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What was incredible yesterday was Raonic effortlessly retrieved the same Kyrgios serves and groundies that seemed to overpower Nadal on Tuesday. Seeing all those returns landing right back at his toes must have sapped his energy. Every semi finalist has looked a worthy contender to the title. This has been one of the most exciting Wimbledons in a long time. Change is in the air and now even Raonic is talking about it.
Wimbledon stars and their superstitions - A slideshow...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/s...y/37619292.cms
Agassi :lol:.
Queen Genie through easily. And so nice to see Kvitova back in the finals again. But can she hold herself together against the (so far) nerveless Bouchard?
Paes & Stepanek defeat Nestor & Zimonjic 3-6, 7-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the semifinals.
Here's a look at Roger Federer and Milos Raonic so far at Wimbledon 2014:
Statistcs courtesy: ATP News & IBM
Federer - Raonic
63 Aces 147
4 Double Faults 6
45% Unreturned Serve 57%
67% 1st Serve % 68%
83% 1st Serve Points 88%
68% 2nd Serve Points 66%
1 Broken 2
12 Break Points Faced 9
74 Games Served 86
99% Service Games Held 98%
127mph Fastest Serve 141mph
74% Returns In Play 66%
33% 1st Return Points Won 29%
55% 2nd Return Points Won 47%
21 Breaks Of Serve 16
58 Break Points 36
36% Pct. Converted 44%
71 Return Games Played 83
29% Return Games Won % 19%
44 Forehand Winners 67
32 Forehand Unforced Errors 41
26 Backhand Winners 23
31 Backhand Unforced Errors 37
198 Winners 285
73 Unforced Errors 87
113of 160 Net Points Won 92 of 133
71% Net Points Won Pct. 69%
52% Baseline Points Won 45%
52 Games Lost 70
1 Sets Lost 2
8:35 Time On Court 9:55
Roger's break point conversion rate has been dipping consistently. With this form its going to be tough to break a big serving guy like Raonic. Only Roger's first serve can save him today.
Latest shenanigan!
WIMBLEDON, England — After Rafael Nadal lost the first set of his third-round match against Mikhail Kukushkin on Centre Court, he whispered something to the umpire and left the court.
He was gone for more than three minutes. Kukushkin, like a date momentarily abandoned at a cafe, sat in his chair, staring straight ahead, waiting for Nadal to return. He tapped his toes amid the white noise of murmuring fans and rain pattering on the roof.
Nadal returned and won the next three sets by identical 6-1 scores.
“I needed to go to the bathroom; that’s all,” Nadal said afterward. “I bring my T-shirt and my bandanna to change that there because I had to go to the bathroom. Not because I wanted to have a break, no.”
Something as ordinary as a toilet break has increasingly become a debated topic at the top levels of tennis. Does the player really need to go, or is it a ruse to buy time, clear the mind and alter momentum? Did he or she flush? Does it matter?
Read more here
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/04/sp...mid=tw-nytimes
From the same New York Times article (Re "Latest shenanigan!"):
Roger Federer once used one [toilet break] to wait for the sun to move, after losing the first set of a 2010 Australian Open quarterfinal match against Nikolay Davydenko.
“When the sun comes from the side, the ball seems half the size and is just hard to hit,” Federer explained after rallying to win. “I never take toilet breaks. But I thought, Why not? I just hoped with every minute it took, the sun would move another centimeter.”
In a match that followed, Djokovic took a break against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, an absence largely excused because Djokovic said he had to throw up.
Last year in Montreal, the Canadian Milos Raonic acknowledged that he took a bathroom break “to regroup.” During last year’s Wimbledon final against Marion Bartoli, Sabine Lisicki took a bathroom break after losing the first set, 6-1. She was unable to find her game or her composure and lost the second set.
At this year’s French Open final, Maria Sharapova won the first set against Simona Halep, lost the second, took a break and won the third.
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At Wimbledon in 2010, when John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played a match lasting more than 11 hours, divided over three days, they were lauded for their endurance and their ability to control their emotions — and bladders.
In the fading light of an impossibly long second day, Isner called a bathroom break at 58-58. Mahut followed. They each returned to win a service game and called it a night.
The chair umpire, Mohamed Lahyani, took no break.
“A few people have asked me how I managed to get through seven hours of tennis without using the toilet,” he said as part of a retrospective of the match by The Telegraph of London in 2011. “But when you are into the game and so focused, you don’t have time to think about food and drinks.”
Novak leads1 set to 0. He got a early break in set 2 but Dimi breaks back again. If Dimi gets this set then it will be an interesting match.