Wimbledon 2011

[GirlySports]

Qualifying update: Still raining.

However, Wozniak is IN, winning the 3rd set of her match.
Dancevic has won the first set of his match and is in a delay.
Dubois has not started.

Here's an old intro to get you in the mood. (Can you name all the players?)

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Gentlemen's Main Draw

Round of 16

Rafael Nadal ESP (1) v Juan Martin Del Potro ARG (24)
Mardy Fish USA (10) v Tomas Berdych CZE (6)

Andy Murray GBR (4) v Richard Gasquet FRA (17)
(q)Lukasz Kubot POL v Feliciano Lopez ESP
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David Ferrer ESP (7) v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA (12)
Mikhail Youzhny RUS (18) v Roger Federer SUI (3)

(q)Bernard Tomic AUS v Xavier Malisse BEL
Michael Llodra FRA (19) v Novak Djokovic SRB (2)

Ladies Main Draw

Round of 16

Caroline Wozniacki DEN (1) v Dominika Cibulkova SVK (24)
Shuai Peng CHN (20) v Maria Sharapova RUS (5)

Sabine Lisicki GER v Petra Cetkovska CZE
Marion Bartoli FRA (9) v Serena Williams USA (7)

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Tamira Paszek AUT v Ksenia Pervak RUS
Nadia Petrova RUS v Victoria Azarenka BLR (4)

Petra Kvitova CZE (8) v Yanina Wickmayer BEL (19)
Venus Williams USA (23) v [s]Tsvetana Pironkova BUL (32)

[bigtmac19]

Thanks Girly. Now that hockey is over, tennis is the only thing we look forward to watching.

[GirlySports]

Dancevic up 6-2, 6-2, 4-2 40-15 when it rained again! (so he's pretty much into the main draw) Dubois still hasn't started.

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Djokovic has another opportunity to claim #1. Same as at the French, Novak just needs to make the final to be #1.


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EDIT: Dancevic is IN but Dubois is out again at the last stage, this time in straight sets.

[GirlySports]

Dubois has been chosen as a lucky loser! So she's IN.

Mango: Cjlisters withdrawal gets Dubois in!

I've heard so far that the Canadians made out like bandits as qualifiers were placed, Dancevic drew a clay-courter while Wozniak and Dubois both drew other qualifiers.

The girl who beat Dubois drew Hantuchova (doesn't seem fair does it).

So FIVE Canadians playing singles at Wimbledon this year.

I haven't seen a full update of the draw yet, once I do, I'll update the front page :)

http://postmediamontreal.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/frank-dancevic-20_opt.jpg?w=620

[GirlySports]

I''ve added the qualifers and lucky losers to the draw.

4 Canadians play on Monday, the 3 women and Milos.

Raonic against Fognini will be insane. Might be a long one, might be full of antics.

[GirlySports]

fognini withdraws and the luck loser Gicquel gets in.

Not a problem though at Raonic beats the french veteran in straight sets :)

[Mango]

Raonic looked good today: 25 aces!

[Wise Gamble]

Raonic vs Nadal 3rd round

[GirlySports]

Wimbledon rained out for the rest of the day except Centre Court which has the new roof. Murray on right now, the sound of the ball being hit has an echo which is pretty cool.

Marino, Dubois, Wozniak and Dancevic all go tomorrow probably (weather pending)

[bigtmac19]

Raonic vs Nadal 3rd round


I can't wait for this match, I'll be really interested to see how he does.

[GirlySports]

I can't wait for this match, I'll be really interested to see how he does.

Hope to see it. Milos has to beat the tricky lefty Gilles Muller of Luxembourg in the 2nd round.

[Resolute 14]

Has a Canadian ever been seeded at a grand slam before Raonic?

[GirlySports]

Has a Canadian ever been seeded at a grand slam before Raonic?

Never, the highest Canadian men's player was Rusedski at #40 (until he bolted)

[Mango]

Not a bad morning for the Canadian ladies with wins from Dubois and Marino. Wozniak lost.

[GirlySports]

Wozniak had her chances.. lost the first set tiebreak 9-7 :(

Dancevic coming up in about 20 minutes.

Isner-Mahut aren't schedule until 6pm in London. Expect that one to go until Thursday!

[GirlySports]

LOL... Wozniacki crashes a Djokovic press conference

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[kobasew19]

LOL... Wozniacki crashes a Djokovic press conference

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That was kind of awkward

[GirlySports]

This Dancevic match is like a bad episode of Bon Frank, Bad Frank.
Up 2 sets, Frank blows the next two sets, include the 4th in a tiebreak.

Onto the 5th, ugh...

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Also saw a clip of court 17 where the Irish guy has forced a 5th set. They are packed into that court, standing on the seats on other courts trying to yell.

They said this is the first Irishman to make the men's draw at Wimbledon since 1965!

[Mango]

Yikes. Dancevic really can't close out a match, can he? It reminds me of the blown lead at the Davis Cup a few months back.

[GirlySports]

2 hrs and 2 mins was all it took for Isner to win his repeat match up between Mahut.

For those who forgot about last year

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showpost.php?p=2556302&postcount=4

[Bertuzzied]

YES!!! Thank you Dancevic for winning me $500!

[GirlySports]

All three Canadians in action tomorrow

(31)Raonic against Muller 2nd match on the new Court 3. Around 7am.

Marino against (29)Vinci the last match on Court 17 Around 11am

Dubois against (11)Petkovic not assigned a court yet but will be put on any court that is done quickly but not before 10:30am

[KootenayFlamesFan]

I want Milos to win just to see what unfolds in the 3rd round. Kind of fun to get into Canadian tennis again, been a long time for me.

[GirlySports]

I'm hearing reports of lots of rain.

Play will commence as scheduled on CC. Situation on outside courts slightly more complicated...Kimiko Date-Krumm against Venus Williams on CC
Date-Krumm led 5-1 and now is in danger of losing the set.

[malcolmk14]

Can't we just skip to the semifinals with Nadal vs Murray and Federer vs Djokovic? Those four guys are so much better than everyone else right now it's crazy!

[Mango]

Amazing comeback from Venus. She really pulled down deep and didn't give up.

[GirlySports]

Can't we just skip to the semifinals with Nadal vs Murray and Federer vs Djokovic? Those four guys are so much better than everyone else right now it's crazy!

The grass wouldn't be dead either! :)

[GirlySports]

Marino is underway, up a break in the first set.

Milos vs. Muller is warming up

:)

[malcolmk14]

Great Federer article from Grantland.

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6681059/still-life

Watching Federer increasingly feels like looking in on something private. It's as if his game is just somewhere else, on some secret corner of the map where it can stage its weird encounter between beauty and death.

For one reason or another, no one's produced a "changing of the guard"-style moment against Federer, not even Nadal. As a result, Federer's protracted "death" would make a great career for most tennis players. It's only sad for us.

[malcolmk14]

Marino is underway, up a break in the first set.

Milos vs. Muller is warming up

:)

Where can I watch online? Legally, of course. Edit: Nevermind, TSN.ca.

[Mango]

Ouch. Milos just fell hard.

[Matty81]

###### announcer going to town on how against injury treatment during a match he is as Milos gets taped up.

[malcolmk14]

###### announcer going to town on how against injury treatment during a match he is as Milos gets taped up.

Yeah I thought that was a little bit odd, too. Basically saying Milos should either get up and play or quit. What a jack ass.

The players know that this can happen to either guy, if you're hurt, you get a chance within the rules to have a timeout.

[malcolmk14]

Raonic retires due to injury. Muller moves on to face Nadal.

Too bad.

[Mango]

I feel bad for Raonic. However, his health comes first. Retiring from the match is the best thing to do.

[Matty81]

Yeah I thought that was a little bit odd, too. Basically saying Milos should either get up and play or quit. What a jack ass.

The players know that this can happen to either guy, if you're hurt, you get a chance within the rules to have a timeout.

Ya - the comment about how his opponent hit a shot so great that Raonic twisted his leg getting to it so he deserved to lose if hurt was pretty pathetic, would have liked to slap the guy at that point.

Lol - didn't even know the word #ed out was a swear.

Really disappointing that Raonic went out like that. Lots of years ahead of him but ever since about the third clay tournament of the season it's been a tough year.

[GirlySports]

Didn't see what happened.

He slipped on the baseline and hurt himself? :(

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who was the announcer, on espn or from england feed?

[KootenayFlamesFan]

That really, really sucks. Was looking forward to a match vs. Nadal, just top see how he would fare.

Guess we'll have to wait until next year.

[Matty81]

Didn't see what happened.

He slipped on the baseline and hurt himself? :(

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who was the announcer, on espn or from england feed?

Ya pretty much, was moving one way and his opponent fired a shot the other, he tried to turn and his shoe slipped on the grass and he went down looking like bambi on ice, wasn't pretty.

Some Aussie pair commentating I think male and female - it was a secondary feed they picked up, the main feed was somewhere else.

[Mango]

More bad news: Raonic is headed to the hospital.

[GirlySports]

Dubois fought hard but lost to Petkovic in the 3rd set.

And just like that.. all the Canadians are out in singles :whaa:

[Mango]

Raonic update:

DamoSpin (http://twitter.com/#%21/DamoSpin) Damien Cox
Raonic says "strained some ligaments around my hip", hopes to practice soon. Says looking fwd to Davis Cup in 2 wks. So fairly good news.

[Machiavelli]

Well Almagro did well for me today...not sure why the odds were so bad against an unseeded player.

[bigtmac19]

HA - Roddick is OUT!

[GirlySports]

HA - Roddick is OUT!

Roddick vs Monfils potential turns into Lopez vs. Kubot. That's tennis.

[GirlySports]

Soderling is out.

Djokovic struggling against Baghdatis, 2-2 in the 3rd set after splitting the first two.

[Machiavelli]

Serena's out.

[GirlySports]

Yup Serena's out, not that surprising she'd lose to a top 10 player after not playing for an entire year, regardless of what NBC says.

Not big surprises so far. Play pretty ordinary on Centre Court that they keep showing William and Kate in the Royal Box.

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Manditory Ana Ivanovic blopper video for the guys

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[Mango]

Wozniacki is out too. She falls in a three setter to Cibulkova.

[GirlySports]

Big sister Williams is on her way out too, down 6-2, 5-2..

NBC crying right about now.

[Machiavelli]

And Venus is gone.

[malcolmk14]

Federer drops the first set to Youzhny in a tiebreaker.

Nadal takes the first set from del Potro in a tiebreaker.

Mardy Fish up 7-6(5), 6-4 on Berdych.

[icarus]

Roddick vs Monfils potential turns into Lopez vs. Kubot. That's tennis.I was at the Lopez vs. Kubot match on Monday, all 4h20m of it. Lopez nearly got swept in straight sets and was down in the third set tie-break but came back to win the match. Unbelievable. I'll be cheering for him against Murray, the guy's got heart (although seems to have a bit of a knee injury).

[bigtmac19]

Roger - what are you doing?
Has been pushed to a fifth set in his match this morning.

[malcolmk14]

Federer's in trouble after being up 2 sets to 0. Down 4-2 in the 5th set.

[bigtmac19]

Judas Priest Roger - what the heck happened!

[Regorium]

One of the first times I can remember that Federer actually played really well and lost.

However, I sometimes don't get his mentality. The last two games Tsonga gave him a bunch of second serves, and he couldn't get them back into play. I guess it's those kinds of opportunities that he used to be able to take, but can't anymore.

Sad =(

[albertGQ]

His days as an elite player seems to be over

[NBC]

They've been over for a few years. He loses in far too many major finals now and is completely incapable of beating a guy he should be beating in straight sets (Nadal).

[Mango]

I was just about to post that title is basically Sharapova's to lose, she's struggling right now versus Lisicki.

[GirlySports]

Lisicki has a power game. She's serving at nearly 130mph.

[GirlySports]

What happened? I went for a coffee and a crepe and now I see that Lisicki blew up.

[NBC]

Maria was hitting great groundstrokes, but as per Soviet female tennis players, her serve couldn't hit, let alone break a pane of glass. 2 aces and 13 doubles. It was painful to watch.

[banffavenue]

Maria was hitting great groundstrokes, but as per Soviet female tennis players, her serve couldn't hit, let alone break a pane of glass. 2 aces and 13 doubles. It was painful to watch.
Totally agree, her quarterfinal game was good to watch but that was rather dull to say the least. May have been better if Lisicki took that first set..

[GirlySports]

Djokovic defeats Tsonga in 4 sets. He makes his first Wimbledon final and is now #1 in the World.

[GirlySports]

Kvitova wins her first major, 6-3, 6-4 over Sharapova.

Nadal vs Djokovic tomorrow :)

[Machiavelli]

What the hell, Nadal?

[GirlySports]

81% first serves Rafa
46% first serve points won

On grass!

Insane.

[Mango]

Congrats to Novak - what an amazing showing today. Minus the third set, Nadal looked lost.

[NBC]

81% first serves Rafa
46% first serve points won

On grass!

Insane.

Those numbers are wrong.

78% 1st serve

67% points won on 1st serve.

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/stats/day21/1701ms.html

[GirlySports]

Mine were first set numbers. :)