Musical genius. Business man extraordinaire. The King of Pop. World Wide Superstar. May you Rest in Peace.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Michael Joseph Jackson August 29,1958-June 25,2009
Musical genius. Business man extraordinaire. The King of Pop. World Wide Superstar. May you Rest in Peace.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Seen and Heard Wimbledon Day 3
by Savannah
The Harder They Come...
Gisela Dulko steadied herself and sent Maria Sharapova home. Gisela used her serve and her guts to race out to a 6-2, 3-0 lead before seeming to be overcome with the vapors as she lost the next seven games. It's usually when you reach the business end of a match that a player like Dulko is expected to fade. Instead she buckled down and played the better tennis pulling out a 6-4 third set. She needed five match points but a win is a win. Funny how all the machinations came to naught isn't it? I thought Mary Jo Fernandez, who should not be calling any matches involving Maria Sharapova or Roger Federer sounded as if she were going to cry.
To be honest this was a match that under normal circumstances would not have been on Centre Court. Sharapova's true ranking is 59. Dulko's ranking is 65. In this match of equals Dulko won. Not really all that surprising when you think about it.
Interesting hearing John McEnroe and his second banana trying to hype the Querrey/Cilic match. No matter what they say this was definitely not a Centre Court match. Querrey played his best but as I said it's what's between the ears that counts in tight matches.
Marin Cilic
JMac was also incredulous that Ernests Gulbis decided to turn down an invitation to work with the Adidas team in Las Vegas. Went on a five minute tear about how badly Gulbis is doing before he caught himself. And people wonder why I avoid the ESPN talking heads like the plague.
Vera Zvonareva
And of course they made it sound like the Monogram beat the bestest player in the world today and then spent time, while live tennis is going on, interviewing the Monogram. Amazing.
Michael Llodra retired from his match against Tommy Haas after the above collision with a ball kid.
The British Government has appointed a panel to investigate unusual betting patterns during the Jurgen Melzer vs Wayne Odesnik match yesterday.
Intended Order of Play for Thursday 25 June 2009
SINGLES
CENTRE - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START
1. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) [5] 1 vs Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 3
2. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [9] 17 vs Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 20
3. Andy Murray (GBR) [3] 33 vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 36
COURT 1 - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START
1. Venus Williams (USA) [3] 33 vs Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 36
2. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 30 vs Andy Roddick (USA) [6] 32
3. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) [10] 49 vs Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 52
COURT 2 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 22 vs Tomas Berdych (CZE) [20] 24
2. Dinara Safina (RUS) [1] 1 vs Rossana De Los Rios (PAR) 4
3. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 53 vs Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 55
4. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 62 vs Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [6] 64
COURT 3 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 29 vs Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [5] 32
2. Thiago Alves (BRA) 61 vs Gilles Simon (FRA) [8] 64
3. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [17] 9 vs Kristina Kucova (SVK) 11
4. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) [19] 41 vs Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 44
COURT 4 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) [26] 25 vs Benjamin Becker (GER) 27
2. Elena Baltacha (GBR) 5 vs Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 7
COURT 6 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Victor Hanescu (ROU) [31] 57 vs Nicolas Devilder (FRA) 59
COURT 7 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 37 vs Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 39
2. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 53 vs Na Li (CHN) [19] 56
3. Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 22 vs Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) [20] 24
4. Pablo Cuevas (URU) 46 vs Jesse Levine (USA) 47
COURT 12 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 26 vs Patricia Mayr (AUT) 27
2. Philipp Petzschner (GER) 6 vs Mischa Zverev (GER) 7
3. Radek Stepanek (CZE) [23] 9 vs Potito Starace (ITA) 11
4. Melanie Oudin (USA) 58 vs Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 60
COURT 14 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [11] 49 vs Shuai Peng (CHN) 52
2. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) [12] 17 vs Victor Crivoi (ROU) 19
3. Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 38 vs Viktor Troicki (SRB) [30] 40
COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Samantha Stosur (AUS) [18] 41 vs Tatjana Malek (GER) 44
2. Sara Errani (ITA) 45 vs Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [13] 48
3. Fabio Fognini (ITA) 13 vs David Ferrer (ESP) [16] 16
4. Vania King (USA) 13 vs Flavia Pennetta (ITA) [15] 16
Michelle Larcher de Brito
According to Mary Carillo and Mary Jo Fernandez and the rest of the talking heads on ESPN Sharapova's loss today was not devastating. They all vowed she'd be back next year. Guess they'll bump her into the top ten.
Marion Bartoli is showing no signs of the quad injury that had her limp in agony out of her last match.
Elena Dementieva is overjoyed about her play today.
Aravane Rezai takes a moment to think about it.
Seed watch for tomorrow is as follows:
Lleyton Hewitt is ranked #52
Maria Kirilenko is ranked #59
Ernests Gulbis is ranked #74
Kateryna Bondarenko is ranked #73
Igor Kunitsyn is ranked #39
Leonardo Mayer is ranked #64
Rossana de los Rios is ranked #100
Iveta Benesova is ranked #35
Pauline Parmentier is ranked #78
The Harder They Come...
Gisela Dulko steadied herself and sent Maria Sharapova home. Gisela used her serve and her guts to race out to a 6-2, 3-0 lead before seeming to be overcome with the vapors as she lost the next seven games. It's usually when you reach the business end of a match that a player like Dulko is expected to fade. Instead she buckled down and played the better tennis pulling out a 6-4 third set. She needed five match points but a win is a win. Funny how all the machinations came to naught isn't it? I thought Mary Jo Fernandez, who should not be calling any matches involving Maria Sharapova or Roger Federer sounded as if she were going to cry.
To be honest this was a match that under normal circumstances would not have been on Centre Court. Sharapova's true ranking is 59. Dulko's ranking is 65. In this match of equals Dulko won. Not really all that surprising when you think about it.
Interesting hearing John McEnroe and his second banana trying to hype the Querrey/Cilic match. No matter what they say this was definitely not a Centre Court match. Querrey played his best but as I said it's what's between the ears that counts in tight matches.
Marin Cilic
JMac was also incredulous that Ernests Gulbis decided to turn down an invitation to work with the Adidas team in Las Vegas. Went on a five minute tear about how badly Gulbis is doing before he caught himself. And people wonder why I avoid the ESPN talking heads like the plague.
Vera Zvonareva
And of course they made it sound like the Monogram beat the bestest player in the world today and then spent time, while live tennis is going on, interviewing the Monogram. Amazing.
Michael Llodra retired from his match against Tommy Haas after the above collision with a ball kid.
The British Government has appointed a panel to investigate unusual betting patterns during the Jurgen Melzer vs Wayne Odesnik match yesterday.
Intended Order of Play for Thursday 25 June 2009
SINGLES
CENTRE - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START
1. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) [5] 1 vs Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 3
2. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [9] 17 vs Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 20
3. Andy Murray (GBR) [3] 33 vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 36
COURT 1 - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START
1. Venus Williams (USA) [3] 33 vs Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 36
2. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 30 vs Andy Roddick (USA) [6] 32
3. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) [10] 49 vs Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 52
COURT 2 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 22 vs Tomas Berdych (CZE) [20] 24
2. Dinara Safina (RUS) [1] 1 vs Rossana De Los Rios (PAR) 4
3. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 53 vs Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 55
4. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 62 vs Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [6] 64
COURT 3 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 29 vs Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [5] 32
2. Thiago Alves (BRA) 61 vs Gilles Simon (FRA) [8] 64
3. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [17] 9 vs Kristina Kucova (SVK) 11
4. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) [19] 41 vs Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 44
COURT 4 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) [26] 25 vs Benjamin Becker (GER) 27
2. Elena Baltacha (GBR) 5 vs Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 7
COURT 6 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Victor Hanescu (ROU) [31] 57 vs Nicolas Devilder (FRA) 59
COURT 7 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 37 vs Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 39
2. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 53 vs Na Li (CHN) [19] 56
3. Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 22 vs Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) [20] 24
4. Pablo Cuevas (URU) 46 vs Jesse Levine (USA) 47
COURT 12 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 26 vs Patricia Mayr (AUT) 27
2. Philipp Petzschner (GER) 6 vs Mischa Zverev (GER) 7
3. Radek Stepanek (CZE) [23] 9 vs Potito Starace (ITA) 11
4. Melanie Oudin (USA) 58 vs Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 60
COURT 14 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [11] 49 vs Shuai Peng (CHN) 52
2. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) [12] 17 vs Victor Crivoi (ROU) 19
3. Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 38 vs Viktor Troicki (SRB) [30] 40
COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Samantha Stosur (AUS) [18] 41 vs Tatjana Malek (GER) 44
2. Sara Errani (ITA) 45 vs Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [13] 48
3. Fabio Fognini (ITA) 13 vs David Ferrer (ESP) [16] 16
4. Vania King (USA) 13 vs Flavia Pennetta (ITA) [15] 16
Doubles Order of Play
COURT 4 - SHOW COURT
3. Serena Williams (USA) and Venus Williams (USA) [4] 17 vs
Virginie Razzano (FRA) and Aravane Rezai (FRA) 18
4. Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) and Melanie South (GBR) 29 vs
Rogier Wassen (NED) and Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 30
COURT 5 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) and Sania Mirza (IND) [15] 57 vs
Jill Craybas (USA) and Carly Gullickson (USA) 58
2. Marcel Granollers (ESP) and Santiago Ventura (ESP) 5 vs
Chris Eaton (GBR) and Alexander Slabinsky (GBR) 6
3. Ashley Fisher (AUS) and Abigail Spears (USA) 11 vs
Kenneth Skupski (GBR) and Katie O'Brien (GBR) 12
4. Sara Errani (ITA) and Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 39 vs
Lisa Raymond (USA) and Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [9] 40
COURT 6
2. Joshua Goodall (GBR) and Naomi Cavaday (GBR) 61 vs Lucas Arnold Ker (ARG) and Gisela Dulko (ARG) 62
3. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) and Urszula Radwanska (POL) 55 vs
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) and Nadia Petrova (RUS) [10] 56
4. James Cerretani (USA) and Victor Hanescu (ROU) 43 vs
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) and Albert Montanes (ESP) 44
COURT 9 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Colin Fleming (GBR) and Kenneth Skupski (GBR) 3 vs Johan Brunstrom (SWE) and Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) 4
2. Paul Hanley (AUS) and Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 45 vs
Filip Polasek (SVK) and Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 46
3. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) and Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 11 vs Alize Cornet (FRA) and Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 12
4. Julian Knowle (AUT) and Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 61 vs Robert Kendrick (USA) and Sam Querrey (USA) 62
COURT 11 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Rameez Junaid (AUS) and Philipp Marx (GER) 21 vs Guillermo Garcia- Lopez (ESP) and Ivan Navarro (ESP) 22
2. Andrei Pavel (ROU) and Horia Tecau (ROU) 29 vs
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) and Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 30
3. Sabine Lisicki (GER) and Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 19 vs
Maret Ani (EST) and Roberta Vinci (ITA) 20
4. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) and Shuai Peng (CHN) [5] 33 vs
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) and Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 34
COURT 15 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) and Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 59 vs Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) and Monica Niculescu (ROU) 60
2. James Blake (USA) and Mardy Fish (USA) 47 vs Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) and Leander Paes (IND) [3] 48
3. Stefan Koubek (AUT) and Dudi Sela (ISR) 45 vs Arnaud Clement (FRA) and Marc Gicquel (FRA) 46
COURT 17 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Jeff Coetzee (RSA) and Jordan Kerr (AUS) [12] 9 vs Rogier Wassen (NED) and Igor Zelenay (SVK) 11
2. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) and Bjorn Phau (GER) 27 vs Igor Andreev (RUS) and Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 28
3. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) and Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 51 vs
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) and Janette Husarova (SVK) 52
COURT 19 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Akiko Morigami (JPN) and Ayumi Morita (JPN) 23 vs Zi Yan (CHN) and Jie Zheng (CHN) [13] 24
2. Wesley Moodie (RSA) and Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) 3 vs
Michal Mertinak (SVK) and Mara Santangelo (ITA) 4
3. Lucky loser 51 vs Benjamin Becker (GER) and Rainer Schuettler (GER) 52
MATCHES TO BE ARRANGED
Not before 4.00 pm
Elena Baltacha (GBR) and Amanda Elliott (GBR) 15 vs
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) and Elena Vesnina (RUS) [7] 16
Rik De Voest (RSA) and Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) 37 vs
Jamie Murray (GBR) and Liezel Huber (USA) 38
End Notes
Michelle Larcher de Brito did her thing against Francesca Schiavone. Schiavone looked annoyed at the shrieks and howls that increased as the match went on but decided that winning the match would shut de Brito up. It did. Young men enjoyed young Ms de Brito's performance.
COURT 4 - SHOW COURT
3. Serena Williams (USA) and Venus Williams (USA) [4] 17 vs
Virginie Razzano (FRA) and Aravane Rezai (FRA) 18
4. Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) and Melanie South (GBR) 29 vs
Rogier Wassen (NED) and Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 30
COURT 5 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) and Sania Mirza (IND) [15] 57 vs
Jill Craybas (USA) and Carly Gullickson (USA) 58
2. Marcel Granollers (ESP) and Santiago Ventura (ESP) 5 vs
Chris Eaton (GBR) and Alexander Slabinsky (GBR) 6
3. Ashley Fisher (AUS) and Abigail Spears (USA) 11 vs
Kenneth Skupski (GBR) and Katie O'Brien (GBR) 12
4. Sara Errani (ITA) and Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 39 vs
Lisa Raymond (USA) and Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [9] 40
COURT 6
2. Joshua Goodall (GBR) and Naomi Cavaday (GBR) 61 vs Lucas Arnold Ker (ARG) and Gisela Dulko (ARG) 62
3. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) and Urszula Radwanska (POL) 55 vs
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) and Nadia Petrova (RUS) [10] 56
4. James Cerretani (USA) and Victor Hanescu (ROU) 43 vs
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) and Albert Montanes (ESP) 44
COURT 9 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Colin Fleming (GBR) and Kenneth Skupski (GBR) 3 vs Johan Brunstrom (SWE) and Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) 4
2. Paul Hanley (AUS) and Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 45 vs
Filip Polasek (SVK) and Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 46
3. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) and Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 11 vs Alize Cornet (FRA) and Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 12
4. Julian Knowle (AUT) and Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 61 vs Robert Kendrick (USA) and Sam Querrey (USA) 62
COURT 11 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Rameez Junaid (AUS) and Philipp Marx (GER) 21 vs Guillermo Garcia- Lopez (ESP) and Ivan Navarro (ESP) 22
2. Andrei Pavel (ROU) and Horia Tecau (ROU) 29 vs
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) and Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 30
3. Sabine Lisicki (GER) and Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 19 vs
Maret Ani (EST) and Roberta Vinci (ITA) 20
4. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) and Shuai Peng (CHN) [5] 33 vs
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) and Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 34
COURT 15 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) and Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 59 vs Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) and Monica Niculescu (ROU) 60
2. James Blake (USA) and Mardy Fish (USA) 47 vs Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) and Leander Paes (IND) [3] 48
3. Stefan Koubek (AUT) and Dudi Sela (ISR) 45 vs Arnaud Clement (FRA) and Marc Gicquel (FRA) 46
COURT 17 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Jeff Coetzee (RSA) and Jordan Kerr (AUS) [12] 9 vs Rogier Wassen (NED) and Igor Zelenay (SVK) 11
2. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) and Bjorn Phau (GER) 27 vs Igor Andreev (RUS) and Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 28
3. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) and Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 51 vs
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) and Janette Husarova (SVK) 52
COURT 19 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Akiko Morigami (JPN) and Ayumi Morita (JPN) 23 vs Zi Yan (CHN) and Jie Zheng (CHN) [13] 24
2. Wesley Moodie (RSA) and Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) 3 vs
Michal Mertinak (SVK) and Mara Santangelo (ITA) 4
3. Lucky loser 51 vs Benjamin Becker (GER) and Rainer Schuettler (GER) 52
MATCHES TO BE ARRANGED
Not before 4.00 pm
Elena Baltacha (GBR) and Amanda Elliott (GBR) 15 vs
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) and Elena Vesnina (RUS) [7] 16
Rik De Voest (RSA) and Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) 37 vs
Jamie Murray (GBR) and Liezel Huber (USA) 38
End Notes
Michelle Larcher de Brito did her thing against Francesca Schiavone. Schiavone looked annoyed at the shrieks and howls that increased as the match went on but decided that winning the match would shut de Brito up. It did. Young men enjoyed young Ms de Brito's performance.
Michelle Larcher de Brito
According to Mary Carillo and Mary Jo Fernandez and the rest of the talking heads on ESPN Sharapova's loss today was not devastating. They all vowed she'd be back next year. Guess they'll bump her into the top ten.
Marion Bartoli is showing no signs of the quad injury that had her limp in agony out of her last match.
Elena Dementieva is overjoyed about her play today.
Aravane Rezai takes a moment to think about it.
Seed watch for tomorrow is as follows:
Lleyton Hewitt is ranked #52
Maria Kirilenko is ranked #59
Ernests Gulbis is ranked #74
Kateryna Bondarenko is ranked #73
Igor Kunitsyn is ranked #39
Leonardo Mayer is ranked #64
Rossana de los Rios is ranked #100
Iveta Benesova is ranked #35
Pauline Parmentier is ranked #78
Breaking News
by Savannah
Canadians to Run WTA in Interim
The The Globe & Mail reports the following:
The Globe and Mail has learned that the WTA Tour will announce Thursday that its president, Stacey Allaster, and David Shoemaker, its chief operating officer and general counsel, will take over joint stewardship of the tour effective July 1.
That is the date current chairman and CEO, Larry Scott, officially leaves his position after six years to become the commissioner of the PAC-10 athletic conference in the western United States.
Allaster, who joined the WTA Tour three and a half years ago as president after serving as Tennis Canada vice-president and tournament director of the Canadian Open in Toronto, still appears to be the favourite to succeed Scott. But the tour has hired world leading executive recruitment firm, Korn/Ferry, to carry out a search to make sure there is no appearance of hiring from the inside without proper procedures.
Allaster, 45, from Toronto, and Shoemaker, a 38-year-old Ottawa native, are both Canadians. Shoemaker, a lawyer, currently heads up the tour’s Asia-Pacific office in Beijing. Considered a rising star with the WTA Tour, he worked for seven years with two New York law firms and was involved in sports-related dealings with the NHL, teams in the NFL and MLB as well as the ATP and Major League Soccer.
It was recently revealed in the Globe and Mail that Shoemaker is also a candidate to succeed Scott.
Tom Tebbutt
WIMBLEDON, England — Wednesday, Jun. 24, 2009 10:04AM EDT
The Globe and Mail has learned that the WTA Tour will announce Thursday that its president, Stacey Allaster, and David Shoemaker, its chief operating officer and general counsel, will take over joint stewardship of the tour effective July 1.
That is the date current chairman and CEO, Larry Scott, officially leaves his position after six years to become the commissioner of the PAC-10 athletic conference in the western United States.
Allaster, who joined the WTA Tour three and a half years ago as president after serving as Tennis Canada vice-president and tournament director of the Canadian Open in Toronto, still appears to be the favourite to succeed Scott. But the tour has hired world leading executive recruitment firm, Korn/Ferry, to carry out a search to make sure there is no appearance of hiring from the inside without proper procedures.
Allaster, 45, from Toronto, and Shoemaker, a 38-year-old Ottawa native, are both Canadians. Shoemaker, a lawyer, currently heads up the tour’s Asia-Pacific office in Beijing. Considered a rising star with the WTA Tour, he worked for seven years with two New York law firms and was involved in sports-related dealings with the NHL, teams in the NFL and MLB as well as the ATP and Major League Soccer.
It was recently revealed in the Globe and Mail that Shoemaker is also a candidate to succeed Scott.
Tom Tebbutt
WIMBLEDON, England — Wednesday, Jun. 24, 2009 10:04AM EDT
Seen and Heard Wimbledon Day 3
by Savannah
The Harder They Come...
Gisela Dulko steadied herself and sent Maria Sharapova home. Gisela used her serve and her guts to race out to a 6-2, 3-0 lead before seeming to be overcome with the vapors as she lost the next seven games. It's usually when you reach the business end of a match that a player like Dulko is expected to fade. Instead she buckled down and played the better tennis pulling out a 6-4 third set. She needed five match points but a win is a win. Funny how all the machinations came to naught isn't it? I thought Mary Jo Fernandez, who should not be calling any matches involving Maria Sharapova or Roger Federer sounded as if she were going to cry.
To be honest this was a match that under normal circumstances would not have been on Centre Court. Sharapova's true ranking is 59. Dulko's ranking is 65. In this match of equals Dulko won. Not really all that surprising when you think about it.
Interesting hearing John McEnroe and his second banana trying to hype the Querrey/Cilic match. No matter what they say this was definitely not a Centre Court match. Querrey played his best but as I said it's what's between the ears that counts in tight matches.
Marin Cilic
JMac was also incredulous that Ernests Gulbis decided to turn down an invitation to work with the Adidas team in Las Vegas. Went on a five minute tear about how badly Gulbis is doing before he caught himself. And people wonder why I avoid the ESPN talking heads like the plague.
Vera Zvonareva
And of course they made it sound like the Monogram beat the bestest player in the world today and then spent time, while live tennis is going on, interviewing the Monogram. Amazing.
Michael Llodra retired from his match against Tommy Haas after the above collision with a ball kid.
The British Government has appointed a panel to investigate unusual betting patterns during the Jurgen Melzer vs Wayne Odesnik match yesterday.
Intended Order of Play for Thursday 25 June 2009
SINGLES
CENTRE - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START
1. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) [5] 1 vs Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 3
2. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [9] 17 vs Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 20
3. Andy Murray (GBR) [3] 33 vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 36
COURT 1 - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START
1. Venus Williams (USA) [3] 33 vs Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 36
2. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 30 vs Andy Roddick (USA) [6] 32
3. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) [10] 49 vs Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 52
COURT 2 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 22 vs Tomas Berdych (CZE) [20] 24
2. Dinara Safina (RUS) [1] 1 vs Rossana De Los Rios (PAR) 4
3. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 53 vs Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 55
4. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 62 vs Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [6] 64
COURT 3 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 29 vs Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [5] 32
2. Thiago Alves (BRA) 61 vs Gilles Simon (FRA) [8] 64
3. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [17] 9 vs Kristina Kucova (SVK) 11
4. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) [19] 41 vs Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 44
COURT 4 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) [26] 25 vs Benjamin Becker (GER) 27
2. Elena Baltacha (GBR) 5 vs Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 7
COURT 6 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Victor Hanescu (ROU) [31] 57 vs Nicolas Devilder (FRA) 59
COURT 7 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 37 vs Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 39
2. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 53 vs Na Li (CHN) [19] 56
3. Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 22 vs Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) [20] 24
4. Pablo Cuevas (URU) 46 vs Jesse Levine (USA) 47
COURT 12 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 26 vs Patricia Mayr (AUT) 27
2. Philipp Petzschner (GER) 6 vs Mischa Zverev (GER) 7
3. Radek Stepanek (CZE) [23] 9 vs Potito Starace (ITA) 11
4. Melanie Oudin (USA) 58 vs Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 60
COURT 14 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [11] 49 vs Shuai Peng (CHN) 52
2. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) [12] 17 vs Victor Crivoi (ROU) 19
3. Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 38 vs Viktor Troicki (SRB) [30] 40
COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Samantha Stosur (AUS) [18] 41 vs Tatjana Malek (GER) 44
2. Sara Errani (ITA) 45 vs Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [13] 48
3. Fabio Fognini (ITA) 13 vs David Ferrer (ESP) [16] 16
4. Vania King (USA) 13 vs Flavia Pennetta (ITA) [15] 16
Michelle Larcher de Brito
According to Mary Carillo and Mary Jo Fernandez and the rest of the talking heads on ESPN Sharapova's loss today was not devastating. They all vowed she'd be back next year. Guess they'll bump her into the top ten.
Marion Bartoli is showing no signs of the quad injury that had her limp in agony out of her last match.
Elena Dementieva is overjoyed about her play today.
Aravane Rezai takes a moment to think about it.
Seed watch for tomorrow is as follows:
Lleyton Hewitt is ranked #52
Maria Kirilenko is ranked #59
Ernests Gulbis is ranked #74
Kateryna Bondarenko is ranked #73
Igor Kunitsyn is ranked #39
Leonardo Mayer is ranked #64
Rossana de los Rios is ranked #100
Iveta Benesova is ranked #35
Pauline Parmentier is ranked #78
The Harder They Come...
Gisela Dulko steadied herself and sent Maria Sharapova home. Gisela used her serve and her guts to race out to a 6-2, 3-0 lead before seeming to be overcome with the vapors as she lost the next seven games. It's usually when you reach the business end of a match that a player like Dulko is expected to fade. Instead she buckled down and played the better tennis pulling out a 6-4 third set. She needed five match points but a win is a win. Funny how all the machinations came to naught isn't it? I thought Mary Jo Fernandez, who should not be calling any matches involving Maria Sharapova or Roger Federer sounded as if she were going to cry.
To be honest this was a match that under normal circumstances would not have been on Centre Court. Sharapova's true ranking is 59. Dulko's ranking is 65. In this match of equals Dulko won. Not really all that surprising when you think about it.
Interesting hearing John McEnroe and his second banana trying to hype the Querrey/Cilic match. No matter what they say this was definitely not a Centre Court match. Querrey played his best but as I said it's what's between the ears that counts in tight matches.
Marin Cilic
JMac was also incredulous that Ernests Gulbis decided to turn down an invitation to work with the Adidas team in Las Vegas. Went on a five minute tear about how badly Gulbis is doing before he caught himself. And people wonder why I avoid the ESPN talking heads like the plague.
Vera Zvonareva
And of course they made it sound like the Monogram beat the bestest player in the world today and then spent time, while live tennis is going on, interviewing the Monogram. Amazing.
Michael Llodra retired from his match against Tommy Haas after the above collision with a ball kid.
The British Government has appointed a panel to investigate unusual betting patterns during the Jurgen Melzer vs Wayne Odesnik match yesterday.
Intended Order of Play for Thursday 25 June 2009
SINGLES
CENTRE - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START
1. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) [5] 1 vs Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 3
2. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [9] 17 vs Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 20
3. Andy Murray (GBR) [3] 33 vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 36
COURT 1 - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START
1. Venus Williams (USA) [3] 33 vs Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 36
2. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 30 vs Andy Roddick (USA) [6] 32
3. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) [10] 49 vs Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 52
COURT 2 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 22 vs Tomas Berdych (CZE) [20] 24
2. Dinara Safina (RUS) [1] 1 vs Rossana De Los Rios (PAR) 4
3. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 53 vs Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 55
4. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 62 vs Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [6] 64
COURT 3 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 29 vs Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [5] 32
2. Thiago Alves (BRA) 61 vs Gilles Simon (FRA) [8] 64
3. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [17] 9 vs Kristina Kucova (SVK) 11
4. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) [19] 41 vs Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 44
COURT 4 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) [26] 25 vs Benjamin Becker (GER) 27
2. Elena Baltacha (GBR) 5 vs Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 7
COURT 6 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Victor Hanescu (ROU) [31] 57 vs Nicolas Devilder (FRA) 59
COURT 7 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 37 vs Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 39
2. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 53 vs Na Li (CHN) [19] 56
3. Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 22 vs Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) [20] 24
4. Pablo Cuevas (URU) 46 vs Jesse Levine (USA) 47
COURT 12 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 26 vs Patricia Mayr (AUT) 27
2. Philipp Petzschner (GER) 6 vs Mischa Zverev (GER) 7
3. Radek Stepanek (CZE) [23] 9 vs Potito Starace (ITA) 11
4. Melanie Oudin (USA) 58 vs Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 60
COURT 14 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [11] 49 vs Shuai Peng (CHN) 52
2. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) [12] 17 vs Victor Crivoi (ROU) 19
3. Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 38 vs Viktor Troicki (SRB) [30] 40
COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Samantha Stosur (AUS) [18] 41 vs Tatjana Malek (GER) 44
2. Sara Errani (ITA) 45 vs Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [13] 48
3. Fabio Fognini (ITA) 13 vs David Ferrer (ESP) [16] 16
4. Vania King (USA) 13 vs Flavia Pennetta (ITA) [15] 16
Doubles Order of Play
COURT 4 - SHOW COURT
3. Serena Williams (USA) and Venus Williams (USA) [4] 17 vs
Virginie Razzano (FRA) and Aravane Rezai (FRA) 18
4. Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) and Melanie South (GBR) 29 vs
Rogier Wassen (NED) and Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 30
COURT 5 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) and Sania Mirza (IND) [15] 57 vs
Jill Craybas (USA) and Carly Gullickson (USA) 58
2. Marcel Granollers (ESP) and Santiago Ventura (ESP) 5 vs
Chris Eaton (GBR) and Alexander Slabinsky (GBR) 6
3. Ashley Fisher (AUS) and Abigail Spears (USA) 11 vs
Kenneth Skupski (GBR) and Katie O'Brien (GBR) 12
4. Sara Errani (ITA) and Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 39 vs
Lisa Raymond (USA) and Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [9] 40
COURT 6
2. Joshua Goodall (GBR) and Naomi Cavaday (GBR) 61 vs Lucas Arnold Ker (ARG) and Gisela Dulko (ARG) 62
3. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) and Urszula Radwanska (POL) 55 vs
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) and Nadia Petrova (RUS) [10] 56
4. James Cerretani (USA) and Victor Hanescu (ROU) 43 vs
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) and Albert Montanes (ESP) 44
COURT 9 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Colin Fleming (GBR) and Kenneth Skupski (GBR) 3 vs Johan Brunstrom (SWE) and Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) 4
2. Paul Hanley (AUS) and Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 45 vs
Filip Polasek (SVK) and Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 46
3. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) and Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 11 vs Alize Cornet (FRA) and Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 12
4. Julian Knowle (AUT) and Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 61 vs Robert Kendrick (USA) and Sam Querrey (USA) 62
COURT 11 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Rameez Junaid (AUS) and Philipp Marx (GER) 21 vs Guillermo Garcia- Lopez (ESP) and Ivan Navarro (ESP) 22
2. Andrei Pavel (ROU) and Horia Tecau (ROU) 29 vs
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) and Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 30
3. Sabine Lisicki (GER) and Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 19 vs
Maret Ani (EST) and Roberta Vinci (ITA) 20
4. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) and Shuai Peng (CHN) [5] 33 vs
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) and Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 34
COURT 15 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) and Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 59 vs Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) and Monica Niculescu (ROU) 60
2. James Blake (USA) and Mardy Fish (USA) 47 vs Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) and Leander Paes (IND) [3] 48
3. Stefan Koubek (AUT) and Dudi Sela (ISR) 45 vs Arnaud Clement (FRA) and Marc Gicquel (FRA) 46
COURT 17 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Jeff Coetzee (RSA) and Jordan Kerr (AUS) [12] 9 vs Rogier Wassen (NED) and Igor Zelenay (SVK) 11
2. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) and Bjorn Phau (GER) 27 vs Igor Andreev (RUS) and Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 28
3. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) and Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 51 vs
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) and Janette Husarova (SVK) 52
COURT 19 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Akiko Morigami (JPN) and Ayumi Morita (JPN) 23 vs Zi Yan (CHN) and Jie Zheng (CHN) [13] 24
2. Wesley Moodie (RSA) and Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) 3 vs
Michal Mertinak (SVK) and Mara Santangelo (ITA) 4
3. Lucky loser 51 vs Benjamin Becker (GER) and Rainer Schuettler (GER) 52
MATCHES TO BE ARRANGED
Not before 4.00 pm
Elena Baltacha (GBR) and Amanda Elliott (GBR) 15 vs
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) and Elena Vesnina (RUS) [7] 16
Rik De Voest (RSA) and Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) 37 vs
Jamie Murray (GBR) and Liezel Huber (USA) 38
End Notes
Michelle Larcher de Brito did her thing against Francesca Schiavone. Schiavone looked annoyed at the shrieks and howls that increased as the match went on but decided that winning the match would shut de Brito up. It did. Young men enjoyed young Ms de Brito's performance.
COURT 4 - SHOW COURT
3. Serena Williams (USA) and Venus Williams (USA) [4] 17 vs
Virginie Razzano (FRA) and Aravane Rezai (FRA) 18
4. Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) and Melanie South (GBR) 29 vs
Rogier Wassen (NED) and Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 30
COURT 5 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) and Sania Mirza (IND) [15] 57 vs
Jill Craybas (USA) and Carly Gullickson (USA) 58
2. Marcel Granollers (ESP) and Santiago Ventura (ESP) 5 vs
Chris Eaton (GBR) and Alexander Slabinsky (GBR) 6
3. Ashley Fisher (AUS) and Abigail Spears (USA) 11 vs
Kenneth Skupski (GBR) and Katie O'Brien (GBR) 12
4. Sara Errani (ITA) and Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 39 vs
Lisa Raymond (USA) and Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [9] 40
COURT 6
2. Joshua Goodall (GBR) and Naomi Cavaday (GBR) 61 vs Lucas Arnold Ker (ARG) and Gisela Dulko (ARG) 62
3. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) and Urszula Radwanska (POL) 55 vs
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) and Nadia Petrova (RUS) [10] 56
4. James Cerretani (USA) and Victor Hanescu (ROU) 43 vs
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) and Albert Montanes (ESP) 44
COURT 9 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Colin Fleming (GBR) and Kenneth Skupski (GBR) 3 vs Johan Brunstrom (SWE) and Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) 4
2. Paul Hanley (AUS) and Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 45 vs
Filip Polasek (SVK) and Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 46
3. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) and Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 11 vs Alize Cornet (FRA) and Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 12
4. Julian Knowle (AUT) and Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 61 vs Robert Kendrick (USA) and Sam Querrey (USA) 62
COURT 11 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Rameez Junaid (AUS) and Philipp Marx (GER) 21 vs Guillermo Garcia- Lopez (ESP) and Ivan Navarro (ESP) 22
2. Andrei Pavel (ROU) and Horia Tecau (ROU) 29 vs
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) and Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 30
3. Sabine Lisicki (GER) and Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 19 vs
Maret Ani (EST) and Roberta Vinci (ITA) 20
4. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) and Shuai Peng (CHN) [5] 33 vs
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) and Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 34
COURT 15 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) and Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 59 vs Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) and Monica Niculescu (ROU) 60
2. James Blake (USA) and Mardy Fish (USA) 47 vs Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) and Leander Paes (IND) [3] 48
3. Stefan Koubek (AUT) and Dudi Sela (ISR) 45 vs Arnaud Clement (FRA) and Marc Gicquel (FRA) 46
COURT 17 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Jeff Coetzee (RSA) and Jordan Kerr (AUS) [12] 9 vs Rogier Wassen (NED) and Igor Zelenay (SVK) 11
2. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) and Bjorn Phau (GER) 27 vs Igor Andreev (RUS) and Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 28
3. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) and Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 51 vs
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) and Janette Husarova (SVK) 52
COURT 19 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Akiko Morigami (JPN) and Ayumi Morita (JPN) 23 vs Zi Yan (CHN) and Jie Zheng (CHN) [13] 24
2. Wesley Moodie (RSA) and Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) 3 vs
Michal Mertinak (SVK) and Mara Santangelo (ITA) 4
3. Lucky loser 51 vs Benjamin Becker (GER) and Rainer Schuettler (GER) 52
MATCHES TO BE ARRANGED
Not before 4.00 pm
Elena Baltacha (GBR) and Amanda Elliott (GBR) 15 vs
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) and Elena Vesnina (RUS) [7] 16
Rik De Voest (RSA) and Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) 37 vs
Jamie Murray (GBR) and Liezel Huber (USA) 38
End Notes
Michelle Larcher de Brito did her thing against Francesca Schiavone. Schiavone looked annoyed at the shrieks and howls that increased as the match went on but decided that winning the match would shut de Brito up. It did. Young men enjoyed young Ms de Brito's performance.
Michelle Larcher de Brito
According to Mary Carillo and Mary Jo Fernandez and the rest of the talking heads on ESPN Sharapova's loss today was not devastating. They all vowed she'd be back next year. Guess they'll bump her into the top ten.
Marion Bartoli is showing no signs of the quad injury that had her limp in agony out of her last match.
Elena Dementieva is overjoyed about her play today.
Aravane Rezai takes a moment to think about it.
Seed watch for tomorrow is as follows:
Lleyton Hewitt is ranked #52
Maria Kirilenko is ranked #59
Ernests Gulbis is ranked #74
Kateryna Bondarenko is ranked #73
Igor Kunitsyn is ranked #39
Leonardo Mayer is ranked #64
Rossana de los Rios is ranked #100
Iveta Benesova is ranked #35
Pauline Parmentier is ranked #78
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Seen and Heard Wimbledon Day 2
by Savannah
The WTA will not have a new CEO ready when incumbent Larry Scott leaves June 30, but should have a new CEO by U.S. Open, which starts Aug 31 per Daniel Kaplan of Sports Business Journal @Twitter
From Eurosport
Per The Ticker large sums of money were bet on Jurgen Melzer when he was playing Wayne Odesnik causing British bookmakers to suspend betting. Odesnik said he was injured.
Lucie Hradecka
Wimbledon 2009
Schedule for Day 3: Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Centre Court 13:00 Start Time
1. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Maria Sharapova (RUS)[24] v. Gisela Dulko (ARG)
2. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) v. Roger Federer (SUI)[2]
3. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Sam Querrey (USA) v. Marin Cilic (CRO)[11]
Court 1 13:00 Start Time
1. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Simon Greul (GER) v. Novak Djokovic (SRB)[4]
2. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Jarmila Groth (AUS) v. Serena Williams (USA)[2]
3. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Tommy Haas (GER)[24] v. Michael Llodra (FRA)
Court 2 12:00 Start Time
1. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Mardy Fish (USA)[28] v. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
2. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[8] v. Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU)
3. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Robin Soderling (SWE)[13] v. Marcel Granollers (ESP)
4. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Aravane Rezai (FRA) v. Elena Dementieva (RUS)[4]
Court 3 12:00 Start Time
1. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Jie Zheng (CHN)[16] v. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
2. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Fernando Verdasco (ESP)[7] v. Kristof Vliegen (BEL)
3. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Simone Bolelli (ITA) v. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)[9]
Court 4 12:00 Start Time
1. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Tommy Robredo (ESP)[15] v. Stefan Koubek (AUT)
2. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)[31]
v. Roberta Vinci (ITA)
3. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Ivo Karlovic (CRO)[22] v. Steve Darcis (BEL)
4. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) v. Marion Bartoli (FRA)[12]
COURT 5 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Sarah Borwell (GBR) and Anne Keothavong (GBR) 47 vs
Samantha Stosur (AUS) and Rennae Stubbs (AUS) [3] 48
Taylor Dent (USA) 37 vs Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 38 T/F 5/7 6/7(6) 6/4 0/0 0-0*
2. Jamie Delgado (GBR) and Jonathan Marray (GBR) 59 vs
Nicolas Devilder (FRA) and Christophe Rochus (BEL) 60
3. Jocelyn Rae (GBR) and Melanie South (GBR) 27 vs
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) and Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 28
4. Lukasz Kubot (POL) and Oliver Marach (AUT) [8] 49 vs
Jonathan Erlich (ISR) and Jamie Murray (GBR) 50
COURT 6 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) and James Ward (GBR) 13 vs
David Martin (USA) and Jean-Claude Scherrer (SUI) 14
2. Kaia Kanepi (EST) and Ipek Senoglu (TUR) 31 vs
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) and Flavia Pennetta (ITA) [8] 32
3. Rika Fujiwara (JPN) and Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 37 vs
Kristina Barrois (GER) and Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 38
4. Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) and Agnes Szavay (HUN) 29 vs
Vera Dushevina (RUS) and Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) 30
Court 7 12:00 Start Time
1. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)[14] v. Urszula Radwanska (POL)
2. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Jill Craybas (USA) v. Virginie Razzano (FRA)[26]
3. Bob Bryan (USA) and Mike Bryan (USA) [1] 1 vs Dusan Vemic (SRB) and Mischa Zverev (GER) 2
4. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)[27] v. Regina Kulikova (RUS)
COURT 8 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) and Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 7 vs
Nathalie Dechy (FRA) and Mara Santangelo (ITA) [14] 8
2. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) and Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 13 vs
Liga Dekmeijere (LAT) and Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR) 14
3. Agustin Calleri (ARG) and Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 35 vs Sergio Roitman (ARG) and Martin Vassallo
Arguello (ARG) 36
4. Max Mirnyi (BLR) and Andy Ram (ISR) [7] 33 vs
Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) and Travis Rettenmaier (USA) 34
COURT 9 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Eva Hrdinova (CZE) and Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 53 vs
Julie Ditty (USA) and Ekaterina Dzehalevich (BLR) 54
2. Martin Damm (CZE) and Robert Lindstedt (SWE) [15] 41 vs
Jose Acasuso (ARG) and Sebastian Prieto (ARG) 42
3. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) and Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 63 vs Anabel Medina
Garrigues (ESP) and Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) [2] 64
4. Leos Friedl (CZE) and David Skoch (CZE) 7 vs Rik De Voest (RSA) and Ashley Fisher (AUS) [14] 8
COURT 11 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Frantisek Cermak (CZE) and Michal Mertinak (SVK) [13] 57 vs Lucas Arnold
Ker (ARG) and Frederico Gil (POR) 58
2. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) and Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 53 vs
Christopher Kas (GER) and Viktor Troicki (SRB) 54
3. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) and Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [16] 41 vs
Tatjana Malek (GER) and Andrea Petkovic (GER) 42
Court 12 12:00 Start Time
1. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Dudi Sela (ISR) v. Rainer Schuettler (GER)[18]
2. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Sania Mirza (IND) v. Sorana Cirstea (ROU)[28]
3. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) v. Karol Beck (SVK)
4. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) v. Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR)
Court 14 12:00 Start Time
1. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Shahar Peer (ISR) v. Nadia Petrova (RUS)[10]
2. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Elena Vesnina (RUS) v. Vera Dushevina (RUS)
3. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)[27] v. Ivo Minar (CZE)
4. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Andreas Seppi (ITA) v. Marc Gicquel (FRA)
COURT 15 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) and Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 61 vs
Lucie Safarova (CZE) and Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) 62
2. Philipp Petzschner (GER) and Alexander Peya (AUT) 19 vs
Petr Pala (CZE) and Radek Stepanek (CZE) 20
3. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) and Vania King (USA) [12] 25 vs
Melinda Czink (HUN) and Natalie Grandin (RSA) 26
4. Wesley Moodie (RSA) and Dick Norman (BEL) [9] 25 vs
James Auckland (GBR) and Joshua Goodall (GBR) 26
COURT 17 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) and Mark Knowles (BAH) [4] 17 vs
Kevin Anderson (RSA) and Somdev Devvarman (IND) 18
Prakash Amritraj (IND) and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 23 vs
Stephen Huss (AUS) and Ross Hutchins (GBR) [16] 24 T/F 6/4 6/7(12) 6/4 3/6 0/0 0*-0
2. Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) [11] 9 vs
Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) and Julie Coin (FRA) 10
3. Pablo Cuevas (URU) and Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 39 vs
Travis Parrott (USA) and Filip Polasek (SVK) [10] 40
Court 18 12:00 Start Time
1. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) v. Ai Sugiyama (JPN)
2. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Guillermo Canas (ARG) v. Albert Montanes (ESP)[32]
3. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Vera Zvonareva (RUS)[7] v. Mathilde Johansson (FRA)
4. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Vincent Spadea (USA) v. Igor Andreev (RUS)[29]
COURT 19 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Yves Allegro (SUI) and Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 15 vs
Bruno Soares (BRA) and Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) [5] 16
2. Rajeev Ram (USA) and Lovro Zovko (CRO) 55 vs Marcelo Melo (BRA) and Andre Sa (BRA) [11] 56
3. Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) and Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 45 vs
Edina Gallovits (ROU) and Katalin Marosi (HUN) 46
THE FOLLOWING MATCHES WILL BE PLAYED ON COURTS TO BE ARRANGED
Not before 5.00 pm
[B]Cara Black (ZIM) and Liezel Huber (USA) [1][/b] 1 vs Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) and Abigail Spears (USA) 2
Jade Curtis (GBR) and Anna Smith (GBR) 43 vs Laura Robson (GBR) and Georgie Stoop (GBR) 44
End Notes
Ana Ivanovic
It's getting harder and harder to watch Ana Ivanovic play. Not because, as commentator Virginia Wade put it she has to chase after every toss she makes on her serve but the pirouette, gerbil strangle and "Adje" on the mistakes of her opponents as well as her good shots gets to be a pain after awhile. She should be glad she was playing Lucie Hradecka today and not anyone else. The entire match turned on two misses by Hradecka in the second set. Both were easy overhead smashes. She could've gone home then.
Venus Williams played well despite what I read Darren Cahill had to say. I may not think she or her sister will make it all the way but I haven't picked a favorite for the men and the women and proceed to ignore what I'm watching. I'm just saying.
Amelie Mauresmo
Robert Kendrick fought as hard as he could against Andy Murray today. It was interesting to hear the talking heads on ESPN rooting against an American. I think that's a first. I also understand that someone asked when was the last time an Australian, someone from Great Britain, or an American won a Slam.
Prakash Amritraj (L) and Aisam Ul Haq Qureshi
Elena Baltacha did what Anne Keothavong couldn't and fought her way into the second round with a victory of Alona Bondarenko. While watching the end of that match I thought about Vera Zvonareva and how hard she tried to get her match suspended as it got dark the night before. Neither Baltacha nor Bondarenko did that. It was quite dark when the match ended.
Andy Roddick is still acting like a grown man on court.
Robert Kendrick
Serena Williams is very upset about the no eating in the locker room edict that just went into effect at Wimbledon. She brought it up on Twitter today and blogged about it too. Is there some pre match ritual we the public is not aware of?
Watching Lucie Hradecka and Robert Kendrick come close but not make it over the hump I thought about the difference between good players - they're good - and great players. When all is equal on the court it's what's between the ears that makes the difference.
As part of my ongoing seed watch Gisela Dulko is ranked #45.
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez is ranked #42.
Simon Greul is ranked #106
Jarmila Groth is ranked #69
As far as the pictures are concerned I went with the most artistic I could find. I hope you like them.
The WTA will not have a new CEO ready when incumbent Larry Scott leaves June 30, but should have a new CEO by U.S. Open, which starts Aug 31 per Daniel Kaplan of Sports Business Journal @Twitter
From Eurosport
Top seed Safina reached the second round on Tuesday with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Spain's Lourdes Dominguez Lino and will tackle Paraguay's Rossana de los Rios for a place in the last 32.
But she will do it suffering from a bout of painful tendinitis in her knee.
"It's been bothering me since April, since the clay court season," explained the Russian who has never made it beyond the third round here.
"At some tournaments, I'm playing on (anti-inflammatory) Voltaren, because it's so painful to go on the knee on the serve.
"The French Open was perfect. But it started last week in Holland because of the grass. It's softer, so I have to push more. Today I had to take one more Voltaren because I just could not go down anymore on my knee it was so painful."
Per The Ticker large sums of money were bet on Jurgen Melzer when he was playing Wayne Odesnik causing British bookmakers to suspend betting. Odesnik said he was injured.
Lucie Hradecka
Wimbledon 2009
Schedule for Day 3: Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Centre Court 13:00 Start Time
1. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Maria Sharapova (RUS)[24] v. Gisela Dulko (ARG)
2. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) v. Roger Federer (SUI)[2]
3. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Sam Querrey (USA) v. Marin Cilic (CRO)[11]
Court 1 13:00 Start Time
1. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Simon Greul (GER) v. Novak Djokovic (SRB)[4]
2. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Jarmila Groth (AUS) v. Serena Williams (USA)[2]
3. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Tommy Haas (GER)[24] v. Michael Llodra (FRA)
Court 2 12:00 Start Time
1. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Mardy Fish (USA)[28] v. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
2. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[8] v. Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU)
3. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Robin Soderling (SWE)[13] v. Marcel Granollers (ESP)
4. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Aravane Rezai (FRA) v. Elena Dementieva (RUS)[4]
Court 3 12:00 Start Time
1. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Jie Zheng (CHN)[16] v. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
2. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Fernando Verdasco (ESP)[7] v. Kristof Vliegen (BEL)
3. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Simone Bolelli (ITA) v. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)[9]
Court 4 12:00 Start Time
1. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Tommy Robredo (ESP)[15] v. Stefan Koubek (AUT)
2. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)[31]
v. Roberta Vinci (ITA)
3. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Ivo Karlovic (CRO)[22] v. Steve Darcis (BEL)
4. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) v. Marion Bartoli (FRA)[12]
COURT 5 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Sarah Borwell (GBR) and Anne Keothavong (GBR) 47 vs
Samantha Stosur (AUS) and Rennae Stubbs (AUS) [3] 48
Taylor Dent (USA) 37 vs Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 38 T/F 5/7 6/7(6) 6/4 0/0 0-0*
2. Jamie Delgado (GBR) and Jonathan Marray (GBR) 59 vs
Nicolas Devilder (FRA) and Christophe Rochus (BEL) 60
3. Jocelyn Rae (GBR) and Melanie South (GBR) 27 vs
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) and Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 28
4. Lukasz Kubot (POL) and Oliver Marach (AUT) [8] 49 vs
Jonathan Erlich (ISR) and Jamie Murray (GBR) 50
COURT 6 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) and James Ward (GBR) 13 vs
David Martin (USA) and Jean-Claude Scherrer (SUI) 14
2. Kaia Kanepi (EST) and Ipek Senoglu (TUR) 31 vs
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) and Flavia Pennetta (ITA) [8] 32
3. Rika Fujiwara (JPN) and Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 37 vs
Kristina Barrois (GER) and Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 38
4. Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) and Agnes Szavay (HUN) 29 vs
Vera Dushevina (RUS) and Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) 30
Court 7 12:00 Start Time
1. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)[14] v. Urszula Radwanska (POL)
2. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Jill Craybas (USA) v. Virginie Razzano (FRA)[26]
3. Bob Bryan (USA) and Mike Bryan (USA) [1] 1 vs Dusan Vemic (SRB) and Mischa Zverev (GER) 2
4. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)[27] v. Regina Kulikova (RUS)
COURT 8 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) and Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 7 vs
Nathalie Dechy (FRA) and Mara Santangelo (ITA) [14] 8
2. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) and Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 13 vs
Liga Dekmeijere (LAT) and Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR) 14
3. Agustin Calleri (ARG) and Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 35 vs Sergio Roitman (ARG) and Martin Vassallo
Arguello (ARG) 36
4. Max Mirnyi (BLR) and Andy Ram (ISR) [7] 33 vs
Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) and Travis Rettenmaier (USA) 34
COURT 9 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Eva Hrdinova (CZE) and Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 53 vs
Julie Ditty (USA) and Ekaterina Dzehalevich (BLR) 54
2. Martin Damm (CZE) and Robert Lindstedt (SWE) [15] 41 vs
Jose Acasuso (ARG) and Sebastian Prieto (ARG) 42
3. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) and Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 63 vs Anabel Medina
Garrigues (ESP) and Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) [2] 64
4. Leos Friedl (CZE) and David Skoch (CZE) 7 vs Rik De Voest (RSA) and Ashley Fisher (AUS) [14] 8
COURT 11 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Frantisek Cermak (CZE) and Michal Mertinak (SVK) [13] 57 vs Lucas Arnold
Ker (ARG) and Frederico Gil (POR) 58
2. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) and Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 53 vs
Christopher Kas (GER) and Viktor Troicki (SRB) 54
3. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) and Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [16] 41 vs
Tatjana Malek (GER) and Andrea Petkovic (GER) 42
Court 12 12:00 Start Time
1. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Dudi Sela (ISR) v. Rainer Schuettler (GER)[18]
2. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Sania Mirza (IND) v. Sorana Cirstea (ROU)[28]
3. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Nicolas Almagro (ESP) v. Karol Beck (SVK)
4. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) v. Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR)
Court 14 12:00 Start Time
1. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Shahar Peer (ISR) v. Nadia Petrova (RUS)[10]
2. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Elena Vesnina (RUS) v. Vera Dushevina (RUS)
3. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)[27] v. Ivo Minar (CZE)
4. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Andreas Seppi (ITA) v. Marc Gicquel (FRA)
COURT 15 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) and Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 61 vs
Lucie Safarova (CZE) and Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) 62
2. Philipp Petzschner (GER) and Alexander Peya (AUT) 19 vs
Petr Pala (CZE) and Radek Stepanek (CZE) 20
3. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) and Vania King (USA) [12] 25 vs
Melinda Czink (HUN) and Natalie Grandin (RSA) 26
4. Wesley Moodie (RSA) and Dick Norman (BEL) [9] 25 vs
James Auckland (GBR) and Joshua Goodall (GBR) 26
COURT 17 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) and Mark Knowles (BAH) [4] 17 vs
Kevin Anderson (RSA) and Somdev Devvarman (IND) 18
Prakash Amritraj (IND) and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 23 vs
Stephen Huss (AUS) and Ross Hutchins (GBR) [16] 24 T/F 6/4 6/7(12) 6/4 3/6 0/0 0*-0
2. Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) [11] 9 vs
Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) and Julie Coin (FRA) 10
3. Pablo Cuevas (URU) and Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 39 vs
Travis Parrott (USA) and Filip Polasek (SVK) [10] 40
Court 18 12:00 Start Time
1. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) v. Ai Sugiyama (JPN)
2. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Guillermo Canas (ARG) v. Albert Montanes (ESP)[32]
3. Ladies' Singles - 2nd Round
Vera Zvonareva (RUS)[7] v. Mathilde Johansson (FRA)
4. Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Round
Vincent Spadea (USA) v. Igor Andreev (RUS)[29]
COURT 19 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Yves Allegro (SUI) and Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 15 vs
Bruno Soares (BRA) and Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) [5] 16
2. Rajeev Ram (USA) and Lovro Zovko (CRO) 55 vs Marcelo Melo (BRA) and Andre Sa (BRA) [11] 56
3. Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) and Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 45 vs
Edina Gallovits (ROU) and Katalin Marosi (HUN) 46
THE FOLLOWING MATCHES WILL BE PLAYED ON COURTS TO BE ARRANGED
Not before 5.00 pm
[B]Cara Black (ZIM) and Liezel Huber (USA) [1][/b] 1 vs Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) and Abigail Spears (USA) 2
Jade Curtis (GBR) and Anna Smith (GBR) 43 vs Laura Robson (GBR) and Georgie Stoop (GBR) 44
End Notes
Ana Ivanovic
It's getting harder and harder to watch Ana Ivanovic play. Not because, as commentator Virginia Wade put it she has to chase after every toss she makes on her serve but the pirouette, gerbil strangle and "Adje" on the mistakes of her opponents as well as her good shots gets to be a pain after awhile. She should be glad she was playing Lucie Hradecka today and not anyone else. The entire match turned on two misses by Hradecka in the second set. Both were easy overhead smashes. She could've gone home then.
Venus Williams played well despite what I read Darren Cahill had to say. I may not think she or her sister will make it all the way but I haven't picked a favorite for the men and the women and proceed to ignore what I'm watching. I'm just saying.
Amelie Mauresmo
Robert Kendrick fought as hard as he could against Andy Murray today. It was interesting to hear the talking heads on ESPN rooting against an American. I think that's a first. I also understand that someone asked when was the last time an Australian, someone from Great Britain, or an American won a Slam.
Prakash Amritraj (L) and Aisam Ul Haq Qureshi
Elena Baltacha did what Anne Keothavong couldn't and fought her way into the second round with a victory of Alona Bondarenko. While watching the end of that match I thought about Vera Zvonareva and how hard she tried to get her match suspended as it got dark the night before. Neither Baltacha nor Bondarenko did that. It was quite dark when the match ended.
Andy Roddick is still acting like a grown man on court.
Robert Kendrick
Serena Williams is very upset about the no eating in the locker room edict that just went into effect at Wimbledon. She brought it up on Twitter today and blogged about it too. Is there some pre match ritual we the public is not aware of?
Watching Lucie Hradecka and Robert Kendrick come close but not make it over the hump I thought about the difference between good players - they're good - and great players. When all is equal on the court it's what's between the ears that makes the difference.
As part of my ongoing seed watch Gisela Dulko is ranked #45.
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez is ranked #42.
Simon Greul is ranked #106
Jarmila Groth is ranked #69
As far as the pictures are concerned I went with the most artistic I could find. I hope you like them.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Wimbledon Day 1 - Seen and Heard Around
by Savannah
Well ESPN360 has commentary. The good news is it's the BBC feed. Virginia Wade calling a match is heaven. It's all about the match and the asides are match related. They were late putting up Serena Williams match so I had to tune into the ESPN feed. Insert vomit smiley here.
Feliciano Lopez and lucky loser Karol Beck played a hell of a match. It was out on Court 18 and the fans were literally hanging from the rafters. Lopez lost due mostly to some poor shot selection at crucial points in the last set but when both men were playing well it was beautiful tennis.
Victoria Azarenka won her match via walkover. Severine Bremond slipped on the grass and I can tell you knees are not supposed to bend the way her left knee did. To her credit Azarenka did check to see if Bremond was okay before retiring to her chair and discretely asked the chair for balls to practice her serve while medical evaluation was made.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga didn't look like a bull on ice today. He had to play harder than he anticipated against Andrey Golubev though. Where has he been? The first tiebreak between the two men was a thing of beauty and showed how powerful, and graceful Tsonga is at his best.
I'm sure you'll hear all about how wonderful and strong and dominating the Monogram was today. Just keep in mind his opponent is ranked 65th in the world.
The same can be said for #24. Her opponent is ranked #79 in the world. Even at her real ranking of #59 she should've won today and did.
Michelle Larcher de Brito is as mouthy as ever. When asked about her yowling she made the following comments that were posted by @wimbledon on Twitter.
Go on with your bad self.
In what must be a sign of the Apocalypse Fernando Verdasco played with no product in his hair. He looks a thousand times better.
I'm glad to see that the women are keeping it simple this year. Serena has her coat jacket.
And Nadia had this number.
So it was up to the men to strut like peacocks.
Miscellany
Vera Zvonareva took the court with a heavy wrap as well as a brace on her right ankle.
Vera Dusevina served a steaming hot bagel to Alize Cornet.
Mathilde Johannson won in straight sets over British player Melanie South.
All three matches were called due to darkness.
Laura Robson was overcome by emotion in her loss to Daniela Hantuchova.
Julien Benneteau took a nasty slide into the back wall at the end of his match against Novak Djokovic. There was a lot of slipping and sliding on the grass today, much more than there was at Roland Garros. Of course none of the sliding today was part of anyone's game plan.
Well ESPN360 has commentary. The good news is it's the BBC feed. Virginia Wade calling a match is heaven. It's all about the match and the asides are match related. They were late putting up Serena Williams match so I had to tune into the ESPN feed. Insert vomit smiley here.
Feliciano Lopez and lucky loser Karol Beck played a hell of a match. It was out on Court 18 and the fans were literally hanging from the rafters. Lopez lost due mostly to some poor shot selection at crucial points in the last set but when both men were playing well it was beautiful tennis.
Victoria Azarenka won her match via walkover. Severine Bremond slipped on the grass and I can tell you knees are not supposed to bend the way her left knee did. To her credit Azarenka did check to see if Bremond was okay before retiring to her chair and discretely asked the chair for balls to practice her serve while medical evaluation was made.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga didn't look like a bull on ice today. He had to play harder than he anticipated against Andrey Golubev though. Where has he been? The first tiebreak between the two men was a thing of beauty and showed how powerful, and graceful Tsonga is at his best.
I'm sure you'll hear all about how wonderful and strong and dominating the Monogram was today. Just keep in mind his opponent is ranked 65th in the world.
The same can be said for #24. Her opponent is ranked #79 in the world. Even at her real ranking of #59 she should've won today and did.
Michelle Larcher de Brito is as mouthy as ever. When asked about her yowling she made the following comments that were posted by @wimbledon on Twitter.
De Brito says she wasn't asked by the AELTC not to grunt before 2day's match and says "If the body needs to grunt more, it grunts".
"I'm here to play, I'm here to win, if people don't like my grunting they can just leave."
Go on with your bad self.
In what must be a sign of the Apocalypse Fernando Verdasco played with no product in his hair. He looks a thousand times better.
I'm glad to see that the women are keeping it simple this year. Serena has her coat jacket.
And Nadia had this number.
So it was up to the men to strut like peacocks.
Miscellany
Vera Zvonareva took the court with a heavy wrap as well as a brace on her right ankle.
Vera Dusevina served a steaming hot bagel to Alize Cornet.
Mathilde Johannson won in straight sets over British player Melanie South.
All three matches were called due to darkness.
Laura Robson was overcome by emotion in her loss to Daniela Hantuchova.
Julien Benneteau took a nasty slide into the back wall at the end of his match against Novak Djokovic. There was a lot of slipping and sliding on the grass today, much more than there was at Roland Garros. Of course none of the sliding today was part of anyone's game plan.
Day 2 Order of Play
CENTRE - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START
1. Venus Williams (USA) [3] 33 vs Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 34
2. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 31 vs Andy Roddick (USA) [6] 32
3. Andy Murray (GBR) [3] 33 vs Robert Kendrick (USA) 34
COURT 1 - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START
1. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) [5] 1 vs Arnaud Clement (FRA) 2
2. Dinara Safina (RUS) [1] 1 vs Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) 2
3. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 53 vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 54
COURT 2 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [9] 17 vs Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN) 18
2. Michael Llodra (FRA) 75 vs Joshua Goodall (GBR) 76 T/F 4/6 7/6(5) 0/0 0-0*
3. Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) 23 vs Tomas Berdych (CZE) [20] 24
4. Bobby Reynolds (USA) 63 vs Gilles Simon (FRA) [8] 64
5. Akiko Morigami (JPN) 31 vs Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [5] 32
COURT 3 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Julia Goerges (GER) 63 vs Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [6] 64
Tommy Haas (GER) [24] 73 vs Alexander Peya (AUT) 74 T/F 6/7(5) 7/6(0) 6/3 4/4 0-0*
2. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 3 vs Robby Ginepri (USA) 4
3. Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 55 vs Nicolas Kiefer (GER) [33] 56
4. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [17] 9 vs Melinda Czink (HUN) 10
COURT 4 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) [12] 17 vs Daniel Evans (GBR) 18
2. Patricia Mayr (AUT) 27 vs Anne Keothavong (GBR) 28
3. Radek Stepanek (CZE) [23] 9 vs Alejandro Falla (COL) 10
4. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 47 vs Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [13] 48
COURT 5 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Victor Hanescu (ROU) [31] 57 vs Ivan Navarro (ESP) 58
2. Marta Domachowska (POL) 23 vs Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) [20] 24
3. Taylor Dent (USA) 37 vs Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 38
4. Kristina Kucova (SVK) 11 vs Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 12
COURT 6 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 55 vs Na Li (CHN) [19] 56
2. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 29 vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 30
3. Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) 35 vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 36
4. Alexa Glatch (USA) 51 vs Shuai Peng (CHN) 52
COURT 7 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Jelena Dokic (AUS) 43 vs Tatjana Malek (GER) 44
2. Fabio Fognini (ITA) 13 vs Denis Istomin (UZB) 14
3. Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) 15 vs Flavia Pennetta (ITA) [15] 16
4. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [11] 49 vs Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 50
COURT 8 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 53 vs Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) 54
2. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 59 vs Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 60
3. Brian Dabul (ARG) 39 vs Viktor Troicki (SRB) [30] 40
4. Eric Butorac (USA) and Scott Lipsky (USA) 31 vs
Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) and Marcin Matkowski (POL) [6] 32
COURT 9 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 35 vs Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 36
2. Benjamin Becker (GER) 27 vs Roko Karanusic (CRO) 28
3. Thiago Alves (BRA) 61 vs Andrei Pavel (ROU) 62
4. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 29 vs Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 30
COURT 11 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 51 vs Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 52
2. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 3 vs Rossana De Los Rios (PAR) 4
3. Christophe Rochus (BEL) 45 vs Pablo Cuevas (URU) 46
4. Vania King (USA) 13 vs Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) 14
COURT 12 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Samantha Stosur (AUS) [18] 41 vs Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 42
2. Kevin Kim (USA) 15 vs David Ferrer (ESP) [16] 16
3. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) [19] 41 vs Eduardo Schwank (ARG) 42
4. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 7 vs Agnes Szavay (HUN) [30] 8
COURT 14 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Katie O'Brien (GBR) 61 vs Iveta Benesova (CZE) 62
Vera Dushevina (RUS) 87 vs Alize Cornet (FRA) [22] 88 T/F 3/6 6/0 4/2 0-0*
2. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) [26] 25 vs Wayne Odesnik (USA) 26
3. Potito Starace (ITA) 11 vs Jose Acasuso (ARG) 12
COURT 15 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 19 vs Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 20
2. Frederico Gil (POR) 21 vs Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 22
3. Sara Errani (ITA) 45 vs Stephanie Dubois (CAN) 46
4. Pablo Andujar (ESP) 43 vs Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 44
COURT 16 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Simone Bolelli (ITA) and Andreas Seppi (ITA) 63 vs
Daniel Nestor (CAN) and Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) [2] 64
2. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) and Ai Sugiyama (JPN) [6] 49 vs
Tamira Paszek (AUT) and Olga Savchuk (UKR) 50
3. Jarmila Groth (AUS) and Renata Voracova (CZE) 21 vs Gisela Dulko (ARG) and Shahar Peer (ISR) 22
4. Rogier Wassen (NED) and Igor Zelenay (SVK) 11 vs
Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) and Juan Monaco (ARG) 12
COURT 17 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Victor Crivoi (ROU) 19 vs Bjorn Phau (GER) 20
2. Sybille Bammer (AUT) [29] 57 vs Melanie Oudin (USA) 58
3. Rajeev Ram (USA) 5 vs Philipp Petzschner (GER) 6
4. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 37 vs Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 38
COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) [10] 49 vs Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 50
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [7] 65 vs Georgie Stoop (GBR) 66 T/F 7/6(0) 4/6 0/0 0-0*
2. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) [32] 25 vs Sabine Lisicki (GER) 26
3. Jesse Levine (USA) 47 vs Marat Safin (RUS) [14] 48
4. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 39 vs Kaia Kanepi (EST) [25] 40
COURT 19 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Nicolas Devilder (FRA) 59 vs Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 60
2. Alberta Brianti (ITA) 21 vs Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 22
3. Mischa Zverev (GER) 7 vs Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) [25] 8
THE FOLLOWING MATCHES WILL BE PLAYED ON COURTS TO BE ARRANGED
NOT BEFORE 17:00 HRS
Elena Baltacha (GBR) 5 vs Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 6
Serena Williams (USA) and Venus Williams (USA) [4] 17 vs
Virginie Razzano (FRA) and Aravane Rezai (FRA) 18
Prakash Amritraj (IND) and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 23 vs
Stephen Huss (AUS) and Ross Hutchins (GBR) [16] 24
NOTE: Seeds are in brackets. The small numbers refer to the player(s) line on the original PDF's.
CENTRE - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START
1. Venus Williams (USA) [3] 33 vs Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 34
2. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 31 vs Andy Roddick (USA) [6] 32
3. Andy Murray (GBR) [3] 33 vs Robert Kendrick (USA) 34
COURT 1 - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START
1. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) [5] 1 vs Arnaud Clement (FRA) 2
2. Dinara Safina (RUS) [1] 1 vs Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) 2
3. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 53 vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 54
COURT 2 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [9] 17 vs Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN) 18
2. Michael Llodra (FRA) 75 vs Joshua Goodall (GBR) 76 T/F 4/6 7/6(5) 0/0 0-0*
3. Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) 23 vs Tomas Berdych (CZE) [20] 24
4. Bobby Reynolds (USA) 63 vs Gilles Simon (FRA) [8] 64
5. Akiko Morigami (JPN) 31 vs Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [5] 32
COURT 3 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Julia Goerges (GER) 63 vs Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [6] 64
Tommy Haas (GER) [24] 73 vs Alexander Peya (AUT) 74 T/F 6/7(5) 7/6(0) 6/3 4/4 0-0*
2. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 3 vs Robby Ginepri (USA) 4
3. Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 55 vs Nicolas Kiefer (GER) [33] 56
4. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [17] 9 vs Melinda Czink (HUN) 10
COURT 4 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) [12] 17 vs Daniel Evans (GBR) 18
2. Patricia Mayr (AUT) 27 vs Anne Keothavong (GBR) 28
3. Radek Stepanek (CZE) [23] 9 vs Alejandro Falla (COL) 10
4. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 47 vs Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [13] 48
COURT 5 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Victor Hanescu (ROU) [31] 57 vs Ivan Navarro (ESP) 58
2. Marta Domachowska (POL) 23 vs Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) [20] 24
3. Taylor Dent (USA) 37 vs Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 38
4. Kristina Kucova (SVK) 11 vs Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 12
COURT 6 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 55 vs Na Li (CHN) [19] 56
2. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 29 vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 30
3. Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) 35 vs Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 36
4. Alexa Glatch (USA) 51 vs Shuai Peng (CHN) 52
COURT 7 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Jelena Dokic (AUS) 43 vs Tatjana Malek (GER) 44
2. Fabio Fognini (ITA) 13 vs Denis Istomin (UZB) 14
3. Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) 15 vs Flavia Pennetta (ITA) [15] 16
4. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [11] 49 vs Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 50
COURT 8 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 53 vs Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) 54
2. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 59 vs Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 60
3. Brian Dabul (ARG) 39 vs Viktor Troicki (SRB) [30] 40
4. Eric Butorac (USA) and Scott Lipsky (USA) 31 vs
Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) and Marcin Matkowski (POL) [6] 32
COURT 9 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 35 vs Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 36
2. Benjamin Becker (GER) 27 vs Roko Karanusic (CRO) 28
3. Thiago Alves (BRA) 61 vs Andrei Pavel (ROU) 62
4. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 29 vs Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 30
COURT 11 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 51 vs Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 52
2. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 3 vs Rossana De Los Rios (PAR) 4
3. Christophe Rochus (BEL) 45 vs Pablo Cuevas (URU) 46
4. Vania King (USA) 13 vs Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) 14
COURT 12 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Samantha Stosur (AUS) [18] 41 vs Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 42
2. Kevin Kim (USA) 15 vs David Ferrer (ESP) [16] 16
3. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) [19] 41 vs Eduardo Schwank (ARG) 42
4. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 7 vs Agnes Szavay (HUN) [30] 8
COURT 14 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Katie O'Brien (GBR) 61 vs Iveta Benesova (CZE) 62
Vera Dushevina (RUS) 87 vs Alize Cornet (FRA) [22] 88 T/F 3/6 6/0 4/2 0-0*
2. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) [26] 25 vs Wayne Odesnik (USA) 26
3. Potito Starace (ITA) 11 vs Jose Acasuso (ARG) 12
COURT 15 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 19 vs Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 20
2. Frederico Gil (POR) 21 vs Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 22
3. Sara Errani (ITA) 45 vs Stephanie Dubois (CAN) 46
4. Pablo Andujar (ESP) 43 vs Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 44
COURT 16 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Simone Bolelli (ITA) and Andreas Seppi (ITA) 63 vs
Daniel Nestor (CAN) and Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) [2] 64
2. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) and Ai Sugiyama (JPN) [6] 49 vs
Tamira Paszek (AUT) and Olga Savchuk (UKR) 50
3. Jarmila Groth (AUS) and Renata Voracova (CZE) 21 vs Gisela Dulko (ARG) and Shahar Peer (ISR) 22
4. Rogier Wassen (NED) and Igor Zelenay (SVK) 11 vs
Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) and Juan Monaco (ARG) 12
COURT 17 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Victor Crivoi (ROU) 19 vs Bjorn Phau (GER) 20
2. Sybille Bammer (AUT) [29] 57 vs Melanie Oudin (USA) 58
3. Rajeev Ram (USA) 5 vs Philipp Petzschner (GER) 6
4. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 37 vs Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 38
COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START
1. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) [10] 49 vs Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 50
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [7] 65 vs Georgie Stoop (GBR) 66 T/F 7/6(0) 4/6 0/0 0-0*
2. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) [32] 25 vs Sabine Lisicki (GER) 26
3. Jesse Levine (USA) 47 vs Marat Safin (RUS) [14] 48
4. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 39 vs Kaia Kanepi (EST) [25] 40
COURT 19 - 12.00 NOON START
1. Nicolas Devilder (FRA) 59 vs Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 60
2. Alberta Brianti (ITA) 21 vs Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 22
3. Mischa Zverev (GER) 7 vs Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) [25] 8
THE FOLLOWING MATCHES WILL BE PLAYED ON COURTS TO BE ARRANGED
NOT BEFORE 17:00 HRS
Elena Baltacha (GBR) 5 vs Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 6
Serena Williams (USA) and Venus Williams (USA) [4] 17 vs
Virginie Razzano (FRA) and Aravane Rezai (FRA) 18
Prakash Amritraj (IND) and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 23 vs
Stephen Huss (AUS) and Ross Hutchins (GBR) [16] 24
NOTE: Seeds are in brackets. The small numbers refer to the player(s) line on the original PDF's.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Sunday Tennis Talk
By Savannah
Wimbledon Day 1 Order of Play
Centre Court 13:00 Start
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Yen-Hsun Lu(TPE) vs. Roger Federer(SUI) [2]
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Neuza Silva(POR) vs. Serena Williams(USA)[2]
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Julien Benneteau(FRA) vs. Novak Djokovic(SRB)[4]
No. 1 Court 13:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Maria Sharapova(RUS)[24] vs. Viktoriya Kutuzova(UKR)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Robin Soderling(SWE)[13] vs. Gilles Muller(LUX)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Fernando Verdasco(ESP)[7] vs. James Ward(GBR)
No. 2 Court 12:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Daniela Hantuchova(SVK) vs. Laura Robson(GBR)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Andrey Golubev(KAZ) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA)[9]
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Alla Kudryavtseva(RUS) vs. Elena Dementieva(RUS)[4]
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Michael Llodra(FRA) vs. Joshua Goodall(GBR)
Court 3 12:00 Start
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
James Blake(USA)[17] vs. Andreas Seppi(ITA)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Victoria Azarenka(BLR)[8] vs. Severine Bremond Beltrame(FRA)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN)[23] vs. Francesca Schiavone(ITA)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Tommy Haas(GER)[24] vs. Alexander Peya(AUT)
Court 4 12:00 Start
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER)[27] vs. Florent Serra(FRA)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Maria Elena Camerin(ITA) vs. Shahar Peer(ISR)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Nicolas Mahut(FRA) vs. Kristof Vliegen(BEL)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Vera Zvonareva(RUS)[7] vs. Georgie Stoop(GBR)
Court 5 12:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS)[31] vs. Petra Cetkovska(CZE)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Dudi Sela(ISR) vs. Santiago Gonzalez(MEX)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Evgeny Korolev(RUS) vs. Igor Andreev(RUS)[29]
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Tamarine Tanasugarn(THA) vs. Arantxa Parra Santonja(ESP)
Court 6 12:00 Start
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP) vs. Agustin Calleri(ARG)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Nathalie Dechy(FRA) vs. Ioana Raluca Olaru(ROU)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Paul Capdeville(CHI) vs. Vincent Spadea(USA)
Court 7 12:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Jie Zheng(CHN)[16] vs. Kristina Barrois(GER)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Jan Hernych(CZE) vs. Janko Tipsarevic(SRB)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Tamira Paszek(AUT) vs. Virginie Razzano(FRA)[26]
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Alberto Martin(ESP) vs. Marin Cilic(CRO)[11]
Court 8 12:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Karolina Sprem(CRO) vs. Regina Kulikova(RUS)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Roberta Vinci(ITA) vs. Magdalena Rybarikova(SVK)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Edouard Roger-Vasselin(FRA) vs. Stefan Koubek(AUT)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Sam Querrey(USA) vs. Ivan Ljubicic(CRO)
Court 9 12:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Gisela Dulko(ARG) vs. Stephanie Foretz(FRA)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Marcel Granollers(ESP) vs. Andreas Beck(GER)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Simon Greul(GER) vs. Michael Yani(USA)
Court 10 12:00 Start
Gentlemen's Doubles - 1st Round
Simon Aspelin(SWE) /Paul Hanley(AUS) vs. Fabio Fognini(ITA) /
Potito Starace(ITA)
Ladies' Doubles
Iveta Benesova(CZE) /Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE) vs. Sybille Bammer(AUT) /
Alexa Glatch(USA)
Ladies' Doubles
Yuliana Fedak(UKR) /Mervana Jugic-Salkic(BIH) vs. Klaudia Jans(POL) /
Alicja Rosolska(POL)
Court 11 12:00 Start
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Ivo Minar(CZE) vs. Maximo Gonzalez(ARG)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Lucie Safarova(CZE) vs. Jarmila Groth(AUS)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Timea Bacsinszky(SUI) vs. Vesna Manasieva(RUS)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Grega Zemlja(SLO) vs. Albert Montanes(ESP)[32]
Court 12 12:00 Start
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Nicolas Almagro(ESP) vs. Juan Monaco(ARG)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Anastasiya Yakimova(BLR) vs. Nadia Petrova(RUS)[10]
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Aravane Rezai(FRA) vs. Ayumi Morita(JPN)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Diego Junqueira(ARG) vs. Guillermo Canas(ARG)
Court 14 12:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Anna-Lena Groenefeld(GER) vs. Sania Mirza(IND)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Mardy Fish(USA)[28] vs. Sergio Roitman(ARG)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Tommy Robredo(ESP)[15] vs. Luka Gregorc(SLO)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Vera Dushevina(RUS) vs. Alize Cornet(FRA)[22]
Court 15 12:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Edina Gallovits(ROU) vs. Sorana Cirstea(ROU)[28]
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Simone Bolelli(ITA) vs. Daniel Koellerer(AUT)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Jill Craybas(USA) vs. Tsvetana Pironkova(BUL)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Steve Darcis(BEL) vs. Frank Dancevic(CAN)
Court 17 12:00 Start
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Adrian Mannarino(FRA) vs. Marc Gicquel(FRA)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Dominika Cibulkova(SVK)[14] vs. Julie Coin(FRA)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Michelle Larcher De Brito(POR) vs. Klara Zakopalova(CZE)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Ivo Karlovic(CRO)[22] vs. Lukas Lacko(SVK)
Court 18 12:00 Start
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Karol Beck(SVK) vs. Feliciano Lopez(ESP)[21]
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Xavier Malisse(BEL) vs. Rainer Schuettler(GER)[18]
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Yung-Jan Chan(TPE) vs. Marion Bartoli(FRA)[12]
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Yanina Wickmayer(BEL) vs. Elena Vesnina(RUS)
Court 19 12:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Alisa Kleybanova(RUS)[27] vs. Sesil Karatantcheva(KAZ)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Masa Zec Peskiric(SLO) vs. Urszula Radwanska(POL)
Gentlemen's Doubles - 1st Round
Jeff Coetzee(RSA)[12]/Jordan Kerr(AUS)[12] vs. David Ferrer(ESP)/Marc Lopez(ESP)
TBA Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Melanie South(GBR) vs. Mathilde Johansson(FRA)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Ai Sugiyama(JPN) vs. Patty Schnyder(SUI)[21]
End Notes
It's the day before Wimbledon. The draws are set and the Order of Play for Day 1 has been released. It's time to put up or shut up as the saying goes. What am I thinking about today?
The sun is out in my neck of the woods, a rare occurence these days. Hope to watch some golf, snooze and be ready to go at 7a tomorrow morning.
Wimbledon Day 1 Order of Play
Centre Court 13:00 Start
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Yen-Hsun Lu(TPE) vs. Roger Federer(SUI) [2]
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Neuza Silva(POR) vs. Serena Williams(USA)[2]
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Julien Benneteau(FRA) vs. Novak Djokovic(SRB)[4]
No. 1 Court 13:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Maria Sharapova(RUS)[24] vs. Viktoriya Kutuzova(UKR)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Robin Soderling(SWE)[13] vs. Gilles Muller(LUX)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Fernando Verdasco(ESP)[7] vs. James Ward(GBR)
No. 2 Court 12:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Daniela Hantuchova(SVK) vs. Laura Robson(GBR)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Andrey Golubev(KAZ) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA)[9]
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Alla Kudryavtseva(RUS) vs. Elena Dementieva(RUS)[4]
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Michael Llodra(FRA) vs. Joshua Goodall(GBR)
Court 3 12:00 Start
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
James Blake(USA)[17] vs. Andreas Seppi(ITA)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Victoria Azarenka(BLR)[8] vs. Severine Bremond Beltrame(FRA)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN)[23] vs. Francesca Schiavone(ITA)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Tommy Haas(GER)[24] vs. Alexander Peya(AUT)
Court 4 12:00 Start
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER)[27] vs. Florent Serra(FRA)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Maria Elena Camerin(ITA) vs. Shahar Peer(ISR)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Nicolas Mahut(FRA) vs. Kristof Vliegen(BEL)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Vera Zvonareva(RUS)[7] vs. Georgie Stoop(GBR)
Court 5 12:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS)[31] vs. Petra Cetkovska(CZE)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Dudi Sela(ISR) vs. Santiago Gonzalez(MEX)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Evgeny Korolev(RUS) vs. Igor Andreev(RUS)[29]
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Tamarine Tanasugarn(THA) vs. Arantxa Parra Santonja(ESP)
Court 6 12:00 Start
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP) vs. Agustin Calleri(ARG)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Nathalie Dechy(FRA) vs. Ioana Raluca Olaru(ROU)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Paul Capdeville(CHI) vs. Vincent Spadea(USA)
Court 7 12:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Jie Zheng(CHN)[16] vs. Kristina Barrois(GER)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Jan Hernych(CZE) vs. Janko Tipsarevic(SRB)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Tamira Paszek(AUT) vs. Virginie Razzano(FRA)[26]
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Alberto Martin(ESP) vs. Marin Cilic(CRO)[11]
Court 8 12:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Karolina Sprem(CRO) vs. Regina Kulikova(RUS)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Roberta Vinci(ITA) vs. Magdalena Rybarikova(SVK)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Edouard Roger-Vasselin(FRA) vs. Stefan Koubek(AUT)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Sam Querrey(USA) vs. Ivan Ljubicic(CRO)
Court 9 12:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Gisela Dulko(ARG) vs. Stephanie Foretz(FRA)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Marcel Granollers(ESP) vs. Andreas Beck(GER)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Simon Greul(GER) vs. Michael Yani(USA)
Court 10 12:00 Start
Gentlemen's Doubles - 1st Round
Simon Aspelin(SWE) /Paul Hanley(AUS) vs. Fabio Fognini(ITA) /
Potito Starace(ITA)
Ladies' Doubles
Iveta Benesova(CZE) /Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE) vs. Sybille Bammer(AUT) /
Alexa Glatch(USA)
Ladies' Doubles
Yuliana Fedak(UKR) /Mervana Jugic-Salkic(BIH) vs. Klaudia Jans(POL) /
Alicja Rosolska(POL)
Court 11 12:00 Start
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Ivo Minar(CZE) vs. Maximo Gonzalez(ARG)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Lucie Safarova(CZE) vs. Jarmila Groth(AUS)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Timea Bacsinszky(SUI) vs. Vesna Manasieva(RUS)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Grega Zemlja(SLO) vs. Albert Montanes(ESP)[32]
Court 12 12:00 Start
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Nicolas Almagro(ESP) vs. Juan Monaco(ARG)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Anastasiya Yakimova(BLR) vs. Nadia Petrova(RUS)[10]
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Aravane Rezai(FRA) vs. Ayumi Morita(JPN)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Diego Junqueira(ARG) vs. Guillermo Canas(ARG)
Court 14 12:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Anna-Lena Groenefeld(GER) vs. Sania Mirza(IND)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Mardy Fish(USA)[28] vs. Sergio Roitman(ARG)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Tommy Robredo(ESP)[15] vs. Luka Gregorc(SLO)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Vera Dushevina(RUS) vs. Alize Cornet(FRA)[22]
Court 15 12:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Edina Gallovits(ROU) vs. Sorana Cirstea(ROU)[28]
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Simone Bolelli(ITA) vs. Daniel Koellerer(AUT)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Jill Craybas(USA) vs. Tsvetana Pironkova(BUL)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Steve Darcis(BEL) vs. Frank Dancevic(CAN)
Court 17 12:00 Start
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Adrian Mannarino(FRA) vs. Marc Gicquel(FRA)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Dominika Cibulkova(SVK)[14] vs. Julie Coin(FRA)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Michelle Larcher De Brito(POR) vs. Klara Zakopalova(CZE)
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Ivo Karlovic(CRO)[22] vs. Lukas Lacko(SVK)
Court 18 12:00 Start
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Karol Beck(SVK) vs. Feliciano Lopez(ESP)[21]
Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Xavier Malisse(BEL) vs. Rainer Schuettler(GER)[18]
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Yung-Jan Chan(TPE) vs. Marion Bartoli(FRA)[12]
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Yanina Wickmayer(BEL) vs. Elena Vesnina(RUS)
Court 19 12:00 Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Alisa Kleybanova(RUS)[27] vs. Sesil Karatantcheva(KAZ)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Masa Zec Peskiric(SLO) vs. Urszula Radwanska(POL)
Gentlemen's Doubles - 1st Round
Jeff Coetzee(RSA)[12]/Jordan Kerr(AUS)[12] vs. David Ferrer(ESP)/Marc Lopez(ESP)
TBA Start
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Melanie South(GBR) vs. Mathilde Johansson(FRA)
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Ai Sugiyama(JPN) vs. Patty Schnyder(SUI)[21]
End Notes
It's the day before Wimbledon. The draws are set and the Order of Play for Day 1 has been released. It's time to put up or shut up as the saying goes. What am I thinking about today?
- I think it would've been nice to see The Monogram take over Rafael Nadal's position in the draw and have to play the guys Rafa was set to play instead of Juan Martin Del Potro taking Rafael's spot.
- It would've been nice to see Maria Sharapova stay at her real ranking, Venus Williams seeded #1, Serena Williams seeded #2 and Dinara Safina seeded #3. That would mean Sharapova would be exiled to some outer court and have to play her way to the Show Courts. Quaint notion no?
- I wonder why fans of Roger Federer feel the need to beat other fandoms into submission when it comes to any critique of their idol? No one is making anything up out of thin air when they cite chapter and verse about his cupcake draws, arrogance, and diva ways. Every other fandom accepts the best and worst regarding their favorite. It's when snide, derogatory remarks get hidden behind pretty words that people go off. Denying a player said he was injured when he said it when there is ample evidence that he did is low. To do so in an attempt to make your idol appear less of an arrogant anal aperture is even lower.
- Everyone should have a friend as good as Robin Soderling.
- Michael Stich is being lambasted for saying that the WTA tour is selling sex not tennis. He's not a favorite but isn't this the truth? The best athletes on the women's tour - Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, are not considered worthy of promotion by the powers that be at the WTA which is part of the reason the women's tour is an after thought to most fans right now.
- I'm thinking of watching more of Wimbledon online than on television to avoid the ESPN talking heads. On ESPN360 they broadcast the matches without commentary. Next best thing to Wimbledon Live which I can't get this year.
The sun is out in my neck of the woods, a rare occurence these days. Hope to watch some golf, snooze and be ready to go at 7a tomorrow morning.
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