Men's Quarterfinals - Who'da thunk it?

To all of those who saw six-time Wimbledon champ Roger Federer cruise through the first set against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and dash off to work, what a shock it must have been to see Federer lose. His perfect record in Grand Slams after winning the first two sets will forever be tarnished now by 1 loss at Federer's home court, Central Court at the All England Lawn Tennis (and Croquet) Club. From what I heard it was worth watching, and I plan on doing just that - good thing I remembered to record the match!

In other news, I think everyone expected #2 Novak Djokovic and #3 Andy Murray cruise through to the semis easily. You do have to give credit to the 18-year-old up-and-comer Bernard Tomic for taking a set off Novak. Tomic has an eccentric game, so I look forward to seeing him around more. Murray, meanwhile, took care handily of Feliciano Lopez (nicknamed "Deliciano" by Murray's own mother!).

Last but not least, the #1 and last year's defending champ, Rafael Nadal, held his nerve against Mardy Fish who was broken on serve only once in all his matches leading up to the Quarters (including an upset against last year's finalist Tomas Berdych!). Expect to see Mardy move up the rankings a little bit, and enter the summer US Open Series with serious confidence. By the way, Mardy had a phenomenal summer last year and I actually have an autographed ball from when he was at the Atlanta Tennis Championship - hope to see him around again!

So, Gentlemen's Semifinals at Wimbledon are set: repeating 2010's semifinal, #1 Rafael Nadal will take on #4 Andy Murray. We can expect a high quality clash between #2 Novak Djokovic and #19 Jo-Wilfriend Tsonga, who beat Novak the last time they met at a Slam (2010 Australian Open QF). I can't wait for Friday!

Women's Semifinals Set

There was a full day of tennis played today at Wimbledon to the point where the roof was closed for the last match. The 2004 Wimbledon Champion, Maria Sharapova, is looking strong as the highest seed remaining in the semis. She will go up against the fast-serving Sabine Lisicki of Germany who is through to her first semis. Will experience hold off the blistering power of Lisicki's serve, who is only a Wildcard going into this tournament? I'm Looking forward to that one!

In the other semis match, Victoria Azarenka, the world #4, goes against Petra Kvitova, the #8 seed . I'm not too familiar with these ladies, but I know Azarenka is one of the loudest person when hitting the ball, and that is such a pet peeve of mine... But you have to hand it to her for having made the Quarterfinals at all the slams except the US Open, so she definitely knows how to play tennis and not just shriek all day long.

But for tomorrow, I can't wait for the men's quarterfinal matches. So much good tennis already in this week, and much more to look forward to! Till then...I'm off.

What a Manic Monday it has been

To all those fans watching Wimbledon, today was truly a spectacular day. One of the highest quality matches was played between #1 Rafael Nadal and former #5 Juan Martin del Potro - they had a total of 105 winners scored to only 37 unforced errors between them - insane!

Of course, the top 4 in the Gentlemen's Draw are always consistent, but the Ladies had some fantastic games as well. Sharapova is looking strong to perhaps reclaim her crown as Wimbledon champ, but we've seen plenty of ups and downs this tournament so we might even have a dark horse winner. Lots to look forward for the Ladies Quarterfinal matches tomorrow!

Lastly, let's not forget Mardy Fish, the highest ranked American, is carrying our flag proudly at the Wimbledon grounds after Andy Roddick was upset last week. Fish vs. Nadal should be a good one to watch with the way Fish has been serving.

Hopefully I'll start to sound less like a commentator after I have more time to devote to this :) I'm currently in my last semester at college so things are busy busy busy...but there's always time for tennis!

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