# Wimbledon 2011 thread
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [June 15, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575 "2011-06-15T16:26:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/22 "2011-06-21T15:27:56Z")
Verdasco rallied from two sets down to beat Stepanek. He won 9-7 in the fifth. Federer is now up two sets on Kukushkin (who sounds like a character from a Chekhov knockoff), but it’s been fairly close. They went to a tiebreak in the first and Federer got a single break in the second. Isner and Mahut are supposed to play after Ferrer and Paire, which just started.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/23 "2011-06-21T17:12:20Z")
Isner and Mahut will be taking the court soon.
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### Author:  [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/24 "2011-06-21T17:44:25Z")
and Mahut and Isner are on Serve. (who would have thought that?) Still eary 2-2. If this match goes five sets, good chance it will be finished tomorrow (maybe). about 3 hrs of daylight left in London.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/25 "2011-06-21T17:53:10Z")
Sunset in London is at 9:21 p.m. today, so that gives them about two and a half hours of daylight. They got lucky that Ferrer’s match was quick and they could fit this one in if it doesn’t go too long. But, uh…
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### Author:  [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/26 "2011-06-21T18:09:55Z")
I think there is enough twilight where they can play for 30-40 minutes after sunset, especially if it is not cloudy. Summer solstice is today?. And Civil Twilight ends at 10:09 pm London time. and the first set goes to a tiebreaker.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/27 "2011-06-21T18:11:15Z")
And the first set goes to a tiebreak, of course. What I love about the match so far is that you know there’s no way it’s going to last anything close to as long as the first one, but you can’t quite vanquish the doubt that it might happen again. At least, I can’t. In any case Isner is up 5-1 in the tiebreak and about to serve again. Last time, only the third and fourth sets went to tiebreaks.
> [@notfrommensa](#):
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> I think there is enough twilight where they can play for 30-40 minutes after sunset, especially if it is not cloudy. Summer solstice is today?
Yes, it’s the longest day of the year. Maybe that’s not an accident of scheduling. 😉
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### Author:  [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/28 "2011-06-21T18:14:51Z")
**Aaarrrggghhh,** TV1 won the rights to cover Wimbledon, which means bang on 6am coverage ceased.
I can’t believe the organisers only put Isner/mahut on Court 3. This had to be more interesting than watching Novak walk all over Chardy. They then whiched to Soderling/Petchner which was an interesting struggle.
I’m on th eLive Score now & Isner/Mahut are on a tie breaker in the first set.
Edit - yes, great that Erakovic won. Hanuchova (sp) next. Tough but on grass not unbeatable for Erakovic.
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### Author:  [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/29 "2011-06-21T18:21:43Z")
& it looks like the Soderling/Petchner match got interesting, right after our coverage ceased. Petchner 5-2 up in the third set.
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### Author:  [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/30 "2011-06-21T18:24:35Z")
Summer Solstice, most daylight hours, but not the latest sunset. Sunset in London is at 9:22 pm for the next 6 days after today. Later sunrises.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/31 "2011-06-21T18:28:14Z")
> [@maplekiwi](#):
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> & it looks like the Soderling/Petchner match got interesting, right after our coverage ceased. Petchner 5-2 up in the third set.
Petzschner won the set. Meanwhile Isner got the first break of the match and leads 4-1 in the second set.
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### Author:  [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/32 "2011-06-21T18:55:17Z")
> [@Marley23](#):
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> Petzschner won the set. Meanwhile Isner got the first break of the match and leads 4-1 in the second set.
Which he won. Now Mahut looks like going up 2 breaks in the second set.
Just out of curiousity Marley how many channels are covering Wimbledon where you are?
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### Author:  [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/33 "2011-06-21T19:11:26Z")
Where did that third set lead go, Mahut? 😕
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/34 "2011-06-21T23:56:20Z")
> [@maplekiwi](#):
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> Just out of curiousity Marley how many channels are covering Wimbledon where you are?
I watched on ESPN 2 when I could, and sometimes I checked the Wimbledon website. I still haven’t gotten around to getting the Tennis Channel but I’m guessing that if ESPN has it, they don’t.
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### Author:  [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2011, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/35 "2011-06-22T12:27:21Z")
> [@Marley23](#):
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> What I love about the match so far is that you know there’s no way it’s going to last anything close to as long as the first one, but you can’t quite vanquish the doubt that it might happen again. At least, I can’t.
Me too :). As it turned out, it was an anti-climax, of course. Isner looked pretty efficient, I think he could challenge some of the lower seeds if he really hits form.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/36 "2011-06-22T12:32:50Z")
It was an anti-climax, but the thing that stuck out to me is that this whole thing wasn’t fun for the players. You could see it in the way Mahut played, I thought, and when they interviewed Isner afterward he said he was just relieved to get it over with. This was evidently a tough thing for them to relive and revisit.
Venus is having trouble this morning. She’s down 1-5 to Date-Krumm in the first set.
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### Author:  [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/37 "2011-06-22T17:08:07Z")
That Venus Date-Krumm match was some good tennis!
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/38 "2011-06-22T17:16:54Z")
Yup, that was a really good one.
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/39 "2011-06-22T17:27:24Z")
> [@eenerms](#):
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> That Venus Date-Krumm match was some good tennis!
I keep forgetting Date-Krumm is 40 years old. She looks and plays great.
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### Author:  [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/40 "2011-06-23T14:40:27Z")
Soderling v. Hewitt there’s some good tennis!
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### Author:  [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2011-thread/585575/41 "2011-06-23T14:55:59Z")
Just watching some the Soderling-Hewitt match. Hewitt is now 30 yrs old. He still looks very fit but his face looks like it is about 55. Looking up his ranking, he is 130th and the top ranked Australian man. 130th? And I thought American tennis was in the crapper.
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