WIMBLEDON 2016

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/ms/msdraw.pdf
http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/ls/lsdraw.pdf

stan v fritz rd 1

can't believe Pironkova drew Bencic again

On recent form and taking into account Bencic's injuries, I think Tsveti might win this time.

Other upsets I'm thinking: Rybarikova over Bouchard (is this even an upset, lol? I suppose with Magda's GS record it probably would be, as noted previously in threads, she's a quality fast-court player whose only two wins at SW19 were last year; hoping that Nottingham retirement was precautionary), Hibino over Petkovic (maybe you shouldn't go on about how much you hate grass, Andi?) and, obviously, Linette over Stosur. Plus a whole bunch that shouldn't happen where the seed just flops randomly, NOT YOU MUGURUZA AND KERBER, FFS DO SOMETHING.

Djokovic winning it all seems so obvious on the men's side that I haven't even bothered to look at the draw beyond which of Wawrinka/Federer ended up on which side.

There aren't words to describe how pissed I'm going to be if Kerber loses to Robson.

Giorgi hasn't played well this season but she could beat Mugu. Match of the day, obviously (at least for me)

feels very strange to be embarking on Wimbledon right now, with this rainy fascism island in the state it's in.

The very last time I saw Kerber before she transformed her career with the USO SF was a terrible Wim R1 vs Robson where she looked grumpy and unfit. This time Robson will be lucky to win games.

Puig/Konta is the big women's R1 for me, both in form, only played once before and that ended in a third set TB. Giorgi is an absolute nightmare R1 in Muguruza's circumstances but she's been in such bad form herself I don't feel as confident calling that upset as I do about eg Pironkova over poor broken Bencic.

The section with Stosur, Goerges, Shvedova AND Lisicki in it is quite funny. Helmets required.

Very pressed about Vandeweghe's perfect draw to defend her QF points.

Either Watson or Mladenovic in R3 for Serena, that's a banana skin. She'd probably rather it was Watson right now, can't imagine Heather reprising last year.

Fritz/Wawrinka made me go oooooohhhh but I think it'll be an anticlimax and Delpo will get Stan in R2.

lol @ Mayer landing in the same section as Zverev and Thiem.

R1 upsets I'm calling -

Peng d. (18) Stephens
Wozniacki d. (13) Kuznetsova
Kumkhum d. (11) Bacsinszky
Hsieh d. (21) Pavlyuchenkova
Riske d. (6) Vinci
Pironkova d. (7) Bencic
Ostapenko d. (26) Bertens
Wickmayer d. (15) Pliskova
Witthoeft d. (25) Begu
Giorgi d. (2) Muguruza
and Kontaveit def has a shot at Strycova.

Rosol d. (28) Querrey
Chardy d. (17) Monfils
Kuznetsov d. (29) Cuevas
F.Mayer d. (8) Thiem
Copil d. (32) Pouille
Baghdatis d. (18) Isner
Skugor d. (26) Paire

Oh yeah I went to qualies and wrote about it - https://thetennisisland.com/2016/06/25/road-from-roehampton-qualifying-wraps-at-wimbledon/

and then actual predix

(1) Serena Williams d. (31) Kristina Mladenovic
Caroline Wozniacki d. Shuai Peng
Su-Wei Hsieh d. (Q) Luksika Kumkhum
(27) Coco Vandeweghe d. Alison Riske
(3) Agnieszka Radwanska d. Katerina Siniakova
(19) Dominika Cibulkova d. (16) Johanna Konta
(24) Barbora Strycova d. Ekaterina Makarova
Tsvetana Pironkova d. Elena Vesnina
Jelena Ostapenko d. (5) Simona Halep
(9) Madison Keys d. Alizé Cornet
Misaki Doi d. Anna-Lena Friedsam
(4) Angelique Kerber d. Madison Brengle
(8) Venus Williams d. (29) Daria Kasatkina
(12) Carla Suárez Navarro d. (22) Jelena Jankovic
(17) Elina Svitolina d. Sabine Lisicki
(28) Lucie Safarova d. Camila Giorgi

S.Williams d. Wozniacki
Vandeweghe d. Hsieh
Radwanska d. Cibulkova
Strycova d. Pironkova
Keys d. Ostapenko
Doi d. Kerber
V.Williams d. Suárez Navarro
Safarova d. Svitolina

S.Williams d. Vandeweghe
Radwanska d. Strycova
Keys d. Doi
V.Williams d. Safarova

S.Williams d. Radwanska
Keys d. V.Williams

S.Williams d. Keys

(1) Novak Djokovic d. Lukas Rosol
(21) Philipp Kohlschreiber d. Nicolas Mahut
(11) David Goffin d. Nicolás Almagro
(6) Milos Raonic d. (27) Jack Sock
(3) Roger Federer d. Daniel Evans
Steve Johnson d. (Q) Bjorn Fratangelo
(9) Marin Cilic d. (23) Ivo Karlovic
(5) Kei Nishikori d. Gilles Müller
Florian Mayer d. (Q) Dennis Novikov
(24) Alexander Zverev d. (10) Tomas Berdych
(14) Roberto Bautista Agut d. (19) Bernard Tomic
Juan Martin Del Potro d. (Q) Marius Copil
(7) Richard Gasquet d. Albert Ramos Viñolas
(12) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga d. Marcos Baghdatis
(15) Nick Kyrgios d. (22) Feliciano López
(2) Andy Murray d. John Millman

Djokovic d. Kohlschreiber
Raonic d. Goffin
Federer d. Johnson
Nishikori d. Cilic
Zverev d. F.Mayer
Del Potro d. Bautista Agut
Gasquet d. Tsonga
Murray d. Kyrgios

Djokovic d. Raonic
Nishikori d. Federer
Del Potro d. Zverev
Murray d. Gasquet

Djokovic d. Nishikori
Murray d. Del Potro

Djokovic d. Murray

feels very strange to be embarking on Wimbledon right now, with this rainy fascism island in the state it's in.

We need all the distraction we can get. I'll be glued to the screen every chance I get.

I think I saw you at the qualies, Lex! I was with my 9yo and she didn't want to budge from her favoured spot on the grassy bank above Alexandrova-Dart to come say hello. Well, we had been walking around all day - I don't think a mile walk from Barnes station was what she had in mind when I picked her up from school.

Here's a few photos... first one by Lulu with my camera:

https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7302/27924396975_c8aeeefbb9_b.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7334/27311266993_18c55d88cc_b.jpg

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7257/27890154766_a92ea32124_b.jpg

that trek from Barnes station to the qualies kills me every year! It was getting pretty cold towards the end of that match too.

kind of annoyed that Nishioka/Stakhovsky and Kasatkina/Duval ended up on two of the few camera-free courts but Sakkari/Zheng and Kohlschreiber/Herbert are fun enough

It was my first time! I've been saying for years I would take a half-day and go and as I always pick up the kids on Fridays, it was an impulse excursion (11yo was away on school trip, so that was one impediment removed; Minecraft >>>> live tennis in her world). Gipsy Hill to Barnes via Clapham Junction is 35min if you're lucky with the connection so we were guaranteed a smattering of all four events by the time we made it.

Struff/Brown vs Ratiwatana x 2 was even longer than Dart's match, but ended on two doubles from the Thai bros.

the Barnes-to-qualies trek kills me every year. It's SUCH a good day out though and at this point I think I prefer it to Actual IRL Wimbledon with its overcrowding and queues for outside courts.

We saw a bit of the Brown doubles but it was so cold at the end of Alexandrova/Dart that I just went home. Felt bizarrely proud to see Alexandrova beat Ivanovic yesterday! It's always odd getting to know a player irl in qualies and then suddenly you feel vertiginous bc they're on TV. Also, gigantic lol that she needed 14-12 to beat Vogt and 13-11 to beat Dart but just straight-sets Ivanovic (and that should've been 2 and 2 if she hadn't spent the second set choking).

pretty impressed that Muguruza navigated Giorgi, that was an upset waiting to happen but she looked pretty good.

James Ward came out as a Brexiter in his presser, Djokovic should've triple-bagelled him. Wish I could feel vaguely happy about the Willis cinderella story but he seemed like a dickhead when I saw him in qualies.

very much enjoyed Safarova/Mattek-Sands, Pliskova/Wickmayer, Cuevas/Kuznetsov and Kohlschreiber/Herbert yesterday. Most shocked and disappointed in Ostapenko...

god bless marcus willis, but i don't really want to watch fed eviscerate him

point of the tournament already

yo lex, saw on twitter ur going to sw19 tomorrow
i'm gonna be queuing tomorrow too if u wanna chill / hear me talk about serena williams for 10 hrs

let's do that uberweiss! i'll be with my bf and he just bought some prosecco. what's your twitter name? or webmail me contact details? we're getting there for 6am.

Willis was one of the most irritating players I saw in qualies and I am not here for this cinderella story at all

I did wonder, going into this Centre Court match, whether Willis would do better than Alan Mackin. Mackin lost love, love and two vs Fed in a Davis Cup tie in Geneva 11 years ago (Murray just a teenager then, and well beaten by Stan W in the other opening day singles). Mackin is three days younger than Fed but has been retired since 2007... the life of the Challenger/Futures-level player. He did once beat Nadal on clay though (2002, Nadal was 16, maybe 15).

And... Willis edges Mackin.

emailed u! and i am glad we are on the same page re: willis

mug being hit by a wrecking ball atm

wow what happened there?

cepelova peaking at wimbledon again!

Only saw the end of that but pretty commanding. (Watching Radwanska/Konjuh now.)

Mug mugged.

Radwanska in trouble.

Looking pretty tense here

A squeaker! Pretty good match.

Aga wins! Hooray!

was the Aga score just because Konjuh is finally on her way to fulfilling her immense talent? if so, sad I missed it, would've been a great contrast.

lol, everyone thought Muguruza would lose in week one but everyone was looking at Giorgi or Safarova as the dangers, not Cepelova (who is turning into a massive upset artist! Serena, Halep and Muguruza scalps now).

I was there yesterday. Highlights: Niculescu slice irl, Kontaveit/Strycova was a great match (Kontaveit's now played two straight brilliant Slam R1 matches and lost both), front row seats for the entirety of Cornet/Errani, Paire's childish tantrum about fans cheering for his opponent and refusing to shake the umpire's hand, minutes after this incredible Troicki tantrum on the next court

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl_0LYjTozM

then we got on No 1 court to see Thiem lose, sadface, but Vesely's serve was just too strong

Watching Del Potro these days is so stressful. YESSS BIG FOREHAND, but jesus, don't hit it so hard, you're going to hurt yourself again.

yep, wincing every time he hits a flat backhand. he's winning though!

Delpo!

Dustin Brown!

Keep this up!!!

Delpo kept it up <33333

<3 chuffed for the guy

Kasatkina has hit some brilliant BH dropshots en route to leading 5-3 from 1-3 down here

Incredible Delpo win, messed up backhand and all. So happy for him. <3

Brown-Kyrgios is ridic. Nick did his usual tanking thing in set three and then woke up. They're into a 5th set in 1hr 35. Kyrgios' last service game took 39 seconds.

Brown hit a no-look tweener dropshot winner at one point

Four-and-a-half sets in under two hours!

Venus/Kasatkina is riveting, 6-6 in third...

aaahhhh it starts TORRENTING down with Venus at match point up over Kasatkina

And the rain forces NK-DB off at break point for Nick K. They were slow to leave - the court got a bit of a soaking. Isner and Fognini both two sets up in the only other outstanding men's r2 matches.

bizarre argument on twitter over whether you'd rather be in Venus or Kasatkina's shoes right now. like, clearly Venus's!

Very good timing for what is presumably the final rain of the day from Djokovic's PoV. Two sets down. Moore gave Kuznetsova a hell of a match.

yeah Moore played so well, loved how she kept on laughing throughout!

Stephens/Minella was one of the most dire matches I've ever watched by contrast.

Serena/McHale was like a reprise of Serena/Watson.

Can't believe Djokovic here. Even if you hate ND, which a lot of people (not here) do, why anyone would want him to lose to Querrey I don't know.

Enjoyed the Wawrinka/Del Potro match, some absolutely beautiful forehands and smart switching up, even the slice is developing into a weapon (hey, how many Wimbledons did Steffi win slicing nearly exclusively? A LOT), but it has to be said that Stan was super-sloppy in that second set and the start of the third. Could have been over in 3! Glad it wasn't!

I just watched the replay of the first two sets of Querry/Djokovic and I have no idea what was going on. Djokovic was making Querry look like a tennis god in that second set.

When my brother told me my first q "is he injured?"

Pretty sure ND would have been out in straight sets last night if they'd played on until 8:45 or so. Now I'd make him the favourite. I can't recall the last time he played badly two days in a row.

hope querrey wins because the tour could use some excitement

Querrey not known for providing it though. Up for Djokovic losing to Herbert in R4 though.

BBC2 literally cut away from Kerber/Witthoeft at 6-6 in the TB to show Djokovic walking on to court. Like seriously...you've got time to finish the TB at least, have some respect.

(Querrey so dull that even at this stage I'm not bothering to watch)

pandemic what do you have against murray? just some euro beef?

dour, habit of having bum-fluffy facial hair, a bottler

Yeah, that's him.

i don't mind AM but he's definitely got things that you could dislike about him

I like him, the fact that he's unlikeable makes him more likeable.

gripping match here

Berdych's FH needs its own laugh track

it always kind of amazes me that you could be a tennis player who could probably beat 99.99% of the world at a game of tennis and someone like Murray can make you look like an amateur.

and he's even beaten murray before.

they had never played each other on grass before today. fun fact.

not a lot of grass court tournaments

gonna be watching the finals in ~social situations so will unfortunately be absent but I'll take Serena in three and Murray in four

(Murray's first Slam final not against Djokovic or Federer, whoa. The "he's too miserable" complaint about him pales next to the fact that he's one of the few ATP players with progressive opinions tbh)

yeah i have encountered way too many IRL murray haters who think he's awfully sour and grumpy, tbh whenever he's interviewed i'm always impressed by how articulate and sensible he sounds

saw in passing the stat of murray making at least the qtrs in 21 of the last 22 majors i think? thats p killer

some outstanding rallies here

kerb looks good

@ work, missing this, bah!

That was a solid set, so many amazing rallies. Hoping Kerber keeps it up.

The highlight reel from this match will be unreal - it's just been winner after winner from both players.

so many points making me gasp

Jesus this match

Sad for Angie. Nice net hug! Serena was generally very very good. But Wimbledon's been won with worse play than Kerber showed.

This final was everything I wanted it to be. Stellar performance from two of my favorite player.

And Serena gets 22, tying Steffi Graf's record.

Shame that had to end so soon - there were more amazing points in those two sets than the entirety of yesterday's Raonic-Fed five-setter.

Meanwhile, drama and hilarity in the girls' final. So much foot-stamping and screaming in the last game - Potapova needing six championship points to close it out, thinking she won on at least two of them only for Yetremska to challenge, both times guessing right.

By the time Potapova actually won, she looked ready to jump over the net and throttle Yetremska.

FEELING EXTREMELY 22 RN

serena <3

so crazy that serena won her first grand slam in 1999. that is a long time ago. beat hingis. i remember that one. did not know that hingis won the doubles at the u.s. open last year. missed that one.

serena/venus in the doubles final now

Maybe time to introduce best-of-5 women's tennis - dual purpose - shut up the bigots and make top matches possibly more classic

http://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/the-last-stand-of-fed/?utm_network=twitter&utm_post=6008512&utm_source=TW%20%40NBCSportsWorld

posting this partly because seeing safin's name reminded me of how much i miss him

very special to see history made with such a great match yesterday! and bey in the crowd!

Excellent from Murray so far

Hewitt needs to pick a pronunciation of Raonic and stick with it, even if it's the wrong one.

(Quite a good match-up this, Milos displaying far more variety)

Far more variety than we usually see from him, I mean, not more than his opponent.

brilliant passes from murray all maych

raonic has no shot coming in against murray's backhand today

murray is serving good

murray gets back shots no_one short of novak gets back

raonic has done well to keep this respectable because murray has played one of the best matches i've seen him play

srsly he has been great

good one! unbelievable some of the serves that Murray returned today. like, how the hell do you even do it?

He did the business for sure.

this dude who always chats up the ball kids as he walks out to present the plaque always creeps me out

lol

not always an on-court interviewee throws a little simile out there

raonic seems like a nice kid tho

yeah, surprising

yeah i feel bad when people get slammed for not showing emotion or having fun or whatever when all they must be thinking inside their head is: AHHHHHHHHHHHH I'M IN THE FINALS AT WIMBLEDON HOLY SHIT! i mean you need to keep it together.

Raonic is such a clunky, one-dimensional player. Murray tight as a drum yet it was NID at every point. Raonic lumbering into net was so exactly what Murray needed today! Really glad he took the opportunity, he's put together a much better career than every other two-slam champion.

Watson's mixed doubles win was nice too :)