1. Novak Djokovic v Tomas Berdych Novak Djokovic The final two matches to grace a frantic and frenetic Magic Monday finished at almost exactly the same time as Novak Djokovic and Tomas Berdych confirmed their places in a quarter-final clash. Djokovic has looked fantastic through his first four matches and overcame a few obstacles including…
1.Sabine Lisicki v Kaia Kanepi Sabine Lisicki Wow… I wrote in my preview yesterday that Sabine Lisicki was one of the few players who I felt had the belief to challenge Serena and boy did she show that today. Lisicki produced a sensational performance to come from a break down in the third set to…
Sabine Lisicki There will be a post later tonight to preview tomorrow’s womens quarter-finals, but I just had to post something now as we saw the BIGGEST shock of this crazy 2013 Wimbledon tournament as Sabine Lisicki upset the world number one and defending champion, Serena Williams in a sensational 4th round match. It is…
1. Serena Williams v Sabine Lisicki Serena Williams Serena Williams will face her biggest test of the Championships so far against Sabine Lisicki. The former Wimbledon semi-finalist made a slow start to her third round match with Sam Stosur, but improved with each set to post a 4-6 6-2 6-1 win. Lisicki really struggled on…
1. Novak Djokovic v Tommy Haas Novak Djokovic The star of the mens 4th round line-up will see a repeat of a Roland Garros quarter-final between Novak Djokovic and Tommy Haas. On that occasion, Haas had exerted a lot of energy, most of it in a third round epic against John Isner, but this time…
1. Sabine Lisicki v Sam Stosur Sabine Lisicki During the first two rounds, you would be hard pushed to find anyone who played better than Sabine Lisicki. The 2011 Wimbledon semi-finalist blitzed past Francesca Schiavone, 6-1 6-2 in the first round and then lost just one more game to the Eastbourne champion, Elena Vesnina in…
1. Petra Kvitova v Ekaterina Makarova Petra Kvitova Black Wednesday, as it was so aptly coined, saw a wave of shocks and withdrawals, which has certainly weakened Friday’s schedule. The highlight in the womens draw features Petra Kvitova, who remains the one player who can save the integrity of the bottom half. She played flawless…
I’m still shocked at Day 3, but here are my picks for Day 4… 1. Li Na v Simona Halep Li Na Li Na takes on the in-form Simona Halep in an enticing second round Wimbledon clash that has been shockingly carted out to court 3. Halep was having a pretty abysmal year up until…
Wow Wow Wow… Roger Federer Since I have started following tennis, I have never witnessed a day like today at Wimbledon. I thought that Maria Sharapova‘s exit to Michelle Larcher de Brito in straight sets over on court 2 was the biggest shock of the year, but that was totally trumped as Roger Federer suffered…
Firstly a big thumbs up to Laura Robson today who produced a fantastic performance to stun Maria Kirilenko, 6-3 6-4. I did not see that one coming particularly as Robson’s form of late has not been great, but she played a stunning match and has an opening in her section of the draw. Let’s now…
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