Wimbledon 2012

[pepsi]

Still a couple of weeks away, but they have announced some of the Wildcard recipients today so I thought we could get the thread started.

Mens Singles: Jamie Baker, David Goffin, Oliver Golding, Josh Goodall, Tommy Haas, Lleyton Hewitt, James Ward

Womens Singles: Naomi Broady, Johanna Konta, Virginie Razzano, Laura Robson, Yaroslava Shvedova, Heather Watson

Mens Doubles: Jamie Delgado and Ken Skupski, Chris Guccione and Lleyton Hewitt

It will be very interesting to see how many of the players play both singles and doubles at Wimbledon this year, with the Olympic tournament a couple of weeks afterwards. I would think a high % would be playing with their intended partner at the Olympics.

 

[pepsi]

Ash Barty and Luke Saville have been given Wildcards into the Qualifiers.

 

[Chris_2593]

Ash Barty now has a MD WC after winning Nottingham singles and doubles. She is in the top 250 and is only 16 years old. Luke pulled out of quallies. Duckworth won in straights last night and takes on giquel tonight. Ben Mitchell lost to WC Chris eaton.

 

[GutsGalore]

Barty is going to be a superstar if nurtured and trained properly, maybe not #1 material but definitely top ten.

 

[hirdy_is_champ]

Couple of men's draw matches:
Tsonga V Hewitt - Grr who am I gonna barrack for? Massive Tsonga and Hewitt fan.
Tomic v Goffin - Bernie's gonna have to be on.
Ebden v Paire
Matosevic v Mallisse

Ladies draw is later I think.

 

[pepsi]

Tough for Hewitt.
Very winnable for Tomic.
Ebden will start the underdog.
Matosevic a chance depending on which Malisse turns up.

 

[pepsi]

[1] Maria Sharapova (RUS) v Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)
[Q] Vesna Dolonc (SRB) v Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) v [WC] Virginie Razzano (FRA)
Stephanie Foretz Gacon (FRA) v [29] Monica Niculescu (ROU)

[23] Petra Cetkovska (CZE) v Vania King (USA)
Sloane Stephens (USA) v [Q] Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) v Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)
Petra Martic (CRO) v [15] Sabine Lisicki (GER)

[12] Vera Zvonareva (RUS) v Mona Barthel (GER)
Edina Gallovits-Hall (ROU) v Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)
Chang Kai-Chen (TPE) v Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)
Kim Clijsters (BEL) v [18] Jelena Jankovic (SRB)

[28] Christina McHale (USA) v [WC] Johanna Konta (GBR)
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) v Mathilde Johansson (FRA)
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) v Alberta Brianti (ITA)
Lucie Hradecka (CZE) v [8] Angelique Kerber (GER)

[3] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) v Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)
Venus Williams (USA) v Elena Vesnina (RUS)
Iveta Benesova (CZE) v Heather Watson (GBR)
Jamie Hampton (USA) v [27] Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)

[20] Nadia Petrova (RUS) v [Q] Maria Elena Camerin (ITA)
Timea Babos (HUN) v [WC] Melanie Oudin (USA)
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v Anna Tatishvili (GEO)
[Q] Camila Giorgi (ITA) v [16] Flavia Pennetta (ITA)

[11] Li Na (CHN) v Ksenia Pervak (KAZ)
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) v Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
[WC] Naomi Broady (GBR) v Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)
Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) v [17] Maria Kirilenko (RUS)

[30] Peng Shuai (CHN) v [Q] Sandra Zaniewska (POL)
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) v Ayumi Morita (JPN)
Arantxa Rus (NED) v [LL] Misaki Doi (JPN)
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) v [5] Samantha Stosur (AUS)

[6] Serena Williams (USA) v Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)
Johanna Larsson (SWE) v [Q] Melinda Czink (HUN)
Vera Dushevina (RUS) v Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)
Stephanie Dubois (CAN) v [25] Zheng Jie (CHN)

[19] Lucie Safarova (CZE) v Kiki Bertens (NED)
Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) v [WC] Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)
Laura Pous-Tio (ESP) v Anne Keothavong (GBR)
[Q] Coco Vandeweghe (USA) v [10] Sara Errani (ITA)

[13] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) v Klara Zakopalova (CZE)
Olga Govortsova (BLR) v [Q] Annika Beck (GER)
Polona Hercog (SLO) v [Q] Kristyna Pliskova (CZE)
[WC] Laura Robson (GBR) v [24] Francesca Schiavone (ITA)

[31] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) v Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) v Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
Elena Baltacha (GBR) v Karin Knapp (ITA)
Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) v [4] Petra Kvitova (CZE)

[7] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) v Tamira Paszek (AUT)
Alize Cornet (FRA) v Nina Bratchikova (RUS)
Greta Arn (HUN) v Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) v [32] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)

[21] Roberta Vinci (ITA) v [WC] Ashleigh Barty (AUS)
Urszula Radwanska (POL) v Marina Erakovic (NZL)
[Q] Mirjana Lucic (CRO) v Alexandra Panova (RUS)
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) v [9] Marion Bartoli (FRA)

[14] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) v Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP)
Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) v Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)
Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) v Mandy Minella (LUX)
Shahar Peer (ISR) v [22] Julia Goerges (GER)

[26] Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) v Simona Halep (ROU)
[Q] Jana Cepelova (SVK) v [Q] Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) v Romina Oprandi (SUI)
Irina Falconi (USA) v [2] Victoria Azarenka (BLR)

 

[matt_897]

Really tough draw overall for the Australians, I can see most of them losing to be honest. Hopefully Tomic wakes up because he'll be playing a guy with confidence. Hewitt/Tsonga will be on centre court tuesday, Lleyton has no chance but will be nice to hope.

 

[pepsi]

Novak Djokovic SRB (1)
Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP
Ryan Harrison USA
Yen-Hsun Lu TPE

Benjamin Becker GER
James Blake USA
Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR
Radek Stepanek CZE (28)

Marcel Granollers ESP (24)
Viktor Troicki SRB
Martin Klizan SVK
Juan Ignacio Chela ARG

Jeremy Chardy FRA
Filippo Volandri ITA
Leonardo Mayer ARG
Juan Monaco ARG (15)
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Nicolas Almagro ESP (12)
Olivier Rochus BEL
Guillaume Rufin FRA
Steve Darcis BEL

Carlos Berlocq ARG
Ruben Bemelmans BEL
Tobias Kamke GER
Richard Gasquet FRA (18)

Florian Mayer GER (31)
Dmitry Tursunov RUS
Philipp Petzschner GER
Blaz Kavcic SLO

Simone Bolelli ITA
Jerzy Janowicz POL
Ernests Gulbis LAT
Tomas Berdych CZE (6)

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Roger Federer SUI (3)
Albert Ramos ESP
Fabio Fognini ITA
Michael Llodra FRA

Adrian Menendez-MacEiras ESP
Michael Russell USA
Gilles Muller LUX
Julien Benneteau FRA (29)

Fernando Verdasco ESP (17)
Jimmy Wang TPE
Grega Zemlja SLO
Josh Goodall GBR

Xavier Malisse BEL
Marinko Matosevic AUS
Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA
Gilles Simon FRA (13)
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John Isner USA (11)
Alejandro Falla COL
Paolo Lorenzi ITA
Nicolas Mahut FRA

Igor Andreev RUS
Oliver Golding GBR
Denis Istomin UZB
Andreas Seppi ITA (23)

Mikhail Youzhny RUS (26)
Donald Young USA
Inigo Cervantes ESP
Flavio Cipolla ITA

Ryan Sweeting USA
Potito Starace ITA
David Nalbandian ARG
Janko Tipsarevic SRB (8)

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BOTTOM HALF
David Ferrer ESP (7)
Dustin Brown GER
Kenny De Schepper FRA
Matthias Bachinger GER

Wayne Odesnik USA
Bjorn Phau GER
Jamie Baker GBR
Andy Roddick USA (30)

Kei Nishikori JPN (19)
Mikhail Kukushkin KAZ
Andrey Kuznetsov RUS
Florent Serra FRA

Go Soeda JPN
Igor Kunitsyn RUS
Robin Haase NED
Juan Martin Del Potro ARG (9)
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Marin Cilic CRO (16)
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe GER
Tatsuma Ito JPN
Lukasz Kubot POL

Vasek Pospisil CAN
Sam Querrey USA
Santiago Giraldo COL
Milos Raonic CAN (21)

Kevin Anderson RSA (32)
Grigor Dimitrov BUL
Albert Montanes ESP
Marcos Baghdatis CYP

Ivo Karlovic CRO
Dudi Sela ISR
Nikolay Davydenko RUS
Andy Murray GBR (4)

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA (5)
Lleyton Hewitt AUS
Edouard Roger-Vasselin FRA
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP

Lukas Lacko SVK
Adrian Ungur ROU
Jurgen Melzer AUT
Stanislas Wawrinka SUI (25)

Bernard Tomic AUS (20)
David Goffin BEL
Jesse Levine USA
Karol Beck SVK

James Ward GBR
Pablo Andujar ESP
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo ESP
Mardy Fish USA (10)
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Feliciano Lopez ESP (14)
Jarkko Nieminen FIN
Brian Baker USA
Rui Machado POR

Matthew Ebden AUS
Benoit Paire FRA
Alex Bogomolov Jr. RUS
Alexandr Dolgopolov UKR (22)

Philipp Kohlschreiber GER (27)
Tommy Haas GER
Jurgen Zopp EST
Malek Jaziri TUN

Lukas Rosol CZE
Ivan Dodig CRO
Thomaz Bellucci BRA
Rafael Nadal ESP (2)

 

[Chris_2593]

Very tough draw for the Aussies. I was hoping Bernie could ease into the tournemnt but that's a very tough match.

 

[Mint Condition]

Tsonga's been injured hasn't he? If Hewitt plays well you never know.

 

[Chris_2593]

Yeah tsonga was in doubt with a broken finger I'm pretty sure.

 

[heals]

Fox Sports telecasting as usual?

 

[Flameboy]

Fox Sports telecasting as usual?

FS and 7 I would think. Like last year.

 

[pepsi]

The first round in the mens draw has some really interesting match ups and hopefully we get coverage of most of them. Kohlschreiber and Haas are unlucky to draw each other after their impressive runs last week. Nalbandian vs Tipsarevic is another tough opener for both players, as is Anderson vs Dimitrov.

The SOP isn't up yet for tomorrow, hopefully it will be out soon. Unlucky for Hewitt to draw Tsonga in the 1st round but with his lack of match play it would have been tough for him no matter what seed he came up against in the first round. Tomic is hard to pick at the moment, not playing well at all. The big difference from here to Wimbledon in 2011 is that Bernie had to make his way through Quallies just to play in the MD of Wimbledon last year. So by the time MD started he had confidence on the grass and was match tough. Not the same story this year. But he comes up against Goffin who Tomic will feel confident he can beat. Tomic's section is actually not too bad either.

Cannot wait for it to start tomorrow. Will be there on Men's 1/4 final day, get me on the plane now!

 

[pepsi]

SOP:

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/schedule/schedule8.html

Stosur first up on Court 3 vs Suarrez Navarro
Gajdosova first on Court 14 against Morita
Matosevic 3rd up on Court 14 against Malisse

Centre Court 1:00 PM
Novak Djokovic (SRB)[1] v. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
Maria Sharapova (RUS)[1] v. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) v. Tomas Berdych (CZE)[6]

No. 1 Court 1:00 PM
David Nalbandian (ARG) v. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)[8]
Roger Federer (SUI)[3] v. Albert Ramos (ESP)
Kim Clijsters (BEL) v. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)[18]

 

[matt_897]

All the aussies on tv courts, look forward to watching some losses tomorrow

Nalby/Tipsy is clearly match of the day. i know it probably won't happen, but I'm hoping Gulbis catches fire and beat Berdych, that would be great.

 

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

i know it probably won't happen, but I'm hoping Gulbis catches fire and beat Berdych, that would be great.

Why? Djokovic would have a bye to the SF if that happens. I'd much prefer we have some interesting QFs to look forward to later in the tournament.

 

[matt_897]

Why? Djokovic would have a bye to the SF if that happens. I'd much prefer we have some interesting QFs to look forward to later in the tournament.

I can't stand Berdych, that's all

 

[Notorious_29]

Some very decent round 1 match up's, looking forward to this tournament.

 

[HugeJohnson]

Watching Stosur V Suarez Navarro at the moment. Womens tennis is a joke. So many unforced errors and faults. Boring as bat shit...

 

[brucetiki]

FS and 7 I would think. Like last year.

Yep - 7TWO during Prime Time, then onto 7 later in the evening

 

[matt_897]

Sam wins a match at Wimbledon!



She has got to be thankful that someone hated grass more than her and the matchup was perfect

 

[pepsi]

She looked genuinely relieved and happy to have won today. Was simply the ideal match up for Stosur on grass. Already enjoying the fact we have 2 channels on with tennis on. Good to have some choice, though not too interested in watching Jarmilla.

 

[ag6858]

Gajdosova's struggling against Morita, down a set and 5-2.