Tennis

[CaptainAmerica18 846]

Watson wins!

[CaptainAmerica18 846]

Took his time getting the break but Murray takes the first 6-4.

[cushynumber 25,178]

Murray as negative as I have seen him. Back to hoping the other guy makes mistakes. I can't believe no coach has got this out him.

[wully 47,417]

c'mon Borat.

[cushynumber 25,178]

Murray his own worst enemy. Keeps feeding the guys big forehand for some reason and looks very very nervous.

[KingKirk 25,650]

Murray has been rotten

[cushynumber 25,178]

He has been dreadful

[cushynumber 25,178]

Through in 3 but fuckin hell he is hard to watch sometimes

[JRodgA2k8 542]

May as well get a bad performance out the way early doors while you can get away with it...to be fair to Kukushkin he did play some fantastic returns.

At least Andy will only get better and better as the tournament goes on.

[CaptainAmerica18 846]

Just sounds like a classic Murray 1st round performance.

[CaptainAmerica18 846]

I'm more surprised when Murray wins in the first round with 6-1's 6-2's and 6-3's than I am when he loses a set.

[CaptainAmerica18 846]

Wit the fuck has happened to Bouchard? She's only won 3 matches or something ridiculous like that all year.

[Creampuff 22,628]

Given he's coming off a win at Queens and arguably the form season of his career; this first round performance doesn't worry me in the slightest.

Murray fractionally behind Djokovic as second favourite for the tournament. He's definitely in with a chance.

[JRodgA2k8 542]

Given he's coming off a win at Queens and arguably the form season of his career; this first round performance doesn't worry me in the slightest.

Murray fractionally behind Djokovic as second favourite for the tournament. He's definitely in with a chance.

Yeah I agree...it really is nothing to worry about.

So Bouchard goes out...which really isn't a surprise, she's been awful this year, 8 wins in total I think and now out the top 20 with her dropped points and Halep went out today as well...yet another shock.

Shocks seem to be happening more regularly in the women's game right now compared to the men's for sure.

[sandyinroyalblue 16,478]

Seen the end of the Bouchard game and she was not trying a leg.

Her nightmare season continues.

[Creampuff 22,628]

James Ward wins in 4 and will almost certainly become a top 100 player for the first time after Wimbledon

Ferrer's injury worked out great for him.

[cushynumber 25,178]

It's strange how andy always adapts his game and tactics to the opponent rather than the other way about. He obviously looks at the opponents game and puts in place tactics which he rigidly sticks to - even if those tactics put him on the back foot a lot.

[Creampuff 22,628]

He'll probably lose to David Goffin today, but Liam Broady is a certain top 100 player.

He's probably as good as the likes of James Ward, and is much younger.

[CaptainAmerica18 846]

Dropped the first set in a tie break.

[CaptainAmerica18 846]

And gets broken in the 1st game of the 2nd set.

[AyeReadyStu 70]

He'll probably lose to David Goffin today, but Liam Broady is a certain top 100 player.

He's probably as good as the likes of James Ward, and is much younger.

I like the look of Broady, looks a good athlete on court as well, he'll improve in time for sure. Agree that he's as good as Ward is now, no disrespect to Ward but I think being in the top 100 is pretty much as good as he's going to get. I'd be amazed if he progressed above 85-90 in the world.

In terms of Davis Cup though I don't see how you can't pick Murray and Bedene though, those two are a level above the others. Murray obviously picks himself and Bedene is a top 50 player talent-wise once he gets his act together. A nice run here could potentially get him to the mid-50's in the rankings.

[Creampuff 22,628]

Broady is battling hard, here. Looks like going down a double break though.

[Creampuff 22,628]

I like the look of Broady, looks a good athlete on court as well, he'll improve in time for sure. Agree that he's as good as Ward is now, no disrespect to Ward but I think being in the top 100 is pretty much as good as he's going to get. I'd be amazed if he progressed above 85-90 in the world.

In terms of Davis Cup though I don't see how you can not pick Murray and Bedene though, those two are a level above the others. Murray is second only to Djokovic and Bedene is a top 50 player talent-wise once he gets his act together. A nice run here could potentially get him to the mid-50's in the rankings.

The only logic to not pick Bedene is the 'isn't really British' argument. He's clearly the 2nd best player available for selection.

Coming off a good win against Stepanek he's playing a very beatable Troicki next.

[AyeReadyStu 70]

The only logic to not pick Bedene is the 'isn't really British' argument. He's clearly the 2nd best player available for selection.

Coming off a good win against Stepanek he's playing a very beatable Troicki next.

I don't really get that argument though, but the LTA are a notoriously political lot, "who you know" goes a long way there. Like that Taekwondo lad who was world no.1 and didn't get picked in the Olympics, the LTA can come out with some bizarre decisions.

Back to Bedene though if he gets past Troicki his reward is likely a 3rd round match with Nadal, who I'm still struggling to be impressed by at the minute, half his shots seem to land in the service box.

[Creampuff 22,628]

I don't really get that argument though, but the LTA are a notoriously political lot, "who you know" goes a long way there. Like that Taekwondo lad who was world no.1 and didn't get picked in the Olympics, the LTA can come out with some bizarre decisions.

Back to Bedene though if he gets past Troicki his reward is likely a 3rd round match with Nadal, who I'm still struggling to be impressed by at the minute, half his shots seem to land in the service box.

Nadal will go out early. He's been lucky that the early round draws have been good to him so he has had time to find his feet, but he'll go out the first decent player he plays.