Why was Isner Anderson semi scheduled first?

[diggler]

Ok everything is easy in hindsight, but here goes.

Everybody wanted to watch the Nadal Djokovic match.

Isner and Anderson are big servers and a long match was possible.

They could have scheduled Nadal Djokovic first. If it was taking too long, they could have offered Isner Anderson a move to another court.

Isner Anderson was the top half of the draw. Is that why it went first? Did they have to do that?

 

[Mack-2]

Best was saved for last

 

[Standaa]

You need to eat your broccoli before you can have a pudding.

 

[Mustard]

The idea was that the big marquee match would be saved for late afternoon, when people had come home from work and there would be more people watching, so get the Isner vs. Anderson match over before 5pm and people would be ready for Nadal vs. Djokovic. Of course, with Isner involved in the first semi and his genius for getting embroiled in the longest matches in history, that wasn't the wisest course of action from the All England Club. They didn't think it through properly. Unfortunately, Nadal's Wimbledon chances took a sharp downward turn as a result, meaning an indoor match starting after 8pm instead of a late afternoon match in the sun, and then Wimbledon's policy of both players having to agree to open the roof the next day or it stays closed. Djokovic would have been crazy to agree to open the roof, so it stayed closed.

 

[flanker2000fr]

Ever been to a concert?

 

[Mustard]

I was saying around 6pm on Friday, get Nadal and Djokovic on Court 1 now. But no.

 

[Deon Sanders]

American was playing. Takes precedent.

 

[HipRotation]

I was saying around 6pm on Friday, get Nadal and Djokovic on Court 1 now. But no.

There's no way the AEC would have done that, even if it meant them not playing at all on Friday.

 

[TennisaGoGo]

Because they thought it would be Fed and they wanted to give him a few extra hours rest over Rafa.

 

[Moose Malloy]

In 1999 Sampras Henman SF was played on Center while Agassi Rafter SF was played on Court One at the same time. but rain washed out play on Friday so this was a Saturday schedule.

 

[70後]

Next time, don't do that.

 

[True Fanerer]

American was playing. Takes precedent.

Reached on that one a little

 

[Rafa24]

I don't know but it sucks. Isner sucking so bad cost rafa his 18th slam and last chance to win wimbledon.

 

[Deon Sanders]

Reached on that one a little

You think money doesnt matter here?

The top 50 US companies are worth about the same as the entire European continent in market cap. The top 5 alone are worth more than the largest European yearly GDP

 

[True Fanerer]

Things people have said already.

Both matches turned out very memorable for different reasons. Great Wimbledon despite Fed loss. Things work out for the best in the end which is cliché yet usually true. Im looking more forward to it than last year already I guess because he didn't win Wimbledon. Fresh start and a new day with new possibilities plus a sense of relief thanks to Djokovic. Only regret is no Fedal or Fedovic match, but its all good with the way it turned out.

 

[Moses85]

You need to eat your broccoli before you can have a pudding.

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?

 

[70後]

No need to change the rules. Just don't put Isner matches on first in slams since there is a possibility an accident might occur.

 

[Sentinel]

Best was saved for last

Both semis were best.

I don't know but it sucks. Isner sucking so bad cost rafa his 18th slam and last chance to win wimbledon.

Poor Rafa. First the roof cost him the WO title, then Isner sucking.
Will global warming be the next excuse or the imminent ice age

 

[Mustard]

There's no way the AEC would have done that, even if it meant them not playing at all on Friday.

David Nalbandian reached the Wimbledon final in 2002 without having played on Centre Court.

 

[tennis_pro]

Ever been to a concert?

You're right but don't forget Alice in Chains opened up for Kiss, Queen opened up for Mott the Hoople, Soundgarden opened up for Guns N' Roses.

What if Isner and Anderson are the stars of the future?

 

[newpball]

If it was taking too long, they could have offered Isner Anderson a move to another court.

Preposterous!
Semi's deserve to be played on Centre Court!

 

[newpball]

Great Wimbledon despite Fed loss.

Some "fans" cannot conceive of tennis without F.

Tennis is bigger than any single player.

 

[Backspin1183]

Some "fans" cannot conceive of tennis without F.

Tennis is bigger than any single player.

Some posters cannot help mentioning F in their TTW posts.

 

[kevaninho]

The obvious reason was that half the fans would've probably left after the Nadal match was finished, and Isner Anderson would've been an even damper squid of a match.