2016 Wimbledon R16 - Seed#5 Kei Nishikori vs. Seed#9 Marin Cilic

[tipsa...don'tlikehim!]

Since there is a betting thread, from now on I'll post the odds of the matches

Kei vs Marin:
Odds here https://book.easysportbet.co.uk/en/line/Tennis/69371-Wimbledon/4972589-Marin-Cilic-Kei-Nishikori/

 

[Feather]

It's nice of you to post the betting odds.

I hope Nishikori wins in four. I would be rooting for him

 

[tipsa...don'tlikehim!]

No worries Feather, I am rooting for Kei as well. I watched a bit of Cilic against Stakhovsky, he looked ordinary but I missed the Lacko match.
Kei's serve is a concern right now. Bettors may favour Cilic here IMO.

 

[Feather]

No worries Feather, I am rooting for Kei as well. I watched a bit of Cilic against Stakhovsky, he looked ordinary but I missed the Lacko match.
Kei's serve is a concern right now. Bettors may favour Cilic here IMO.

Tennis can be funny at times. I was rooting for Cilic to beat Berdych in US Open 2014 as Berdych beat Federer in Wimbledon 2010 and US Open 2012 So you gotta be careful what you wish for

 

[tipsa...don'tlikehim!]

Tennis can be funny at times. I was rooting for Cilic to beat Berdych in US Open 2014 as Berdych beat Federer in Wimbledon 2010 and US Open 2012 So you gotta be careful what you wish for

Haha yes, with tennis you just never know! The Cilic vs Federer match in Montreal was very close though, I remember it pretty well but it's true that not many saw this version of Cilic coming. Federer came to the court very flat though.

 

[gn]

Let's Go Nishi. If he defeats Cilic & Fed, I will be rooting for him or Milos all the way.

 

[tipsa...don'tlikehim!]

Let's Go Nishi. If he defeats Cilic & Fed, I will be rooting for him or Milos all the way.

Yes baby!

 

[tipsa...don'tlikehim!]

@Meles

 

[I Am Finnish]

I think cilic will win
He is the better Grass-court player

 

[The Green Mile]

I think Cilic in 4. Nishikori's baseline game looked top notch against Kuznetsov, but his serve is a bit of a worry though.

 

[Wynter]

Cilic in 5, just a feeling.

 

[kishnabe]

Hopefully not Cilic....he can troll his way to another slam title.

Nishikori in 4.

 

[gogo]

I have a sinking feeling that Cilic will prevail...even though I will be cheering for Kei. (Nothing against Cilic by the way.)

 

[BeatlesFan]

After what Cilic did to Roger at the USO two years ago, I am rooting 100% for Kei. I hope it's a 6 hour marathon so Kei will offer no resistance to Roger, if they should meet.

 

[Meles]

@Meles

I searched two pages for this thread.

 

[Meles]

No worries Feather, I am rooting for Kei as well. I watched a bit of Cilic against Stakhovsky, he looked ordinary but I missed the Lacko match.
Kei's serve is a concern right now. Bettors may favour Cilic here IMO.

I'm not impressed with Cilic lately since he's been coming back from injury starting at the French, but Ninja is an injury waiting to happen. Ninja looks much, much better now, but Cilic owns the head to head on fast courts. Ended up going Cilic in 5 because you really need a serve to get far on grass.

 

[rainingaces]

A shame that Nishikori had to withdraw, he looked so down, his team had to motion for him to stop and all this after he had to withdraw from Wimbledon last year.

 

[Mainad]

A shame that Nishikori had to withdraw, he looked so down, his team had to motion for him to stop and all this after he had to withdraw from Wimbledon last year.

It's got to the stage now that it seems news if he manages to finish a tournament!

 

[West Coast Ace]

Any word how he hurt himself? The 94mph serve in his 1st game was shocking. He shouldn't have even tried to play.

 

[gn]

Any word how he hurt himself? The 94mph serve in his 1st game was shocking. He shouldn't have even tried to play.

He injured his rib during Halle and withdrew. He did not fully recover and continued to play at Wimbledon. Yesterday, it gave way. It could have been an exciting match otherwise.