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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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.

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Grand Slams Wimbledon 2nd Round 23-06-2010 from 13:00 until 21:30
Gentlemen's Singles
Michael Llodra(FRA)	Vs	Andy Roddick(USA)[5]
Novak Djokovic(SRB)[3]	Vs	Taylor Dent(USA)
Evgeny Korolev(KAZ)	Vs	Lleyton Hewitt(AUS)[15]
Roger Federer(SUI)[1]	Vs	Ilija Bozoljac(SRB)
Ladies' Singles
Ekaterina Makarova(RUS)	Vs	Venus Williams(USA)[2]
Kim Clijsters(BEL)[8]	vs	Karolina Sprem(CRO)

The four Grand Slam tournaments, also called the Majors,  are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.

A singles player or doubles team that wins all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same year is said to have achieved the "Grand Slam". If the player or team wins all four consecutively, but not in the same calendar year, it is called a "Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam". Winning all four at some point in a career, even if not consecutively, is referred to as a "Career Grand Slam". Winning the four Majors and a gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics has been called a "Golden Slam" since 1988,[citation needed] when Steffi Graf became the only person to accomplish that feat in a single calendar year. Andre Agassi is the only other player to achieve a "Golden Slam". But Agassi did not do it in one calendar year, so his is called a "Career Golden Slam".

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Ladies' Singles - Day 3 - Second Round

Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) vs Venus Williams (USA)

 

Ekaterina Makarova vs Venus Williams
Date: 23-06-2010
Time: 13:00 until 21:30 CET
Competition: Lawn Tennis Championships
Locatition: London, UK/England

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	Ekaterina Makarova Country: Russia Birth Date: 7 June 1988 Birth Place: Moscow, Russia Residence: Moscow, Russia Height: 5 ft. 11 in. ( 1.8 meters ) Weight: 143 lbs. ( 65 kilos ) Plays: Left Turned Pro: 2004

 

	Venus Williams Country: United States of America Birth Date: 17 June 1980 Birth Place: Lynwood, CA, USA Residence: Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA Height: 6 ft. 1 in. ( 1.85 meters ) Weight: 159 lbs. ( 72.3 kilos ) Plays: Right Turned Pro: 1994

Venus Williams will play on Day 3 at the All England Club in a match that may provide a challenge.  Williams has drawn a young player who has recently made a little bit of a name for herself in Ekaterina Makarova.
Makarova turned 22 earlier this month and she picked up her first tour title in Eastbourne this past weekend.  While that may not impress many enough to back her to beat Venus Williams the argument could be made that that is the right play to make.

Firstly Makarova is coming in long at +550 (11/2) with Victor Chandler.  Secondly, Williams is no better than -550 (2/11), odds that can be found with Boylesports.  Pounding a 30 year old in women's tennis is a really risky play against a 22 year recent titlist.

Thirdly, Makarova's form in Eastbourne was nowhere near ordinary.  She was ranked 100th pre-tournament and she had to go through qualifying to make the main draw.  By the time she had won the $600,000 tournament she had won 8 consecutive grass court matches ALL OF WHICH WERE IN STRAIGHT SETS AND THE FIELD INCLUDED TONS OF TOP PLAYERS.

Makarova beat Victoria Azarenka, Samantha Stosur, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova, and Flavia Pennetta on the way to the title.  Kim Clijsters was also in the tournament although neither of the Williams sisters were.

Venus has drawn a test here in the second round and it is a bit of an unlucky draw.  There is no way Makarova can be considered +550 (11/2) in this match and the true odds probably are closer to this:
 

Venus -200 vs Makarova +200.
Williams will probably still win 7-5, 7-5 but if the match can be expected to be close and therefore hinging on few important games, then a +550 underdog is good to go as she may only need a few lucky bounces.