Wimbledon

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The 10th rain delay of the tournament suspended Venus Williams' match right before match point. When play resumed she lost that game to make it 7-7 in the 3rd set. She is now up 8-7 with her opponent serving.

Video of play being stopped

Now 8-8.

As a side note, this is the oldest player in the tournament against the youngest remaining player in the tournament.

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Venus pulled it out, 7-5, 4-6, 10-8.

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And now Serena is down a break, 0-2, in the 3rd set with fellow American, Christina McHale.

[WuDrWu]

Serena has at least 3 shots that the rest of women's tennis (all time) is not familiar with.

Christina has played a terrific match, but when Serena gets irritated, like she is now, she's about impossible to beat.

And just like that, GUTTY hold for McHale. Serena serves at 3-4 now. Christina made several mistakes serving to Serena's forehand but Serena helped her out with a couple of unforced errors.

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I wish I wasn't at work today and could watch. Djokovic is getting a challenge from American, Sam Querrey. 1st set is in a tie-break.

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Novak lost the first set and is now is down a break in the 2nd. Nothing against him, but . . . USA! USA! USA!

Edit: Now Querrey is up 2 breaks, 5-1.

Edit: Querrey leads 2 sets to 0.

[WuDrWu]

Sam battled hard today and held off the world's #1 and one of the very best of all time (12 Grand Slam titles is tied for 4th all time) in 4 tough sets.

Novak certainly didn't have his A game...maybe not even his B game, but give Sam credit for taking out a great champion.

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Dating back to 1993, of the last 90 Grand Slam titles. FIFTY SEVEN have been won by Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. 57.

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Quick, name the 4 men to win Wimbledon since 1993 NOT named Sampras, Nadal, Federer or Djokovic.

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The answers are, of course:

1996 Richard Krajicek of The Netherlands, 2001 huge serving Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia, 2002 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia & 2012 Andy Murray of Great Britain.

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TIL Doc loves him some tennis. ShockerNet, not so much.

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I haven't been able to watch any yet this weekend. That Isner match looked like a marathon. 19-17 in the 5th set. That's the equivalent of playing 7 sets.

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Was Bo Jackson the inspiration for this?

https://grabyo.com/g/v/HQlPfNEVH6H

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The answers are, of course:

1996 Richard Krajicek of The Netherlands, 2001 huge serving Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia, 2002 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia & 2012 Andy Murray of Great Britain.

I got Murray and Hewitt. I also guessed Agassi. I looked it up, and that's wild that his first Grand Slam was Wimbledon in 92, and then he never won it again.

[WuDrWu]

I got Murray and Hewitt. I also guessed Agassi. I looked it up, and that's wild that his first Grand Slam was Wimbledon in 92, and then he never won it again.

Equipment and technology have taken away the serve and volley advantage, especially on grass, that used to be so prevalent in the men's game.

I think if Agassi were here today, he'd be wildly successful, but for him, in the 80s and 90s, to win even 1 Wimbledon is kind of amazing.