Wimbledon 2007

[fancy]

i agree with Annie and luxsword , lets take it day by day , am not expecting too much too
i can only hope that he wins this first match so far for now
c'mon marat ,davaii!!

[Anne]

sandra said:

luxsword said:

Court 18 MONDAY

12:00 noon Start 1 Ladies' Singles - 1st Rnd.
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v. Shahar Peer (ISR)[16]

2 Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Benjamin Becker (GER) v. Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)[24]

3 Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Rik De voest (RSA)v. Marat Safin (RUS)[26]

Court 18! Why? Now I can’t see Marat on TV. They will never broadcast it. Is there somewhere a live stream from court 18 on the Internet?

There is actually. But youneed to pay for it.. wimbledon.mediazone.com/other/index.html <-- That's the link. They broadcast every match live so I guess you can watch Marat's match as well..
kisses

[jenhatter06]

rest of the draw for tomorrow

Centre Court - 1:00 pm start

Roger Federer (SUI)[1] v. Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
Carlos Moya (ESP)[25] v. Tim Henman (GBR)
Jelena Jankovic (SRB)[3] v. Anne Keothavong (GBR)

Court 1 1:00 pm Start
Andy Roddick (USA)[3] v. Justin Gimelstob (USA)
Justine Henin (BEL)[1] v. Jorgelina Cravero (ARG)
Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) v. Andy Murray (GBR)[8]

Court 2 12:00 noon Start
Martina Hingis (SUI)[9] v. Naomi Cavaday (GBR)
Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) v. Serena Williams (USA)[7]
James Blake (USA)[9] v. Igor Andreev (RUS)
Vincent Spadea (USA) v. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)[15]

Court 3 12:00 noon Start
Zack Fleishman (USA) v. Tommy Haas (GER)[13]
Alicia Molik (AUS) v. Anastasia Rodionova (RUS)
Joshua Goodall (GBR) v. Feliciano Lopez (ESP)

Court 4 - 12:00 noon Start
Camille Pin (FRA) v. Patty Schnyder (SUI)[15]
Jamie Baker (GBR) v. Edouard Roger-vasselin (FRA)
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) v. Bobby Reynolds (USA)
Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) v. Maria Elena Camerin (ITA)

Court 5 12:00 noon Start
Gisela Dulko (ARG) v. Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)[21] v. Nicolas Almagro (ESP)
Alona Bondarenko (UKR)[24] v. Jill Craybas (USA)
Marc Gicquel (FRA) v. Jan Hernych (CZE)

Court 6 12:00 noon Start
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)[27] v. Florent Serra (FRA)
Marion Bartoli (FRA)[18] v. Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) v. Lee Childs (GBR)

Court 7 12:00 noon Start
Kaia Kanepi (EST) v. Tatjana Malek (GER)
Danai Udomchoke (THA) v. Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
Juan-Pablo Guzman (ARG) v. Andrei Pavel (ROU)
Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR) v. Tatiana Poutchek (BLR)

Court 8 12:00 noon Start
Tomas Zib (CZE) v. Diego Hartfield (ARG)
Olga Govortsova (BLR) v. Greta Arn (GER)
Milagros Sequera (VEN) v. Julia Schruff (GER)

Court 9 12:00 noon Start
Ashley Harkleroad (USA) v. Roberta Vinci (ITA)
Michael Berrer (GER) v. Albert Montanes (ESP)
Agnes Szavay (HUN) v. Eva Birnerova (CZE)

Court 11 12:00 noon Start
Alejandro Falla (COL) v. Sam Querrey (USA)
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) v. Vera Dushevina (RUS)
Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) v. Jarmila Gajdosova (SVK)

Court 13 12:00 noon Start
Robby Ginepri (USA) v. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)[5]
Michaella Krajicek (NED)[31] v. Tzipora Obziler (ISR)
Samantha Stosur (AUS)[27] v. Kristina Brandi (PUR)
Arnaud Clement (FRA) v. Nicolas Mahut (FRA) again! just played Queens SF

Court 14 12:00 noon Start
Aiko Nakamura (JPN) v. Martina Sucha (SVK)
Jan Hajek (CZE) v. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)[20]
Tiantian Sun (CHN) v. Emilie Loit (FRA)
Richard Gasquet (FRA)[12] v. Bohdan Ulihrach (CZE)

Court 15 12:00 noon Start
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) v. Laura Granville (USA)
David Ferrer (ESP)[17] v. Sergio Roitman (ARG)
Gilles Muller (LUX) v. Oscar Hernandez (ESP)

Court 16 12:00 noon Start
Varvara Lepchenko (UZB) v. Sybille Bammer (AUT)[20]
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) v. Davide Sanguinetti (ITA)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) v. Julien Benneteau (FRA) another all-French match-up in the French-heavy section of the draw

Court 17 12:00 noon Start
Alexander Peya (AUT) v. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
Sandra Kloesel (GER) v. Katie O'Brien (GBR)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) v. Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)[31]
Nika Ozegovic (CRO) v. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)

Court 18 12:00 noon Start
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v. Shahar Peer (ISR)[16]
Benjamin Becker (GER) v. Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)[24]
Rik De voest (RSA) v. Marat Safin (RUS)[26]
Angelique Kerber (GER) v. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)[8]

Court 19 12:00 noon Start
Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE) v. Lucie Safarova (CZE)[25]
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) v. Radek Stepanek (CZE)
Elena Vesnina (RUS) v. Olga Poutchkova (RUS)[30]

TBA
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)[10] v. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
Elena Baltacha (GBR) v. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)[19]

[jenhatter06]

I broke down and signed up for the Wimby live stuff ... should be pretty sweet though ... been passing the time this week re-living matches from last year and some classic matches ;D ... hopefully one of the nine courts they will have showing (besides center court and court 1) will be court 18 *hoping* ... I'm excited to get the chance to see more matches on courts that they don't show on tv (and when there's several matches going on at the same time that I want to see) ;D


as for Marat .... just taking it one match at a time, one set at a time

[Mrs. Fabregas]

Court 18


Ah, well ...... Maybe it's good for him that he's not on CC or Court 1 .......

Anyway ......

Davai Maratik against de Voest!!!!!!!!

[tricia]

Sunday, 24 June, 2007

Andy Murray has announced his withdrawal from Wimbledon 2007, due to his ongoing wrist injury. He is replaced by Kevin KIM (USA) (Lucky Loser).

QUOTE
"I have done everything possible to get ready for Wimbledon. I have played practice sets the last few days but still cannot hit a topspin forehand properly. It has been six weeks of really hard work but I'm not 100% ready. The wrist is a VERY important part of tennis and there are a number of players who have made the decision to come back too soon and ended up with long term injuries and I do not want to take the risk and make the same mistake. The doctor has advised me not to play and that I probably need about ten days to be ready. Unfortunately, I don't think it is going to rain for the next ten days. I love playing Wimbledon because of the great support I get from the British public and that is what I will miss the most"

Due to this withdrawal, the order of play for Monday 25th June has three court changes.

Blake v Andreev moves from 3rd on Court 2 to the 3rd match on Court 1
De Voest v Safin moves from 3rd on Court 18 to the 3rd match on Court 2
Lapentti v Kim (Lucky Loser) moves from 3rd on Court 1 to the 3rd match on Court 18

www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/...702156437.html

[Mrs. Fabregas]

Too bad that Anday had to withdrawl ....... But, as he says for himself... It's probably better for his wrist!

[luxsword]

marat court 2 then

[Anne]

So sorry for Andy. He did everything he could to play, but I think he made the best decision he ever made in his entire career. Forcing something could actually end your career, especially a wrist.
Nice to see Marat has moved to court 2. Now we've got a tiny little chance to see a bit or at least highlights between the centre court matches.. I really hope so:)!
kisses

[rafa]

I can't wait until tomorrow....I've got tickets for court 1, but I might go to court 2 for a while!!

[Annie]

awwwww poor Andy....

but it's MONDAY BABAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's MOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Good luck to all my boys today... one in particular of course And hope all TGFR-ers going have a lot of fun there ;D Ily, Sabzy, rafa, Suh have the best time guys!!!

[Annie]

Day 1 Preview


Welcome to the 121st Championships - a work in progress. For the duration of the Wimbledon Fortnight, the cranes and assorted building materials which are in the process of putting together the all-weather roof, have been set aside. Hard hats will not be available, except as an option for those stationed on the other side of the net from Ivo Karlovic and Andy Roddick's service actions.


This tournament will not be completely in the dry for two more summers, so it was perhaps to be expected that rattling the bars of Jupiter Pluvius' cage might be a risky venture, with Centre Court completely bared to the elements. Right on schedule, those elements seem to have taken a turn for the worse. Let's hope it is temporary.
In keeping with Wimbledon tradition, the opener on that wide-open Centre Court will feature the champion, Roger Federer, who has reigned for so long now, four straight years, that he is entitled to possession of a season ticket, if not a permanent pass, to the place he rightly regards as his second home after Switzerland.


The unfortunate folk whose task it is to march out alongside the champion to get things under way can occasionally be excused the body language of someone who has arrived on the premises by tumbril rather than courtesy car. It is a bleak task, which rarely goes awry. Only twice post-war, in fact, on the men's side, most recently in 2003 when Lleyton Hewitt was bombarded to a standstill by the aforementioned Karlovic. You had to feel sympathy for the feisty little Australian, since the 6ft 10in Karlovic's service toss was probably hidden in low cloud.


Federer's appointed victim, sorry, opponent, cannot boast such stature, though at 6ft 2in the exotically-named Teimuraz Gabashvili does not struggle to peer over garden walls in his native Russia. Where he does currently struggle, alas, is in the winning of tennis matches. He arrives here on the back of seven consecutive first round exits, stretching back to April, and a ranking of 85.
This is the Wimbledon debut of Gabashvili, whose nickname is Tsunami ("because he is very nervous on court" it says in his official biog). Federer is a kindly fellow, but you can't see any other outcome here than Tsunami being swept away on a tide of top-level tennis.

Federer, quite a builder himself on this elegant building site, has constructed an unbeaten Wimbledon run of 28 and a streak of 48 matches on grass. Bjorn Borg, whose record of five straight Wimbledons Federer is hoping to emulate over the next fortnight, remains the top man at these Championships with 41 victories in succession.
Roddick, whose booming serve swept him to a fourth Artois Championship at Queen's Club nine days ago, is entitled to be of good heart, though when the numbered balls came out of the velvet bag at last Friday's draw, his name as third seed fell into Federer's half. So no prospective final, then, between these two, as happened in 2004 and again in 2005.


Tackling Roddick in the opening contest on Court One is fellow-American Justin Gimelstob, whose name is not far behind Gabashvili's in the exotica stakes but whose 2007 record is even more dismal. The oft-injured man from Santa Monica has played just four matches and lost the lot.

For those who perennially huddle, rain or shine, on Henman Hill there is the early chance to catch their hero on a show court. Right after Federer, in fact, on Centre. The rivalry between Henman, appearing at his 14th Wimbledon, and his opponent, Carlos Moya, goes back 11 years, with the Spaniard holding the edge by five wins to four. Moya, who is holder of a short-term record as world number one for one week (in March 1999) is also what is known in the trade as a One Slam Wonder (Roland Garros 1998). But better one than none, which is destined to be inscribed on Henman's c.v. A fascinating one to predict, this, with Moya's aversion to grass set against Tim's recent inability to win matches. If he is to kick into gear, surely this is the place for Tim to do it.


Like it or not, there is no rest for the women's top seed, Justine Henin, the Lady in Pink. Fresh, or possibly not so fresh, from her gruelling three-set win over Amelie Mauresmo in the Eastbourne final on Saturday, the four-time French Open champion goes into action on Court One against a 25-year-old from Argentina ranked 117, Jorgelina Cravero, who bears the scars of having survived the qualifying session at Roehampton. Cravero, not the tallest from the Land of the Pampas at 5ft 4in, has been a while breaking through but this has been her best season to date, though the Wimbledon involvement seems destined to come to an abrupt halt as Henin, who towers over her by all of an inch, cranks up her game.


The highly-promising Serb, Jelena Jankovic, is the leading lady accorded Centre Court status today, perhaps because she is paired with the wild card from Britain, Anne Keothavong. No previous form on these two, since they inhabit entirely different parts of the women's tennis world, but home fans will be hoping the setting will inspire Keothavong. Not that there will be any chance of her raising the Centre Court roof.

Written by Ronald Atkin

[maryb]

Morning everyone. There's some blue sky peeping through the clouds. Heading off to the queue shortly and will be meeting a couple of the guys inside.

Fingers crossed for the Big Yin on court 2. We'll do our best to cheer him on. Will try to get the front of the standing area again .... several hours standing in the offing then ...

[maryb]

Meant to say, if we're on Eurosport, look out for us. I'll be wearing a bright orange T-shirt (and the mop head of curls) and Denise will be wearing her Liverpool tennis rainjacket.

[jenhatter06]

admin said:

but it's MONDAY BABAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's MOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

yeah baby! ;D here's hoping for a rocking start to the fortnight! love it, love it, love it ...