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Wimbledon Day 5 - OoP

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Centre Court - 1:00 pm Start
Roger Federer (SUI)[1] v. Marc Gicquel (FRA)
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)[29] v. Serena Williams (USA)[6]
Mario Ancic (CRO) v. David Ferrer (ESP)[5]

Court 1 - 1:00 pm Start
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)[20] v. Simone Bolelli (ITA)
Ana Ivanovic (SRB)[1] v. Jie Zheng (CHN)
Marat Safin (RUS) v. Andreas Seppi (ITA)[29]

Court 2 - 12:00 noon Start
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[4] v. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)
Tomas Berdych (CZE)[11] v. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)[22]
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)[10] v. Simon Stadler (GER)
Cara Black (ZIM)[1]/Liezel Huber (USA)[1] v. Vera Dushevina (RUS)/Ekaterina Dzehalevich (BLR)

Court 3 - 12:00 noon Start
Rogier Wassen (NED)/Virginie Razzano (FRA) v. Jamie Delgado (GBR)/Katie O’brien (GBR)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) v. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)[14]
Flavio Cipolla (ITA)/Denis Gremelmayr (GER) v. Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)[8]/Kevin Ullyett (ZIM)[8]
Ross Hutchins (GBR)/Anne Keothavong (GBR) v. Todd Perry (AUS)/Mara Santangelo (ITA)

Court 4 - 12:00 noon Start
Catalina Castano (COL)/Kaia Kanepi (EST) v. Carly Gullickson (USA)/Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE)
Stephen Huss (AUS)/Ross Hutchins (GBR) v. Jonathan Erlich (ISR)[3]/Andy Ram (ISR)[3] To Finish 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3 2-4
Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS)/Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v. Lisa Raymond (USA)[16]/Samantha Stosur (AUS)[16]
Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) v. Max Mirnyi (BLR)/Olga Govortsova (BLR)
Scott Lipsky (USA)/Casey Dellacqua (AUS) v. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)/Marta Domachowska (POL)

Court 5 - 2:00 pm Start
Vania King (USA)/Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) v. Iveta Benesova (CZE)[15]/Janette Husarova (SVK)[15]
Philipp Petzschner (GER)/Alexander Peya (AUT) v. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)/Viktor Troicki (SRB)
James Auckland (GBR)/Elena Baltacha (GBR) v. David Skoch (CZE)/Iveta Benesova (CZE) To Finish 7-6(3) 6-7(4)

Court 6 - 12:00 noon Start
Kevin Anderson (RSA)/Robert Lindstedt (SWE) v. Michael Kohlmann (GER)/Jean-Claude Scherrer (SUI)
Aiko Nakamura (JPN)/Aravane Rezai (FRA) v. Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)/Maria Jose Martinez sanchez (ESP)
Raquel Kops-Jones (USA)/Abigail Spears (USA) v. Ai Sugiyama (JPN)[2]/Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)[2]
Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/Elena Vesnina (RUS) v. Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Tatiana Poutchek (BLR)

Court 7 - 2:00 pm Start
Petr Pala (CZE)/Igor Zelenay (SVK) v. Frederico Gil (POR)/Dick Norman (BEL)
Igor Andreev (RUS)/Maria Kirilenko (RUS) v. Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)/Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)
Dusan Vemic (SRB)/Flavia Pennetta (ITA) v. Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)

Court 9 - 12:00 noon Start
Travis Parrott (USA)/Filip Polasek (SVK) v. Rik De Voest (RSA)/Lukasz Kubot (POL)
Julien Benneteau (FRA)[16]/Nicolas Mahut (FRA)[16] v. Thomas Johansson (SWE)/Jurgen Melzer (AUT)

Court 11 - 12:00 noon Start
Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) v. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)[8]
Marion Bartoli (FRA)[11] v. Bethanie Mattek (USA)
Mischa Zverev (GER) v. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)[13]
Bob Bryan (USA)/Samantha Stosur (AUS) v. Eric Butorac (USA)/Bethanie Mattek (USA)

Court 14 - 12:00 noon Start
Maria Elena Camerin (ITA)/Gisela Dulko (ARG) v. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/Selima Sfar (TUN)
Bob Bryan (USA)[1]/Mike Bryan (USA)[1] v. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)
Agustin Calleri (ARG)/Kaia Kanepi (EST) v. Richard Bloomfield (GBR)/Sarah Borwell (GBR)
David Martin (USA)/Vania King (USA) v. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)/Nadia Petrova (RUS)

Court 17 - 12:00 noon Start
Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/Adam Feeney (AUS) v. Marcelo Melo (BRA)[12]/Andre Sa (BRA)[12]
Kveta Peschke (CZE)[3]/Rennae Stubbs (AUS)[3] v. Sorana Cirstea (ROU)/Monica Niculescu (ROU)
Marcelo Melo (BRA)/Alize Cornet (FRA) v. Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)
Bruno Soares (BRA)/Maria Jose Martinez sanchez (ESP) v. Marcin Matkowski (POL)/Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)

Court 18 - 12:00 noon Start
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) v. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)[18]
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) v. Agnes Szavay (HUN)[15]
Feliciano Lopez (ESP)[31] v. Bobby Reynolds (USA)
Dinara Safina (RUS)[10]/Agnes Szavay (HUN)[10] v. Emilie Loit (FRA)/Pauline Parmentier (FRA)

Court 19 - 12:00 noon Start
Carlos Berlocq (ARG)/Eduardo Schwank (ARG) v. Frantisek Cermak (CZE)[13]/Jordan Kerr (AUS)[13]
Christina Anne Fusano (USA)/Angela Haynes (USA) v. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[6]/Shahar Peer (ISR)[6]

Wimbledon Day 4 - OoP

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Centre Court - 1:00 pm Start
Venus Williams (USA)[7] v. Anne Keothavong (GBR)
Xavier Malisse (BEL) v. Andy Murray (GBR)[12]
Andy Roddick (USA)[6] v. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)

Court 1 - 1:00 pm Start
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) v. Rafael Nadal (ESP)[2]
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) v. Maria Sharapova (RUS)[3]
Chris Eaton (GBR) v. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)[25]

Court 2 - 12:00 noon Start
Stefano Galvani (ITA) v. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[17]
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) v. Dinara Safina (RUS)[9]
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) v. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)[2]
Richard Gasquet (FRA)[8] v. Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)

Court 3 - 12:00 noon Start
Nicolas Kiefer (GER)[27] v. Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG)
Gisela Dulko (ARG) v. Lindsay Davenport (USA)[25]
Rainer Schuettler (GER) v. James Blake (USA)[9]
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) v. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)[10]

Court 4 - 12:00 noon Start
Neil Bamford (GBR)/Joshua Goodall (GBR) v. Rik De Voest (RSA)/Lukasz Kubot (POL)
Tamira Paszek (AUT)/Jasmin Woehr (GER) v. Sara Errani (ITA)/Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)/Alicia Molik (AUS) v. Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/Lucie Hradecka (CZE)
Stephen Huss (AUS)/Ross Hutchins (GBR) v. Jonathan Erlich (ISR)[3]/Andy Ram (ISR)[3]

Court 5 - 12:00 noon Start
Rajeev Ram (USA)/Bobby Reynolds (USA) v. Amer Delic (USA)/Brendan Evans (USA)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)[5]/Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)[5] v. Stephanie Foretz (FRA)/Camille Pin (FRA)
Bethanie Mattek (USA)[13]/Sania Mirza (IND)[13] v. Elena Baltacha (GBR)/Naomi Cavaday (GBR)
Oliver Marach (AUT)/Michal Mertinak (SVK) v. Thomas Johansson (SWE)/Jurgen Melzer (AUT)

Court 6 - 12:00 noon Start
Alex Bogdanovic (GBR)/Jonathan Marray (GBR) v. Daniel Nestor (CAN)[2]/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)[2]
Marina Erakovic (NZL) v. Julia Goerges (GER)
Shahar Peer (ISR)[24] v. Emilie Loit (FRA)
Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[16] v. Sorana Cirstea (ROU)

Court 7 - 12:00 noon Start
Andre Sa (BRA)/Janette Husarova (SVK) v. Wesley Moodie (RSA)/Jill Craybas (USA)
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)/Marcos Daniel (BRA) v. Petr Pala (CZE)/Igor Zelenay (SVK)
Alex Bogdanovic (GBR)/Melanie South (GBR) v. Yves Allegro (SUI)/Agnes Szavay (HUN)
Eric Butorac (USA)/Ashley Fisher (AUS) v. Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)[9]/Leander Paes (IND)[9]

Court 8 - 12:00 noon Start
Virginie Razzano (FRA)/Julia Vakulenko (UKR) v. Vera Dushevina (RUS)/Ekaterina Dzehalevich (BLR)
Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/Fernando Verdasco (ESP) v. Tomas Cibulec (CZE)/Ivo Minar (CZE)
Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) v. Marcel Granollers-Pujol (ESP)/Santiago Ventura (ESP)

Court 9 - 12:00 noon Start
Martin Damm (CZE)[6]/Pavel Vizner (CZE)[6] v. Travis Parrott (USA)/Filip Polasek (SVK)
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/Selima Sfar (TUN) v. Alona Bondarenko (UKR)[7]/Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)[7]
Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)[4]/Mark Knowles (BAH)[4] v. Philipp Petzschner (GER)/Alexander Peya (AUT)

Court 11 - 12:00 noon Start
Maria Jose Martinez sanchez (ESP) v. Sania Mirza (IND)[32]
Tommy Robredo (ESP)[23] v. Tommy Haas (GER)
Elena Dementieva (RUS)[5] v. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)
Agustin Calleri (ARG) v. Gilles Simon (FRA)[28]

Court 14 - 12:00 noon Start
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) v. Jesse Levine (USA)
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)[31] v. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)
Marin Cilic (CRO) v. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)[24]
Flavia Pennetta (ITA)[22] v. Ai Sugiyama (JPN)

Court 16 - 12:00 noon Start
Oscar Hernandez (ESP)/Albert Montanes (ESP) v. Christopher Kas (GER)[15]/Rogier Wassen (NED)[15]
Bruno Soares (BRA)/Dusan Vemic (SRB) v. James Cerretani (USA)/Victor Hanescu (ROU)
Eva Hrdinova (CZE)/Petra Kvitova (CZE) v. Elena Vesnina (RUS)/Vera Zvonareva (RUS)

Court 17 - 12:00 noon Start
Arnaud Clement (FRA) v. Benjamin Becker (GER)
Sybille Bammer (AUT)[26] v. Shuai Peng (CHN)
Nicolas Almagro (ESP)[19] v. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Mara Santangelo (ITA) v. Nadia Petrova (RUS)[21]

Court 18 - 12:00 noon Start
Vera Zvonareva (RUS)[13] v. Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)
Radek Stepanek (CZE)[16] v. Viktor Troicki (SRB)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)[14] v. Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
Marta Domachowska (POL)/Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) v. Serena Williams (USA)[11]/Venus Williams (USA)[11]

Court 19 - 12:00 noon Start
Christina Anne Fusano (USA)/Angela Haynes (USA) v. Edina Gallovits (ROU)/Olga Govortsova (BLR)
Max Mirnyi (BLR)[14]/Jamie Murray (GBR)[14] v. Marc Gicquel (FRA)/Fabrice Santoro (FRA)
Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP)/Maria Jose Martinez sanchez (ESP) v. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[12]/Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)[12]

 TBA - 5:30 pm Start
James Auckland (GBR)/Elena Baltacha (GBR) v. David Skoch (CZE)/Iveta Benesova (CZE)

Wimbledon Day 3 - OoP

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Centre Court - 1:00 pm Start
Novak Djokovic (SRB)[3] v. Marat Safin (RUS)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[4] v. Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)
Roger Federer (SUI)[1] v. Robin Soderling (SWE)

Court 1 - 1:00 pm Start
Ana Ivanovic (SRB)[1] v. Nathalie Dechy (FRA)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)[10] v. Thomas Johansson (SWE)
Igor Andreev (RUS) v. David Ferrer (ESP)[5]

Court 2 - 12:00 noon Start
Elena Baltacha (GBR) v. Jie Zheng (CHN)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)[20] v. Albert Montanes (ESP)
Urszula Radwanska (POL) v. Serena Williams (USA)[6]
Edina Gallovits (ROU) v. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)[8]

Court 3 - 12:00 noon Start
Samantha Stosur (AUS) v. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)[18]
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)[21] v. Mischa Zverev (GER)
Francesca Schiavone (ITA)[20] v. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)
Tomas Berdych (CZE)[11] v. Victor Hanescu (ROU)

Court 6 - 12.00 noon Start
Monica Niculescu (ROU) v. Agnes Szavay (HUN)[15]
Marc Gicquel (FRA) v. Ilia Bozoljac (SRB)

Court 11 - 12:00 noon Start
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) v. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)[13]
Marion Bartoli (FRA)[11] v. Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR)
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)[29] v. Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
Olivier Rochus (BEL) v. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)[22]

Court 14 - 12:00 noon Start
Florent Serra (FRA) v. Andreas Seppi (ITA)[29]
Bethanie Mattek (USA) v. Vera Dushevina (RUS)
Mario Ancic (CRO) v. Philipp Petzschner (GER)
Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) v. Elena Vesnina (RUS)

Court 17 - 12:00 noon Start
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) v. Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
Feliciano Lopez (ESP)[31] v. Roko Karanusic (CRO)
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) v. Simon Stadler (GER)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) v. Na Li (CHN)

Court 18 - 12:00 noon Start
Bobby Reynolds (USA) v. Frank Dancevic (CAN)
Simone Bolelli (ITA) v. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)[15]
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) v. Alona Bondarenko (UKR)[28]
Marta Domachowska (POL) v. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)[14]

Wimbledon Day 2 - OoP

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Centre Court - 1:00 pm Start
Venus Williams (USA)[7] v. Naomi Cavaday (GBR)
Andreas Beck (GER) v. Rafael Nadal (ESP)[2]
Fabrice Santoro (FRA) v. Andy Murray (GBR)[12]

Court 1 - 1:00 pm Start
Richard Gasquet (FRA)[8] v. Mardy Fish (USA)
Stephanie Foretz (FRA) v. Maria Sharapova (RUS)[3]
Andy Roddick (USA)[6] v. Eduardo Schwank (ARG)
Olga Savchuk (UKR) v. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)[2]

Court 2 - 12:00 noon Start
Anne Keothavong (GBR) v. Vania King (USA)
Benjamin Becker (GER) v. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)[4]
Renata Voracova (CZE) v. Lindsay Davenport (USA)[25]
Christophe Rochus (BEL) v. James Blake (USA)[9]

Court 3 - 12:00 noon Start
Guillermo Canas (ARG) v. Tommy Haas (GER)
Vera Zvonareva (RUS)[13] v. Aiko Nakamura (JPN)
Boris Pashanski (SRB) v. Chris Eaton (GBR)
Tatiana Poutchek (BLR)/Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) v. Serena Williams (USA)[11]/Venus Williams (USA)[11]

Court 4 - 12:00 noon Start
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) v. Marin Cilic (CRO)
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) v. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)
Kevin Anderson (RSA) v. Agustin Calleri (ARG)
Julie Ditty (USA) v. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)

Court 5 - 12:00 noon Start
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) v. Mariya Koryttseva (UKR)
Radek Stepanek (CZE)[16] v. Jan Hernych (CZE)
Jesse Levine (USA) v. Donald Young (USA)
Lucie Safarova (CZE) v. Emilie Loit (FRA)

Court 6 - 12:00 noon Start
Wayne Odesnik (USA) v. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)[24]
Michaella Krajicek (NED) v. Marina Erakovic (NZL)
Nicolas Almagro (ESP)[19] v. Marcel Granollers-Pujol (ESP)
Sara Errani (ITA) v. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)[10]

Court 7 - 12:00 noon Start
Nicolas Kiefer (GER)[27] v. Julien Benneteau (FRA)
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) v. Petra Cetkovska (CZE)
Dawid Olejniczak (POL) v. Gilles Simon (FRA)[28]
Olga Govortsova (BLR) v. Nadia Petrova (RUS)[21]

Court 8 - 12:00 noon Start
Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) v. Ivo Minar (CZE)
Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) v. Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) v. Izak Van der Merwe (RSA)
Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) v. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)

Court 9 - 12:00 noon Start
Martina Muller (GER) v. Maria Jose Martinez sanchez (ESP)
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) v. Frederico Gil (POR)
Gisela Dulko (ARG) v. Aravane Rezai (FRA)
Santiago Ventura (ESP) v. Rainer Schuettler (GER)

Court 10 - 12:00 noon Start
Jeff Coetzee (RSA)[11]/Wesley Moodie (RSA)[11] v. Simone Bolelli (ITA)/Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Anna Fitzpatrick (GBR)/Anna Elizabeth Hawkins (GBR) v. Nathalie Dechy (FRA)/Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
Sarah Borwell (GBR)/Jocelyn Rae (GBR) v. Marta Domachowska (POL)/Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
James Auckland (GBR)/Jamie Delgado (GBR) v. Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)[9]/Leander Paes (IND)[9]

Court 11 - 12:00 noon Start
Catalina Castano (COL) v. Sania Mirza (IND)[32]
Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) v. Arnaud Clement (FRA)
Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) v. Dinara Safina (RUS)[9]
Jamie Baker (GBR) v. Stefano Galvani (ITA)

Court 14 - 12:00 noon Start
Ai Sugiyama (JPN) v. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
Sybille Bammer (AUT)[26] v. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)[26] v. Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Sergio Roitman (ARG) v. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[17]

Court 15 - 12:00 noon Start
Flavia Pennetta (ITA)[22] v. Julia Vakulenko (UKR)
John Isner (USA) v. Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) v. Tzipora Obziler (ISR)
Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/Adam Feeney (AUS) v. Chris Haggard (RSA)/Lovro Zovko (CRO)

Court 16 - 12:00 noon Start
Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) v. Potito Starace (ITA)
Julia Goerges (GER) v. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)[23]
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA) v. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)
Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)[10]/Marcin Matkowski (POL)[10] v. Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)

Court 17 - 12:00 noon Start
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)[31] v. Eva Hrdinova (CZE)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)[14] v. Oscar Hernandez (ESP)
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) v. Thierry Ascione (FRA)

Court 18 - 12:00 noon Start
Tommy Robredo (ESP)[23] v. Kristof Vliegen (BEL)
Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[16] v. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
Nicolas Mahut (FRA) v. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)[25]
Elena Dementieva (RUS)[5] v. Maria Elena Camerin (ITA)

Court 19 - 12:00 noon Start
Viktor Troicki (SRB) v. Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)
Shuai Peng (CHN) v. Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR)
Xavier Malisse (BEL) v. Denis Gremelmayr (GER)
Mara Santangelo (ITA) v. Maret Ani (EST)

 TBA - 5:00 pm Start

Shahar Peer (ISR)[24] v. Katie O’brien (GBR)
Richard Bloomfield (GBR)/Kenneth Skupski (GBR) v. Frantisek Cermak (CZE)[13]/Jordan Kerr (AUS)[13]

Wimbledon Day 1 - OoP

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Centre Court - 1:00 pm Start
Roger Federer (SUI)[1] v. Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)
Ana Ivanovic (SRB)[1] v. Rossana De los rios (PAR)
Novak Djokovic (SRB)[3] v. Michael Berrer (GER)

Court 1 - 1:00 pm Start
Kaia Kanepi (EST) v. Serena Williams (USA)[6]
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)[20] v. Robin Haase (NED)
Frank Dancevic (CAN) v. David Nalbandian (ARG)[7]

Court 2 - 12:00 noon Start
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)[10] v. Steve Darcis (BEL)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[4] v. Mathilde Johansson (FRA)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) v. David Ferrer (ESP)[5]
Marion Bartoli (FRA)[11] v. Sabine Katharin Lisicki (GER)

Court 3 - 12:00 noon Start
Samantha Stosur (AUS) v. Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU)
Robby Ginepri (USA) v. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)[15]
Stephanie Dubois (CAN) v. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)[8]
Michael Llodra (FRA)[32] v. Mario Ancic (CRO)

Court 4 - 12:00 noon Start
Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) v. Elena Vesnina (RUS)
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) v. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
Igor Andreev (RUS) v. Jiri Vanek (CZE)
Camille Pin (FRA) v. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)

Court 5 - 12:00 noon Start
Virginie Razzano (FRA)[27] v. Evgeniya Rodina (RUS)
Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) v. Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
Dudi Sela (ISR) v. Olivier Rochus (BEL)
KJ Hippensteel (USA)/Tripp Phillips (USA) v. Stephen Huss (AUS)/Ross Hutchins (GBR)

Court 6 - 12:00 noon Start
Thomas Johansson (SWE) v. Vincent Spadea (USA)
Patty Schnyder (SUI)[12] v. Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
Marc Gicquel (FRA) v. Kei Nishikori (JPN)
Zi Yan (CHN) v. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)

Court 7 - 12:00 noon Start
Feliciano Lopez (ESP)[31] v. Brian Dabul (ARG)
Florent Serra (FRA) v. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
Milagros Sequera (VEN) v. Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
Monica Niculescu (ROU) v. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)

Court 8 - 12:00 noon Start
Klara Zakopalova (CZE) v. Urszula Radwanska (POL)
Albert Montanes (ESP) v. Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
Victor Hanescu (ROU) v. Alejandro Falla (COL)
Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) v. Petra Kvitova (CZE)

Court 9 - 12:00 noon Start
Roko Karanusic (CRO) v. Luis Horna (PER)
Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) v. Na Li (CHN)
Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) v. Edina Gallovits (ROU)
Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) v. Philipp Petzschner (GER)

Court 10 - 12:00 noon Start
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)/Viktor Troicki (SRB) v. Harel Levy (ISR)/Jim Thomas (USA)
Lucie Hradecka (CZE)/Renata Voracova (CZE) v. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[6]/Shahar Peer (ISR)[6]
Eric Butorac (USA)/Ashley Fisher (AUS) v. Yves Allegro (SUI)/Sebastian Prieto (ARG)
Klaudia Jans (POL)/Mervana Jugic-Salkic (BIH) v. Carly Gullickson (USA)/Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE)

Court 11 - 12:00 noon Start
Elena Baltacha (GBR) v. Angelique Kerber (GER)
Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) v. Simone Bolelli (ITA)
Marat Safin (RUS) v. Fabio Fognini (ITA)
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA)[29] v. Ashley Harkleroad (USA)

Court 14 - 12:00 noon Start
Nathalie Dechy (FRA) v. Meng Yuan (CHN)
Tomas Berdych (CZE)[11] v. Evgeny Korolev (RUS)
Marcos Daniel (BRA) v. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)[13]
Francesca Schiavone (ITA)[20] v. Tamira Paszek (AUT)

Court 15 - 12:00 noon Start
Jie Zheng (CHN) v. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)[30]
Alize Cornet (FRA)[17] v. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
Filippo Volandri (ITA) v. Bobby Reynolds (USA)
Scott Lipsky (USA)/David Martin (USA) v. Jonathan Erlich (ISR)[3]/Andy Ram (ISR)[3]

Court 16 - 12:00 noon Start
Tobias Kamke (GER) v. Andreas Seppi (ITA)[29]
Bethanie Mattek (USA) v. Severine Bremond (FRA)
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) v. Pavel Snobel (CZE)
Marta Domachowska (POL) v. Jill Craybas (USA)

Court 17 - 12:00 noon Start
Robin Soderling (SWE) v. Kevin Kim (USA)
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) v. Rika Fujiwara (JPN)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) v. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)[22]

Court 18 - 12:00 noon Start
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)[21] v. Sam Querrey (USA)
Vera Dushevina (RUS) v. Maria Kirilenko (RUS)[19]
Chris Guccione (AUS) v. Gael Monfils (FRA)[30]
Melanie South (GBR) v. Alona Bondarenko (UKR)[28]

Court 19 - 12:00 noon Start
Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE) v. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)[18]
Alexander Peya (AUT) v. Mischa Zverev (GER)
Simon Stadler (GER) v. Ivo Karlovic (CRO)[18]

TBA - 5:00 pm Start
Iveta Benesova (CZE) v. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)[14]
Tathiana Garbin (ITA) v. Agnes Szavay (HUN)[15]
Michail Elgin (RUS)/Alexandre Kudryavtsev (RUS) v. Marcelo Melo (BRA)[12]/Andre Sa (BRA)[12]

Wimbledon Preview - Sharapova or Ivanovic?

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

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The talk going into Wimbledon is that either Maria Sharapova or Ana Ivanovic will walk away with the title and with good reason. However, without any warmup events under their belt, how ready will they be? Ivanovic pulled out of warmups citing fatigue, will she be ready mentally to take her second Slam? I don’t think this will come down to who wins Wimbledon, but who survives.

Looking at the favourites, Ana Ivanovic clearly has the game to take the title. However she hasn’t played well on grass, having never reached a final in any grass event. Last year, she was nearly upset by Nicole Vaidisova (little chance of that happening this year) before losing in the semifinals. After winning the French, her confidence should be high even though she will most likely have to wait until the US Open before hauling in another Slam.

Maria Sharapova is the most likely of all players to bring the title home. She definately has the game and having been injured for most of last year, she has the desire. Since winning the title in 2004, she reached the semis in ‘05 and ‘06. She’s 20-3 since she won the title. If anyone is a favourite, it’s her. Still, she’s in the bottom half of the draw, away from Ivanovic. She could be tested by Azarenka in the fourth round and she will still have to go up against Davenport or Safina in the quarters. In the semifinals, she could face Venus Williams or Jelena Jankovic. Williams is a 4 time champion and Jankovic is no slouch on grass having beated Sharapova last year in a warmup.

As for the other two favourites (according to ESPN anyway) are Venus and Serena Williams. You can count me out of that conversation. They are too up and down to seriously pick for a major title anymore. Lately, no one else seems more likely to either blow someone off the court or be blown off. They could win a title without dropping a set then win only 4 games their next match. If you’re going to bet on them, don’t bet big. Serena came out of nowhere last year to take the Australian Open then Venus fought off two potential upsets to take Wimbledon a year ago.

For Serena, in her quarter, she could have trouble with Agnieszka Radwanska, Svetlana Kuznetsova or Alona Bondarenko in the quarterfinals. With the way she played in Paris, she could have trouble with Kaia Kanepi in the first round.

For Venus, she should have a clear path to the quarters where she could play Daniela Hantuchova. Keep in mind she was nearly sent packing last year by Alla Kudryavtseva in the first round and Akiko Morigami in the third. Like her sister, she is just as likely to lose to Sania Mirza as she is to double bagel Jelena Jankovic.

Which brings us to the second (?) seed, Jelena Jankovic.  For the first time, she is seeded higher than third but playing at a Slam where she has never gone past the fourth round will be interesting. It’s unlikely that she will advance to the finals without playing a warmup and nursing a sore arm. Still, getting to the quarters shouldn’t be a problem. Afterall she has won a title on grass and has reached a few finals in warmups in the past so she knows how to adjust. Caroline Wozniacki will be waiting in the third round which will be very interesting. If Jankovic isn’t on her game, she will be upset and kiss any chance of becoming the new No. 1 goodbye. After that it’s Venus in the quarters and Sharapova in the semis and Ivanovic in the finals. Talk about a rough draw. If it’s Venus in the quarters, it may be over.

Dark Horses
Agnieszka Radwanska
Alona Bondarenko
Kateryna Bondarenko
Victoria Azarenka
Dinara Safina

The first round match you don’t want to miss…
Mauresmo vs. Harkleroad. Former champ vs. Miss August. The outcome won’t have an impact on the rest of the draw but if Harkleroad is healthy, Mauresmo could be out early.

First round upsets
Zuzana Ondraskova over Nicole Vaidisova or Katie O’brien over Shahar Peer, take your pick. Neither Vaidisova or Peer are playing well so I wouldn’t exactly call it an upset.

Predictions
Fourth Round (just to make it interesting)
Ivanovic vs. Szavay
Stosur vs. Chakvetadze
Kuznetsova vs. Radwanska
Kirielnko vs. S. Williams
Davenport vs. Safina
Azarenka vs. Sharapova
V. Williams vs. Hantuchova
Tanasugarn vs. Jankovic

Quarterfinals
Ivanovic vs. Stosur
Radwanska vs. S. Williams
Safina vs. Sharapova
V. Williams vs. Jankovic

Semifinals
Ivanovic vs. S. Williams
Sharapova vs. V. Williams

Finals
Sharapova over Ivanovic in straight sets

Wimbledon Preview - Bet Against Fed At Own Risk

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

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If you are betting against Roger Federer repeating, again, as Wimbledon champion, you do so at your own risk.

So many are expecting, and I suspect desperately want to see Federer fall flat on his face. Why would they want the best player and best ambassador that tennis has ever had go out early? Perhaps they are tired of talking about how great Federer is. Maybe they just want to see someone else be the top player. I don’t care what the reason is, it just isn’t going to happen.

Federer (and I’ll say it again for the millionth time) started the year with mono, an illness that kept Mario Ancic off the tour for 6 months last year. He still managed to reach the semis in Melbourne and still didn’t play his best until the clay court season was underway. As much as I and a lot of others wanted Federer to win in Paris, it wasn’t going to happen and everyone knew it. Still he reached the finals in Monte Carlo and Hamburg and had leads on Nadal.

That blowout loss to Nadal in Paris is a non-factor. Lopsided loses like that don’t factor into a champion’s psyche. Had the match been a 5 hour marathon with Federer holding match points, I would feel differently about his chances at Wimbledon. How did Federer react to the loss? By winning Halle (again) without dropping serve. He may not have faced a top 10 opponent but still, to win a title without dropping serve should give a pretty good indication about what will happen starting Monday.

As for Rafael Nadal, it will be a very interesting fortnight for him. So many are saying he should be No. 1 based on his play (hilarious) or that he is the biggest threat to Federer this year (again, hilarious). Let’s face it, Nadal is a great player, for about 4 months. From Monte Carlo (late April) to Wimbledon (early July), he’s the second best player. The other 8 months, he gets blitzed by Davydenko, Seppi, Youzhney and other non-noteable players. There is no reason to think that Nadal won’t falter early. He will face either John Isner or Ernests Gulbis in the second round. In the words of Scooby Doo: Ruh roh. Nadal’s path includes others like dark horse Nicolas Kiefer, Andy Murray, Richard Gasquet and Mikhail Youzhny. That’s just to get out of his quarter. If he does get out, he could face Andy Roddick or Nikolay Davydenko who blitzed him in the finals of Miami. I have the feeling Nadal packed only enough clothes for 1 week, not 2.

As for the other pretender contender, Novak Djokovic, taking jabs at Federer when your own accomplishments barely fill a couple of paragraphs is just not smart. You beat a mono-stricken Federer in Melbourne. Still, he took you through three very tough sets before you won 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5). No no, you say that with pride. Don’t be ashamed that a sick Federer almost took you out. How did you follow that up? You lost in the second round in Marseille to Gilles Simon, then to Andy Roddick in Dubai. You followed up your win in Indian Wells with a humiliating loss to Kevin Anderson in Miami. A note to Novak: champions don’t run their mouth about other players, they tend to follow up wins in big tournaments with, well, wins in big tournaments. You need to work on that.

Novak retired (surprisingly) while losing to Federer in Monte Carlo. He didn’t face a top 20 opponent en route to the Rome title. Novak is very much the third ranked player and is yet to be a serious threat to Nadal, let alone Federer.

Still, Novak has a pretty clear path to the fourth round with the only big player he could face is Marat Safin who I would say will take a set off Novak. After that it’s Stanislas Wawrinka who again, could take a set but not much else. It’s the quarterfinal where Novak will either rise to the occasion or come up with some excuse to pull out of the match. He could face 2006 semifinalist and 2007 quarterfinalist Marcos Baghdatis, former finalist David Nalbandian who Novak routed in Queen’s or hard serving Ivo Karlovic. Since Novak admits he doesn’t move well on grass, he may not even make it to Federer.

Dark Horses

Andy Roddick
Nicolas Kiefer
Tommy Haas
Ivo Karlovic
Marcos Baghdatis

The first round match you don’t want to miss…
Gasquet vs. Fish. Gasquet has shown life of late but this should be interesting, I would say Gasquet in 5.

Predictions
Quarterfinals
Federer vs. Ancic
Djokovic vs. Karlovic
Roddick vs. Davydenko
Nadal vs. Gasquet

Semifinals
Federer vs. Karlovic
Roddick vs. Nadal

Finals
Federer over Nadal in 4 sets

Wimbledon Draw - Women

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Ana Ivanovic SRB (1) v Rossana De los rios PAR
Nathalie Dechy FRA v Meng Yuan CHN
Elena Baltacha GBR v Angelique Kerber GER
Jie Zheng CHN v Dominika Cibulkova SVK (30)
Francesca Schiavone ITA (20) v Tamira Paszek AUT
Zi Yan CHN v Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Monica Niculescu ROU v Magdalena Rybarikova SVK
Tathiana Garbin ITA v Agnes Szavay HUN (15)
Patty Schnyder SUI (12) v Casey Dellacqua AUS
Akgul Amanmuradova UZB v Pauline Parmentier FRA
Samantha Stosur AUS v Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU
Zuzana Ondraskova CZE v Nicole Vaidisova CZE (18)
Virginie Razzano FRA (27) v Evgeniya Rodina RUS
Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP v Elena Vesnina RUS
Yvonne Meusburger AUT v Edina Gallovits ROU
Stephanie Dubois CAN v Anna Chakvetadze RUS (8)

Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (4) v Mathilde Johansson FRA
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR v Rika Fujiwara JPN
Camille Pin FRA v Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE
Melanie South GBR v Alona Bondarenko UKR (28)
Alize Cornet FRA (17) v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS
Anastasia Rodionova AUS v Na Li CHN
Marta Domachowska POL v Jill Craybas USA
Iveta Benesova CZE v Agnieszka Radwanska POL (14)
Marion Bartoli FRA (11) v Sabine Katharin Lisicki GER
Tatiana Perebiynis UKR v Petra Kvitova CZE
Bethanie Mattek USA v Severine Bremond FRA
Vera Dushevina RUS v Maria Kirilenko RUS (19)
Amelie Mauresmo FRA (29) v Ashley Harkleroad USA
Milagros Sequera VEN v Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP
Klara Zakopalova CZE v Urszula Radwanska POL
Kaia Kanepi EST v Serena Williams USA (6)

Elena Dementieva RUS (5) v Maria Elena Camerin ITA
Julie Ditty USA v Timea Bacsinszky SUI
Gisela Dulko ARG v Aravane Rezai FRA
Renata Voracova CZE v Lindsay Davenport USA (25)
Shahar Peer ISR (24) v Katie O’brien GBR
Lucie Safarova CZE v Emilie Loit FRA
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA v Su-Wei Hsieh TPE
Yung-Jan Chan TPE v Dinara Safina RUS (9)
Victoria Azarenka BLR (16) v Tsvetana Pironkova BUL
Ekaterina Bychkova RUS v Sorana Cirstea ROU
Mara Santangelo ITA v Maret Ani EST
Olga Govortsova BLR v Nadia Petrova RUS (21)
Sybille Bammer AUT (26) v Sofia Arvidsson SWE
Shuai Peng CHN v Viktoriya Kutuzova UKR
Ekaterina Makarova RUS v Alla Kudryavtseva RUS
Stephanie Foretz FRA v Maria Sharapova RUS (3)

Venus Williams USA (7) v Naomi Cavaday GBR
Anne Keothavong GBR v Vania King USA
Martina Muller GER v Maria Jose Martinez sanchez ESP
Catalina Castano COL v Sania Mirza IND (32)
Flavia Pennetta ITA (22) v Julia Vakulenko UKR
Ai Sugiyama JPN v Yanina Wickmayer BEL
Alisa Kleybanova RUS v Tzipora Obziler ISR
Sara Errani ITA v Daniela Hantuchova SVK (10)
Vera Zvonareva RUS (13) v Aiko Nakamura JPN
Tamarine Tanasugarn THA v Petra Cetkovska CZE
Michaella Krajicek NED v Marina Erakovic NZL
Julia Goerges GER v Katarina Srebotnik SLO (23)
Caroline Wozniacki DEN (31) v Eva Hrdinova CZE
Aleksandra Wozniak CAN v Mariya Koryttseva UKR
Galina Voskoboeva RUS v Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
Olga Savchuk UKR v Jelena Jankovic SRB (2)

Wimbledon Draw - Men

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Roger Federer SUI (1) v Dominik Hrbaty SVK
Robin Soderling SWE v Kevin Kim USA
Marc Gicquel FRA v Kei Nishikori JPN
Chris Guccione AUS v Gael Monfils FRA (30)
Lleyton Hewitt AUS (20) v Robin Haase NED
Albert Montanes ESP v Carlos Berlocq ARG
Alex Bogdanovic GBR v Simone Bolelli ITA
Robby Ginepri USA v Fernando Gonzalez CHI (15)
Tomas Berdych CZE (11) v Evgeny Korolev RUS
Victor Hanescu ROU v Alejandro Falla COL
Dudi Sela ISR v Olivier Rochus BEL
Philipp Kohlschreiber GER v Fernando Verdasco ESP (22)
Michael Llodra FRA (32) v Mario Ancic CRO
Hyung-Taik Lee KOR v Philipp Petzschner GER
Igor Andreev RUS v Jiri Vanek CZE
Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR v David Ferrer ESP (5)

Novak Djokovic SRB (3) v Michael Berrer GER
Marat Safin RUS v Fabio Fognini ITA
Florent Serra FRA v Yen-Hsun Lu TPE
Tobias Kamke GER v Andreas Seppi ITA (29)
Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP (21) v Sam Querrey USA
Alexander Peya AUT v Mischa Zverev GER
Juan Martin Del Potro ARG v Pavel Snobel CZE
Marcos Daniel BRA v Stanislas Wawrinka SUI (13)
Marcos Baghdatis CYP (10) v Steve Darcis BEL
Thomas Johansson SWE v Vincent Spadea USA
Thomaz Bellucci BRA v Igor Kunitsyn RUS
Simon Stadler GER v Ivo Karlovic CRO (18)
Feliciano Lopez ESP (31) v Brian Dabul ARG
Roko Karanusic CRO v Luis Horna PER
Filippo Volandri ITA v Bobby Reynolds USA
Frank Dancevic CAN v David Nalbandian ARG (7)

Andy Roddick USA (6) v Eduardo Schwank ARG
Janko Tipsarevic SRB v Thierry Ascione FRA
Boris Pashanski SRB v Chris Eaton GBR
Nicolas Mahut FRA v Dmitry Tursunov RUS (25)
Nicolas Almagro ESP (19) v Marcel Granollers-Pujol ESP
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP v Izak Van der Merwe RSA
Santiago Ventura ESP v Rainer Schuettler GER
Christophe Rochus BEL v James Blake USA (9)
Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA (14) v Oscar Hernandez ESP
Jeremy Chardy FRA v Frederico Gil POR
Edouard Roger-Vasselin FRA v Marin Cilic CRO
Wayne Odesnik USA v Jarkko Nieminen FIN (24)
Ivan Ljubicic CRO (26) v Jurgen Melzer AUT
Jesse Levine USA v Donald Young USA
Jonas Bjorkman SWE v Arnaud Clement FRA
Benjamin Becker GER v Nikolay Davydenko RUS (4)

Richard Gasquet FRA (8) v Mardy Fish USA
Sebastien Grosjean FRA v Potito Starace ITA
Kevin Anderson RSA v Agustin Calleri ARG
Dawid Olejniczak POL v Gilles Simon FRA (28)
Tommy Robredo ESP (23) v Kristof Vliegen BEL
Guillermo Canas ARG v Tommy Haas GER
Xavier Malisse BEL v Denis Gremelmayr GER
Fabrice Santoro FRA v Andy Murray GBR (12)
Radek Stepanek CZE (16) v Jan Hernych CZE
Viktor Troicki SRB v Nicolas Lapentti ECU
Jamie Baker GBR v Stefano Galvani ITA
Sergio Roitman ARG v Mikhail Youzhny RUS (17)
Nicolas Kiefer GER (27)
v Julien Benneteau FRA
Martin Vassallo Arguello ARG v Ivo Minar CZE
John Isner USA v Ernests Gulbis LAT
Andreas Beck GER v Rafael Nadal ESP (2)

Wimbledon Seeds - Women

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

The seeds for Wimbledon’s ladies draw have been released. The committee stayed close to the current rankings with Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic at #1 and #2 respectively.

1. Miss Ana IVANOVIC (SRB)
2. Miss Jelena JANKOVIC (SRB)
3. Miss Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS)
4. Miss Svetlana KUZNETSOVA (RUS)
5. Miss Elena DEMENTIEVA (RUS)
6. Miss Serena WILLIAMS (USA)
7. Miss Venus WILLIAMS (USA)
8. Miss Anna CHAKVETADZE (RUS)
9. Miss Dinara SAFINA (RUS)
10. Miss Daniela HANTUCHOVA (SVK)
11. Miss Marion BARTOLI (FRA)
12. Miss Patty SCHNYDER (SUI)
13. Miss Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS)
14. Miss Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL)
15. Miss Agnes SZAVAY (HUN)
16. Miss Victoria AZARENKA (BLR)
17. Miss Alize CORNET (FRA)
18. Miss Nicole VAIDISOVA (CZE)
19. Miss Maria KIRILENKO (RUS)
20. Miss Francesca SCHIAVONE (ITA)
21. Miss Nadia PETROVA (RUS)
22. Miss Flavia PENNETTA (ITA)
23. Miss Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO)
24. Miss Shahar PEER (ISR)
25. Miss Lindsay DAVENPORT (USA)
26. Miss Sybille BAMMER (AUT)
27. Miss Virginie RAZZANO (FRA)
28. Miss Alona BONDARENKO (UKR)
29. Miss Amelie MAURESMO (FRA)
30. Miss Dominika CIBULKOVA (SVK)
31. Miss Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN)
32. Miss Sania MIRZA (IND)