Lisicki won't go further than the fourth round I wouldn't think. Too flaky. Kerber on the other hand could be good for QFs. Kerber <3

 

Given Halep's out (surprised at that btw) Lisicki looks like the best shot from that bracket for quarter-finals now, admittedly the others I don't know and presumably Bacsinsky will be tough coming off her French Open run in the third round but I'll call Sabine for quarters this time.

 

Gonna properly start watching this tomorrow, it has been too long.

Kerber is on a roll this year, only had 2 titles and she now has 5, she collected the last three this years. They're all Premier titles ! She won against Lisicki on grass last week so, Sabine has to step it up.

 

Not entirely surprised Halep is out, not smart to ditch your coach just before Wimbly.

 

Venus will draw her younger sister the fourth round! I would like see Venus win this again, but she'll pull out before the fourth round or she'll lose to Serena.

Kerber is on a roll this year, only had 2 titles and she now has 5, she collected the last three this years. They're all Premier titles ! She won against Lisicki on grass last week so, Sabine has to step it up.

 

Not entirely surprised Halep is out, not smart to ditch your coach just before Wimbly.

 

Venus will draw her younger sister the fourth round! I would like see Venus win this again, but she'll pull out before the fourth round or she'll lose to Serena.

 

She'll only pull out because of her disease though, she'll more than likely lose in straight sets to Serena if she even gets to the fourth round.

 

Going to try and make an effort to get to all four grand slams over the next year or two.

Great win for Heather Watson by beating former Top5 player Hantuchova in straight sets. She'll most likely play Serena in the third round.

 

Warwinka comfortably through in straight sets.

 

Sixth seed Ana Ivanovic is out after losing in straight sets to World No158 Bethanie Mattek-Sands so her boyfriend Bastian Schweinstiger didn't help Ana today.

 

 

Today's Show Court Ties

 

Centre Court (starting 1:00pm)

 

Christina McHale (USA) v Sabine Lisicki (GER) [18]

Sam Querrey (USA) v Roger Federer (SUI) [2]

Dustin Brown (GER) v Rafael Nadal (ESP) [10]

 

No.1 Court (starting 1:00pm)

 

Robin Haase (NED) v Andy Murray (GBR) [3]

Kurumi Nara (JPN) v Petra Kvitova (CZE) [2]

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [13] v Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP)

 

No.2 Court (starting 11:30am)

 

James Ward (GBR) v Jiri Vesely (CZE)

Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [13] v Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)

Tomas Berdych (CZE) [6] v Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

 

No.3 Court (starting 11:30am)

 

Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) [8] v Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)

Blaz Kavcic (SLO) v Gilles Simon (FRA) [12]

Gael Monfils (FRA) [18] v Adrian Mannarino (FRA)

 

Court 12 (starting 11:30am)

 

Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [5] v Denisa Allertova (CZE)

Vasek Pospisil (CAN) v Fabio Fognini (ITA) [30]

Viktor Troicki (SRB) [22] v Aljaz Bedene (GBR)

 

Court 18 (starting 11:30am)

 

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) v Angelique Kerber (GER) [10]

Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) [15] v Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)

Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [28] v Evgeniya Rodina (RUS)

Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) v Ivo Karlovic (CRO) [23]

Dustin Brown on Centre *.*

Andy Murray has comprehensively beaten Robin Haase 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 to progress to the third round.

 

Joining Murray and yesterday's winner Heather Watson as the British hopefuls in round 3 is James Ward, who beat a player ranked 66 played above him. He battled past Jiří Veselý 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-3.

 

Aljaz Bedene plays last on court 12 as he bids to make it four British players into round three.

I was very nervous during Lisicki's match, especially when McHale was a set and a break up, and also when it was 4-4 in that second set knowing a break now for McHale would effectively win it for her! Luckily Lisicki's quality showed in the final set :cheer:

Dustin Brown is not disappointing. This has to be one of the most entertaining matches in ages?

Dustin Brown is not disappointing. This has to be one of the most entertaining matches in ages?

 

I remember him wiping the floor with Leyton Hewitt 2 years ago so he can definitely play with the best.

 

Also Nadal hasn't got past the 2nd round in 3 years so I'd say Brown is the favourite here.

 

Edit: Ok, so he actually made the Quarters last year (didn't watch it), I would love a unprecedented Nadal/Federer revival & grudge match :)

Edited July 2, 201510 yr by Dobbo

I god, I just hope Venus just wins her match tomorrow.

Lisicki's match was great to watch but it took far too long for her to warm up, if she keeps doing stuff like that she'll really be in trouble.

 

Interesting to see Nadal out again. I've never really been a fan of him but it's a bit sad to see him not even contending.

Injuries have f***ed Nadal up big time. At his peak I think he was better than Federer and Djokovic.

 

The 2008 final between Nadal and Federer was amazing.

The 2008 final was epic. I don't think there'll be one like it for a while.

Injuries have f***ed Nadal up big time. At his peak I think he was better than Federer and Djokovic.

 

The 2008 final between Nadal and Federer was amazing.

 

TBF, he's done well to last as long as he has, with his game being so physical. I remember even back in 2007-08, the commentators were saying he wouldn't have much longevity because his game always put so much pressure on his knees.

 

I think he might have another French Open in him because he can win on clay even when way below his best, but his days of winning on the quicker surfaces are surely gone for good.

 

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I wonder if Heather Watson will even get 5 games against Serena tomorrow.

Edited July 2, 201510 yr by Danny

The fourth year in a row that Nadal has been knocked out by a player outside the world Top100 in the rankings. It's a shame to see the decline of Nadal.

TODAY'S SHOW COURT MATCHES

 

CENTRE COURT (1:00PM)

 

Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [11] v Richard Gasquet (FRA) [21]

Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] v Bernard Tomic (AUS) [27]

Serena Williams (USA) [1] v Heather Watson (GBR)

 

NO.1 COURT (1:00PM)

 

Stan Wawrinka (SUI) [4] v Fernando Verdasco (ESP)

Maria Sharapova (RUS) [4] v Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) [29]

Marin Cilic (CRO) [9] v John Isner (USA) [17]

 

NO.2 COURT (12:15PM)

 

Nick Kyrgios (AUS) [26] v Milos Raonic (CAN) [7]

Sloane Stephens (USA) v Lucie Safarova (CZE) [6]

Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) v Venus Williams (USA) [16]

 

NO.3 COURT (12:15PM)

 

Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) v David Goffin (BEL) [16]

Coco Vandeweghe (USA) v Samantha Stosur (AUS) [22]

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) v Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [23]

Bob Bryan (USA)/Mike Bryan (USA) [1] v Steve Johnson (USA)/Sam Querrey (USA)

 

COURT 12 (12:15PM)

 

Garbine Muguruza (ESP)/Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) [6] v Cara Black (ZIM)/Lisa Raymond (USA)

Leonardo Mayer (ARG) [24] v Kevin Anderson (RSA) [14]

Zarina Diyas (KAZ) v Andrea Petkovic (GER) [14]

 

COURT 18 (12:15PM)

 

Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)/Flavia Pennetta (ITA) [7] v Margarita Gasparyan (RUS)/Alexandra Panova (RUS)

Belinda Bencic (SUI) [30] v Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)

Denis Kudla (USA) v Santiago Giraldo (COL)

Philipp Oswald (AUT)/Belinda Bencic (SUI) v Dominic Inglot (GBR)/Elina Svitolina (UKR)

Thanks again Gage for doing this.

 

Looking forward today to see Djokovic v Tomic and seeing how Heather Watson gets on against Serena Williams.

 

Currently watching Kyrgios v Raonic.

 

 

A sensational set there for Heather against Serena, whatever happens now that was an incredible moment for her. Keep going Heather!