Wimbledon 2007

[Dina]

Oh thank you Annie! and what did he say?

[jenhatter06]

Thanks for the screenshots Annie! here the rest of oop for tomorrow .....

Center Court - 1 pm
Tim Henman (GBR) v. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) To Finish 1-1
Severine Bremond (FRA) v. Maria Sharapova (RUS)[2]
Werner Eschauer (AUT) v. Rafael Nadal (ESP)[2]

Court 1 1:00 pm Start
Roger Federer (SUI)[1] v. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) To Finish 6-2 7-5 2-0
Hana Sromova (CZE) v. Venus Williams (USA)[23]
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)[16] v. Simone Bolelli (ITA)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)[6] v. Chris Guccione (AUS)

Court 2 11:00 am Start
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)[10] v. Elena Likhovtseva (RUS)
James Blake (USA)[9] v. Andrei Pavel (ROU)
Amer Delic (USA) v. Novak Djokovic (SRB)[4]
Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) v. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)[4]
Oscar Hernandez (ESP)/Potito Starace (ITA) v. Eric Butorac (USA)/Jamie Murray (GBR)

Court 3
Michaella Krajicek (NED)[31] v. Katie O'Brien (GBR)
Gilles Muller (LUX) v. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)[20] To Finish 1-1
Nicolas Devilder (FRA) v. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)[10]
Sarah Borwell (GBR)/Jade Curtis (GBR) v. Marion Bartoli (FRA)/Meilen Tu (USA)

Court 4
Iveta Benesova (CZE) v. Elena Dementieva (RUS)[12]
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)[21] v. Michael Berrer (GER)
Dinara Safina (RUS)[13] v. Akiko Morigami (JPN)
Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) v. Richard Bloomfield (GBR)/Jonathan Marray (GBR)
Marc Gicquel (FRA)/Florent Serra (FRA) v. Igor Andreev (RUS)/Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)

Court 5
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) v. Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)
Elena Baltacha (GBR)/Naomi Cavaday (GBR) v. Stephanie Foretz (FRA)/Selima Sfar (TUN)
Robin Soderling (SWE)[28] v. Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)
Lisa Raymond (USA)[1]/Samantha Stosur (AUS)[1] v. Lucie Hradecka (CZE)/Renata Voracova (CZE)
Lee Childs (GBR)/Jamie Delgado (GBR) v. Fabrice Santoro (FRA)[4]/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)[4] To Finish 2-6 7-6(4) 6-6(2)

Court 6
Aravane Rezai (FRA) v. Francesca Schiavone (ITA)[29]
Lucie Safarova (CZE)[25] v. Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) To Finish 6-4 3-6 4-2
Mara Santangelo (ITA)[28] v. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
Gael Monfils (FRA) v. Kristof Vliegen (BEL)
Jeff Coetzee (RSA)[14]/Rogier Wassen (NED)[14] v. Wesley Moodie (RSA)/Todd Perry (AUS)

Court 7
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) v. Tathiana Garbin (ITA)[21]
Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)[19] v. Yeu-Tzuoo Wang (TPE)
Max Mirnyi (BLR) v. Guillermo Canas (ARG)[22]
Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)[16]/Lukasz Kubot (POL)[16] v. Jamie Baker (GBR)/Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) To Finish 5-3

Court 8
Nika Ozegovic (CRO) v. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)[19]
Kveta Peschke (CZE)[5]/Rennae Stubbs (AUS)[5] v. Chunmei Ji (CHN)/Shengnan Sun (CHN) To Finish 6-0 5-3
Nicolas Kiefer (GER) v. Fabrice Santoro (FRA)
Neil Bamford (GBR)/James May (GBR) v. Robby Ginepri (USA)/Travis Parrott (USA)
Julie Ditty (USA)/Raquel Kops-jones (USA) v. Emma Laine (FIN)/Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP)

Court 9
Alona Bondarenko (UKR)[24] v. Agnes Szavay (HUN)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[14] v. Gilles Simon (FRA)
David Nalbandian (ARG)[23] v. Frank Dancevic (CAN)
Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)[9]/Pavel Vizner (CZE)[9] v. Tomas Cibulec (CZE)/Jordan Kerr (AUS)To Finish 1-1

Court 10
Janette Husarova (SVK)[7]/Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)[7] v. Karen Paterson (GBR)/Melanie South (GBR)
Mark Knowles (BAH)[3]/Daniel Nestor (CAN)[3] v. Nicolas Almagro (ESP)/Ivan Navarro Pastor (ESP) To Finish 5-4
Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) v. Agustin Calleri (ARG)[29]
Christopher Kas (GER)/Alexander Peya (AUT) v. Yves Allegro (SUI)[17]/Jim Thomas (USA)[17]

Court 11
Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)[14] v. Nicole Pratt (AUS)
Edouard Roger-vasselin (FRA) v. Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)[24] To Finish 5-5
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[5] v. Bethanie Mattek (USA)
Benjamin Becker (GER)/Petr Pala (CZE) v. Cyril Suk (CZE)/Robin Vik (CZE)
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)/Sandra Kloesel (GER) v. Klaudia Jans (POL)/Alicja Rosolska (POL)

Court 13
Ana Ivanovic (SRB)[6] v. Meilen Tu (USA)
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)[15] v. Jan Hernych (CZE) To Finish 3-2
Tomas Berdych (CZE)[7] v. Michael Llodra (FRA)
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)/Ana Ivanovic (SRB) v. Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)[3]/Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)[3]
Anna Fitzpatrick (GBR)/Emily Webley-smith (GBR) v. Aiko Nakamura (JPN)/Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)

Court 14
Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) v. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)[8]
David Ferrer (ESP)[17] v. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
Ai Sugiyama (JPN)[26] v. Alize Cornet (FRA)
Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)/Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) v. Petra Cetkovska (CZE)/Lucie Safarova (CZE)
Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)/Michal Mertinak (SVK) v. Harel Levy (ISR)/Rajeev Ram (USA)

Court 15
Tatiana Golovin (FRA)[17] v. Tamira Paszek (AUT)
Florian Mayer (GER) v. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)[18]
Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) v. Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR)
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) v. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)/Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)
Scott Lipsky (USA)/David Martin (USA) v. Albert Montanes (ESP)/Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP)

Court 16
Chris Haggard (RSA)/Marcin Matkowski (POL) v. Martin Damm (CZE)[5]/Leander Paes (IND)[5]
Vania King (USA)[15]/Jelena Kostanic Tosic (CRO)[15] v. Jill Craybas (USA)/Laura Granville (USA)
Stephanie Cohen-aloro (FRA)/Virginie Razzano (FRA) v. Alona Bondarenko (UKR)/Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)
Agnes Szavay (HUN)/Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) v. Iveta Benesova (CZE)/Galina Voskoboeva (RUS)
Amer Delic (USA)/Bobby Reynolds (USA) v. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)/Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) To Finish 6-3 1-2

Court 17
Roberta Vinci (ITA) v. Patty Schnyder (SUI)[15]
Wayne Arthurs (AUS) v. Tommy Robredo (ESP)[11]
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) v. Martina Muller (GER)[32]
Alex Kuznetsov (USA)/Mischa Zverev (GER) v. Jonathan Erlich (ISR)[7]/Andy Ram (ISR)[7]
James Auckland (GBR)/Stephen Huss (AUS) v. Ilia Bozoljac (SRB)/Dick Norman (BEL)

Court 18
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) v. Marat Safin (RUS)[26]
Tommy Haas (GER)[13] v. Tomas Zib (CZE) To Finish 6-3
Sania Mirza (IND) v. Nadia Petrova (RUS)[11]
Claire Curran (GBR)/Anne Keothavong (GBR) v. Serena Williams (USA)/Venus Williams (USA)
Marcelo Melo (BRA)/Andre Sa (BRA) v. Julien Benneteau (FRA)/Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

Court 19
Ashley Harkleroad (USA)/Tzipora Obziler (ISR) v. Shuai Peng (CHN)/Zi Yan (CHN)
Bob Bryan (USA)[1]/Mike Bryan (USA)[1] v. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Elena Likhovtseva (RUS)[10]/Tiantian Sun (CHN)[10] v. Olga Poutchkova (RUS)/Milagros Sequera (VEN)
Aravane Rezai (FRA)/Julia Vakulenko (UKR) v. Maria Kirilenko (RUS)[12]/Elena Vesnina (RUS)[12]
Arnaud Clement (FRA)[10]/Michael Llodra (FRA)[10] v. Michael Russell (USA)/Gilles Simon (FRA) To Finish 6-2 6-1 3-0

[yse]

admin said:

Here are the screenshots I took yesterday ;D Marat giving an interview to our Tennis Channel after his match with De Voerst ;D ;D ;D

wahou thanks a lot ;D

[maryb]

What a day. I'm probably going to have rheumatoid arthritis by the time I leave here. My wee legs are starting to give way with all these queues as well! Managed to watch Dinara's match and bit of the Hingis match and then I thought I'd try my luck in the resale queue.

God bless the corporates and Tiny Tim - if he hadn't been on centre court, I'd have been in for a very long wait. Everyone was hoping for a centre court ticket - I only had to queue for about 45 minutes and then I got a court 1 ticket. It was a brilliant seat. Papped my wee erse on it ... and then the skies opened on cue. You guys are going to love the video footage of the rain - thunder and lightning thrown in too. Dendy kept my spirits up through the day ... I needed it. Cheers pet.

Interesting to read that the radio announced no play at around 7pm? Why couldn't the AELTC do the same in the grounds? I checked to see if Marat's match had been scratched at about that time to be told that they still anticipated play. Everyone was kept hanging around the grounds until after 8pm. Shame on you. I could be cynical and say that the longer you kept us there, the more food and hot drinks would be consumed ... I was absolutely drenched ... and now I find that they are putting him on court 18. I haven't a hope in hell of seeing the match now after all this!

When I was at the practice courts today, I was watching Quereshi play. I'd suggest bringing him in and forcing his backhand at the net. He dumped a lot of shots in the net today. ;D

Go for it Big Yin. And if the gods shine on me tomorrow, I might get to get some more video footage for the guys!

[bia2209]

First of all....Just DAMN..those screenshots. wow. not loving the hair but who cares?! the man is just....damn.

Now that that is out of the way, Sabz has asked me to apologize on her behalf for taking so long to get her fan report up....she promises to try and get it done soon so just hang in there.

And I am sure it will be worth it!

[hipponette]

*iz ded*

Best set of screencaps I've ever seen.....*much drooling*

[Mrs. Fabregas]

admin said:

and , Anna...... for giving me a heartattack and a dehydration

[Mrs. Fabregas]

So, Maratik will have an early start in the morning.........

No for him ;D

*checking Wimby Live .......... They have coverage on Court 18 *

Have to wait a few hours before they put it to rewatch it though, but that's okay..... Have to work till late tomorrow



Anyway........

DAVAI MARATIK

[Mrs. Fabregas]

And ofcourse also :

DAVAI Dina, Misha, Kolya and Dima ;D

(and Tommy, Rafa and our only left Dutchie Little Kraay!)

[Patxy]

[Patxy]

davis said:

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admin said:

Here are the screenshots I took yesterday ;D Marat giving an interview to our Tennis Channel after his match with De Voerst ;D ;D ;D

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Thank you very much Annita and Davis... ;D....

[Annie]

dina said:

Oh thank you Annie! and what did he say?

He said he had come to terms with the fact that Wimby needs to be played and needs to be taken seriously so he is doing the best he can. Said one thing bothering about London is that a lot of people come there, people he sees once a year and they find it's their duty to tell him EVERYTHING about their lives and had hapenned in that past year Said he tries to stay in as much as possible and leave the grounds as soon as matches and practice are over. Said the only people he wants around at all times during Wimby are Sasha and another friend of his who is with him, all others are just distraction.

He was serious and very sweet at the same time

[maryb]

Wish me luck guys. Off to yet another stricken queue.

Good luck Big Yin!

[Annie]

Good luck mary!!!!!! Wishing you a very dry day ;D ;D ;D

Day 4 Preview

The week of woeful weather continues and the task of those whose job it is to keep The Championships on schedule becomes daily more daunting. Yesterday's programme was again severely hit by persistent rain, and the threat of it.

The biggest frustration for British fans was the brake it applied to the Tim Henman bandwagon. Tim came on court for his second round match against Spain's Feliciano Lopez but the players managed only a few minutes' warm-up and a couple of games in front of an expectant Centre Court audience before rain intervened. One way of looking at it is that ticket holders for today are the lucky ones on the Henman watch. Weather permitting, of course.

Roger Federer, too, was left frustrated, although in his case he at least had two sets under his belt against the Argentine teenager, Juan Martin Del Potro. The four-time champion, being an unflappable chap, will no doubt accommodate this and go on his winning way whenever the courts are deemed playable.

When yesterday's backlog has been absorbed, there are some fascinating match-ups to come in the bottom half of the men's second round. Just in case Tim Henman occasionally feels a trifle creaky at 32, he should spare a thought for an Australian and a Swede, 36 and 35 respectively, who are on course for a third round collision if they can survive today's second round.

Wayne Arthurs, the phlegmatic Aussie who came through a first round five-setter of three tiebreaks, will be aiming his big serve at the 11th seed, Tommy Robredo of Spain. As for the Swede, Jonas Bjorkman, he is still luxuriating in last year's feat of a Wimbledon semi-final appearance and aiming to achieve something similar this time round. The qualifier from Taipei, Yeo-Tzuoo Wang, should not delay overlong the progress of someone who remains, thanks to his regular doubles play, one of the sharpest volleyers in tennis.

Among the younger element, the 21-year-old second seed and the 2006 runner-up, Rafael Nadal, may have been reduced to a Google search for details on today's opponent, Werner Eschauer of Austria. At 32, Eschauer has been around tennis for quite a while without any great success.

He is at his highest-ever ranking of 125 and the 2007 statistics of four tournaments won looks, and is, impressive, except that it has all been achieved in the tour's second divison, the Challengers. Still, good luck to Werner on his day in the sun, or more likely low cloud and wind.

Never a dull moment in women's tennis, is there? Maria Sharapova usurped the headlines in yesterday's British sports pages by playing - and winning - in her Swan Lake dress, the latest of a stream of dazzling designs supplied to the sport's top-rated eye candy. Speaking of eyes, Maria may meet her match in that department in today's second round contest with Severine Bremond of France. The nation's tennis writers, a discerning bunch, reckon Severine has the most attractive eyes in the business.

Of course, eyes do not win tennis matches but Severine, who married her coach, Eric Bremond, just under two years ago, did pretty well at playing, too. She was a quarter-finalist at last year's Championships, the first time she had gone so far in a Grand Slam, and by the end of last season had risen to a ranking of 39.

Things have been tougher this year for The Eyes, with a string of early losses but, like so many French players, she delights in getting on to the grass and should give the Sharapova grunt and the Sharapova shoulder a good work-out.

Actually winning may be beyond Bremond. Sharapova has that "watch me go" glint in her own lovely eyes at the moment. Under the ever-watchful gaze of another eye, that of her father and coach Yuri ("a really hilarious guy", she told a disbelieving media audience the other night), Maria is intent on going one stage further than the semi-final she managed at the French Open earlier this month.

Wimbledon women's champion, Amelie Mauresmo, now takes on Austria's Yvonne Meusburger, ranked just inside the top 100, who is 23 years old and making her Wimbledon debut. The precautionary bandage on Mauresmo's right thigh is testimony to ongoing groin problems, so she needs to proceed with care but should not need to do much else.

Her section of the draw should not prove too demanding until a couple of rounds down the road, when the French Open runner-up, Ana Ivanovic, may lie in wait. Today's test for the Serbian teenager comes in the form of Meilen Tu, one of the shortest names in sport.

Meilen, born of Chinese parents in the intriguingly named Californian town of Tarzana, is fluent in Mandarin, in which language her forename means "beautiful". Ivanovic may be impressed by this, but she will certainly not be overawed.

Written by Ronald Atkin

[tennisfan11]

I know who the friend is, saw the doctor, marat and his friend in the wimbledon village at the start of the week. He posed for a couple of fotos and signed a few autographs which i thought was nice especialy when he looked like he didnt want to be harrased. I wanted to ask for a photo but seeing him in the flesh made me frozen in my tracks.....the man is a trillion times hotter in real life!!!!!!!!!!!!!