Tennis Thread

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Mannarino wins his own serve and then breaks Conors to take the lead. 4-3 with Mannarino to serve.

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5-3.

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5-4, Mannarino serving, come on Conor!

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5-5!

Conor to serve.

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5-6! Great stuff from Conor.

Mannarino serving.

[Amz]

Tie Break!
Tea Break will have to wait.

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6-6, 3rd set goes to a tie break.

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Mannarino wins it 9-7 and leads 2 sets to 1.

[Mackman15]

As close as it gets... Great match.

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Niland leads the 4th set 2-0, Mannarino serving the 3rd game.

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2-1, Conor serving and I'm away home.

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3-1 to Conor and I'm really leaving this time.

[Mackman15]

4-3 to conor in the 4th. Super cross court exchange to win the 7th game

[Mackman15]

Conor wins it - 5-3 in the 4th

C'mon Conor

[Mackman15]

2 sets all - brilliant effort.

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2-1 Niland final set break of serve up, survival of the fittest......

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4-1 up 2 breaks now....

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Some fightback by Mannarino to win the 5th set from 4-1 down.

Hard luck Conor.

[sarah_lennon]

Baldy

in the end it was his serve. Stats show how even it was but that he should have won it. A missed opportunity

[tackle-bag]

A missed opportunity

Sadly that may be his last real chance at Wimbledon. He turns 30 in September, which is about two years past the peak of most tennis players. He has only been able to pursue his dream thanks to the generosity of his parents and certain other parties who have given him grants or funding. Whatever about the former, it's difficult to see the latter continuing for too much longer.

He's been a great servant of Irish tennis over the years though, picking up some fine scalps. However, he'll never forgive himself for letting that 4-1 lead slip in the fifth today.