Well today we've got some really interesting match-ups. Mirza v. Dementieva in round one? Ouch. Mirza's power game is suited to grass...and Dementieva...well, I love her, but this could be the upset of the day.
Also, Nalbandian v. Clement, Djokovic v. Robredo, Santoro vs. Berdych, Malisse-Stepanek. What match ups are you looking forward to?
Looks like Ljubicic is about to take out Feli Lopez; he's already up 2 sets on court 13...I'm about to watch the rest of that one. ETA: Wow, Lopez took the 3rd set; he broke Ljubicic to love in the last game of the 3rd set (7-5). Ljubicic seemed to fade after Lopez saved break points in his last 2 games...Lopez is really battling. Let's see if he keeps it up. ETA: Brave effort from Lopez, but not enough.
ETA: Ginepri's crap year continues with his first ever loss to Mardy Fish (in straights sets! Fish had never even won a set off Robby). Davydenko was also dismissed by some Colombian named Falla.
Hey federated! I'm definitely looking forward to Santoro vs. Berdych b/c Berdych is like "baby Marat," and we all know how successful Santoro is/was against Marat! Mirza vs. Dementieva will be a good one too, with an UFE:winners ratio of something like 147:52 and many, many breaks of serve.
I got WimbledonLive last night, and it ROCKS. Sooo much better than TV cuz you can switch matches if they get too one-sided/boring, and the commentators are far better than the goofball crew ESPN has got.
Feli's just won the third set 7-5, so I daresay we're in for a good fourth set. This one might even go the distance. They've already got a combined 27 aces! At one point, Feli was 33/33 of first serve points won (he's now 43 of 49, still decent)! Myskina's just bageled Cara Black, and I love her style, so I think I'll go watch her now. Man, Wimbledon rocks! :)
Posted by: momofan | June 28, 2006 at 09:11 AM
I'm glad you gve in, momofan, lol! It's absolutely worth the money.
Posted by: federated | June 28, 2006 at 09:14 AM
Anyone see the Davydenko match? What happened?
Posted by: Jack | June 28, 2006 at 09:43 AM
Wow. Lopez has leveled the Ljubicic match at 2 sets all. Ljubicic is 6-12 lifetime in 5 set matches.
Posted by: federated | June 28, 2006 at 09:54 AM
wow, just saw your post, Jack, about Kolya. Didn't see it...wow. Well, wondering what the next upset will be. I've never even heard of Falla.
Posted by: federated | June 28, 2006 at 09:58 AM
I quite fancy Ljubicic falling to Lopez. The 5ht seed was leading 2 sets to 0 but Lopez played very well from the 3rd. Volleying amazingly, serving even better. And Lopez did well to break Ljubicic at the end of the 3rd set to love, and took it 7-5.
4th set saw the momentum clearly shifting, with one particular service game where Lopez was down 15-40 but showed great mental fortitude to come back and hold serve.
5th set now and it's 3-3. Very good match to watch right now. I hope F.Lo wins. Vamos Feli!
Posted by: Vic | June 28, 2006 at 10:18 AM
I'm watching the Lopez-Ljub match right now and the tension is insane. Feli saved a match point on break point and has been playing with a serious amount of heart. 5-5 in the 5th now, THIS is why I'm a Feli fan. Vamos!
Posted by: federated | June 28, 2006 at 10:32 AM
Ivan just wasted another match point, I hope that this match goes to 15-13 in the third, you don't see that very often at any of the other grand slams.
Posted by: Kelly | June 28, 2006 at 11:04 AM
This is killing me that I am at work and can't watch the Ljubicic-Lopez match. So far it's 9-9 in the fifth! I love these kinds of matches.
Ginepri had a crap year last year until the summer hardcourt season - he has a lot of points to defend this summer, he's in real trouble if he doesn't start doing well again.
I still can't believe Davudenko lost.
Posted by: Ally | June 28, 2006 at 11:13 AM
Davydenko - sorry.
Posted by: Ally | June 28, 2006 at 11:14 AM
What a heartbreaker for feli, to lose 11-9 in the 5th. But I really hope this gives him confidence for the hardcourt season. He played some marvelous, marvelous, brave tennis out there.
Also, people always say that feli's getting old and that his mental strength should be stronger at his age. I say that Feli's got the body of a natural athlete, and that it will hold up fine for a few more years and maybe he needs ljubicic-like time to get his head together. Maybe his peak wasn't his great 2004...perhaps it's yet to come in a few years, like ivan's did.
Posted by: federated | June 28, 2006 at 11:25 AM
well, the main event's about to start! Federer Henman! Bring it ON.
Posted by: federated | June 28, 2006 at 11:33 AM
Poor Feli...I was really rooting for him. I thought he would win it for sure after saving that first mp at 4-5 in the fifth. Unfortunately I was watching the Nalbie-Clement match while it was going on so I don't know what happened at the end of Ljubo-Feli. Can I just say?:
ESPN sucks (they're showing Roddick-Tipsarevic! instead of Rajah vs. da Hen)
WimblyLive rocks (I can watch whatever I want and no annoying Mary Carillo, Enberg, or Cliffy)
Yeah WimblyLive! Best $20 I've spent all summer. Addicting as he** though.
Posted by: momofan | June 28, 2006 at 12:01 PM
I'm a terrible American, I'm rooting for Tipsarevic.
Posted by: federated | June 28, 2006 at 12:06 PM
Is anyone else having trouble with the streaming of the Fed-Hen match? Mine keeps rebuffering and then playing for a couple of seconds and then rebuffering again. Weird...
Posted by: momofan | June 28, 2006 at 12:08 PM