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)