OLYMPICS: LADIES Singles & Doubles, 28/7-5/8 2012: Discussion thread draws in first post

[Sallydaisy]

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LONDON 2012 - Olympics Tennis, Ladies Events
All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, London
WEB SITE: http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/home.aspx (http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/home.aspx)

64 Draw Singles/32 Draw Doubles
SURFACE: Grass
BALL: Slazenger Wimbledon Ultra Vis Hydroguard

Main draw: Thursday, July 26, 11:00 a.m.
Doubles draw: Thursday, July 26, 11:00 a.m.
Mixed doubles draw: Tuesday, July 31, tba

LADIES SINGLES DRAW
Azarenka (BLR) - Begu (ROM)
Martinez Sanchez (ESP) - Hercog (SLO)
Tatishvili (GEO) - Vogt (LIE)
Zheng (CHN) - Petrova (RUS)
Errani (ITA) - Williams, V. (USA)
Erakovic (NZL) - Wozniak (CAN)
Voskoboeva (KAZ) - Babos (HUN)
Cetkosvka (CZE) - Kerber (GER)

Williams, S. (USA) - Jankovic (SRB)
Barthel (GER) - Radwanska, U. (POL)
Schiavone (ITA) - Zakopalova (CZE)
Arvidsson (SWE) - Zvonareva (RUS)
Li (CHN) - Hantuchova (SLK)
Cornet (FRA) - Paszek (AUT)
Medina Garrigues (ESP) - Wickmayer (BEL)
Keothavong (GBR) - Wozniacki (DEN)

Stosur (AUS) - Suarez Navarro (ESP)
Clijsters (BEL) - Vinci (ITA)
Szavay (HUN) - Baltacha (GBR)
Mchale (USA) - Ivanovic (SRB)
Lisicki (GER) - Jabeur(TUN)
Halep (ROM) - Shvedova (KZa)
Martic (SLO) - Safarova (CZE)
Peer (ISR) - Sharapova (RUS)

Kvitova (CZE) - Bondarenko (UKR)
Hsieh (TPE) - Peng (CHN)
Cirstea (ROM) - Pennetta (ITA)
Pironkova (BUL) - Cibulkova (SLK)
Kirilenko (RUS) - Duque Marino (COL)
Soler Espinosa (ESP) - Watson (GBR)
Lepchenko (USA) - Cepede Royg (PAR)
Goerges (GER) - Radwanska (POL)

https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/2440532865/6pnay3owv9xxe2cyx8pn_normal.png
LADIES DOUBLES DRAW
(1)Huber/Raymond v BYE
Radwanska/Radwanska v Cibulkova/Hantuchova
Goerges/Groenefeld v Baltacha/Keothavong
Gajdosova/Rodionova v (6)Makarova/Vesnina

(4)Hlavackova/Hradecka v Babos/Szavay
Li/Zhang v Dulko/Suarez
Chakravarthi/Mirza v Chuang/Hsieh
Medina Garrigues/Parra Santonja v (7)Pennetta/Schiavone

(8)Llagostera Vives/Martinez Sanchez v Dellacqua/Stosur
Peng/Zheng v Cornet/Mladenovic
Shvedova/Voskoboeva v Dubois/Wozniak
Jans-Ignacik/Rosolska v (3)Kirilenko/Petrova

(5)Kerber/Lisicki v Robson/Watson
Cirstea/Halep v Williams/Williams
Chakhnashvili/Tatishvili v Klepac/Srebotnik
Cetkovska/Safarova v (2)Errani/Vinci


ATP Ranking Points
Gold: 750, Silver: 450, Bronze: 340, SF: 270, QF: 135, R16: 70, R32: 35, R64: 5

[cazza99]

BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18597753)- London 2012: GB women given Olympic tennis places

[cazza99]

The Slice ‏@TheSliceTweets

Awww RT @linzsports Bally said after her win Judy told her she got the Olympic WC and "we both just started crying our eyes out." #wimbledon

[supergran]

Saw Judy and Bally hugging and noticed that Judy was talking quite a lot in Elena's ear. Must have been then, do you think as they hugged for ages. Bless. Lovely news.:):)

[pabbers]

Saw Judy and Bally hugging and noticed that Judy was talking quite a lot in Elena's ear. Must have been then, do you think as they hugged for ages. Bless. Lovely news.:):)

Yes and I thought it looked like Bally had started to cry - she was shaking - now I understand.

[cazza99]

Matt Cronin ‏@TennisReporters

Wow big news for @tamira1990 : ITF Board of Director overrules Olympic Committee & says Tamira can play Olympics. She must be very happy

[Sallydaisy]

Bally and AnneK now in the Olympic doubles event.

British Tennis ‏@BritishTennis (https://twitter.com/BritishTennis) Great news! @ElenaBaltacha (https://twitter.com/ElenaBaltacha) & @AnneKeothavong (https://twitter.com/AnneKeothavong) have made it into the womens doubles draw @London2012 (https://twitter.com/London2012) joining WCs Heather Watson & Laura Robson



ITF Olympic Tennis ‏@OlympicsTennis (https://twitter.com/OlympicsTennis) Niculescu is also out of doubles with Irina-Camelia Begu, they are replaced by @ElenaBaltacha (https://twitter.com/ElenaBaltacha) + @annekeothavong (https://twitter.com/annekeothavong)

[xenon21]

So happy that Bally and Anne got a WC for the doubles. What a great experience!

[cazza99]

shrewdtennis (http://www.shrewdtennis.com/tennis-eight-womens-doubles-team-to-watch-at-the-olympic-games-part-1/) - Tennis: Eight women’s doubles team to watch at the Olympic Games – PART 1

[cazza99]

Stuart Fraser ‏@stu_fraser

Heather Watson & Laura Robson's rankings jump this week could prove timely. May well end up gettin in Olympic singles if further withdrawals

Stuart Fraser ‏@stu_fraser

Hard to say definitively that Watson & Robson are the next singles alternates but, as far as I can see, they are in with a decent chance.

Alexandra Willis ‏@alex_willis
This
is brilliant. @heatherwatson92 in an Olympian mood http://www.tennisidentity.com/.a/6a00e54fc623c88833017743746b7b970d-pi (via @fortydeucetwits)

[david1610]

I presume the Heather photos were taking during the final of her first WTA doubles title....

[Helen40]

Stuart Fraser ‏@stu_fraser


Stuart Fraser ‏@stu_fraser


Alexandra Willis ‏@alex_willis
This

Who's stu freaser?

[Sallydaisy]

One of the freelance tennis journalists on twitter.

[Helen40]

One of the freelance tennis journalists on twitter.
Thanks Sally, does he generally know what he's talking about?

[david1610]

At least Heather has time to zoot back to the UK to sort out her body clock, get some grass court practice, maybe have a day or so 'rest' and be ready for the Olympics which gets underway in 8 days time.
Hopefully taking advantage of any late withdrawal from the singles!

[Helen40]

Hopefully taking advantage of any late withdrawal from the singles!
Great minds think alike, I posted a similar train of thought on BT :)

[cazza99]

Laura Robson ‏@laurarobson5

Awaiting @heatherwatson92's arrival in the athlete dining hall. #olympics #teamgb http://instagr.am/p/NUaevrtAED/
http://distilleryimage3.instagram.com/d62385d6d2b711e182d912313b0c28f0_7.jpg
picture from twitter

[cazza99]

Heather will get into the women's singles if there are any more withdrawals.


Stuart Fraser ‏@stu_fraser

Reliably informed that Heather Watson is indeed the next player in if there are any further withdrawals in the Olympic women's singles.

Paul Masterton ‏@gingertwit

@stu_fraser wow that's interesting. Especially if zvonereva is still doubtful. Think hev will make it which would be awesome

Paul Masterton ‏@gingertwit

@stu_fraser laura confirmed as second alt just ahead of ozzy trio gajdsova, dellacqua and rodionova

Steven ‏@GBtennis

@gingertwit @stu_fraser That's good news, but how do they work it out? Singles ranking at entry cut-off for those who are there for dubs?

Stuart Fraser ‏@stu_fraser

@GBtennis @gingertwit They use the latest rankings. I guess they are not using this coming Monday's list then.

Steven ‏@GBtennis

@stu_fraser @gingertwit Oh, I see :-) But just among those already in a team, I assume?

Stuart Fraser ‏@stu_fraser

@GBtennis @gingertwit Yes. No one else can be brought in now. Which is why it was very generous of Nadal to withdraw this week.

Paul Masterton ‏@gingertwit

@GBtennis @stu_fraser singles rank of dubs only acceptances as at midnight on 20th july apparently

[Alis]

Love the photograph of Laura and Heather - they look so happy!

[cazza99]

Love the photograph of Laura and Heather - they look so happy!

Except I think it is Laura and Anne. Hev is on her way back from USA.

[Helen40]

Great pic of Laura and Anne, hadn't twigged that the dining hall would be so big, but thinking about it, it does make sense. Guess I didn't really appreciate the sie of the occasion.

[Helen40]

Don't understand why this thread is in the 'Andy Rules' section when we're discussing the whole team, and mostly whether which women will get in.

[david1610]

Don't understand why this thread is in the 'Andy Rules' section when we're discussing the whole team, and mostly whether which women will get in.
Seems like Gisela Dulko is not the only one worried about threads.....

[Helen40]

Seems like Gisela Dulko is not the only one worried about threads.....
I struggled to find it, when I wanted to post to it. Assumed it would be in tour tennis, or a general discussion thread.

[Sallydaisy]

Heather's back in the UK and getting into Olympic mode .....

Heather Watson ‏@HeatherWatson92 (https://twitter.com/HeatherWatson92) Representing ❤ http://instagr.am/p/Na8sanyZ2M/ (http://t.co/out47HSd)



https://instagr.am/p/Na8sanyZ2M/media/?size=l

[Alis]

Except I think it is Laura and Anne. Hev is on her way back from USA.

So it is - senior moment!

[cazza99]

BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18926763)- London 2012: Elena Baltacha thrilled at Team GB experience

[Helen40]

Hev's in! (News courtesy of BT forum).
Laura might get in instead of Martic too.

[jaysee]

Confirmed on twitter:
British Tennis ‏@BritishTennis Great news for @HeatherWatson92 (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/HeatherWatson92) who will be competing in singles at #London2012 (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/#!/search/%23London2012) @Wimbledon (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/Wimbledon) after the withdrawal of Alona Bondarenko!
Great news for Hev

[xenon21]

So happy Heather made it into the singles draw!

[Sallydaisy]

What fantastic news! So pleased for Heather.

[Maza1987]

Squeezes into the main draw of olympics after bondarenko withdraws.

[xenon21]

Sounds like Laura could get in too if as expected Martic pulls out!

Apparently then it would be the first time we have 4 british ladies in olympics singles since 1924

[themass15]

It's fantastic news for the ladies. Fingers crossed for Laura. So looking forward to going on Saturday!

[JAMES4578]

Fabulous for Heather and of course Laura may be fortunate too!

[Sallydaisy]

Awwwwwwwww .......
http://smileys.smilchat.net/smiley/expressive/innocents/excusezmoi.gif

Paul Merrien ‏@paulmcginty_gsy (https://twitter.com/paulmcginty_gsy) @HeatherWatson92 (https://twitter.com/HeatherWatson92) my five yr old has asked for a knitted Heather from granny
to help her support you at Olympics! Son has Usain Bolt.


Retweeted by Heather Watson.

[Alis]

Fantastic news for Heather. Am I right in thinking that Laura is next on the list?

[Sallydaisy]

Yes! There had been rumours that Petra Martic would withdraw so initially some people thought Hev had got in because of that. But Alona Bondarenko had withdrawn to be replaced by Hev. So, if Martic does go out (and it's looking very likely) then Laura will get in as next ranked Alt. player AT the game. No country can now bring in extra/replacement players.

[david1610]

Fantastic because it will be wonderful for her (fingers crossed for Laura now) - she will remember it for the rest of her life AND it will stand her in good stead in future Olympics!

[Sallydaisy]

For anyone not clear about how the Alternates might end up in the main draw for the tennis here's an extract from the ITF website here (http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/news/articles/london-2012-watson-gains-singles-berth-for-gb.aspx).

Great Britain’s Heather Watson has been handed a place in the women’s singles at London 2012 following the news that Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine has been forced to withdraw through injury.

Bondarenko was also scheduled to play in the doubles with her younger sister Kateryna after the pair were granted an ITF Place, but they have had to pull out of the event. Their replacements will be announced in due course.
Watson, who is already set to make her Olympic debut in the doubles with teenager Laura Robson, becomes the third British player in the women’s singles alongside Elena Baltacha and Anne Keothavong.
That number could increase to four players because Robson, the world No. 91, is next on the alternate list if anyone else pulls out between now and the start of the Olympic Tennis Event on Saturday.


That run at Wimbledon helped the Guernsey native jump to a career high ranking of No. 71 in the latest WTA ranking list, and it came just in time for the Olympics because it put her at the top of the alternate list to replace the next player to withdraw, which was Bondarenko.
The rules for replacing players at the Olympic Tennis Event changed over on Friday night at midnight. Since this time, any replacement must already be on-site and entered into another event to qualify. In this case, Watson was already playing in the doubles and, at No. 71, was the next highest ranked singles player. Before midnight on Friday, players who were not already competing at the Olympics could still be drafted in.


Replacements after July 20th according to ITF ("must already be on-site and entered into another event to qualify"):


Heather Watson (GBR) - replaced Alona Bondarenko
Laura Robson (GBR) - replaced Petra Martic**
Jarmila Gajdošová (AUS)
Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)
Stephanie Dubois (CAN)
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
Shuai Zhang (CHN)


** This has yet to be formally announced.

[Alis]

That's great news for both our girls - they must be so excited!

[Alis]

Sorry for the girls that have had to withdraw but delighted for Heather and Laura. What an opportunity for them both!

[Madeline]

A word of caution - Laura isn't certain, Martic seems to have changed her mind and is going to turn up even though injured.

[scrapaddict]

Fantastic that Heather is now i thesingles and nfingers crossed for Laura too:yahoo:

[Helen40]

Laura's going to be a nervous wreck waiting, so whether she gets in or not it'll affect her game :-(

[Sallydaisy]

Laura's place in the Olympic singles is still uncertain. She'll only get in if Petra Martic is unfit to play and it seems the Croatian players intends to try according to this article.
Page translated on Google (and confirmed to be the case on a couple of other tennis boards).


Petra Martic will still, it seems, according to the latest information go to the Olympic Games in London. Although our best tennis player has a problem with wrist and leg two days ago it seemed that surely will not play in London, after tonight's review appeared in Zagreb is a glimmer of hope.

- It made the checkup and decided to travel to London. When Peter arrives here will have all the necessary care and we'll see whether or not ultimately be able to compete - she is executive director of the Croatian Tennis Association Marina Mihelic.http://slobodnadalmacija.hr/Tenis/tabid/86/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/182081/Default.aspx

[cazza99]

Wimbledon Groundsman ‏@WimboGroundsman

Team GB women @ElenaBaltacha @HeatherWatson92 @laurarobson5 @annekeothavong all practicing on court 4 together http://pic.twitter.com/hO2yFmw5

[david1610]

Sorry for the girls that have had to withdraw but delighted for Heather and Laura. What an opportunity for them both!
Has Laura been formally included in the singles?

[Sallydaisy]

No. See Olympic tennis thread here. (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?723-OLYMPICS-general-tennis-thread&p=84788&viewfull=1#post84788)

[Alis]

No. See Olympic tennis thread here. (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?723-OLYMPICS-general-tennis-thread&p=84788&viewfull=1#post84788)

Still have my fingers crossed for Laura - the reports in some of the papers made it sound like a fait accompli.

[Helen40]

Still have my fingers crossed for Laura - the reports in some of the papers made it sound like a fait accompli.
It sounded that way inthe morning then Malic seemed to change her mind.

[Sallydaisy]

LADIES DOUBLES - R1, British Players
Baltacha/Keothavong draw Goerges/Groenfeld.
Watson/Robson v Kerber/Lisicki
:eek:

[Sallydaisy]

LADIES SINGLES - R1, British Players

Baltacha v Szavay
http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/images/smileys/flowers.gif

Watson v Soler Espinosa
http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/images/smileys/shades.gif

Keothavong v Wozniacki
:smashed:

[JAMES4578]

Heather and Bally at least have reasonable draws in the opening round, tough in the doubles!

[Alis]

LADIES DOUBLES - R1, British Players
Baltacha/Keothavong draw Goerges/Groenfeld.
Watson/Robson v Kerber/Lisicki
:eek:

Two British pairs v two German pairs - how likely is that?

[Helen40]

Two British pairs v two German pairs - how likely is that?

Who vill vin ze var?

[-J-]

Who vill vin ze var?looking forward to your impression should any brits face an Indian pair or better still the Chinese . 2012 ?:doh:

[Linda]

Laura is in! :cheer: :cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

Laura is in! :cheer: :cheer:
Source?

[-J-]

@olympictennis the official Twitter announced it moments ago can't paste it on touchpad

[VamosVixs]

@BBCSport


Laura Robson has been added to the #Olympics (https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23Olympics) women's singles competition after the late withdrawal of Croatian Petra Martic #bbc2012 (https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23bbc2012)

[Sallydaisy]

Thanks Jay and Vixs - that's wonderful news!!!

This from Barry Flatman - but I'm not sure he's right because the ITF/IOC have within their rules a note to keep players from the same country in separate quarters if there are more than 2 players in an event and playing Safarova would put Laura in the same quarter as Bally ...... so there might yet be a reshuffle of the Ladies Singles draw.
We'll see ... perhaps there's another rule to say they can change their mind.
:p

If there are two (2) players/teams from the same country they shall be
drawn into different halves of the Draw. If there are three (3) or four (4)
players from the same country they shall be drawn into different quarters
of the Draw.
http://2012.itftennis.com/media/111275/111275.pdf



Barry Flatman ‏@Barry_FlatmanST (https://twitter.com/Barry_FlatmanST) Olympics - Laura Robson gets in singles Croatia's Petra Martic out injured. She will play Lucie Safarova in 1st rd on Sunday.

[Sallydaisy]

Per the above ^^^ am reliably informed they won't reshuffle the draw.........
So Laura v Safarova it is.

[Alis]

Great that Laura is into the singles!

[cazza99]

BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19014907) - GB Tennis: Laura Robson given late place in women's singles

[david1610]

Great news that Laura is now def. in the singles

Go go go team GB
You just made my day!

[Sallydaisy]

Baltacha takes first set 6-3 v Szavay.

Serena Williams hammers Jelena Jankovic 63 61

[Helen40]

Beeb has SmugFed on two channels, but Bally not even on one! :grrr:
She's won without the Beeb anyway 6-3, 6-3

[harriet]

elena won 6-3, 6-3. beat agnes szavay

[david1610]

Bally won! Yeah!

[RoastLamb]

David, I don't have access to yours, more's the pity. The BBC3 stream has switched to equestrian. And I can no longer get a livestream for Sam Stosur's court 1 match. Bummer.

[cazza99]

Well done Bally :yahoo:

[RoastLamb]

Sam out. :sad:

[Sallydaisy]

Sunday 29th July

2nd on C18: (Alt) Heather Watson v Silvia Soler Espinosa ESP WR 63 (CH 54 in May 2012)
4th on C16: (WC) Baltacha/Keothavong (GBR) v Görges/Grönefeld GER
2nd on C14: (Alt) Laura Robson v Lucie Šafárová CZE WR 23 (CH 21 in Apr)

[cazza99]

LTA (http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/Olympics/News/2012/Baltacha-becomes-first-Brit-into-round-two-at-Olympics/)- Baltacha becomes first Brit into round two at Olympics

BBC - (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19031536) Elena Baltacha beats Agnes Szavay on Olympic debut

[david1610]

Anne K leading C. Wozniaki 3-1!!

[david1610]

Was going to put this in Bally's thread but I think it is worth putting it here... from bbc site a few minutes ago
Surprising news from Britain's Elena Baltacha, who had taping on her shins during a first-round victory over Agnes Szavay. The 28-year-old has revealed she will undergo surgery on her right - and possibly left - ankle after the Olympics, which is likely to end her season, and the former British number one admits she might not return to professional tennis after her recovery is complete.

[Linda]

Anne took the first set off Woz!

[david1610]

Anne K. just got the first set 6-4 with a delighted Judy and Anne's brother pumped up and certainly not in umpire mode!

[Jan]

yes - amazing! Hope she can keep it up!

[cazza99]

Anne K. just got the first set 6-4 with a delighted Judy and Anne's brother pumped up and certainly not in umpire mode!

:yahoo:

[Linda]

Anne eventually lost to Woz :sad:

Hev & Laura leading 4-0 in 1st set

Flemchins 2-3 (on serve) in 1st set

[Sallydaisy]

Shockerooni ........

Hev/Laura lead 5-0 against Kerber/Lisicki in the first set.
:dance:

They look fab in their GBR kit ...
https://p.twimg.com/Ay6WjpsCAAEqS1s.jpg

Such a shame Anne couldn't keep up the pace but Woz definitely upped her game and won 4'6, 6'3, 6'2

[Linda]

Hev & Laura took the first set 6-1 :big grin:

[Sallydaisy]

Hev & Laura took the first set 6-1 :big grin:
:breadstick:

Hope they can keep it up and post a win!!!

[david1610]

Anne eventually lost to Woz :sad:

Hev & Laura leading 4-0 in 1st set

Flemchins 2-3 (on serve) in 1st set

Thanks... had to go out. Wonder what Anne's career stats are of wins and losses after winning the first set?

[Sallydaisy]

RobWat are now a break up against Kerber/Lisicki having broken the Germans in game 5 and then holding their own serve.

The Germans serving at *2-4 in the 2nd set having lost the first set 1-6 to the Brits.

[Sallydaisy]

Despite the best efforts of the Baby Brits they didn't manage to take the break points that came their way and the Germans hold. And now they've broken RobWat.
Back on serve at 4-4.

[david1610]

Eek Hev and Laura won first set and were 4-2 up in second... now 4-5 and 15-40

[Linda]

One set all :sad:

Come on Hev & Laura! :swingin:

[Sallydaisy]

Darn it, the Germans have won 4 games on teh trot and taken the 2nd set 6'4 off the Baby Brits.

Come on Hev and Laura - show 'em what you can do!!!

[Sallydaisy]

RobWat trying so hard to break the Germans serve but not getting any breaks.
Now serving at *1-2 in the 3rd set decider.

EDIT: Love hold for the girls.
Now they need to break ........

[Linda]

MP to the others . . . :sofa:

2 MPs saved so far . . .

[Linda]

And they lost 6-1 4-6 3-6 :crying:

[Sallydaisy]

Now RobWat have Ad against the German serve .......

But it's all too late.

:smashed:

[david1610]

Oh pity. Lost third set 3-6

[JAMES4578]

Pity for Heather and Laura having been so close to causing huge upset. However, credit with how they took it to the Germans. Was likely to be tough once it went to the decider Obviously god it was a comfortable win for Bally in the singles and Anne gave a good account of herself even if she eventually faded against Wozniacki.

[Sallydaisy]

Such a shame RoboWat couldn't have held onto their serve in that 2nd set at *4-3 because it could have made such a difference to the outcome if they'd gone 5-3 up. Fair do's to Kerber/Lisicki (who are the 5th seeds); their superior experience and rankings got them through that match after nearly being bagelled in the first set.

Ah well, the youngsters need to regroup now ready for their singles matches tomorrow!!!

[Alis]

A great shame that Laura and Heather couldn't pull it off after being a set and a break up. So glad that they still have a shot in the singles.

[KnightOwl]

We tried to catch part of this match after leaving Court 2 - unfortunately it was mobbed, and we couldn't get near enough to catch more than a glimpse! At that point Hev & Laura were just about to win the first set, so we had high hopes - but I guess it was inevitable that two players of the calibre of Kerber & Lisicki were going to come back strongly.A shame the girls couldn't pull off a miracle for us, but it sounds like they did us proud anyway :)

[cazza99]

judy murray ‏@judmoo

Marking our territory in the locker room at Wimbledon :) #TeamGB. http://pic.twitter.com/WxVwoQZd
https://p.twimg.com/Ay-Lod0CMAAmwE6.jpg
picture from twitter

[RoastLamb]

Aggie went out to Julia Georges. Wowsa. Good match!

[KnightOwl]

It was, wasn't it! I only turned the TV on to listen in the background, so I would know when Andy might come out, but ended up absorbed in it.

[Sallydaisy]

We might not see the British girls in action today ......
British Tennis ‏@BritishTennis (https://twitter.com/BritishTennis)
Sorry if we got your hopes up but rain's coming down hard @Wimbledon (https://twitter.com/Wimbledon) so the wait for Robson and Watson goes on. No play before 5.30 (not CC)
Also the doubles match featuring Keothavong & Baltacha v Goerges/Gronefeld has been cancelled for the day


and

The match before Watson is 7-6 0-0 to Nishikori v Tomic and the match before Robson is 5-4 on serve between Soeda & Baghdatis.

[Linda]

Laura's match to start shortly! :)

[Linda]

Alexandra Willis ‏@alex_willis

Weird. Robson and co warm up, and then walk off the court. Too slippery? #olympictennis

:confused:

Wimbledon ‏@Wimbledon

Sun still shining, but the issue now is that the courts are too slippery. What a day.

[Sallydaisy]

Laura's match is postponed until tomorrow.
Heather is now out on Court 2.

British Tennis ‏@BritishTennis (https://twitter.com/BritishTennis) False alarm re @laurarobson5 (https://twitter.com/laurarobson5). Court 17 deemed too slippery during the warm up so her match v Safarova has been postponed until tomorrow.

[Linda]

Livescore still has Laura's match listed but doesn't have Hev's!

[Sallydaisy]

No more play on any courts tonight - tweets from Neil Harman

Neil Harman ‏@NeilHarmanTimes (https://twitter.com/NeilHarmanTimes) Slippery courts, confusing messages, courts starting, not starting, stopping, not stopping. This is a bit of a shambles
No Robson and Watson tonight. Back tomorrow. Order of play not before 9pm

[VamosVixs]

Laura on court now. You can watch it on the bbc website (UK only I think?)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/p00wp1jy

[cazza99]

Tennis is also now on Sky channel 473 (olympic channel 24) and it is covering court 18 - Laura Robson.

[VamosVixs]

Thanks Cazza, had a look earlier but it wasn't showing. :thumbup:

[cazza99]

Thanks Cazza, had a look earlier but it wasn't showing. :thumbup:

The extra channels will just come and go, so I suppose we will have to keep on checking. At least there are a minimum of 3 channels today.

[cazza99]

Wow, Laura Robson is serving for the first set at 5-1.

My live score is not very live - only at 1-0.

[Sallydaisy]

Laura was broken serving for the first set; Safarova playing better and a sloppy game from Robbo.
Now Safarova trying to hold serve at *2-5.

Go Laura
:GBflag:

[cazza99]

Laura serving for the set again at 5-3.

Come on Laura:OGwave:

[VamosVixs]

Back on serve. :sad:

[VamosVixs]

Heather is playing just now also and she is 3-0 up so far. :thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

Court 17: Heather Watson is 3-0 up in the first set against Soler-Espinoza of Spain.

Court 18: Laura Robson struggling to hold serve at 5-5 in the first set.
Aces getting her out of trouble and she now has Advantage.
AND A GREAT HOLD FOR 6-5.

C'mon Robbo!!!!
:swingin:

[cazza99]

They are showing a bit of Laura's match on BBC1 at the moment, while there is a break in the cross country.

[Lizzim]

I wish Virginia Wade would stop being so negative and critical of Laura.....she is ranked what 70 places lower than Safarova and started really well but obviously Safarova has come back at her a bit....all Virginia can do is highlight any errors Laura makes! :grrr:

[cazza99]

The atmosphere is great. The crowd are chanting Laura Laura.

And earlier they were chanting Lets go Laura, lets go.

[cazza99]

Laura takes the first set with a tiebreaker :clap: :clap: :clap:

I think the GB outfit really suits her.

[Sallydaisy]

Laura just took the first set!!!!!
:dance:

7'6(4). Both girls tightened up and made errors but who cares?

I agree Cazza - the GB outfit looks great, the colours come up strong and tbh it looks better than the mens version.

[cazza99]

Judy in the audience was wearing a bright red cap.

[VamosVixs]

:yahoo::yahoo: Come on Laura!

[VamosVixs]

I wish Virginia Wade would stop being so negative and critical of Laura.....she is ranked what 70 places lower than Safarova and started really well but obviously Safarova has come back at her a bit....all Virginia can do is highlight any errors Laura makes! :grrr:

She is annoying me!!!! :grrr:

[Sallydaisy]

I wish Virginia Wade would stop being so negative and critical of Laura.....she is ranked what 70 places lower than Safarova and started really well but obviously Safarova has come back at her a bit....all Virginia can do is highlight any errors Laura makes!
:grrr:
It's very annoying isn't it? It baffles me why British commentators can't at least give their home players some credit. I know they are supposed to retain some impartiality but they mostly adopt the reverse discrimination approach.

Laura is playing really really well (apart from that blip of a game when she was serving for the first set at *5-2).
:shades:

[Sallydaisy]

Yay! Heather Watson takes the first set 6'3 v Soler-Espinoza.

[Jan]

Hev is 5-2 up in the first :GBsmile:

edit - too slow!! and my ls is way behind!!

[Lizzim]

It's very annoying isn't it? It baffles me why British commentators can't at least give their home players some credit. I know they are supposed to retain some impartiality but they mostly adopt the reverse discrimination approach.

Laura is playing really really well (apart from that blip of a game when she was serving for the first set at *5-2).
:shades:

This....Laura is doing really well. She isn't the favourite to win this match by any stretch and Virginia could be impartial without the criticism/negativity. I have tweeted the BBC - they had court 2 with no commentary earlier....I'd prefer that to be honest!

[Sallydaisy]

Heather Watson leads 4-1, 2nd set, v Soler-Espinoza.

Laura having a bit of a blip and was *0-40 but has saved all of the breakpoints and now held!!!
Go Laura!!!
4-4 with Safarova to serve.

[cazza99]

Laura serving for the match at 5-4. She is 15-30. :sofa:

[cazza99]

15-40 :sofa:

[cazza99]

40-40 :phew:

[Sallydaisy]

Laura serving at *5-4 for a place in R2.
She needs to stay calm.

*0-15
*0-30
*15-30 Come on Laura!!!
*15-40 2 breakback points ... Aces Laura, Aces
*30-40 Wowser - and she pumped one!
*40-40 As good as, Safarova hits the return up into the press garden

[cazza99]

match point

[Sallydaisy]

Ad to Safarova but a great serve from Laura and the return goes long.
DEUCE
ACE!!!
Matchpoint.........

[Lizzim]

She's got it!!!!!!!

[cazza99]

Yay :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Laura beaten the world no 23.

[Sallydaisy]

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

Big big win for Laura Robson!!!

7'6(4), 6'4

And she's set up a return match against Maria Sharapova in R2.

[lynne]

After a bit of a wobble.........Well Played Laura!!!!!:GBflag:

[cazza99]

And Heather has just won 6-2 6-2 :clap: :clap: :yahoo: :yahoo:

[VamosVixs]

Well done Laura and Heather!!! :clap::clap: :GBflag:

[Sallydaisy]

Congratulations to Hev on her R1 win!

Bally now on court to play Ana Ivanovic.
Oh Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
It's Bouncy!
http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-fc/yuk.gif

Bally is wearing another version of Team GB kit - navy skirt, navy polo shirt with patterned short sleeves and a splash of the pattern on her skirt. Doesn't look as good as the 'dress' version that Laura wore. Here endeth the fashion bulletin.
http://images.zaazu.com/img/Fashion-Girl-hollywood-celebrity-lindsay-smiley-emoticon-000500-facebook.gif

For those who don't know - Nigel Sears (formerly Head of Womens Tennis at the LTA and Kim's Dad) now coaches Ana Ivanovic and is also head of Team Serbia tennis. Tim Henman speculating on whether Nigel will be courtside in Serbian Team kit.
;)

[davech]

Heather and Laura are both through their round one matches!


British number one Heather Watson, 20, beats Spaniard Silvia Soler Espinosa 6-2 6-2 to reach the second round of the women's singles, where she will play Maria Kirilenko of Russia.

Watson is joined there by Laura Robson after the 18-year-old overcomes Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 to set up a meeting with Maria Sharapova.

Elena Baltacha is about to start her second-round match against Serbia's Ana Ivanovic on Court 18, and plays doubles later with Anne Keothavong.

[Katie]

It's great that both Laura and Heather won today! :)

[cazza99]

Yup, I much preferred Laura's outfit too. Laura had red shoes too which went well.

[Sallydaisy]

Yup, I much preferred Laura's outfit too. Laura had red shoes too which went well.
Well the lass with the Red Shoes (Ivanovic) went 4-1 ahead but Bally clawed her way back to 4-4.

The Serbian has just held so Bally is serving at *4-5 to stay in the set.

[Sallydaisy]

Bally under fire in the 2nd set - has just saved 3 matchpoints!!!
And she does it - it's 5-5 and still on serve.

Ana 6'4, *5-5

Here's a piccy of Bally .......
https://p.twimg.com/AzEBa3LCIAAYDtS.jpg

photo from twitter

British Tennis ‏@BritishTennis (https://twitter.com/BritishTennis) Here's @elenabaltacha (https://twitter.com/elenabaltacha) in action, serving away in her @teamgb (https://twitter.com/teamgb) kit! http://pic.twitter.com/i7f2MMIo (http://t.co/i7f2MMIo)

[Sallydaisy]

Poor Bally! That may be the last we see of her on a tennis court*
:sad:

Ivanovic wins 6'4, 7'6(5). Well done Ana but credit to Bally for fighting so hard.

* she is having surgery on one/maybe both ankles and out of action for 6months and then reviewing her options but she's now 28 and has a sports academy up and running so might not come back to competitive tennis.

[Jan]

Managed to see that Laura won, just before leaving to go and watch badminton. So pleased to see that Hev won too! Tough match for Bally. Really wish her well for her future - she's done herself and British tennis proud over the years.
:GBflag:

[Sallydaisy]

Venus Williams underway on Centre court she's already broken Wozniak; serving *1-0.

Andy's match follows this so the quicker they're off the sooner we see Muzzah!

[RoastLamb]

C'mon Aleks! :cheer: Trying to watch both her match and Milos too.

[RoastLamb]

Poor result for Aleks. Overpowered by Venus. :sad:

[Sallydaisy]

Poor result for Aleks. Overpowered by Venus. :sad:
Maybe to begin with but she broke Venus twice in the last set but couldn't hold her own serve.

[ljs]

Too bad for Aleks , but not surprised really.

[david1610]

Great wins for Heather and Laura! Very proud!

[Sallydaisy]

Laura Robson out on court now against Maria Sharapova.

Great moment for Laura on the court where she took a set off Sharapova at Wimbledon last year before losing in 3 sets.

Nothing to lose here so let's hope Laura just goes for it.
:OGwave:

[Jan]

come on Laura!!
Got one eye on this and the other on gymnastics! Also knitting so I don't feel too guilty about the time I'm spending watching sport!!!!

[lynne]

Regardless of the outcome of this match I am very impressed with Laura's play today!!!!..........COME ON LAURA!!!!:GBflag:

[Jan]

so close, but loses the tb - hope Laura can keep up this standard - she's playing well

[RoastLamb]

Regardless of the outcome of this match I am very impressed with Laura's play today!!!!..........COME ON LAURA!!!!:GBflag:

Agreed!

[Sallydaisy]

Awww, Laura lost the first set but it was so close; Masha took it 7'6(5).

Robbo clearly down with that and dropped her first serve so Maria was 3-0 up but Laura held for 1-3.
Now Shrieky is *0-15, *0-30, *15-30 ...
Come on Laura, break back like you did in the first set.

[Sallydaisy]

Laura broke back!!!
Shrieky headed off for a loo break .....

Serving at *3-4 and 30-0 up, 30-15.

The crowd have been going nuts - it's more like a Davis Cup tie!!!

[Sallydaisy]

Shrieky broke back, DF from Laura on break point.
:sad:

The Russian now serving for the match at *5-3.

[Sallydaisy]

Sharapova wins 7'6(5) and 6'3 and there's a standing ovation as the 2 ladies leave the court.

Wonder if they'll now move Heather's match onto Centre because the Men are still going ... just.

[Jan]

shame about the df to let Maria break again, but well played Laura.

[lynne]

Well I think Laura played extremely well ......no shame at all at the result...........well played Laura!!!!:GBflag:

[Sallydaisy]

Well I think Laura played extremely well ......no shame at all at the result...........well played Laura!!!!
:GBflag:
I agree - and she's only 18. She did well not to be blown away completely in the 2nd set and to break Maria's serve again.
It was exactly the same scoreline as their first encounter at Wimbledon in 2010.

[Katie]

I think Laura's going to really progress far - to push Sharapova, a multiple slam winner, here at Wimbledon twice shows just how much potential she has. Hope she's proud of her performance today. :)

[Alis]

Well done to Laura - she kept fighting - bodes well for the future.

[Linda]

Wow, Laura did really well. I never expected it to be so close.

[davech]

I kind of hoped Laura would take a set off Sharapova this time - it seems to be a good match up for Laura. Ah well, it was a really good performance nonetheless.

[Sallydaisy]

Heather now on Court 1 to play Kirilenko who is ranked #15 and reached the Q/F at Wimbledon.

[Sallydaisy]

Kirilenko takes the first set 6'3.
She served for it at 5'2 but Heather broke her but then was broken on her own service game.
The Russian looking VERY determined out there.

[Jan]

Not looking good for Hev. Shame both our girls had to play Russians called Maria!

[davech]

6-3 6-2 in the end. Heather played pretty well, but Kirilenko was too much for her in the end.

[lynne]

What a shame for Heather, she looked a little upset at the end, but I think we have two good female singles players on our hands who are only 18 & 20 years old, so I think the British Women's Singles players are looking good for the future!!!!:thumbup::GBflag:

[Helen40]

What a shame for Heather, she looked a little upset at the end, but I think we have two good female singles players on our hands who are only 18 & 20 years old, so I think the British Women's Singles players are looking good for the future!!!!:thumbup::GBflag:
Yes, certainly can't see Anne or Bally getting that much again Shreikapova, but the to be fair, I can't see Hev getting thet much either :(

[Sallydaisy]

Wimbledon champ Serena Williams is into the quarter-finals of the Olympic Tennis.
She beat Zvonareva 6'1, 6'0.
:shocked:

[RoastLamb]

Shocking performance from Vera. Didn't she win silver in '08?

[Linda]

But hasn't Vera had injury/illness troubles this year? I'm sure there must have been some reason why I picked her to lose in the first round in BOTP!

[RoastLamb]

I wish there was a livestream for court 18 coz I'd love to be watching Kim right now. Plus Andy/Laura are on there too. Bummer. I can only get cc and court 1.

[Linda]

The BBC are showing Kim & Ana on one of the streams on their website, so if you search around you'll probably be able to find a stream for it.

[RoastLamb]

Trust me, I've searched. I found one but it was blank. :sad: In this day and age I find it hard to believe we can't get livestreams of all the show courts.

[Sallydaisy]

Kim Clujsters has just taken the first set 6'3 v Ana Ivanovic.

[Sallydaisy]

That ITF livescoreboard is rubbish.
There are 4 headings:-
draws = OK
completed = OK
schedule = OK and you can scroll down and click on any match to make it the main scoreboard.
live = not working
:grrr:

[Sallydaisy]

Ah, the livescores aren't working 'cos it's raining and play on all courts is at a halt.
:wimbrolly:

[RoastLamb]

It's really ticking me off that I've had the opportunity to see the Williams sisters in action every time they've stepped on court but none of Kim's matches because she hasn't been put anywhere near cc or court 1. Not a happy bunny. This is her last Olympics too.

[Helen40]

I'd love to see Kim win it. Just one big one before her retirement.

[supergran]

I'd loved to see anyone win rather than the Williams sisters. Don't get me wrong....think they are fantastic players but Serena seems to be winning everything. Would love Kim to win but not sure she will.

[Helen40]

I kinda like the Williams sisters, at least they've won something, and have been proper no 1s - like Kim and Justine were. It's all been abit of a flop since those four haven't been there.

[pabbers]

Was really sad that Sabine Lisicki wasn't able to see off Shriekapova a second time at Wimbledon. She's my favie female player, plus she reminds me of my eldest son's gf!

[Sallydaisy]

Serena has given Caroline a bagel for lunch .........
:bakery:

The American is leading 6'0, 1'0.

[RoastLamb]

So bad! for Caro I mean. And what a yawn. TV showing this match rather than centre court.

[Alis]

Go Kimmie!!!!

[RoastLamb]

American pair routed in the semi by the Czech pair. Serves them right for saying it should be an all-American final with them and the Williams. No it won't!

[RoastLamb]

Shazza through to the gold medal final. I hate to say this but I'm beginning to like her a little, but only on mute.

[ljs]

Serena up on Aza 3 - 0 already

[RoastLamb]

Not watching. Dubs for me. But they're into the third set so I don't know when I'll get into the shower at this rate.

[Sallydaisy]

Serena Williams through 6'1, 6'2 against Azarenka.
She'll play Sharapova in the Final tomorrow.

[traveller7]

Finally come on Andy!

[supergran]

Now for Andy. Enjoy the match everyone. Let's go Andy, let's go!!!!!!

[ljs]

dont think theres any doubt about whose taking this gold medal

[supergran]

dont think theres any doubt about whose taking this gold medalBoring innit? Probably will watch some other Olympic sport when it's on.:GBsmile:

[Sallydaisy]

They're opening the roof ahead of the Ladies Singles Final.

Azarenka has won the Bronze Medal, beating Kirilenko 6'3, 6'4.

[RoastLamb]

Aza looked really happy. Good for her!

[RoastLamb]

Serena is creaming Shazza. Another yawnfest. Women's tennis has been really rubbish this week. No one has stepped up to the plate where Serena is concerned.

[lynne]

Totally agree Fiona!!

[Sallydaisy]

Serena serving for the match.

The Olympic medals ceremony follows. Jon Wertheim has just tweeted this ...........

Tarpischev and Hong Kong member Timothy Tsun-Ting Fok to present medal.
Speak carefully Mr. P.A. announcer...

[traveller7]

Boring match what little I saw but Serena gets Gold. Yawn

[RoastLamb]

Serena deserves the gold, silver and bronze put together.

[Sallydaisy]

Maria holding back the tears as she accepts the Silver Medal.

Serena is bouncing around as she takes the Gold Medal.
Only the 2nd woman to hold a Golden Slam (alongside Steffi Graf).

[Sallydaisy]

:laugh:

The Stars and Stripes has taken off somewhere over Centre Court!!!!!
Someone is going to be court-martialled for that .........

:smashed:

Oh, and I think Serena's outfit doesn't look right - grey velour top, black joggers and fluorescent yellow trainers? What happened to Team USA's Olympic ceremony outfits?
Surely it should have been Navy, Red and White???
:confused:

Masha and Vika looked much smarter for the medal ceremony.

[RoastLamb]

Serena's also the only woman to win both doubles and singles gold. Federer will probably be the first man tomorrow if oor Andy doesn't stop him.

[Sallydaisy]

The Williams sisters are due next on Centre Court to play their Ladies Doubles Semi against Kirilenko/Petrova.

[RoastLamb]

Two more matches for me to watch and I'm way past exhausted but it's all so worth it.

[Katie]

Really pleased for Serena! She played fantastic all tournament and is a very deserving winner. It's so amazing what she's achieved in her career - career slams in both singles and doubles, doubles Olympic gold and now singles Olympic gold. Incredible. :)

[Sallydaisy]

First set to Serena and Venus .......

[cazza99]

Jonathan Overend ‏@5livetennis

Forgot to plug but we're doing three commentaries from Wimbledon today.. the women's doubles final is live now on 5 Live Olympics Extra

[Sallydaisy]

Petrova and Kirilenko won the Bronze Medal, beating Huber/Raymond 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

At some stage there'll be a medal ceremony for the Ladies Doubles event.
:gold: Williams/Williams
:silver: Hvalackova/Hradecka
:bronze: Kirilenko/Petrova.

[RoastLamb]

Well done Team Russia! Good that Maria gets a medal.