2014 Wimbledon

[Sir David Gray]

Getting in first this time!

The draw is made tomorrow for this year's Wimbledon and Andy Murray comes into the tournament as the defending champion.

The only other time he's started a Grand Slam as the defending champion was the US Open last year where he lost to Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarter finals.

As the number three seed at Wimbledon this year, he'll be hoping to do a bit better than that considering he can't meet Djokovic, Nadal or Federer until the semi finals.

It will be interesting to see how Rafael Nadal does this year after only winning one match in his previous two Wimbledons and Roger Federer will also be hoping to do better than his second round defeat last year.

Hope it's another great tournament. There's something special about the Wimbledon fortnight, it's one of my favourite times of the whole year so hopefully we'll be in for a lot of fantastic tennis with plenty of excitement and drama.

Roll on Monday.

[Sir David Gray]

Murray to play David Goffin in round one on Monday.

[Sir David Gray]

Murray's route to defending his title, if it goes with seeding;

Round one - David Goffin
Round two - Pablo Andujar
Round three - Roberto Bautista Agut
Round four - Fabio Fognini
Quarter finals - David Ferrer
Semi finals - Novak Djokovic
Final - Rafael Nadal

I wouldn't be surprised if David Ferrer loses before the quarter finals and he ends up playing Grigor Dimitrov instead.

[Sir David Gray]

Order of play on Centre Court on day 1;

1pm start

Andy Murray v David Goffin
Paula Kania v Li Na
Novak Djokovic v Andrey Golubev

Other British interest tomorrow will be;

Dan Evans v Andrey Kuznetsov on about 2:30pm on Court Two.
James Ward v Mikhail Youzhny on about 1pm on Court Three.
Johanna Konta v Shuai Peng on at 11:30am on Court Twelve.
Kyle Edmund v Andreas Haider-Maurer on about 2:30pm on Court Twelve.
Daniel Cox v Jeremy Chardy on about 1pm on Court Eighteen.
Naomi Broady v Timea Babos on about 2:30pm on Court Sixteen.

[heretoday]

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Order of play on Centre Court on day 1;

1pm start

Andy Murray v David Goffin
Paula Kania v Li Na
Novak Djokovic v Andrey Golubev

Other British interest tomorrow will be;

Dan Evans v Andrey Kuznetsov on about 2:30pm on Court Two.
James Ward v Mikhail Youzhny on about 1pm on Court Three.
Johanna Konta v Shuai Peng on at 11:30am on Court Twelve.
Kyle Edmund v Andreas Haider-Maurer on about 2:30pm on Court Twelve.
Daniel Cox v Jeremy Chardy on about 1pm on Court Eighteen.
Naomi Broady v Timea Babos on about 2:30pm on Court Sixteen.

Thanks. Good work!

[Sir David Gray]

Johanna Konta having a great tussle against Shuai Peng at the moment.

Konta is serving at 4-5 in the first set and this game alone has lasted around 15 minutes!

[heretoday]

I am getting that Murray mania again. He is a hard man to follow. His first serve is so unreliable.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

I don't think so. In my opinion only too, perhaps one or two will concur though.

[Sir David Gray]

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Nadal will win wimbers...fact, end of etc etc











* imo of course :)

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I don't think so. In my opinion only too, perhaps one or two will concur though.

My money's on Djokovic this year.

I think Nadal will probably get to the final as he doesn't really face much opposition in his half of the draw, with the possible exception of Federer, but I don't see him beating Nadal over five sets.

PS-Murray's third on Centre Court tomorrow so should be on around 4:30pm.

[Hiber-nation]

So easy again for Andy

[Sir David Gray]

Another quick match for Murray tonight and safely into the last 16.

He now plays Kevin Anderson on Monday.

Novak Djokovic is also through to the second week after a straight sets victory over Gilles Simon, although he fell awkwardly and hurt himself.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are on Centre Court tomorrow.

Looking forward to it!

[Sir David Gray]

Rafael Nadal loses the first set for the third match in a row in this year's Championships.

7-6 to Mikhail Kukushkin.

Not much happening elsewhere at the moment due to bad weather so the roof is closed on Centre Court.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Ana Ivanovic looking well as per usual! Lisicki too. :-)

[Sir David Gray]

Murray on easy street.

Two sets up on Kevin Anderson right now.

Looking good for a quarter final place against either Grigor Dimitrov or Leonardo Mayer on Wednesday.

[Sir David Gray]

Murray wins 6-4 6-3 7-6.

Another straight sets victory and another quarter final place in a Grand Slam.

Come on, Andy.

[cabbageandribs1875]

poor Maria


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/28110180


i don't normally watch any tennis until the final anyway was Miss Sharapova one of them screamer types can't be bothered with the screamers/grunters (not at tennis anyway)

[Sir David Gray]

Just seen shot of the year from Nick Kyrgios out on Centre Court against Nadal.

40-0 down, he just decided to open his legs and play the ball between his legs.

Stunning!

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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poor Maria


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/28110180


i don't normally watch any tennis until the final anyway was Miss Sharapova one of them screamer types can't be bothered with the screamers/grunters (not at tennis anyway)

What a racket she makes, pardon the pun! Kerber fully deserved her win as did Lisicki a wee bit earlier on.

[Hibee87]

Wow...hold serve, at least, and one massive Wimbledon shock

[Hibee87]

Stunning, dont think ive seen bigger shock at Wimbledon

[Speedy]

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Stunning, dont think ive seen bigger shock at Wimbledon

I think Rosol beating Nadal was bigger shock.

It's a shock but Kyrgios is young, highly rated and had already beaten Gasquet.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Wow! What a hammering Murray took in that first set, 6-1 Dimitrov.

[J-C]

No Wimbledon win this year if he plays like this, he's being hammered.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Murray goes a break down in set 2 3-4, he's having a nightmare here!

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Back on serve, 4-4.

[Pretty Boy]

Djokovic, Federer, Murray and Wawrinka will all be doing a wee jig right now.

Fantastic that an unseeded player will be in the semi finals.

[Sir David Gray]

Outstanding performance by Nick Kyrgios and definitely deserved that win.

It will be interesting to see if he can get himself mentally prepared for his match tomorrow against Milos Raonic.

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Djokovic, Federer, Murray and Wawrinka will all be doing a wee jig right now.

Fantastic that an unseeded player will be in the semi finals.

Kyrgios is the only unseeded player left in the draw.

[Sir David Gray]

Touch of class by Nadal at the end though by staying behind to walk off the court alongside Kyrgios and then signing autographs.

Fantastic champion.

[Sergey]

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Djokovic, Federer, Murray and Wawrinka will all be doing a wee jig right now.

Fantastic that an unseeded player will be in the semi finals.

Not quite true - Kyrigios is only in the quarter final and now plays the 8th seed for a place in the semi.

The other players are seeded 1 - 3 - 5 - 11 - 4 - 26

[Pretty Boy]

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Not quite true - Kyrigios is only in the quarter final and now plays the 8th seed for a place in the semi.

The other players are seeded 1 - 3 - 5 - 11 - 4 - 26

Yep totally misread.

Did think it was odd that Raonic was unseeded (or so I thought).