2011 WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY DAY 1: MONDAY, JUNE 20

Wimbledon 2011!

Coming up, starting this coming Monday, is the greatest tournament in tennis, the Championships at Wimbledon This year will the the 125th tournament. Just two weeks after Nadal's clay court triumph at Roland Garros, he will try to defend his Wimbledon title as the grass courts will again host the best players in the world to compete for the third Grand Slam of the year. Wimbledon's official website can be found here.  

It’s the first day of the Championships! Hope everyone makes room on their DVR’s. Loads of 1st round matches. We’ve highlighted a few interesting matchups for your convenience. Nadal gets the “Russel Terrier” in the 1st round!


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Today’s live streaming schedule (20 June 2011):

*All times are LOCAL


Centre Court

13:00

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Rafael Nadal(ESP)[1] vs. Michael Russell(USA)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Francesca Schiavone(ITA)[6] vs. Jelena Dokic(AUS)

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Andy Murray(GBR)[4] vs. Daniel Gimeno-Traver(ESP)


No. 1 Court

13:00

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Alison Riske(USA) vs. Vera Zvonareva(RUS)[2]

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Filippo Volandri(ITA) vs. Tomas Berdych(CZE)[6]

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Andreas Beck(GER) vs. Andy Roddick(USA)[8]


No. 2 Court

12:00

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Akgul Amanmuradova(UZB) vs. Venus Williams(USA)[23]

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Gael Monfils(FRA)[9] vs. Matthias Bachinger(GER)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Magdalena Rybarikova(SVK) vs. Victoria Azarenka(BLR)[4]

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Radek Stepanek(CZE) vs. Fernando Verdasco(ESP)[21]


No. 3 Court

12:00

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Katie O’Brien(GBR) vs. Kimiko Date-Krumm(JPN)

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Potito Starace(ITA) vs. Stanislas Wawrinka(SUI)[14]

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Ivan Ljubicic(CRO) vs. Marin Cilic(CRO)[27]

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Jelena Jankovic(SRB)[15] vs. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP)


Court 4

12:00

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Feliciano Lopez(ESP) vs. Michael Berrer(GER)

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Edouard Roger-Vasselin(FRA) vs. Gilles Simon(FRA)[15]

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS)[14] vs. Lesia Tsurenko(UKR)

Court 5

12:00

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Pablo Andujar(ESP) vs. Ryan Sweeting(USA)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR) vs. Alize Cornet(FRA)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE) vs. Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Irina Falconi(USA) vs. Stephanie Dubois(CAN)


Court 6

12:00

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Grega Zemlja(SLO) vs. Lukas Lacko(SVK)

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Tobias Kamke(GER) vs. Blaz Kavcic(SLO)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Rebecca Marino(CAN) vs. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner(AUT)


Court 7

12:00

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Elena Vesnina(RUS) vs. Laura Pous-Tio(ESP)

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Ruben Bemelmans(BEL) vs. Julien Benneteau(FRA)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Sandra Zahlavova(CZE) vs. Iveta Benesova(CZE)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Kai-Chen Chang(TPE) vs. Marina Erakovic(NZL)


Court 8

12:00

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Shahar Peer(ISR)[22] vs. Ksenia Pervak(RUS)

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Frederico Gil(POR) vs. Dudi Sela(ISR)

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Olivier Rochus(BEL) vs. Kenny De Schepper(FRA)


Court 9

12:00

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Anastasia Pivovarova(RUS) vs. Anna Tatishvili(GEO)

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Igor Kunitsyn(RUS) vs. Igor Sijsling(NED)

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Jaroslav Pospisil(CZE) vs. Victor Hanescu(ROU)


Court 10

12:00

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Sorana Cirstea(ROU) vs. Pauline Parmentier(FRA)

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Martin Fischer(AUT) vs. Simone Bolelli(ITA)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Monica Niculescu(ROU) vs. Sybille Bammer(AUT)


Court 12

12:00

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Mardy Fish(USA)[10] vs. Marcel Granollers(ESP)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Shuai Zhang(CHN) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS)[12]

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Ivo Karlovic(CRO) vs. Janko Tipsarevic(SRB)[23]

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Naomi Broady(GBR) vs. Anne Keothavong(GBR)


Court 14


12:00

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Fabio Fognini(ITA) vs. Milos Raonic(CAN)[31]

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Christina McHale(USA) vs. Ekaterina Makarova(RUS)[28]

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR) vs. Daniel Cox(GBR)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Vera Dushevina(RUS) vs. Roberta Vinci(ITA)[29]


Court 15

12:00

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER) vs. Denis Istomin(UZB)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Sara Errani(ITA) vs. Kaia Kanepi(EST)[17]

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Arnaud Clement(FRA) vs. Lukasz Kubot(POL)


Court 16

12:00

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Thomaz Bellucci(BRA)[30] vs. Rainer Schuettler(GER)

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Juan Ignacio Chela(ARG)[25] vs. Marinko Matosevic(AUS)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Vania King(USA) vs. Petra Martic(CRO)


Court 17

12:00

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Donald Young(USA) vs. Alex Bogomolov Jr(USA)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Ayumi Morita(JPN) vs. Tamira Paszek(AUT)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Vesna Dolonts(RUS) vs. Nadia Petrova(RUS)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Daniela Hantuchova(SVK)[25] vs. Vitalia Diatchenko(RUS)


Court 18

12:00

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Yanina Wickmayer(BEL)[19] vs. Varvara Lepchenko(USA)

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Richard Gasquet(FRA)[17] vs. Santiago Giraldo(COL)

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG)[24] vs. Flavio Cipolla(ITA)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Stephanie Foretz Gacon(FRA) vs. Andrea Petkovic(GER)[11]


Court 19

12:00

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Gilles Muller(LUX) vs. Tommy Haas(GER)

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Jill Craybas(USA) vs. Alexandra Dulgheru(ROU)

Gentlemen’s Singles – 1st Round
Robin Haase(NED) vs. Pere Riba(ESP)

TBA
Not Before:17:00

Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Petra Kvitova(CZE)[8] vs. Alexa Glatch(USA)

Not Before:17:00
Ladies’ Singles – 1st Round
Tsvetana Pironkova(BUL)[32] vs. Camila Giorgi(ITA)

The 2011 Edition
In the Gentlemen’s competition we’ll pretty much see the same scenario as in Roland Garros 2011. Rafa Nadal will try to defend both title and #1 ATP spot but this time the Spaniard is not playing on his favourite surface. Djokovic will try to reach the final for the first time in his career (he was a semifinalist in 2007 and 2010) but he will most likely face Federer again in the semifinals. So far, Nadal seems to be the big favourite but Federer and Djokovic are also close to the title this year, especially the Serbian, who never won Wimbledon. Andy Roddick is again fit to play after the injury that sidelined him in Paris. The Czech Tomas Berdych has lots of points to defend, being last year’s runner up.
In the Ladies competition, Serena and Venus Williams are back into action, however they are seeded #7 and #23, but this was never a problem for the American players. World no 2, Kim Clijsters, is out due to an injury she picked up at s-Hertogenbosch. Caroline Wozniacki, the leader of the WTA rankings, never went past fourth round and it is not a favourite for winning the title. Judging by the recent form and past results, we can safely say that Maria Sharapova has pretty big chances to win the trophy this year. But with the Williams sisters thrown in the mix and with Na Li’s exceptional form, it will be a tight tournament.