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    Wimbledon

    Day One

    In the men's draw there were no problems for Roger Federer starting the defence of his title for the 5th consecutive year. He saw off Dominik Hrbaty 6-3 6-2 6-2. Hrbaty actually went into today's match with a 100% record against Federer having won both of their previous two meetings.

    World number three Novak Djokovic was made to work a little bit harder for his win. He eventually progressed 7-5 2-6 6-3 6-0 against the German world number 91 Michael Berrer.

    Former champion Lleyton Hewitt had a marathon match against Dutchman Robin Haase, the Aussie came through in 5 sets, 6-7 6-3 6-3 6-7 6-2.

    5th seed David Ferrer had a slightly easier win against Sergiy Stakhovsky. He won the first two sets before the Ukrainian had to retire when he was 3-1 up in the third set.

    Marcos Baghdatis won in 4 sets 6-3 6-2 6-7 6-3.

    Fernando Gonzalez beat Robby Ginepri in straight sets.

    Number 32 seed Michael Llodra is out after having to retire injured against Mario Ancic although he was already a break and 2 sets down.

    There were also wins today for Igor Andreev, Thomaz Bellucci, Olivier Rochus, Marc Gicquel, Thomas Johansson, Florent Serra, Feliciano Lopez, Albert Montanes, Victor Hanescu, Philipp Petzschner, Roko Karanusic, Marat Safin, Thomas Berdych, Stanislas Wawrinka, Bobby Reynolds, Andreas Seppi, Juan Martin Del Potro, Robin Soderling, Fernando Verdasco, Ilia Bozoljac, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Mischa Zverev and Simon Stadler who defeated 6ft 10in Croat Ivo Karlovic who had just won at Nottingham on Saturday.

    Unfortunately we lost the only British man in action, Alex Bogdanovic, today. He lost to Italian Simone Bolelli 6-7 6-4 3-6 6-7.

    However the shock of today and possibly the shock of the tournament came just a little while ago. Canadian Frank Dancevic, ranked 95 in the world, demolished former Wimbledon finalist and world number 7 David Nalbandian 6-4 6-2 6-4.

    In the women's draw world number one Ana Ivanovic hammered Paraguayan Rossana De Los Rios 6-1 6-2.

    Former champion Serena Williams also booked a place in round two beating Estonian Kaia Kanepi 7-5 6-3.

    Number 4 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova came back from a set down and then from 3-1 down in the final set to beat Mathilde Johansson 6-7 7-5 6-3.

    There were also wins for Nicole Vaidisova, Agnes Szavay and Anna Chakvetadze.

    However seeds Virginie Razzano, Patty Schnyder, Dominika Cibulkova, Alize Cornet and Maria Kirilenko.

    There was some joy for British number 4 Elena Baltacha who won 6-3 2-6 7-5. However the other British woman in action today, Melanie South went out to 28th seed Alona Bondarenko 6-3 6-7 6-4.

    In action tomorrow are Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Richard Gasquet, Andy Roddick, Nikolay Davydenko, James Blake, Chris Eaton and Jamie Baker in the mens.

    And in the womens Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic, Lindsay Davenport, Katie O'Brien and Anne Keothavong are all in action.


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    Seen a bit of Baltacha this afternoon. What she lacks in skill etc is more than made up for with her sheer determanation to win

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    Seen a bit of Baltacha this afternoon. What she lacks in skill etc is more than made up for with her sheer determanation to win
    She is an extremely gutsy young woman who deserves a bit of success. She has had unbelievable bad luck with injury. She's had severe problems with her back and a few years ago she had to battle liver damage.

    I wish all the best for the rest of the tournament.

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    Andy Murray was safely into the second round after a straight sets win over the veteran Fabrice Santoro 6-3 6-4 7-6. Murray will now face the Belgian Xavier Malisse who reached the semi finals in 2002.

    Rafael Nadal also won in straight sets German Andreas Beck 6-4 6-4 7-6.

    Former two time finalist Andy Roddick beat Argentinian Eduardo Schwank 7-5 6-4 7-6.

    Number 8 seed Richard Gasquet knocked out American Mardy Fish 6-3 6-4 6-2.

    Following David Nalbandian's shock defeat yesterday, another high profile exit was made today. World number four Nikolay Davydenko was beaten by Ben Becker in straight sets 6-4 6-4 6-4. And the 26th seed Ivan Ljubicic was knocked out in 5 sets by the Austrian Jurgen Melzer 6-4 7-6 4-6 2-6 6-3.

    There were mixed fortunes amongst the other Brits today. Jamie Baker was comfortably beaten by Italian Stefano Galvani 6-4 6-2 6-3. However world number 661 Chris Eaton defeated Boris Pashanski 6-3 7-6 6-4 and will now play Dmitry Tursunov in round two.

    There were also wins for James Blake, Tommy Haas, Marin Cilic, Agustin Calleri, Jesse Levine, Radek Stepanek, Nicolas Almagro, Jarkko Nieminen, Gilles Simon, Nicolas Kiefer, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Martin Vassallo Arguello, Rainer Schuettler, Jeremy Chardy, Arnaud Clement, Mikhail Youzhny, Ernests Gulbis, Sebastien Grosjean, Janko Tipsarevic, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Tommy Robredo and Viktor Troicki.

    In the women's draw Venus Williams overcame a tough opening set against Brit Naomi Cavaday to eventually seal a 7-6 6-1 victory.

    Number 3 seed Maria Sharapova hammered Stephanie Foretz 6-1 6-4.

    Number 2 seed Jelena Jankovic also won in straight sets beating Olga Savchuk 6-3 6-2.

    Former champion Lindsay Davenport had to battle hard to beat Renata Voracova 6-3 5-7 6-3.

    The other 2 British women in the draw had contrasting fortunes. Katie O'Brien was beaten in straight sets by the number 24th seed Shahar Peer. However British number one, Anne Keothavong progressed to round two by beating the American Vania King 4-6 6-2 6-3 and she will now face Venus Williams.

    Francesca Schiavone, Vera Zvonareva, Timea Bacsinszky, Alla Kudryavtseva, Emilie Loit, Aleksandra Wozniak, Daniela Hantuchova, Marina Erakovic, Nadia Petrova, Tamarine Tanasugarn, Sorana Cirstea, Carla Suarez Navarro, Monica Niculescu, Gisela Dulko, Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Dinara Safina, Sania Mirza, Sybille Bammer, Ai Sugiyama, Flavia Pennetta, Alisa Kleybanova, Su-Wei Hsieh, Julia Goerges, Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka, Mara Santangelo and Shuai Peng all went through to round two as well.

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    Djorkos on his way out

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    Quote Originally Posted by RubyHibee View Post
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    Djorkos on his way out
    Yep, Safin can beat anyone if he is in the mood.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimBHibees View Post
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    Yep, Safin can beat anyone if he is in the mood.

    Uhu. Hopefully not Murray if he pulls of a miracle against Nadal

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    Wasn't on yesterday so I've not been able to comment on the past 2 days of play.

    I thought I had seen the shock of the tournament when David Nalbandian went out in the 1st round...I was wrong.

    Yesterday Marat Safin, currently down in 75th place in the world rankings, beat Novak Djokovic, the number three seed, in straight sets. Djokovic was completely overwhelmed from start to finish and Safin totally deserved his victory.

    Another seed and another former world number one, Juan Carlos Ferrero, also went out yesterday after being forced to retire in the 3rd set against the German Mischa Zverev, although he was already 2 sets down.

    A third seed went out in the shape of Chilean Fernando Gonzalez. He lost against Italian Simone Bolelli 7-6 7-6 3-6 7-6.

    There was a routine victory for one seed though. Roger Federer comfortably saw off the Swede Robin Soderling 6-3 6-4 7-6.

    There were also wins yesterday for David Ferrer, Marcos Baghdatis, Lleyton Hewitt, Tomas Berdych, Marc Gicquel, Fernando Verdasco, Stanislas Wawrinka, Mario Ancic, Andreas Seppi, Simon Stadler, Feliciano Lopez and Bobby Reynolds.

    In the women's draw yesterday, another Brit fell at the second round stage. Elena Baltacha was comfortably beaten by Jie Zheng of China 6-2 7-5.

    Top seed Ana Ivanovic was made to work for her victory. After losing the first set on a tiebreak to Natalie Dechy of France, Ivanovic then faced two match points and on one of those points, she hit a net cord and fortunately for her, the ball dropped over. She then went on to win the second set in a tiebreak. There is no tiebreak in the final set anymore and Ivanovic eventually came through 6-7 7-6 10-8 after 3 hours and 24 minutes.

    Also through yesterday were Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anna Chakvetadze, Serena Williams, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Nicole Vaidisova, Agnieszka Radwanska, Agnes Szavay, Evgeniya Rodina, Marion Bartoli, Amelie Mauresmo, Bethanie Mattek, Antasia Palyuchenkova, Elena Dementieva, Casey Dellacqua and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.

    Today's play in the men's draw threw up one major shock with two time finalist Andy Roddick being knocked out by Serb Janko Tipsarevic who won 6-7 7-5 6-4 7-6.

    A number of other seeds were knocked out today as well. It wasn't a good day for the USA with number 9 seed James Blake being beaten by German Rainer Schuettler in 5 sets, 6-3 6-7 4-6 6-4 6-4. Spaniard Tommy Robredo was also knocked out by a German, Tommy Haas beating him in straight sets. Finn Jarkko Nieminen who was the 24th seed was knocked out by Marin Cilic in 5 sets. And Andy Murray's French Open conqueror Nicolas Almagro is out after losing to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in 5 sets.

    Number 2 seed Rafael Nadal was made to sweat by the young Latvian Ernests Gulbis. Rafa lost the first set but eventually came through 5-7 6-2 7-6 6-3 in what was described as a potential banana skin.

    However British hopes continued for another day after Andy Murray comfortably beat 2002 semi finalist Xavier Malisse 6-4 6-2 6-2. Murray now faces Tommy Haas in round three.

    Murray will have to do it all on his own for Britain though as world number 661 Chris Eaton is out. He was defeated by the Russian Dmitry Tursunov 7-6 6-2 6-4.

    Also through to round three are Richard Gasquet, Mikhail Youzhny, Nicolas Kiefer, Jurgen Melzer, Arnaud Clement, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Radek Stepanek and Gilles Simon.

    In the women's draw the biggest shock of the tournament so far is the exit of 2004 winner Maria Sharapova. She lost to her Russian compatriot Alla Kudryavtseva 6-2 6-4.

    There were a number of seeds knocked out today, most notably Daniela Hantuchova. The number 10 seed lost 3-6 6-4 1-6 to Alisa Kleybanova.

    Also out are Sania Mirza, Flavia Pennetta, Sybille Bammer and Vera Zvonareva. 1999 champion Lindsay Davenport picked up an injury in her 1st round match and was forced to pull out of the tournament. Her opponent Gisela Dulko received a bye into round three.

    British interest in the women's draw is all over at the second round stage as Anne Keothavong lost to 4 times champion Venus Williams 7-5 6-2. Number 3 seed Jelena Jankovic is also through after hammering Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1 6-3.

    Also through are Dinara Safina, Shahar Peer, Victoria Azarenka, Nadia Petrova, Marina Erakovic, Elena Dementieva and Caroline Wozniacki.

    So at the 3rd round stage the nationalities that make up the men's draw are as follows;

    France-5
    Germany-5
    Spain-5
    Russia-3
    Croatia-2
    Czech Republic-2
    Italy-2
    Switzerland-2
    Australia-1
    Austria-1
    Britain-1
    Cyprus-1
    Serbia-1
    USA-1

    And in the women's draw;

    Russia-9
    USA-3
    China-2
    Czech Republic-2
    France-2
    Serbia-2
    Spain-2
    Argentina-1
    Australia-1
    Belarus-1
    Denmark-1
    Hungary-1
    Israel-1
    Japan-1
    New Zealand-1
    Poland-1
    Thailand-1

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    WTF is going on with the Wimbers highlights at night ?
    As far as i can see , they are only on BBC HD.

    I used to like watching it at night
    I ended up watching brief highlights of the Murry match on tinternet as Wimbledon website wanted money
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    Watching the highlights on tv and the tennis was on and they said Andy Murray is from Scotland, where aboots in Scotland is he from???

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    Watching the highlights on tv and the tennis was on and they said Andy Murray is from Scotland, where aboots in Scotland is he from???
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    3rd round action from Friday and yesterday saw the following;

    Defending men's champion Roger Federer eased through to the last 16 after defeating Frenchman Marc Gicquel 6-3 6-3 6-1.

    5th seed David Ferrer is out after losing to Mario Ancic, who is still the last man to beat Federer at Wimbledon. The Croatian won 6-4 6-4 6-7 7-6.

    Lleyton Hewitt will face Roger Federer after he beat Italian Simone Bolelli 6-1 6-3 7-6.

    Former world number one Marat Safin is also safely into the last 16 after he beat Italian Andreas Seppi 7-6 3-6 7-6 6-4.

    Number 11 seed Tomas Berdych is out after losing to Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-4 6-4 6-0.

    Marcos Baghdatis progressed after defeating unseeded German Simon Stadler 7-6 6-4 6-2.

    Another German is also out, Mischa Zverev had to retire after the second set in his match with Stanislas Wawrinka, although the Swiss was already 2 sets up.

    The last surviving American in the men's draw went out in the 3rd round. Bobby Reynolds lost 4-6 5-7 6-4 4-6 to Feliciano Lopez.

    Yesterday Andy Murray continued his impressive form by beating Tommy Haas 6-4 6-7 6-3 6-2.

    World number two Rafael Nadal was in amazing form in defeating the German Nicolas Kiefer, 7-6 6-2 6-3.

    Richard Gasquet will face Andy Murray in the last 16 after he beat fellow Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-3 6-3 6-7 6-3.

    Serbian Janko Tipsarevic upset another seed, this time defeating Dmitry Tursunov 7-6 7-6 6-3.

    Mikhail Youzhny booked his place in the last 16 after the Russian defeated the Czech Radek Stepanek 7-5 6-7 6-4 6-7 6-3.

    There was some success for Germany in the third round after Rainer Schuettler beat Guillermo Garcia Lopez 6-2 6-3 6-4.

    Marin Cilic shocked the 14th seed Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-7 6-3 6-4 7-6.

    Finally Arnaud Clement defeated Austrian Jurgen Melzer 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4.

    In the women's 3rd round draw;

    Two times champion Serena Williams powered her way into the last 16 after hammering 2006 champion Amelie Mauresmo 7-6 6-1.

    Shock of the women's tournament so far, top seed, newly crowned French Open Champion and world number one Ana Ivanovic is out. She was sent packing by the small Chinese player Jie Zheng after being hammered 6-1 6-4.

    Number 4 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova had no such worries. She hammered Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-2 6-4.

    Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3 6-2.

    Anna Chakvetadze beat Evgeniya Rodina 6-4 6-3.

    Last year's finalist Marion Bartoli suffered a surprise defeat to American Bethanie Mattek 6-4 6-1.

    Hungarian Agnes Szavay went the distance in her match against Anabel Medina Garrigues, eventually winning 7-6 2-6 6-2.

    18th seed Nicole Vaidisova beat Australian Casey Dellacqua 6-2 6-4.

    2nd seed Jelena Jankovic overcame a knee injury and feisty 17 year old Caroline Wozniacki to progress 2-6 6-4 6-2.

    4 times winner Venus Williams hammered Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-1 7-5.

    Elena Dementieva beat Gisela Dulko 7-6 7-5.


    Nadia Petrova won 2 tie breaks to win her match against Victoria Azarenka.

    French Open finalist Dinara Safina lost out to Israeli Shahar Peer 5-7 7-6 6-8.

    Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn beat New Zealander Marina Erakovic 4-6 6-4 6-4.

    Maria Sharapova's conqueror Alla Kudryavtseva beat Shuai Peng of China 6-3 1-6 6-4.

    And Alisa Kleybanova beat Japan's Ai Sugiyama 6-4 6-4.

    All that means that the men's last 16 draw looks like this;

    Roger Federer (Swi) v Lleyton Hewitt (Aus)
    Fernando Verdasco (Spa) v Mario Ancic (Cro)
    Marat Safin (Rus) v Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi)
    Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) v Feliciano Lopez (Spa)
    Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) v Rainer Schuettler (Ger)
    Marin Cilic (Cro) v Arnaud Clement (Fra)
    Richard Gasquet (Fra) v Andy Murray (GBR)
    Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) v Rafael Nadal (Spa)

    And the women's last 16 draw;

    Jie Zheng (Chn) v Agnes Szavay (Hun)
    Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) v Anna Chakvetadze (Rus)
    Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) v Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol)
    Bethanie Mattek (USA) v Serena Williams (USA)
    Elena Dementieva (Rus) v Shahar Peer (Isr)
    Nadia Petrova (Rus) v Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus)
    Venus Williams (USA) v Alisa Kleybanova (Rus)
    Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) v Jelena Jankovic (Ser)

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    How good is Ancic Verdasco the now! Come on Mario

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    Quote Originally Posted by RubyHibee View Post
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    How good is Ancic Verdasco the now! Come on Mario
    Very good

    I dont understand how the score can be 10-9 in games though
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    You must win the set by 2 games and they just keep winning their own service game. Need one of them to break the serve of the other

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fife-Hibee View Post
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    You must win the set by 2 games and they just keep winning their own service game. Need one of them to break the serve of the other
    Then how come when that happens they normally play a tie break?
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    Quote Originally Posted by hibby19 View Post
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    Then how come when that happens they normally play a tie break?
    Not if it's the final set.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peevemor View Post
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    Not if it's the final set.
    ok cheers
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    Is there some sort of backlash against Murray ??

    Lots of 'C'mon Richard' shouts.

    Is it cause his name aint Tim nice but dim ? Or just because he's actually half decent

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    Quote Originally Posted by hibby19 View Post
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    Very good

    I dont understand how the score can be 10-9 in games though

    Because there is no tie break in the final set. They keep playing until a player wins by two games.

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    Quote Originally Posted by the_ginger_hibee View Post
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    Is there some sort of backlash against Murray ??

    Lots of 'C'mon Richard' shouts.

    Is it cause his name aint Tim nice but dim ? Or just because he's actually half decent

    Jealous English twats.

    Come on Murray - getting pumped here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RubyHibee View Post
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    Jealous English twats.

    Come on Murray - getting pumped here.
    And just warned for swearing. That'll be the old failing coming back again. Can't keep a lid on it when things are going against him.

    McEnroe is spot on when he says that Murray can't channel his anger in a positive manner. It starts to eat him up and he falls away.

    Would love to see him turn this around but coming back from 2 sets down against an opponent who he's never beaten is a big ask.

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    Just won the 3rd set, game on

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    is it the winner of this match that plays nadal?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bairn View Post
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    is it the winner of this match that plays nadal?
    Think so, 2 sets each at the moment, Murray a game up in the 3rd.

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    This is some game

    EDIT - "match"

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    Quote Originally Posted by PC Stamp View Post
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    And just warned for swearing. That'll be the old failing coming back again. Can't keep a lid on it when things are going against him.

    McEnroe is spot on when he says that Murray can't channel his anger in a positive manner. It starts to eat him up and he falls away.

    Would love to see him turn this around but coming back from 2 sets down against an opponent who he's never beaten is a big ask.

    And he answered the call. Well done AM.

    (can't see him beating Nadal though )

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    And he answered the call. Well done AM.

    (can't see him beating Nadal though )
    Absolutely. He was magnificent from the point Gasquet had 5-4 in the 3rd.

    Have to say GIRUY to that moaning French erse BTW. He was in the press all over the weekend saying that he wouldn't mind being the villain and shutting the "home" support up yet as soon as Murray started getting the upper hand he was moaning about the crowd to the umpire.

    The umpire rightly said that he couldn't do anything about the crowd making a noise between points!

    You want to wind the punters up beforehand then be prepared to take back it when it goes against you.

    You're right ... Nadal will be a tough nut, particularly after that 5 setter ... but ....

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    Well what an absolutely stunning comeback by Andy Murray last night. I had to go out last night and left early in the third set and it did not look like the match had long left.

    When I heard it was two sets all I was amazed and then when I heard he had managed to win it was just incredible.

    I thought he was unlucky to lose the first set as it really could have gone either way and some of his shots to save several set points were just incredible. The second set started poorly for Murray and he seemed to lose his focus although he did start to come back into it a little bit by the end although it was too late to save the set.

    It looked as if the third set was going to be close but I thought Gasquet would just do enough to see it through, even although my original pre-match prediction was for Murray to win it 5 sets.

    I saw the highlights of the rest of the match last night and Murray's winning shot to win the third set tie-break is one of the best shots you will ever see on a tennis court. He had no right to win that point, Gasquet had played a great shot to force Murray so far out wide that he almost ended up in the crowd and how he got his racquet to it, never mind played a winning shot, I will never know.

    He now has a simple match tomorrow against Rafael Nadal in the 1/4 finals . I hear the forecast down there tomorrow is not good so hopefully his match may be delayed and maybe even put back to Thursday to give him time to recover as there is no doubt that must have taken a lot out of him last night and he will have to play at his absolute best if he is to have any chance of beating Nadal.

    Meanwhile in the rest of yesterday's play;

    Roger Federer saw off the challenge of Lleyton Hewitt to win 7-6 6-2 6-4.
    Marat Safin continued his excellent run by knocking out 13th seed Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-1.
    Rafael Nadal will face Andy Murray after the world number two beat Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-3 6-1.
    Rainer Schuettler continues to surprise everyone with his run to the 1/4 finals as he defeated Janko Tipsarevic 6-4 3-6 6-4 7-6.
    Mario Ancic will now face defending champion Roger Federer after he beat Spaniard Fernando Verdasco from 2 sets down. He won 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 13-11.
    Arnaud Clement booked his place in the 1/4 finals after beating unseeded Croat Marin Cilic 6-3 7-5 6-2.
    Feliciano Lopez shocked the 10th seed Marcos Baghdatis by winning 5-7 6-2 3-6 7-6 8-6.

    In the women's last 16 draw;

    4th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova was knocked out by Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska 4-6 6-1 5-7.
    Nicole Vaidisova beat the 8th seed Anna Chakvetadze 4-6 7-6 6-3.
    There were no problems for 6th seed and former champion Serena Williams. She defeated fellow American Bethanie Mattek 6-3 6-3.
    And 7th seed and defending champion Venus Williams also wasted little time in beating Russian Alisa Kleybanova 6-3 6-4.
    Unseeded Jie Zheng continued her impressive form by knocking out 15th seed Agnes Szavay 6-3 6-4.
    In the all Russian affair, Nadia Petrova knocked out Alla Kudryavtseva 6-1 6-4.
    5th seed Elena Dementieva is now the highest ranked female left at the 1/4 final stage after she beat Israeli Shahar Peer 6-2 6-1.
    And 2nd seed Jelena Jankovic appeared to still be suffering the effects of her injury in the previous round as she was beaten 6-3 6-2 by Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn.

    So far today on Women's Quarter Finals day;

    5th seed Elena Dementieva eventually saw off Nadia Petrova. Despite being a set and 5-1 up, Dementieva lost the second set on a tie break but eventually came through 6-3 in the third.

    She will play Venus Williams in the semi finals after she beat Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4 6-3.

    The other two 1/4 finals are still ongoing-Serena Williams has just taken the first set 6-4 against Agnieszka Radwanska. Meanwhile it is a set all between Jie Zheng and Nicole Vaidisova. It is currently 1-1 in the final set.
    Last edited by Sir David Gray; 01-07-2008 at 03:39 PM.

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