Predictions:
Chaps: Alcaraz
Ladies: Gauff
I’ll have a look through the doubles pairings later.
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Gentlemen Novak Djokovic
Ladies Aryna Sabalenka (with the sound turned off)
Martin
Please, yes!
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Katie Boulter - what a trooper, really horrible back injuries to contend with.
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Okay My prediction for Gauff falls at first hurdle!
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Ahem
“Trouper”
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From watching R1 matches; Alcaraz will probably beat himself, Djokivic will be tediously hypochondriacal thereby justifying losing around the semi final stage and Sinner will win the championship. Might all change of course!
Bruce
Sinner vs Djokovic final would be interesting.
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Ah Wimbledon. Nine years ago I entered the Ballot. Ended up with some pretty good seats.
That’s actually not my best shot. We were sitting in the third row by the baseline.
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The standard of tennis between Fritz and Diallo is very high. Better than Djokovic yesterday. On tv now.
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Yes very enjoyable. I’d like Fritz to go deep. Emma played well.
Struggling to work out coverage on iPlayer. Missed Raducanu. Watching highlights of Tarvet:Alcaraz and enjoying it.
Love Tracey Austin but where did she get that 70s curtains top?
So what do we think of the new electronic system and loss of traditional staff on court?
I think it’s good, I like that the voices that call out, fault etc are not computer generated but actually Wimbledon staff who recorded their voices for the system.
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I’m not so sure. I reckon a few grass court staff are locked in a small room with big screens. Then with flashing alerts of the required word to shout at the microphone.
Same place in London I get mine. When you know, you know.
BTW, you really need to get your iPlayer sorted out😆
Diallo had too many unforced errors and that’s the difference. Two fantastic players tonight.
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Thank God technology has come this far so we can get rid of a bunch of old fogeys peering down lines. I used to hate them in the 80s and nothing got better.
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Definitely makes the game flow better. Players seem to be 100% accepting of all calls.
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Interesting points guys, one thing my wife and mentioned separately was those huge green screen things behind the players, it looks scruffy and makeshift, also the miles of visible cabling at the base of the green fabric suff. Anyway, interesting tournament and its 100% coverage on Amazon Germany too.
Martin
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