I wonder if Novak is gonna play the Olympics and go for all 4 slams plus the gold.

Obvs, I don't see why he wouldn't. Be really stupid not too. Just sit out the lesser tournament's.

I think the question should be, if Novak does not win Wimbledon, will he go to the Olympics? Is he only interested in the Olympics if he has a chance at a Golden Slam? Or is that irrelevant, and he will go because he is the only one of the "Big 5" to not have an Olympic gold medal?

Murray - MS Gold 2012, XD Silver 2012, MS Gold 2016
Nadal - MS Gold 2008, MD Gold 2016
Federer - MD Gold 2008, MS Silver 2012
Wawrinka - MD Gold 2008
Djokovic - MS Bronze 2008

Well, career golden slam is still the thing, so likely yes, he will?

Yeah without a doubt.

Olympics is huge. It’s once every 4 years as well so adds to the prestige.

Wimbledon >>> US/AUS > Olympics > FO (maybe interchangeable) >> atp finals

It's pretty easy. Having villains in sport is important and it's much easier to root for someone who is genuine rather than fake nice guys.

Cliffs:

Olympics greater than FO? Definitely didn't imagine thinking that was possible.

Ive never even seen Olympic tennis and there's barely any money in it.

It’s about the glory. That’s the entire point.

Rafa hogging the FO for the past 2 decades has meant it means more as it’s harder to win, so we’re looking at it more favourable.

Djokovic lawnmower gif is top 3 ever

Good call. I presume the Olympics is not insisting on athletes being vaxxed?

If only the lawnmower shot into space

Agree. The guy can be a tool, but he's a great character for tennis.

I'm partial to this photo as well--

Game over, amigo

QF on YT for wimbledon day 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up65IjBZLoE

Wimby draws out tomorrow.

Future of USA tennis Nakashima took out Gulbis easily in final round qualies.

Women's qualies final round tomorrow, featuring former Wimby semifinalist Tsveti Pironkova vs the former top 20 and perma-injured Ana Konjuh.

Perennial SE perv favorite Katie Swan (WC) in action vs the slighlty less crazy Rodionova sister.

I don't see the point of men's qualifying being best-of-5 sets

Only the final round is, but then, Wimbledon is special in many regards - men's pairs play out of 5 sets and mixed pairs play full 3rd set, up to 12:12

Yeh Wimbledon is just amazing. I love everything about it.

Halep withdrew. Sabalenka gets the #2 seed.

The women's defending champ at slams hasn't reached the SF since Wimby 2016 when Serena won 2 in a row. Osaka will be defending champ at the next two, and appears to be in the midst of a serious mental breakdown.

Literally anyone could win the women's.

Barty hasn't played any grass warmups and may or may not still be injured. Tough draw as well with Konta R3 (who won Nottingham) and Krejcikova R4.

Normally at slams there's about 3-4 favorites and 10-12 longshots. Now there's no favorites, just 25-30 players who could ship it if they get hot and win the important points at the right times and don't choke. Ana Konjuh beat Pironkova in qualies today and she's a legit contender.

Another contender is wildcard Samsonova, who won Berlin as a qualifier last week. Look at the players she beat in Berlin:

Akugue
Konjuh
Vondrousova
Kudermetova
Keys
Azarenka
Bencic

There have been slams won in recent years with draws easier than that.

Draper won the first set, go on!

Won't last, but it's nice to dream lol

Although Draper is playing well, Djoker not so much..

ffs jinxed him

Didn’t want to jinx it myself.

End up being 6-2,6,1 in the next two

Tiafoe crushing Tsisipas

Super crushed. Bizarre result. Is this tiafoe guy Any good?

Tsitsipas out. Tiafoe is one of the many "next big thing" players that has occasional success, but mostly failed to live up to their hype. Although to be fair, my memory of the hype surrounding him was that it was mostly based on the fact that he was young, good, and American.