THE CHAMPIONSHIPS, WIMBLEDON Day 8 review - Tuesday 3rd July 2007.
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On again, off again. Play started and stopped over and over during another rain-frustrated day at
Wimbledon; as the tournament fell even further behind schedule. Organisers must surely be regretting
the decision not to play during the scheduled rest day on Sunday.
During the play that was possible, there were upsets. Defending champion Amelie Mauresmo's bid for
back-to-back Wimbledon crowns is over, after Mauresmo went down in 3 sets to tall teenage Czech
Nicole Vaidisova. Also out of the tournament is third seed Jelena Jankovic, who started strongly against
Marion Bartoli but was unable to last the distance. No such dramas for Svetlana Kuznetsova or Ana
Ivanovic, who comfortably made their way into the quarter-finals.
Lleyton Hewitt completed his third-round clash against Argentinian Guillermo Canas, while Juan Carlos
Ferrero ended the run of unseeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic. 6th seed Nikolay Davydenko also recorded a
straight-sets win over Gael Monfils. But the frustration for Raphael Nadal continued, with his third-round
match against Robin Soderling still not completed; and is locked at 4-4 in the fifth set. Novak Djokovic
and Nicolas Kiefer are also still to complete their third-round match; locked at one set all with both sets
going off in tie-breaks.
As well as the backlog in singles matches, doubles and junior matches are now several days behind
schedule; with little hope of those tournaments being concluded by Sunday. Play has again been
brought forward to start at 8pm (Sydney time) on all courts tonight, but again the weather forecast is not
encouraging.
The Aussies
Mens Singles, Third Round
16 - L Hewitt (AUS) d 22 - G Canas (ARG) 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4
Womens Doubles, Second Round
4 - K Srebotnik (SLO)/A Sugiyama (JPN) d E Loit (FRA)/N Pratt (AUS) 6-0 6-3
Mixed Doubles, Second Round
T Perry (AUS)/C-J Chuang (TPE) d J Auckland (GBR)/C Curran (GBR) 7-5 6-2
Girls Singles, First Round
A Bai (AUS) d S Akita (JPN) 6-2 6-2
T Bua (ARG) d J Moore (AUS) 6-1 6-3
The Seeds
Mens Singles, Third Round
6 - N Davydenko (RUS) d G Monfils (FRA) 6-3 7-5 6-3
Mens Singles, Fourth Round
20 - J C Ferrero (ESP) d J Tipsarevic (SRB) 7-5 6-3 7-6
Womens Singles, Fourth Round
18 - M Bartoli (FRA) d 3 - J Jankovic (SRB) 3-6 7-5 6-3
14 - N Vaidisova (CZE) d 4 - A Mauresmo (FRA) 7-6 4-6 6-1
5 - S Kuznetsova (RUS) d T Paszek (AUT) 6-3 6-2
6 - A Ivanovic (SRB) d 11 - N Petrova (RUS) 6-1 2-6 6-4
Mens Doubles, Second Round
3 - M Knowles (BAH)/D Nestor (CAN) d M Gicquel (FRA)/F Serra (FRA) 7-6 6-4 4-6 6-0
Womens Doubles, Second Round
7 - J Husarova (SVK)/M Shaughnessy (USA) d J Gajdosova (SVK)/A Morigami (JPN) 7-5 4-6 8-6
12 - M Kirilenko (RUS)/E Vesnina (RUS) d V Azarenka (BLR)/A Chekvetadze (RUS) 6-7 6-1 8-6
16 - S Mirza (IND)/S Peer (ISR) d A Szavay (HUN)/V Uhlirova (CZE) 6-4 6-3
Boys Singles, First Round
14 - B Jovanovski (SRB) d D Ripoll (GBR) 6-3 6-3
15 - T Fabbiano (ITA) d N Angus (GBR) 6-3 6-1
Girls Singles, First Round
1 - A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d M Larcher de Brito (POR) 6-4 7-5
2 - A Pivovarova (RUS) d N Broady (GBR) 6-3 6-3
4 - K Milevskaya (BLR) d Y-M Zhou (CHN) 6-3 5-7
6 - U Radwanska (POL) d T Hendler (BEL) 6-1 6-1
9 - N Cavaday (GBR) d J Tinjic (CRO) 6-2 6-1
11 - K-C Chang (TPE) d M Mosolova (RUS) 6-3 6-4
14 - R Szilinszka (USA) d J Jackson (GBR) 6-4 6-2
The Others
Mens Doubles, Second Round
T Johansson (SWE)/A Pavel (ROU) d I Kunitsyn (RUS)/D Tursinov (RUS) 7-6 1-6 6-4 6-4
Womens Doubles, Second Round
J Craybas (USA)/L Granville (USA) d E Dementieva (RUS)/F Pennetta (ITA) 6-3 6-3
M Krajicek (NED)/A Radwanska (POL) d A Hlavackova (CZE)/S Kloesel (GER) 6-3 6-3
S Peng (CHN)/Z Yan (CHN) d E Danilidou (GRE)/J Woehr (GER) 6-0 6-3
Mixed Doubles, Second Round
A Ram (ISR)/N Dechy (FRA) d L Kubot (POL)/S Bammer (AUT) 6-4 6-4
Girls Singles, First Round
A Rus (NED) d I Begu (ROU) 6-1 6-0
O Kalashnikova (GEO) d A Rodionova (RUS) 6-1 6-4
A Fitzpatrick (GBR) d M Oudin (USA) 7-5 6-4
K Kocova (SVK) d J Boserup (USA) 6-4 7-5
C Chala (FRA) d S Roma (SWE) 6-2 6-2
L Jurikova (SVK) d A Berkova (CZE) 6-4 6-2
V Li (USA) d J Gavenko (RUS) 7-6 6-2