lichtie23 Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Wimbledon starts on the 27th of June but before that there is 3 weeks of grass court tennis from all over Europe. This week: Mercedes Open, Stuttgart (ATP) Ricoh Open, S-Hertogenbosch (ATP/WTA) Aegon Open, Nottingham (WTA) June 13-19 Aegon Championship, Queens Club (ATP) Gerry Webber Open, Halle (ATP) Aegon Classic, Birmingham (WTA) Mallorca Open, Mallorca (WTA) June 20-25 Aegon Open, Nottingham (ATP) Aegon International, Eastbourne (WTA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 For Andy, I'll go for him winning a 5th Queens title to become the leader in singles titles there. And a disappointing SF defeat at Wimbledon, with him then winning the US Open again. Which I'm aware isn't in this part of the season but I'll add it in anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Really looking forward to Queen's and then Wimbledon. Hopefully some jobber can put in a David versus Goliath performance against Djokovic early doors, pap him out and actually give Murray an easier ride for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 For Andy, I'll go for him winning a 5th Queens title to become the leader in singles titles there. And a disappointing SF defeat at Wimbledon, with him then winning the US Open again. Which I'm aware isn't in this part of the season but I'll add it in anyway. Like the Australian Open and French Open, I can see him reaching the final at Wimbledon, the Olympics, US Open and World Tour Finals, only to succumb to his nemesis in all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 Konta up to number 18 in the world entering the grass court season. Terrific effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayia Napa Daz Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 The sooner the BBC are forced into losing the rights to Wimbledon the better, Sue Barker & Co. probably couldn't have told you who Dominic Thiem was until last Thursday, and they probably think Nick Kyrgios is a good player. They also put far too much emphasis on the women's game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 The sooner the BBC are forced into losing the rights to Wimbledon the better, Sue Barker & Co. probably couldn't have told you who Dominic Thiem was until last Thursday, and they probably think Nick Kyrgios is a good player. They also put far too much emphasis on the women's game. I thoroughly enjoyed Eurosport's coverage of the French Open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Andy Murray will face Nicolas Mahut in the Aegon Championships 1st round at Queen's Club on Monday. Murray could potentially meet Aljaz Bedene (vs Benoit Paire) in the 2nd round. Other Brits Daniel Evans vs Paul-Henri Mathieu Kyle Edmund vs Gilles Simon Winners of the above games will play each other in the 2nd round then potentially play Murray in the Quarter Finals. James Ward vs Gilles Muller Over in Stuttgart Dominic Thiem keep his good form going beating Roger Federer in the Semi Final in 3 sets and he plays Philipp Kohlschreiber in the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 The sooner the BBC are forced into losing the rights to Wimbledon the better, Sue Barker & Co. probably couldn't have told you who Dominic Thiem was until last Thursday, and they probably think Nick Kyrgios is a good player. They also put far too much emphasis on the women's game. if they lose Wimbledon it will go to ITV, channel 4 or channel 5 as both finals have to be on free to air channels. With the rest of tge tournament has to have extended highlights and delayed broadcast of the games on free to air channels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Murray is confirmed to be the number two seed at Wimbledon now that Thiem papped Federer out. I think the BBC get a hard time over their Wimbledon coverage. They have to cater to an audience that will mostly only watch two weeks of tennis a year. Their red button service to watch any court you like is superb. I dare say Sue Barker knows more about tennis than most people on here but again they cater to their audience. John Inverdale shouldn't be anywhere near coverage, and Andrew Castle is terrible as well. But in Castle's favour is he is very good for a casual fan. As for the BBC concentrating too much on the Women's game, it is a joint tournament. The main coverage is split pretty fairly between the two, but beyond that they show more of the men's game than the women's. Heather Watson Vs "Queen" Serena last year was one of the matches of the tournament. I would love to see another Murray Djokovic grass match. In the final even better. The two slams that Murray did win against Djokovic the crowd was fully behind him in both. Djokovic can get quite frustrated and flustered when a big crowd is against him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspy Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Lendl is back 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 I hope Thiem doesn't become too much of a threat until Murray decides to call it a day, which hopefully isn't for at least another three or four years yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds are Forever Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Murray is confirmed to be the number two seed at Wimbledon now that Thiem papped Federer out. I think the BBC get a hard time over their Wimbledon coverage. They have to cater to an audience that will mostly only watch two weeks of tennis a year. Their red button service to watch any court you like is superb. I dare say Sue Barker knows more about tennis than most people on here but again they cater to their audience. John Inverdale shouldn't be anywhere near coverage, and Andrew Castle is terrible as well. But in Castle's favour is he is very good for a casual fan. As for the BBC concentrating too much on the Women's game, it is a joint tournament. The main coverage is split pretty fairly between the two, but beyond that they show more of the men's game than the women's. Heather Watson Vs "Queen" Serena last year was one of the matches of the tournament. I would love to see another Murray Djokovic grass match. In the final even better. The two slams that Murray did win against Djokovic the crowd was fully behind him in both. Djokovic can get quite frustrated and flustered when a big crowd is against him. I agree about the coverage. People need to remember that Wimbledon caters to a totally different audience than all other tennis coverage in Britain, you have literally millions of people watching who wont watch a minute of tennis for the other 50 weeks a year, maybe nowadays bar the odd Grand Slam final that Murray reaches. They usually get a good mix, for example Andrew Castle is good at talking about the trivial stuff like players' partners or whatever which casual fans are interested in, so as long as you team him up with a couple of people who know their stuff then he's fine. Also when you have that much coverage you require a huge number of presenters, reporters and commentators so the quality of them gets diluted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 I don't mind Castle, tbf. Hopefully they have Roddick again this year as he's the boi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Big Ivan back on the scene. Andy means business IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Why did they 'split' originally again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Why did they 'split' originally again? The story seemed to be that Murray wanted Lendl on board full time but Lendl wasn't willing to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Why did they 'split' originally again? It was time issue. Murray wanted a full time coach and Lendl wanted to carry on but on a part time basis for the bigger tournaments. I dare say that one of them has compromised on the time, I would think it would be Murray to be honest. A very good appointment and I thought he would be back. Hopefully has an immediate impact at Wimbledon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Flash Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 It was time issue. Murray wanted a full time coach and Lendl wanted to carry on but on a part time basis for the bigger tournaments. I dare say that one of them has compromised on the time, I would think it would be Murray to be honest. A very good appointment and I thought he would be back. Hopefully has an immediate impact at Wimbledon. Do you think the parting was maybe partly because Lendl knew Murray would take a while to recover from the back surgery and he either didn't want to be associated with that period in Murray's career or felt that there wasn't anything he could do to help Murray to be any better during that period anyway? As you say, a very good appointment. Apart from the technical advice he adds, Murray also tended to do less ranting at the box when Lendl was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Do you think the parting was maybe partly because Lendl knew Murray would take a while to recover from the back surgery and he either didn't want to be associated with that period in Murray's career or felt that there wasn't anything he could do to help Murray to be any better during that period anyway? As you say, a very good appointment. Apart from the technical advice he adds, Murray also tended to do less ranting at the box when Lendl was there. In short, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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