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Wimbledon Day 4: Order of Play & Scores

Action on Centre Court on Wimbledon Day 4 begins with the two-time champion Rafael Nadal (2) facing Lukas Rosol, in a rematch of their second round, five-set encounter two years ago. Local favorite Heather Watson is up next. She’ll play the No. 9 seed, Angelique Kerber (GER). Up last on Centre Court is seven-time champion Roger Federer (4), playing the big-serving Gilles Muller (LUX).

Serena Williams, a five-time Wimbledon champion, will face the South African Chanelle Scheepers on Court 1. Next up is this year’s Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka (5) vs. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE). The final match on Court 1 is Maria Sharapova (5) playing the unseeded Swiss Timea Bacsinszky.

The full schedule for Day 4 is listed below (Results to follow)…

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Centre Court – 1:00 P.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Rafael Nadal (ESP) (2) d Lukas Rosol (CZE) — 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Angelique Kerber (GER) (9) d Heather Watson (GBR) — 6-2, 5-7, 6-1

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Roger Federer (SUI) (4) d Gilles Muller (LUX) — 6-3, 7-5, 6-3

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No. 1 Court – 1:00 P.M.

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Serena Williams (USA) (1) d Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) — 6-1, 6-1

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) (5) d Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) — 7-6(6), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Maria Sharapova (RUS) (5) d Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) — 6-2, 6-1

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No. 2 Court – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Nick Kyrgios (AUS) d Richard Gasquet (FRA) (13) — 3-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-5, 10-8

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (14) d Sam Querrey (USA) — 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-7(4), 6-3, 14-12

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) (13) d Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) — 7-5, 6-1

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (15) v Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) — To Finish 7-5, 4-4

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Simona Halep (ROU) (3) v Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) — Canceled

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No. 3 Court – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Milos Raonic (CAN) (8) d Jack Sock (USA) — 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (11) d Jie Zheng (CHN) — 6-4, 6-0

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Sabine Lisicki (GER) (19) d Karolina Pliskova (CZE) — 6-3, 7-5

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
John Isner (USA) (9) d Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) — 7-6(17), 7-6(3), 7-5

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Court 12 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Jiri Vesely (CZE) d Gael Monfils (FRA) (24) — 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-7(1), 6-7(3), 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Andrea Petkovic (GER) (20) d Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) — 6-4, 3-6, 6-1

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Madison Keys (USA) d Klara Koukalova (CZE) (31) — 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-2

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (19) v Ante Pavic (CRO) — Canceled

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Court 18 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Kei Nishikori (JPN) (10) d Denis Kudla (USA) — 6-3, 6-2, 6-1

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (15) — 7-6(12), 5-7, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Marcel Granollers (ESP) (30) v Santiago Giraldo (COL) — To Finish 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-1, 1-6, 2-1

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Court 8 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Lukasz Kubot (POL) d Dusan Lajovic (SRB) — 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 6-3, 7-6(3)

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Denis Istomin (UZB) d Julian Reister (GER) — 7-6(7), 6-4, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d Donna Vekic (CRO) — 6-4, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Belinda Bencic (SUI) v Victoria Duval (USA) — Canceled

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Court 16 – 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Alize Cornet (FRA) (25) d Petra Cetkovska (CZE) — 6-4, 5-7, 6-3

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Tommy Robredo (ESP) (23) d Adrian Mannarino (FRA) — 6-4, 6-1, 7-6(5)

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Alize Cornet (FRA) / Caroline Garcia (FRA) d Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) — 6-3, 2-6, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) v Matthew Ebden (AUS) / Samuel Groth (AUS) — Canceled

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Court 17 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Simone Bolelli (ITA) d Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) (22) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) (24) d Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) — 6-2, 6-1

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Alison Riske (USA) d Camila Giorgi (ITA) — 7-5, 6-2

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR) / Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (POL) d Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) / Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) — 6-4, 6-4

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Court 4 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Jonathan Marray (GBR) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) d Andreas Siljestrom (SWE) / Igor Zelenay (SVK) — 6-4, 7-5, 6-4

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Liezel Huber (USA) (15) / Lisa Raymond (USA) (15) d Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) / Katarzyna Piter (POL) — 6-0, 7-5

Mixed Doubles – First round
Tomasz Bednarek (POL) / Vania King (USA) d Divij Sharan (IND) / Shuko Aoyama (JPN) — 6-4, 6-4

Mixed Doubles – First round
Eric Butorac (USA) / Timea Babos (HUN) d Philipp Oswald (AUT) / Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) — 6-0, 4-6, 6-3

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Court 5 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Scott Lipsky (USA) d Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) / Paul Hanley (AUS) — 7-6(7), 6-0, 3-6, 7-6(3)

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Mate Pavic (CRO) / Andre Sa (BRA) d Treat Huey (PHI) (10) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) (10) — 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-3

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Leander Paes (IND) (5) / Radek Stepanek (CZE) (5) d Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) / Rajeev Ram (USA) — 6-2, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4

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Court 6 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) / Igor Sijsling (NED) d Kyle Edmund (GBR) / Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) (11) / Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) (11) d Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) / Shuai Zhang (CHN) — 6-1, 6-3

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Rohan Bopanna (IND) (8) / Aisam Qureshi (PAK) (8) d Frantisek Cermak (CZE) / Mikhail Elgin (RUS) — 7-6(9), 7-6(8), 6-3

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (9) / Jie Zheng (CHN) (9) d Varvara Lepchenko (USA) / Saisai Zheng (CHN) — 7-5, 7-5

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Court 7 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Julien Benneteau (FRA) (4) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (4) d Daniele Bracciali (ITA) / Jonathan Erlich (ISR) — 6-3, 6-7(1), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Alexander Peya (AUT) (2) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (2) d Max Mirnyi (BLR) / Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) — 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) v Lauren Davis (USA) / Monica Puig (PUR) — To Finish 6-2, 6-6

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (5) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (5) v Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) / Karin Knapp (ITA) — Canceled

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Court 9 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Austin Krajicek (USA) / Donald Young (USA) d Bradley Klahn (USA) / Michael Venus (NZL) — 7-5, 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-0

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Eva Hrdinova (CZE) / Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d Andreja Klepac (SLO) / Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) — 7-6(3), 6-2

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) / Jack Sock (USA) d Robin Haase (NED) / Jesse Huta Galung (NED) — 6-3, 6-2, 6-2

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (1) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (1) d Darija Jurak (CRO) / Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) — 6-2, 7-5

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) / Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) v Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) / Arina Rodionova (AUS) — Canceled

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Court 10 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) d Frank Dancevic (CAN) — 6-3, 6-3, 6-2

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d Kaia Kanepi (EST) — 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-2

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Fabio Fognini (ITA) d Nicholas Monroe (USA) / Simon Stadler (GER) — 6-2, 6-3, 6-1

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) (7) / Abigail Spears (USA) (7) v Naomi Broady (GBR) / Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) — To Finish 5-6

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Court 11 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Johan Brunstrom (SWE) / Frederik Nielsen (DEN) d Edward Corrie (GBR) / Daniel Smethurst (GBR) — 6-4, 7-6(4), 7-6(2)

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Pablo Cuevas (URU) (16) / David Marrero (ESP) (16) d Colin Fleming (GBR) / Ross Hutchins (GBR) — 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(2)

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE) / Jiri Vesely (CZE) d Benjamin Becker (GER) / Oliver Marach (AUT) — 6-3, 6-3, 7-6(7)

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Court 19 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Michael Llodra (FRA) (12) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) (12) d Federico Delbonis (ARG) / Leonardo Mayer (ARG) — 6-3, 6-3, 6-3

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) d Mona Barthel (GER) / Janette Husarova (SVK) — 6-2, 6-2

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) / Samantha Stosur (AUS) d Jocelyn Rae (GBR) / Anna Smith (GBR) — 3-6, 7-5, 6-3

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Julian Knowle (AUT) (9) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (9) d Martin Emmrich (GER) / Christopher Kas (GER) — 6-4, 7-5, 6-3

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Canceled:
Mixed Doubles – First round
Henri Kontinen (FIN) / Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) v Chris Guccione (AUS) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)

Mixed Doubles – First round
Andre Begemann (GER) / Olga Savchuk (UKR) v Florin Mergea (ROU) / Elina Svitolina (UKR)

Mixed Doubles – First round
Mate Pavic (CRO) / Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) v Jurgen Melzer (AUT) / Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)

Mixed Doubles – First round
Dominic Inglot (GBR) / Johanna Konta (GBR) v Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Marina Erakovic (NZL)

Mixed Doubles – First round
Treat Huey (PHI) / Lisa Raymond (USA) v Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) / Liezel Huber (USA)

June 25, 2014
Wimbledon Day 3: Order of Play & Scores

Third day action begins on Centre Court with 2012 women’s finalist Agnieszka Radwanska (4) playing the Australian Casey Dellacqua. The Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (11), who just won the Wimbledon tune-up event at Queen’s Club, faces Luke Saville (AUS). Last up, the men’s No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic will meet Radek Stepanek (CZE).

No. 1 Court’s first match features last year’s men’s champion Andy Murray (3), who will play Blaz Rola (SLO). Next up is the 2011 women’s champion Petra Kvitova (6) vs. the German Mona Barthel. The final match is between the 2010 men’s finalist Tomas Berdych (6) and the Australian Bernard Tomic.

The full schedule for Day 3 is listed below (Results to follow)…

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Centre Court – 1:00 P.M.

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (4) d Casey Dellacqua (AUS) — 6-4, 6-0

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (11) d Luke Saville (AUS) — 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1) d Radek Stepanek (CZE) — 6-4, 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-6(5)

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No.1 Court – 1:00 P.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Andy Murray (GBR) (3) d Blaz Rola (SLO) — 6-1, 6-1, 6-0

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Petra Kvitova (CZE) (6) d Mona Barthel (GER) — 6-2, 6-0

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Tomas Berdych (CZE) (6) d Bernard Tomic (AUS) — 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(3), 6-1

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (16) d Naomi Broady (GBR) — 6-3, 6-2

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No. 2 Court – 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Na Li (CHN) (2) d Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) — 6-2, 6-2

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d Tara Moore (GBR) — 6-4, 6-7(3), 9-7

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) d David Ferrer (ESP) (7) — 6-7(5), 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (14) v Sam Querrey (USA) — To Finish 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-7(4), 6-3, 9-9

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No. 3 Court – 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Venus Williams (USA) (30) d Kurumi Nara (JPN) — 7-6(4), 6-1

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) d Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) — 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (8) — 6-3, 3-6, 7-5

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Serena Williams (USA) (8) / Venus Williams (USA) (8) d Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) / Olga Savchuk (UKR) — 5-7, 6-1, 6-4

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Court 12 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d Ernests Gulbis (LAT) (12) — 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(5)

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (22) d Misaki Doi (JPN) — 7-5, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Marin Cilic (CRO) (26) d Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) — 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (10) d Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) — 3-6, 6-3, 8-6

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Court 18 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Kevin Anderson (RSA) (20) d Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) — 7-6(0), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) (27) d Jan Hernych (CZE) — 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Lucie Safarova (CZE) (23) d Polona Hercog (SLO) — 7-6(7), 7-5

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Lauren Davis (USA) d Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (12) — 6-4, 7-6(4)

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Court 8 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Jamie Murray (GBR) (14) / John Peers (AUS) (14) d Daniel Evans (GBR) / James Ward (GBR) — 6-2, 6-4, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) (21) d Benjamin Becker (GER) — 6-7(4), 7-6(0), 6-3, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Caroline Garcia (FRA) d Varvara Lepchenko (USA) — 7-5, 6-3

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Ana Konjuh (CRO) d Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) — 3-6, 6-2, 6-2

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Court 16 – 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d Elena Vesnina (RUS) (32) — 6-4, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Fabio Fognini (ITA) (16) d Tim Puetz (GER) — 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(6), 6-3

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Gilles Simon (FRA) d Robin Haase (NED) — 7-6(1), 6-4, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Shuai Peng (CHN) d Maria Kirilenko (RUS) — 6-0, 6-3

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Court 17 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) d Marinko Matosevic (AUS) — 6-7(5), 7-6(7), 7-6(9), 4-6, 7-5

Gentlemen’s Singles – Second round
Jimmy Wang (TPE) d Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (17) — 7-6(1), 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Sara Errani (ITA) (2) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (2) d Jelena Jankovic (SRB) / Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) — 6-2, 6-2

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Court 4 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Dustin Brown (GER) / Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) d Ken Skupski (GBR) / Neal Skupski (GBR) — 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) — 7-6(4), 6-4

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Belinda Bencic (SUI) / Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d Kaia Kanepi (EST) / Anna Tatishvili (USA) — 6-2, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Martin Klizan (SVK) / Dominic Thiem (AUT) d Carlos Berlocq (ARG) / Joao Sousa (POR) — 7-5, 5-7, 6-4, 5-7, 8-6

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Court 5 – 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Andrea Petkovic (GER) / Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d Kveta Peschke (CZE) (3) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (3) — 7-5, 6-3

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Jamie Delgado (GBR) / Gilles Muller (LUX) d Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) / Divij Sharan (IND) — 2-6, 2-6, 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-2

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) d Johanna Konta (GBR) / Tara Moore (GBR) — 6-4, 6-4

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) / Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) d Pauline Parmentier (FRA) / Laura Thorpe (FRA) — 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Renata Voracova (CZE) d Jana Cepelova (SVK) / Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) — 6-1, 7-6(3)

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Court 6 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) / Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d Alex Bolt (AUS) / Andrew Whittington (AUS) — 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Lukasz Kubot (POL) (7) / Robert Lindstedt (SWE) (7) d Santiago Giraldo (COL) / Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) — 6-2, 6-1, 6-4

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) (6) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (6) d Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) / Heather Watson (GBR) — 6-4, 7-6(3)

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Tereza Smitkova (CZE) d Coco Vandeweghe (USA) — 6-3, 7-6(4)

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Court 7 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Marcel Granollers (ESP) (6) / Marc Lopez (ESP) (6) d Marin Draganja (CRO) / Florin Mergea (ROU) — 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Klara Koukalova (CZE) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) d Sandra Klemenschits (AUT) / Raluca Olaru (ROU) — 6-1, 6-4

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) (16) / Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (16) d Christina McHale (USA) / Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) — 7-6(4), 6-3

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Daniel Nestor (CAN) (3) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (3) d Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) / Andreas Seppi (ITA) — 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-4

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Court 9 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Andre Begemann (GER) / Lukas Rosol (CZE) d Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) / Philipp Oswald (AUT) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) (12) / Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) (12) d Marina Erakovic (NZL) / Arantxa Parra-Santonja (ESP) — 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Madison Keys (USA) / Alison Riske (USA) d Petra Cetkovska (CZE) / Vania King (USA) — 7-6(5), 6-2

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Kristina Barrois (GER) / Stefanie Voegele (SUI) d Irina Buryachok (UKR) / Elina Svitolina (UKR) — 6-0, 6-3

Ladies’ Singles – Second round
Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) d Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) — 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

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Court 10 – 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Julia Goerges (GER) (10) / Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (10) d Vesna Dolonc (SRB) / Daniela Seguel (CHI) — 6-2, 6-3

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) / Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) d Andrey Golubev (KAZ) / Denis Istomin (UZB) — 7-6(6), 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(6)

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) / Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d Sharon Fichman (CAN) / Donna Vekic (CRO) — 6-1, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Chris Guccione (AUS) / Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d Alejandro Falla (COL) / Marinko Matosevic (AUS) — 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-3

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Court 11 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Juan-Sebastian Cabal (COL) (15) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (15) d Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) / Purav Raja (IND) — 6-2, 6-4, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) (11) / Horia Tecau (ROU) (11) d Henri Kontinen (FIN) / Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) — 7-6(5), 6-4, 7-6(4)

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Timea Babos (HUN) (14) / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (14) d Karolina Pliskova (CZE) / Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) — 6-3, 6-7(5), 12-10

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Vera Dushevina (RUS) / Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) d Annika Beck (GER) / Kurumi Nara (JPN) — 6-3, 6-2

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Court 19 – 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Lucie Hradecka (CZE) (13) / Michaella Krajicek (NED) (13) d Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Alicja Rosolska (POL) — 5-7, 6-4, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) / Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d Tomasz Bednarek (POL) / Benoit Paire (FRA) — 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 7-6(2), 6-2

Gentlemen’s Doubles – First round
Eric Butorac (USA) (13) / Raven Klaasen (RSA) (13) d Ryan Harrison (USA) / Kevin King (USA) — 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4

Ladies’ Doubles – First round
Cara Black (ZIM) (4) / Sania Mirza (IND) (4) d Martina Hingis (SUI) / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) — 6-2, 6-4

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June 24, 2014
Wimbledon Day 2: Order of Play & Scores

On Day 2 of Wimbledon, Centre Court action begins with the German Sabine Lisicki (19) playing the unseeded Israeli Julia Glushko. Two-time champion Rafael Nadal (2) faces Martin Klizan (SVK) in the second match. Two American women — world No. 1 Serena Williams and Anna Tatishvili — conclude the day’s Centre Court activities.

On No. 1 Court, seven-time champion Roger Federer (4) will play the Italian Paolo Lorenzi. Next up is Maria Sharapova (5) playing local British favorite Samantha Murray. The final match features the young Canadian sensation Eugenie Bouchard (13) and Daniela Hantuchova (SVK).

The full schedule for Day 2 is listed below (Results to follow)…

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Centre Court — 1:00 P.M.

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Sabine Lisicki (GER) (19) d Julia Glushko (ISR) — 6-2, 6-1

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Rafael Nadal (ESP) (2) d Martin Klizan (SVK) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Serena Williams (USA) (1) d Anna Tatishvili (USA) — 6-1, 6-2

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Simona Halep (ROU) (3) d Teliana Pereira (BRA) — 6-2, 6-2

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No. 1 Court — 1:00 P.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (14) d Jurgen Melzer (AUT) — 6-1, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Roger Federer (SUI) (4) d Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) — 6-1, 6-1, 6-3

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Maria Sharapova (RUS) (5) d Samantha Murray (GBR) — 6-1, 6-0

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) (13) d Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) — 7-5, 7-5

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (11) d Francesca Schiavone (ITA) — 7-6(6), 6-4

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No. 2 Court — 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) (5) d Joao Sousa (POR) — 6-3, 6-4, 6-3

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (4) d Andreea Mitu (ROU) — 6-2, 6-1

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Milos Raonic (CAN) (8) d Matthew Ebden (AUS) — 6-2, 6-4, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Angelique Kerber (GER) (9) d Urszula Radwanska (POL) — 6-2, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (7) — 6-3, 6-2

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) v Tara Moore (GBR) — To Finish 6-4, 6-7(3)

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No. 3 Court — 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d Michal Przysiezny (POL) — 6-2, 6-7(14), 6-1, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Heather Watson (GBR) d Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) — 6-3, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
John Isner (USA) (9) d Daniel Smethurst (GBR) — 7-5, 6-3, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (15) d Shuai Zhang (CHN) — 6-1, 6-2

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Court 12 — 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Kei Nishikori (JPN) (10) d Kenny De Schepper (FRA) — 6-4, 7-6(5), 7-5

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (16) d Shahar Peer (ISR) — 6-3, 6-0

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (19) d Yuichi Sugita (JPN) — 7-6(6), 7-6(6), 7-6(7)

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) (24) d Tamira Paszek (AUT) — 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-2

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Court 18 — 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Andrea Petkovic (GER) (20) d Katarzyna Piter (POL) — 6-1, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Richard Gasquet (FRA) (13) d James Duckworth (AUS) — 6-7(3), 6-3, 3-6, 6-0, 6-1

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Gael Monfils (FRA) (24) d Malek Jaziri (TUN) — 7-6(5), 7-5, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Alison Riske (USA) d Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (26) — 4-6, 7-5, 6-1

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Court 8 — 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Denis Kudla (USA) d Marsel Ilhan (TUR) — 7-6(3), 6-4, 4-6, 7-5

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Madison Keys (USA) d Monica Puig (PUR) — 6-3, 6-3

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Simone Bolelli (ITA) d Tatsuma Ito (JPN) — 7-5, 7-6(3), 3-6, 7-6(5)

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Court 16 — 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Nick Kyrgios (AUS) d Stephane Robert (FRA) — 7-6(2), 7-6(1), 6-7(6), 7-5

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Caroline Garcia (FRA) d Sara Errani (ITA) (14) — 2-6, 7-6(3), 7-5

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Victoria Duval (USA) d Sorana Cirstea (ROU) (29) — 6-4, 3-6, 6-1

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) (22) d Igor Sijsling (NED) — 6-4, 6-4, 6-2

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Donna Vekic (CRO) d Roberta Vinci (ITA) (21) — 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

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Court 17 — 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (15) d Somdev Devvarman (IND) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) d Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) (28) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-1

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Klara Koukalova (CZE) (31) d Taylor Townsend (USA) — 7-5, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Tommy Robredo (ESP) (23) d Lukas Lacko (SVK) — 7-6(5), 1-6, 6-2, 6-4

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Court 4 — 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Lukasz Kubot (POL) d Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) — 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Sam Querrey (USA) d Bradley Klahn (USA) — 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-1, 7-5

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Petra Cetkovska (CZE) d Jovana Jaksic (SRB) — 6-2, 4-6, 7-5

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d Pere Riba (ESP) — 6-2, 6-3, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) v Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) — To Finish 7-6(4)

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Court 5 — 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) d Virginie Razzano (FRA) — 1-6, 6-4, 7-5

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Lukas Rosol (CZE) d Benoit Paire (FRA) — 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d Federico Delbonis (ARG) — 6-3, 7-6(3), 7-5

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) d Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) — 6-3, 6-0

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Court 6 — 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) d Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) (28) — 7-6(5), 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-3

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Belinda Bencic (SUI) d Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) — 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Julian Reister (GER) d Michael Russell (USA) — 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5), 4-6, 7-5

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Court 7 — 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Santiago Giraldo (COL) d Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) — 6-1, 7-5, 6-0

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) d Sharon Fichman (CAN) — 6-1, 6-3

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Ante Pavic (CRO) d Alejandro Falla (COL) — 6-4, 6-3, 7-5

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) — 3-6, 6-4, 8-6

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Court 9 — 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d Karin Knapp (ITA) — 6-7(4), 6-4, 10-8

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) d Dudi Sela (ISR) — 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Jiri Vesely (CZE) d Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) — 5-1 Ret.

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Jie Zheng (CHN) d Annika Beck (GER) — 6-1, 6-3

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Court 10 — 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Marcel Granollers (ESP) (30) d Nicolas Mahut (FRA) — 6-4, 7-6(6), 6-7(7), 6-4

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Jack Sock (USA) d Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) — 6-7(5), 6-2, 7-6(5), 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) d Petra Martic (CRO) — 6-0, 6-1

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) d Christina McHale (USA) — 6-3, 6-3

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Court 11 — 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) d Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) — 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) d Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) — 6-7(6), 6-2, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Gilles Muller (LUX) d Julien Benneteau (FRA) — 6-4, 7-6(6), 7-6(5)

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) d Olga Govortsova (BLR) — 6-2, 6-3

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Court 19 — 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Alize Cornet (FRA) (25) d Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Frank Dancevic (CAN) d Ivo Karlovic (CRO) (29) — 6-4, 7-6(5), 7-6(4)

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Denis Istomin (UZB) d Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) (32) — 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Camila Giorgi (ITA) d Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) — 6-1, 7-6(5)

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June 23, 2014
Wimbledon Day 1: Order of Play & Scores

By tradition, Day 1 of Wimbledon begins with the defending champion, Andy Murray, playing the first match on Centre Court. He will face the Belgian David Goffin. Up next is the women’s No. 2 seed, Li Na, of China, playing Paula Kania (POL). Last on Centre Court is the men’s No. 1 seed and 2011 champion Novak Djokovic (SRB), who will play Andrey Golubev (KAZ).

The first match on No. 1 Court is Victoria Azarenka (8) vs. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, followed by Grigor Dimitrov (11) vs. the American Ryan Harrison. Play on that court will conclude with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (14) vs. Jurgen Melzer (AUT).

The full schedule for Day 1 is listed below (Results to follow)…

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Centre Court – 1:00 P.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Andy Murray (GBR) (3) d David Goffin (BEL) — 6-1, 6-4, 7-5

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Na Li (CHN) (2) d Paula Kania (POL) — 7-5, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1) d Andrey Golubev (KAZ) — 6-0, 6-1, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (10) d Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) — 6-1, 6-2

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No. 1 Court – 1:00 P.M.

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (8) d Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) — 6-3, 7-5

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (11) d Ryan Harrison (USA) — 7-6(1), 6-3, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (14) v Jurgen Melzer (AUT) — To Finish 6-1, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 5-4

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No. 2 Court – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Tomas Berdych (CZE) (6) d Victor Hanescu (ROU) — 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4, 6-3

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Venus Williams (USA) (30) d Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) — 6-4, 4-6, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) d Daniel Evans (GBR) — 6-1, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(5)

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (4) v Andreea Mitu (ROU) — To Finish 4-2

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No. 3 Court – 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d Samantha Stosur (AUS) (17) — 6-3, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (17) d James Ward (GBR) — 6-2, 6-2, 6-1

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
David Ferrer (ESP) (7) d Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) — 6-0, 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-1

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Petra Kvitova (CZE) (6) d Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) — 6-3, 6-0

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Court 12 – 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Shuai Peng (CHN) d Johanna Konta (GBR) — 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) d Dustin Brown (GER) — 6-4, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(4)

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) d Kyle Edmund (GBR) — 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-2

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (16) v Shahar Peer (ISR) — To Finish 6-3, 2-0

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Court 18 – 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d Sloane Stephens (USA) (18) — 6-2, 7-6(6)

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) d Daniel Cox (GBR) — 6-2, 7-6(3), 6-7(6), 6-3

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Fabio Fognini (ITA) (16) d Alex Kuznetsov (USA) — 2-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 9-7

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Court 8 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Marinko Matosevic (AUS) d Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (18) — 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Bernard Tomic (AUS) d Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) — 6-4, 6-3, 6-2

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Mona Barthel (GER) d Romina Oprandi (SUI) — 7-5, 6-0

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) (21) d Samuel Groth (AUS) — 7-5, 7-6(2), 7-6(5)

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Court 16 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Gilles Simon (FRA) d Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) — 6-2, 7-6(4), 7-5

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Kevin Anderson (RSA) (20) d Aljaz Bedene (SLO) — 6-3, 7-5, 6-2

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Naomi Broady (GBR) d Timea Babos (HUN) — 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-0

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Sara Errani (ITA) (14) v Caroline Garcia (FRA) — To Finish 6-2, 6-7(3)

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Court 17 – 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (22) d Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) — 3-6, 6-4, 7-5

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Kurumi Nara (JPN) d Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) — 6-4, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Marin Cilic (CRO) (26) d Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) — 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-1

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) (28) v Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) — To Finish 1-2

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Court 4 – 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Elena Vesnina (RUS) (32) d Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) — 6-0, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) d Andreas Seppi (ITA) (25) — 6-3, 2-6, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (12) d Jana Cepelova (SVK) — 6-2, 6-3

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Sam Querrey (USA) v Bradley Klahn (USA) — To Finish 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-1, 6-5

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Court 5 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Blaz Rola (SLO) d Pablo Andujar (ESP) — 6-3, 6-1, 6-4

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d Filippo Volandri (ITA) — 7-6(1), 6-2, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) d Stefanie Voegele (SUI) — 6-3, 7-6(6)

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Tereza Smitkova (CZE) d Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) — 6-3, 6-3

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Court 6 – 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Ana Konjuh (CRO) d Marina Erakovic (NZL) — 6-3, 4-6, 6-0

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) d Vania King (USA) — 7-5, 6-3

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) (27) d Steve Johnson (USA) — 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-5

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Benjamin Becker (GER) d Donald Young (USA) — 6-4, 6-3, 6-4

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Court 7 – 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Polona Hercog (SLO) d Paula Ormaechea (ARG) — 6-4, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Lauren Davis (USA) d Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) — 6-1, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Tim Puetz (GER) d Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) — 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d Garbine Muguruza (ESP) (27) — 6-3, 3-6, 7-5

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Court 9 – 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) — 6-2, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Jimmy Wang (TPE) d Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) — 6-3, 6-3, 6-2

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Radek Stepanek (CZE) d Pablo Cuevas (URU) — 6-2, 6-4, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) d Anett Kontaveit (EST) — 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-3

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Court 10 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d Carlos Berlocq (ARG) — 6-3, 6-3, 6-3

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Lucie Safarova (CZE) (23) d Julia Goerges (GER) — 7-6(3), 7-6(3)

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Jan Hernych (CZE) d Tobias Kamke (GER) — 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3, 5-7, 6-4

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Court 11 – 11:30 A.M.

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Misaki Doi (JPN) d Elina Svitolina (UKR) — 6-4, 6-1

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d Johanna Larsson (SWE) — 7-6(2), 6-0

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Luke Saville (AUS) d Dominic Thiem (AUT) — 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) v Varvara Lepchenko (USA) — To Finish 7-6(6), 0-2

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Court 19 – 11:30 A.M.

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) (12) d Jurgen Zopp (EST) — 7-6(7), 7-5, 7-6(10)

Gentlemen’s Singles – First round
Robin Haase (NED) d Vasek Pospisil (CAN) (31) — 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3

Ladies’ Singles – First round
Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) d Monica Niculescu (ROU) — 7-5, 6-3

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June 22, 2014
2014 Wimbledon Men’s Draw

The men’s draw for the 2014 Wimbledon is out. Novak Djokovic (#1) and Andy Murray (#3) are in the top, set to meet in the semifinals in what would be a rematch of last year’s final. Rafael Nadal (#2) and Roger Federer (#4) are in the bottom half. Should they meet in the semifinals, it would be their first meeting at Wimbledon since their epic 2008 final.

First Quarter

Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1)
Andrey Golubev (KAZ)

Radek Stepanek (CZE)
Pablo Cuevas (URU)

Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS)
Gilles Simon (FRA)

Robin Haase (NED)
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) (31)

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (17)
James Ward (GBR)

Jimmy Wang (TPE)
Alejandro Gonzalez (COL)

Bradley Klahn (USA)
Sam Querrey (USA)

Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (14)

Ernests Gulbis (LAT) (12)
Jurgen Zopp (EST)

Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
Carlos Berlocq (ARG)

Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
Daniel Cox (GBR)

Marinko Matosevic (AUS)
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (18)

Marin Cilic (CRO) (26)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)

Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)
Kyle Edmund (GBR)

Bernard Tomic (AUS)
Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)

Victor Hanescu (ROU)
Tomas Berdych (CZE) (6)

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Second Quarter

Andy Murray (GBR) (3)
David Goffin (BEL)

Pablo Andujar (ESP)
Blaz Rola (SLO)

Tobias Kamke (GER)
Jan Hernych (CZE)

Steve Johnson (USA)
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) (27)

Kevin Anderson (RSA) (20)
Aljaz Bedene (SLO)

Filippo Volandri (ITA)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
Tim Puetz (GER)

Alex Kuznetsov (USA)
Fabio Fognini (ITA) (16)

Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (11)
Ryan Harrison (USA)

Luke Saville (AUS)
Dominic Thiem (AUT)

Donald Young (USA)
Benjamin Becker (GER)

Samuel Groth (AUS)
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) (21)

Andreas Seppi (ITA) (25)
Leonardo Mayer (ARG)

Dustin Brown (GER)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)

Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)
Daniel Evans (GBR)

Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)
David Ferrer (ESP) (7)

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Third Quarter

Stan Wawrinka (SUI) (5)
Joao Sousa (POR)

Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)

Michael Russell (USA)
Julian Reister (GER)

Denis Istomin (UZB)
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) (32)

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (19)
Yuichi Sugita (JPN)

Alejandro Falla (COL)
Ante Pavic (CRO)

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Federico Delbonis (ARG)

Daniel Smethurst (GBR)
John Isner (USA) (9)

Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (15)
Somdev Devvarman (IND)

Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
Michal Przysiezny (POL)

Pere Riba (ESP)
Adrian Mannarino (FRA)

Lukas Lacko (SVK)
Tommy Robredo (ESP) (23)

Marcel Granollers (ESP) (30)
Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)
Santiago Giraldo (COL)

Gilles Muller (LUX)
Julien Benneteau (FRA)

Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)
Roger Federer (SUI) (4)
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Fourth Quarter

Milos Raonic (CAN) (8)
Matthew Ebden (AUS)

Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)
Jack Sock (USA)

Lukasz Kubot (POL)
Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)

Dusan Lajovic (SRB)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) (28)

Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) (22)
Igor Sijsling (NED)

Tatsuma Ito (JPN)
Simone Bolelli (ITA)

Marsel Ilhan (TUR)
Denis Kudla (USA)

Kenny De Schepper (FRA)
Kei Nishikori (JPN) (10)

Richard Gasquet (FRA) (13)
James Duckworth (AUS)

Nick Kyrgios (AUS)
Stephane Robert (FRA)

Jiri Vesely (CZE)
Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM)

Malek Jaziri (TUN)
Gael Monfils (FRA) (24)

Ivo Karlovic (CRO) (29)
Frank Dancevic (CAN)

Dudi Sela (ISR)
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)

Benoit Paire (FRA)
Lukas Rosol (CZE)

Martin Klizan (SVK)
Rafael Nadal (ESP) (2)

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June 20, 2014
Biofile: The Grigor Dimitrov Interview

[Note: I did this Biofile with the newly crowned Queen’s Club champion Grigor Dimitrov back when he was just eighteen, moments after his 2009 US Open first-round qualifying win over Tobias Kamke (6-4, 6-4).]

Ht: 6’2″ Wt: 170

DOB: May 16, 1991 In: Haskovo, Bulgaria

First Tennis Memory: “First tennis memory…okay, I was holding my small racquet and I was on the wall. This is what I just remember. Hitting the ball. And actually that’s all I remember for my first memory [smiles]. I was three.”

Tennis Inspirations: “I have a lot actually. You know I like Roger Federer, for sure, the best. Marat Safin also when I was a kid. I really loved Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi. All these players were unbelievable for me. And I just try to do something like that.”

Nicknames: “I have a lot. I don’t know which ones to say. You’re better to ask other people, I have a lot, so. (Just a couple?) The Dynamite Kid [laughs]. (Another?) G-Force [smiles].”

Hobbies/Interests: “I like to play volleyball, all kinds of sports actually…soccer, American football mostly. (What position?) Quarterback [smiles].”

Last Book Read: “The Notebook.”

Favorite TV Show: “That’s a good one. I don’t know to tell you the truth. I like Friends.”

Favorite Movies: “I like comedy romance, action a lot also. My favorite – The Notebook.”

Favorite Meal: “Definitely steaks.”

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: “Lemon is my favorite.”

Pre-Match Feeling: “I’m basically almost every time relaxed so I have time to think for a match and whatever I can do I just go outside and play.”

Childhood Dream: “Always wanted to be a tennis player. This was always my goal. Whatever was happening I just wanted to do it.”

Greatest Sports Moment So Far: “Winning the European Championships, the under fourteen. (Why?) Because that was a key actually for my career so far. I beat in the final a Czech guy. It’s a memory that always comes to my mind.”

Most Painful Moment: “Losing against Rafa [laughs]. I lost third set against him a couple of months ago (in Rotterdam). I was very disappointed but hopefully…”

Which Match(es) Were You At Your Best: “Well, actually Wimbledon probably quarters last year. Against American guy. I was just making every shot, every shot, whatever I wanted I was making. That’s for sure.”

Favorite Tournaments: “I like really U.S. Open and Wimbledon.”

Closest Tennis Friends: “Hmm. Good question. My coach for sure. I like Feliciano Lopez is very nice.”

Funniest Player Encountered: “Oh, Tursunov, definitely [laughs].”

Toughest Competitor Encountered: “For sure, Rafa.”

Funny Tennis Memory: “Once when I was serving, I hit my partner. That was funny. Straight in the ass. Long time ago.”

Favorite Sport To Watch Outside Tennis: “Hmm, basketball.”

Favorite Athletes To Watch: “Definitely I like to watch a lot of Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, all the NBA players. Tom Brady, New England quarterback. I like to play soccer but not to watch.”

People Qualities Most Admired: “I like them to be honest and to have a sense of humor, definitely.”

[Scoop’s book “Facing Hewitt” will be available at Amazon.com later this month.]

June 20, 2014
Federer Claims 7th Halle Title; Dimitrov and Ivanovic Win in England

Roger Federer won the title at the Gerry Weber Open today, defeating Alejandro Falla, 7-6(2), 7-6(3.) It was just the tune-up he would have been hoping for as he prepares for the start of Wimbledon in one week.

Ana Ivanovic won her first grass title and third of this year in Birmingham over Zahlavova-Strycova, 6-3, 6-2. And Grigor Dimitrov also won his first trophy on grass, beating Feliciano Lopez in three tight sets, 6-7(8), 7-6(1), 7-6(6).

June 15, 2014
Unforgettable Forever

2014 Roland Garros Men’s Final

[1] Rafael Nadal def. [2] Novak Djokovic 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4

Once, years ago, I heard a horse racing enthusiast quip that races aren’t really decided by the horses, or even the trainers or the jockeys, and certainly not by the owners, but by the finish line. Give that line a little nudge one way or the other, and you’ve crowned a new winner. Saturday, at Belmont Park, this moveable finish line was too far away for California Chrome, the horse trying to become the first to claim American horse racing’s illustrious Triple Crown since Affirmed won it back in 1978. It’s been a decade since a horse has even come close. In 2004 Smarty Jones won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, only to finish a heartbreaking second-place at the third and final race, the Belmont Stakes.

Racing is hard on horses, even when they’re bred for it. Three months after his Belmont loss, at the ripe old age of three-years-old, Smarty Jones retired due to chronic bruising on his ankle bones, and has been happily siring expensive children ever since. The same spring that Smarty Jones first stood stud at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Kentucky—reportedly occupying the stall that once housed legendary Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew—Rafael Nadal won his first French Open. It’s uncanny to consider how long a single player has been winning at one of the world’s most elite tennis tournaments. As of today, the King of Clay’s record on the Roland Garros dirt stands at a whopping 66-1. Even if it turned out that all of the bones in his body are bruised and Nadal had to retire tomorrow, his record cannot be broken in less than a decade. It’s not difficult to imagine it standing forever. The finish line keeps moving, and—somehow— the Spaniard keeps crossing it.

Unlike the five-set 2013 French Open semifinal contest between the then World No. 3 Rafael Nadal and World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, today’s match was not an unforgettable thriller. (It was, however, a good sight more engaging than last year’s final, even without the glow of the roadside flares.) Lasting four sets and three-and-a-half-hours, Nadal’s defeat of Novak Djokovic revealed no new secret plan of attack from either player. Apart from a fistful of break points near the end of the first set, the match wasn’t especially well-stocked with dramatic tension either. Each set was won by the man who played the better set, and that man was not difficult to identify. The match did feature its fair share of those time-warping ‘amazing gets’ and brilliantly angled forehands (Nadal) and backhands (Djokovic) that we’ve come to expect from the Rafole mash-up, but it also offered plenty of nervous errors and gloomy low patches. (In a combined effort, the world’s top two tennis players racked up 82 winners, 92 unforced errors, and 24,830 ATP rankings points.)

For those entertained by impossible hypotheticals, today’s Roland Garros final made for good evidence that the best slam finals are often played in earlier rounds of the tournament, such as in last year’s semifinals, or this year in the first round, when the Frenchman Julien Benneteau lost to Facundo Bagnis 16-18 in the fifth. (By the by, if you’ve ever felt sympathy for Julien Benneteau—a 32-year-old player who has contested nine ATP finals and lost all of them—you’d do well to watch his reaction to winning Saturday’s doubles title with countryman Edouard Roger-Vasselin.) As commentator Mary Carillo put it, both Nadal and Djokovic were “feeling the burden of the pressure,” which is akin to feeling the pressure of the burden, or even the pressure of the pressure. (The burden of the burden?) However you describe it, the feeling is a heavy one, and can drag a tennis match down with it.

Rafael Nadal, as we all know, was trying to defend his eighth Roland Garros title by winning his ninth, while Novak Djokovic was trying to earn his seventh slam title and complete the illusive Career Grand Slam. Aside from feeling the pressure, both men were, at one time or another during the match, feeling plain bad. Djokovic was in ill-humor, by which I mean his tummy appeared to be filled with nothing but bile, as was demonstrated to television viewers in an (unnecessarily) extreme slow-motion close-up shot at the beginning of the fourth set. [So etched in my mind was the image of the Serb vomiting bubbles onto the terre bateau, that I was startled to learn from John McEnroe’s interview of Nadal afterward that Rafa hadn’t even noticed Djokovic’s upset tummy. Such is the high-level of his internal-bloodless-warrior focus.] Furthermore, Djokovic is still tending to a wrist injury he earned some weeks ago, while Nadal has had kinesio tape running the length of his lower back for months. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn both men also suffer from chronic bruising on their ankle bones.

Nadal’s back didn’t appear to hamper his play at all through the first three-and-a-half sets. In fact, Rafa appeared to be moving and hitting more freely as the match wore on. There were patches in the second and third sets where two-thirds of the Spaniard’s forehands looked to be kicking off the dirt within two or three inches from whichever line was farthest from his opponent (according to my sophisticated measurements). And his body serves were actually hitting Djokovic in the body (which could not have been good for the tummy). But then, midway through the fourth set, Nadal’s back did seem to seize up—either that, or he was, as he seemed to say later, seized by a sudden bout of nervous body-cramping exhaustion. Whatever it was, it caused him to serve poorly, double-fault, and stuff up an overhead on his way to returning his early break advantage to Djokovic.

Then, two games later, after holding serve for 5-4, Rafa nearly caused himself grievous bodily harm with a vigorous, twisty fist-pump. His fans began to fear, and vigorously tweet, the likelihood of a fifth-set breakdown. But, despite almost upending himself on his way to his chair, Nadal’s body proved sound enough to win four of the next six points, enough to claim his ninth Coupe des Mousquetaires, his fourteenth major title. The Spaniard has now pulled even with Pete Sampras on the slam-title leader board, second only to Roger Federer.

Twenty-four hours earlier, back in Elmont, New York, California Chrome finished the Belmont Stakes in a dead heat for fourth place. Horse racing is a brutal sport for many reasons, one of which is that only one horse is celebrated in the winner’s circle. Finishing second means nothing. Fourth means even less. The leaden hush that fell over the thousands of fans who’d gathered excitedly to watch history make itself in under two-and-a-half minutes was eventually broken by the bitter sound one of California Chrome’s distraught owners, Steve Coburn. When asked to say a few words after the race, Coburn succumbed to an all-too-human impulse to rail against the unfairness of life. His horse had worked so hard to win back-to-back races, and had been upset in the end by fresher, better-rested beasts who hadn’t even run the earlier races. Non-contenders. Cowards. The rules, he said, at unfortunate length, ought to be changed.

But, a part of the essence of sports is to provide a way for us humans to process the joy and heartbreaks of reality—which rarely proffers anything approaching a level playing field. Nadal and Djokovic are defensive-minded players who excel, as Carillo noted, at hitting “big shots from bad positions.” Tennis is hard on the body as it is. The way Nadal and Djokovic play makes it even harder, which is why it’s so impressive to see them reaching big tournament finals over, and over again. I’m not sure if it’s a testament to skill, or heart, or will, or talent, or what—but it’s, well, a big deal. And, unlike Coburn, as much of their essence as they put into crossing the finish line first, neither man is less than gracious in defeat.

Today was no exception. Novak Djokovic must have been devastated to lose this final, especially since he has bested Nadal in the past four, one of which was on Rafa’s favorite surface. He must also have felt disappointed by the way it ended, with a double-fault. It’s a deflating point on which to finish a slam, even if it wasn’t an unfitting way to end that particular set of tennis. When Djokovic’s final serve was called long, the disappointment from the crowd in Philippe Chatrier was palpable. It was nothing like the grim silence that fell across Belmont Park when the well-rested Tonalist crossed the wire three horses ahead of the Triple-Crown-hopeful—Nadal does have some fans in Paris—but the crowd had thrown their full-throated support behind the Serb, and their man had fallen short. The match had come up short.

But—and this was one of those moments in sports that I love, sentimental as it might be—the crowd moved beyond the match and into the moment. When Djokovic was awarded his runner-up plate he was given a massive ovation. It seemed to go on forever, and it brought the Serb to tears. Today wasn’t his day, but, he’s given tennis almost all his days, and there have been so many good ones. It was nice to see this greater effort recognized, and made me think of how few words there are in the English language express the bittersweet nature of reality; living and losing are so closely intertwined. Maybe there are more of these words in French, and maybe Djokovic used some of them when he delivered his poised speech to an appreciative crowd in that same language.

The French crowd also gave Nadal—nine years their conqueror— a warm applause when he was awarded his trophy, complete with conveniently bite-able wings. After Novak Djokovic double-faulted on championship point, Rafael Nadal did as Maria Sharapova and Julien Benneteau had before him—he fell to his knees and he cried. It was an attitude of release as much as ebullience. Later, on the podium, before making his thank-yous in his signature admixture of English, French, and Catalan, Nadal listened to his national anthem and sobbed his heart out. This one clearly meant much. In words that gestured to the pressured burden, and burdensome pressure, of becoming a major champion fourteen times over, Rafael Nadal called the experience of winning his ninth Roland Garros title “unforgettable forever.” It’s a redundant phrase, but l like it. (Sounds like a perfect name for the next Triple Crown winner.) And for Rafa’s sake, I hope it’s true.

Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Marianne Bevis

June 8, 2014
Nadal Wins Record 9th French Open

Rafael Nadal won a record 9th French Open on Sunday, beating Novak Djokovic in the final, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4.

The first set went by the familiar script: nervy, anxious play from both in the first half dozen games. With Nadal serving at 3-4, Djokovic broke serve, then served for the set at 5-3. Despite going down break points, he finally held to get the first set 6-3.

In the second set, they again held serve the first several games, until Nadal broke Djokovic when serving at 2-3. As happens so often with these two, Djokovic broke right back. After both holding serve the next few games, with Djokovic serving to stay in the set at 5-6, Nadal broke, and took the set 7-5.

Gaining confidence, Nadal held, then easily broke Djokovic at the beginning of the third, quickly taking a 3-0 lead. Djokovic finally held in the fourth game, and had a break point in Nadal’s next service game, but the Spaniard held to take a 4-1 lead. After a long seventh game, involving multiple deuces and break points saved, Nadal finally held. In the following game, Nadal broke Djokovic’s serve, winning the set 6-2.

By the beginning of the fourth set, Djokovic had become visibly ill, even being shown getting sick. Despite that, he held his opening two service games. After a series of errors when serving at 2-3, Djokovic lost serve. A straightforward next service game was expected for Nadal, however with his back showing signs of acting up, he lost serve, then Djokovic quickly held for 4-4. After a tough game to hold for 5-4, Nadal broke Djokovic’s serve one final time, with the Serb double faulting on championship point.

It was Nadal’s record 9th French Open, and 14th Major, tying him in second place with Pete Sampras (Roger Federer has 17).

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Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): In Mou We Trust

June 8, 2014
Roland Garros French Open Day 15: Men’s Final

Day 15 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, features the Men’s Singles Final, and the Women’s Doubles Final.

The day begins with the doubles final. The top two-seeded teams will face off on Court Philippe Chatrier.

Next up, eight-time champion and World No. 1 Rafael Nadal plays World No. 2 Novak Djokovic in their second Roland Garros final. History will be made no matter who wins: For Nadal, the chance to become the only man in the Open Era to win a Major nine times; for Djokovic, the chance to complete the Career Grand Slam.

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Court Philippe Chatrier – 12:00 P.M.

Women’s Doubles – Final
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (1) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (1) d. Sara Errani (ITA) (2) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (2) — 6-4, 6-1

Not Before: 3:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Final
Rafael Nadal (ESP) (1) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB) (2)

June 7, 2014