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  • Age Has the Edge (Mostly) at the US Open in the SF/QFs

    Age Has the Edge (Mostly) at the US Open in the SF/QFs

    Day 9 of the US Open featured more than a few 30-somethings in the mid-late rounds of men’s and women’s singles. Flavia Pennetta, 31, upset countrywoman Roberta Vinci, 30.  Pennetta, who had fallen down to being the fourth ranked Italian, behind Errani, the best Italian, and Vinci, one of her erstwhile doubles partners.  While Pennetta is currently ranked No. 85,  she dominated Vinci, 6-4, 6-1, to reach her first ever semifinal of a Major.

    The “youngster” of the day, Victoria Azarenka, 24, beat 30-year-old Daniela Hantuchova, 6-2, 6-3.  The hope is this sets up a meeting with Serena Williams in a final, the two women who are the greatest rivals at this point in the women’s game, though Azarenka still has to beat Flavia Pennetta.  For them to meet, however, Williams will have to beat the great Chinese star and fellow 31-year-old, Li Na.

    On the men’s side, Richard Gasquet emerged as the winner of a 5-set battle with David Ferrer, another 31-year-old.  Gasquet dominated the first two sets, in a surprise over the No. 4 seed, who has had a lackluster summer.  Ferrer evened the match to 2-sets a piece, but Gasquet fulfilled the aggression he brought to the beginning of the match, and closed it out for 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3.

    The Frenchman Gasquet is 27 — on the younger edge of today’s players — and he will meet Rafael Nadal, also 27, who beat his countryman, Tommy Robredo, 31, the vanquisher of Roger Federer in the Round of 16.  Robredo went down without seriously troubling Nadal.  Final score:  6-0, 6-2, 6-2.  Nadal has yet to drop his serve the entire tournament.

    That so many 31-year-olds have lasted so long in this tournament, one has to say that 1981-82 must have been a great vintage for tennis players, if a somewhat late-maturing grape.

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  • US Open Quarterfinals Schedule of Play/Scores: Wednesday, Sept. 4

    US Open Quarterfinals Schedule of Play/Scores: Wednesday, Sept. 4

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    Arthur Ashe Stadium – 12:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Quarterfinals
    Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) (10) — 6-4, 6-1

    Men’s Singles – Quarterfinals
    Richard Gasquet (FRA) (8) d. David Ferrer (ESP) (4) — 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3

    Not Before 7:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Quarterfinals
    Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) — 6-2, 6-3

    Men’s Singles – Quarterfinals
    Rafael Nadal (ESP) (2) d. Tommy Robredo (ESP) (19) — 6-0, 6-2, 6-2

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    Louis Armstrong Stadium — 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Ivan Dodig (CRO) (10) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (10) d. Treat Huey (PHI) (16) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) (16) — 7-5, 6-3

    Women’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Sania Mirza (IND) (10) / Jie Zheng (CHN) (10) d. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (4) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (4) — 6-4, 7-6(5)

    Mixed Doubles – Semifinals
    Abigail Spears (USA) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP)(5) / Bruno Soares(BRA)(5) — 6-3, 6-1

    Not Before: 4:30 P.M.

    Women’s Doubles – Round 3
    Serena Williams (USA) / Venus Williams (USA) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (11) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) (11) — 6-1, 7-6(3)

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    Grandstand — 12:00 P.M.

    Women’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (5) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) (5) d. Nadia Petrova (RUS) (3) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (3) — 4-6, 6-4, 7-5

    Not Before: 2:00 P.M.

    Women’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Ashleigh Barty (AUS) (8) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (8) d. Ekaterina Makarova(RUS)(2) / Elena Vesnina(RUS)(2) — 6-2, 6-3

    Not Before: 5:00 P.M.

    Mixed Doubles – Semifinals
    Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (7) / Max Mirnyi (BLR) (7) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) — 7-5, 6-7(4), 12-10

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  • Luck of the Draw: US Open 2013

    Luck of the Draw: US Open 2013

    The draw for the US Open has been released in the traditional fashion, which is to write the names of every eligible player on little slips of paper, place them all in an antique cannon in the middle of Arthur Ashe Stadium, and fire them straight up. From there the strong prevailing winds take over, and a player’s placement is determined by where in the tri-state area his name flutters to rest. It is for this reason, one presumes, that the year’s final Major is always contested during hurricane season. Sadly, the USTA has announced that in 2017 there will be roofs over the main stadiums at the Billy Jean King National Tennis Center. The US Open will have to find a new way of conducting the ceremony (since it is unthinkable that something as momentous as populating a tournament draw could be achieved without due pomp). It’s always a shame when old traditions disappear.

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    Of subsidiary interest, the placement of the very highest seeds is decided by where their names fall in relation to David Ferrer’s. As it happened, Rafael Nadal was the luckiest one. We can safely ignore scurrilous rumours that the slips of paper bearing the two Spaniards’ names had been stuck together with adhesive. Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic’s name turned up in Stamford, Connecticut. It could have been worse, I suppose.

    Once again we’re invited to marvel at the vagaries of the ATP rankings, especially the situation whereby Andy Murray, reigning US Open (and Wimbledon) champion and eternal saviour of British tennis, is ranked number three in the world. This is one place lower than Nadal, who holds only a single Major (Roland Garros), lost in the first round at Wimbledon, and didn’t even play at the others. It is two places lower than Novak Djokovic, who holds only the Australian Open. As a result the Scot is seeded lower than both those men at the upcoming US Open. As far as the population of the small island positioned off the extreme western coast of the Eurasian landmass is concerned, this is nothing short of a cosmic injustice.

    Although Sky Sports have never attained the febrile derangement of their compatriots at the Daily Mail, they have nonetheless elevated cheerleading on Murray’s behalf into something of an art form, and will reliably ascend to heights of outrage when they feel he’s been hard-done-by. While raucous advocacy presumably doesn’t reflect management’s official position, it certainly isn’t discouraged, and any failure to address Britain’s top player in sufficiently rapturous terms presumably results in disciplinary action. (This policy, incidentally, isn’t limited to Sky: word is that John McEnroe received a stern talking-to from ESPN after he repeatedly excoriated American players on air during last year’s US Open. He and his brother really did go to town on Donald Young one evening. Here in Australia, failure to sing the praises of either Lleyton Hewitt or Bernard Tomic will earn the offender a baleful visit from John Newcombe.) Anyway, Peter Fleming pronounced the latest rankings to be “crazy”. Marcus Buckland suggested it “seemed unfair”. Others were less circumspect, in each case betraying a deliberate ignorance of how the rankings actually work. It is understandable that the average punter’s knowledge of the sport ends with the Majors – we shouldn’t necessarily be thrilled at this, and American coverage in particular can grow pathetically grateful at any public interest at all – but for those paid good money to follow professional tennis from week to week, the Majors should merely be the start. There is no mystery why Nadal is ranked higher than Murray: there’s more to tennis than Grand Slam events.

    Anyway, the reason why the second and third seedings matter so much at this US Open is that David Ferrer is seeded fourth. There are probably kinder ways to say it, but the reality is that even when Ferrer was in decent form he represented a more benign semifinal opponent than whomever the alternative happened to be. Right now, however, he is in execrable form, and still troubled by a lingering injury. Not only that, but these are the potential quarterfinal match-ups based on seedings:

    • Djokovic – del Potro
    • Murray – Berdych
    • Nadal – Federer
    • Ferrer – Gasquet

    Which of these is not like the others? Any one of Berdych, del Potro, or Federer could have fallen in Ferrer’s quarter, and in each case would have been favoured to reach the last weekend. Alas, it wasn’t to be. So it goes. Let’s just call Ferrer’s quarter a grand opportunity for someone. There are nine qualifiers in this quarter, and four of them are facing each other. I’m going to venture out on an especially shaky limb, and suggest that Dmitry Tursunov’s time has arrived. Seeded thirty-two, the Russian won’t encounter anyone ranked higher until the third round at the earliest. By wisely choosing to be drawn in Ferrer’s quarter, he has ensured that he won’t face anyone truly terrifying until the semifinals. So pencil him in for that. Gasquet is in there, too, of course, seeded eighth. I could pencil him in for a quarterfinal, but history suggests that would be a waste of graphite. On the small chance that Tursunov doesn’t push all the way through to Super Saturday, I suspect either Milos Raonic or Jerzy Janowicz will. Or Ernests Gulbis, who is now seeded and can thus stop thinking of himself as the world’s most dangerous floater, since it was frankly getting him nowhere. But really it’s anyone’s guess.

    Ryan Harrison’s appalling luck at Grand Slam level continues. He has once again drawn a lofty seed early on, in this case Nadal in the opening round. Last year in New York he faced Juan Martin del Potro in the second round. The upshot is that even last year’s modest points will almost certainly go undefended. It’s rotten luck, undoubtedly, though one shouldn’t pretend there aren’t other reasons why Harrison isn’t ranked high enough to elude this kind of misfortune. It’s bound to be a featured night match, and thus a test of McEnroe’s generosity. It’s hard to imagine either Nadal or Federer will suffer upsets before they meet in the quarterfinals, unlike at Wimbledon, where I totally foresaw those early losses to Steve Darcis and Sergiy Stakhovsky, but didn’t want to spoil the surprise.

    Only one first round match really stands out – setting to one side the possibility that those qualifiers will entertainingly pulverise each other in fifth set tiebreaks – which is the one between Lleyton Hewitt and Brian Baker. Joints creaking and metal pins clanking, they’ll contest the chance to play del Potro. Whoever comes out of all that, it’ll be a triumph for medical science.

    Credits: Cover Photo: Wallyg, (Creative Commons License)

  • US Open – Men’s Draw

    US Open – Men’s Draw

    Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray set to meet in the semifinal in the top half; Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer in the bottom half; Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will face off in the quarterfinals.

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    First Quarter

    Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1)
    Ricardas Berankis (LTU)

    Benjamin Becker (GER)
    Lukas Rosol (CZE)

    Lukasz Kubot (POL)
    Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)

    Joao Sousa (POR)
    Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (25)

    Benoit Paire (FRA) (24)
    Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS)

    Tim Smyczek (USA)
    James Duckworth (AUS)

    Jurgen Zopp (EST)
    Marcel Granollers (ESP)

    Rajeev Ram (USA)
    Fabio Fognini (ITA) (16)

    Tommy Haas (GER) (12)
    Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)

    Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
    Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)

    David Goffin (BEL)
    Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)

    Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
    Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (21)

    Jurgen Melzer (AUT) (29)
    Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)

    Igor Sijsling (NED)
    Qualifier

    Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
    Brian Baker (USA)

    Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
    Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) (6)

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    Second Quarter

    Andy Murray (GBR) (3)
    Michael Llodra (FRA)

    Victor Hanescu (ROU)
    Leonardo Mayer (ARG)

    Qualifier
    Martin Klizan (SVK)

    Florian Mayer (GER)
    Juan Monaco (ARG) (28)

    Andreas Seppi (ITA) (20)
    Xavier Malisse (BEL)

    Lukas Lacko (SVK)
    Qualifier

    Tobias Kamke (GER)
    Steve Johnson (USA)

    Denis Istomin (UZB)
    Nicolas Almagro (ESP) (15)

    Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) (9)
    Radek Stepanek (CZE)

    James Blake (USA)
    Qualifier

    Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
    Qualifier

    Daniel Brands (GER)
    Kevin Anderson (RSA) (17)

    Julien Benneteau (FRA) (31)
    Michal Przysiezny (POL)

    Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
    Jeremy Chardy (FRA)

    Jiri Vesely (CZE)
    Denis Kudla (USA)

    Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)
    Tomas Berdych (CZE) (5)

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    Third Quarter

    Richard Gasquet (FRA) (8)
    Michael Russell (USA)

    Qualifier
    Qualifier

    Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
    Guillaume Rufin (FRA)

    Aljaz Bedene (SLO)
    Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) (32)

    Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (23)
    Qualifier

    Kenny De Schepper (FRA)
    Bradley Klahn (USA)

    Pablo Andujar (ESP)
    Thiemo de Bakker (NED)

    Qualifier
    Milos Raonic (CAN) (10)

    Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (14)
    Qualifier

    Jack Sock (USA)
    Qualifier

    Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)
    Dudi Sela (ISR)

    Pablo Cuevas (URU)
    Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) (18)

    Ernests Gulbis (LAT) (30)
    Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)

    Qualifier
    Qualifier

    Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
    Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)

    Qualifier
    David Ferrer (ESP) (4)

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    Fourth Quarter

    Roger Federer (SUI) (7)
    Grega Zemlja (SLO)

    Santiago Giraldo (COL)
    Carlos Berlocq (ARG)

    Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
    Adrian Mannarino (FRA)

    Guido Pella (ARG)
    Sam Querrey (USA) (26)

    Tommy Robredo (ESP) (19)
    Marinko Matosevic (AUS)

    Robin Haase (NED)
    Qualifier

    Albert Ramos (ESP)
    Bernard Tomic (AUS)

    Qualifier
    Kei Nishikori (JPN) (11)

    John Isner (USA) (13)
    Filippo Volandri (ITA)

    Adrian Ungur (ROU)
    Gael Monfils (FRA)

    Albert Montanes (ESP)
    Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

    Collin Altamirano (USA)
    Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) (22)

    Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (27)
    Ivan Dodig (CRO)

    Rhyne Williams (USA)
    Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)

    Qualifier
    Vasek Pospisil (CAN)

    Ryan Harrison (USA)
    Rafael Nadal (ESP) (2)

     

    Credits: Cover Photo:  Adam Isserlis (Creative Commons License)

  • Reliably Inspirational

    Reliably Inspirational

    A fine third day at the Cincinnati Masters yielded the best selection of professional men’s tennis matches in months. As ever in North America this wondrous congregation of talent was witnessed by a formidable array of half-empty stands. Even by the night-match, which featured Roger Federer, the stadium appeared barely two-thirds full. For some reason, Americans collectively find it hard to get excited by a tennis tournament until the later rounds, an apathy shared by their main television networks. CBS doesn’t even show up to the US Open until the last weekend, which it then more or less ruins for everyone. It won’t grace Cincinnati until the last Sunday, while even ESPN won’t trouble itself until Thursday. In the meantime there’s the redoubtable Tennis Channel, as ever a mixed blessing. On the one hand live coverage is hard to fault. On the other hand there’s Justin Gimelstob.

    It could be that the long decades of dominance have taught the American sporting public to assume that their countrymen will always feature in the later stages. Why trouble yourself earlier? We Australians long ago learned to cease making such assumptions. If we want to see our compatriots, we tune in early, preferably for qualifying. Now that there are no American men inside the top twenty, it might be wise for them to do the same. Of course, it could be that from my current vantage, precisely one Pacific Ocean and half a continent away, I’m totally misreading it and Cincinnati’s stands are actually jam-packed. Perhaps it’s merely a trick of the telecast: as well as adding twenty pounds, the camera subtracts a thousand spectators.

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    Dimitrov d. Baker, 6-3, 6-2

    CBS and ESPN viewers certainly won’t catch any sight of the reliably inspirational Brian Baker, who today went down easily to Grigor Dimitrov. This is a shame, since he’s worth watching and hasn’t been spotted in months. Having cruelly fallen in the second round of this year’s Australian Open – on a day of sustained carnage his injury was at once the worst and the least surprising – Baker was away from professional tennis for almost seven months. Numerically-gifted readers will note that this is the same amount of time that Rafael Nadal missed. Baker’s absence generated considerably less interest. Of course, Baker being absent from the men’s tour is hardly remarkable; it has been one of the constants of professional tennis for the last decade, like top four domination, or the microwave radiation that saturates the cosmos. The anomaly wasn’t that Baker was away, but that he had – and has – returned.

    Naturally, I’m pleased he has, since I enjoy the way he plays: at his best slightly reminiscent of Nikolay Davydenko in a way that Davydenko himself rarely is anymore. Beyond that, though, I enjoy the way Baker encourages me in my fantasy that he’s a club player on history’s greatest roll. The truth of the matter is decidedly different, if not completely opposite – he is a talented pro who has had to do everything the hardest way, and whose body boasts only slightly less metal than Wolverine’s. But I still experience a slight thrill every time he puts away a simple volley. Good for him, I think, knowing I might well have duffed it into the back fence.

    Sadly today he missed too many simple volleys against Grigor Dimitrov, along with just about everything else. It was probably to be expected. Given his modest earnings over the years, it’s not as though he could afford authentic adamantium for his metal joints. He was compelled to go with cheaper base metals. Rust was thus inevitable. As is often the case it doesn’t cause a consistent loss of quality so much as wildly oscillating inconsistency. Baker comfortably saw off Denis Istomin yesterday, but might not have today given the chance. Instead he faced Dimitrov, for whom the phrase “wildly oscillating inconsistency” might well have been coined. Still, he was on his game today, and looked a clear class above his opponent. Baker will get better. For now it’s just a pleasure to see him back, and a pleasant surprise to see he still boasts a full complement of limbs. His matches are only ever one mishap away from recreating the Omaha Beach scene from Saving Private Ryan.

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    (3) Ferrer d. Harrison, 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-4

    Speaking of Private Ryan, or at any rate Senior Cadet Ryan, Harrison managed to lose his nineteenth straight match to a top ten opponent a short while later, against a curiously vulnerable David Ferrer. The Spaniard’s lofty ranking was only apparent from the number next to his name, and not from the quality of his play. The Spaniard has been injured for some time, and has barely looked himself since Roland Garros. If ever Harrison was going to beat him, it was today. Still, the American might take some solace from getting so close: he led by a break in the third set, and was briefly magnificent in breaking back late in the match. One doubts whether he will be consoled by that, however, since he continues to give a strong impression that he hates losing far too much to find it merely instructive. The game in which Harrison was broken back in the final set featured an ace clocked at 152 mph, as they measure such things in the Cayman Islands, or 244 kph as measured elsewhere. If this was an accurate reading, then it would be the seventh fastest serve of all time. But I doubt whether it was an accurate reading. The serve even had topspin on it.

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    (5) Federer d. Kohlschreiber, 6-3, 7-6(7)

    Roger Federer rounded out the schedule by defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber for the seventh time, so far without a loss. Neither man appeared to be brimming with confidence, and based on their combined unforced error of sixty-five they had every reason not to be. Federer thoughtfully commemorated each of his previous six victories over Kohlschreiber with a squandered break point early in the first set: performance art of the very highest order, as Robbie Koenig might say. But he mostly served well himself, and broke in Kohlschreiber’s next game. Even if Federer somehow defends his Cincinnati title, he won’t be reprising last year’s heroic effort, in which he took the event without ever dropping serve. He gifted a non-crucial break away in the second set, a favour the ever-courteous German repaid immediately. They went back to scrappy holds. Mercifully this couldn’t continue indefinitely, and the tiebreak came around. A match that had been defined mostly by forehand errors thus found its apotheosis. Federer led by 5-2, then saved a set point at 7-8 with an out serve. He finally took the match on his second match point, ironically with a forehand that landed in, a development so miraculous in the circumstances than Kohlschreiber could merely stare at it, dumbfounded.

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    In other news, Feliciano Lopez won his first Masters level match this year, over Kei Nishikori. Milos Raonic, the first Canadian player ever to enter the top ten, nearly became the first top ten player to lose to Jack Sock. Mikhail Youzhny and Ernest Gulbis turned up dressed identically, a deplorable faux pas that left the crowd aghast. All twenty-five of them.

  • Visual Depiction of Big Four (+2) Dominance

    Visual Depiction of Big Four (+2) Dominance

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    Note: I received a couple requests to post this to the blog – which I’ve neglected thus far – so I thought I’d take the opportunity to get the gears turning and post some entries. Expect more of the same – statistical analysis and historical surveys. 

    I thought it would be interesting to create a chart that depicts the levels of dominance of the “Big Four” over the last decade. With apologies to Tomas Berdych and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, I’ve included David Ferrer and Juan Martin Del Potro to flesh it out a bit with a couple from the next tier of players.

    The graph might be a bit confusing at first but I think the key is to focus on each player’s line to see how it changes, then go to the next player, etc, and then put it all together.

    What do the numbers mean? They are the average of how many matches a player won per Slam played in a particular year. This does NOT include Slams a player didn’t enter, nor does it include qualification victories or take note of walkovers. The key is simple: 2R = 1, 3R = 2, 4R = 3, QF = 4, SF = 5, F = 6, W = 7. So, for example, Andy Murray was in the Final at the Australian Open (6), missed the French Open, and won Wimbledon (7). I am not penalizing him for missing Roland Garros as that would inaccurately reflect his actual performance, so the total of 13 is divided by 2, for an average of 6.5.
    It should go without saying that not all Slam rounds are equal, which this method implies. But this system is not an attempt to measure overall greatness via Slam results – I’ve done that in past forum posts and may resuscitate my methodology here in the future – but to look at the players relative to each other.

    So here’s the chart (click on it to make it large enough to decipher):

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    A few things pop out to me:

    • Notice that Andy Murray (green) is the only player to equal or improve his results from each year – his line just keeps getting better and better.
    • We can see that Roger Federer’s phase of dominance is quite clear: 2004-2009, with Rafael Nadal equaling him in 2008.
    • The downward trend for Roger and Rafa is alarming. Obviously it is skewed by their early exits in Wimbledon, but I don’t think we can discount that as an anomaly. This strongly indicates that both players are in decline – yes, Rafa as well as Roger.
    • Contrary to a view I hear occasionally, Novak in 2012-13 is not the same player he was before 2011; he isn’t quite as good as in 2011, but he’s definitely a notch above 2010 and before – at least according to his Slam results, which I think is the single most important indicator of a player’s level.
    • It is interesting to note Ferrer’s dip in 2009-2010, and then his resurgence in 2011 until the present – his best tennis so far. A rare career trajectory.
    • As for Del Potro, we can see that in 2009 he surpassed Andy and Novak and then dealt with injuries. Hopefully he can get back there, although it may be too much to expect a truly elite season (which we could define as >5, or averaging more than a SF in each Slam).

    What does this chart tell us in general? It supports what we all likely already know, that the “Fedal Era” is over and has been over for a couple years now – at least in terms of their shared dominance. It also suggests that Andy Murray – at least in 2013 thus far – is right there with Novak Djokovic. If we consider the “Fedal Era” to be 2005-2010, given the age of “Djokurray” (both 26), it seems unlikely it will last as long, but we can say it is 2011-13 so far, with possibly another year or two ahead.

  • Wimbledon Day 9: Wednesday, July 3 – Order of Play & Scores

    Wimbledon Day 9: Wednesday, July 3 – Order of Play & Scores

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    [Scores will be added as known.]

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    Centre Court – 1:00 PM

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – QUARTER-FINALS
    Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) (8) d David Ferrer (ESP) (4) — 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(5)

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – QUARTER-FINALS
    Andy Murray (GBR) (2) d Fernando Verdasco (ESP) — 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5

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    No. 1 Court – 1:00 PM

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – QUARTER-FINALS
    Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1) d Tomas Berdych (CZE) (7) — 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-3

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – QUARTER-FINALS
    Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (24) d Lukasz Kubot (POL) — 7-5, 6-4, 6-4

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    No. 2 Court – 11:30 AM

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – QUARTER-FINALS
    Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (8) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (8) d Jelena Jankovic (SRB) / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) — 6-4, 7-5

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – QUARTER-FINALS
    Ashleigh Barty (AUS) (12) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (12) d Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (2) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) (2) — 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

    MIXED DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Bruno Soares (BRA) (1) / Lisa Raymond (USA) (1) d Frederik Nielsen (DEN) / Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) — 6-3, 6-4

    MIXED DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (3) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (3) d Scott Lipsky (USA) (13) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (13) — 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-2

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    No. 3 Court – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – QUARTER-FINALS
    Ivan Dodig (CRO) (12) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (12) d James Blake (USA) / Jurgen Melzer (AUT) — 7-5, 6-0, 6-7(0), 6-4

    MIXED DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Marcin Matkowski (POL) (11) / Kveta Peschke (CZE) (11) d Alexander Peya (AUT) (5) / Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (5) — 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-2

    MIXED DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    John Peers (AUS) / Ashleigh Barty (AUS) d Marcelo Melo (BRA) (6) / Liezel Huber (USA) (6) — 6-4, 1-6, 6-2

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    Court 12 – 11:30 AM

    MIXED DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Rohan Bopanna (IND) (7) / Jie Zheng (CHN) (7) d Johan Brunstrom (SWE) / Katalin Marosi (HUN) — 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-1

    MIXED DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Horia Tecau (ROU) (2) / Sania Mirza (IND) (2) d Eric Butorac (USA) / Alize Cornet (FRA) — 6-1, 7-5

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – QUARTER-FINALS
    Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) d Julia Goerges (GER) (16) / Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) (16) — 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-4

    MIXED DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) / Vera Dushevina (RUS) d David Marrero (ESP) (14) / Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) (14) — 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 7-5

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    Court 18 – 11:30 AM

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – QUARTER-FINALS
    Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (7) / Kveta Peschke (CZE) (7) d Nadia Petrova (RUS) (3) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (3) — 7-6(2), 6-3

    MIXED DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Daniel Nestor (CAN) (8) / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (8) d Aisam Qureshi (PAK) (10) / Cara Black (ZIM) (10) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

  • Wimbledon Day 7: Monday, July 1 – Order of Play & Scores

    Wimbledon Day 7: Monday, July 1 – Order of Play & Scores

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    Centre Court – 1:00 PM

    LADIES’ SINGLES – FOURTH ROUND
    Sabine Lisicki (GER) (23) d Serena Williams (USA) (1) — 6-2, 1-6, 6-4

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – FOURTH ROUND
    Andy Murray (GBR) (2) d Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (20) — 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-1

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – FOURTH ROUND
    Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1) d Tommy Haas (GER) (13) — 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4)

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    No. 1 Court – 1:00 PM

    LADIES’ SINGLES – FOURTH ROUND
    Kaia Kanepi (EST) d Laura Robson (GBR) — 7-6(6), 7-5

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – FOURTH ROUND
    Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) (8) d Andreas Seppi (ITA) (23) — 6-4, 7-6(2), 6-3

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – FOURTH ROUND
    Tomas Berdych (CZE) (7) d Bernard Tomic (AUS) — 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4

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    No. 2 Court – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – FOURTH ROUND
    David Ferrer (ESP) (4) d Ivan Dodig (CRO) — 6-7(3), 7-6(6), 6-1, 6-1

    LADIES’ SINGLES – FOURTH ROUND
    Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (4) d Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) d Treat Huey (PHI) (16) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) (16) — 7-5, 6-3, 7-6(3)

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    No. 3 Court – 11:30 AM

    LADIES’ SINGLES – FOURTH ROUND
    Petra Kvitova (CZE) (8) d Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (19) — 7-6(5), 6-3

    LADIES’ SINGLES – FOURTH ROUND
    Na Li (CHN) (6) d Roberta Vinci (ITA) (11) — 6-2, 6-0

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – FOURTH ROUND
    Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d Kenny De Schepper (FRA) — 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

    MIXED DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    David Marrero (ESP) (14) / Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) (14) d Jonathan Marray (GBR) / Heather Watson (GBR) — 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

    MIXED DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
    Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) / Vera Dushevina (RUS) d Jamie Murray (GBR) / Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4

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    Court 12 – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – FOURTH ROUND
    Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (24) d Jurgen Melzer (AUT) — 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

    LADIES’ SINGLES – FOURTH ROUND
    Marion Bartoli (FRA) (15) d Karin Knapp (ITA) — 6-2, 6-3

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    James Blake (USA) / Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d Michael Llodra (FRA) (13) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) (13) — 6-4, 6-0, 6-1

    MIXED DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
    Frederik Nielsen (DEN) / Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) d Kyle Edmund (GBR) / Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) — 7-5, 6-4

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    Court 18 – 11:30 AM

    LADIES’ SINGLES – FOURTH ROUND
    Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) (20) d Flavia Pennetta (ITA) — 7-6(2), 6-3

    LADIES’ SINGLES – FOURTH ROUND
    Sloane Stephens (USA) (17) d Monica Puig (PUR) — 4-6, 7-5, 6-1

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Ivan Dodig (CRO) (12) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (12) d Max Mirnyi (BLR) (7) / Horia Tecau (ROU) (7) — 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

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    Court 5 – 11:30 AM

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Nadia Petrova (RUS) (3) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (3) d Vania King (USA) (13) / Jie Zheng (CHN) (13) — 6-3, 6-2

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Julien Benneteau (FRA) (11) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (11) d Aisam Qureshi (PAK) (5) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) (5) — 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(1), 7-6(4), 6-3

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    Court 6 – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Rohan Bopanna (IND) (14) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (14) d Alexander Peya (AUT) (3) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (3) — 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) (8) / Julian Knowle (AUT) (8) d Jesse Levine (CAN) / Vasek Pospisil (CAN) — 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

    MIXED DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Rohan Bopanna (IND) (7) / Jie Zheng (CHN) (7) d Robert Farah (COL) / Darija Jurak (CRO) — 7-6(6), 7-5

    MIXED DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Johan Brunstrom (SWE) / Katalin Marosi (HUN) d Frantisek Cermak (CZE) (12) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) (12) — 7-6(3), 6-3

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    Court 7 – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Robert Lindstedt (SWE) (6) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) (6) d Colin Fleming (GBR) (9) / Jonathan Marray (GBR) (9) — 7-6(5), 7-5, 6-3

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    Court 10 – 11:30 AM

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (8) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (8) d Darija Jurak (CRO) / Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) — 6-4, 6-4

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (7) / Kveta Peschke (CZE) (7) d Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) / Petra Martic (CRO) — 6-4, 6-4

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Leander Paes (IND) (4) / Radek Stepanek (CZE) (4) d Lukasz Kubot (POL) (15) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (15) — 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

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    Court 14 – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – FOURTH ROUND
    Lukasz Kubot (POL) d Adrian Mannarino (FRA) — 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) d Liezel Huber (USA) (6) / Sania Mirza (IND) (6) — 6-2, 3-6, 6-2

    MIXED DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
    Filip Polasek (SVK) / Janette Husarova (SVK) d Colin Fleming (GBR) / Laura Robson (GBR) — 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-4

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    Court 17 – 11:30 AM

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Ashleigh Barty (AUS) (12) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (12) d Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) (5) / Abigail Spears (USA) (5) — 6-4, 6-1

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND
    Jelena Jankovic (SRB) / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) d Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (4) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (4) — 6-3, 6-2

    MIXED DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Scott Lipsky (USA) (13) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (13) d Fabio Fognini (ITA) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA) — Walkover

    MIXED DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Alexander Peya (AUT) (5) / Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (5) d Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Natalie Grandin (RSA) — 6-2, 6-4

    MIXED DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Aisam Qureshi (PAK) (10) / Cara Black (ZIM) (10) d Mark Knowles (BAH) / Sabine Lisicki (GER) — Walkover

    MIXED DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (3) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (3) d James Blake (USA) / Donna Vekic (CRO) — 7-5, 6-1

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  • Wimbledon Day 6: Saturday, June 29 – Order of Play & Scores

    Wimbledon Day 6: Saturday, June 29 – Order of Play & Scores

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    Centre Court – 1:00 PM

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Bernard Tomic (AUS) d Richard Gasquet (FRA) (9) — 7-6(7), 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(5)

    LADIES’ SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Sabine Lisicki (GER) (23) d Samantha Stosur (AUS) (14) — 4-6, 6-2, 6-1

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1) v Jeremy Chardy (FRA) (28) — 6-3, 6-2, 6-2

    LADIES’ SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Serena Williams (USA) (1) d Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) — 6-2, 6-0

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    No. 1 Court – 1:00 PM

    LADIES’ SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Petra Kvitova (CZE) (8) d Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (25) — 6-3, 2-6, 6-3

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Tomas Berdych (CZE) (7) d Kevin Anderson (RSA) (27) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    David Ferrer (ESP) (4) d Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) (26) — 6-7(6), 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-1, 6-2

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    No. 2 Court – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (20) d Viktor Troicki (SRB) — 6-3, 6-4, 7-5

    LADIES’ SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Laura Robson (GBR) d Marina Erakovic (NZL) — 1-6, 7-5, 6-3

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Tommy Haas (GER) (13) d Feliciano Lopez (ESP) — 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (7) / Kveta Peschke (CZE) (7) d Lisa Raymond (USA) / Laura Robson (GBR) — 6-4, 6-4

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    No. 3 Court – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d Ernests Gulbis (LAT) — 6-2, 6-4, 6-4

    LADIES’ SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Sloane Stephens (USA) (17) d Petra Cetkovska (CZE) — 7-6(3), 0-6, 6-4

    LADIES’ SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (4) d Madison Keys (USA) — 7-5, 4-6, 6-3

    LADIES’ SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Na Li (CHN) (6) d Klara Zakopalova (CZE) (32) — 4-6, 6-0, 8-6

    MIXED DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
    Jean Julien Rojer (NED) / Vera Dushevina (RUS) v Jamie Murray (GBR) / Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) — Postponed

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    Court 12 – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Kenny De Schepper (FRA) d Juan Monaco (ARG) (22) — 6-4, 7-6(8), 6-4

    LADIES’ SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Monica Puig (PUR) d Eva Birnerova (CZE) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) (8) d Grega Zemlja (SLO) — 7-5, 7-6(3), 6-0

    MIXED DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
    Dominic Inglot (GBR) / Johanna Konta (GBR) d Nicolas Almagro (ESP) / Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) — 4-6, 6-3, 19-17

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    Court 18 – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Lukasz Kubot (POL) d Benoit Paire (FRA) (25) — 6-1, 6-3, 6-4

    LADIES’ SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Roberta Vinci (ITA) (11) d Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (18) — 6-1, 6-4

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Ivan Dodig (CRO) d Igor Sijsling (NED) — 6-0, 6-1, 1-0 Ret.

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Liezel Huber (USA) (6) / Sania Mirza (IND) (6) d Flavia Pennetta (ITA) / Andrea Petkovic (GER) — 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-2

    MIXED DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
    Fabio Fognini (ITA) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d Jamie Delgado (GBR) / Tara Moore (GBR) — 7-6(2), 6-3

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    Court 5 – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Leander Paes (IND) (4) / Radek Stepanek (CZE) (4) d Jamie Delgado (GBR) / Matthew Ebden (AUS) — 6-4, 6-4, 6-3

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Aisam Qureshi (PAK) (5) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) (5) d Xavier Malisse (BEL) / Ken Skupski (GBR) — 6-3 6-7(1), 6-3, 6-7(5), 8-6

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Jelena Jankovic (SRB) / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) d Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) / Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) — 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Nadia Petrova (RUS) (3) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (3) d Varvara Lepchenko (USA) / Saisai Zheng (CHN) — 7-5, 6-3

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    Court 6 – 11:30 AM

    MIXED DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
    Rajeev Ram (USA) / Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) — 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-4

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (8) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (8) d Stephanie Foretz Gacon (FRA) / Eva Hrdinova (CZE) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (4) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (4) d Christina McHale (USA) / Tamira Paszek (AUT) — 7-6(8), 6-1

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Lukasz Kubot (POL) (15) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (15) d Marinko Matosevic (AUS) / Frank Moser (GER) — 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1

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    Court 7 – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Jesse Levine (CAN) / Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) (10) / Scott Lipsky (USA) (10) — 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Max Mirnyi (BLR) (7) / Horia Tecau (ROU) (7) d Samuel Groth (AUS) / Chris Guccione (AUS) — 6-4, 6-7(6), 7-6(2), 7-5

    MIXED DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
    James Blake (USA) / Donna Vekic (CRO) d Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE) / Liga Dekmeijere (LAT) — 6-4, 6-1

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    Court 8 – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) (8) / Julian Knowle (AUT) (8) d Nicholas Monroe (USA) / Simon Stadler (GER) — 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2

    MIXED DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
    Andy Ram (ISR) / Abigail Spears (USA) d Daniele Bracciali (ITA) / Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) — 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-2

    MIXED DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
    John Peers (AUS) / Ashleigh Barty (AUS) d Julian Knowle (AUT) / Shuai Zhang (CHN) — 6-7(7), 6-3, 6-3

    MIXED DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
    Martin Emmrich (GER) / Julia Goerges (GER) d Juan-Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) — 7-5, 6-2

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    Court 10 – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Treat Huey (PHI) (16) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) (16) d Andre Begemann (GER) / Martin Emmrich (GER) — 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-5, 7-6(3)

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Alexander Peya (AUT) (3) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (3) d Paul Hanley (AUS) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) — 4-6 6-1 6-7(6) 7-5, 10-8

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Julia Goerges (GER) (16) / Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) (16) d Alize Cornet (FRA) / Pauline Parmentier (FRA) — 6-4, 6-0

    MIXED DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
    Robert Farah (COL) / Darija Jurak (CRO) d Paul Hanley (AUS) / Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) — 6-2, 6-4

    MIXED DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
    Eric Butorac (USA) / Alize Cornet (FRA) d Michal Mertinak (SVK) / Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE)  — 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

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    Court 14 – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Andreas Seppi (ITA) (23) d Kei Nishikori (JPN) (12) — 3-6, 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-4

    LADIES’ SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d Petra Martic (CRO) — 6-1, 4-6, 6-2

    LADIES’ SINGLES – THIRD ROUND
    Kaia Kanepi (EST) d Alison Riske (USA) — 6-2, 6-3

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) d David Marrero (ESP) / Andreas Seppi (ITA) — 6-3, 7-5, 6-4

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    Court 16 – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Colin Fleming (GBR) (9) / Jonathan Marray (GBR) (9) d Frantisek Cermak (CZE) / Michal Mertinak (SVK) — 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(7)

    MIXED DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
    Johan Brunstrom (SWE) / Katalin Marosi (HUN) d James Cerretani (USA) / Mona Barthel (GER) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-3

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) d Raluca Olaru (ROU) / Olga Savchuk (UKR) — 5-7, 6-3, 6-2

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Julien Benneteau (FRA) (11) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (11) d Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) / Frederik Nielsen (DEN) — 6-7(3), 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 8-6

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    Court 19 – 11:30 AM

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
    James Blake (USA) / Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d Jamie Murray (GBR) / John Peers (AUS) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 14-12

    GENTLEMEN’S DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Rohan Bopanna (IND) (14) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (14) d Daniel Brands (GER) / Lukas Rosol (CZE) — 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-7(8), 6-4

    MIXED DOUBLES – FIRST ROUND
    Jonathan Marray (GBR) / Heather Watson (GBR) d Robin Haase (NED) / Alicja Rosolska (POL) — 6-3, 7-5

    LADIES’ DOUBLES – SECOND ROUND
    Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) / Petra Martic (CRO) d Cara Black (ZIM) (11) / Marina Erakovic (NZL) (11) — 7-6(6), 7-6(4)

  • Wimbledon Day 5: Friday, June 28 – Order of Play & Scores

    Wimbledon Day 5: Friday, June 28 – Order of Play & Scores

    [Scores will be added as known.]

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    Centre Court – 1:00 PM

    Laura Robson (GBR) d Mariana Duque-Marino (COL) — 6-4, 6-1

    Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (24) d Nicolas Almagro (ESP) (15) — 7-6(6), 6-3, 6-4

    Andy Murray (GBR) (2) d Tommy Robredo (ESP) (32) — 6-2, 6-4, 7-5

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    No. 1 Court – 1:00 PM

    David Ferrer (ESP) (4) d Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) — 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-5

    Petra Kvitova (CZE) (8) v Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (25) — Postponed

    Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (20) v Viktor Troicki (SRB) — Cancelled

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    No. 2 Court – 11:30 AM

    Kaia Kanepi (EST) d Angelique Kerber (GER) (7) — 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-3

    Marion Bartoli (FRA) (15) d Camila Giorgi (ITA) — 6-4, 7-5

    Ernests Gulbis (LAT) v Fernando Verdasco (ESP) — Cancelled

    Treat Huey (PHI) (16) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) (16) v Andre Begemann (GER) / Martin Emmrich (GER) — Cancelled

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    No. 3 Court – 11:30 AM

    Grega Zemlja (SLO) d Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (29) — 3-6 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4 11-9

    Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) — 6-2, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3

    Sloane Stephens (USA) (17) v Petra Cetkovska (CZE) — Postponed

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    Court 12 – 11:30 AM

    Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) (26) d Santiago Giraldo (COL) 6-4, 7-5, 6-3

    Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d Alize Cornet (FRA) (29) — 0-6, 7-6(4), 6-2

    Monica Puig (PUR) v Eva Birnerova (CZE) — Postponed

    Juan Monaco (ARG) (22) v Kenny De Schepper (FRA) — Postponed

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    Court 18 – 11:30 AM

    Tommy Haas (GER) (13) d Jimmy Wang (TPE) — 6-3, 6-2, 7-5

    Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (19) d Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) — 7-5, 6-2

    Benoit Paire (FRA) (25) v Lukasz Kubot (POL) — Cancelled

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    Court 5 – 11:30 AM

    Ashleigh Barty (AUS) (12) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (12) d Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) / Shuai Zhang (CHN) — 6-3, 6-2

    Ivan Dodig (CRO) (12) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (12) d Tomasz Bednarek (POL) / Mateusz Kowalczyk (POL) — 7-6(2), 7-5, 6-4

    Aisam Qureshi (PAK) (5) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) (5) v Xavier Malisse (BEL) / Ken Skupski (GBR) — Postponed

    Cara Black (ZIM) (11) / Marina Erakovic (NZL) (11) v Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) / Petra Martic (CRO) — Cancelled

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    Court 6 – 11:30 AM

    Mark Knowles (BAH) / Sabine Lisicki (GER) d Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) / Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) — 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-4

    Sara Errani (ITA) (1) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (1) d Natalie Grandin (RSA) / Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) — 6-2, 6-3

    Max Mirnyi (BLR) (7) / Horia Tecau (ROU) (7) v Samuel Groth (AUS) / Chris Guccione (AUS) — Cancelled

    Michal Mertinak (SVK) / Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) v Eric Butorac (USA) / Alize Cornet (FRA) — Cancelled

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    Court 7 – 11:30 AM

    Leander Paes (IND) (4) / Radek Stepanek (CZE) (4) d Daniele Bracciali (ITA) / Jonathan Erlich (ISR) 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-7(1), 6-4

    Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) (5) / Abigail Spears (USA) (5) d Sandra Klemenschits (AUT) / Romina Oprandi (SUI) — 6-1, 6-1

    Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (2) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) (2) d Jana Cepelova (SVK) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) — 6-1, 6-1

    Andy Ram (ISR) / Abigail Spears (USA) v Daniele Bracciali (ITA) / Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) — Cancelled

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    Court 8 – 11:30 AM

    Robert Lindstedt (SWE) (6) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) (6) d Eduardo Schwank (ARG) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) — 6-1, 7-5, 6-3

    Darija Jurak (CRO) / Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) d Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (10) / Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) (10) — 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-4

    Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (8) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (8) v Stephanie Foretz Gacon (FRA) / Eva Hrdinova (CZE) — Cancelled

    Rajeev Ram (USA) / Francesca Schiavone (ITA) v Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) — Cancelled

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    Court 10 – 11:30 AM

    Christina McHale (USA) / Tamira Paszek (AUT) d Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) / Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) — 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-3

    Alexander Peya (AUT) (3) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (3) v Paul Hanley (AUS) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) — Postponed

    Julien Benneteau (FRA) (11) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (11) v Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) / Frederik Nielsen (DEN) — Cancelled

    Fabio Fognini (ITA) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA) v Jamie Delgado (GBR) / Tara Moore (GBR) — Cancelled

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    Court 14 0 11:30 AM

    Jeremy Chardy (FRA) (28) d Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) — 6-2, 5-7, 7-6(6), 7-6(4)

    Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) (20) d Vesna Dolonc (SRB) — 6-4, 6-2

    Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d Dustin Brown (GER) — 6-4, 6-2, 7-5

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    Court 16 – 11:30 AM

    Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) d Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) / Andre Sa (BRA) — 6-4, 6-4, 6-1

    Juan-Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL) d Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) / Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) — 3-6, 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

    James Cerretani (USA) / Mona Barthel (GER) v Johan Brunstrom (SWE) / Katalin Marosi (HUN) — Cancelled

    Paul Hanley (AUS) / Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) v Robert Farah (COL) / Darija Jurak (CRO) — Cancelled

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    Court 17 – 11:30 AM

    Alison Riske (USA) d Urszula Radwanska (POL) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

    Karin Knapp (ITA) d Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) — 7-5, 6-2

    James Blake (USA) / Jurgen Melzer (AUT) v Jamie Murray (GBR) / John Peers (AUS) — Cancelled

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    Court 19 – 11:30 AM

    Jesse Levine (CAN) / Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) / Rajeev Ram (USA) — 6-2, 6-4, 6-1

    Vania King (USA) (13) / Jie Zheng (CHN) (13) d Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) / Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) — 6-1, 6-3

    Rohan Bopanna (IND) (14) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (14) v Daniel Brands (GER) / Lukas Rosol (CZE) — Postponed

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    To Be Determined:

    Not Before: 4:00 PM

    Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (7) / Kveta Peschke (CZE) (7) v Lisa Raymond (USA) / Laura Robson (GBR) — Cancelled

    Not Before: 5:00 PM

    Robin Haase (NED) / Alicja Rosolska (POL) v Jonathan Marray (GBR) / Heather Watson (GBR) — Cancelled