Seen and Heard Around Wimbledon Day 5

by Savannah


I admit it. I fell asleep and missed most of today's play. At some point during Victoria Azarenka's match against Sorana Cirstea I dozed off. That I woke up too late to see Serena Williams singles match made it even worse.

Serena Williams
I guess the gods knew what was right though because I did see the end of the fourth and all of the fifth set of Tommy Haas vs Marin Cilic easily the match of the tournament so far. The match was called due to darkness and will be resumed at six all tomorrow. If the expressions on the guys pictured up top are any indication I missed some good tennis.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Apparently Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wishes he could start the day over. Ivo Karlovic outplayed Jo and moves on into the second week of play. I'm guessing Ivo did more than serve to get his win. Tsonga has looked uncomfortable on the grass beginning during his warm up play.

Congratulations Ivo.

Francesca Schiavone
Outside of Fed Cup play Francesca Schiavone has not had much to celebrate lately. Her win over Marion Bartoli today had to give her the confidence to start winning the matches she should win.

Dudi Sela
I'm sure there are some who thought Israel's Dudi Sela would make it to the second week outside of his family and friends. His is the surprise win of the day.

Saturday Order of Play

Singles

CENTRE - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Venus Williams (USA) [3] 33 vs Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 39
2. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) [26] 25 vs Andy Roddick (USA) [6] 32
3. Andy Murray (GBR) [3] 33 vs Viktor Troicki (SRB) [30] 40

COURT 1 - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) [12] 17 vs Tomas Berdych (CZE) [20] 24
Tommy Haas (GER) [24] 73 vs Marin Cilic (CRO) [11] 80 T/F 7/5 7/5 1/6 6/7(3) 6/6 0-0*
2. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 26 vs Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [5] 32
3. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) [10] 49 vs Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 53

COURT 2 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

1. Samantha Stosur (AUS) [18] 41 vs Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [13] 48
Andreas Seppi (ITA) 66 vs Igor Andreev (RUS) [29] 72 T/F 1/6 6/7(5) 6/4 5/5 0-0*
2. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 3 vs Philipp Petzschner (GER) 6
3. Dinara Safina (RUS) [1] 1 vs Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 7

COURT 3 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

1. Melanie Oudin (USA) 58 vs Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [6] 64
2. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [17] 9 vs Flavia Pennetta (ITA) [15] 16
3. Victor Hanescu (ROU) [31] 57 vs Gilles Simon (FRA) [8] 64

COURT 4 - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [9] 17 vs Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) [20] 24
2. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) [19] 41 vs Jesse Levine (USA) 47

COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

1. Radek Stepanek (CZE) [23] 9 vs David Ferrer (ESP) [16] 16
2. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [11] 49 vs Na Li (CHN) [19] 56

Doubles Order of Play

COURT 3 - SHOW COURT

4. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) and Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [16] 41 vs Samantha Stosur (AUS) and Rennae Stubbs (AUS) [3] 48

COURT 4 - SHOW COURT

3. Leander Paes (IND) and Cara Black (ZIM) [1] 1 vs Michal Mertinak (SVK) and Mara Santangelo (ITA) 4

COURT 5 - 12.00 NOON START

1. Julie Ditty (USA) and Ekaterina Dzehalevich (BLR) 54 vs
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) and Nadia Petrova (RUS) [10] 56
2. Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) and Sania Mirza (IND) [15] 57 vs
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) and Monica Niculescu (ROU) 60
3. Daniel Nestor (CAN) and Elena Vesnina (RUS) [5] 49 vs James Auckland (GBR) and Elena Baltacha (GBR) 52
4. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) and Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 34 vs
Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) and Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) 36

COURT 7

Not before 1.00 pm

2. Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) [11] 9 vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) and Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 11
3. Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) and Iveta Benesova (CZE) [15] 41 vs Eric Butorac (USA) and Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 43
4. Marcelo Melo (BRA) and Shuai Peng (CHN) [14] 57 vs
Fabrice Santoro (FRA) and Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 60
5. James Cerretani (USA) and Sybille Bammer (AUT) 54 vs Mark Knowles (BAH) and Anna- Lena Groenefeld (GER) [9] 56

COURT 8

Not before 1.00 pm
2. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) and Vania King (USA) [12] 25 vs Kaia Kanepi (EST) and Ipek Senoglu (TUR) 31
3. Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) and Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) [4] 17 vs Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) and Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 19
4. Simon Aspelin (SWE) and Paul Hanley (AUS) 37 vs Travis Parrott (USA) and Filip Polasek (SVK) [10] 40

COURT 12

3. Rogier Wassen (NED) and Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 30 vs Max Mirnyi (BLR) and Nadia Petrova (RUS) [8] 32
4. Stephen Huss (AUS) and Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) [12] 25 vs Bruno Soares (BRA) and Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 28

COURT 14 - 12.00 NOON START

1. Gisela Dulko (ARG) and Shahar Peer (ISR) 22 vs Zi Yan (CHN) and Jie Zheng (CHN) [13] 24
2. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) and Ai Sugiyama (JPN) [6] 49 vs
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) and Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 51
3. Arnaud Clement (FRA) and Marc Gicquel (FRA) 46 vs James Blake (USA) and Mardy Fish (USA) 47
4. Andre Sa (BRA) and Ai Sugiyama (JPN) [11] 9 vs Kenneth Skupski (GBR) and Katie O'Brien (GBR) 12

COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

3. Andy Ram (ISR) and Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 21 vs Igor Andreev (RUS) and Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 22

MATCHES TO BE ARRANGED
Not before 5.00 pm
Colin Fleming (GBR) and Sarah Borwell (GBR) 6 vs Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) and Sania Mirza (IND) [13] 8
Jamie Murray (GBR) and Liezel Huber (USA) 38 vs Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) and Zi Yan (CHN) [10] 40

With all that happened yesterday I forgot to do the seed watch for Day 5. Here is seed watch for Day 6.

Carla Suarez Navarro is ranked #34
Jurgen Melzer is ranked #30
Victor Troicki is ranked #31
Tomas Berdych is ranked #20
Sabine Lisicki is ranked #41
Juan Carlos Ferrero is ranked #70
Lleyton Hewitt is ranked #56
Philipp Petzschner is ranked #55
Kirsten Flipkens is ranked #110
Melanie Oudin is ranked #124
Victor Hanescu is ranked #28

Junior Wimbledon play begins tomorrow. Here is the draw and the order of play for Day 1.

Boys' Singles Draw

[1] BERTA, Daniel SWE v REUTER, Yannik BEL
WIRLEND, Dominik AUT (Q) v THOMSON, David GBR
DOMIJAN, Alexander USA (Q) v BROADY, Liam GBR (Q)
VAN OVERBEEK, Johannes Robert USA v [13] HSIEH, Cheng Peng TPE

[10] OBRY, Julien FRA v CARRENO-BUSTA, Pablo ESP
FERNANDES, Tiago BRA v EHRAT, Sandro SUI
LAVIE, Sebastian NZL (W) v CARPENTER, Jack GBR
BRITTON, Devin USA v [7] SEKIGUCHI, Shuichi JPN

[4] VELOTTI, Agustin ARG v SCHOLTZ, Nikala RSA
ALCANTARA, Francis Casey PHI v NEUCHRIST, Maximilian AUT
HORANSKY, Filip SVK (W) v MARSALEK, James GBR
PUGET, Adrien FRA v [15] SANDGREN, Tennys USA

[11] SOUTO, David VEN v (W) BURTON, Lewis GBR
GEORGOUDAS, Alexandros-Ferd GER (Q) v COX, Jordan USA (Q)
VASILEVSKI, Andrei BLR v DRAGANJA, Marin CRO
GAIO, Federico ITA v [8] URIGUEN, Julen GUA

[5] COLLARINI, Andrea ARG v BOLUDA-PURKISS, Carlos ESP
KOVALIK, Jozef SVK vFRANK, Mitchell USA
HERBERT, Pierre-Hugues FRA (W) v GABB, Richard GBR
URBANEK, Radim CZE v [9] SCHULZ, Dominik GER

[16] KING, Evan USA v DE GREEF, Arthur BEL
(Q) BEGA, Alessandro ITA v (W) FARQUHARSON, Tom GBR
MAAMOUN, Karim-Mohamed EGY v SITARAM, Sudarwa IND (W)
MORGAN, George GBR v [3] TOMIC, Bernard AUS

[6] MINA, Gianni FRA v (W) GOLDING, Oliver GBR
KUZNETSOV, Andrey RUS v WEISSBORN, Tristan-Samuel AUT (Q)
KRAWIETZ, Kevin GER v CLEZAR, Guilherme BRA
EHARA, Hiroyasu JPN v [12] KUDLA, Denis USA

[14] ARGUELLO, Facundo ARG v MARCAN, Dino CRO
MCLACHLAN, Riki NZL v POPLAVSKYY, Stanislav UKR
FOWLER, Harry USA (Q) v MOLINA, Emanuele ITA (W)
HEWITT, Ashley GBR v [2] HUANG, Liang-Chi TPE

Girls' Singles Draw

[1] MLADENOVIC, Kristina FRA v (Q) BOUCHARD, Eugenie CAN
(Q) VICKERY, Sachia USA v (Q) KUMKHUM, Luksika THA
CEPELOVA, Jana SVK (Q) v OMAE, Akiko JPN
JAMES, Hannah GBR v [15] GAVRILOVA, Daria RUS

[10] SILVA, Camila CHI v YSIDORA, Grace Sari INA
ISSARA, Khunpak THA (W) v WALKER, Alexandra GBR
HOLLAND, Isabella AUS (L) v VAN DER MEET, Angelique NED
(W) RAE, Jocelyn GBR v [7] STEPHENS, Sloane USA

[3] BOGDAN, Ana ROU v LINETTE, Magda POL
SAENYAUKHOT, Natchanok THA v HOGENKAMP, Richel NED
TREVISAN, Martina ITA v (W) VICKERS, Samantha GBR
SUSANYI, Zsofia HUN v [16] EIKERI, Ulrikke NOR

[12] WATSON, Heather GBR v SOLOVIEVA, Valeria RUS
INOUE, Miyabi JPN v AL NABHANI, Fatma OMA
CAPRA, Beatrice USA v (Q) MESTACH, An-Sophie BEL
CUROVIC, Tamara SRB v [8] TOMLJANOVIC, Ajla CRO

[5] ROGOWSKA, Olivia AUS v KERKHOVE, Lesley NED
KIRILLOVA, Ksenia RUS v CEPEDE ROYG, Veronica PAR
CORNISH, Stephanie GBR v KRUNIC, Alexandra SRB
GIBBS, Nicole USA v [11] NJIRIC, Silvia CRO

[13] (W) HENDLER, Tamaryn BEL v MUTAGUCHI, Emi JPN
SKAMLOVA, Chantal SVK v (Q) STOICA, Ilinca ROU
(W) REN, Jennifer GBR v KOLAR, Nastja SLO
GRANILLO, Alejandra MEX v [4] LERTCHEEWAKARN, Noppawan THA

[6] BABOS, Timea HUN v (W) MOORE, Tara GBR
JUHASZOVA, Vivien SVK v (W) GEORGE, Nicola GBR
ISHIZU, Sachie JPN v LERTPITAKSINCHAI, Nicha THA
BUCHINA, Yana RUS v [9] MCHALE, Christina USA

[14] SIMMONDS, Chanel RSA v ZANEVSKA, Maryna UKR
LEYKINA, Polina RUS v LEMOINE, Quirine NED
(Q) EJDESGAARD, Malou DEN v (Q) PEERS, Sally AUS
PALIIVETS, Katarena CAN v [2] ROBSON, Laura GBR

Junior Day 1 Order of Play

COURT 6 - 11.00 AM START

1. Camila Silva (CHI) [10] 9 vs Grace Sari Ysidora (INA) 10 GS
2. Jozef Kovalik (SVK) 35 vs Mitchell Frank (USA) 36 BS
3. Nicole Gibbs (USA) 39 vs Silvia Njiric (CRO) [11] 40 GS
4. Sachie Ishizu (JPN) 53 vs Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (THA) 54 GS
5. Francis Casey Alcantara (PHI) 19 vs Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT) 20 BS

COURT 7 - 11.00 AM START

1. George Morgan (GBR) 47 vs Bernard Tomic (AUS) [3] 48 BS

COURT 8 - 11.00 AM START

1. Ksenia Kirillova (RUS) 35 vs Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR) 36 GS

COURT 9 - 11.00 AM START

1. Natchanok Saenyaukhot (THA) 19 vs Richel Hogenkamp (NED) 20 GS
2. Radim Urbanek (CZE) 39 vs Dominik Schulz (GER) [9] 40 BS
3. Yana Buchina (RUS) 55 vs Christina McHale (USA) [9] 56 GS
4. Agustin Velotti (ARG) [4] 17 vs Nikala Scholtz (RSA) 18 BS

COURT 11 - 11.00 AM START

1. Polina Leykina (RUS) 59 vs Quirine Lemoine (NED) 60 GS
2. Andrea Collarini (ARG) [5] 33 vs Carlos Boluda-Purkiss (ESP) 34 BS
3. Tamaryn Hendler (BEL) [13] 41 vs Emi Mutaguchi (JPN) 42 GS
4. Adrien Puget (FRA) 23 vs Tennys Sandgren (USA) [15] 24 BS

COURT 12 - 11.00 AM START

1. Hannah James (GBR) 7 vs Daria Gavrilova (RUS) [15] 8 GS

COURT 15 - 11.00 AM START

1. Evan King (USA) [16] 41 vs Arthur De Greef (BEL) 42 BS
2. Zsofia Susanyi (HUN) 23 vs Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) [16] 24 GS
3. Federico Gaio (ITA) 31 vs Julen Uriguen (GUA) [8] 32 BS
4. David Souto (VEN) [11] 25 vs Lewis Burton (GBR) 26 BS
5. Chanel Simmonds (RSA) [14] 57 vs Maryna Zanevska (UKR) 58 GS

COURT 17 - 11.00 AM START

1. Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 51 vs Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 52 BS
2. Isabella Holland (AUS) 13 vs Angelique Van Der Meet (NED) 14 GS
3. Vivien Juhaszova (SVK) 51 vs Nicola George (GBR) 52 GS
4. Sebastian Lavie (NZL) 13 vs Jack Carpenter (GBR) 14 BS

COURT 19 - 11.00 AM START

1. Hiroyasu Ehara (JPN) 55 vs Denis Kudla (USA) [12] 56 BS
2. Martina Trevisan (ITA) 21 vs Samantha Vickers (GBR) 22 GS
3. Stephanie Cornish (GBR) 37 vs Alexandra Krunic (SRB) 38 GS
4. Ashley Hewitt (GBR) 63 vs Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) [2] 64 BS
5. Daniel Berta (SWE) [1] 1 vs Yannik Reuter (BEL) 2 BS

Miscellany

That empty space in the ATP World Tour has been filled.

The ATP World Tour’s strengthened fall Asian swing will begin in South-East Asia after the governing body of men’s professional tennis today confirmed that Kuala Lumpur will host an ATP World Tour-level tournament.

The tournament was officially launched by Prime Minister of Malaysia, Yang Amat Berhormat Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak and will be known as the Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur. The ATP World Tour 250 event will be held indoors at the 16,000-seat Putra Stadium at the Bukit Jalil Sports Complex, commencing on Monday 28 September.

“There is great demand for cities to host ATP World Tour events and in particular within the Asian region. Kuala Lumpur presented a very strong application to become part of the ATP World Tour. This, combined with their excellent tournament facilities, management team and the support of the Malaysian Government, we are confident that Kuala Lumpur is the right venue to continue developing tennis within South-East Asia,” said Brad Drewett, CEO, ATP International.

“Asian tennis fans have demonstrated that they are among the best in the world and we are excited that tennis fans across Malaysia now have the opportunity to see some of the world’s best players battling it out in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.”

The Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, supported by the Government of Malaysia, will be organized by leading international management company IMG and headed by Tournament Director Nick Freyer, Senior Vice President IMG and Head of Tennis, Asia.

“I warmly thank the Prime Minister for his belief and support of this project from the very start, to all those people, many of whose contributions remain private but deeply appreciated, people whose advice and counsel was invaluable and who worked so many hours during the bid process and more recently during the event launch phase,” said Nick Freyer.

“Our great appreciation extends to the ATP World Tour Board and Brad Drewett for the support and trust they showed in us and to our friends at the Putra Stadium and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel for their confidence and contributions, the Ministries of Sport and Tourism, the National Sports Council and of course to the ATP World Tour players who have so readily accepted the Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur as a tournament to play and be part of.”

The Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, will be one of five events in the strengthened Asian swing, that will culminate with the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 presented by Rolex.