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by ti-amie THE CHAMPIONSHIPS, WIMBLEDON 2024
INTENDED ORDER OF PLAY FOR DAY 3 WEDNESDAY 3 JULY

CENTRE COURT - 1:30PM

1. Gentlemen's Singles - Second Round
Alexandre Muller (FRA) v Daniil Medvedev [5]
2. Ladies' Singles - Second Round
Naomi Osaka (JPN) v Emma Navarro (USA) [19]
3. Gentlemen's Singles - Second Round
Jannik Sinner (ITA) [1] v Matteo Berrettini (ITA)

NO.1 COURT - 1:00PM

1. Ladies' Singles - Second Round
Anca Todoni (ROU) v Coco Gauff (USA) [2]
2. Gentlemen's Singles - Second Round
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) [3] v Aleksandar Vukic (AUS)
3. Ladies' Singles - Second Round
Emma Raducanu (GBR) v Elise Mertens (BEL)

NO.2 COURT - 11:00AM

1. Gentlemen's Singles - Second Round
Fabio Fognini (ITA) v Casper Ruud (NOR) [8]
Not Before: 12:30pm
2. Gentlemen's Singles - First Round
Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) [17] leads Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) To Finish 6-4 7-5 6-7(9) 1-1
3. Ladies' Singles - Second Round
Jasmine Paolini (ITA) [7] v Greet Minnen (BEL)
4. Gentlemen's Singles - Second Round
Stan Wawrinka (SUI) v Gael Monfils (FRA)
5. Ladies' Singles - Second Round
Yafan Wang (CHN) v Madison Keys (USA) [12]

NO.3 COURT - 11:00AM

1. Ladies' Singles - Second Round
Sonay Kartal (GBR) v Clara Burel (FRA)
2. Gentlemen's Singles - Second Round
Tommy Paul (USA) [12] v Otto Virtanen (FIN)
3. Gentlemen's Singles - Second Round
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [10] v Juncheng Shang (CHN)
4. Ladies' Singles - Second Round
Daria Kasatkina [14] v Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (GBR)

COURT 12 - 11:00AM

1. Gentlemen's Singles - Second Round
Botic van De Zandschulp (NED) v Ugo Humbert (FRA) [16]
Not Before: 12:30pm
2. Gentlemen's Singles - First Round
Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) [24] leads Daniel Evans (GBR) To Finish 6-2 3-3
3. Ladies' Singles - Second Round
Arantxa Rus (NED) v Maria Sakkari (GRE) [9]
4. Gentlemen's Singles - Second Round
Lloyd Harris (RSA) v Ben Shelton (USA) [14]
5. Ladies' Singles - Second Round
Marta Kostyuk (UKR) [18] v Daria Saville (AUS)

COURT 18 - 11:00AM

1. Gentlemen's Singles - Second Round
Borna Coric (CRO) v Frances Tiafoe (USA) [29]
2. Ladies' Singles - Second Round
Bianca Andreescu (CAN) v Linda Noskova (CZE) [26]
3. Ladies' Singles - Second Round
Lin Zhu (CHN) v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [25]
4. Ladies' Doubles - First Round
Harriet Dart (GBR) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) v Sara Errani (ITA) / Jasmine Paolini (ITA) [5]

COURT 4 - 11:00AM

1. Ladies' Singles - First Round
Viktorija Golubic (SUI) v Jule Niemeier (GER)
Not Before: 12:30pm
2. Gentlemen's Singles - First Round
Roman Safiullin tied Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) [26] To Finish 6-7(5) 3-6 7-5 6-3
3. Gentlemen's Singles - Second Round
Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) v Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
4. Gentlemen's Doubles - First Round
Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) / Andres Molteni (ARG) [11] v Petros Tsitsipas (GRE) / Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
5. Gentlemen's Doubles - First Round
Federico Coria (ARG) / Mariano Navone (ARG) v Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Nikola Mektic (CRO) [7]

COURT 5 - 11:00AM

1. Gentlemen's Doubles - First Round
Pedro Martinez (ESP) / Jaume Munar (ESP) v Dusan Lajovic (SRB) / Sumit Nagal (IND)
Not Before: 12:30pm
2. Gentlemen's Singles - First Round
Mackenzie McDonald (USA) leads Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) To Finish 6-7(6) 6-4 7-5 3-4
3. Ladies' Doubles - First Round
Camilla Rosatello (ITA) / Liudmila Samsonova v Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Ingrid Neel (EST) [16]
4. Ladies' Doubles - First Round
Mirra Andreeva / Anastasia Potapova v Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) [2]
5. Ladies' Doubles - First Round
Hailey Baptiste (USA) / Alycia Parks (USA) v Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE)

COURT 6 - 11:00AM

1. Gentlemen's Doubles - First Round
Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) [5] v Harri Heliovaara (FIN) / Henry Patten (GBR)
Not Before: 12:30pm
2. Gentlemen's Singles - First Round
Kei Nishikori (JPN) tied Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) To Finish 7-5 4-6 1-1
3. Gentlemen's Doubles - First Round
Nicolas Barrientos (COL) / Francisco Cabral (POR) v Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Austin Krajicek (USA) [10]
4. Ladies' Doubles - First Round
Anna Blinkova / Mayar Sherif (EGY) v Eri Hozumi (JPN) / Moyuka Uchijima (JPN)
5. Ladies' Doubles - First Round
Asia Muhammad (USA) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) [15] v
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) / Martina Trevisan (ITA)

COURT 7 - 11:00AM

1. Ladies' Singles - First Round
Maria Lourdes Carle (ARG) v Katie Volynets (USA)
2. Gentlemen's Doubles - First Round
Constantin Frantzen (GER) / Hendrik Jebens (GER) v Pavel Kotov / Cristian Rodriguez (COL)
3. Ladies' Doubles - First Round
Hanyu Guo (CHN) / Xinyu Jiang (CHN) v Leylah Fernandez (CAN) / Ena Shibahara (JPN)
4. Gentlemen's Doubles - First Round
Victor Cornea (ROU) / Fabian Marozsan (HUN) v Andreas Mies (GER) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS)

COURT 8 - 11:00AM

1. Gentlemen's Singles - Second Round
Brandon Nakashima (USA) v Jordan Thompson (AUS)
Not Before: 12:30pm
2. Gentlemen's Singles - First Round
David Goffin (BEL) leads Tomas Machac (CZE) To Finish 6-3 4-2
3. Gentlemen's Doubles - First Round
Nathaniel Lammons (USA) / Jackson Withrow (USA) [12] v Marcos Giron (USA) / Alex Michelsen (USA)
4. Ladies' Doubles - First Round
Sarah Beth Grey (GBR) / Tara Moore (GBR) v Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) [3]
5. Ladies' Doubles - First Round
Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Nao Hibino (JPN) v Tatjana Maria (GER) / Arantxa Rus (NED)

COURT 9 - 11:00AM

1. Ladies' Singles - First Round
Camila Osorio (COL) v Lauren Davis (USA)
2. Gentlemen's Doubles - First Round
Luciano Darderi (ITA) / Fernando Romboli (BRA) v Kevin Krawietz (GER) / Tim Puetz (GER) [8]
3. Gentlemen's Doubles - First Round
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) / Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) v Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Matthew Ebden (AUS) [2]
4. Gentlemen's Doubles - First Round
Sander Gille (BEL) / Joran Vliegen (BEL) [14] v Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) / Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG)

COURT 10 - 11:00AM

1. Ladies' Doubles - First Round
Miyu Kato (JPN) / Shuai Zhang (CHN) v Angelica Moratelli (ITA) / Nadia Podoroska (ARG)
Not Before: 12:30pm
2. Ladies' Singles - First Round
Danielle Collins (USA) [11] leads Clara Tauson (DEN) To Finish 6-3 4-4
3. Ladies' Doubles - First Round
Elina Avanesyan / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) v Marie Bouzkova (CZE) / Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) [10]
4. Ladies' Doubles - First Round
Xinyu Wang (CHN) / Saisai Zheng (CHN) v Caroline Garcia (FRA) / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
5. Ladies' Doubles - First Round
Caroline Dolehide (USA) / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) [7] v Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Aleksandra Krunic (SRB)

COURT 11 - 11:00AM

1. Gentlemen's Singles - First Round
Quentin Halys (FRA) v Christopher Eubanks (USA)
Not Before: 12:30pm
2. Gentlemen's Singles - First Round
Lucas Pouille (FRA) tied Laslo Djere (SRB) To Finish 3-6 7-6(4)
3. Gentlemen's Doubles - First Round
Jacob Fearnley (GBR) / Jack Pinnington Jones (GBR) v Rafael Matos (BRA) / Marcelo Melo (BRA)
4. Gentlemen's Doubles - First Round
Guido Andreozzi (ARG) / Miguel Reyes-Varela (MEX) v Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)
5. Ladies' Doubles - First Round
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) / Taylor Townsend (USA) [4] v Rebeka Masarova (ESP) / Linda Noskova (CZE)

COURT 14 - 11:00AM

1. Ladies' Singles - First Round
Magdalena Frech (POL) v Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) [20]
2. Gentlemen's Singles - Second Round
Arthur Cazaux (FRA) v Alexander Bublik (KAZ) [23]
3. Ladies' Singles - Second Round
Dayana Yastremska (UKR) [28] v Varvara Gracheva (FRA)
4. Ladies' Doubles - First Round
Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) v Demi Schuurs (NED) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) [6]

COURT 15 - 11:00AM

1. Ladies' Singles - First Round
Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) [31] v Veronika Kudermetova
2. Gentlemen's Singles - Second Round
Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) [32] v Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
3. Gentlemen's Singles - Second Round
Denis Shapovalov (CAN) v Daniel Altmaier (GER)
4. Gentlemen's Doubles - First Round
Alexander Erler (AUT) / Lucas Miedler (AUT) v Neal Skupski (GBR) / Michael Venus (NZL) [9]

COURT 16 - 11:00AM

1. Gentlemen's Singles - First Round
Aslan Karatsev v Karen Khachanov [21]
2. Ladies' Singles - Second Round
Sloane Stephens (USA) v Diana Shnaider
3. Ladies' Singles - Second Round
Lulu Sun (NZL) v Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR)
4. Ladies' Doubles - First Round
Naiktha Bains (GBR) / Amelia Rajecki (GBR) v Timea Babos (HUN) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)
5. Gentlemen's Doubles - First Round
Sadio Doumbia (FRA) / Fabien Reboul (FRA) [16] v Oliver Crawford (GBR) / Kyle Edmund (GBR)

COURT 17 - 11:00AM

1. Ladies' Singles - First Round
Magda Linette (POL) v Elina Svitolina (UKR) [21]
2. Gentlemen's Singles - Second Round
Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) v Tallon Griekspoor (NED) [27]
3. Ladies' Singles - Second Round
Paula Badosa (ESP) v Brenda Fruhvirtova (CZE)
4. Ladies' Singles - Second Round
Donna Vekic (CRO) v Erika Andreeva
5. Gentlemen's Doubles - First Round
N.Sriram Balaji (IND) / Luke Johnson (GBR) v Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Mate Pavic (CRO) [4]

The Committee, while adhering as closely as possible to the order of play given, is unable to guarantee that it will be maintained in its entirety.
This may result in matches being moved from one court to another. DENISE PARNELL - REFEREE
by ashkor87 was at Wimbledon yesterday..the whites and green grass certainly have a grace and class..the grass, at least on court 3, looks very short, though - looks more like a green carpet than a lawn..and on day 2, already a bit worn out near the baseline!
by meganfernandez
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 9:32 am was at Wimbledon yesterday..the whites and green grass certainly have a grace and class..the grass, at least on court 3, looks very short, though - looks more like a green carpet than a lawn..and on day 2, already a bit worn out near the baseline!
Did you stay on one court all day? The amount of seating on the outer courts looks very small, so I wonder if fans can court-hop or if they have to stay in one place all day. And if you leave for the restroom or to get a snack, can someone save your seat? Can you get back in or do you have to queue up again?
by meganfernandez Well, I believed Ruud on TC yesterday when he said he's feeling better on grass. Took him in the SP and he's down 2 sets to Fognini.
by atlpam
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 2:17 pm Well, I believed Ruud on TC yesterday when he said he's feeling better on grass. Took him in the SP and he's down 2 sets to Fognini.
Fognini is always a wildcard - never know which version will show up and what’s with the bleached hair?
by ponchi101
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 2:17 pm Well, I believed Ruud on TC yesterday when he said he's feeling better on grass. Took him in the SP and he's down 2 sets to Fognini.
Yes. The kind of pick that makes you wonder "why did I do that?"
It was a tough pick yesterday. We will go down together ;)
by meganfernandez
atlpam wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 2:19 pm
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 2:17 pm Well, I believed Ruud on TC yesterday when he said he's feeling better on grass. Took him in the SP and he's down 2 sets to Fognini.
Fognini is always a wildcard - never know which version will show up and what’s with the bleached hair?
I know but he's 37, ranked 94, playing mostly Challengers, and it's B5. I figured he was coming to collect his R1 or R2 prize money. Ruud should not lose to him, even on grass.
by meganfernandez
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 2:34 pm
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 2:17 pm Well, I believed Ruud on TC yesterday when he said he's feeling better on grass. Took him in the SP and he's down 2 sets to Fognini.
Yes. The kind of pick that makes you wonder "why did I do that?"
It was a tough pick yesterday. We will go down together ;)
I was also thinking Medvedev and Machac. So I would have been in trouble no matter what. Medvedev could still pull it out, but no guarantees.

Ruud should have won this match. He JUST SAID he was feeling better on grass ffs.
by meganfernandez Well, Eubanks is back to ITFs, or the broadcasting booth. How fast they rise and fall. But you know, one Top 50 year is more than most players get.
by meganfernandez
atlpam wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 2:19 pm
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 2:17 pm Well, I believed Ruud on TC yesterday when he said he's feeling better on grass. Took him in the SP and he's down 2 sets to Fognini.
Fognini is always a wildcard - never know which version will show up and what’s with the bleached hair?
The hair is very 2015 Thiem.
by ponchi101 Cindi Crawford could be wearing Naomi's outfit and it would still be awful.
by ashkor87
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 2:16 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 9:32 am was at Wimbledon yesterday..the whites and green grass certainly have a grace and class..the grass, at least on court 3, looks very short, though - looks more like a green carpet than a lawn..and on day 2, already a bit worn out near the baseline!
Did you stay on one court all day? The amount of seating on the outer courts looks very small, so I wonder if fans can court-hop or if they have to stay in one place all day. And if you leave for the restroom or to get a snack, can someone save your seat? Can you get back in or do you have to queue up again?
yes, seats can be saved..we camped out at court 3 for a while then hopped..long lines though, everywhere..the buyback tickets to centre court etc can now be got more easily...they scan the QR on your W app and send you a message when your turn comes
by jazzyg
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 2:36 pm

I know but (Fognini's) 37, ranked 94, playing mostly Challengers, and it's B5. I figured he was coming to collect his R1 or R2 prize money. Ruud should not lose to him, even on grass.
I watched all of the first three sets because Fognini is just about my favorite player to watch of all time. He played a tremendous match all the way up until 5-2 and two breaks in the third and is simply better than Ruud on grass when he is focused. Clay used to be his only good surface, but like many 30-somethings, the long points have become too much of a grind for him on clay and grass accentuates his exquisite feel (maybe the best on the tour) and terrific transition game to get to the net and knock off volleys when he sees he is in an advantageous situation.

But then, after never being broken, he pulled a Fognini and choked like a dog after missing a match point while serving at 5-2. He got broken for the first time, was broken again at 5-4 and could not hit a ball on his strings while losing the tiebreak 7-1. At that point, I don't know what happened because I stopped watching, sick to my stomach. I checked the score occasionally and saw that he was holding serve easily in the fourth set, and when he broke for 5-3, I started watching again, only to see him gag four more match points with double faults and Ponch's favorite, a swing volley from inside the service line (a shot he never attempted in the first three sets), butchering it badly. He finally held his nerve and his serve after facing a break point, finishing it off with an easy forehand winner.

When the ball was in play, Fognini was the better, more creative player from start to finish. He is in to his seventh third round at Wimbledon (Ruud has zero) and if his body holds up (a major question mark), he will have a real shot to beat Bautista Agut or Sonego to get to his first-ever fourth round at Wimbledon.
by ponchi101 That is the reason I picked AGAINST Fognini. He is very high on my list of all time underachievers. His strokes were good enough to be a slam champ.
So, he decides to do that today.
by ponchi101 I had never seen Navarro play. That is one lovely FH. The BH is not bad either.
by meganfernandez
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 4:42 pm
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 2:16 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 9:32 am was at Wimbledon yesterday..the whites and green grass certainly have a grace and class..the grass, at least on court 3, looks very short, though - looks more like a green carpet than a lawn..and on day 2, already a bit worn out near the baseline!
Did you stay on one court all day? The amount of seating on the outer courts looks very small, so I wonder if fans can court-hop or if they have to stay in one place all day. And if you leave for the restroom or to get a snack, can someone save your seat? Can you get back in or do you have to queue up again?
yes, seats can be saved..we camped out at court 3 for a while then hopped..long lines though, everywhere..the buyback tickets to centre court etc can now be got more easily...they scan the QR on your W app and send you a message when your turn comes
The buyback thing QR code sounds wonderful. Did you get them? How do you get a code and join the waitlist? On the app? And then they give you a certain amount of time to come pick them up?
by meganfernandez
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 5:17 pm I had never seen Navarro play. That is one lovely FH. The BH is not bad either.
She is zoning. Good movement, too.
by meganfernandez
jazzyg wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 5:12 pm
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 2:36 pm

I know but (Fognini's) 37, ranked 94, playing mostly Challengers, and it's B5. I figured he was coming to collect his R1 or R2 prize money. Ruud should not lose to him, even on grass.
I watched all of the first three sets because Fognini is just about my favorite player to watch of all time. He played a tremendous match all the way up until 5-2 and two breaks in the third and is simply better than Ruud on grass when he is focused. Clay used to be his only good surface, but like many 30-somethings, the long points have become too much of a grind for him on clay and grass accentuates his exquisite feel (maybe the best on the tour) and terrific transition game to get to the net and knock off volleys when he sees he is in an advantageous situation.

But then, after never being broken, he pulled a Fognini and choked like a dog after missing a match point while serving at 5-2. He got broken for the first time, was broken again at 5-4 and could not hit a ball on his strings while losing the tiebreak 7-1. At that point, I don't know what happened because I stopped watching, sick to my stomach. I checked the score occasionally and saw that he was holding serve easily in the fourth set, and when he broke for 5-3, I started watching again, only to see him gag four more match points with double faults and a Ponch's favorite, a swing volley from inside the service line (a shot he never attempted in the first three sets), butchering it badly. He finally held his nerve and his serve after facing a break point, finishing it off with an easy forehand winner.

When the ball was in play, Fognini was the better, more creative player from start to finish. He in to his seventh third round at Wimbledon (Ruud has zero) and, if his body holds up (a major question mark), he will have a real shot to beat Bautista Agut or Sonego to get to his first-ever fourth round at Wimbledon.
Wow, that's a thorough report! :)

Oddly, I saw Fognini was playing last week and I thought it was Wimbledon qualifying. (It was Mallorca.) I told a friend I couldn't believe Fognini was still grinding away in Wimbledon qualifying. For what? And now he's in a good position to make the fourth round. What do I know?
by ashkor87 @meganfernandez the QR code is on the Wimbledon app..they scan it in the special area marked buyback tickets just near murray mound .then you get a text message when your seat is available
by nelslus I watched some of the Fognini match, too.....although, I then went back to sleep before the match ended. Fun stuff.

.....But.....apparently, none of you are chatting about.....Goffin was up 5-0 in the fifth set. Only to lose in a fifth set tiebreakers, to Macháč. :shock:
by JTContinental
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 5:18 pm
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 5:17 pm I had never seen Navarro play. That is one lovely FH. The BH is not bad either.
She is zoning. Good movement, too.
Most improved player in the last year, IMO
by ti-amie I hate ESPN's delay. I'm following scores on the Wimbledon site since they're current.
by JTContinental Tommy Paul won 12 out of the last 13 points to finish off his match in 5 sets, and the one point he did lose, Virtanen hit the net and the ball died on Tommy's side.
by nelslus
ti-amie wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 6:42 pm I hate ESPN's delay. I'm following scores on the Wimbledon site since they're current.
Tennis Channel sometimes has the same problem- a point or two (or more) behind.
by nelslus
JTContinental wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 6:34 pm
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 5:18 pm
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 5:17 pm I had never seen Navarro play. That is one lovely FH. The BH is not bad either.
She is zoning. Good movement, too.
Most improved player in the last year, IMO
Paolini would like to have a word with you.... :gorgeous:
by JTContinental
nelslus wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 7:01 pm
JTContinental wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 6:34 pm
meganfernandez wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 5:18 pm

She is zoning. Good movement, too.
Most improved player in the last year, IMO
Paolini would like to have a word with you.... :gorgeous:
Having just watched her play a set against Minnen, she can miss me with her criticism...
by nelslus
JTContinental wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 7:02 pm
nelslus wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 7:01 pm
JTContinental wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 6:34 pm

Most improved player in the last year, IMO
Paolini would like to have a word with you.... :gorgeous:
Having just watched her play a set against Minnen, she can miss me with her criticism...
....But then, hit you with reality. French Open singles and doubles finals. :gorgeous:

And, I thought a lot of that first set with Minnen was mostly fun and well played, BTW- although the first set tiebreaker WAS messy.
by JTContinental Paolini obviously having better results, but also had less to improve, IMO, compared to Navarro who started out a glorified club pro.
by nelslus
JTContinental wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 8:10 pm Paolini obviously having better results, but also had less to improve, IMO, compared to Navarro who started out a glorified club pro.
At the end of last year, Emma was ranked #32. https://www.coretennis.net/tennis-playe ... nking.html

Paolini was ranked #30. https://www.coretennis.net/tennis-playe ... nking.html

They both truly started crawling out of Scrub-Land last year. Albeit- sure, Paolini's previous years were better, rankings-wise, than Navarro's.

Paolini also won Dubai this year. So, IMO and at this point in time- she's most improved.
by meganfernandez
nelslus wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 6:31 pm I watched some of the Fognini match, too.....although, I then went back to sleep before the match ended. Fun stuff.

.....But.....apparently, none of you are chatting about.....Goffin was up 5-0 in the fifth set. Only to lose in a fifth set tiebreakers, to Macháč. :shock:
Horrendous. Don't try to profit from Andy's misfortune at Wimbledon.
by ponchi101
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 6:31 pm @meganfernandez the QR code is on the Wimbledon app..they scan it in the special area marked buyback tickets just near murray mound .then you get a text message when your seat is available
I am so fed up with this QR thing. One of the things that was a beauty was to keep your Wimbledon pass. It was a gorgeous memento.
by meganfernandez
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 9:17 pm
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 6:31 pm @meganfernandez the QR code is on the Wimbledon app..they scan it in the special area marked buyback tickets just near murray mound .then you get a text message when your seat is available
I am so fed up with this QR thing. One of the things that was a beauty was to keep your Wimbledon pass. It was a gorgeous memento.
But the environment... :) Have you been to Wimbledon?
by ponchi101 Once. 1995. A wonderful day, and I did keep that ticket for a long time. It was very pretty.
Now, the QR vanishes as soon as the tournament is over.
by atlpam
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 9:25 pm Once. 1995. A wonderful day, and I did keep that ticket for a long time. It was very pretty.
Now, the QR vanishes as soon as the tournament is over.
I think I still have my place card from the queue when we went in 2004.
by ashkor87 QR cofe beats standing in line for 4 hours while tennis goes on all around you!
by Suliso Berrettini was probably Sinner's toughest opponent on the road to SF's. What an unlucky draw...
by ponchi101
Suliso wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2024 5:06 am Berrettini was probably Sinner's toughest opponent on the road to SF's. What an unlucky draw...
Agree. It should be smooth sailing from now on, and short three setters until the SF. He should get there fresh.
by jazzyg I agree with the overall sentiment, but If Struff gets to the quarterfinals, he will give Sinner problems. Took him to a third-set tiebreak at Halle while playing poorly.

But I'm a band of one when it comes to Struff. There's a reason he's never done much in a long career, but I can't figure out what it is when I watch him play on clay or grass. Massive serve and clutch serving. Massive forehand. Good volleying skills. Movement is weak, but there are plenty of guys in that category with less game than he has who have had better careers. Huge match for him tomorrow against Medvedev. At age 34, this may be his last shot to go deep in a slam for the first time.
by ponchi101 Always been surprised by Struff too.