July 11, 20177 yr Heavy rain in SW19 just like for us here in E. London, from early afternoon right until tomorrow morning. So only Centre Court with the roof will be playable. They can play until 11pm but have to stop then due to LA rules.
July 11, 20177 yr Author It'll be good to see matches being played under the roof today. If it rained all day, it most likely will affect the schedules for Wednesday. I really do think yesterday Kerber v Muguruza should have played on Centre Court or Court 1. Only two of the six matches that were on the showcourts were from the women's fourth round draw. I know fully well that Federer, Murray (of course) and Nadal, Djokovic are on show courts all of the time. But if it is a match where the Big Four will breeze through against their opponent then surely they could play on Court 2.
July 11, 20177 yr Author Order of play on Centre Court: Adrian Mannarino v Novak Djokovic (12:00 BST start) Venus Williams v Jelena Ostapenko Johanna Konta v Simona Halep Court One Garbine Muguruza v Svetlana Kuznetsova (from 13:00 BST) Magdalena Rybarikova v Coco Vandeweghe It would be an great achievement if Konta goes through to the semi-finals. She has beaten Halep at Eastbourne. She's got a golden opportunity, can see this going to three sets. I think Venus Williams will just beat Ostapenko, Muguruza to beat Kuznetsova and Vandeweghe. This is probably the first time some of these completing in the quarters will play on a show court in this tournament.
July 11, 20177 yr It would be an great achievement if Konta goes through to the semi-finals. She has beaten Halep at Eastbourne. She's got a golden opportunity, can see this going to three sets. You were right, she's done it! What a game.
July 11, 20177 yr Amazing match & fantastic achievement for Konta. I'd say Halep was the hardest to play left in the draw so that's a huge hurdle conquered, but the way Venus has been playing it should be an similarly tough match.
July 11, 20177 yr It'll be good to see matches being played under the roof today. If it rained all day, it most likely will affect the schedules for Wednesday. I really do think yesterday Kerber v Muguruza should have played on Centre Court or Court 1. Only two of the six matches that were on the showcourts were from the women's fourth round draw. I know fully well that Federer, Murray (of course) and Nadal, Djokovic are on show courts all of the time. But if it is a match where the Big Four will breeze through against their opponent then surely they could play on Court 2. I've seen this debate recently quite a bit - we are in an era of Mens tennis where those 4 are on another level in terms of achievements and consistency. I'm all for gender equality, but you put the big games on the show courts. Amazing from Konta, really happy for her. Gives herself a great shot at winning the Championship now.
July 11, 20177 yr Author I agree we are still with the best four players we've seen in the modern era and yes they'll be on show courts until they retire. I would have put that big match yesterday on the show court. Fantastic composed gritty performance from Konta again. It's never dull when she plays by a long way. Looking forward to her and Venus Williams in the semis.
July 11, 20177 yr I saw the end of the second set of Konta's match and then rejoined it a few games into the final set. A very good performance by her. Once she got the crucial break of serve she cruised through her remaining service games with relative ease.
July 11, 20177 yr Author Rybarikova through to the semis as well. Lowest ranked player through to the semis in 9 years was ranked 337th back in March.
July 12, 20177 yr Author Order of Play: Centre Court: Andy Murray v Sam Querrey Milos Raonic v Roger Federer Court 1: Giles Muller v Marin Cilic Tomas Berdych v Novak Djokovic Predictions: Murray to win in 4 sets. Federer to win in an deciding set against Raonic. Cilic to win in 4 sets Djokovic to win in straight sets against Berdych.
July 12, 20177 yr Wow! I'm shocked. I thought Andy Murray would win the title again. I guess it's between Federer and Djokovic now!
July 12, 20177 yr Pfft, this whole tournament has been a complete shambles with regards to injuries...
July 12, 20177 yr Djokovic out injured... Federer V Berdych semi Cilic V Querrey other... Federer getting another wimbledon title
July 12, 20177 yr Federer could easily be no.1 by the Autumn now with the Aussie Open,Indian Wells and Miami already won. The womens tournament has been far more interesting. I hoping we'll have a British winner on Saturday.
July 12, 20177 yr Author It'll be quite a task against Venus Williams if Venus plays like she did in her quarter final match.
July 12, 20177 yr Fair play to Venus what age is she now - 35? Federer the same - he's favourite now but I'm not sure if it'll all go to plan - would love him to win it!!
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