*Official* Tennis Thread

[Simon]

haha yeh, it was wierd cause u can hear the players hitting the ball and the commentators have to talk without breathing practically!

 

[V Reddy]

Hantuchova Vs Sharapova in 3rd round looks very possible . Dani seems to have regained her form as she made the semis this week in Eastbourne . Who will Bronco support? I expect Kirilenko to reach third round where she may face Myskina .

In mens side, my darkhorses are Paradorn and Andreev.

 

[Simon]

paradorn is hopelessley out of form this year, he could make 3rd or 4th round at best.

i would very much be looking foward to hantuchova v sharapova 3rd round, sharapova will get there no worries, but daniela's form lately doesnt fill me with too much confidence. its a fair easy draw to get there, but you never know..

 

[Simon]

maybe i wrote off paradorn a bit too early, hes in the final at nottingham tonight, should beat Johansson id imagine.

Hantuchova too, shes put on a few kilos and is starting to look good in more ways than one again!!!!! she had a good win over mauresmo and i think shes about 10th favourite for wimbledon at 34-1, on odds, i think Sharapova is a good chance at 13-1, no one else than the wlliams beasts can win this tournament except for sharapova.

 

[PY]

Go Tim....

 

[superkingdave]

Nalbandian out of Wimbledon...and i put money on him as well! Do bookies give your money back if a player is injured b/f the tournament?

 

[Simon]

i dont think they do, i know they give u back ur money if a match is incomplete, in the french i had $50 on calleri against safin he was down 2 sets to 1 and a break and he retired and i got refunded

but im not sure if they will refund for a tournament withdrawal.
on pull outs, james blake has too, he looked likely to be Haas' 3rd round opponent if he gets that far...

 

[Simon]

Federer opens up the play today on centre court, hes should win pretty easily, although Hewitt got beaten in the first match of the tournament last year, federer is too good of a player to lose though.

im disapointed Sharapova is on an outside court, means her match wont be on TV, hantuchova doesnt even have a court allocated yet! they will just play her wheres there is room.....

 

[Mister Wright]

Typical start to Wimbledon - RAIN!!!!!!

 

[Simon]

yep! hardly surprising too, i see federers match is on pay tv, i wonder if that will be on channel 9 too when coverage starts in 15 minutes...

 

[Piper]

I want Andy Roddick to win this year! And he will show everyone what a good player he really is....

 

[Mister Wright]

Federer wins his fisrt match 6-3 6-3 6-0. I was just saying to Simon how he didn't look as good as Hewitt. Then 24 finishes and he has finished off the third set in close to 15 minutes. Hewitt is now 1 game away from the 2nd round.

 

[Simon]

hewittt is through, melzer lost the plot though.

 

[superkingdave]

im disapointed Sharapova is on an outside court, means her match wont be on TV, hantuchova doesnt even have a court allocated yet! they will just play her wheres there is room.....

Unlucky, over here we can get 5 courts i think thorugh BBC, C,1,2,17 and 18

 

[Mister Wright]

Well Simon...Goran got through, straight sets too. He is a definite floater, and one you don't want to come up against.

Pretty predictible first round results with no major upsets. The closest to an upset was Karlovic over Srichapan.

 

[Anil]

i feel that the winner will be either federer or roddick.....can't see anyone else(including henman) beating these two when they are in full flow....

 

[_Ed_]

Navritalova won 6-0 6-1! Now there's a surprise.

Musn't feel good to only win one game against a 47 year old..

 

[age_master]

Lleyton or Federer i reakon for the win, they unfortunatley play off in a quarter fnal should they both get that far though...roddick is a chance but i dont think hes got it.

 

[Simon]

yeh a goran played well, youzhny seemed very anxious on court, more than anything i think he was embarassed to lose to goran, cause really he could have beaten him.

 

[Simon]

i was disapointed to see kiefer lose, so only 3 germans flying the flag with schuettler, haas and florian mayer left.....

Daniela is first up on court 3 today, sharapova won last night so the potential 3rd round match is a real posibility is daniel wins tonight....

i hope haas doesnt get lost on his way to court 18 to play dupis, ill be waiting up for it, but unfortunately it wont be on tv.....