Friday, July 10, 2015

W.11- The Day Before the Day


The signs of a good final-to-be?




We shall see tomorrow.




=DAY 11 NOTES=
...the junior singles finals are set, and it'll be an all-Hordette affair for the girls title, the first at Wimbledon since Vera Dushevina defeated Maria Sharapova in the 2002 final. This time it'll be #12 Anna Blinkova, who dispatched Belarusian Vera Lapko today, against unseeded 15-year old Sofya Zhuk, who took out qualifier Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK).



*ALL-SOVIET/RUSSIAN GIRLS SLAM FINALS*
1986 Wimbledon - Natalia Zvereva (USSR) def. Leila Meshki (USSR)
1999 U.S. Open - Lina Krasnoroutskaya def. Nadia Petrova
2002 Wimbledon - Vera Dushevina def. Maria Sharapova
2010 U.S. Open - Daria Gavrilova def. Yulia Putintseva
2015 Wimbledon - Anna Blinkova vs. Sofya Zhuk

The #1-seeded Czech girls duo of Miriam Kolodjiezova & Marketa Vondrousova advanced to the semis, two matches from winning a third straight slam crown. They'll face #3-seeded Hungarians Dalma Galfi & Fanni Stoller. A pair of unseeded teams will face off in the other SF, as Vera Lapko & Tereza Mihalikova (the AO singles champ) will meet the all-Brit pair of Anna Brogan & Freya Christie.



In the boys singles, unseeded Reilly Opelka knocked off fellow American, #1-seeded Harry Taylor Fritz 6-3/7-6(13) to advance to the final. The six-foot-ten 17-year old fired eighteen aces in the two-set match. He'll face Sweden's #12-seeded Mikael Ymer in the final. Opelka also advanced to the doubles semis with Japan's Alkira Santillan, where he'll once again face #1-seeded Fritz and another American, Michael Mmoh.



...in the women's doubles, the top two seeded teams will face off in the final. #1 Martina Hingis & Sania Mirza defeated #5 Raquel Kops-Jones & Abigail Spears 6-1/6-2, while #2 Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina knocked off #4 Timea Babos & Kristina Mladenovic in three sets.

?????? @wimbledon

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Mirza is looking for her first career slam women's doubles title, while Hingis is seeking her tenth (she also has two mixed titles).



Hingis hasn't played in a Wimbledon final in seventeen years, but she'll be in TWO this weekend. The Original Swiss Miss is still alive for the doubles/mixed sweep, also advancing to the mixed final with Leander Paes (they won the AO in January) with a 6-3/6-4 victory over RG champs Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Mike Bryan. Timea Babos (w/ Alexander Peya) defeated Anabel Medina-Garrigues & Robert Lindstedt in the other semifinal, winning an 11-9 3rd set.

...there is no wheelchair singles competition at Wimbledon (though wonders why one isn't scheduled, especially at a Wimbledon that had as few weather delays as this one, since it'd only consist of two semifinal matches and a final on both the women's and men's sides), but there is a four-team doubles draw. Today #1-seeded Yui Kamiji & Jordanne Whiley and #2 Jiske Griffioen & Aniek Van Koot advanced to the final. It'll be the seventh straight slam doubles final featuring the two teams. The Dutch duo of Griffioen/Van Koot ended the Japanese-Brit pair's streak of five straight slam crowns with a win at Roland Garros last month.




LIKE FOR DAY 11: Jimbo, watch your back!




LIKE FOR DAY 11: What do Czechs do when Wimbledon is over and they didn't win anything?

Lots of fun making a barbecue with Lucie. Teamwork in the kitchen :) ????????????

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LIKE FOR DAY 11: Garbi in the news




NEWS ON DAY 11: WTA CEO Stacey Allaster on the Sergiy Stakhovsky comments about sexual orientation on the tennis tours.




LIKE FOR DAY 11: A Canadian tennis player (not posing with Taylor Swift)




EXCITING/CHAOTIC, AND THEN A LITTLE SAD ON DAY 11:




"ALL GOOD THINGS..." FOR DAY 11:

Last day in Corsica #noooooo

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HMMM FOR DAY 11: Could we have a PAIR of 33-year old singles champions?




...and, finally...



PAN AMERICAN GAMES TENNIS (Toronto, Canada)
2011 Final: Falconi/USA d. Puig/PUR [Bronze: McHale/USA]
2011 Doubles Final: Irigoyen/Molinero (ARG) d. Falconi/McHale (USA) [Bronze: Castano/Duque (COL)]
15 Top Seeds: Davis/Puig
=============================
=SF=
#1 Davis/USA d. #3 Duque/COL
#4 Vickery/USA d. Abanda/CAN
=FINAL=
#4 Vickery/USA d. #1 Davis/USA





*LADIES' SINGLES FINAL*
#1 Serena Williams/USA vs. #20 Garbine Muguruza/ESP

*GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES FINAL*
#1 Novak Djokovic/SRB vs. #2 Roger Federer/SUI

*LADIES' DOUBLES FINAL*
#1 Hingis/Mirza (SUI/IND) vs. #2 Makarova/Vesnina (RUS/RUS)

*GENTLEMEN'S DOUBLES FINAL*
#4 Rojer/Tecau (NED/ROU) vs. #13 J.Murray/Peers (GBR/AUS)

*MIXED DOUBLES FINAL*
#7 Hingis/Paes (SUI/IND) vs. #5 Babos/Peya (HUN/AUT)

*GIRLS SINGLES FINAL*
Sofya Zhuk/RUS vs. #12 Anna Blinkova/RUS

*BOYS SINGLES FINAL*
Reilly Opelka/USA vs. #12/WC Mikael Ymer/SWE

*GIRLS DOUBLES SF*
#1 Kolodziejova/Vondrousova (CZE/CZE) vs. #3 Galfi/Stollar (HUN/HUN)
Lapko/Mihalikova (BLR/SVK) vs. Brogan/Christie (GBR/GBR)

*BOYS DOUBLES SF*
#1 Fritz/Mmoh (USA/USA) vs. #4 Opelka/Santillan (USA/JPN)
#5 Kecmanovic/Ruud (SRB/NOR) vs. #8 Ly/Nagal (VIE/IND)

*WOMEN'S WC DOUBLES FINAL*
#1 Kamiji/Whiley (JPN/GBR) vs. #2 Griffioen/Van Koot (NED/NED)

*MEN'S WC DOUBLES SF*
#1 Houdet/Kunieda (FRA/JPN) vs. Fernandez/Peifer (ARG/FRA)
Gerard/Hewett (BEL/GBR) vs. #2 Jeremiasz/Reid (FRA/GBR)






London it's not a goodbye it's a see u soon type of moment! U been real! I ?? you

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Enjoyed watching @Wimbledon today ????

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**SERENA vs. MUGURUZA**
2013 Australian Open 2nd - WILLIAMS 6-2/6-0
2014 Roland Garros 2nd - MUGURUZA 6-2/6-2
2015 Australian Open 4th - WILLIAMS 2-6/6-3/6-2
2015 Wimbledon Final - ??

**SPANIARDS IN WTA TOP 10 - by year debuted**
1989 Arantxa Sanchez
1989 Conchita Martinez
2015 Carla Suarez-Navarro
2015 Garbine Muguruza

**RECENT WTA TOP 10 DEBUTS**
=2008=
Aga Radwanska
=2009=
Victoria Azarenka
Flavia Pennetta
Caroline Wozniacki
=2010=
Li Na
Francesca Schiavone
Sam Stosur
=2011=
Petra Kvitova
Andrea Petkovic
=2012=
Sara Errani
Angelique Kerber
=2013=
Maria Kirilenko
=2014=
Genie Bouchard
Dominika Cibulkova
Simona Halep
=2015=
Ekaterina Makarova
Garbine Muguruza
Lucie Safarova
Carla Suarez-Navarro

**WTA MIXED SLAM TITLES - active**
5...Cara Black, ZIM
5...Lisa Raymond, USA
5...Katarina Srebotnik, SLO
4...Daniela Hantuchova, SVK
3...Sania Mirza, IND
3...Sam Stosur, AUS
--
NOTE: Hingis (2) in Mixed final

**2015 ATP FINALS**
8...NOVAK DJOKOVIC, SRB (5-2)
7...ROGER FEDERER (4-2)
5...Andy Murray, GBR (3-2)
3...David Ferrer, ESP (3-0)
3...Stan Wawrinka, SUI (3-0)
3...Rafael Nadal, ESP (2-1)
3...Kei Nishikori, JPN (2-1)
3...Tomas Berdych, CZE (0-3)

**SLAM FINALS - ACTIVE MEN**
26...ROGER FEDERER, SUI (17-8)
20...Rafael Nadal, ESP (14-6)
17...NOVAK DJOKOVIC, SRB (8-8)
8...Andy Murray, GBR (2-6)
4...Lleyton Hewitt, AUS (2-2)
2...Stan Wawrinka, SUI (2-0)
2...Robin Soderling, SWE (0-2)

**SLAM FINALS - OPEN ERA**
26 - ROGER FEDERER (17-8)
20 - Rafael Nadal (14-6)
19 - Ivan Lendl (8-11)
18 - Pete Sampras (14-4)
17 - Rod Laver (11-6)
17 - NOVAK DJOKOVIC (8-8)
16 - Bjorn Borg (11-5)
16 - Ken Rosewall (8-8)

**MEETINGS IN ATP FINALS - OPEN ERA**
22 - Rafael Nadal/Novak Djokovic
20 - Roger Federer/Rafael Nadal
20 - Ivan Lendl/John McEnroe
16 - Andre Agassi/Pete Sampras
16 - Boris Becker/Stefan Edberg
15 - Jimmy Connors/John McEnroe
14 - NOVAK DJOKOVIC/ROGER FEDERER

**MOST ATP MEETINGS - OPEN ERA**
44 - Rafael Nadal/Novak Djokovic
40 - NOVAK DJOKOVIC/ROGER FEDERER
36 - Ivan Lendl/John McEnroe
35 - Ivan Lendl/Jimmy Connors
35 - Boris/Becker/Stefan Edberg
35 - Jimmy Connors/John McEnroe
34 - Andre Agassi/Pete Sampras
33 - Roger Federer/Rafael Nadal

**DJOKOVIC vs. FEDERER STATS**
OVERALL: Federer 20-19
WALKOVER: Djokovic 1-0
WIN BY RETIREMENT: Federer 1-0
5-SETS: Djokovic 3-0
BEST-OF-5 sets: Federer 7-6
BEST-OF-3 sets: Djokovic 14-12
Slams: tied 6-6
AO: Djokovic 2-1
RG: tied 1-1
WI: tied 1-1
US: Federer 3-2
Slam finals: tied 1-1
Finals: Djokovic 9-5 (also Djokovic w/o win)





TOP QUALIFIER: Petra Cetkovska, CZE
TOP EARLY-ROUND (1r-2r): #2 Petra Kvitova/CZE
TOP MIDDLE-ROUND (3r-QF): #20 Garbine Muguruza/ESP & #4 Maria Sharapova/RUS
TOP LATE-ROUND (SF-F): xx
TOP QUALIFYING MATCH: Q1: #21 Michelle Larcher de Brito/POR d. Ysaline Bonaventure/BEL 1-6/6-3/12-10 (saved 4 MP)
TOP EARLY-RD. MATCH (1r-2r): 1st Rd. - #6 Lucie Safarova/CZE d. Alison Riske/USA 3-6/7-5/6-3 (Riske up set and 4-2, served 5-4, 2-0 in 3rd)
TOP MIDDLE-RD. MATCH (3r-QF): 3rd Rd. - #1 Serena Williams/USA d. Heather Watson/GBR 6-2/4-6/7-5 (Watson up dbl-bk 3-0 in 3rd, served at 5-4, 2 pts from win)
TOP LATE-RD. MATCH (SF-F/Jr.): Nominee: Jr. QF - #12 Blinkova d. (WC) T. Black 1-6/6-3/12-10 (3:07)
=============================
FIRST WINNER: #23 Victoria Azarenka/BLR (def. Kontaveit/EST)
FIRST SEED OUT: #24 Flavia Pennetta/ITA (lost 1st Rd. to Diyas/KAZ)
UPSET QUEENS: The Bannerettes
REVELATION LADIES: The Swiss
NATION OF POOR SOULS: Italy (Pennetta "FSO" - ITA 4/6 FSO at Wimbledon; Schiavone another 1st Rd; Knapp ret.; Vinci disappoints)
LAST QUALIFIER STANDING: Olga Govortsova/BLR (4th Rd.)
LAST WILD CARD STANDING: Jelena Ostapenko/LAT (2nd Rd.)
LAST BRIT STANDING: Heather Watson/GBR (3rd Rd.)
IT ("??"): ("Vandeweghe") Coco Vandeweghe/USA (1st slam QF, lives up to family history w/ New York Knick commentary)
Ms.OPPORTUNITY: #20 Garbine Muguruza/ESP
COMEBACK: #13 Aga Radwanska/POL
CRASH & BURN: #12 Genie Bouchard/CAN (1st Rd. loss to qualifier #117 Duan; was '14 finalist; two con. slam 1st Rd. losses) & #3 Simona Halep/ROU (1st Rd. loss to #106 Cepelova; lost to Bouchard in '14 SW19 semi)
ZOMBIE QUEEN: #1 Serena Williams (3rd Rd. - down double-break 3-0 in 3rd set vs. Watson, who served for match at 5-4 and was two points from victory)
THE RADWANSKA AWARD (June 26): Aga Radwanska & the seagull (in Eastbourne, bird swoops at Radwanska as she serves... one day later, she loses in the final)
THE RADWANSKA AWARD (Day 3): Day 3 is the hottest day ever recorded in Wimbledon history (35.7 C / 96 F), fire alarm evacuates Centre Court
DOUBLES STAR: Nominees: T.Babos, S.Mirza, M.Hingis, Kolodziejova/Vondrousova
KIMIKO DATE-KRUMM VETERAN CUP (KDK CUP): Nominees: S.Williams, M.Hingis, S.Mirza, J.Griffioen (WC)
JUNIOR BREAKOUT: Nominees: Kolodziejova/Vondrousova, S.Zhuk, A.Blinkova



All for Day 11. More tomorrow.

posted by Todd.Spiker @ 5:12 PM 

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