Wimbledon 2006

[SAFINNO1]

Since we already have a thread for Wimledon 2006 - i thought i may use i - dont want to get the admins mad . Maybe the 2 ealier posts can be cleared.

But this is head and shoulders the best Grand Slam. No doubt! But i just wish Marat could perform here for all his legions of fans in the U.k - me particularly

Mens Singles Full Draw

Section 1

Roger Federer
Richard Gasquet should be a great match ;D

Robin Soderling
Tim Henman

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Nicolas Mahut
Jurgen Meltzer

Jiri Novak
Kristof Vliegen
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Tommy Haas
Jiri Vanek

Carlos Berlocq
Richard Bloomfield
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Wayne Arthurs
Fabrice Santoro

Paul Goldstein
Novak Djokovich ;D ;D ;D
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Potito Starace
Mikhail Youzhny ;D ;D ;D

Igor Kunitsyn ;D ;D
Gael Monfils
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Paradorn Scrichapan
Agustin Calleri

Ivo Karlovich
Stanislav Wawrinka
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Davide Sanguinetti
Kevin Kim

Nicholas Almagro-Sanchez
Mario Ancic
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Section 2

David Nalbandian
Weslie Moody

Albert Portas
Arnaud Clement
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Benjamin Becker
Juan Ignacio Chela

Vincent Spa-spa-spa-Spadea ;D ;D
Fernando Verdasco
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Juan Carlos Ferrero
Fernando Vincente

Roko Karanusic
Rainer Schuetler
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Xavier Malisse
Benedikt Dorsch

Frank Dancevic
Radek Stepanek
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Thomas Johansson
Jonas Bjorkman

Florent Serra
Lucas Dlouhy
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Stefano Galvani
Alexander Waske

Daniele Bracciali
Daminik Hrbaty
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Paul Henry Mathieu ;D ;D ;D
Mark Phillipousis

Max Mirniy
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo
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Oliver Marach
Yeu Tzoo Wang

Kristian Plenn
James Blake
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Section 3

Lleyton Hewitt AUS (6)
Filippo Volandri ITA

Flavio Saretta BRA
Hyung-Taik Lee KOR
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Albert Montanes ESP
Tomas Zib CZE

Gilles Muller LUX
Olivier Rochus BEL (26)
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David Ferrer ESP (23)
Simon Stadler GER

Ivo Minar CZE
Guillermo Garcia-lopez ESP
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Greg Rusedski GBR
Marat Safin RUS ;D ;D ;D ;D

Luis Horna PER
Fernando Gonzalez CHI (10) REVENGE TIME MARAT!!!!!!!!!
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Sebastien Grosjean FRA (15)
Gilles Simon FRA

Jamie Delgado GBR
Michael Berrer GER
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Marcel Granollers-Pujol ESP
Andrei Pavel ROM

Alan Mackin GBR
Marcos Baghdatis CYP (18)
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Nicolas Massu CHI (31)
Andy Murray GBR ;D ;D

Bjorn Phau GER
Julien Benneteau FRA
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Robin Vik CZE
Florian Mayer GER

Janko Tipsarevic SCG
Andy Roddick USA (3)
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Section 4

Ivan Ljubicic CRO (5)
Feliciano Lopez ESP

Justin Gimelstob USA
Christophe Rochus BEL
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Alessio Di mauro ITA
Alberto Martin ESP

Danai Udomchoke THA
Dmitry Tursunov RUS (27) ;D ;D ;D
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Jarkko Nieminen FIN (22)
Marcos Daniel BRA

Dick Norman BEL
Martin Lee GBR
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Razvan Sabau ROM
Philipp Kohlschreiber GER

Alejandro Falla COL
Nikolay Davydenko RUS (9) ;D ;D ;D
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Gaston Gaudio ARG (16)
Jean-Christophe Faurel FRA

Alexander Peya AUT
Irakli Labadze GEO where did he come from? LOL
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Melle Van gemerden NED
Joshua Goodall GBR

Mardy Fish USA
Robby Ginepri USA (17)
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Andre Agassi USA (25)
Boris Pashanski SCG

Andreas Seppi ITA
Jamie Baker GBR
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Yen-Hsun Lu TPE
Robert Kendrick USA

Alex Bogdanovic GBR
Rafael Nadal ESP (2)

[SAFINNO1]

Marat's odd record at Wimby

1998 - R128
1999 - DNP
2000 - R64
2001 - R8
2002 - R64
2003 - DNP
2004 - R128
2005 - R32

[safinbgfan]

Let`s hope Marat will play much better here!

[Annie]

Thank you Ily, you're such a great Monkey you LOL ;D ;D ;D ;D

One of my favourite Slams and for the first time in ages I will be away for it....but I will be on my holidays so that's a bit of a consolation LOL

Bring on Wimby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Udachi Maratik

[legato]

Despite Marat being older than Roger I still see Marat as an unpolished diamond while Roger has been a clean cut diamond since he took off in 2003, and I think that if Marat manages to do the same then he might have the same hallo effect that Roger had when he finally jumped on the peddle and left everybody in smoke, and it is interesting to note that Mart was instrumental in doing so, As his loss to roger in 2004 was the catalyst to his world dominance of now, and he actually confessed than in match against Marat in which marat lost and roger was still a raging racket smashing player was the truning point that made him keep his temper in check after that
Well if Marat plays the way he played last year and manage to maintain it for the whole tournament Federer will better kiss Wimbly goodby 8-)No chance is he gonna win it with Marat playing that way
I wonder marat and roger were great friends in the past they often played doubles together, and I thought why dont the try to team again after all they only play doubles as extra so why not

[marats]

Come on Marat !!!!!!!!!!!
Let's see something next week !

[SAFINNO1]

19th June - from OS

Marat is fine - no problems. He is in London practising and happy.

UDACHI MARAT

[maryb]

My Wimbles bet - on Marat for the third year in a row - is getting placed tomorrow. Hope the odds are good.

I think grass could be the boy's surface ... if he keeps the heid and stays focused. Yip, Roger was a racquet smasher and look at him - although he did look pretty ruffled when he was playing Nadal in RG. Not often you see the maestro's feathers ruffled.

Marat has all the shots to to take him all the way to the final - fingers, legs and eyes crossed that he believes it too!

PS I'll be in London this Saturday. I'll be at Wimbles for the first week (I can feel my erse going numb already thinking about sitting on the pavement for hours) - and I'll be hanging around the Wimbles museum. 2 of my paintings - Borg and Navaratilova - are on display as part of a tennis art exhibition. I'm fair chuffed and can't wait to see them on the wall. I'd post the images here but I can never get it to work! Technology.

If Marat won this year, I could do one of him!

[sabz]

safinno1 said:

But this is head and shoulders the best Grand Slam. No doubt! But i just wish Marat could perform here for all his legions of fans in the U.k - me particularly

ME TOO!! YAY Wimbledon has finally arrived!!! and Marat is in LONDON!! omg omg omg lol ok n now i am calm just so u know, if u hear any headlines about a crazy marat fan stalkin him - that will be me but seriously tho - i wish him the best of luck, and hope that he proves all those critics out there who have written him off wrong!!
DAVAI MARAT!!!

and finally i had to post this!! gotta love the cheering squad!! ;D

sonya said:

sabz said:

MARAT FOR WIMBY CHAMPION

YAY!!!

[legato]

It is time that Marat stops b***ing about his lack of confidence and how he cant win matches without it
Cause if he wants to regain confidence then he has got to play with it and stop questioning himeself or his ability and that's how he is gonna regain it
As for wimbly I think that it would be hudge if he can strip Federer of his title, wining the title alone woulb be tremendous for him by proving to himeself that he can play tennis even on a football pitch not to mention beating Federer at his own backward 8-)And I think that he could, grass is tailor made for his game and wimbledon would raise his profile more than any athor grandslam especially that w're talking the maestro himeslef ::)I remember last year when Marat was producing that breathtaking tennis, the press was aclaiming him even much more than Roger, he was the talk of the hour and pundits began speculating about him wining it all, and to be honest he was playing way much better than at aussi 2005, he seemed to be gliding on the court even with his size and a sore knee and had he encoutered Roger you could have safely bet that the Federr Express woudl have been most surely derailed from it's next station So lets hope that we get the same serving as last year but with more lasting effect ;)Davai Marat

[marats]

Let's hope Marat can beat Roger !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[maryb]

I agree with Legato - time Marat stopped concentrating on how to 'regain confidence' and put everything out of his mind except the next shot. Hell, if I'd won the AO - beating Roger en route - I'd be pretty confident in my abilities. ;D Add in the US and all the other titles. Marat should just focus on the fact that he can beat anyone 'when he puts his mind to it' - even on grass. The surface is perfect for him.

He needs to recognise he HAS the ability - that doesn't mean he still can't play a crap shot. It's what he does AFTER the crap shot that counts. There are times I'd like to tie his arms together to stop them flailing around, but that wouldn't help in returning any shots to the opponent.

He also has to recognise that he isn't playing amateurs either, these guys are pros and will happily keep the ball in play and make Marat beat himself. He beat Davydenko on his return - wasn't that a confidence booster? I thought he looked stronger than ever.

Jings. Maybe he has Scottish blood running through his veins and is just a pessimist ... I'll chuck a lump of lucky white heather at him at Wimbles.

[CaliforniaSuds]

I think he has a great grass game and could do well here, if he can keep that goofy gorgeous head of his together. I'm still sort of reeling in shame over his behavior at Halle. But, as usual, I will have extremely high hopes and look forward to every match with glee.

[Annie]

SEEDINGS

The seedings for the 2006 Championships are scheduled to be announced in the afternoon of Wednesday 21 June.

THE DRAW

The draw for the 2006 Championships will be held at the All England Club at 10.30am on Friday 23 June in the main press interview room, located in the Millennium Building.

[Annie]

Withdrawals from Wimbledon


Serena Williams withdrew on 24th May

Guillermo Coria withdrew on 6th June

Igor Andreev withdrew on 7th June

Victor Hanescu withdrew on 9th June

Nuria Llagostera Vives withdrew on 15th June

Taylor Dent withdrew on 18th June

Jose Acasuso withdrew on 18th June

Carlos Moya withdrew on 19th June

Lindsay Davenport withdrew on 19th June