

[cazza99]

oop out for Monday - http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/schedule/daily-schedule.aspx

[harriet]

i REALLY DISLIKE the tennis kit for the GB team - the dubs kit looked so bleached out as to be next to invisible, and that zigzaggy blue stuff andy is wearing makes my eyes ache. OK they said they liked it, but what choice had they, at that juncture, to say anything else?

[cazza99]

Tennis will be covered on 3 channels today.

They will be Sky channels 453, 454 and 470 (these are Olympic channels 4, 5 and 21).

[cazza99]

They are showing court 18 (Hewitt) on the BBC1 at the moment.

Apparently they renumbered the courts for the olympics and court 18 is now court 4. However the oop on the olympic site and the itf site use the old court numbers.

[RoastLamb]

Got up early in thye hope I'd see some of Milos but he's on court 16 and I don't think there's cameras there. :sad:

[Sallydaisy]

Apparently they renumbered the courts for the olympics and court 18 is now court 4. However the oop on the olympic site and the itf site use the old court numbers.
So, something else they need not have tinkered with ......

Same with the scoreboards on Centre Court. They've brought in those hideous orange things - which flickered on and off yesterday - and parked them in front of the Wimbledon scoreboards which work perfectly well.

[Sallydaisy]

Got up early in thye hope I'd see some of Milos but he's on court 16 and I don't think there's cameras there. :sad:
I think you might be out of luck RL.
:sad:

[cazza99]

So, something else they need not have tinkered with ......

Same with the scoreboards on Centre Court. They've brought in those hideous orange things - which flickered on and off yesterday - and parked them in front of the Wimbledon scoreboards which work perfectly well.

But they use the new numbering system when listing the live streams on the BBC, just to confuse everyone.

I am surprised they are not using the court 3 as you can get quite a big audience in there.

[RoastLamb]

Oh well so far so good, both Canucks in play won their first set. Fingers crossed. Have to watch Serbia vs Korea in volleyball on telly. Good job I like v-ball.

Both win in sraights! :yahoo:

[Lizzim]

So, something else they need not have tinkered with ......

Same with the scoreboards on Centre Court. They've brought in those hideous orange things - which flickered on and off yesterday - and parked them in front of the Wimbledon scoreboards which work perfectly well.

Think that's cos the Wimbly scoreboards are sponsored by rolex, whereas the Olympic sponsor seems to be omega!

[rondun]

Doesn't say much for Omega when it looks like their scoreboards are borrowed from the Moscow Olympics - they are nasty.

[cazza99]

There are now 4 channels covering tennis. Sky 473 is now covering court 18.

The other 3, Sky 453, 454, 470 are currently covering Centre Court, Court 1 and Court 2 respectively.

[Sallydaisy]

RESULTS SO FAR

OUTSTANDING R1 MENS SINGLES
Feli Lopez D Tursunov
Kavcic d Vardhan
Davydenko d Stepanek
Gasquet d Haase
Raonic d Ito
Monaco d Goffin
Cilic d Melzer
Roddick d Klizan
Hewitt d Stakhovsky

[Sallydaisy]

R2 Mens Results
Federer d Benneteau
Almagro d Bogomolov

R1 Mens Results
Baghdatis d Soeda

[Sallydaisy]

Anyone remember Jaziri from Tunisia at Davis Cup in Bolton?
Wardy beat him in 5 sets ...

Well he's now ranked #79 (career high #69 on 16th July) and just took Isner to a tie-break. The American came through 7'6(1) and it's into the 2nd set.

[LC the fan]

Can any of the mods tell me if there are 2 Bronze medals awarded in the Olympics tennis - or is there the hated bronze medal playoff ? (I'm getting ahead of myself, I know)

Also - why is there no 'coaching' allowed. Coaches are quite prominent in the badminton, table tennis etc and, of course, they are always allowed in the Davis Cup so it seems strange to note their absence - is it just Wimby tradition ????

[cazza99]

There is a bronze medal play off in tennis.

Not sure about why no coaches.

[Sallydaisy]

Can any of the mods tell me if there are 2 Bronze medals awarded in the Olympics tennis - or is there the hated bronze medal playoff ? (I'm getting ahead of myself, I know)

There are Bronze Medal play-off matches - see the timetable here (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?1227-OLYMPICS-TENNIS-29-7-5-8-2012-Tournament-Thread-Information-Draws-OOP-s&p=42646&viewfull=1#post42646) in post #1 of this information thread.


Also - why is there no 'coaching' allowed. Coaches are quite prominent in the badminton, table tennis etc and, of course, they are always allowed in the Davis Cup so it seems strange to note their absence - is it just Wimby tradition ????
ITF Rules for Olympics say no coaching. You'd have to ask the ITF why not ...
Nothing to do with Wimbledon tradition - it's the VENUE that's being used not the AELTC rules.
;)

[DrewZiph]

anyone know what time tomorrows oop is expected??

[RoastLamb]

anyone know what time tomorrows oop is expected??

It came out after 9 p.m. last night.

[DrewZiph]

It came out after 9 p.m. last night.

Thank you.

Gee that's a long wait. I'm there tomorrow and in the event Andy is on early I'll pay more to get the early peak train!

[Lizzim]

It came out after 9 p.m. last night.

It may have been later last night due to them trying to reschedule all the abandoned matches....so maybe a tiny bit earlier tonight.

[RoastLamb]

Really hope Andy's on centre again. That's the only court I can watch over here on a livestream. Fingers crossed. And I really hope Federer is put on court 1 next coz he's the only tennis match they've shown on tv over here and I'm already pig sick.

[cazza99]

It may have been later last night due to them trying to reschedule all the abandoned matches....so maybe a tiny bit earlier tonight.

I think it was a little earlier on Saturday night.

[DrewZiph]

Really hope Andy's on centre again. That's the only court I can watch over here on a livestream. Fingers crossed. And I really hope Federer is put on court 1 next coz he's the only tennis match they've shown on tv over here and I'm already pig sick.

I will actually cry if andy is not on centre tomorrow

[cazza99]

You can laugh

oop for Tuesday. - http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/schedule/daily-schedule.aspx?d=4

Andy second on Centre, Laura 4th on Centre and Heather 2nd on Court 1.

[cazza99]

It is forecast to rain in the morning and be dry from mid afternoon, tomorrow

[RoastLamb]

Glad Andy's on cc but disappointed Milos is on court 1 - HOWEVER Cdn telly will show that match coz its a show court. Yay! And Aleks is first up on cc too so bonus.

[DrewZiph]

You can laugh

oop for Tuesday. - http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/schedule/daily-schedule.aspx?d=4

Andy second on Centre, Laura 4th on Centre and Heather 2nd on Court 1.

holy hell that's a good OOP!

[scrapaddict]

Can't wait - first time at Wimbly and such a fantastic line up. Even better knowing that if it rains they will shut the roof so I WILL see every match

[Alis]

Lucky you Scrapaddict - enjoy your day!

[pabbers]

Have fun Drewziph and Scrapaddict!

[ljs]

Glad Andy's on cc but disappointed Milos is on court 1 - HOWEVER Cdn telly will show that match coz its a show court. Yay! And Aleks is first up on cc too so bonus.

Yes , good for us Milos fans :thumbup: tho not too optimistic of his chances against Tsonga, but am hoping .
Also hope Aleks can knock Venus out .
And last but not least ... GO ANDY !!!!!!!!!!

[RoastLamb]

Yes , good for us Milos fans :thumbup: tho not too optimistic of his chances against Tsonga, but am hoping .
Also hope Aleks can knock Venus out .
And last but not least ... GO ANDY !!!!!!!!!!

ljs, CTV is showing Milos' match at 7 a.m. and at the same time Aleks' match over on TSN1. :yahoo:

[MurrayAOne]

Does anyone know how the schedule works out for the rest of the week? Do they have to play consecutive days?

[Sallydaisy]

Does anyone know how the schedule works out for the rest of the week? Do they have to play consecutive days?

It's all set out in the table in the first post of this thread. (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?1227-OLYMPICS-TENNIS-29-7-5-8-2012-Tournament-Thread-Information-Draws-OOP-s)

[MurrayAOne]

It's all set out in the table in the first post of this thread. (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?1227-OLYMPICS-TENNIS-29-7-5-8-2012-Tournament-Thread-Information-Draws-OOP-s)

Ok thanks!

[rondun]

I was thinking- which other Individual Olympic sports require as much effort to win a medal as the tennis?
There are a few that have 6 rounds but maybe not equivalent to 3 sets of tennis in each round. Rowing? - but they 'only' have 2-3 rounds.
Sailing has 6 races and each can be quite tough. Men's road race - one big 6 hour effort but more of a team sport?
Decathlon / heptathlon- marathon / triathlon - maybe anything that ends in "on"!
Boxing?
Can you compare mental effort in the shooting / archery with other sports?
Which ones have it 'easy'?

[RoastLamb]

C'mon Milos! A set apiece for him and Tsonga. Two double faults were his downfall in the first set - too bad.

[cazza99]

Baggy has beaten Dammit. Better for Andy if he beats Nieminen I guess.

[Jane]

All the very best of luck, Andy:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:: )

[cazza99]

Tennis is currently being shown on 3 streams. Channel 455, 456 and 471 for Sky (olympic channels 6,7 and 22).

[Sallydaisy]

Blimey - Nole just beat ARod in 54mins!!!
6'2, 6'1 the score.

:olympics:

Laura Robson v Maria Sharapova next.

[Sallydaisy]

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Milos Raonic are still battling it out on Court 1.
Current score 6-3 3-6 6-6 (no tiebreak in 3rd set)

[Sallydaisy]

JWT and the Missile 11 all in the 3rd set. No tie-breaker ... could be a while yet.

[RoastLamb]

Unable to breathe. So :nailbiter:

[rondun]

Who takes a baby to a tennis match? And then just sits there with it crying?

[cazza99]

Who takes a baby to a tennis match? And then just sits there with it crying?

The mother?

[rondun]

Yep. That would explain it.

[RoastLamb]

Who takes a baby to a tennis match? And then just sits there with it crying?

Was thinking the same thing. You don't take a baby to a place where quiet is needed. :doh:

[Sallydaisy]

Unable to breathe. So :nailbiter:
:grouphug:

15-15

[RoastLamb]

But if you're stupid enough to do so, then leave when the baby starts to wail.

Someone tweeted: "There's no crying in tennis." :lol:

[Sallydaisy]

17 all ........

[Lizzim]

Who takes a baby to a tennis match? And then just sits there with it crying?


The mother?


Was thinking the same thing. You don't take a baby to a place where quiet is needed. :doh:


But if you're stupid enough to do so, then leave when the baby starts to wail.

Someone tweeted: "There's no crying in tennis." :lol:

There were loads of babies there on Saturday...and the parents insisted on staying on court while they were crying...eventually they got the hint! Some of them were tiny though and I don't understand why anyone would think it a good idea to bring them :confused:

[Sallydaisy]

18 all and the players now get extra challenges.
Raonic using one of his on the first point of Tsonga's serve.

[RoastLamb]

This is rather unbearable not fun like it was with Mahut/Isner.

[rondun]

But if you're stupid enough to do so, then leave when the baby starts to wail. Exactly - it's hardly complicated.
Good reason why the AELTC has a no under-5 policy.

[Sallydaisy]

This is rather unbearable not fun like it was with Mahut/Isner.

I'm trying to find out if there is a cap on games in final set because I think after the Isner/Mahut match that a cap was sent at 30all and then it goes to a tie-break.

19 all ..........

[Sallydaisy]

20 all and this is officially the longest singles match in Olympic tennis history.

There's no cap on games played in the 3rd set so we could be in for a late night on Court 1.

[Sallydaisy]

Oh ho ho. JWT held for 21-20.
He just went 30-0 up on the Raonic serve but Milos has levelled it back to 30 all.

Deuce and an error from Milos at the net gives Tsonga a match point ......

Tsonga's shorts are ridiculously 'short' ......
:p

[RoastLamb]

That's coz he keeps hoicking them up.

Bit of a :coaster: this.

[Sallydaisy]

Tsonga 22-21 ...

I'm reading on twitter that they're playing a 5th match on Centre ...
David Ferrer and Blaz Kavcic are next up.

[Sallydaisy]

Oooooooooooo Hewitt has beaten Cilic (6-4, 7-5) and will play Djokovic in R3.

[RoastLamb]

Tsonga's supposed to play dubs after this. Good luck with that!

[Alis]

Really glad for Hewitt - he certainly loves his tennis.

[RoastLamb]

The ITF livescoreboard SUCKS! Trying to follow the Canuck dubs match and it's stuck.

[Sallydaisy]

The ITF livescoreboard SUCKS! Trying to follow the Canuck dubs match and it's stuck.
The whole website was down earlier - I think they're overwhelmed by the Olympics. Don't know if it's back up but if it is you can see Ct 1 scores on the right in a little box on the home page.

Raonic *23-24.

[Madeline]

The ITF livescoreboard SUCKS! Trying to follow the Canuck dubs match and it's stuck.

I gave up on it hours ago. Try this one: http://www.flashscores.co.uk/tennis/

[Sallydaisy]

JWT has 3 mps

[Linda]

Tsonga finally wins! What a marathon!

[RoastLamb]

Finally! It's over. I feel for Tsonga going into his next match. Well done Milos!