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I love Tim's commentary! Give me him, Becker, McEnroe, Petchey, Austin, Wade heck even Rusedski. Just not bloody Andrew Castle. Don't much like John Lloyd either but he's not intolerable like him. >.>

The best commentators are stuck on 5 Live though. :(

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Tsonga 3-6 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-4 Federer

Federer: 146 points
Tsonga: 136 points

Tsonga wins with 48.2% of the points.

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Federer has never been beaten when 2-0 in a GS.

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In the two sets Tsonga has won he has just completely ignored the Fed service games once he's broke. Most players lessen their effort when they're a break up but not to the point of just slapping a few balls in the net/out so they can serve again.

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Man the British press is gonna be ridiculous if Federer loses this match - they will hype Murray's chances up hugely even though Nadal and Djokovic are still in the draw and then come down on him like a ton of bricks when (most likely) Nadal sees him off.

I like Tsonga, but if he puts Federer out, he damn well better give Djokovic a good match in the SFs - don't want Men's Semis day to be two one-sided matches.

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Djokovic 6-2 3-6 6-3 7-5 Tomic

Djokovic: 133 points
Tomic: 120 points

Djokovic wins with 52.5% of the points.

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Apparently Tsonga got lost when he went for his end of set toilet break and ended up in the BBC's interview position. >.>

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MGS3

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Yeah, the only way I'm not seeing Sharapova/Lisicki win is if they have one of the worst matches of their career in the final.

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MGS2

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One of the bad things about some games/series frequently selling mega multi-millions (CoD, 2D Mario, Mario Kart, Wii Fit etc.) is that there is far less reason for the big three to care about games that are likely to sell <1M, unless they can be delivered online. As gaming gets bigger and bigger, it also seems to allow for less variety in retail releases.

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Nadal 7-6 3-6 7-6 6-4 Del Potro

Nadal: 138 points
Del Potro: 133 points

Nadal wins with 50.92% of the points.

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Federer 6-7 6-3 6-3 6-3 Youzhny

Federer: 142 points
Youzhny: 112 points

Federer wins with 55.9% of the points.

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Djokovic 6-3 6-3 6-3 Llodra

Djokovic: 92 points
Llodra: 62 points

Djokovic wins with 59.75% of the points.

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Wozniacki beaten by Cibulkova. Serena beaten by Bartoli. Venus down a set against Pironkova. Sharapova must be loving it.

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Well my bet on Serena was successful. >.>

Murray 7-6 6-3 6-2 Gasquet

Murray: 97 points
Gasquet: 80 points

Murray wins with 54.8% of the points.

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Grats to Tomic on knocking out Soderling.

I think Muller just threw in the towel really. Nadal played well enough though.

Djokovic 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-4 Baghdatis

Djokovic: 132 points
Baghdatis: 122 points

Djokovic wins with 51.97% of the points.

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Federer 6-4 6-2 6-4 Nalbandian

Federer: 98 points
Nalbandian: 76 points

Federer wins with 56.3% of the points.

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Nadal 7-6 7-6 6-0 Muller

Nadal: 101 points
Muller: 88 points

Nadal wins with 53.4% of the points.

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Murray 6-4 4-6 6-1 7-6 Ljubicic

Murray: 127 points
Ljubicic: 115 points

Murray wins with 52.5% of the points.

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If Robson can improve her fitness and movement she could get near the top of the woman's game I think. Think Heather Watson will end up having a more successful career though.

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But Sharapova comes through 7-6 (7-4). My apologies!

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LOL I slapped £5 on Sharapova to beat Robson 2-0 thinking the only way that couldn't happen was if she injured herself badly. Now 2-4 in the first set tie-break... :S

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Federer 6-2 6-3 6-2 Mannarino

Federer: 89 points
Mannarino: 50 points

Federer wins with 64% of the points.

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Please don't self destruct Na Li.

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Djokovic 6-3 6-4 6-2 Anderson

Djokovic: 93 points
Anderson: 66 points

Djokovic wins with 58.5% of the points.

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Get in Lleyton! Just took the first set off Soderling in a tie break.

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Murray 6-3 6-3 7-5 Kamke

Murray: 94 points
Kamke: 76 points

Murray wins with 55.3% of the points.

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Raonic fell and injured his leg. Tried to play on but was in some serious pain and threw in the towel.

Nadal 6-3 6-2 6-4 Sweeting

Nadal: 104 points
Sweeting: 75 points

Nadal wins with 58.1% of the points.

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Date Krumm gave a great effort. Did make a few errors on big points, but Venus' serve was brilliant the whole way through the second and third sets - very hard to get into those games.

Props to 19 year old Heather Watson too - injured her right elbow at 2-3 in the second set but kept going (despite her serve and forehand being much weaker due to the pain) to the end (2-6 6-4 6-4). Showed mental strength that will serve her well in coming back from a break down in the decider and then saving three match points too. Hope she keeps up her good work on the tour.

Murray's having his usual mid-match crisis in the second set against Kamke. Surprised Wawrinka's on the brink of defeat to Bolelli - thought he'd make the third/fourth round!

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Djokovic 6-4 6-1 6-1 Chardy

Djokovic: 87 points
Chardy: 49 points

Djokovic wins with 64% of the points.

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Federer 7-6 6-4 6-2 Kukushkin

Federer: 102 points
Kushkin: 71 points

Federer wins with 59% of the points.

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Murray 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-0 Gimeno-Traver

Murray: 115 points
Gimeno-Traver: 70 points

Murray wins with 62.2% of the points.

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I'm going to post point totals and percentages from each of the big four's matches to see if there's any trends to be seen from them.

Nadal 6-4 6-2 6-2 Russell

Nadal: 90 points
Russell: 62 points

Nadal wins with 59.1% of the points.

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Man you people are fast!

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Outland is good, yah.

>.>

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Tipsy trollin'

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Bought Outland because you guys enjoyed it so much. Just beaten the first boss, good stuff. Best section was the flashback where you had both colours to switch between - hope they bring that mechanic in normally soon.

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Men's Draw:

Nadal/Murray
Federer/Djokovic

Nadal could run into Raonic in R3, Del Potro in R4, then Berdych/Verdasco/Fish in the QFs.
Murray could run into Cilic in R3, Wawrinka/Gasquet in R4, then Monfils/Tipsarevic/Roddick in the QFs.
Federer could run into Nalbandian in R3, Youzhny/Almagro in R4, then Ferrer/Tsonga/Dolgopolov in the QFs.
Djokovic could run into Baghdatis in R3, Llodra/Troicki in R4, then Soderling/Hewitt/Mayer/Melzer in the QFs.

I'd say Murray got the toughest draw and Djokovic the easiest, but it's all fairly marginal stuff. Nadal's doesn't look too tough but JMDP can play at a very high level as we all know. Federer should cruise to the SFs as he usually does, not because his draw's really that easy but because he rarely gets into trouble. If you're strongly anti-Murray I'd say there was some value on betting on him not making the SFs - Cilic, Wawrinka and Roddick have all beaten him in GSs before.

Women's Draw:

Wozniacki/Li
Azarenka/Zvonareva

Wozniacki could run into Cibulkova/Goerges in R4, Sharapova/Stosur in the QFs.
Li could run into Zheng Jie/Mattek-Sands in R3, Ivanovic/Radwanska in R4 then S. Williams/Penneta in the QFs.
Azarenka could run into Hantuchova in R3, Kanepi/Pavlyuchenkova in R4, then Schiavone/Petkovic in the QFs.
Zvonareva could run into V. Williams/Jankovic in R4, then Kvitova/Kuznetsova in the QFs.

First interesting match will probably be Venus/Jankovic in R3. Could have an awesome top half fourpack of Woz/Sharapova//Li/Serena. Bottom half is fairly dull IMO - good opportunity for any of those players to make a final.

Lots of British entrants and wildcards for me to follow in the first week too. Getting hyped already!

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I've bet £5 each on Murray and Serena to win.

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