WIMBLEDON 2012 - SINGLES: Mens and Ladies Discussion thread (info in first posts)

[Sallydaisy]

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The Championships
All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
Church Road, Wimbledon
London SW19 5AE

The home of tennis and the event revered by all the players as
the Grand Slam they want to win. And it's on .....

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There are 2 threads for the Singles events - something we do for all the Grand Slams

There is a locked thread here where we post all the essential information so it's easy to
refer to Entry Lists, Draws, and daily Orders of Play.

This thread is for discussion about Wimbledon in general, players, courts and so on but also
has in the first few posts some duplicated information for ease of reference.

There are also threads for Doubles in Jamie's Joint and others in Tour Tennis.

Going to Wimbledon?
Look in Coaches Corner for 2 threads
* All about tickets, camping, queueing, parking, facilities *
** Who is going, tickets and stuff **

[Sallydaisy]

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The Championships

The Tournament
All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
Church Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 5AE

Website: http://www.wimbledon.com/
Facebook: link (http://www.facebook.com/wimbledon)
Twitter: link (http://twitter.com/wimbledon)

MONDAY 25 JUNE - SUNDAY 8 JULY, 2012
Qualifying draw: Sunday, June 17, 6:00 p.m.
Main draw: Friday, June 22, 10:00 a.m.
Men's qualifying doubles draw: Sunday, June 17, 4:00 p.m.
Men's doubles draw: TBA
Mixed doubles draw: Wednesday, June 27, 11:00 a.m.

128 DRAW (128 draw qualifying)
SURFACE: GRASS
BALL: SLAZENGER

Visitor Information
The Wimbledon website contains a wealth of information for visitors - old and young, regulars or new to SW19 - so it's worth looking there if you are planning to go. There will be more of this in the other locked thread.

Here are some other useful links:-

Tickets information page (http://www.wimbledon.com/championships/tickets) - and the queue. (http://www.wimbledon.com/championships/tickets/queueing)
Spectators information page (http://www.wimbledon.com/championships/spectator/maps)
Map of the grounds (http://www.wimbledon.com/championships/spectator/maps) at Wimbledon
Transport for London (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=transport for london&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CGgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tfl.gov.uk%2F&ei=jJbIT7KYAqGu0QXDrs2kAQ&usg=AFQjCNFlYVpEYX7wOMDzLj7v4T1xBKr3fA&cad=rja) - for all travel information in and around London including:- Underground tube, Overground rail, DLR, Buses, Cycling, River, Walking, Taxis, Driving

[Sallydaisy]

MENS SINGLES ENTRY LIST
Entry deadline and rankings on May 14, 2012
Seeding based on rankings as at June 18, 2012

1 Djokovic, Novak SRB 1
2 Federer, Roger SUI 2
3 Nadal, Rafael ESP 3
4 Murray, Andy GBR 4
5 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 5
6 Ferrer, David ESP 6
7 Berdych, Tomas CZE 7
8 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 8
9 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 9
10 Isner, John USA 10
11 Fish, Mardy USA 11
12 Simon, Gilles FRA 12
13 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 13
14 Monfils, Gael FRA 14
15 Monaco, Juan ARG 15
16 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 16
17 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 17
18 Dolgopolov, Alexandr UKR 18
19 Nishikori, Kei JPN 19
20 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 20
21 Raonic, Milos CAN 21
22 Gasquet, Richard FRA 22
23 Cilic, Marin CRO 23
24 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 24
25 Stepanek, Radek CZE 25
26 Granollers, Marcel ESP 26
27 Roddick, Andy USA 27
28 Mayer, Florian GER 28
29 Troicki, Viktor SRB 29
30 Seppi, Andreas ITA 30
31 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 31
32 Tomic, Bernard AUS 32
33 Benneteau, Julien FRA 33
34 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 34
35 Anderson, Kevin RSA 35
36 Andujar, Pablo ESP 36
37 Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG 37
38 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 38
39 Ramos, Albert ESP 39
40 Haase, Robin NED 40
41 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 41
42 Nalbandian, David ARG 42
43 Istomin, Denis UZB 43
44 Bogomolov Jr., Alex RUS 44
45 Fognini, Fabio ITA 45
46 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 46
47 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 47
48 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 48
49 Young, Donald USA 49
50 Falla, Alejandro COL 50
51 Giraldo, Santiago COL 51
52 Muller, Gilles LUX 52
53 Kukushkin, Mikhail KAZ 53
54 Kubot, Lukasz POL 54
OUT Cuevas, Pablo URU @54
56 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 55
57 Soderling, Robin SWE 56
58 Harrison, Ryan USA 57
59 Llodra, Michael FRA 58
60 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 59
61 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 60
62 Soeda, Go JPN 61
63 Darcis, Steve BEL 62
64 Rochus, Olivier BEL 63
65 Lacko, Lukas SVK 64
66 Montanes, Albert ESP 65
67 Paire, Benoit FRA 66
68 Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 67
69 Mayer, Leonardo ARG 68
70 Ebden, Matthew AUS 69
71 Ito, Tatsuma JPN 70
72 Sela, Dudi ISR 71
73 Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben ESP 72
74 Cipolla, Flavio ITA 73
75 Dodig, Ivan CRO 74
76 Kamke, Tobias GER 75
77 Volandri, Filippo ITA 76
78 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 77
79 Andreev, Igor RUS 78
80 Machado, Rui POR 79
81 Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA 80
82 Becker, Benjamin GER @80
83 Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 81
84 Phau, Bjorn GER 82
85 Malisse, Xavier BEL 83
86 Jaziri, Malek TUN 84
87 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 85
88 Devvarman, Somdev IND @85
89 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 86
90 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 87
91 Mahut, Nicolas FRA 88
92 Querrey, Sam USA 89
93 Stebe, Cedrik-Marcel GER 90
94 Rosol, Lukas CZE 91
95 Matosevic, Marinko AUS 92
96 Petzschner, Philipp GER 93
97 Dimitrov, Grigor BUL 94
98 Starace, Potito ITA 95
99 Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 96
100 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA @96
101 Klizan, Martin SVK 97
102 Blake, James USA 98
103 Ungur, Adrian ROU 99
104 Bachinger, Matthias GER 100
105 (Q)
106 (Q)
107 (Q)
108 (Q)
109 (Q)
110 (Q)
111 (Q)
112 (Q)
113 (Q)
114 (Q)
115 (Q)
116 (Q)
117 (Q)
118 (Q)
119 (Q)
120 (Q)
121 (WC)
122 (WC)
123 (WC)
124 (WC)
125 (WC)
126 (WC)
127 (WC)
128 (WC)

Alternates
IN Pospisil, Vasek CAN 101
1 Kavcic, Blaz SLO 102
2 Beck, Karol SVK 103
3 Hanescu, Victor ROU 104
4 Brands, Daniel GER 105
5 Capdeville, Paul CHI 106
6 Zopp, Jurgen EST 107
7 Gil, Frederico POR 108
8 Zeballos, Horacio ARG 109
9 Goffin, David BEL 110
10 Russell, Michael USA 111
11 Bolelli, Simone ITA 112
12 Haas, Tommy GER 113
13 Beck, Andreas GER 114
14 Berrer, Michael GER 115

ATP Ranking Points
W: 2000, F: 1200, SF: 720, QF: 360, R16: 180, R32: 90, R64: 45, R128: 10 (WC: 0)
Q: +25, Q32: 16, Q64: 8, Q128: 0

[Sallydaisy]

LADIES SINGLES ENTRY LIST
Entry deadline and rankings on May 14, 2012
Seeding based on rankings as at June 18, 2012



Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
Maria Sharapova (RUS)
Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)
Petra Kvitová (CZE)
Samantha Stosur (AUS)
Serena Williams (USA)
Marion Bartoli (FRA)
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
Na Li (CHN)
Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
Angelique Kerber (GER)
Andrea Petković (GER) (http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id/7862047/germany-andrea-petkovic-3-months-ankle-injury)
Sabine Lisicki (GER)
Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Ana Ivanović (SRB)
Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
Dominika Cibulková (SVK)
Daniela Hantuchová (SVK)
Roberta Vinci (ITA)
Jelena Janković (SRB)
Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
Lucie Šafářová (CZE)
Shuai Peng (CHN)
Sara Errani (ITA)
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS - SR # 24)
Kaia Kanepi (EST)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
Svetlana Kuznezova (RUS)
Petra Cetkovská (CZE)
Julia Görges (GER)
Nadia Petrova (RUS)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
Mona Barthel (GER)
Jie Zheng (CHN)
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
Monica Niculescu (ROU)
Christina McHale (USA)
Polona Hercog (SLO)
Ksenia Pervak (KAZ)
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)
Marina Eraković (NZL)
Klára Zakopalová (CZE)
Kim Clijsters (BEL)
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
�gnes Szávay (HUN - SR # 44) - last tournament (http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=458641#): P700 Stuttgart 2012 (recover from back injury)
Sorana Cîrstea (ROU)
Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)
MarÃ*a José MartÃ*nez Sánchez (ESP)
Petra Martić (CRO)
Simona Halep (ROU)
Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)
Iveta Benešová (CZE)
Tamira Paszek (AUT)
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)
Shahar Pe'er (ISR)
Lucie Hradecká (CZE)
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (CZE)
Vania King (USA)
Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
Silvia Soler Espinosa (ESP)
Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)
Venus Williams (USA)
Su-wei Hsieh (TPE)
Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
Timea Babos (HUN)
Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)
Romina Oprandi (SUI) - didn’t compete since mid February 2012 due to right knee injury
Jarmila Gajdošová (AUS)
Elena Baltacha (GBR)
Michaëlla Krajicek (NED)
Anna Tatishvili (GEO)
Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)
Alexandra Cadanțu (ROU)
Olga Govortsova (BLR)
Anne Keothavong (GBR)
Ayumi Morita (JPN)
Alexandra Panova (RUS)
Elena Vesnina (RUS)
Vera Dushevina (RUS)
Johanna Larsson (http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=458641#) (SWE)
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT)
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon (FRA)
Mandy Minella (LUX)
Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROU)
Alizé Cornet (FRA)
Jamie Hampton (USA)
Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) (http://treizecizero.ro/interviu-exclusiv-alexandra-dulgheru-corpul-mi-a-dat-semnale-si-nu-le-am-ascultat/)
Mathilde Johansson (FRA)
Kiki Bertens (NED)
Urszula Radwańska (POL)
Sloane Stephens (USA)
Laura Pous Tio(ESP)
Lourdes DomÃ*nguez Lino (ESP)
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)
Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)[/color]
Arantxa Rus (NED)
Stéphanie Dubois (CAN)
Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR)
Irina Falconi (USA)
Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)
Kai-chen Chang (TPE)
Alberta Brianti (ITA)
Gréta Arn (HUN)
Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)
Magdaléna Rybáriková (SVK)
Nina Bratchikova (RUS)
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bold = 2011 Top 10 Player; italics = 2011 Top 20 Player
Results from P Brussels/I Strasbourg until PM Madrid 2012




Alternates


Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)
Heather Watson (GBR)
Karin Knapp (ITA)
Mirjana Lučić (CRO)
Virginie Razzano (FRA)
Misaki Doi (JPN)
Melinda Czink (HUN)
Eva Birnerová (CZE)
Stefanie Vögele (SUI)
Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (ESP)
Olivia Rogowska (AUS)
KarolÃ*na PlÃ*šková (CZE)
Yulia Putintseva (RUS)
Paula Ormaechea (ARG)
Jelena Dokić (AUS)
Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ)
Laura Robson (GBR)
Gisela Dulko (ARG)
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)
Kurumi Nara (JPN)
Erika Sema (JPN)
Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (ESP)
Caroline Garcia (FRA)
Jill Craybas (USA)

[Sallydaisy]

Mens Doubles threads/info will go in Jamie's Joint.
Ladies and Mixed doubles will likely go in Doubles World
Qualifying, junior, wheelchair and veterans events at Wimbledon, will be in Tour Tennis

[cazza99]

The wild cards for Wimbledon have been announced.

Since this list was drawn up it has been announced that Heather Watson gets into the draw by her ranking and does not need a wildcard due to the withdrawal of Kanepi.

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2012-06-12/201206121339508369858.html


Event 1: Gentlemen's Singles

1. Jamie Baker (GBR)

2. David Goffin (BEL)

3. Oliver Golding (GBR)

4. Josh Goodall (GBR)

5. Tommy Haas (GER)

6. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)

7. James Ward (GBR)

8. TBA



Event 2: Gentlemen's Doubles

1. Jamie Delgado and Ken Skupski (GBR)

2. Lleyton Hewitt and Chris Guccione (AUS)

3. TBA

4. TBA

5. TBA



Event 3: Ladies' Singles

1. Naomi Broady (GBR)

2. Johanna Konta (GBR)

3. Virginie Razzano (FRA)

4. Laura Robson (GBR)

5. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)

6. Heather Watson (GBR) *now gets into the draw by ranking due to the withdrawal of Kanepi

7. TBA

8. TBA



Event 4: Ladies' Doubles

1. Elena Baltacha and Anne Keothavong (GBR)

2. Naomi Broady and Johanna Konta (GBR)

3. Tara Moore and Melanie South (GBR)

4. Laura Robson and Heather Watson (GBR)

5. TBA

[SamP]

I want Andy to play Haas first round.

[hfwardhouse]

Really Sam? The same Haas who has matchpoint against Fed in Halle?!

[Linda]

Correction, who has just beaten Fed in Halle.

One of the worst you could get in the first round.

[SamP]

Yes, thats why I said it.

Put him in his place.

[RoastLamb]

I'd like either Djoko or Fed to get Haas in the first round, thank you.

[Linda]

Definitely, RL! The first round is always tricky; any of the top players could get caught out by someone like Haas before they get the feel of the court.

[Alis]

There will be a few dangerous floaters out there - Nalbandian included - he'll feel he has a point to prove after today.

[Sallydaisy]

Andy and FerVer ... yum!

Fernando Verdasco ‏@FeVerdasco7 (https://twitter.com/#%21/FeVerdasco7)
With @andy_murray (https://twitter.com/#%21/andy_murray) at the gym of queens club! Con @andy_murray (https://twitter.com/#%21/andy_murray) en el gym del club de queens! http://pic.twitter.com/uZEVahpA (http://t.co/uZEVahpA)


pic from twitter

https://p.twimg.com/AvRYvcmCQAANBOk.jpg

[hfwardhouse]

Love that pic :)

[VamosVixs]

It's a fab pic! :thumbup:

[Mickey]

Great pic, and here is another player happy to be with Andy, despite the fact that according to Haas they talk about Andy and his faking of injuries in the locker room. Tommy Haas will live to regret what he said about Andy as I feel many of the players will give him the cold shoulder and he will be isolated in the locker room.

[Alis]

Great pic, and here is another player happy to be with Andy, despite the fact that according to Haas they talk about Andy and his faking of injuries in the locker room. Tommy Haas will live to regret what he said about Andy as I feel many of the players will give him the cold shoulder and he will be isolated in the locker room.

I certainly hope so - there was no need for him to make any comment at all.

[Alis]

Nice touch that Andy's at Wimbledon today, supporting the Brits playing in the qualifying.

[jamie&andy's fan]

I ADORE Wimbledon! I've been twice.The first time in 2007 and the second 2008. The access for people in wheelchairs is very good ( the staff let me get the best places on the practise courts and skip certain queues !) I have seen Novak,Roger and Rafa but sadly not Andy yet (booo) Has anyone got pictures of Andy at past Wimbledons ? :)

[cazza99]

Alexandra Willis ‏@alex_willis

Plenty of players down at Aorangi today - Murray, Sharapova, Hewitt, Cilic, Ivanovic. I even got a couple of 'hellos' #humblebrag #Wimbledon

[Sallydaisy]

Wimbledon seedings are announced; they follow the ATP and WTA rankings lists.

Wimbledon ‏@Wimbledon (https://twitter.com/#!/Wimbledon)
The full list of seedings for The Championships 2012 - http://bit.ly/LD8O5r (http://t.co/Grpc5ja0) #Wimbledon (https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Wimbledon)

Gael Monfils is out of action still.



Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) [1]
Rafael NADAL (ESP) [2]
Roger FEDERER (SUI) [3]
Andy MURRAY (GBR) [4]
Jo-Wilfried TSONGA (FRA) [5]
Tomas BERDYCH (CZE) [6]
David FERRER (ESP) [7]
Janko TIPSAREVIC (SRB) [8]
Juan Martin DEL POTRO (ARG) [9]
Mardy FISH (USA) [10]
John ISNER (USA) [11]
Nicolas ALMAGRO (ESP) [12]
Gilles SIMON (FRA) [13]
Feliciano LOPEZ (ESP) [14]
Juan MONACO (ARG) [15]
Marin CILIC (CRO) [16]
Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) [17]
Richard GASQUET (FRA) [18]
Kei NISHIKORI (JPN) [19]
Bernard TOMIC (AUS) [20]
Milos RAONIC (CAN) [21]
Alexandr DOLGOPOLOV (UKR) [22]
Andreas SEPPI (ITA) [23]
Marcel GRANOLLERS (ESP) [24]
Stanislas WAWRINKA (SUI) [25]
Mikhail YOUZHNY (RUS) [26]
Philipp KOHLSCHREIBER (GER) [27]
Radek STEPANEK (CZE) [28]
Julien BENNETEAU (FRA) [29]
Andy RODDICK (USA) [30]
Florian MAYER (GER) [31]
Kevin ANDERSON (RSA) [32]

[Alis]

Interesting that many of the pundits have already written Andy off for Wimbledon - might not be a bad thing for him to go in under the radar for a change.

[pabbers]

Big piece in the Radio Times by Johnny Mac on what Andy needs to do to win - doesn't sound too hopeful :grrr:

[RoastLamb]

Interesting that many of the pundits have already written Andy off for Wimbledon - might not be a bad thing for him to go in under the radar for a change.

Exactly what I've been thinking.

[Mandiemoo]

So here we are again, all eyes on the green, green grass of home as we get behind Andy for the Wimbledon title.

Juat 7 matches to win & all our dreams come true. I can picture the moment Andy hits the winning shot (he chases down a disguised dropper & smacks it cross court to win, still running he drops to his knees at the edge of the court while we all go bonkers & cry at the same time - it brings a tear to my eye thinking about it!) & cross everything that this year it finally happens!

[Jan]

So here we are again, all eyes on the green, green grass of home as we get behind Andy for the Wimbledon title.

Juat 7 matches to win & all our dreams come true. I can picture the moment Andy hits the winning shot (he chases down a disguised dropper & smacks it cross court to win, still running he drops to his knees at the edge of the court while we all go bonkers & cry at the same time - it brings a tear to my eye thinking about it!) & cross everything that this year it finally happens!

I like your imaginings! :thumbup:

[wriggles]

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Novak DJOKOVIC (SRB) [1]
Rafael NADAL (ESP) [2]
Roger FEDERER (SUI) [3]
Andy MURRAY (GBR) [4]
Jo-Wilfried TSONGA (FRA) [5]
Tomas BERDYCH (CZE) [6]
David FERRER (ESP) [7]
Janko TIPSAREVIC (SRB) [8]
Juan Martin DEL POTRO (ARG) [9]
Mardy FISH (USA) [10]
John ISNER (USA) [11]
Nicolas ALMAGRO (ESP) [12]
Gilles SIMON (FRA) [13]
Feliciano LOPEZ (ESP) [14]
Juan MONACO (ARG) [15]
Marin CILIC (CRO) [16]
Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) [17]
Richard GASQUET (FRA) [18]
Kei NISHIKORI (JPN) [19]
Bernard TOMIC (AUS) [20]
Milos RAONIC (CAN) [21]
Alexandr DOLGOPOLOV (UKR) [22]
Andreas SEPPI (ITA) [23]
Marcel GRANOLLERS (ESP) [24]
Stanislas WAWRINKA (SUI) [25]
Mikhail YOUZHNY (RUS) [26]
Philipp KOHLSCHREIBER (GER) [27]
Radek STEPANEK (CZE) [28]
Julien BENNETEAU (FRA) [29]
Andy RODDICK (USA) [30]
Florian MAYER (GER) [31]
Kevin ANDERSON (RSA) [32]


out of all those seeds why does the name MARDY FISH fill me with the most "fear/terror/please be on opposite side of the draw" type feelings....lol

[Madeline]

He will surely be rusty though, he hasn't played for some time.

[traveller7]

Will be away next week so will miss most of the play though I have a TV in bedroom so might catch the highlights! Hope Andy is in the 2nd week lol

[DaveArneRiise]

out of all those seeds why does the name MARDY FISH fill me with the most "fear/terror/please be on opposite side of the draw" type feelings....lol

He certainly has the potential to be a slippery customer.

[-J-]

Mike Dickson ‏@Mike_Dickson_DM (https://twitter.com/#%21/Mike_Dickson_DM) Andy Murray is in Nadal's half of the draw yet again!

[Jan]

Andy plays Davydenko

[-J-]

Tough first round for Andy! - plays Davydenko #Wimbledon (https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23Wimbledon)

[Jennan]

really difficult draw for Andy

[Jan]

Golding vs Andreev
J Baker vs Roddick!
Ward vs Anduhar (I think)

[-J-]

AM's route (poss) Davydenko, Karlovic, Anderson, Raonic(Cilic), Ferrer, Nadal, Djokovic/The Fed. Awesome

[jaysee]

Neil Harman ‏@NeilHarmanTimes AM's route (poss) Davydenko, Karlovic, Anderson, Raonic(Cilic), Ferrer, Nadal, Djokovic/The Fed. Awesome

If he wins his slam this time, there'll be no saying he had it easy, that's for sure!

[Jan]

Goodall vs Zemlja as well

[Jan]

Andy will need to be at his very best right from the start!

[-J-]

Neil Harman ‏@NeilHarmanTimes (https://twitter.com/#%21/NeilHarmanTimes) Anyone else, like me, think The Fed has very acceptable draw. Ramos possibly Llodra, Benneteau, Simon, Isner, Djoko (Berd) and then final:grrr::grrr:

[Jennan]

Whose quarter is Delpo in?

[Maza1987]

Andys return game will need to be top notch.
would love Andy to get his own back on ferrer in quarters. But first, they both need to get there

[-J-]

Andys return game will need to be top notch.
would love Andy to get his own back on ferrer in quarters. But first, they both need to get therereally need dry sunny courts, under the roof in slippery conditions andys movement would be hampered

[super8]

WTA drawn happening right now.

Heather Watson drawn against Iveta Benesova.

Kim Clijsters drawn against Jelena Jankovic..

[-J-]

Rafa’s 1st-round opponent will beThomaz Belluci.

[-J-]

Whose quarter is Delpo in?andys

[Madeline]

[1]Djokovic v Ferrero
Harrison v Lu
Becker v Blake
Stakhovsky v [28]Stepanek
[24]Granollers v Troicki
Klizan v Chela
Chardy v Volandri
L.Mayer v [15]Monaco

[12]Almagro v Rochus
Rufin v Darcis
Berlocq v Bemelmans
Kamke v [18]Gasquet
[31]F.Mayer v Tursunov
Petzschner v Kavcic
Bolelli v Janowicz
Gulbis v [6]Berdych

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[3]Federer v Ramos
Fognini v Llodra
Menendez-Maceiras v Russell
Muller v [29]Benneteau
[17]Verdasco v Wang
Zemlja v Goodall
Malisse v Matosevic
Mathieu v [13]Simon

[11]Isner v Falla
Lorenzi v Mahut
Andreev v Golding
Istomin v [23]Seppi
[26]Youzhny v Young
Cervantes v Cipolla
Sweeting v Starace
Nalbandian v [8]Tipsarevic

-------------------

[7]Ferrer v Brown
De Schepper v Bachinger
Odesnik v Phau
J.Baker v [30]Roddick
[19]Nishikori v Kukushkin
Kuznetsov v Serra
Soeda v Kunitsyn
Haase v [9]Del Potro

[16]Cilic v Stebe
Ito v Kubot
Pospisil v Querrey
Giraldo v [21]Raonic
[32]Anderson v Dimitrov
Montanes v Baghdatis
Karlovic v Sela
Davydenko v [4]Murray

-------------------

[5]Tsonga v Hewitt
Roger-Vasselin v Garcia-Lopez
Lacko v Ungur
Melzer v [25]Wawrinka
[20]Tomic v Goffin
Levine v K.Beck
Ward v Andujar
Ramirez-Hidalgo v [10]Fish

[14]Lopez v Nieminen
B.Baker v Machado
Ebden v Paire
Bogomolov v [22]Dolgopolov
[27]Kohlschreiber v Haas
Zopp v Jaziri
Rosol v Dodig
Bellucci v [2]Nadal

[super8]

Anne Keothavong v Laura Pous-Tio
Laura Robson v Francesca Schiavone
Bally v Karinn Knapp

According to Mr Harman, Anne Keo would play Errani in R2 - and Bally would play Kvitova in R2...

[Sallydaisy]

Thanks Madeline - you beat me to it .......
:thumbup:

[Jan]

JoKo v McHale
Naomi Broady v Dominguez Lino

[super8]

AM's route (poss) Davydenko, Karlovic, Anderson, Raonic(Cilic), Ferrer, Nadal, Djokovic/The Fed. Awesome

There was me thinking that having Ferrer in his quarter was quite kind - but the first week opponents are a little tricky - and I don't know Ferrer's draw. Maybe he has some tricky opponents too, and might not make the last 8?

Another way of looking at it would be that it could make him match tough for the second week.

And best of 5 gives the top players more of a chance to avoid an upset.

[Sallydaisy]

There was me thinking that having Ferrer in his quarter was quite kind - but the first week opponents are a little tricky - and I don't know Ferrer's draw. Maybe he has some tricky opponents too, and might not make the last 8?
Another way of looking at it would be that it could make him match tough for the second week.
And best of 5 gives the top players more of a chance to avoid an upset.

Ferrer's section from Madeline's post up above. Think I'd pick Fran (Del Potro) to come through over Ferret. Agree with you regarding best of 5; Andy has played rather more of them than a lot of people in his section!!!

[7]Ferrer v Brown
De Schepper v Bachinger
Odesnik v Phau
J.Baker v [30]Roddick
[19]Nishikori v Kukushkin
Kuznetsov v Serra
Soeda v Kunitsyn
Haase v [9]Del Potro

[Fina]

Oh well, at least there's not an 'unknown' for him to slip up against in the first round.

And I really hope we won't be factoring in damp slippery court surfaces.

<goodluckandy>

[Linda]

I am really, really, really fed up that Andy is in Rafa's half yet again. :grrr: Mainly because I am going to the semis and had hoped that I would be able to cheer for both of them. Although of course, they both have to get to the semis first!

No idea why anyone should worry about Ferrer - he's never gone beyond R16 at Wimbly.

Actually it strikes me that the bottom half of the draw is by far the toughest - Nole and Fed have a much easier route to the semis than do Andy and Rafa.

[super8]

JoKo v McHale
Naomi Broady v Dominguez Lino

Took me a little while to figure out who JoKo was - Brit Wild Card Johanna Konta

On the WTA side, all of the British players seem to have difficult matches in r1 - or r2, if they make it that far.

[Alis]

The bottom half of the draw certainly seems much tougher than the top half on paper but Majors have a habit of throwing up the unexpected. The plus point is that Andy always seems to play better against stiff opposition and he's certainly got that!

[DaveArneRiise]

AM's route (poss) Davydenko, Karlovic, Anderson, Raonic(Cilic), Ferrer, Nadal, Djokovic/The Fed. Awesome

That's about as tough as it gets. Karlovic, Anderson and Raonic are all monstrous servers, even better on grass. Andy's return game is going to have to be on song if he is to progress through the rounds. I believe he can do it though! Cmon the Muzz! :cheer:

[Jan]

Well if Andy DID win no-one would be able to say he'd had an "easy draw blah blah etc!!!"

[DaveArneRiise]

Does anyone have a prediction format you can do, picking each winner round by round so you can see who you think will reach qf sf f etc

Will help me pick my dream team my BG prediction. Thanks

[-J-]

official draw http://2012.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/ms/index.html

[DaveArneRiise]

official draw http://2012.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/ms/index.html

Not like a prediction format anywhere? Will take ages figuring out the potential last 16 last 8 etc looking at that draw.

[super8]

Well if Andy DID win no-one would be able to say he'd had an "easy draw blah blah etc!!!"

I really don't bother about the 'so-and-so had an easy draw' sort of thing. It is invariably used to degrade achievement.

The luck of the draw is what it is. It's up to players to make the most of whatever luck comes their way - and if they do, then fair play to them - it shouldn't be used to take away from their success.

If the cards don't fall in their favour however, then it is simply up to them to try overcome the obstacles in their way.

[Alis]

I think there is always an element of luck in winning a Major - whether it be in the draw, the draw opening up, an opponent retiring or whatever. Unfortunately, Andy doesn't seem to be the luckiest of players!

[DaveArneRiise]

Kohlschreiber withdraw midway through his match today against Seppi. Casts a slight doubt over his participation at Wimbly I guess.

[Linda]

For the third year running, Isner is drawn to play Mahut (in 2nd round this time).

[harriet]

SNAFU moment looms, Davydenko, Karlovic/Sela, Baghdatis/Anderson, Raonic/Cilic, del Potro/Ferrer, and then, wait for it, NADAL or Tsonga

[Jan]

what's a SNAFU moment????

[Sallydaisy]

what's a SNAFU moment????
Something that Harriet cannot post in full on the forum 'cos it would contravene our swearing rules.
In particular the last two letters of SNAFU.
:shades:

[-J-]

Something that Harriet cannot post in full on the forum 'cos it would contravene our swearing rules.
In particular the last two letters of SNAFU.
:shades: situation normal: all fouled up;)

[Jan]

ah thanks!

[harriet]

but fortunately Sallydaisy has posted the full draw on the closed thread, andy might have some tricky moments but let's hope he will forge ahead to meet his pal again in the semi, as is the normal situation in these draws

[SamP]

What an appalling draw for Andy, if he has to play Karlovic, Anderson and Raonic before Del Potro, Nadal, Djokovic it will be the toughest draw he's ever had at a major.

The best thing that can genuinely happen to him is if Davydenko gives him a really tough match full of rallies, because if he doesn't find his range and rhythm in that match, he won't have a chance in the latter stages because there will be barely any rallies for the next three rounds, and that would definitely count against him later in the tournament. He's going to have to serve and return like a dream.

But i'm getting ahead of myself.

He can do it though.

[Linda]

Andy is one of the best returners in the game. He's never had to worry about big servers.

[SamP]

Andy is one of the best returners in the game. He's never had to worry about big servers.

Thats not my point.

My point is that these games offer players little rhythm, few rallies. That would count against anyone later in a tournament when you start playing far more talented players who can work you round a court.

Andy's serving will also have to be very very solid, something he's struggled with lately. If he's fit however, i'm sure he won't have any problems on serve.

[DaveArneRiise]

It could be Dimitrov and not Anderson IMO. Bulgarian beat the South African at Queens. Another dangerous floater to have in your floater.

Bring it on is what I say, bring them all on.

Andy will be on song for Wimbledon mark my words!

[millypops]

I have had Mens Finals Day tickets for the last 4 years in a row, so I am hoping that's a good omen for Andy, I am quite content to watch the final from an armchair as long as Andy wins it

[Sallydaisy]

I have had Mens Finals Day tickets for the last 4 years in a row, so I am hoping that's a good omen for Andy, I am quite content to watch the final from an armchair as long as Andy wins it
I'd be really torn over where to watch if Andy got to the Final this year. The TV offers close-up shots, great coverage, replays, armchair comfort (murraycoasters notwithstanding) and the chance to drink a lot of Pimms to calm the nerves!!! But I'd be soooooooooo tempted to get down to Wimblers in the early hours of Sunday to queue for ground passes and watch from Henman Hill and get the atmosphere. Did that in '07 when Jamie won his Mixed title and it was awesome!

[JAMES4578]

I have had Mens Finals Day tickets for the last 4 years in a row, so I am hoping that's a good omen for Andy, I am quite content to watch the final from an armchair as long as Andy wins it

That's amazing Milypops! Was that from the ballot/ticketmaster or a combination? A few tough challenges but would be fabulous if Andy could reach his first Wimbledon final! Think I'll be watching the title match from home regardless though, am off 2nd week but need to be back at work on the Monday.

[traveller7]

Cant believe he has Nadal in his draw again so unfair :(

[millypops]

James,twice in the public ballot and twice LTA ballot, couldn't believe my luck, this year though I didn't join the LTA as I am a Pensioner and couldn't see the sense in paying out just to go in the Wimbledon draw, I have got tickets for CC for Friday so doubt if I will see Andy.
Sally I am not even tempted to go up on Finals Day I shall go to my fiends house and we will probably have a seafood salad lunch and strawberries locally picked and share a bottle of wine what could be better well Andy holding up the trophy of course .

[Madeline]

James,twice in the public ballot and twice LTA ballot, couldn't believe my luck, this year though I didn't join the LTA as I am a Pensioner and couldn't see the sense in paying out just to go in the Wimbledon draw, I have got tickets for CC for Friday so doubt if I will see Andy.
Sally I am not even tempted to go up on Finals Day I shall go to my fiends house and we will probably have a seafood salad lunch and strawberries locally picked and share a bottle of wine what could be better well Andy holding up the trophy of course .
:confused: Well, if you are expecting to see Andy holding up the trophy on Sunday, you would definitely see him in the semis on Friday.

[jamie&andy's fan]

I just want to enjoy Wimbledon and not worry too much about the outcome. As long as Andy is there and doing his best ..i'll be happy. I think he will do well !

[Linda]

:confused: Well, if you are expecting to see Andy holding up the trophy on Sunday, you would definitely see him in the semis on Friday.

I assume millipops means the first Friday.

[millypops]

Yes apologies I did mean the First Friday, funnily enough I never got semi final tickets

[jamie&andy's fan]

I cant go to Wimbledon this year :'(

[millypops]

I cant go to Wimbledon this year :'(

Will you be able to watch it on TV???????

[pabbers]

The Odeon cinema is advertising the final in 3D in our area :shocked: wonder if they'd let us in with Pimms.......;)

Oh and I see Sally has said on the closed thread that there's going to be 10 days of sun - well according to one of my friends it's going to be a month of good weather starting from next Thursday. She thinks her son is bringing it with him from Australia. Personally I'm not bovvered where it's from so long as we get it. Oooo I'm so fickle!

[jamie&andy's fan]

Will you be able to watch it on TV???????

Yeah but it wont be the same :( I love Wimbeldon ..its like a huge garden party ! I've been twice (07,08) the first time i went i wore green and the second i wore purple ! :)

[super8]

There is a Wimbledon song kicking about on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXUk6bYpwek&feature=youtu.be

I'm liking the animation - looks like fun to have put together!

[DaveArneRiise]

They are showing Wimbledon 2011 review on BBC 2 right now.

[DaveArneRiise]

OOP for tomorrow is out. (http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/schedule/index.html)

[WimbledonAce]

Federer on Court 1!

[DaveArneRiise]

The weather right now in London is miserable. Just had a look at the forecast for this week and it looks dodgy to say the least. Probably be a lot of stop start play this week, which could be disruptive for the players.

[WimbledonAce]

I thought the forecast was meant to be ok. No idea what day to try and go now. Maybe Thursday but chances are Andy would be court 1 :confused:

[Sallydaisy]

Monday 25th June - showcourts/Brits in action
Link (http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/schedule/index.html) to full Order of play

SHOWCOURTS

Centre Court
Djokovic[1] v. Ferrero
Sharapova[1] v. Rodionova
Gulbis v. Berdych[6]

Court One
Nalbandian v. Tipsarevic[8]
Federer[3] v. Ramos
Clijsters v. Jankovic[18]

Court Two
A.Radwanska[3] v Rybarikova
V.Williams v Vesnina
Stakhovsky v Stepanek[28]
WC Oli Golding v. Andreev

Court Three
Stosur[5] v Suarez Navarro
WC Josh Goodall v. Zemlja
Isner[11] v Falla
Hampton v Hantuchova[27]


OUTSIDE COURTS
WC Oli Golding v. Andreev, 4th on Court 2
WC Josh Goodall v. Zemlja 2nd on Court 3
Dom Inglot/Treat Huey v Erlich/Ram 4th on Court 9
WC Naomi Broady v Domingez-Lino 3rd on Court 16
WC Johanna Konta v McHale, 4th on Court 17

TO BE ALLOCATED A COURT - not before 5pm
Heather Watson v Benesova
Jamie Murray/Eric Butorac v Begemann/Zelenay

[Sallydaisy]

I thought the forecast was meant to be ok. No idea what day to try and go now. Maybe Thursday but chances are Andy would be court 1 :confused:
The forecast is for decent weather over the next week or so but with some scattered showers on Tuesday and Wednesday and possibly rain for a time on Thursday.
The best place to go is the BBC website here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2633866) OR The Weather Channel here (http://uk.weather.com/weather/10day-Wimbledon-SW19).
Unfortunately they are showing slightly different weather for Monday!!!

Will be posting updates in the locked thread here (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?1071-WIMBLEDON-2012-25-6-8-7-MAIN-THREAD-%28locked%29.-Info-Schedule-Draws-OOP-s) with the daily OOP and link to Wimbledon website which has a weather panel.

[super8]

I'd say that anyone with a court 1 ticket tomorrow might feel as if they have a better deal than Centre Court. Nalby v Tipsy and Clijsters v Jankovic are certainly not typical round 1 matches, whereas the Centre Court matches are all likely to be rollover matches for the seeded players.

[Alis]

Agreed S8 - I would say Court 1's the best place to be tomorrow.

[RoastLamb]

None of my guys are playing tomorrow. They'll all be on Tuesday. Of course, I'm at home on Monday and out on Tuesday. Figures! :rolleyes:

[Golden Lady]

None of my guys are playing tomorrow. They'll all be on Tuesday. Of course, I'm at home on Monday and out on Tuesday. Figures! :rolleyes:

Me too RL and I'm out Thursday eve as well :rolleyes:

[pabbers]

Am clearing space on Sky+ just in case I have more than one Andy match to record (:cauldron:) - got square eyes.

[WimbledonAce]

2 weeks of the green stuff,bring it on!

[jamie&andy's fan]

2 weeks of the green stuff,bring it on!

Agreed !! I am excited !:yahoo:

[Maza1987]

Commonnn.
Let's do this, Andy!

[jamie&andy's fan]

I've already said this but Andy seems very calm and confident this year ! Has anyone noticed that? Hopefully a sign that he is going to win ! :)

[supergran]

Good luck Andy...You can do it!!! Always believe!!!

[Jan]

here we go!!!!

[super8]

Didn't all courts once start play at 1pm on the opening day at SW19 - or am I remembering that incorrectly?

[JAMES4578]

The outside courts have started at 12 for a while now, but even earlier this year. Mind that centre/no1 didn't start till 2 at one point.

[cazza99]

judy murray ‏@judmoo

Scotland's finest on the practice courts. Baker v Murray and that's Fleming bantering with Lendl in the corner. pic.twitter.com/5cigxu8e

https://p.twimg.com/AwO9p-zCMAA5Nzr.jpg
picture from twitter

[rondun]

Anybody else thinking the Wimbledon website is a bit "lightweight" this year?

eg. I know the slamtracker (which is lacking the pretty map of the grounds) has match stats, but if you find stats for completed matches can you point me in the right direction, ta!

[patmoren]

Anyone having problems with the slam tracker. Everytime i try and load it the browser freezes. Tried IE and Chrome. A message flashed once saying there were problems with the Flash player but nothing about what the [roblem was.

[rondun]

I couldn't get it to work with Firefox, but it did with IE..

although its a real resource hog - it always maxes out my old laptop, and I have to turn the speed right up to get it to load

[cazza99]

I have a few missing scores in slam tracker when using Firefox. i.e. I cannot see Tipsy's score line but I can Numpty's.

[rondun]

I'd always recommend checking to see if you have the most up to date version of flash player (http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/) installed for your browser.

But I think other browser plugins you may have installed can also affect it

[RoastLamb]

Venus out in straights. Not a shocker. Feel sorry for her a bit. I think she should retire.

Djoko looking good.

[DaveArneRiise]

Courts are looking perfect , no bumps or anything. Just like hard courts, and all I'm seeing is baseline slashing. Traditional grass court tennis is dead.

They may as well paint all the surfaces the same colour now. Pretty much "ball machine tennis" on all of them these days.

[DaveArneRiise]

Sharapova getting precedence on BBC over Fed :rolling:

[super8]

Courts are looking perfect , no bumps or anything. Just like hard courts, and all I'm seeing is baseline slashing. Traditional grass court tennis is dead.

They may as well paint all the surfaces the same colour now. Pretty much "ball machine tennis" on all of them these days.

There's been some netplay.

But in the main, you are right. The courts are also very bouncy for day 1 at Wimbledon. Again, playing more like a hardcourt.

[Alis]

Does anyone else think that - apart from Olly's match - it has been rather predictable and boring today?

[Golden Lady]

Does anyone else think that - apart from Olly's match - it has been rather predictable and boring today?

I've only just started watching but Gulbis seems to be ruffling 'the berd's' feathers out there at the moment. Up a set and a break!

[Alis]

Hadn't been following that one but very pleased to hear it!

[Golden Lady]

Gulbis now 2 sets up! Can he keep it going?

[Alis]

Great stuff - c'mon Gulbis!

[super8]

Does anyone else think that - apart from Olly's match - it has been rather predictable and boring today?

Vesnina beating Venus Williams - and in comfortable, straight sets - was pretty surprising.

And the Gulbis match is looking pretty interesting. Apparently if you were to bet on Berdy winning in 5 - right now - you'd get 3-1 odds.

Berdy is in Nole's quarter. isn't he. A Gulbis win would be very handy for Nole, then.

[RoastLamb]

Does anyone else think that - apart from Olly's match - it has been rather predictable and boring today?

Yes except for Venus going out. And if Berdbrain goes out too that'll be a major shocker. Why oh WHY couldn't Fed have had Gulbis or Falla in his first round match? Too easy for him as per.

[RoastLamb]

And Isner is out. :shocked:

[JAMES4578]

Good to see Oli fired up in his first Wimbledon, but he may well have lost the chance in the 3rd set breaker. I suppose much has gone to plan but a bit of drama with Gulbis and who's had mps over Berdy, but we now have yet another breaker! The manner of Venus' defeat certainly was most surprising and thought she would've got through that one. Fed hardly had to break sweat!

[super8]

And Isner is out. :shocked:

I hadn't realised that the only match that Isner has ever won at Wimbledon was THAT match..

Kim has beaten Jankovic in straight sets.

[RoastLamb]

Berdbrain is gone! Three tiebreaks no less. That's the scoreline I dream about Milos beating Federer. Sigh.

Happy for Kim but sad for Jelena, she used to be soooooo good! Must be hard to be her right about now.

Sharapova was interviewed on ESPN and she really does a good interview. I like her off court much better than on. :rolling:

[JAMES4578]

Gulbis was inspired today, a good win for him! I was glad Kim went through as this is her last Wimbledon, pity Jelena is not quite the same player nowadays and she has never excelled at SW19 anyway.

[hfwardhouse]

Gulbis was inspired today, a good win for him! I was glad Kim went through as this is her last Wimbledon, pity Jelena is not quite the same player nowadays and she has never excelled at SW19 anyway.

But she does have a Wimbledon title ;)

[rondun]

I'm starting a whip-round to buy some chairs for the University of Bath as they clearly don't own any.
Who's in?

[RoastLamb]

But she does have a Wimbledon title ;)

Things started to go downhill after that. Never the same player. She should have stuck with Jamie. ;)

[WimbledonAce]

Realised pretty much all my faves are in the other half - andy,rafa,tsonga,del potro,ferrer,haas,wawrinka. Wanted to see nando today but they didn't show it :sad:

[Linda]

Nole's and Fed's draw gets even easier with Birdy & Isner out :rolleyes:

[WimbledonAce]

Nole's and Fed's draw gets even easier with Birdy & Isner out :rolleyes:

Yep that's what I thought. No one to stop them.

[david1610]

Well done Heather!!!!

[JAMES4578]

But she does have a Wimbledon title ;)


Things started to go downhill after that. Never the same player. She should have stuck with Jamie. ;)


I should have added in singles, obviously that was a special moment but she wasn't really able to build on that and whilst she was at one time the top ranked player it didn't last too long.


A great win for Heather tonight and whilst there were a few lengthy games Watson really was impressive! Stunning that Both Berdy and Isner went out and whilst they maybe had it tough not their finest hour.

[Alis]

Nole's and Fed's draw gets even easier with Birdy & Isner out :rolleyes:

Yes, they were the only real threats on that side of the draw.

[SamP]

Heather & Oli played so well today.

Konta is 7 all in the deciding set.

[DaveArneRiise]

Nole's and Fed's draw gets even easier with Birdy & Isner out :rolleyes:

They both have Isner and Berdy's number anyways. I doubt either of them would cause Fed or Nole problems. You just never know a inspired Gulbis or another danger floater could stun them. Seen it happen.

[Fedex]

I thought Golding had real chances against Andreev. Those tiebreaks could have gone either way.

[DaveArneRiise]

Gulbis served 31 aces in 3 sets. Isner managed 33 in 5 sets.... Almagro is currently on 43 aces and his match isn't even over yet!

[scrapaddict]

Watched Heather play at RG and was really impressed by her so very pleased she won today

[RoastLamb]

Falla took Federer to five sets a few years ago and I believe he had match point as well. You never know...

[jamie&andy's fan]

Pleased Roger got through :):):):) Can't wait for Andy's match ! :)

[pabbers]

Wow Laura is in a deciding set against Schiavone but is already a break down. It's live on the BBC website

[Alis]

A good service game from Laura to keep her in touch. C'mon Laura - now we need a break!

[WimbledonAce]

Woot goffin beats tomic. Love him. Got him going deep in pick ems i think!

[cazza99]

Alexandra Willis ‏@alex_willis


Note to self. Don't walk down path as fans are being let in. #carnage http://lockerz.com/s/220127452

errrr has Judy jinxed it

judy murray ‏@judmoo

Open top Wimbledon bus is running today. So that means......its not raining. http://pic.twitter.com/HmOv1ish

[Sallydaisy]

:wimbrolly:

Rain has stopped play at Wimbers!!!
Hopefully a passing shower as the forecast was for mainly sun and dry weather today.

[WimbledonAce]

Lol shame theres rain already.

[cazza99]

Radio Wimbledon live has some interesting stuff on it - http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/interactive/index.html

[WimbledonAce]

Nice little interview with rafa, love him too.

[cazza99]

Radio Wimbledon live has some interesting stuff on it - http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/interactive/index.html

The main negative is that Annabel Croft is one of the presenters.

[cazza99]

Nice little interview with rafa, love him too.

Ha. They have just showed an interview with Rafa when they are asking him quiz questions. :) And Rafa said a word not meant for TV, but I missed that bit.

[DaveArneRiise]

Vamos Bellucci!

[cazza99]

Konta match is bieng shown on Wimbledon live

[DaveArneRiise]

Konta went down 10-8 in the 3rd set.

[Alis]

A pity - sounds like a good scrap. McHale has been doing very well lately though.

[DaveArneRiise]

Bellucci has bottled this set away plain and simple. He should be a set up but looks like Nadal will nick it, in the breaker.

[RFS]

Bellucci bottled it faster than a speeding milkfloat.
I looked up during my revision to see him 4-0 up... then in to a TB!
Then again, what can one expect from someone who likes like a Camberwick Green/Trumpton puppet!

[Sallydaisy]

From Doug Robson (USAtoday) on twitter:

ATP rep tells us that Fish is not feeling well and cancels press.
Hope it's nothing serious or more heart problems.

Fishy beat Ramierez-Hidalgo in 3 sets.

[DaveArneRiise]

Baltacha drops the first set after being a break up. What is it with Brits and blowing away matches. So infuriating!

[SamP]

Unlucky for Laura today, pity she's played to wiley old characters in her last two slams.

Barry flatman on 'the twitter' having a go at her for her movement, saying Daley Thompson of all people offered to help her, but there decision not to take up the option was a big mistake. What an oaf he is. He's also unaware of Haas' apologising to Murray earlier this week. Please join me in putting him in his place on twitter.

[WimbledonAce]

I am glad to hear about Haas. Currently in 4th set t break btw. Go ward!

[WimbledonAce]

Ward prevails,great win!

[Alis]

Well done James and Bally - great to see!

[SamP]

What a great day. :)

[RoastLamb]

Watching Popsy vs Querrey on HD TV. Milos was moved to a court without tv so can't watch him. :sad: Still, one Canuck is not bad even if he is losing.

Great win for Rafa! :yahoo:

[Sallydaisy]

Jamie Baker took Roddick to a tie-break in the first set but the American prevailed 7'6(1).

[Sallydaisy]

Play for today has been suspended.
They've opted not to put the roof across to allow the Wozniacki v Paszek match carry on. I guess by the time they got it ready it'd be 9.15pm and that could mean an 11pm finish if it went to 3 sets.

There's an OOP (and link) up in the locked thread here. (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?1071-WIMBLEDON-2012-25-6-8-7-MAIN-THREAD-(locked).-Info-Schedule-Draws-OOP-s&p=74539&viewfull=1#post74539)
However, it's likely to be amended as there are 4 matches which were cancelled off today's schedule and some to be finished and all of those will need to be slotted in.

[WimbledonAce]

Odd order of play on court 1 tomorrow. At least they will have the arod match to finish though.

[RoastLamb]

Milos about to serve for the match when play suspended. :eek:

[WimbledonAce]

Also wawrinka 2 points from gping out to melzer.

[Sallydaisy]

Odd order of play on court 1 tomorrow. At least they will have the arod match to finish though.
Court 2 looks the better ticket tbh; I know Fed and Nole are on Centre but the only match I'd really want to see on there is Kim's!

[WimbledonAce]

Court 2 looks the better ticket tbh; I know Fed and Nole are on Centre but the only match I'd really want to see on there is Kim's!

I agree, 2 has a great oop!

[wriggles]

well done to bally, keothavong and wardy! exciting times

[Madeline]

I'd say that anyone with a court 1 ticket tomorrow might feel as if they have a better deal than Centre Court. Nalby v Tipsy and Clijsters v Jankovic are certainly not typical round 1 matches, whereas the Centre Court matches are all likely to be rollover matches for the seeded players.

I did have Court 1, and I did think it was better value than Centre!

[Madeline]

He's also unaware of Haas' apologising to Murray earlier this week. Please join me in putting him in his place on twitter.

Did he? I missed that.

[Sallydaisy]

Here's the winners and losers from R1 so far. A number of matches didn't get played today and some are to finish so they're carried over to Day 3.

Top Half, Round 2 matches to be played on Wednesday

[1]Djokovic v Ferrero // Harrison v Lu
Becker v Blake // Stakhovsky v [28]Stepanek
[24]Granollers v Troick // Klizan v Chela
Chardy v Volandr // L.Mayer v [15]Monaco
[12]Almagro v Rochus // Q Rufin v Darcis
Berlocq v Q Bemelmans // Kamke v [18]Gasquet
[31]F.Mayer v Tursunov // Petzschner v Kavcic
Q Bolelli v Q Janowicz // Gulbis v [6]Berdych

[3]Federer v Ramos // Fognini v Llodra
Q Menendez-Maceiras v Q Russell // Muller v [29]Benneteau
[17]Verdasco v Q Wang // WC Zemlja v WC Goodall
Malisse v Matosevic // Mathieu v [13]Simon
[11]Isner v Falla // Lorenzi v Mahut
Andreev v WC Golding // Istomin v [23]Seppi
[26]Youzhny v Young // Q Cervantes v Cipolla
Q Sweeting v Starace // Nalbandian v [8]Tipsarevic


Bottom Half, R2 matches to be played Thursday

[7]Ferrer v Q Brown to finish // Q De Schepper v Bachinger
Odesnik v Phau to finish // WC J.Baker v [30]Roddick to finish
[19]Nishikori v Kukushkin // Q Kuznetsov v Q Serra
Soeda v Kunitsyn // Haase v [9]Del Potro
[16]Cilic v Stebe // Ito v Kubot to be played
Pospisil v Querrey // Giraldo v [21]Raonic to finish
[32]Anderson v Dimitrov // Montanes v Baghdatis
Karlovic v Sela to finish // Davydenko v [4]Murray

[5]Tsonga v WC Hewitt // Roger-Vasselin v Garcia-Lopez
Lacko v Ungur // Melzer v [25]Wawrinka to finish
[20]Tomic v WC Goffin // Q Levine v K.Beck
WC Ward v Andujar // Ramirez-Hidalgo v [10]Fish
[14]Lopez v Nieminen // Q B.Baker v Machado
Ebden v Paire // Bogomolov v [22]Dolgopolov
[27]Kohlschreiber v WC Haas // Q Zopp v Jaziri
Rosol v Dodig // Bellucci v [2]Nadal

[Sallydaisy]

Revised OOP Wednesday 27th June
Link (http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/schedule/schedule10.html) to full Order of play. Wimbledon website weather and status of play (http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/weather/index.html)
British players in action

Weather Forecast - around 21 Celsius with a light breeze
Both the BBC and Weather Channel say it's bee warm and dry most of the day, becoming humid and with a 20% chance of showers mid-afternoon and 60% chance of light rain again around 6pm.


SHOWCOURTS

Centre Court - from 1pm
Federer[3] v. Fognin
Wozniacki v Paszek to be finished
Hlavackova v Clijsters
Djokovic[1] v. Harrison

Court One - from 1pm
Stosur[5] v Rus
J. Baker v Roddick to be finished
Sharapova[1] v. Pironkova
Simon[13] v Malisse

Court Two - from 11.30am
Watson v Hampton
Tipsarevic [8] v Sweeting
Gasquet [18] v Bemelmans
Kerber [8] v Makarova

Court Three - from 11.30am
Monaco [15] v Chardy
A.Radwanska[3] v Vesnina
Almagro [12] v Rufin
------------------------
Court 4
FyrMat[3] v Brunstrom/Marx
Baltacha/Keothavong v Begu/Nicolescu[15]
Marray/Nielsen v Granollers/M.Lopez[9]
Broady/Konta v Peschke/Srebotnik[3]

Court 5
Burton/Morgan v Darcis/Rochus
Karlovic v Sela to be finished
Moore/South v Lucic/Savinykh
Bryan/Bryan[2] v Haase/Nieminen

Court 6
Bhupathi/Bopanni[7] v Felder/Jaziri
Goerges[22] v Peer
Halep/Wozniak v Shvedova/Voskoboeva[7]
Errani/Vinci[2] v Birnerova/Cetkovska
Hanley/Knowles v Lipsky/Ram

Court 7
Ladies doubles
Raonic v Giraldo to be finished
Ladies doubles
Mens doubles

Court 8
Ladies Singles
Istomin v Andreev
Ladies doubles

Court 9
Inglot/Huey v Erlich/Ram
Odesnik v Phau - to be finished
Fleming/Hutchins v Kukishkin/Rosol
Ladies doubles

Court 10
Ladies doubles
Kubot v Ito - to be finished
Goodall/Ward v Qureshi/Rojer
Ladies doubles

Court 11
Mens doubles
Cornet v Bratchikova
Mens doubles

Court 12
Lisicki v Jovanovski
Melzer v Wawrinka - to be finished
Verdasco v Zemlja
Li v Cirstea

Court 14
Ivanovic v Martinez-Sanchez
Peng v Morita
Youzhny v Cervantes
DominguezLino v Kirilenko

Court 15
Delgado/Skupski v Bachinger/Kamke
Ladies Singles
Mens Doubles

Court 16
Ladies singles
Ladies singles - to be finished
Ladies singles
Mahut v Falla
Ladies singles

Court 17
Ladies singles
Gulbis v Janowicz
Ladies singles

Court 18
Mayer v Petschner
Ferrer v Berrer - to be finished
Ladies Singles
Becker v Stepanek

Court 19
Ladies singles
Klizan v Troicki
Ladies doubles

TO BE ALLOCATED A COURT - not before 5pm
McHale v Johansson
Ladies doubles
Mens doubles

[dewster99]

brilliant, be home from work to cheer on Tamira :D, my new found WTA favourite

[david1610]

Heather breaks to go 2-0... very much helped by two foot fault calls ...
Now consolidat... c'mon Heather!

[Maza1987]

great start for heather 3-0
http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?149-Heather-Watson&p=74674#post74674

[david1610]

And now 4-0. The girl I spoke to in Portugal whose family are living here, and who roomed with Heather in Florida, is sitting next to Judy. Small world!!!

[Sallydaisy]

And now 4-0. The girl I spoke to in Portugal whose family are living here, and who roomed with Heather in Florida, is sitting next to Judy. Small world!!!
And Heather is giving her, and us, plenty to cheer about so far today!!!
:thumbup:

[david1610]

Heather 5-0. Just keep it up. C'mon Heather!

[david1610]

Well done Heather! First set 6-1.
Important to keep this up. Hampton is clearly a better player than the scoreline suggests and Heather needs to maintain this level of control over her.
C'mon Heather! First point of the first game of the next set please!

[david1610]

Heather breaks to lead 1-0.
Long game. It sounds comfortable if you are not watching, but that was very important as Hampton looked like she was going to get into the match, but she got another foot fault.
Keep it up. C'mon Heather!

[Sallydaisy]

[/URL]Wimbledon is very busy today! Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall in da house.

[URL="https://twitter.com/#!/Wimbledon"]Wimbledon ‏@Wimbledon (https://twitter.com/#!/Wimbledon)
#Wimbledon (https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Wimbledon) grounds almost at full-capacity! http://pic.twitter.com/8Q1dPMaM (http://t.co/8Q1dPMaM)



https://p.twimg.com/AwZKluFCAAAfrLn.jpg:medium

[JAMES4578]

Heather takes it 6-1, 6-4! Looks like it was a comfortable win, well done! On another note can't recall Prince Charles visiting Wimbledon before, didn't think he was much of a tennis fan.

[Alis]

Fantastic win for Heather - well done her!

[david1610]

Well done Heather! That is a very important win in terms of her career methinks!
Keep it up!

[RoastLamb]

Uh-oh Sam Stosur is in trouble. Fed breezes through. I think he's going to have a shock if or more probably when he meets Djoko in the semi because his draw is so easy in comparison to the other three of the top four.

[Sallydaisy]

:lol:

Mr Harmans having a joke.

Neil Harman ‏@NeilHarmanTimes (https://twitter.com/#!/NeilHarmanTimes)
Q: Were you aware there was royalty here today?
A The Fed: No, I always bow to Bruce Forsyth

[Sallydaisy]

Karlovic is 2 sets up on Sela. Winner plays Andy in R2.

Tipsy lost the first set to Sweeting but is serving for the 2nd set at 6'5

[RoastLamb]

Shoot! Sam goes down to Rus.

I'd much rather have Sela than Dr Ivo. :sad:

[Sallydaisy]

Rain delay - play suspended on all courts for the time being.

[dewster99]

not too worried abour ivo. More bothered about anderson and milos, although ando is out now. Tamira serving for the set when she comes back out, horrible timing

[Sallydaisy]

I think Ivo could give Andy a good work out which might help him in the next round or two.
He'll get either Dimitrov or Baggy in R3.
Then it'll be time to worry about how he'll fare against Raonic/Querrey - or maybe Cilic?

[WimbledonAce]

Bit of a shambles when some round 2 matches completed before round 1 matches. Not the schedulers finest hour. Could mess up Andy now as he is still waiting for round 2 opponent.

[JAMES4578]

Not much we can do about the weather and maybe we will get a fair bit of play in yet. Whilst you need to be on your toes with Karlovic and don't get much of a rhythm could be a good test for Andy and don't Dr Ivo is quite the same threat nowadays. See that Fed just cruised again, whilst Raonic and Monaco have gone through. Whilst maybe a surprise Stosur went out to Rus, didn't think she would get far sadly. Wozniacki had 2 mps in the 2nd but lost the breaker and has just been pegged back to 2 all in the 3rd after early break. Paszek proving to be a tough challenger! Another upset as Wozniacki goes down 6-4 in the 3rd, well done Tamira!

[-J-]

cant fnd roddick v wardy, has it been played yet

[-J-]

lol just came on tv

[WimbledonAce]

Arod v Baker not Ward! Ivo through in 3 so he shouldn't be too tired tomorrow.

[JAMES4578]

cant fnd roddick v wardy, has it been played yet

You mean Baker of course! Roddick now up 2 sets to love but Jamie only been broken once. Suppose Andy was prepared for Karlovic considering the scoreline overnight.

[WimbledonAce]

Do you think they are just going to keep playing on centre? Kim only just started then djokovic still to play.

[RoastLamb]

Blimey! I went to the gym and watched the entire Woz-Tamira match and before you know it I'd done 2 hours and 15 minutes of workout. And I didn't even realize it. Nice to see TP get the W!

[Sallydaisy]

Provisional OOP information for Thursday 28th June.

Centre Court
1. Serena Williams[6] v Melinda Czink
2. Andy Murray[4] v Ivo Karlovic
3. Rafael Nadal[2] v Lucas Rosol

Court 1
1. James Ward v Mardy Fish[10]
2. Milos Raonic[21] v Sam Querrey
3. Elena Baltacha v Petra Kvitova[4]

[cazza99]

Its great that they are putting Wardy and Bally on Court 1.

[scrapaddict]

Really impressed with Jamie Baker today - gave Roddick a run for his money and played some brill games - esp at 4-5 in thefinal set

Brilliant that Heather got through - she works so hard

UP the Brits!

[WimbledonAce]

Great schedule tomorrow,wish I was going!

[-J-]

Great schedule tomorrow,wish I was going!Shame rafa & andys matches arnt other way round

[WimbledonAce]

Shame rafa & andys matches arnt other way round

I don't mind that as off work. Thought they might have swapped courts tomorrow, do you think they might saturday?

[-J-]

I don't mind that as off work. Thought they might have swapped courts tomorrow, do you think they might saturday?no, if he is there Saturday andy will be on center

[WimbledonAce]

no, if he is there Saturday andy will be on center

I am going to try for saturday. If he's not I guess there is always the hill. Mind you last time I tried to get on there it was packed and people were telling me to get out the way,lol.

[Madeline]

Just go there as soon as the gates open!

[cazza99]

Sky Sports News does a Wimbledon summary every morning at 9.30 and at 10.30 am with Mark Petchey presenting. Saw it this morning and it was very good. :)

[Alis]

Didn't know that Cazza - thanks for the tip. Did Petch saying anything about Andy's match today?

[Jan]

James Ward is putting in a very good performance against Fish - one set all, on serve in the 3rd.
Trying to keep an eye on it while watching Andy!

[WimbledonAce]

Ward doing well against Fish. Nando and Ferrer through. ARod 2 sets up. Del Potro winning. Goffin through, yay :cheer:

[WimbledonAce]

Tsonga a set down.

[Sallydaisy]

Tsonga dropped the first set to Garcia-Lopez.
Fish took the 3rd set against Wardy but the Brit has an early break in the 4th.

[KnightOwl]

Looks to be back on serve in James Ward's match - currently 3-3 in the fourth set....

Edit: spoke too soon! Fish now a break up at *4-3 :sad:

[Sallydaisy]

Wardy has just been broken, Fish to serve at *4-3 in the 4th set and he leads by 2-1.

[Jan]

James breaks Fish as he serves for the match!! Come on James!

[Sallydaisy]

Come on Wardy!!!!!
He's just won 3 games on the trot and Fishy is now serving to stay IN the 4th set at *5-6.

[KnightOwl]

C'mon Wardy! Two points needed for the set!!

[Alis]

Tie break - c'mon Wardy - you can do this!

[Jan]

come on James!!!!!

[-J-]

Mb 4-2

[-J-]

2-2
must go shopping

[Jan]

woo hoo James levels at 2 sets all - fantastic stuff.:cheer::cheer:
Must go and start cooking!!!!

[david1610]

Two sets all!!!!
Summer's evening drama at Wimbledon involving a British male player.... and it's not Andy!

[Nina]

Fish is wearing yellow watch :laugh:

[Sallydaisy]

Dimitrov has retired (feeling unwell) so Baggypants is through to play Andy in R3.
Del Potro is through in 4 sets.
Tsonga is now leading 2-1 sets v Garcia Lopez.

[RoastLamb]

Blimey that was a nailbiter of a tiebreaker in Rafa's match. Glad he prevailed though! The commies are comparing Rosol to Soderling. :eek:

[DaveArneRiise]

Tsonga won in 4.

Nadal has taken first set against Rosol 10-8 in the breaker. Rosol had a couple of SP's and then missed an easy forehand to gift Nadal the set. Frustrating this, Nadal is there for the taking. Further he goes better he gets and of course he is in Murray's section. Would be great if the likes of Bellucci and Rosol would stop muppeting away there chances and take him out!

[Jan]

James Ward loses in 5. Great effort from him though.

Bally playing out on ct 2, and is 0-3 already*

[Manaus]

Hmm interesting Rosol takes the 2nd set off Nadal 6-4.

[david1610]

Kvitova is playing some amazing tennis against Bally.
To be honest I wish Laura and Heather were going to be playing in the Olympics in the singles.
Respect to Anne and Bally for the years of service but Laura and Heather would probably make more use of the experience.

[Manaus]

Wow Nadal not happy at all out there, just got broken by Rosol in the 3rd set.

[scrapaddict]

I agree with you David. Watched Anna K and Heather at RG and there was no doubt in my mind who has the most potential. Heather is just so excited about her tennis and a joy to watch. Stil they will both be aorund in 4 years time!!

[rondun]

What's Rafa complaining about?

[Manaus]

What's Rafa complaining about?

No idea, something about him not liking the way Rosol is preparing to serve. I think he's just irritated.

[RoastLamb]

Oh dear! I think Rafa's gonna lose this match. :sad: Better for Andy I guess.

[rondun]

More than irritated - cheeky little shoulder barge on the way to his chair!
Never seen Rafa so worked up - Rosol has got right inside his head!