CAMELOT FANTASIES

I didn't see the finish of the Murray match, but I saw that he snatched it.  Congrats to him and his team, and condolences to Kohli and his team.

Federer was upset as I expected, going down in 5 to a hard striking Ernests Gulbis.  After winning an up and down 1st set in a tiebreaker, Federer botched an easy chance for a 2 set  to 0 lead when at 5-3 and 40-15, on a short lob smash, he went out of his way to twist his body to one side to hit it straight to Gulbis camped in the backhand corner, when the slam dunk to the forehand side was a much easier shot.  Federer didn't look the same after that for quite awhile, while Gulbis got re-energized, and Ernie won the second set in a tiebreak and the 3rd set easily with some strong serving and hitting, especially on his backhand wing.  Federer finally recovered a bit and took the 4th set eventually, but was delayed when Gulbis mysteriously went off the court with a MTO with Federer about to serve at 5-2. Gulbis finally came back after maybe 8 minutes, and played like a whirlwind, breaking Federer and getting it back to 5-4.  Federer managed to seal the set 6-4, but then was broken early in the 5th, and that was all Gulbis needed as he served quite well and maintained the break advantage to the end. 

Congrats to Gulbis and his fans, and commiserations to the Federer fans.

Gulbis will play Berdych, and Federer will prepare for the grass season start in Halle.

Respectfully,
masterclass