Day 2: The Championships - Lucic dream run begins.

[Traveling Man]

Centre Court

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Serena Williams(USA)[1] vs. Michelle Larcher De Brito(POR)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Kei Nishikori(JPN) vs. Rafael Nadal(ESP)[2]

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Robin Soderling(SWE)[6] vs. Robby Ginepri(USA)

Court 1

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Robert Kendrick(USA) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA)[10]

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Jan Hajek(CZE) vs. Andy Murray(GBR)[4]

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Caroline Wozniacki(DEN)[3] vs. Tathiana Garbin(ITA)

Court 2

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Akgul Amanmuradova(UZB) vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS)[19]

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Nicolas Kiefer(GER) vs. David Ferrer(ESP)[9]

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Anastasia Pivovarova(RUS) vs. Maria Sharapova(RUS)[16]

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Juan Carlos Ferrero(ESP)[14] vs. Xavier Malisse(BEL)

Court 5

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Melinda Czink(HUN) vs. Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)[7]

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Robin Haase(NED) vs. James Blake(USA)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Marcos Baghdatis(CYP)[24] vs. Lukas Lacko(SVK)

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Na Li(CHN)[9] vs. Chanelle Scheepers(RSA)

Court 6

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Gilles Simon(FRA)[26] vs. Guillermo Alcaide(ESP)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Marco Chiudinelli(SUI) vs. Alexandr Dolgopolov(UKR)

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Dominika Cibulkova(SVK) vs. Lucie Safarova(CZE)[25]

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Iveta Benesova(CZE) vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS)[29]

Court 7

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Marc Gicquel(FRA) vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu(FRA)

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Monica Niculescu(ROU) vs. Gisela Dulko(ARG)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Blaz Kavcic(SLO) vs. Lukasz Kubot(POL)

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Sara Errani(ITA)[32] vs. Julie Coin(FRA)

Court 8

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Mikhail Youzhny(RUS)[13] vs. Dudi Sela(ISR)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Jarkko Nieminen(FIN) vs. Stefan Koubek(AUT)

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Magdalena Rybarikova(SVK) vs. Aravane Rezai(FRA)[18]

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Bojana Jovanovski(SRB) vs. Casey Dellacqua(AUS)

Court 9

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Tobias Kamke(GER) vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP)

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Sorana Cirstea(ROU) vs. Petra Kvitova(CZE)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Michael Russell(USA) vs. Pere Riba-Madrid(ESP)

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Arantxa Rus(NED) vs. Kai-Chen Chang(TPE)

Court 10

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Oscar Hernandez(ESP) vs. Ivan Dodig(CRO)

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Timea Bacsinszky(SUI) vs. Edina Gallovits(ROU)

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Ioana Raluca Olaru(ROU) vs. Alize Cornet(FRA)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Frederico Gil(POR) vs. Marcel Granollers(ESP)

Court 11

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Illya Marchenko(UKR) vs. Michael Berrer(GER)

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Alberta Brianti(ITA) vs. Jill Craybas(USA)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Jeremy Chardy(FRA) vs. Daniel Gimeno-Traver(ESP)

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Sybille Bammer(AUT) vs. Roberta Vinci(ITA)

Court 12

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Anne Keothavong(GBR) vs. Anastasia Rodionova(AUS)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Andreas Beck(GER) vs. Jamie Baker(GBR)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Fernando Verdasco(ESP)[8] vs. Fabio Fognini(ITA)

Ree/Pee dubz. NOC.

Court 14

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Anna Chakvetadze(RUS) vs. Andrea Petkovic(GER)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Ricardo Mello(BRA) vs. Thomaz Bellucci(BRA)[25]

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Alexandra Dulgheru(ROU)[31] vs. Kimiko Date Krumm(JPN)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Thiemo De Bakker(NED) vs. Santiago Giraldo(COL)

Court 15

Doubles NOC * 3.

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Arantxa Parra Santonja(ESP) vs. Olga Govortsova(BLR)

Court 16

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Go Soeda(JPN) ;D vs. Martin Fischer(AUT)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Kristof Vliegen(BEL) vs. Julien Benneteau(FRA)[32]

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Tamarine Tanasugarn(THA) vs. Ayumi Morita(JPN)

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Mariana Duque Marino(COL) vs. Kurumi Nara(JPN)

Court 17

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Jie Zheng(CHN)[23] vs. Pauline Parmentier(FRA)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Simon Greul(GER) vs. Florent Serra(FRA)

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Klara Zakopalova(CZE) vs. Yvonne Meusburger(AUT)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Julian Reister(GER) vs. Rik De Voest(RSA)

Court 18

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR) vs. Sam Querrey(USA)[18]

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Kaia Kanepi(EST) vs. Samantha Stosur(AUS)[6]

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Romina Sarina Oprandi(ITA) vs. Heather Watson(GBR)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Nicolas Mahut(FRA) vs. John Isner(USA)[23]

Court 19

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Flavia Pennetta(ITA)[10] vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Nicolas Almagro(ESP)[19] vs. Andreas Seppi(ITA)

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Philipp Petzschner(GER)[33] vs. Stephane Robert(FRA)

Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE) vs. Elena Vesnina(RUS)

TBA

Not Before:17:00
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Daniela Hantuchova(SVK)[24] vs. Vania King(USA)

Not Before:17:00
Ladies' Singles - 1st Round
Mirjana Lucic(CRO) vs. Victoria Azarenka(BLR)[14]

Not Before:17:00
Gentlemen's Doubles - 1st Round
Somdev Devvarman(IND) /Treat Conrad Huey(PHI) vs. Rohan Bopanna(IND) /Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK)

Doubles NOC.

[janie]

I hope Aisam will team up with Akgul for mixed again!

[The Chloe]

SODASLAM on centre over Murray? I approve. But seriously, who schedules these things?

[R. Black]

If Murray would be on CC too, the schedule on court 1 would suck too much. It's fair for the fans that like RG they put matches people are looking forward to on court 1.

[DBBN]

Vamos.

Rafa.
Robert G over Todd, but OH MAN this match kills me.
Robert K.
Hajek.
Pushniacki.
Jurge)))
Krud.
JCF.
Haas-e.
Lee Na.
Yvetta.
PHM.
Kubotics.
Colonel.
Caravane.
Kvitty.
Russell Terrier.
Roby.
Nando.
A-Chak vs. Petkorazzi...terribly sad result either way.
Monica Bellucci.
P U S H E R U. Please.
Da Baker.
B'eau.
Court 17 just blows today.
Queer Eye (sorry, Serg).
KKK.

Digression. I like the Dropshot Dame, but I also would rather Watson be the Brit chick. It's mostly because she's black, and that would piss a TON of people off. I guess my point is...who names their kid Romina Sarina?

Ivo (USA).
Andrewas.
PPP.
BarbOra.
VJK.
Lucic.

If the doubles Asians are hot, I want lots of sweaty pictures. Otherwise NOC.

Vamos.

[The Chloe]

Jun 21, 2010 19:55:03 GMT -5 R. Black said:

If Murray would be on CC too, the schedule on court 1 would suck too much. It's fair for the fans that like RG they put matches people are looking forward to on court 1.

I think Court 1 would be okay either way, but I do see your point.

[leelee]

But, RG treats Lenglen as an "equal" court to Chatrier most of the tournament.

Don't ugly Brits have to book Center Court seats months in advance. I'd be pissed. Of course, none of them care about tennis, but whatever.

[R. Black]

But they already have Silliams and Nadal.

I like the idea that Murray won't automatically be put on CC for every match. We saw with the WC thing that being Brit is not enough to get privileges.

[lexpretend]

I guess the thinking was "Soderling should get CC at some point, may as well take advantage of his playing a former top 20 player/Murray playing a NOC player to tick that box".

I agree with Hurley about Watson! Plus, I may have said this elsewhere, but she's pretty much destined to be in Robson's shadow for her entire career - it can't be fun to be constantly dismissed as "not as good as your younger friend".

[lexpretend]

First Anastasia Rodionova tantrum of the tournament on my TV right now!

[janie]

2nd set to Akgul! Great serving in the tb and one monster of a ROS FH.

[janie]

Akgul's playing so much better now, though she blew a break point chance a little while ago. There have been some fun rapid-fire exchanges of volleys at the net but a lot of big serving is Akgul's real story.

[lexpretend]

I watched a bit of the second set of that. Sweta was barely getting a look at Akgul's service games.

The Rodionova tantrums continue apace! So good to see her get TV time. (And so good to see Keothavong do well, too.)

[lexpretend]

I really want to watch the Chak Attack/Petkorazzi, currently locked at 4-4 in the third, but Chak has fallen so low that she doesn't even merit a TV court any more

[lexpretend]

Serious gagging going on from Keothavong. This match is horrible yet gripping.

[Edna Krabappel]

Chak was on my TV! I didn't get to see it, but the commentators refer to it as "the match we were watching before switching to this one (Ree vs Screamo)".
Ree's thighs look huge again. Which means she's winning another Bimbly. And her facial expressions indicate she's experiencing Weltschmerz on her own skin or something. Who knows with her.

[lexpretend]

This horrible Keothavong service game at *4-3 - she was up 4-0 - has contained about 8570484 deuces and maybe one winner.

[lexpretend]

lolololololol Rodionova wins it FINALLY...on a dead net cord.

[Edna Krabappel]

I can watch Bimbledon on two channels. Which basically means 85% of the time that I have an opportunity to watch the same match on two channels. Yay.
I miss BBC.

[Traveling Man]

My coverage has ended because we're going to the World Cup.

[lexpretend]

4-0 to 4-6. SMH. Dreadful. I cannot believe I watched that set.

[R. Black]

How loud was Bitchelle today?

[Traveling Man]

Pam Shriver and James Blake got into a fight because she was ripping him and she didn't realize he could hear her? Details please, USian viewers.

[Brinyi]

Jun 22, 2010 9:36:31 GMT -5 Traveling Man said:

Pam Shriver and James Blake got into a fight because she was ripping him and she didn't realize he could hear her? Details please, USian viewers.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od5OjD4RMRI

[R. Black]

I can't make sense of that video (?)

[Traveling Man]

Thanks! How random that he could hear her while on court - and she didn't exactly bitch him out like they're saying at TF.

[Traveling Man]

Jun 22, 2010 9:52:16 GMT -5 R. Black said:

I can't make sense of that video (?)

At TF they're saying that Pam said that he was irrelevant and overachieved and then James says "I'm surprised you played tennis because I can still hear you" and then Pam says she just got yelled at by James and he has rabbit ears and at the end of the game James says "You want to be an ass about it and act like it's my fault?"

Pam's bitching is missing but the rest is in the video - but yes, it was a mess.

[Maeby Fünke]

"I'm surprised you played tennis because I can still hear you."

I don't understand what he meant?

[leelee]

James was 100% correct. Criticism, whatever. But, Pam realized immediately that James could hear her... and then they kept talking just as loud through the next point! Disgraceful. Way to think you're better than the actual sport, Pam and Pat. Typical ESPN behavior, though.

[R. Black]

Huh, what is she supposed to do, to start whispering on television because a loser who can't focus on his match can hear her?