Les Championnats. Le huitième jour.

[lexpretend]

Centre Court

11:00 am Start
1 Ladies' Singles - 4th Rnd.
Justine Henin (BEL)[1] v. Patty Schnyder (SUI)[15]

2 Ladies' Singles - 4th Rnd.
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)[10] v. Serena Williams (USA)[7]

3 Gentlemen's Singles - 4th Rnd.
Andy Roddick (USA)[3] v. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)

4 Gentlemen's Singles - 4th Rnd.
Richard Gasquet (FRA)[12] v. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

Court 1

11:00 am Start

1 Gentlemen's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Robin Soderling (SWE)[28] v. Rafael Nadal (ESP)[2]

2 Ladies' Singles - 4th Rnd.
Jelena Jankovic (SRB)[3] v. Marion Bartoli (FRA)[18]

3 Gentlemen's Singles - 4th Rnd.
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)[20] v. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)

Court 2

11:00 am Start

1 Ladies' Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Akiko Morigami (JPN) v. Venus Williams (USA)[23 To Finish 2-6 4-1

2 Gentlemen's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Nicolas Kiefer (GER) v. Novak Djokovic (SRB)[4]

Court 3

11:00 am Start
1 Ladies' Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Elena Dementieva (RUS)[12] v. Tamira Paszek (AUT To Finish 6-3 0-1

2 Gentlemen's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)[19] v. Wayne Arthurs (AUS)

Court 13

11:00 am Start
1 Ladies' Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Ana Ivanovic (SRB)[6] v. Aravane Rezai (FRA To Finish 6-3

2 Gentlemen's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)[6] v. Gael Monfils (FRA)

Court 14

11:00 am Start
1 Gentlemen's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Tomas Berdych (CZE)[7] v. Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) To Finish 6-4 2-3

2 Ladies' Singles - 4th Rnd.
Laura Granville (USA) v. Michaella Krajicek (NED)[31]

Court 15

11:00 am Start
1 Ladies' Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)[14] v. Victoria Azarenka (BLR To Finish 6-4 3-2

2 Gentlemen's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[14] v. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)[18]

Court 18

11:00 am Start
1 Ladies' Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Nadia Petrova (RUS)[11] v. Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) To Finish 6-3 3-1

2 Gentlemen's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)[16] v. Guillermo Canas (ARG)[22]

[lexpretend]

Il pleut.

[janie]

This lineup looks fantastic:

Wimbledon 2007 Ladies' Invitational Doubles

GROUP A

Gigi Fernandez / Natasha Zvereva (1)
Ilana Kloss / Rosalyn Nideffer
Hana Mandlikova / Lori McNeil
Elizabeth Smylie / Nathalie Tauziat

GROUP B

Manon Bollegraf / Catarina Lindqvist
Annabel Croft / Jo Durie
Gretchen Magers / Conchita Martinez
Jana Novotna / Helena Sukova (2)

[janie]

Ils jouent! First game to Justine!

[janie]

3-0 in 7 minutes

[R. Black]

Gigi Fernandez - Zvereva, fun.

Interesting to see Novotna and Sukova playing together.

[janie]

Queen Vee is starting out like crap!

[lexpretend]

Mpaperfolding has blown six set points so far, mostly w/ FHs into the net.

[lexpretend]

Chokey choke choke choke.

[lexpretend]

This is the worst match I have ever seen anyone play ever.

[janie]

I know. Poor Akiko. Stop choking! Both are playing so crap.

[janie]

STOP THE TORTURE, ESPN! Switch us to Justine v Patty!!

[janie]

Vee gives the set to Akiko! LOL

[lexpretend]

Mpaperfolding FINALLY takes the set.

She actually had to get her feet out of the way to avoid the FIRST BOUNCE of one Venus serve. The second serve landed in the wrong service box, on Venus's own side of the court.

[janie]

This set is so much better! I never knew Akiko could play this way; it's a lot of fun to watch.

Even though we know the inevitable final choke is looming on the horizon ....

[R. Black]

Morigami's playing good tennis now! She hit a couple of good forehands.

[lexpretend]

I dread to think about the break point conversion ratio for this match.

[janie]

Justine takes care of business in under an hour again.

[janie]

lexpretend said:

I dread to think about the break point conversion ratio for this match.

0.0001%

[lexpretend]

they just traded blowing 40-0 leads on each other's serves, anyway.

[lexpretend]

Mpaperfolding serves for match, loses serve to love. CHOKE.

[lexpretend]

God. Why are women tennis players such mental fucking dwarves. Mpaperfolding blew two break points when Venus was serving for the match, which would have meant another suspension at 6-6...

[lexpretend]

Repeat of Tits Paszek and Demented now. Paszek is for real, she's coming up with some sick angles and her BH down the line is a thing of wonder.

[janie]

Wow, I'd have liked to see some of Paszek vs ED.

[lexpretend]

There was one AMAZING point where Tits and Demented were exchanging crosscourt FHs at full pelt and out of nowhere, from well behind the baseline, off a full power Dementieva FH, Paszek hit this perfect crosscourt FH dropshot for a clean winner. I've no idea how she did that.

[janie]

lexpretend said:

There was one AMAZING point where Tits and Demented were exchanging crosscourt FHs at full pelt and out of nowhere, from well behind the baseline, off a full power Dementieva FH, Paszek hit this perfect crosscourt FH dropshot for a clean winner. I've no idea how she did that.

Wow! A young player who is CREATIVE on the run? I'm in love!

[DBBN]

Paszek can make the final. She won't, but she can.

[Traveling Man]

Is it still raining?

And fuck you, Mpaperfolding.

[Traveling Man]

Serena leads 5-1. Yawn.

[sasha]

Paszek. I better like her now while I can, because I think she'll be a HUGE star in the future. Which means the corporate evils will turn her into a robot like Princess Maria.