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Raftergirl

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25. The first few days are always the most slippery.

Reply to malaise (Reply #23)

Tue Jun 29, 2021, 05:50 PM

Jun 2021

Because of the freshness of the grass. And the rain doesn’t help. But that isn’t unusual either. I can not even count how many days I queued in the rain during Wimby and was a soggy mess at the matches.

Seeing Wimby’s courts in person the first few days is amazing. Nothing like it looks on TV.

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Wimbledon - holy shit [View all] malaise Jun 2021 OP

ack on Court - still limping slightly malaise Jun 2021 #1

hope she's ok Demovictory9 Jun 2021 #2

She isn't malaise Jun 2021 #4

;-( elleng Jun 2021 #11

😢 Demovictory9 Jun 2021 #16

Looks very bad now, even though the score is all level muriel_volestrangler Jun 2021 #3

Falls again malaise Jun 2021 #5

Last night Tiafoe went down hard as well. 11 Bravo Jun 2021 #17

Tough break. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2021 #6

Happened to Adrian Mannarino in the match against malaise Jun 2021 #8

I've always wondered why tennis players don't tape their ankles and knees FakeNoose Jun 2021 #7

Wouldn't help on this wet court malaise Jun 2021 #9

Many players tape their ankles all the time Raftergirl Jun 2021 #19

🎾😢🎾 lisa58 Jun 2021 #10

Yup, this is very sad indeed.......😢😢😢 a kennedy Jun 2021 #12

2 players hurt slipping on a damp court in the same area 2 Meow Momma Jun 2021 #13

Djokovic was also slipping around yesterday malaise Jun 2021 #14

I hope the sun will come out and dry things off. spooky3 Jun 2021 #15

Well we both know that Serena is (was) in the same draw as Coco malaise Jun 2021 #18

Grass courts are always Raftergirl Jun 2021 #20

Never seen this much slipping and falling malaise Jun 2021 #21

I've been watching for decades also. Raftergirl Jun 2021 #22

I remember previous injuries and slipping but we're on day two here malaise Jun 2021 #23

The first few days are always the most slippery. Raftergirl Jun 2021 #25

True but this year the courts are also softer because there was malaise Jun 2021 #26

Yeah, that's a possibility since there Raftergirl Jun 2021 #29

James is very good at commentary malaise Jun 2021 #30

Wimbledon put out a statement malaise Jun 2021 #32

Serena's been carrying this injury Raftergirl Jun 2021 #37

Yep - she has been playing with it malaise Jun 2021 #38

I'm a few hours behind watching Raftergirl Jun 2021 #39

This is really sad to hear rurallib Jun 2021 #24

She's the greatest of all time malaise Jun 2021 #27

Always sad when someone of her caliber is near the end rurallib Jun 2021 #28

Well we've sure been lucky in both women's and men's tennis malaise Jun 2021 #31

One of the best athletes of the last 10 years MissMillie Jun 2021 #33

More like 20 malaise Jun 2021 #36

the grass courts are slick as owl sh*t....djokovic is slipping this morning spanone Jun 2021 #34

Anderson as well malaise Jun 2021 #35

oh, no poor Serena! And be careful to the others! electric_blue68 Jun 2021 #40