Wimbledon 2019

[S_K_S]

I hate how these critics find it so easy take pot shots at the players when they are ploughing a lone field. How about criticising the mandarins at AITA living in their ivory towers with money that should be used to fund the game in the country? Rant over.

[arjun2761]

A rant about irrelevant rants: Part (1) Literally, no one on this board is a fan of the AITA. Perhaps, many moons ago, there might have been some praise for Sunil Yajaman running an effective junior program but literally no one is fan of anything the AITA has done in recent times. Part (2) - Ranting about any perceived constructive comments on certain players while liberally criticizing others.

[PKBasu]

Ankita lost 16 67(4) to Sabine Lisicki, the woman who came so close to winning the Wimbledon title in 2011 (losing to an inspired Marion Bartoli in the final). Lisicki seems to be gradually regaining form (although not yet a commensurate ranking, since she needed a wildcard to play the qualifiers), but Ankita couldn’t repeat her Surbiton triumph, sadly.

[PKBasu]

Ramkumar had one great ATP tournament performance on grass in each of the past 2 years (Antalya in 2017, with a win over Thiem on the way to the QF) and Newport (making the singles final) last year. I hope he does well again at Newport. It’s a pity he couldn’t capitalise on the grass season this year. I wish he’d played the ATP tournaments (qualifiers) rather than Challengers. But yes, he does need a bit more consistency throughout the year, especially during the hard court season, to have a better seeding in the Slam qualifiers and be better positioned to make the main draw.

[S_K_S]

A rant about irrelevant rants

It wasn't aimed at you. You just happened to have posted before my post. An earlier post had quoted someone on Twitter which prompted my rant

[vishalg]

The singles main draw is out.
Prajnesh plays big serving Canadian Milos Raonic.

[R1] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND,94) Vs (15) Milos Raonic (CAN,17)

Raonic was the finalist at Wimbledon in 2016, Prajnesh is unlikely to win. I hope he gets to play at one of the bigger show courts at least.

[jaydeep]

Yes, a tough match for Prajnesh, but Milos Raonic also coming out of long injury break ... He missed all clay season and played last 2 weeks on the grass ... He had good results, with wins over Tsonga and Cecchinato ... If Prajnesh manages to take Raonic to the 5th set then anything can happen considering Raonic's fitness issue ... Tall ask

[jaydeep]

Also, the doubles draw is out ... Tough matches for Divij, Jeevan and Purav ... Divij and Marcelo r facing a current French Open champions German pairing of Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies ... Purav and Jeevan r facing an Aussie pairing of Lleyton Hewitt and Jordan Thompson ... Rohan and Pablo r facing a pairing of Marcus Daniell and Wesley Koolhof ... Lee and Benoit r facing the Kazakh pair.

Doubles
[R1] Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (13) Kevin Krawietz (GER)/ Andreas Mies (GER)
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Marcus Daniell (NZL)/ Wesley Koolhof (NED)
[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)/ Jordan Thompson (AUS)
[R1] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Alexander Bublik (KAZ)/ Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)

[PKBasu]

Bummer of a draw for Prajnesh. Raonic is a beast on grass. He may have had some time away because of injury, but he is ready for the grass season.
Raonic made the SF in Stuttgart, and the QF at Queen’s. Prajnesh should just enjoy the experience of playing on one of Wimbledon’s show courts — and pounce on any injury-related opportunities/weaknesses he can spot in Raonic’s game.

[S_K_S]

3rd match on court 12 after a 11am start

[sameerph]

Really bad draw for Prajnesh. No expectations. It will be good if he can take a set off Raonic.

[S_K_S]

One day in our lifetime someone will have a long run in a slam. From an Indian perspective I look forward to non-slams more because at least our interest is usually kept for longer.

[jaydeep]

Prajnesh match will be live on Star Sports Select 2.

India_AllSports tweet

[PKBasu]

I hope many are watching in India. Any live streaming outside India? Please post here!!

[PKBasu]

So far Prajnesh is staying on course, matching Raonic stroke for stroke. It’s even at 4-4 in the first set, and the games are going fast!