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House of the Flying Pigs
http://mvn.com/ tennis/ 2008/ 06/ 28/ house-of-the-flying-pigs/Are we watching a tennis tournament or a train wreck? Stay tuned, more strangeness this way comes from Wimbly Late last midnight, while I pondered weak and weary, worn out by all the sheer contrariness and weird turns this nutty tournament has taken, I turned to the draw for comfort.
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Top Players Experience Group Hysteria at Wimbledon
http://mvn.com/ tennis/ 2008/ 06/ 27/ top-players-experience-group-hysteria-at-w…Allya Kudryavtseva, Janko Tipsarevic, and Zheng Jie wiped out their top ten opponents at Wimbledon. Maria Sharapova was down 2-5 and serving to stay in the first set when she looped a high forehand to her opponent, Alla Kudryavtseva. Kudryavtseva took the looper and slammed it for a winner.
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Day 4: All About Bobby Reynolds
http://craighickmanontennis.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 06/ day-4-all-about-bobby-reynol…What? You ask. Who the hell is Bobby Reynolds and why the hell aren't you leading with today's big upsets? I am. With Andy Roddick's painfully predictable upset at the hands of Janko Tipsarevic and James Blake's perfectly predictable upset at the hands of Rainer Schuettler and Jesse Levine's reasonably
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The Resurrection of Marat Safin
http://mvn.com/ tennis/ 2008/ 06/ 25/ the-resurrection-of-marat-safin/Marat Safin dropped so low in the rankings that he had to go through qualifying to get into the Hamburg Masters event. Somehow, though, he managed to resurrect himself long enough to take out Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon.
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Day 3: Vintage Safin Destroys Djokovic
http://craighickmanontennis.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 06/ day-3-vintage-safin-destroys…Marat Safin returned from the dead and dismissed world No. 3 Novak Djokovic in straight sets 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-2 to cause the biggest upset of tournament so far. Djoke was considered a favorite to take the title, as he made sure to tell us before the first ball was struck.
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Day 2: The Marathon Wasn't Televised
http://craighickmanontennis.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 06/ day-2-marathon-wasnt-televis…Andy Roddick, Venus Williams, Rafael Nadal, James Blake, Maria Sharapova, and Jelena Jankovic all advanced in straight sets. The quality of tennis was quite high. Blake was the only one of these to drop a set and he looked as though he was going to mope his way right out fo the first round of Wimbledon.
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How Far Can Murray Go?
http://mvn.com/ tennis/ 2008/ 06/ 24/ how-far-can-murray-go/Andy Murray won his first round match at Wimbledon today. Can he get to the quarterfinals? Wimbledon is in full bloom and I see that our favorite player here at Tennis Diary, Benjamin Becker, took Nikolay Davydenko out in straight sets in the first round.
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Day 1: Blue Skies
http://craighickmanontennis.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 06/ day-1-blue-skies.htmlWimbledon is here. My favorite tournament on the calendar, by far, and the blue skies that smiled over the lawns of the All England Lawn Tennis Club drew a big smile from me. Match of the Day Anybody who underestimates Marion Bartoli at Wimbledon is a fool. Anybody.
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Tennis-X Barbs: Grass is Greener for Spaniards…and Slower
http://www.tennis-x.com/ xblog/ 2008-06-23/ 509.phpNew ATP Player Council member and U.S. TV commentator Justin Gimelstob speaking to a D.C. radio show on Anna Kournikova: "Hate's a very strong word. I just despise her to the maximum level, right below hate.
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ATP Wimbledon - Roger Federer vs Dominik Hrbaty
http://andregomes.apostaganha.pt/ atp-wimbledon-roger-federer-vs-dominik-hrbaty/…ATP Wimbledon - Roger Federer (SWI) vs Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) As tradition says, the defending champion has the honor to open the tournament. This means that Federer will open the tournament for the fifth time in a row. In the past four occasions, he has performed unbelievably well in the first round.
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