In the only men's match to have taken the court, Ferrero is currently leading 7-5, 5-3 against Tipsarevic. I thought an extra couple of days to recover from three five-setters in a row would be good for the Serb, but the Spaniard's experience and confidence appears to be doing the job for him.

Can there be a more abysmal match-up than Federer v Ferrero at Wimbledon? Sigh. At least if Tipsarevic went through it would give us something different to look at in terms of a contest, even if Federer dealt him a drubbing in Davis Cup in their only encounter. The storyline if nothing else of a second Serb in the quarters of the men's draw would make it worthwhile.

come on tipsarevic....... :pray: I agree with you Manzi - really don't want Fed to play Ferrero in the quarters - dear god, how dull? :unsure:

Hmm Fererro vs Fed has been a rather common match of late.....

But still I'm a bit dissappointed with this match, I expected more but JCF is just dominating.

Actually, Ferrero has played Federer before on grass, at Wimbledon, and gave him a decent match. I actually rate Ferrero better on faster surfaces these days than I do on clay. Ferrero's playing well here, and won't be a pushover for Federer...

I remember that match ,Ferrero played a great baseline game but in the end Fed.was too good ..

Yes, wasn't that in 2005? Good match, good match. Rating Ferrero more on grass than on clay is a wee bit going far to me, he still shows results on the red dirt. He's capable of performing on every single surface, really, unlike many of his compatriots (although there are signs of progress).

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: YAY Ferrero wins!!!!!!



:( :( :( :( Tipsarevic lost.....

You should have been prepared for this moment, Poshguy.

I'm chuffed to see JCF do well at least, and Federer would have had an easy path through against either opponent; given how the Spaniard has played this week there should still be good tennis on offer in their match, or so I'm hoping.

Sorry to see Tipsarevic go out in three especially with his mini-fightback from a break down to take the the third set to a tiebreaker and play it closely to 5-all, but he can still be proud of his run here which has put him a bit more firmly on the map and will see him approach the Top 40. I'm just thrilled that at least one more men's match has been completed without fuss! Nadal can conceivably find himself out there tomorrow STILL playing against Soderling if he lets it go past 5-all, although at this rate he may not even get on court today anyhow. He must have replayed that narrow forehand miss wide on match point in his head dozens of times by now.

There is something wrong with the weather people at Wimbledon. It has been dry for well over an hour and still no play going on!!!!

Are they waiting for rain to start play? They shoudl be must swifter in turning back to play. There is a lot of dry patches wasted out there.

2 brilliant documentaries on the beeb today.

First was 'The making of Maria' have seen this a couple times now but iI love it because she comes accross as such a nice person, I mean she always interviews well and is a pretty funny lass, but it also reminds you of how a much a fariytale her story was.


And the changing of the guard one was also good, but it did remind me why I prefer baseline tennis to S &V. Watching Sampras smack a serve and put a volley away gets incredibly tedious.....

How many times has play been interupted today ? Must be a record ! :rolleyes:
Hewitt and Canas are warming up -again .

apparently they'd been warned of more heavy rain to come and didn't want to get the players out to warm up, only to turn around and send them away again. but, I guess the rain didn't come this time....

*looks out of window*

oooh...it's here instead. And i forgot to bring my umbrella to work :angry:

We had thunder and lighting in Sunny Crawley about 10 mins ago....as long as it stays here please, for once I don't mind. :pray: :pray:

CMON NADALLY :clap: :yahoo: :clap: :yahoo:

Wahaaaayyyyyyy here they come. :clap:

Mind you, looking at the live stream there is a HUGE black cloud looming in the background :o

and hewitt has - finally - beaten Canas is 4 sets :o they seem to have been playing that match forever......

and Daydenko has beaten Monfils in straight sets :huh:

Yes I too thought that match had gone on for ever....they had much more court time than Nadal has had so far. :rolleyes:

Well done Hewitt :clap:

did Nadal just lose his serve??? :angry:

Well they obviously got it wrong cause it was fine while now its pouring again.

maybe they need to move this years' wimbledon to halle or australia or newport roflmao roflmao roflmao roflmao roflmao

Yes you right. :D

It's funny we have a summer storm going on now.....but no summer yet!!!

yep, wimbledon making all sorts of bad decisions this year :(

The Gods are determined for Fed and Justine to win this year :rolleyes:

hail storm going on. I fear for the conservatory!!!!!! :hide:

:( I'm losing the will to live I tells ya :( :( :angry: :angry:

Have to head off home soon, so cheer for Nadal if he gets back on court before 6 :rolleyes:

awww we had that in Sunny Crawley earlier. Take coverrrrrrrrrrr :o

Come on Soderling!!!





:giggle:

:o :ban:

Naughty SG. :tsk:

Go Rafaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Nuh uh, the sooner he loses the less we have to see his briefs shining through his shorts every time he receives..... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

That was a very strong storm. Probably 3 inches of rain/hail in 15mn. No kidding.

But it's brightening and the storm sounds more distant. I hope They won't be as slow to start game again.

:moody: :moody: :moody: :moody: :moody: :moody: :moody: :moody:

:shrug: you have a problem with that :P

:giggle:

Yes,lets hope and :pray: not.

Off home, catch you all tomorrow. :D

CMON NADALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY. (Just to annoy SG) :P :giggle:

Going back to the game, what an amazing volley by Nadal to close his 3rd game. Quite a bit of luck involved but just to get his hands on it was amazing,

they're baaaaaack!!

soderling holds for 3-all in the fifth
mathieu holds for 5-4 in the second

Organisers really had it wrong to let the girls play first! This is really unfair for the men...Nadal or Soderling in particular!
They were also wrong not to play on Middle Sunday.....They won'tr deny that either!

I know. I started a whole thread abotu that as I was so pissed off.

Anyway come on Mathieu, you can do it boy. :ok:

Or has he lost? I've been out so don't know. Pointless waiting in for tennis when there is none!

the organisers have made some odd decisions - like the fact that tomorrow play doesn't start until 12 on the main courts :shrug: can anyone explain that to me? oh, and deciding to put nadal on second after the women's match - you really have got to feel for nadal/Soderling and Djoko/Kiefer who are still trying to finish their third round matches :(

for tomorrow's schedule of play...

roddick/mathieu to finish up first on centre court
nadal/soderling to finish up first on court 1
djokovic/kiefer to finish up first on court 2

all men's matches first...but you do have to feel for the carry-over 3rd matches :rolleyes:

Yay Roddick was pummeling the Frenchman when they left court.....keep it uo Andy :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:


Also congrats to Robin for breaking bak but now is not the time to rest on your laurels, finish the Spaniard off........


Ummm would also like to see Kiefer win but also Djoko is such a nice guy it'd be nice to see him through as well.... :shrug: