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June 26th 2009 01:34
Womens:
Not much to say here. The main story is the early loss of Sharapova to Dulko. I think Dulko is a great player and I remember watching her during AO (it doesn't hurt that IMO she's one of the best looking female players after Sharapova and Ivanovic).
Start bowing and making shrines in your closets to Victoria Azarenka.
Really Long Link
After reviewing the stats, the conclusion is a bit odd, but a couple of games probably went to deuce. I wasn't awake for this (since I'm in NY right now, and 5 hours behind England. I love tennis, but not enough to wake up at 7AM. That's ridiculous), but I heard about it all day. This victory, the famed bicycle, is almost unprecedented in recent times. The only ass-whupping even close to this that I remember was Federer's loss in the French to Nadal (big surprise), when everyone thought there was going to be an epic match (2008: 6-1, 6-3. 6-0).
Mens:
Great matches here today (and yesterday). Hewitt beat one of his huge fans, Juan Martin Del Potro, which was a shock to everyone except Del Potro who genuinely seemed happy that Hewitt was in top form again. It's hard to do that after losing in straight sets, but it shows a lot of class on Del Potro's side, which I never noticed before (not like I was looking...).
Davydenko moves through again, and I think this will propel him into the top 10 again. I've always liked this guy and his work ethic. He hits very well and is a great player to watch. Hopefully he can do well on this surface. he plays Berdych next who'll be a tough opponent, but I think beatable.
Roddick seemingly easily moved past Kunitsyn after regaining his gameplan after a dismal 3rd set. He had a couple of important points that he muffed, but walked away with the match. I think he's pretty much a lock for the 4th Round.
Murray will definitely trounce Troicki, but right under those two is an extremely interesting match up. Underdog Jesse Levine, an American who is ranked pretty low (relatively) is played Stanislas Wawrinka who managed to be seeded tenth after sneaking (not really) into the top ten last year. Jesse had a great match today, which I regrettably couldn't watch in full, but just knowing that he destroyed Cuevas in the fifth makes me feel warm inside. Hopefully qualifying and playing such a long match won't affect his performance. I think he'll walk away with the win in this one.
Gonzo and Simon have a great match set up for later this week, but the bottom of this half of the draw will be relatively boring.
Starting from the bottom (Click here for draw), Federer and Soderling are probably going to play again, and to be honest, Soderling's game will get weaker and Fed's will be stronger just because of the surface they're playing on. This one is completely gone for Soderling. There is no way he'll beat Federer on grass.
I'm definitely watching Tsonga kick Ivo's ass. I just wanna see one or two return winners and some spirit from the Frenchman. I'm not a fan of Karlovic at all, so I hope he loses to Tsonga. Tsonga and Verdasco could have a very good match, and let's face it, there's no way Verdasco will lose against any of his countrymen other than Rafa, and even then, he puts up more of a fight than Federer has before (look at aforementioned French Final 2008).
Djoko and Fish will be a great match, but whoever wins (probably Djokovic), will definitely destroy Sela or Robredo. Djokovic's game is looking really good right now, and I think he'll go to the Semis. After his first round, I wasn't so sure, but he seemed to find his footing in the second and played his game well.
I hope Seppi goes far and proves that Blake doesn't suck. Otherwise, it'll kind of be like when the Magic lost in the Finals against the Lakers. Me, being a Celtics fan, was horrified and was rooting for the team that beat me since then I could at least say that we lost against the best team out there. If Seppi wins more, Blake can at least have that after going to the Finals in Aegon (Semis really, but technically Finals).
Doubles
j/k, no one watches those guys....
On a more serious note, I'm switching blogs over to tennis5.com. I'll make a new post sometime there marking it.
Not much to say here. The main story is the early loss of Sharapova to Dulko. I think Dulko is a great player and I remember watching her during AO (it doesn't hurt that IMO she's one of the best looking female players after Sharapova and Ivanovic).
Start bowing and making shrines in your closets to Victoria Azarenka.
Really Long Link
After reviewing the stats, the conclusion is a bit odd, but a couple of games probably went to deuce. I wasn't awake for this (since I'm in NY right now, and 5 hours behind England. I love tennis, but not enough to wake up at 7AM. That's ridiculous), but I heard about it all day. This victory, the famed bicycle, is almost unprecedented in recent times. The only ass-whupping even close to this that I remember was Federer's loss in the French to Nadal (big surprise), when everyone thought there was going to be an epic match (2008: 6-1, 6-3. 6-0).
Mens:
Great matches here today (and yesterday). Hewitt beat one of his huge fans, Juan Martin Del Potro, which was a shock to everyone except Del Potro who genuinely seemed happy that Hewitt was in top form again. It's hard to do that after losing in straight sets, but it shows a lot of class on Del Potro's side, which I never noticed before (not like I was looking...).
Davydenko moves through again, and I think this will propel him into the top 10 again. I've always liked this guy and his work ethic. He hits very well and is a great player to watch. Hopefully he can do well on this surface. he plays Berdych next who'll be a tough opponent, but I think beatable.
Roddick seemingly easily moved past Kunitsyn after regaining his gameplan after a dismal 3rd set. He had a couple of important points that he muffed, but walked away with the match. I think he's pretty much a lock for the 4th Round.
Murray will definitely trounce Troicki, but right under those two is an extremely interesting match up. Underdog Jesse Levine, an American who is ranked pretty low (relatively) is played Stanislas Wawrinka who managed to be seeded tenth after sneaking (not really) into the top ten last year. Jesse had a great match today, which I regrettably couldn't watch in full, but just knowing that he destroyed Cuevas in the fifth makes me feel warm inside. Hopefully qualifying and playing such a long match won't affect his performance. I think he'll walk away with the win in this one.
Gonzo and Simon have a great match set up for later this week, but the bottom of this half of the draw will be relatively boring.
Starting from the bottom (Click here for draw), Federer and Soderling are probably going to play again, and to be honest, Soderling's game will get weaker and Fed's will be stronger just because of the surface they're playing on. This one is completely gone for Soderling. There is no way he'll beat Federer on grass.
I'm definitely watching Tsonga kick Ivo's ass. I just wanna see one or two return winners and some spirit from the Frenchman. I'm not a fan of Karlovic at all, so I hope he loses to Tsonga. Tsonga and Verdasco could have a very good match, and let's face it, there's no way Verdasco will lose against any of his countrymen other than Rafa, and even then, he puts up more of a fight than Federer has before (look at aforementioned French Final 2008).
Djoko and Fish will be a great match, but whoever wins (probably Djokovic), will definitely destroy Sela or Robredo. Djokovic's game is looking really good right now, and I think he'll go to the Semis. After his first round, I wasn't so sure, but he seemed to find his footing in the second and played his game well.
I hope Seppi goes far and proves that Blake doesn't suck. Otherwise, it'll kind of be like when the Magic lost in the Finals against the Lakers. Me, being a Celtics fan, was horrified and was rooting for the team that beat me since then I could at least say that we lost against the best team out there. If Seppi wins more, Blake can at least have that after going to the Finals in Aegon (Semis really, but technically Finals).
Doubles
j/k, no one watches those guys....
On a more serious note, I'm switching blogs over to tennis5.com. I'll make a new post sometime there marking it.
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