Topic: TENNIS: Wimbledon 2021 (Read 362 times)

The tournament is over, I have locked the thread.

Yes!!!, as I have seen what the match will turn out, first set will be critical and luckily Berrettini won via a tie break.



But Djokovic is very compose and we all know that sometimes he dropped the first set and then make the match more exciting by his strong finished.

it is the Men Final at Wimbledon and Berrettini is playing fantastic.

He was 2-5 down at one stage but he just won the first set on a tie-break: 7-6 (7-4)

edit: Djokovic wins his 20th Grand Slam event at Wimbledon 2021

It seems that Berrettini has found his rhythm, he come back and looking to tie the score at 6-6.

Very exciting game, of course I wanted to see some upsets, LOL, but let's see if he can hold serve and win the game to make it 6-6 and force a decider or tie break.

Edit: We are going to a tie break.

The game has started already, Berrettini going for a break point game 3 has failed as Novak come back after a 30-0 deficit. Berrettini serving, I do hope that he will hold serve to make the first set very exciting.

I have him winning one set in this finals @3.65. I know that it's going to be very difficult, but the first set will be the biggest test for him.

I got my W on the Barty vs Pliskova



It was easily covered by the second set. Congrats to Barty for winning this year's Wimbledon.

@Juggy777 - Djokovic chances to win are very high, so I would say go for it.

I'm seeing Berrettini though, winning at least a set, over 37.5 might be good bet @1.89. Good luck to all bettors.

Nerves got the better of Barty in the second set but Pliskova being the fighter she is, she stepped up too. I thought there was a part in the middle of the third set where Pliskova could have broken back she made unforced errors and allowed Barty to recover.

Even Tom Cruise was in attendance at Wimbledon today, clapping away with a big smile 

If the scores are anything to go by, the second set must have rattled Ash Barty a little and given Karolina Pliskova some incentive to keep going.  Then, in the third set, Ash regained her composure and won the game, set and match.

Barty just won the first set 6-3 so it looks like she is on course but Pliskova must let go of teh nerves to stand a chance of getting back in to the match.

So far Ash Barty is powering through the first set against Karolina Pliskova




I've got the scores being updated on the right hand side of my screen: https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/video/index.html there are other matches being played at the moment which haven't been mentioned on either Tennis thread.

This is going to be an interesting final. Barty is the better all-round player, Pliskova will struggle to win this match so I think I will go for a Barty win. It is a final, anything can happen including an upset. Who do you think will win?

It's gonna be Berrettini vs Djokovic in the finals, odds for Berretinni to win @4.50.

For the women's side, it's Barty is the favorite @1.40. But just like you said, Pliskova didn't come this far just to give up the trophy to Bary, for sure she will put up a good fight. Not sure though is she can upset Barty unless Ash wake up and not feeling well going into the finals.

@TravelMug credits to Shapolavov for stretching Djokovic in all the sets, but he just felt short of defeating Djokovic. Also for the finals I expect Djokovic to win, and I think it’ll be a good idea to wager on him what do you’ll think?.

Djokovic didn't managed to cover the under 33.5 for me. I thought that he can win in 3 sets, which he did, but the score is very close, Shapolavov really gave a good fight and I would say that it is very close that in can go either way. But Djokovic mentally is really above most of the tennis players right now and that's what gives him the edge in winning close matches. I'll take this L. 

Of course we wanted for Pliskova to win with that attractive odds. 

On the mens side, this is how my bet looks like:



It's going to be tough, but I'm seeing Djokovic winning in the score 6-4, 6-3 in 3 sets. And then Berrettini by 4 sets win over Hurkacz.

Yeh, I'm please with those odds - Ash Barty @ 7.76 and Karolina Pliskova @ 17.00

Either way I'll win.  Ash is a home town favourite, but regardless I asked myself who the top three or four players from the previous tournament were and settled on the ones you saw in my post a couple of days ago.  Picking three or four enables me to recoupe my outlay and if a longer shot wins, then I'm that much out in front.      

Yes it is a bold statement

Anyway the games today have ended. Barty will meet Pliskova in the women Wimbledon final on Saturday, it is a first Wimbledon final for these women. I think it is obvious on paper without a doubt Barty is favourite to win but Pliskova will put up a good fight:

Barty beat Kerber:  6-3 7-6 (7-3)
Pliskova beat Sabalenka: 5-7 6-4 6-4

^^ That is a bold prediction mate, but I'm sure that anyone who are going to face Djokovic in the finals are going to be huge underdog and it will really cause a stir. Specially in a grand slam, we would be surprised to see him being upset by Berrettini who as far as I can remember is also a good clay player. So let's see if he can get over Hurkacz. His momentum is high after that very impressive win against Federer.

It was very sad to see Federer play like that. It seemed like Federer might have been carrying an injury, it is highly unlikely he lost that match because age caught up with him. Everything went well for Hurkacz in that match it really did but he played at 100% of his capacity whereas it looked like Federer played at 55-65% of his capacity - he just did not look comfortable out there. I think he will go to the US Open and probably get to the quarter-finals again at the very least, anything more would be a fantastic run.

The happiest person in SW19 right now after Hurkacz has to be Djokovic because he did not want to meet Federer in the final but Hurkacz, Shapovalov and Berrettini did not get to the semi-finals to give it up easily. Even if Djokovic beats Shapovalov he will still need to get past Hurkacz or Berrettini.

I think the final will be between Djokovic and Berrettini. I think Berrettini will cause a major upset and win Wimbledon 2021  

Berrettini and Djokovic are the clear favourites in their respective match.

I think the Hurkacz vs Berrettini is a must see match, for sure this might go for a 5 setter match as both are going hard to reach the Finals for the first time in their career.

Djokovic though, 1.08, Lol, you won't profit ML, might be better to bet on O/U as the odds are much better.

Just sad to see Federer lost against Hurkacz in this fashion, 0-6 score in the last set? And it was a straight set lost, he was leading in the second set and then suddenly he wasn't able to score and he played poorly. No injuries whatsoever, maybe father time has really caught on Federer and it's evident on this match. And probably this is Roger Federer's last match in Wimbledon.

So it will be Djokovic vs Shapovalov and then Berrettini vs Hurkacz. Djokovic stock for winning this tournanament is very high.

Here are the men through to the semi-finals:

Djokovic
Hurkacz
Shapovalov
Berrettini

What a Wimbledon this has turned out to be 

I can see any of them winning it.

Sabalenka is playing great...
Pliskova finally makes it to a Wimbledon semi-final
Kerber is the only previous Wimbledon women winner remaining
Barty is playing great...

You have a 75% chance of pocketing some returns and considering you selected these options before the tournament started means you chose fantastically well  


I think coming back from injury after so many months out of the game, Federer did very well to get this far. No reason why cannot get to the semi-finals because his opponent Hurkacz will be in this position for the first time.

^^ Good outright bets there @Timelord2067 in the women's side.

For the men's side, surprising to see Federer into the quarterfinals. Still a lot of games to go, but him winning against Hurkacz will be huge. But still the favourite to win is Djokovic who will be facing giant killer Fucsovics. It will be a dream match to see Federer vs Djokovic in the finals this year. It might be Federer's last hurrah.

I've got three bets that I placed prior to the tournament commencing:





I'm going to be a little upset if Kerber wins given I hadn't placed a wager on her winning.  Good luck to all four players (including Kerber).  Not long now until they play.

For some reason, a lot of players retire after they are down a set and some games. I remember watching Tomic play a few years back and the guy was almost tanking matches and he would just play to qualify for the tournament and even admitted publicly that he finds no motivation and his bank account is in good shape just by playing and qualifying for grand slams.

I was able to find the article too: https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/bernard-tomic-can-t-find-any-motivation-at-wimbledon

Anyways, talking about this year's winners, I am sure Djokovic has got this one pretty easily because Federer hasn't looked that good to me.

Congratulations to the following for making it to the Women Semi-Final: Sabalenka, Pliskova, Kerber and Barty

Semi-Final 1: Sabalenka vs Pliskova
Semi-Final 2: Kerber vs Barty

Barty looks like a real contender or Wimbledon champion in the making, she brushed aside French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova with relative ease. She has to be the favourite to win the tournament and is rightfully seeded number one.

Tomljanovic reaches her first quarter-final of a grand slam after so many attempts at the age of 28 but her run will probably end when she faces Barty. It is good for Australian tennis though when they can guarantee a semi-finalist at a grand slam before the quarter-final has even taken place.

I was fairly confident Kerber was going to get past Gauff because she has far too much experience.

I really thought Cori Guff would have won her match against Kerber:  ^{(Not that long ago she paired with Ash Barty in a Women's Doubles' competition - which they won!)}



Australian media are gushing that the quarter final of the 2021 Wimbledon Women's Final is an All Australian affair.

Headlines from today are that Federer almost flawlessly goes through to his 18th Wimbledon semi-final. Raducanu was a set and 3-0 down before she retired allowing Tomljanovic to go through to meet Barty in an all Australian quarter-final tomorrow.

From the men Djokovic and Khachanov also go through to the quarter-finals, as does ex-champion Kerber from the women. It is shaping up to be a great Wimbledon 2021 

From what I know, it's the seeding of a tournament and might not always represent the rank of a player. Seeding can be a little confusing to understand but you may think like this - any tournament wants the best players to face each other at the end of the tournament so they create seeding to separate the top players. You may read more about seeding here - https://tennispredict.com/how-does-seeding-work-in-tennis/

I was so excited to see Federer being tested by Norrie, although I have missed the whole Wimbledon because of odd timings in my country, I have watched a few games and that Norrie game was so good, the crowd behind the lower-ranked local player while Federer losing his cool in the 3rd set but managed to see off the young opponent in the next set.

Special thanks to Jolly for a dedicated thread on Wimbledon, I feel it is much needed for all major tournaments. I hope we can have one for e-sports because DOTA TI is up soon (July 7th-8th I guess)

Game between  Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alexander Zverev is on on court 1 and so far Aliassime the young Canadian has an advantage over Zverev who seems to be struggling a bit.

Should the Germany (Zverev) be allowed back into this game, those big saves he has in his arsenal should win him the game but Felix is not not be brushed off just yet because I like how his playing and his kept the pressure on Zverev.

Earlier today Jabeur defeated Swiatek so she will meet Sabalenka in their quarter-final. British wildcard Raducanu will meet Tomljanovic later on Court One to decide who goes through to the quarter-finals. Barty just won her match against Krejcikova 7-5 6-3 and I think she will at worst be a losing semi-finalist or runner-up and at best I am sure she can win the tournament.

I mean no disrespect as I'm sure you already know, but the 2021 Wimbledon season has been underway for more than two weeks with pre-entry games then the first couple of rounds having already been played.

FWIW I feel Ash Barty might just win her first Wimbledon ahead of her joining the rest of the Australian 2020/1 Olympic Team in Tokyo in the next few days.

Thank you for your comments.

From previous experiences I am fairly confident I know which threads to create as self-moderated and which I should not. All my sports threads are created to encourage participation and to have discussions.

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The overarching tennis thread is overarching, this thread is more specific and considering it was created a few hours ago it seems to have had the desired effect by attracting enough attention from tennis fans. In my opinion no single overarching thread should have a monopoly but I know some will disgaree.

So it really is like how they rank in chess, that's pretty good that I don't have to learn something new because it's the same for tennis. Will their be some sort of reset every year though or is the points permanent? If you don't play though, will the rank decay?

Why exactly is this a self moderated thread in the gaming section?

The fact that Wimbledon is in its second week for 2021, added to the fact that there is an overarching Tennis thread (not to mention that this is a self moderated thread - which goes against my core beliefs of enabling a fair discussion to be able to take place) means that I regret to say I won't be making further posts in this comment, but will nevertheless read along (as long as this post doesn't get deleted that is).

Well as far as I know, every player who entered a tournament will have some kind of points. So obviously if you won a masters 250, 500 or 1000 you earn a points if you place at least in QF. Grand Slams like Wimbledon accured higher points. So it's a whole year tournament, so players accumulated points overtime and the one with the highest will be on top.

For this year's Wimbledon, I will go with Djokovic, I haven't check the bracket, but Rublev and Medvedev could be a good contender. Federer has lost so much of his speed. Maybe he can win against Sonego next, but it will be a tough match next.

Only bright side for Britain in in the ladies side, 18 year old Emma Raducanu.

Was about to ask the same thing but it seems that someone's already did the question. I have another question though, how do they determine the rank of the players though, is it like some kind of match making ranking where they have to win to increase their rank like the one that they use in chess?

Seems no England player, fans are quite disappointed even they are playing at home.


the tournament going to 16 rounds, I also don't follow since the first time, I guess they are fall in the elimination round or covid-19 (the last one is Konta)


maybe he is not fit properly because is injured for almost 2 year

The numbers you asked about next to the names, these are not world ranking positions. The numbers in brackets denote the rankings each player has for this Wimbledon tournament only and it is decided by the tournament organisers.

In the men side Djokovic is seeded 1, Medvedev is seeded 2 and Zverev is seeded 4th with Federer seeded 6th.

In the women side Barty is seeded 1, Sabalenka is seeded 2 and Pliskova is seeded 8th.

As for famous players not participating, can you name them? Nadal is the only one I can think of who pulled out because of wanting to extend his playing career and the other is British female number one Joanna Konta who could not participate because she came in to close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.

As mentioned by Jating other players such as Tsitsipas were knocked and other players such as Serena Williams withdrew while playing because she got injured. Which famous names are you referring to?

Those are players rank, so if you see, (1) Novak Djokovic is currently rank number 1 in this tournament and is the current number 1 player in tennis.

Djokovic has a clear path here and his chance to win the Wimbledon is high. Although the sentimental favourite here is Federer, but I doubt that he can reach the semis.

Almost all of the top players are participating here, this is a major grand slam tournament. If you don't see your favourite players, it's either they didn't enter because they are injured or they have been eliminated in the early rounds like Tsitsipas.

Why are there some players that have a number in them while the other don't? Just a curious question, really interested with Wimbledon even though tennis is far from popular in my country. Also, why are some of the famous players aren't participating in this tournament?

It has been a difficult time for tennis fans because the pandemic has caused disruption in sport has it has done in all walks of life. Wimbledon 2020 was cancelled but it has been a super success so far in Wimbledon 2021. We are in to the second week of the tournament which is home to the game of Tennis.

Still in the draw are: Djokovic, Barty, Shapovalov, Zverev, Medvedev, Pliskova and Keys... and above them all in talent and grace is a man is also present and who will become 40 years old next month and is aiming for his 9th Wimbledon title and for his 13th Wimbledon final: Roger Federer




Here is the order of play today 5th July 2021:


Centre Court (from 1.30pm BST)
(1) Novak Djokovic v Christian Garin (17)
(20) Coco Gauff v Angelique Kerber (25)
(6) Roger Federer v Lorenzo Sonego (23)

No 1 Court (from 1pm)
(1) Ashleigh Barty v Barbora Krejcikova (14)
(16) Felix Auger-Aliassime v Alexander Zverev (4)
Emma Raducanu v Ajla Tomljanovic

No 2 Court (from 11am)
(7) Iga Swiatek v Ons Jabeur (21)
Marton Fucsovics v Andrey Rublev (5)
(14) Hubert Hurkacz v Daniil Medvedev (2)

No 3 Court (from 11am)
(18) Elena Rybakina v Aryna Sabalenka (2)
(10) Denis Shapovalov v Roberto Bautista Agut (

Court 12 (from 11am)
(7) Matteo Berrettini v Ilya Ivashka
( 8 ) Karolina Pliskova v Liudmila Samsonova
(30) Paula Badosa v Karolina Muchova (18)

Court 18 (from 11am)
(25) Karen Khachanov v Sebastian Korda
(23) Madison Keys v Viktorija Golubic


Let this thread be the place to share our opinions about Wimbledon 2021. Who will win, who deserves to win and what you think will happen next and what do you think about what has has happened so far  



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