Women's Semi Finals

 I hate it when it gets to this stage of tournament as it's coming to the end again, only four more days left. :(

Centre Court - 1300 

[4] Victoria Azarenka (Blr) v [8] Petra Kvitova (Cz)

[5] Maria Sharapova (Rus) v Sabine Lisicki (Ger)

Federer interview

Tsonga interview after beating Federer

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

The match of the day was definitely Tsonga v Federer.  Tsonga coming back after two sets down and practically outplayed Federer in the last three. Looking forward to the semi's on Friday now Tsonga v Djokovic and Murray v Nadal.

Men's semi finals - order of play

Centre Court 
 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA)[12]     vs.     Roger Federer(SUI)[3]
Andy Murray(GBR)[4]     vs.     Feliciano Lopez(ESP)


Court 1
Bernard Tomic(AUS)     vs.     Novak Djokovic(SRB)[2]
Rafael Nadal(ESP)[1]     vs.     Mardy Fish(USA)[10]

Women's Quarter Finals

Centre Court
Sabine Lisicki (Ger) v (9) Marion Bartoli (Fra), (24)
Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) v (5) Maria Sharapova (Rus)

Court One 
(8) Petra Kvitova (Cze) v (32) Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul)
Tamira Paszek (Aut) v (4) Victoria Azarenka (Blr)

Bernard Tomic stuns Soderling: Wimbledon 2011

Bernard Tomic

Bernard Tomic the 18 year old who knocked out Robin Soderling in the 3rd round reaches the quarter finals after beating Xavier Malisse. Looks like a new top player in the making. He started the tournament at 158 in the world so this should boost his ranking.

Venus and Serena both say goodbye to Wimblodon 2011

What a shock, Serena loses to Marion Bartoli then straight after Venus goes out to Tsvetana Pironkova. I thought Marion Bartoli had lost her chance after missing out on taking the second set 7-5 to win the match. She played well in the tie-break though, kept cool and took it 8-6. She meets Sabine Lisicki in the first quarter final on centre court. Tsvetana Pironkova had an easier win 6-2 6-3 and plays  Petra Kvitova first match on number 1 court tomorrow.

Wimbledon 1935

Who is going to win Wimbledon 2011!

Who are your favourite players and who do you think will win this years Wimbledon? 

Sampras vs Federer Wimbledon 2001

Wimbledon Order Of Play - Monday June 27th

I hate the middle Sunday as the tennis stops for a day. Although next Sunday will be great with the men's final it's sad too as the tournament will be coming to an end. Anyway here is the order of play for Monday!


Centre Court 
Andy Murray (GBR)[4] v. Richard Gasquet (FRA)[17]
Venus Williams (USA)[23] v. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)[32]
Rafael Nadal (ESP)[1] v. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)[24]

No. 1 Court 
 Marion Bartoli (FRA)[9] v. Serena Williams (USA)[7]
 Michael Llodra (FRA)[19] v. Novak Djokovic (SRB)[2]
 Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[18] v. Roger Federer (SUI)[3]

No. 2 Court 
 Shuai Peng (CHN)[20] v. Maria Sharapova (RUS)[5]
 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)[1] v. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)[24]
 Mardy Fish (USA)[10] v. Tomas Berdych (CZE)[6]

No. 3 Court 
 Nadia Petrova (RUS) v. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[4]
 Lukasz Kubot (POL) v. Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
 David Ferrer (ESP)[7] v. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)[12]

Court 12 
 Sabine Lisicki (GER) v. Petra Cetkovska (CZE)
 Petra Kvitova (CZE)[8] v. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)[19]

Court 14 
 Tamira Paszek (AUT) v. Ksenia Pervak (RUS)

Kevin Curren my favourite player at the time!

Robin Soderling

It's a day of suprises Robin Soderling had gone out to  Bernard Tomic, 18 year old from Australia ranked at 158. 

Ana Ivanovic

Surprise defeat today for the former number 1 Ana Ivanovic. After playing well in the first two rounds goes out to unseeded  Petra Cetkovska ranked 81, in the third round.

Roger Federer v Adrian Mannarino

Wimbledon Order Of Play - Saturday June 25th

I can't believe the first week of Wimbledon is nearly over, it goes far too fast. Looks like the match of the day will be David Blbandian v Roger Federer. Nalbandian not the same as he used to be but could give Federer a hard match.

Centre Court 

Caroline Wozniacki (Den, 1) v Jarmila Gajdosova (Aus, 27)
David Nalbandian (Arg, 28) v Roger Federer (Swi 3) 
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp, 32) v Novak Djokovic (Ser, 2)
 
Court One 

Rafael Nadal (Sp, 1) v Gilles Muller (Lux)
Maria Kirilenko (Rus 26) v Serena Williams (US 7) 
Robin Soderling (Swe, 5) v Bernard Tomic (Aus)
 
Court 2, noon

Klara Zakopalova (Cz) v Maria Sharapova (Rus 5)
Juan Martín Del Potro (Arg, 24) v Gilles Simon (Fr 15)
Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fr, 12)
 
Court 3, noon

Dominika Cibulkova (Svk 24) v Julia Goerges (Ger 16) 
Gael Monfils (Fra 9) v Lukasz Kubot (Pol) David Ferrer (Sp 7) v Karol Beck (Svk)
Ross Hutchins (GB) & Heather Watson (GB) v Marcelo Melo (Br) & Rennae Stubbs (Aus)
 
Court 4, 11am

Viktoriya Tomova (Bul) v Ellen Allgurin (Swe)
Mathias Bourgue (Fr) v Filip Peliwo (Can)
Bruno Sant'anna (Br) v Alexios Halebian (US)
Mac Styslinger (US) v Julien Cagnina (Bel)
Mate Pavic (Cro 8) v Mitchell Krueger (US)
 

Looking forward to this afternoon

Looks like a good afternoon at Wimbeldon. Looking forward to Laura Robson v Maria Sharapova, Daniela Hantuchova v Victoria Azarenka and Andy Murray v Ivan Ljubicic. It's a pity that Nadal is playing at the same time as Murray. I think the Murray and Ljubicic match should be an exciting match though as Ljubicic seems to be playing really well.

Sabine Lisicki Interview

Wimbledon Order Of Play - Friday June 24th

The first surprise of the tournament came yesterday with Sabine Lisicki beating the French Open champion Na Li in three sets. Lisicki seems to be making a good coming back after injury and won the The Aegon Classic in Birmingham this month by beating Daniela Hantuchova in straight sets. 
 
CENTRE  COURT 

1 Feliciano Lopez (ESP)  vs Andy Roddick (USA) [8] 

2 Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) [25]  vs Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [4] 

3 Andy Murray (GBR) [4]  vs Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 



COURT 1 

Laura Robson (GBR)  vs Maria Sharapova (RUS) [5] 

2 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP)  vs Venus Williams (USA) [23] 

3 Rafael Nadal (ESP) [1]  vs Gilles Muller (LUX) 



COURT 2 

1 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [1] vs Virginie Razzano (FRA) 

2 David Ferrer (ESP) [7]  vs Ryan Harrison (USA) 

3 Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) [32]  vs Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [2] 

4 Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) [24] vs Gilles Simon (FRA) [15] 


 
COURT 3 

1 Marion Bartoli (FRA) [9] vs Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) 

2 Igor Andreev (RUS)  vs Bernard Tomic (AUS) 

3 Gael Monfils (FRA) [9] vs Lukasz Kubot (POL) 

4 Jocelyn Rae (GBR) / Heather Watson (GBR) vs Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) / Vera Zvonareva (RUS)



COURT 12 – SHOW COURT – 12.00 NOON START

1 Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) [19]  vs Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [12] 

2 Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)  vs Jurgen Melzer (AUT) [11] 

3 Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [6]  vs Tamira Paszek (AUT) 

4 Mardy Fish (USA) [10]  vs Robin Haase (NED) 



COURT 18 

1 Elena Baltacha (GBR)  vs Shuai Peng (CHN) [20] 

2 Petra Kvitova (CZE) [8]  vs Roberta Vinci (ITA) [29] 

3 Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA)  vs Tomas Berdych (CZE) [6] 

4 Anne Keothavong (GBR) / Laura Robson (GBR)  vs

Olga Govortsova (BLR) / Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) [16] 


COURT 4 – 12.00 NOON START

1 Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) / Maria Kondratieva (RUS) 

Vera Dushevina (RUS) / Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 

2 Klaudia Jans (POL) / Alicja Rosolska (POL)  vs

Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) [7] 

3 Sabine Lisicki (GER) / Samantha Stosur (AUS)  vs

Jelena Jankovic (SRB) / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 

Ashley Fisher (AUS) / Natalie Grandin (RSA)  vs Marcin Matkowski (POL) / Klaudia Jans (POL)



COURT 5 

1 Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) [7]  vs

Colin Fleming (GBR) / Ross Hutchins (GBR) 

2 Filip Polasek (SVK) / Igor Zelenay (SVK)  vs Eric Butorac (USA) / Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) [9] 

3 Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) / Melinda Czink (HUN)  vs

Nadia Petrova (RUS) / Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) [6] 



COURT 6

1 Frederico Gil (POR) / Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP)  vs

Michael Llodra (FRA) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) [6] 

2 Carlos Berlocq (ARG) / Ricardo Mello (BRA)  vs Jamie Delgado (GBR) / Jonathan Marray (GBR) 

3 Robert Lindstedt (SWE) / Horia Tecau (ROU) [8]  vs

Julien Benneteau (FRA) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

4 Jamie Delgado (GBR) / Melanie South (GBR)  vs Carlos Berlocq (ARG) / Maria Kondratieva (RUS) 

5 Mark Knowles (BAH) / Lukasz Kubot (POL) [10]  vs

Chris Guccione (AUS) / Adil Shamasdin (CAN)  T/F 6/1 6/7(5) 0/0 0*-0



COURT 7 

1 Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) / Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)  vs

Olga Savchuk (UKR) / Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 

2 Rainer Schuettler (GER) / Alexander Waske (GER)  vs

Somdev Devvarman (IND) / Kei Nishikori (JPN) 

3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) / Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) [5]  vs

Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) / Laura Pous-Tio (ESP) 

4 Flavio Cipolla (ITA) / Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)  vs Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) / Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 



COURT 8 

1 Johanna Larsson (SWE) / Jasmin Woehr (GER)  vs

Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) / Abigail Spears (USA) 

2 Simon Aspelin (SWE) / Paul Hanley (AUS) vs Marc Lopez (ESP) / David Marrero (ESP) [15]

3 Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) / Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)  vs

Wesley Moodie (RSA) / Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) 

4 Paul Hanley (AUS) / Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)  vs Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Polona Hercog (SLO) 

5 Jonathan Erlich (ISR) / Andy Ram (ISR) vs Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA) / Ivo Karlovic (CRO)



COURT 9

1 Andreas Seppi (ITA) / Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) vs

Daniele Bracciali (ITA) / Frantisek Cermak (CZE) (16) 

2 Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL) vs

Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) / Michael Russell (USA) 
3 Dustin Brown (GER) / Vania King (USA) vs Kenneth Skupski (GBR) / Elena Baltacha (GBR) 

4 Ryan Harrison (USA) / Travis Rettenmaier (USA) vs

Jurgen Melzer (AUT) / Philipp Petzschner (GER) [5]


COURT 11 

1 Alberta Brianti (ITA) / Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) vs

Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) [12]

2 Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Lovro Zovko (CRO) vs Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) / Leander Paes (IND) [3] 

3 Shuai Peng (CHN) / Jie Zheng (CHN) [8] vs

Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) 

4 Sara Errani (ITA) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) vs Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Rika Fujiwara (JPN) 

 
COURT 14

1 Nadia Petrova (RUS) vs Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 

2 Ksenia Pervak (RUS) vs Andrea Petkovic (GER) [11] 

3 Richard Gasquet (FRA) [17] vs Simone Bolelli (ITA) 

4 Feliciano Lopez (ESP) / Andrea Petkovic (GER) vs Jean-Julien Rojer (AHO) / Abigail Spears (USA) 



COURT 15 – 12.00 NOON START

1 Rebecca Marino (CAN) / Ipek Senoglu (TUR) vs Natalie Grandin (RSA) / Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) 

2 Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) / Klara Zakopalova (CZE) vs

Mathilde Johansson (FRA) / Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 

3 Rajeev Ram (USA) / Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) vs

Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Rebecca Marino (CAN) 

4 Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) / Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [13] vs

Sandra Klemenschits (AUT) / Tamira Paszek (AUT) 



COURT 16 – 12.00 NOON START

1 Angelique Kerber (GER) / Christina McHale (USA) vs

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) / Jessica Moore (AUS) 

2 Matthias Bachinger (GER) / Frank Moser (GER) vs Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) / Peter Luczak (AUS) 

3 Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Tommy Robredo (ESP) [14] vs

Jamie Murray (GBR) / Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 

4 Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) / Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) vs

Julia Goerges (GER) / Maria Kirilenko (RUS) [9] 



COURT 17 

1 Kristina Barrois (GER) / Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) vs

Casey Dellacqua (AUS) / Rennae Stubbs (AUS) 

2 Liezel Huber (USA) / Lisa Raymond (USA) [3] vs

Urszula Radwanska (POL) / Arina Rodionova (RUS) 

3 Christopher Kas (GER) / Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) vs Scott Lipsky (USA) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 

4 Flavia Pennetta (ITA) / Francesca Schiavone (ITA) vs

Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) / Shuai Zhang (CHN) 



COURT 19 

1 Leos Friedl (CZE) / David Martin (USA) vs Max Mirnyi (BLR) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) [2] 

2 Renata Voracova (CZE) / Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) vs

Sania Mirza (IND) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) [4] 

Nadal Interview

Wimbledon Order Of Play - Thursday June 23rd

Centre Court 
Robin Soderling(SWE)[5] vs. Lleyton Hewitt(AUS)

Na Li(CHN)[3] vs. Sabine Lisicki(GER)

Adrian Mannarino(FRA) vs. Roger Federer(SUI)[3]

No. 1 Court
 Kevin Anderson(RSA) vs. Novak Djokovic(SRB)[2]

Grigor Dimitrov(BUL) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA)[12]

Laura Robson(GBR) vs. Maria Sharapova(RUS)[5]

No. 2 Court
Simona Halep(ROU) vs. Serena Williams(USA)[7]

Olivier Rochus(BEL) vs Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG)

David Ferrer(ESP)[7] vs. Ryan Harrison(USA)

Caroline Wozniacki(DEN)[1] vs. Virginie Razzano(FRA)

Elena Baltacha(GBR) vs. Shuai Peng(CHN)[20]

No. 3 Court
Francesca Schiavone(ITA)[6] vs. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE)

Marcos Baghdatis(CYP)[32] vs. Andreas Seppi(ITA)

Igor Andreev(RUS) vs. Bernard Tomic(AUS)

Marion Bartoli(FRA)[9] vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino(ESP)

Court 4
 Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR) vs. Sara Errani(ITA)

Petra Cetkovska(CZE) vs. Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)[13]

Melinda Czink(HUN) vs. Anastasiya Yakimova(BLR)

Jocelyn Rae(GBR) /Heather Watson(GBR) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS) /Vera Zvonareva(RUS)

Matthias Bachinger(GER) /Frank Moser(GER) vs. Lleyton Hewitt(AUS) /Peter Luczak(AUS)

Court 5
 Cara Black(ZIM)[14] /Shahar Peer(ISR)[14] vs. Sarah Borwell(GBR) /Melanie South(GBR)

Mikhail Kukushkin(KAZ) /Michael Russell(USA) vs. Daniel Cox(GBR) /James Ward(GBR)

Arnaud Clement(FRA) /Lukas Dlouhy(CZE) vs. Robin Haase(NED) /Kenneth Skupski(GBR)

Marcel Granollers(ESP)[14] /Tommy Robredo(ESP)[14] vs. Santiago Giraldo(COL) /Pere Riba(ESP)

Sabine Lisicki(GER) /Samantha Stosur(AUS) vs. Jelena Jankovic(SRB) /Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS)

Court 6
 Rohan Bopanna(IND)[4] /Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK)[4] vs. Juan Sebastian Cabal(COL) /Robert Farah(COL)

Robert Lindstedt(SWE)[8] /Horia Tecau(ROU)[8] vs. Chris Eaton(GBR) /Joshua Goodall(GBR)

Mark Knowles(BAH)[10] /Lukasz Kubot(POL)[10] vs. Chris Guccione(AUS) /Adil Shamasdin(CAN)

Filip Polasek(SVK) /Igor Zelenay(SVK) vs. Eric Butorac(USA)[9] /Jean-Julien Rojer(AHO)[9]

Vitalia Diatchenko(RUS) /Maria Kondratieva(RUS) vs. Vera Dushevina(RUS) /Ekaterina Makarova(RUS)

Court 7
 Sanchai Ratiwatana(THA) /Sonchat Ratiwatana(THA) vs. James Cerretani(USA) /Philipp Marx(GER)

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP)[11] /Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP)[11] vs. Sofia Arvidsson(SWE) /Andreja Klepac(SLO)

Jamie Murray(GBR) /Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR) vs. David Rice(GBR) /Sean Thornley(GBR)

Lindsay Lee-Waters(USA) /Megan Moulton-Levy(USA) vs. Alexandra Dulgheru(ROU) /Magdalena Rybarikova(SVK)

Carlos Berlocq(ARG) /Ricardo Mello(BRA) vs. Jamie Delgado(GBR) /Jonathan Marray(GBR)

Court 8
 Karol Beck(SVK) vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP)[26]

Wesley Moodie(RSA)[11] /Dick Norman(BEL)[11] vs. Treat Conrad Huey(PHI) /Izak Van Der Merwe(RSA)

Jonathan Erlich(ISR) /Andy Ram(ISR) vs. Alex Bogomolov Jr.(USA) /Ivo Karlovic(CRO)
Alberta Brianti(ITA) /Eleni Daniilidou(GRE) vs. Yung-Jan Chan(TPE)[12] /Monica Niculescu(ROU)[12]

Court 9
 Andrey Golubev(KAZ) /Denis Istomin(UZB) vs. Simon Aspelin(SWE) /Paul Hanley(AUS)

Julien Benneteau(FRA) /Nicolas Mahut(FRA) vs. Lukas Lacko(SVK) /Lukas Rosol(CZE)

Ashley Fisher(AUS) /Stephen Huss(AUS) vs. Martin Damm(CZE) /Rogier Wassen(NED)

Kai-Chen Chang(TPE) /Jill Craybas(USA) vs. Ana Ivanovic(SRB) /Andrea Petkovic(GER)

Andreas Seppi(ITA) /Simone Vagnozzi(ITA) vs. Daniele Bracciali(ITA)[16] /Frantisek Cermak(CZE)[16]

Court 10
 Johan Brunstrom(SWE) /Jarkko Nieminen(FIN) vs. Scott Lipsky(USA) /Rajeev Ram(USA)


Franco Ferreiro(BRA) /Andre Sa(BRA) vs. Juan Ignacio Chela(ARG)[12] /Eduardo Schwank(ARG)[12]


Anna Chakvetadze(RUS) /Melanie Oudin(USA) vs. Sania Mirza(IND)[4] /Elena Vesnina(RUS)[4]

Marcelo Melo(BRA)[13] /Bruno Soares(BRA)[13] vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP) /Albert Montanes(ESP)

Frederico Gil(POR) /Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo(ESP) vs. Michael Llodra(FRA)[6] /Nenad Zimonjic(SRB)[6]

Court 11
 Alessandro Motti(ITA) /Stephane Robert(FRA) vs. Marc Lopez(ESP)[15] /David Marrero(ESP)[15]

Carsten Ball(AUS) /Santiago Gonzalez(MEX) vs. Dustin Brown(GER) /Michael Kohlmann(GER)

Christopher Kas(GER) /Alexander Peya(AUT) vs. Pablo Andujar(ESP) /Daniel Gimeno-Traver(ESP)

Sara Errani(ITA) /Roberta Vinci(ITA) vs. Shuko Aoyama(JPN) /Rika Fujiwara(JPN)

Court 12
 Ana Ivanovic(SRB)[18] vs. Eleni Daniilidou(GRE)

David Nalbandian(ARG)[28] vs. Andreas Haider-Maurer(AUT)

Dmitry Tursunov(RUS) vs. Jurgen Melzer(AUT)[11]

Leos Friedl(CZE) /David Martin(USA) vs. Max Mirnyi(BLR)[2] /Daniel Nestor(CAN)[2]

Court 14
 Yanina Wickmayer(BEL)[19] vs. Anna Tatishvili(GEO)

Fernando Gonzalez(CHI) vs. Rik De Voest(RSA)

Somdev Devvarman(IND) vs. Mikhail Youzhny(RUS)[18]

Court 15
 Dominika Cibulkova(SVK)[24] vs. Polona Hercog(SLO)

Maria Kirilenko(RUS)[26] vs. Tamarine Tanasugarn(THA)

Iveta Benesova(CZE)[10] /Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE)[10] vs. Dominika Cibulkova(SVK) /Petra Kvitova(CZE)

Kevin Anderson(RSA) /Julian Knowle(AUT) vs. Karol Beck(SVK) /David Skoch(CZE)

Rebecca Marino(CAN) /Ipek Senoglu(TUR) vs. Natalie Grandin(RSA) /Vladimira Uhlirova(CZE)

Court 16
 Mathilde Johansson(FRA) vs. Julia Goerges(GER)[16]

Jie Zheng(CHN) vs. Misaki Doi(JPN)

Andrea Hlavackova(CZE) vs. Jarmila Gajdosova(AUS)[27]

Tsvetana Pironkova(BUL) /Chanelle Scheepers(RSA) vs. Julia Goerges(GER)[9] /Maria Kirilenko(RUS)[9]

Johanna Larsson(SWE) /Jasmin Woehr(GER) vs. Raquel Kops-Jones(USA) /Abigail Spears(USA)

Court 17
 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS)[14] vs. Nadia Petrova(RUS)

Florian Mayer(GER)[20] vs. Xavier Malisse(BEL)

Lucie Safarova(CZE)[31] vs. Klara Zakopalova(CZE)

Court 18
 Alexandra Dulgheru(ROU) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS)[12]


Viktor Troicki(SRB)[13] vs. Yen-Hsun Lu(TPE)

Nicolas Almagro(ESP)[16] vs. John Isner(USA)

Ivan Dodig(CRO) /Lovro Zovko(CRO) vs. Mahesh Bhupathi(IND)[3] /Leander Paes(IND)[3]

Court 19
 Tamira Paszek(AUT) vs. Christina McHale(USA)

Ricardo Mello(BRA) vs. Michael Llodra(FRA)[19]

Wimbledon Order Of Play - Wednesday June 22nd

CENTRE COURT 

Kimiko Date-Krumm (JAP) vs. [23] Venus Williams (USA)

[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. Ryan Sweeting (USA)

Victor Hanescu (ROM) vs. [8] Andy Roddick (USA)

 
COURT No.1 - 1200 BST START

Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs. [6] Tomas Berdych (CZE)

[4] Andy Murray (GBR) vs. Tobias Kamke (GER)

[8] Petra Kvitova (CZE) vs. Anne Keothavong (GBR)

 
COURT No.2 - 1200 BST START

[10] Mardy Fish (USA) vs. Denis Istomin (UZB)

Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs. [2] Vera Zvonareva (RUS)

[24] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) vs. Olivier Rochus (BEL)

Alexandra Dulgheru (ROM) vs. [12] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)

 
COURT No.3 - 1200 BST START

Mathilde Johansson (FRA) vs. Heather Watson (GBR)

Gilles Muller (LUX) vs. [31] Milos Raonic (CAN)

[9] Gael Monfils (FRA) vs. Grega Zemlja (SLO)

[6] Francesca Schiavone (ITA) vs. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)

Vijay Amritraj speaking about the first day of Wimbledon

Wimbledon Order Of Play - Tuesday June 21st

Well no surprises yesterday. Nadal opening up on centre court got through easily after a slow start. Murray lost the first set but came back to win in four taking the last two to love. Here is the order of play for today.


Centre Court
Aravane Rezai (Fra) v (7) Serena Williams (USA)
Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) v (3) Roger Federer (Swi)
Jeremy Chardy (Fra) v (2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) 

Court No 1
Andreas Beck (Ger) v (8) Andy Roddick (USA)
(1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) v Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa)
(5) Robin Soderling (Swe) v Philipp Petzschner (Ger) 

Court 2
Radek Stepanek (Cze) v (21) Fernando Verdasco (Spa)
Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) v (4) Victoria Azarenka (Blr)
James Ward (Gbr) v (19) Michael Llodra (Fra)
(3) Na Li (Chn) v Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) 

Court 3
(15) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) v Maria Jose Sanchez Martinez (Spa)
Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) v (27) Marin Cilic (Cro)
(7) David Ferrer (Spa) v Benoit Paire (Fra)
John Isner (USA) v Nicolas Mahut (Fra)
Mathilde Johansson (Fra) v Heather Watson (Gbr)  

Court 4
(14) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) v Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) v (15) Gilles Simon (Fra)
Juan Monaco (Arg) v (18) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus)
Alejandro Falla (Col) v (11) Jurgen Melzer (Aut)
Olga Govortsova (Blr) v (13) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) 

Court 5
Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova (Cze) v Aleksandra Wozniak (Can)
Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) v Alize Cornet (Fra)
(20) Florian Mayer (Ger) v Daniel Evans (Gbr)
Kevin Anderson (Rsa) v Illya Marchenko (Ukr)
Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spa) v Romina Oprandi (Ita) 

Court 6
Rebecca Marino (Can) v Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (Aut)
Tobias Kamke (Ger) v Blaz Kavcic (Slo)
Xavier Malisse (Bel) v Mischa Zverev (Ger)
(22) Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) v Fernando Gonzalez (Chi)
Kristina Barrois (Ger) v Petra Cetkovska (Cze) 

Court 7
Kai-Chen Chang (Tpe) v Marina Erakovic (Nzl)
Sandra Zahlavova (Cze) v Iveta Benesova (Cze)
Ricardo Mello (Bra) v Frank Dancevic (Can)
Florent Serra (Fra) v Andreas Haider-Maurer (Aut)
Jie Zheng (Chn) v Zuzana Ondraskova (Cze) 

Court 8
(25) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) v Vitalia Diatchenko (Rus)
Olivier Rochus (Bel) v Kenny De Schepper (Fra)
Somdev Devvarman (Ind) v Denis Gremelmayr (Ger)
Sabine Lisicki (Ger) v Anastasija Sevastova (Lat)
Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) v Andrea Hlavackova (Cze) 

Court 9
Sania Mirza (Ind) v Virginie Razzano (Fra)
Jaroslav Pospisil (Cze) v Victor Hanescu (Rom)
Rik De Voest (Rsa) v Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spa)
Ivan Dodig (Cro) v Ryan Harrison (USA)
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) v Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 

Court 10
Irina Falconi (USA) v Stephanie Dubois (Can)
Carlos Berlocq (Arg) v Karol Beck (Svk)
Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) v (20) Shuai Peng (Chn)
Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) v Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (Ger)
(31) Lucie Safarova (Cze) v Lucie Hradecka (Cze) 

Court 11
Simona Halep (Rom) v Bojana Jovanovski (Ser)
Andrey Golubev (Kaz) v (26) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa)
Andreas Seppi (Ita) v Albert Montanes (Spa)
Anastasiya Yakimova (Blr) v Sofia Arvidsson (Swe)
Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) v (27) Jarmila Gajdosova (Aus) 

Court 12
Naomi Broady (Gbr) v Anne Keothavong (Gbr)
Ivo Karlovic (Cro) v (23) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser)
Elena Baltacha (Gbr) v Mona Barthel (Ger)
Kei Nishikori (Jpn) v Lleyton Hewitt (Aus)
(18) Ana Ivanovic (Ser) v Melanie Oudin (USA) 

Court 14
(8) Petra Kvitova (Cze) v Alexa Glatch (USA)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) v Daniel Cox (Gbr)
Bernard Tomic (Aus) v (29) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus)
(10) Samantha Stosur (Aus) v Melinda Czink (Hun)
Klara Zakopalova (Cze) v Emily Webley-Smith (Gbr) 

Court 15
Vera Dushevina (Rus) v (29) Roberta Vinci (Ita)
Arnaud Clement (Fra) v Lukasz Kubot (Pol)
Igor Andreev (Rus) v Teymuraz Gabashvili (Rus)
Ernests Gulbis (Lat) v Dmitry Tursunov (Rus)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) v (16) Julia Goerges (Ger) 

Court 16
Vania King (USA) v Petra Martic (Cro)
(25) Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) v Marinko Matosevic (Aus)
(13) Viktor Troicki (Ser) v Maximo Gonzalez (Arg)
(16) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) v Jarkko Nieminen (Fin)
Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) v Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) 

Court 17
Vesna Dolonts (Rus) v Nadia Petrova (Rus)
Ayumi Morita (Jpn) v Tamira Paszek (Aut)
Adrian Mannarino (Fra) v Conor Niland (Irl)
Go Soeda (Jpn) v (12) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra)
Misaki Doi (Jpn) v (30) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 

Court 18
Stephanie Foretz Gacon (Fra) v (11) Andrea Petkovic (Ger)
(24) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) v Flavio Cipolla (Ita)
(32) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) v James Blake (USA)
(9) Marion Bartoli (Fra) v Kristyna Pliskova (Cze) 

Court 19
(32) Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) v Camila Giorgi (Ita)
Robin Haase (Ned) v Pere Riba (Spa)
Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) v Tommy Robredo (Spa)
(28) David Nalbandian (Arg) v Julian Reister (Ger)
(26) Maria Kirilenko (Rus) v Alberta Brianti (Ita)

Wimbledon Order Of Play - Monday June 20th

Centre Court


13:00 Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Rafael Nadal(ESP)[1] vs. Michael Russell(USA)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Francesca Schiavone(ITA)[6] vs. Jelena Dokic(AUS)


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Andy Murray(GBR)[4] vs. Daniel Gimeno-Traver(ESP)


No. 1 Court


13:00 Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Alison Riske(USA) vs. Vera Zvonareva(RUS)[2]


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Filippo Volandri(ITA) vs. Tomas Berdych(CZE)[6]


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Andreas Beck(GER) vs. Andy Roddick(USA)[8]


No. 2 Court


12:00 Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Akgul Amanmuradova(UZB) vs. Venus Williams(USA)[23]


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Gael Monfils(FRA)[9] vs. Matthias Bachinger(GER)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Magdalena Rybarikova(SVK) vs. Victoria Azarenka(BLR)[4]


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Radek Stepanek(CZE) vs. Fernando Verdasco(ESP)[21]


No. 3 Court


12:00 Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Katie O'Brien(GBR) vs. Kimiko Date-Krumm(JPN)


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Potito Starace(ITA) vs. Stanislas Wawrinka(SUI)[14]


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Ivan Ljubicic(CRO) vs. Marin Cilic(CRO)[27]


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Jelena Jankovic(SRB)[15] vs. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP)


Court 4


12:00 Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Feliciano Lopez(ESP) vs. Michael Berrer(GER)


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Edouard Roger-Vasselin(FRA) vs. Gilles Simon(FRA)[15]


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS)[14] vs. Lesia Tsurenko(UKR)


Court 5


12:00 Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Pablo Andujar(ESP) vs. Ryan Sweeting(USA)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR) vs. Alize Cornet(FRA)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE) vs. Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Irina Falconi(USA) vs. Stephanie Dubois(CAN)


Court 6


12:00 Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Grega Zemlja(SLO) vs. Lukas Lacko(SVK)


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round Tobias Kamke(GER) vs. Blaz Kavcic(SLO)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Rebecca Marino(CAN) vs. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner(AUT)


Court 7


12:00 Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Elena Vesnina(RUS) vs. Laura Pous-Tio(ESP)


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Ruben Bemelmans(BEL) vs. Julien Benneteau(FRA)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Sandra Zahlavova(CZE) vs. Iveta Benesova(CZE)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Kai-Chen Chang(TPE) vs. Marina Erakovic(NZL)


Court 8


12:00 Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Shahar Peer(ISR)[22] vs. Ksenia Pervak(RUS)


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Frederico Gil(POR) vs. Dudi Sela(ISR)


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Olivier Rochus(BEL) vs. Kenny De Schepper(FRA)


Court 9


12:00 Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Anastasia Pivovarova(RUS) vs. Anna Tatishvili(GEO)


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Igor Kunitsyn(RUS) vs. Igor Sijsling(NED)


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Jaroslav Pospisil(CZE) vs. Victor Hanescu(ROU)


Court 10


12:00 Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Sorana Cirstea(ROU) vs. Pauline Parmentier(FRA)


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round


Martin Fischer(AUT) vs. Simone Bolelli(ITA)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Monica Niculescu(ROU) vs. Sybille Bammer(AUT)


Court 12


12:00 Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Mardy Fish(USA)[10] vs. Marcel Granollers(ESP)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Shuai Zhang(CHN) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS)[12]


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Ivo Karlovic(CRO) vs. Janko Tipsarevic(SRB)[23]


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Naomi Broady(GBR) vs. Anne Keothavong(GBR)


Court 14


12:00 Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Fabio Fognini(ITA) vs. Milos Raonic(CAN)[31]


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Christina McHale(USA) vs. Ekaterina Makarova(RUS)[28]


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR) vs. Daniel Cox(GBR)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Vera Dushevina(RUS) vs. Roberta Vinci(ITA)[29]


Court 15


12:00 Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER) vs. Denis Istomin(UZB)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Sara Errani(ITA) vs. Kaia Kanepi(EST)[17]


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Arnaud Clement(FRA) vs. Lukasz Kubot(POL)


Court 16


12:00 Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Thomaz Bellucci(BRA)[30] vs. Rainer Schuettler(GER)


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Juan Ignacio Chela(ARG)[25] vs. Marinko Matosevic(AUS)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Vania King(USA) vs. Petra Martic(CRO)


Court 17


12:00 Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Donald Young(USA) vs. Alex Bogomolov Jr(USA)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Ayumi Morita(JPN) vs. Tamira Paszek(AUT)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Vesna Dolonts(RUS) vs. Nadia Petrova(RUS)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Daniela Hantuchova(SVK)[25] vs. Vitalia Diatchenko(RUS)


Court 18


12:00 Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Yanina Wickmayer(BEL)[19] vs. Varvara Lepchenko(USA)


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Richard Gasquet(FRA)[17] vs. Santiago Giraldo(COL)


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG)[24] vs. Flavio Cipolla(ITA)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round Stephanie Foretz Gacon(FRA) vs. Andrea Petkovic(GER)[11]


Court 19


12:00 Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Gilles Muller(LUX) vs. Tommy Haas(GER)


Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Jill Craybas(USA) vs. Alexandra Dulgheru(ROU)


Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Robin Haase(NED) vs. Pere Riba(ESP)


TBA
Not Before:17:00
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Petra Kvitova(CZE)[8] vs. Alexa Glatch(USA)


Not Before:17:00
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Tsvetana Pironkova(BUL)[32] vs. Camila Giorgi(ITA)

Aegon Internations finals

The Aegon International came to an end yesterday in really bad weather conditions, cold, windy and rain. Both matches going to 3 sets and really good. Bartoli winning the women's final and Seppi the men's. Hopefully the weather will improve for Wimbledon which starts tomorrow. 

Wimbledon Seeds

Only three days to Wimbledon, I can't wait. The seeds have been announced and the draw will be made today. I just hope the weather improves, it's been more like winter over the last few weeks. 

Men's Seeds 

 1 Rafael Nadal (ESP) 
 2 Novak Djokovic (SRB) 
 3 Roger Federer (SUI) 
 4 Andy Murray (GBR) 
 5 Robin Soderling (SWE) 
 6 Tomas Berdych (CZE) 
 7 David Ferrer (ESP) 
 8  Andy Roddick (USA) 
 9 Gael Monfils (FRA) 
 10 Mardy Fish (USA) 
 11 Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 
 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 
 13 Viktor Troicki (SRB) 
 14 Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
 15 Gilles Simon (FRA) 
 16 Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 
 17 Richard Gasquet (FRA) 
 18 Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 
 19 Michael Llodra (FRA) 
 20 Florian Mayer (GER) 
 21 Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 
 22 Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 
 23 Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 
 24 Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 
 25 Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) 
 26 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
 27 Marin Cilic (CRO) 
 28 David Nalbandian (ARG) 
 29 Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 
 30 Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 
 31 Milos Raonic (CAN) 
 32 Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)

Women's Seeds

1 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 
 2 Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 
 3 Na LI (CHN) 
 4 Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
 5 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 
 6 Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
 7 Serena Williams (USA)
 8 Petra Kvitova (CZE) 
 9 Marion Bartoli (FRA) 
 10 Samantha Stosur (AUS) 
 11 Andrea Petkovic (GER) 
 12 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 
 13 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 
 14 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 
 15 Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
 16 Julia Goerges (GER) 
 17 Kaia Kanepi (EST) 
 18 Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 
 19 Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 
 20 Shuai Peng (CHN) 
 21 Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 
 22 Shahar Peer (ISR) 
 23 Venus Williams (USA) 
 24 Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 
 25 Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 
 26 Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 
 27 Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 
 28 Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 
 29 Roberta Vinci (ITA) 
 30 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 
 31 Lucie Safarova (CZE) 
 32 Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
 

Aegon International Eastbourne - Friday June 17 Order Of Play

Centre Court
1. Petra Kvitova vs. Daniela Hantuchova
2. Samantha Stosur vs. Marion Bartoli
3. ATP: Kunitsyn vs. Seppi
4. ATP: Nishikori vs. Tipsarevic
5. ATP: Dimitrov/Seppi vs. Erlich/Ram


Court 1
1. Peschke/Srebotnik vs. Martínez Sánchez/Medina Garrigues
2. Mattek-Sands/Shaughnessy vs. Huber/Raymond

Aegon International Eastbourne - Friday June 17 Order Of Play

Centre Court
1. Petra Kvitova vs. Daniela Hantuchova
2. Samantha Stosur vs. Marion Bartoli
3. ATP: Kunitsyn vs. Seppi
4. ATP: Nishikori vs. Tipsarevic
5. ATP: Dimitrov/Seppi vs. Erlich/Ram

Court 1
1. Peschke/Srebotnik vs. Martínez Sánchez/Medina Garrigues
2. Mattek-Sands/Shaughnessy vs. Huber/Raymond

Eastbourne 2011 - Tipsarevic Toughest Opponents

Order Of Play - Aegon June 16th

Centre Court 
1. Venus Williams vs. Daniela Hantuchova
2. Vera Zvonareva vs. Samantha Stosur
3. ATP: [Tipsarevic or Kukushkin] vs. Dimitrov
4. ATP: Stepanek vs. [Nishikori or Schuettler]
5. Black/Peer vs. Huber/Raymond

Court 1 
1. ATP: Tipsarevic vs. Kukushkin 
2. Petra Kvitova vs. Agnieszka Radwanska
3. Victoria Azarenka vs. Marion Bartoli
4. ATP: Kunitsyn vs. Benneteau
5. ATP: Dimitrov/Seppi vs. [Knowle/Sa or Fleming/Hutchins]

Court 2 
1. ATP: Rochus vs. Berlocq 
2. ATP: Nishikori vs. Schuettler 
3. ATP: Seppi vs. [Rochus or Berlocq]
4. ATP: Melo/Soares vs. Erlich/Ram

Court 3 
1. Martínez Sánchez/Medina Garrigues vs. Craybas/Dushevina (tbc)
2. ATP: Knowle/Sa vs. Fleming/Hutchins
3. Peng/Zheng vs. Mattek-Sands/Shaughnessy (tbc)
4. Gajdosova/Stosur vs. [Martínez Sánchez/Medina Garrigues or Craybas/Dushevina

Aegon International

Queens Club runner up Tsonga goes through to the second round after beating Istomin 6-2 7-5. Rochus also reaches the second round after beating Hewitt who retired in the second set with an ankle injury.

Women's first round results

Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Heather Watson (GBR) 6-3 6-3
Li Na (CHN) d. Tamira Paszek (AUT) 7-5 6-4
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Kaia Kanepi (EST) 76(7) 6-1
Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 6-3 3-6 76(7)
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Julia Goerges (GER) 6-4 6-3
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. (Q) Zheng Jie (CHN) 6-4 6-4
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. (Q) Mirjana Lucic (CRO) 6-1 3-6 6-4
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 76(9) 6-4
Serena Williams (USA) d. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 1-6 6-3 6-4
Elena Baltacha (GBR) d. Aravane Rezai (FRA) 6-2 6-1

Order Of Play - Wednesday June 15 2011

Centre Court 
Venus Williams vs. Ana Ivanovic
Vera Zvonareva vs. Serena Williams
Tsonga vs. Stepanek (NB 14.00hrs)
Nishikori vs. Schuettler
Knowle/Sa vs. Fleming/Hutchins

Court 1 
Victoria Azarenka vs. Elena Baltacha
Tipsarevic vs. Ward (tbc)
Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Francesca Schiavone
Daniela Hantuchova vs. Li Na
Tipsarevic or Ward] vs. Kukushkin
Benneteau/Tsonga vs. Erlich/Ram

Court 2 
Petra Kvitova vs. Ekaterina Makarova
Young vs. Seppi
María José Martínez Sánchez vs. Marion Bartoli
Rochus vs. Berlocq

Court 3 
Kunitsyn vs. Marchenko
Bojana Jovanovski vs. Samantha Stosur 
Lu/Marach vs. Melo/Soares
Mirza/Vesnina vs. Gajdosova/Stosur
Keothavong/Watson or Peng/Zheng] vs. Mattek-Sands/Shaughnessy

Court 4 
Bopanna/Qureshi vs. Andújar/García-López
Dimitrov vs. Anderson
Benneteau vs. Devvarman
Bopanna/Qureshi or Andújar/García-López] vs. Dimitrov/Seppi
Peschke/Srebotnik vs. Grandin/Uhlirova

AEGON International Eastbourne Order Of Play - Tuesday June 14th

CENTRE COURT 
J Goerges (GER) vs A Ivanovic (SRB) 
T Pironkova (BUL) vs [WC] S Williams (USA) 
[1] J Tsonga (FRA) vs D Istomin (UZB) 
L Hewitt (AUS) vs O Rochus (BEL) 
C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) vs S Aspelin (SWE) / P Hanley (AUS) 76(5)  
J Murray (GBR) / S Stakhovsky (UKR) vs J Benneteau (FRA) / J Tsonga (FRA) 

COURT 1 
A Rezai (FRA) vs [WC] E Baltacha (GBR) 
K Kanepi (EST) vs [4] F Schiavone (ITA) 
S Devvarman (IND) vs [4] G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 63 53  
[1] V Zvonareva (RUS) vs [WC] H Watson (GBR) - WTA
[Q] T Paszek (AUT) vs [2] N Li (CHN)
[3] J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs J Ward (GBR) 
[3] S Mirza (IND) / E Vesnina (RUS) vs J Gajdosova (AUS) / S Stosur (AUS) 

COURT 2 
[Q] A Slabinsky (GBR) vs [6] K Anderson (RSA) 
[Q] R Schuettler (GER) vs [5] S Stakhovsky (UKR) 
L Safarova (CZE) vs [6] M Bartoli (FRA) 
[Q] J Zheng (CHN) vs D Hantuchova (SVK) 
[1] R Bopanna (IND) / A Qureshi (PAK) vs P Andujar (ESP) / G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 
[WC] A Keothavong (GBR) / H Watson (GBR) vs S Peng (CHN) / J Zheng (CHN)

COURT 3 
D Young (USA) vs [WC] D Cox (GBR) 
I Marchenko (UKR) vs F Gil (POR) 
K Nishikori (JPN) vs [Q] E Kirillov (RUS)
G Dimitrov (BUL) / A Seppi (ITA) vs C Berlocq (ARG) / F Ferreiro (BRA) 
S Devvarman (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) vs Y Lu (TPE) / O Marach (AUT) 
J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) vs [2] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) 

COURT 4 
E Makarova (RUS) vs [Q] M Lucic (CRO) 
A Hlavackova (CZE) / L Hradecka (CZE) vs [2] L Huber (USA) / L Raymond (USA) 
A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) vs [Q] B Jovanovski (SRB) 
C Black (ZIM) / S Peer (ISR) vs N Petrova (RUS) / A Rodionova (AUS) 
[1] K Peschke (CZE) / K Srebotnik (SLO) vs A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) / V Zvonareva (RUS) 
M Martinez Sanchez (ESP) / A Medina Garrigues (ESP) vs J Craybas (USA) / V Dushevina (RUS)

WTA RANKINGS JUNE 13TH

WTA men's singles rankings June 13th

1 Nadal, Rafael (ESP)
2 Djokovic, Novak (SRB) 
3 Federer, Roger (SUI) 
4 Murray, Andy (GBR) 
5 Soderling, Robin (SWE) 
6 Ferrer, David (ESP) 
7 Berdych, Tomas (CZE) 
8 Monfils, Gael (FRA) 
9  Fish, Mardy (USA)  
10 Roddick, Andy (USA) 
11 Melzer, Jurgen (AUT) 
12 Troicki, Viktor (SRB) 
13 Gasquet, Richard (FRA) 
14 Wawrinka, Stanislas (SUI) 
15 Almagro, Nicolas (ESP) 
16 Simon, Gilles (FRA) 
17 Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS) 
18 Mayer, Florian (GER) 
19 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 
20 Chela, Juan Ignacio (ARG)


WTA women's singles rankings June 13th

1 Wozniacki, Caroline DEN 
2 Clijsters, Kim BEL 
3 Zvonareva, Vera RUS 
4 Li, Na CHN 
5 Azarenka, Victoria BLR
6 Sharapova, Maria RUS
7 Schiavone, Francesca ITA 
8 Kvitova, Petra CZE 
9 Bartoli, Marion FRA 
10 Stosur, Samantha AUS 
11 Petkovic, Andrea GER 
12 Kuznetsova, Svetlana RUS 
13 Radwanska, Agnieszka 06/03/89 POL 3056 18
14 Pavlyuchenkova, Anastasia RUS 
15 Jankovic, Jelena SRB 
16 Goerges, Julia GER 
17 Kanepi, Kaia EST 
18 Ivanovic, Ana SRB 
19 Wickmayer, Yanina BEL
20 Peng, Shuai CHN
 

Queens Club Final

It was definitely worth the wait for the Queens final. Great play from Murray and Tsonga. It's a pity Tsonga  lost his way in the tie-break (second set) as it seemed he was on course for the title. Looks like he could go far at Wimbledon after yesterdays performance, may be worth putting a bet each way. 

Rain at Queens again

Hopefully the final will eventually get played today but not looking good with another gloomy rainy day. Looks like I'll have to keep checking the television all afternoon in hope it stops raining.

Queens Club Semi Finals

Well another Queens Club almost at an end. Both semi finals finishing in two sets. Murray beating Roddick easily 6-3 6-1. James Ward had a good tournament getting this far, hope he has a good Wimbledon now. The final Murray and Tsonga starts at noon tomorrow.

Rainy Queens Club

A few surprises this afternoon at rainy Queens. Marin Cilic has pulled out with a knee injury giving Andy Murray an easy pass into the semi finals. Sam Querrey has failed to defend his title losing in three sets to Britains James Ward ranked at 216. 

ORDER OF PLAY - FRIDAY 10 JUNE 2011...Back to the future, lol

Big surprise, it's dark, miserable and raining here in Derbyshire this morning. Hopefully it will be better in London this afternoon for Queens. It looks like the match of the afternoon will be Nadal and Tsonga, especially with Nadal surprisingly dropping a set to Stepanek yesterday. All matches looking good though with the top 3 seeds still in the tournament. Also last years winner Sam Querrey is still in contention but has to finish his match with James Ward from last night which stands at 1 set all.


CENTRE COURT
[7] F Verdasco (ESP) vs [3] A Roddick (USA)
[8] M Cilic (CRO) vs [2] A Murray (GBR)
[1] R Nadal (ESP) vs [5] J Tsonga (FRA)
[WC] J Ward (GBR) or [13] S Querrey (USA) vs A Mannarino (FRA)
F Polasek (SVK) / I Zelenay (SVK) vs [3] M Bhupathi (IND) / L Paes (IND)

COURT 1
[WC] J Ward (GBR) vs [13] S Querrey (USA) 36 63 - To Finish
K Anderson (RSA) / J Knowle (AUT) vs [5] O Marach (AUT) / M Matkowski (POL)
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs J Del Potro (ARG) / R Stepanek (CZE) or [8] M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA)
[7] R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) vs M Lopez (ESP) / R Nadal (ESP) 76(3) - To Finish
[7] R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) or M Lopez (ESP) / R Nadal (ESP) vs [2] M Mirnyi (BLR) / D Nestor (CAN) - To Be Arranged

COURT 9 
J Del Potro (ARG) / R Stepanek (CZE) vs [8] M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA)

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ORDER OF PLAY - THURSDAY 9 JUNE 2011

Hopefully the weather will be better today, it's seems more like winter at the moment. Looks like we're in for another terrible summer. Anyway it's the 4th day of Queens already. Murray has a tough one again, playing Janko Tipsarevic who is currently ranked at 31. I saw him play at Wimbledon 3 years ago and was quite impressed but expected him to climb further up the rankings. Grass seems to be his best surface though by reaching the 4th round at Wimbledon twice 2007 and 2008. Nadal plays Radek Stepanek who is 57 in the rankings, another player I saw at Wimbledon 2008. If the rain keeps away it looks like we're in for a great afternoon of tennis.

 CENTRE COURT
 [15] K Anderson (RSA) vs [3] A Roddick (USA) 
[14] J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs [2] A Murray (GBR)
[1] R Nadal (ESP) vs R Stepanek (CZE)
[WC] J Ward (GBR) vs [13] S Querrey (USA)
[7] R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) vs M Lopez (ESP) / R Nadal (ESP)

COURT 1 
[7] F Verdasco (ESP) vs [9] [WC] D Nalbandian (ARG)
[10] M Llodra (FRA) vs [5] J Tsonga (FRA)
Not Before 3:00 PM
[12] J Del Potro (ARG) vs A Mannarino (FRA) or [6] G Simon (FRA)
[8] M Cilic (CRO) vs [11] T Bellucci (BRA)
J Del Potro (ARG) / R Stepanek (CZE) vs [8] M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA)

COURT 2 
[6] W Moodie (RSA) / D Norman (BEL) vs F Polasek (SVK) / I Zelenay (SVK)
Not Before 1:00 PM
A Mannarino (FRA) vs [6] G Simon (FRA) 67(4) 64 00 - To Finish 67 64
X Malisse (BEL) / K Skupski (GBR) vs [5] O Marach (AUT) / M Matkowski (POL)

COURT 9 
[WC] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) vs [3] M Bhupathi (IND) / L Paes (IND)
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs A Fisher (AUS) / S Huss (AUS)
S Lipsky (USA) / R Ram (USA) vs [2] M Mirnyi (BLR) / D Nestor (CAN)
[4] M Llodra (FRA) / N Zimonjic (SRB) vs K Anderson (RSA) / J Knowle (AUT)

QUEENS CLUB ORDER OF PLAY - WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2011

Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray are playing today. Could be a difficult one for Murray as he plays Xavier Malisse with a ranking of 40 in singles, but has been as high as 19 in August 2002. Malisse was runner up in the Chennai Open this year.


CENTRE
[8] M Cilic (CRO) vs [Q] A Clement (FRA)
X Malisse (BEL) vs [2] A Murray (GBR)
[1] R Nadal (ESP) vs [Q] M Ebden (AUS)
[12] J Del Potro (ARG) vs I Kunitsyn (RUS)
[7] R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) vs M Lopez (ESP) / R Nadal (ESP)

COURT 1
[14] J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs M Russell (USA)
[Q] I Bozoljac (SRB) vs [9] [WC] D Nalbandian (ARG)
R Stepanek (CZE) vs [16] I Ljubicic (CRO)
A Mannarino (FRA) vs [6] G Simon (FRA)
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs A Fisher (AUS) / S Huss (AUS)

COURT 9
[15] K Anderson (RSA) vs D Young (USA)
M Ilhan (TUR) vs [11] T Bellucci (BRA)
K Anderson (RSA) / J Knowle (AUT) vs [WC] N Mahut (FRA) / J Tsonga (FRA)
S Lipsky (USA) / R Ram (USA) vs [2] M Mirnyi (BLR) / D Nestor (CAN)
X Malisse (BEL) / K Skupski (GBR) vs [5] O Marach (AUT) / M Matkowski (POL)

Queens Club Order Of Play - June 7th

No big surprises at Queens yesterday. Britains Oliver Golding ranked (982) making his first appearance at this tournament played well, but lost in straight sets to Nicolas Mahut of France. Looks like a great line up this afternoon, here's the order of play starting at 12.30 pm.


CENTRE
[12] J Del Potro (ARG) vs D Istomin (UZB)
F Lopez (ESP) vs [3] A Roddick (USA)
[7] F Verdasco (ESP) vs N Mahut (FRA)
M Berrer (GER) vs [5] J Tsonga (FRA)
M Lopez (ESP) / R Nadal (ESP) vs T Bellucci (BRA) / A Sa (BRA)


COURT 1
X Malisse (BEL) vs M Bachinger (GER)
R Stepanek (CZE) vs G Soeda (JPN)
R Schuettler (GER) vs [13] S Querrey (USA)
X Malisse (BEL) / K Skupski (GBR) vs A Murray (GBR) / J Murray (GBR)
J Del Potro (ARG) / R Stepanek (CZE) vs D Nalbandian (ARG) / A Roddick (USA)


COURT 2
[Q] M Ebden (AUS) vs S Devvarman (IND)
I Marchenko (UKR) vs [9] [WC] D Nalbandian (ARG)
[15] K Anderson (RSA) vs I Karlovic (CRO)
[10] M Llodra (FRA) vs J Benneteau (FRA) or D Brands (GER)


COURT 9
D Gremelmayr (GER) vs M Russell (USA)
[14] J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs B Kavcic (SLO)
A Mannarino (FRA) vs E Gulbis (LAT)
[4] S Wawrinka (SUI) vs [WC] J Ward (GBR)
S Gonzalez (MEX) / T Rettenmaier (USA) vs F Polasek (SVK) / I Zelenay (SVK)


COURT 10
M Cilic (CRO) / L Zovko (CRO) vs A Fisher (AUS) / S Huss (AUS)
S Lipsky (USA) / R Ram (USA) vs S Aspelin (SWE) / P Hanley (AUS)
[WC] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) vs I Kunitsyn (RUS) / I Ljubicic (CRO)

Tennis History

This is great for all tennis fans!

Andy Murray talking at The Queen's Club

Queens Club

I love this time this year, usually after a grand slam finishes life seems boring for a while but this month is packed with tennis. Straight after the French Open it's off to Queens Club with a month of lawn tennis. It starts at 12.30 pm, here is the order of play.


CENTRE 
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs D Tursunov (RUS)
Nicolas Mahut (FRA) vs [WC] O Golding (GBR)
Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs [13] Sam Querrey (USA)
Ryan Sweeting (USA) vs [16] Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)
J Del Potro (ARG) / R Stepanek (CZE) vs D Nalbandian (ARG) / A Roddick (USA)

COURT 1 
Michael Berrer (GER) vs [WC] Ryan Harrison (USA) 
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [11] Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)
Julienne Benneteau (FRA) vs Daniel Brands (GER)
[14] Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs Blaz Kavcic (SLO)
K Anderson (RSA) / J Knowle (AUT) vs [WC] N Mahut (FRA) / J Tsonga (FRA)

COURT 2 
[WC] D Cox (GBR) vs [WC] J Ward (GBR)
[Q] Arnaud Clement (FRA) vs Benoit Paire (FRA)
Rainier Schuettler (GER) vs [Q] B Reynolds (USA)
A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) vs I Kunitsyn (RUS)

COURT 9 
Marsel Ilhan (TUR) vs Jan Hajek (CZE)
[10] Michael Llodra (FRA) vs J Pospisil (CZE)
A Haider-Maurer (AUT) vs Donald Young (USA)
M Kukushkin (KAZ) vs [Q] Ilya Bozoljac (SRB)
S Lipsky (USA) / R Ram (USA) vs S Aspelin (SWE) / P Hanley (AUS)

Looks like a good line up, hope you all enjoy it! 

Great Final

Congratulations to Rafael Nadal for achieving his 6th French Open title to equal  Bjorn Borg's record. After a slow start and a set point against him he managed to come back and win in 4 sets. Looking forward to Queens Club now starting tomorrow!

Men's Final

I'm really looking forward to the French Open final this afternoon. I thought Djokovic would most likely be playing Nadal but Federer seems to be more or less back to his old self. They both have a lot to play for, Federer trying to gain his 17th grand slam title and Nadal will equal Borg's record of six French Open titles. 

French Open - Women's Final

Congratulations to Na Li, after losing in the final of the Australian Open comes through to win the French in two straight sets. 

Roland Garros French Open 2011 Semifinal Djokovic vs Federer First Set Tiebreak

French Open

What great semi finals this afternoon. I enjoyed every minute of it from 1 pm through to 8.45 pm. I'm looking forward to the women's final tomorrow now, should be a close one and wouldn't like to predict a winner. If I was forced to make a prediction I think it would have to be Francesca Schiavone as she has the experience from last year but Na Li is playing really well, so it should be very close!

Tennis Fan From An Early Age

I have been a tennis fan since around the age of five. From this very young age I remember my mum glued to the television for two solid weeks watching Wimbledon. I have been to this tournament many times since and look forward to it every year. My ambition now is to visit the other Grand Slams. Some of my favourite playeres from the past include Ken Rosewall, Cliff Drysdale, Bjorn Borg, Adriano Panatta, Pete Sampras, Kevin Curren, Arnaud Boetsch, Evonne Cawley, Martina Navratilova Hana Manlikova and Jana Navotna. I would love to hear from other fans of this wonderful sport.