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That will teach them to put him on court 1. Good move, Fed! Now you're basically assured CC until forever, even if it's just to play a scrub while Nadal and Djokovic fight it out on court 18...
Anderson Arenacourt 1 is cursed. I swear that court must have the most upsets at Wimbledon.
that's court 2court 1 is cursed. I swear that court must have the most upsets at Wimbledon.
Anderson Arena
court 1 is cursed. I swear that court must have the most upsets at Wimbledon.
Wimbledon organizers rigging everything to have a 10th year anniversary Fedal rematch
Glad to see it crash and burn
Good, tired of Wimbledeon politics.
Yes, Nadal plays one match on Lenglen every yearYou know what, I will have to say it, I agree with Rafa fans, Wimbledon has become a joke.
I mean not putting nr.1 seed and 8 time W champion on the centre court?
Does it happen to Rafa at French?
Even RAFA is protesting their putting rogi on court 1.That will teach them to put him on court 1. Good move, Fed! Now you're basically assured CC until forever, even if it's just to play a scrub while Nadal and Djokovic fight it out on court 18...
Even after the quarter finals?Yes, Nadal plays one match on Lenglen every year
This result shows Fed should be playing on Court 1 more often
If it wasn’t worth complaining about then it was no biggie for Fed right? Djoker didn’t ask for Fed to be sent to C1. Fed was sent there bc 1) his matchup with Anderson was boring. And it was, the most boring 5 setter I’ve seen. And 2) Fed’s been on CC more than anyone and it was his turnThe only troll is Djokovic. He complains so they put him on centre court and put Federer on court one and the rest is history. Lol
....yes? ... lol. Hello, don’t u watch Tennis?You know what, I will have to say it, I agree with Rafa fans, Wimbledon has become a joke.
I mean not putting nr.1 seed and 8 time W champion on the centre court?
Does it happen to Rafa at French?
No, I don't actually.....yes? ... lol. Hello, don’t u watch Tennis?
Kinda hard for you to call out freaking Wimbledon without a baseline perspective thenNo, I don't actually.
Just doesn't make sense to me from their business perspective.Kinda hard for you to call out freaking Wimbledon without a baseline perspective then
Well you have tickets to sell to 2 courts.Just doesn't make sense to me from their business perspective.
Putting Fed on graveyard of champions and now they won't see him in the final? Dumb business move. And disrespecting Anderson, he was in a slam final and took peak Djokovic to five, so they shouldn't be expecting a routine match, especially when Fed is 37.Well you have tickets to sell to 2 courts.
CC tickets are the most expensive. Objectively the best 2 matches were Djoker-Nishi and Rafa-JMDP. Fed-Anderson was expected to be a servebot fest that Fed would easily win by sprinkling in his dramatically superior ground game. The best matchups got CC.
As expected the Fed-Anderson match was a super dull serve fest. It’s just that Fed left his groundstrokes back at his hotel.
You want Wimby to help Fed win matches? Cmon man. That’s on Fed.Putting Fed on graveyard of champions and now they won't see him in the final? Dumb business move. And disrespecting Anderson, he was in a slam final and took peak Djokovic to five, so they shouldn't be expecting a routine match, especially when Fed is 37.
Against a big server? No its why Nadal was not sent over there...In my mind I noticed that court 1’s court had significantly better grass and less wear. Maybe they thought that more grass would help Fed.
Scheduling, Federer usually tends to like the earlier matches. But I was very confused as to why they both didn’t play on center.Against a big server? No its why Nadal was not sent over there...
That will teach them to put him on court 1. Good move, Fed! Now you're basically assured CC until forever, even if it's just to play a scrub while Nadal and Djokovic fight it out on court 18...
This is the scheduling blunder of the century.
It feels like there was little chance that Federer would have lost had that match been on Center Court. It was so close with Federer have a match point and winning more points overall that every little thing counted in the end — in this case Anderson was familiar with the court, Federer wasn't. Anderson would have been more nervous on Center Court, and the wind might have been a factor. Federer was also likely in a bad mood because they sent their defending champion, No. 1 seed and all-time Wimbeldon great onto a lesser court in favor of a player who is so disliked by the British public they were cheering his time violations.
But organizers (and some commentators) discounted the threat of Anderson. This felt like a danger match with Anderson's serve on this current surface no matter what people said beforehand. So organizers threw a bone to quiet the complaints from Djokovic when everybody knew that was going to be a nothing match that Novak had little chance of losing. An injured Nishikori on grass isn't much of a threat even to this Djokovic. (They also screwed up by not moving an earlier match from Nadal and Federer to Court No. 1 if they worried about fairness — the Sela and Lacko matches could easily have been sent to Court 1 and Novak could get at least one more Center Court appearance.)
And now not only is Federer paying the price, but so are tennis fans (other than hardcore Nadal and Djokovic fans) and the tournament itself. They had the chance for a final (in addition to the semifinal) featuring a pair of all-time greats — the tantalizing prospect of a 10th anniversary rematch with Nadal or the first Fed-Djokovic match since their injury breaks. Instead, we get a semifinal with two servebots and a final in which someone who's servebotted their way to the final is most likely going to get extremely tense and nervous, be broken right away and hand the match to Nadal or Djokovic (see repeat of that dreadful 2017 U.S. Open). Even if the servebot plays well, it's still going to lack in quality and star power. It will be even worse than Cilic and his foot blisters, I suspect.
The organizers of Wimbledon should be ashamed of themselves. The state of the grass needs serious thought for next year. The courts have been atrocious and not playing like traditional grass. Perhaps they need to keep Center Court off-limits the first week and let there be actual grass for the big matches. Protect it from the sun with the roof so it's not dead and dried out as global warming worsens. Then Djokovic can complain about not being able to play on Court 1.
And as far as that horrible scheduling decision? In the good old days, someone could face summary execution for that stupidity. Nowadays, it's a metaphorical off with their head, though. But in the end someone must pay for ruining this Wimbledon.
TL;DR of this post: Federer should have been scheduled at Centre to protect him from a possible upsetThis is the scheduling blunder of the century.
It feels like there was little chance that Federer would have lost had that match been on Center Court. It was so close with Federer have a match point and winning more points overall that every little thing counted in the end — in this case Anderson was familiar with the court, Federer wasn't. Anderson would have been more nervous on Center Court, and the wind might have been a factor. Federer was also likely in a bad mood because they sent their defending champion, No. 1 seed and all-time Wimbeldon great onto a lesser court in favor of a player who is so disliked by the British public they were cheering his time violations.
But organizers (and some commentators) discounted the threat of Anderson. This felt like a danger match with Anderson's serve on this current surface no matter what people said beforehand. So organizers threw a bone to quiet the complaints from Djokovic when everybody knew that was going to be a nothing match that Novak had little chance of losing. An injured Nishikori on grass isn't much of a threat even to this Djokovic. (They also screwed up by not moving an earlier match from Nadal and Federer to Court No. 1 if they worried about fairness — the Sela and Lacko matches could easily have been sent to Court 1 and Novak could get at least one more Center Court appearance.)
And now not only is Federer paying the price, but so are tennis fans (other than hardcore Nadal and Djokovic fans) and the tournament itself. They had the chance for a final (in addition to the semifinal) featuring a pair of all-time greats — the tantalizing prospect of a 10th anniversary rematch with Nadal or the first Fed-Djokovic match since their injury breaks. Instead, we get a semifinal with two servebots and a final in which someone who's servebotted their way to the final is most likely going to get extremely tense and nervous, be broken right away and hand the match to Nadal or Djokovic (see repeat of that dreadful 2017 U.S. Open). Even if the servebot plays well, it's still going to lack in quality and star power. It will be even worse than Cilic and his foot blisters, I suspect.
The organizers of Wimbledon should be ashamed of themselves. The state of the grass needs serious thought for next year. The courts have been atrocious and not playing like traditional grass. Perhaps they need to keep Center Court off-limits the first week and let there be actual grass for the big matches. Protect it from the sun with the roof so it's not dead and dried out as global warming worsens. Then Djokovic can complain about not being able to play on Court 1.
And as far as that horrible scheduling decision? In the good old days, someone could face summary execution for that stupidity. Nowadays, it's a metaphorical off with their head, though. But in the end someone must pay for ruining this Wimbledon.
Your TL;DR misses the point. Maybe it was too long and you didn't read. Let me keep it simple for you this time ...TL;DR of this post: Federer should have been scheduled at Centre to protect him from a possible upset
Oh please, the organizers rigged the draw and the schedule from the very start in an attempt to secure a Federer vs Nadal final
Maybe this shows them nobody is bigger than the sport. Or do they plan on milking Fed for eternity? What are they going to do 5, 10 years down the line? Wheel Fed in from the nursing home and put him at Centre against an out of retirement David Ferrer?
Yeah no body is bigger than the sport!!!TL;DR of this post: Federer should have been scheduled at Centre to protect him from a possible upset
Oh please, the organizers rigged the draw and the schedule from the very start in an attempt to secure a Federer vs Nadal final
Maybe this shows them nobody is bigger than the sport. Or do they plan on milking Fed for eternity? What are they going to do 5, 10 years down the line? Wheel Fed in from the nursing home and put him at Centre against an out of retirement David Ferrer?