Wimbledon 2014

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  1. Barry the Baptist

    Barry the Baptist Hello son, would you like a lolly?
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    To be fair Milos is as Canadian as I am , he might play under the Canadian flag but I believe he is Serbian or Croatian. I should have clarified but Bouchard was born in Montreal.
     
  2. Yisman

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    Born in Montenegro/Yugoslavia, but he's lived in Canada since age three. He's a lot more Canadian than Miroslav Klose is German.

    Bouchard was born in Montreal, but remember they don't really consider themselves to be part of Canada. ;)
     
  3. joe

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    There have been a few. Most noteably would be Daniel Nestor who (along with Mark Knowles from Bermuda) was a former #1-ranked doubles speciaist who's won all 4 Grand Slam championships and an Olympic gold in doubles. Another is Peter Burwash who made a bigger name of himself after his playing days were over as a coach (Venus & Serena Williams), an author and as founder of Peter Burwash International, a tennis management group operating in over 3o countries.

    Wimby, 2014:

    Men: Djoko-Dimitrov semis was entertaining.
    The Fed-Raonic semi was a snnoze fest. Milos' big serve aside, he appears to need to work on his mobility.

    Woman's: Petra Kvitova, freed from the clutches of WTA lady-killer Radek "the Worm" Stepanek absolutely pole-axed young Bouchard 6-3; 6-0.
     
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  4. The Uniform Bomber

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    Yeah, that was a beatdown. I never realized how good Kvitova is.

    Eugenie sounds very mature in her interviews. She seems like she's very level- headed, especially for an attractive 20 year old girl
     
  5. displacedfan

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    Posipil/Sock (Canadian/US) beat the Bryan Bros in the men's doubles finals. Very entertaining to watch.

    Djokovic looks a lot better this match than he did against Dimitrov. Federer looks no longer in control like he was vs Raonic.
     
  6. displacedfan

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    What a set! Federer takes it in the tiebreak. Djokovic is playing really well but struggled with his 1st serve as the tiebreak moved on.

    Hopefully we get more sets like that
     
  7. Yisman

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    very closely contested. Djokovic has had the better of the play but was unlucky to lose the first set, so it's even
     
  8. Yisman

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    There was one break in the first 3 and a half sets

    now all of a sudden there have been 3 breaks in a row. Djokovic broke Federer in the 4th game of the third, Federer broke back, then Djokovic broke him again
     
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    Djokovic injured
     
  10. Yisman

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    What a match!

    Djokovic the deserving winner.

    First time he's beaten Federer at Wimbledon (he'd only won Wimbledon once, beating Nadal in the final. Tsonga had beaten Federer in the quarters).
     
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