# Tennis 2012 Thread
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [May 21, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620 "2012-05-21T16:54:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 10
### Author:  [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/181 "2012-06-29T19:44:11Z")
Tie Breaker in the 4th set.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/182 "2012-06-29T19:53:47Z")
Fed takes the tiebreak this time! We’re going five.
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### Author:  [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/183 "2012-06-29T20:02:12Z")
> [@etv78](#):
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> Verdasco out in 4 sets. ☹
Correction, it went 5. :o
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/184 "2012-06-29T20:15:18Z")
Federer is killing him in the 5th set. 4-1 Federer right now.
And no tiebreakers, so he has to break Federer a bunch to get it.
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/185 "2012-06-29T20:16:33Z")
5-1. This baby is over soon.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/186 "2012-06-29T20:16:46Z")
Federer gets a second break for 5-1 and will serve for the match momentarily. He’s coming on strong and Benneteau looks dispirited.
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/187 "2012-06-29T20:19:08Z")
What player has won the most matches coming back from 2 sets down?
Federer wins easily in the 5th.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/188 "2012-06-29T20:21:26Z")
And there it is! Federer holds at love and survives to the fourth round. He’ll play Xavier Malisse on Monday.
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### Author:  [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/189 "2012-06-30T00:27:50Z")
I’m on vacation is I didn’t get to see Nadal’s match. Would have loved to see it. I’m hoping for a Murray win.
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### Author:  [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/190 "2012-06-30T01:51:27Z")
> [@etv78](#):
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> Wimbledon hypo:
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> Let’s say someone entered all 3 draws (singles, doubles, mixed) and reached all 3 finals. Could they physically pull it off?
John McEnroe played in the Wimbledon singles and doubles finals four straight years (81 - 84), winning six of them, but I don’t think he played mixed. He certainly didn’t reach the final.
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### Author:  [@abbeytxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abbeytxs)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/191 "2012-06-30T02:34:24Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#):
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> I’m on vacation is I didn’t get to see Nadal’s match. Would have loved to see it. I’m hoping for a Murray win.
I’m sorry you didn’t get to see it, it was a fantastic match.
I would love to see either Federer get one more, Murray finally win and come out from under the dark cloud that follows him, or Tsonga, just cause I adore Tsonga.
I think that the odds are pretty good that one of the three will at least make it to the finals.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/192 "2012-06-30T02:49:37Z")
This afternoon I was trying to picture the chaos if Nadal and Federer had lost in the second and third rounds at Wimbledon on consecutive days. That would’ve been crazy.
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### Author:  [@abbeytxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abbeytxs)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/193 "2012-06-30T03:49:59Z")
> [@Marley23](#):
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> This afternoon I was trying to picture the chaos if Nadal and Federer had lost in the second and third rounds at Wimbledon on consecutive days. That would’ve been crazy.
As if poor Murray isn’t under enough pressure! Can you image the expectations if both Fed and Nadal were out.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/194 "2012-06-30T04:03:55Z")
Right now I think Tsonga’s coming out of that half of the draw.
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### Author:  [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2012, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/195 "2012-06-30T07:46:27Z")
The one thing both me and my wife noted was that Bennateau looked absolutely shattered from the third set onwards. Federer? immaculate and barely broke sweat throughout even though he was chasing down everything.
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### Author:  [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/196 "2012-06-30T17:09:51Z")
Worth Noting from [ESPN article](http://espn.go.com/tennis/wimbledon12/story/_/id/8116278/wimbledon-2012-yaroslava-shvedova-first-player-grand-slam-golden-set)
> [@](#):
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> Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan became the first player in a Grand Slam tournament to win every point of a set on her way to beating French Open runner-up Sara Errani 6-0, 6-4 Saturday in the third round of Wimbledon.
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### Author:  [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/197 "2012-06-30T17:12:41Z")
Did the match start without Errani? Ouch.
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/198 "2012-06-30T17:50:53Z")
And Roddick is out to Ferrer after destroying him in the first set.
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### Author:  [@abbeytxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abbeytxs)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/199 "2012-06-30T21:54:53Z")
Looks like Murray is going to have to finish his match tomorrow. Will they really stop play at 11?
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### Author:  [@abbeytxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abbeytxs)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2012-thread/622620/200 "2012-06-30T22:02:41Z")
And they play on! Props to Baghdatis for not protesting the decision. He is a good guy.
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