Wimbledon Day 3: Wednesday, June 25 - Order of Play

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Click here for the Day 3 Order of Play

(All matches, on all courts, are listed in order to give you a feel for when everything will begin and end.)

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Please use this thread to discuss Day 3 action.

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I've added TV schedules for live coverage in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia.

 

[sk310]

Tough matches for Petra and Vika. Mona made a splash somewhere a few year ago, right? I can't remember. Bojana was hyped a few years ago when she came up from juniors. It hasn't produced much.

I could see one of these two being an upset.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

2 more ladies matches had to be moved to next day.


Couple of juicy doubles match-ups!

LADIES' DOUBLES - FIRST ROUND


Serena Williams (USA) [8]
Venus Williams (USA) [8]
v
Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)
Olga Savchuk (UKR)

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Martina Hingis (SUI)
Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
v
Cara Black (ZIM) [4]
Sania Mirza (IND) [4]

 

[kskate2]

Venus is absolutely crushing the ball today. Several aces and winners, 7-6 6-1

 

[Calvy]

Venus is absolutely crushing the ball today. Several aces and winners, 7-6 6-1

Still not convinced whether she can make it to the
later rounds, even though she played well. Definitely looks to me she's lost a little sting on her shots.

 

[Si Si Simona]

Venus is absolutely crushing the ball today. Several aces and winners, 7-6 6-1

Still not convinced whether she can make it to the
later rounds, even though she played well. Definitely looks to me she's lost a little sting on her shots.

She lost not just a little sting but a lot of sting because of her illness. Could have easily been top 5 if she was healthy.

 

[kskate2]

Venus is absolutely crushing the ball today. Several aces and winners, 7-6 6-1

Still not convinced whether she can make it to the
later rounds, even though she played well. Definitely looks to me she's lost a little sting on her shots.

Agree. Petra will be a tough ask even though Venus is the better grass courter. Petra always steps up her game for Venus.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

What is Jovanovski saying when she is hitting the ball? It does not sound like a normal grunt...it has two syllables. Sounds like Ern Shaw...or something. Weird.

 

[kskate2]

Vika is now in sudden death at 4-5 in the decider

 

[kskate2]

Vika still in sudden death 5-6

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

This is crazy. Jovanovski's grunt is extremely selective. Half the rally she is quiet, the other half she is annoyingly loud...

 

[kskate2]

Vika went from 40-0 to MP and she is out!

 

[tenisplayrla08]

And Vika falls. Great play from Jovanovski! Sad to see Vika go. But, she's been gone for 4 or 5 months basically. It happens. She'll be back. And this way we get to see an young gun go to the third round where neither her possible opponents are particularly formidable, though Coco has been doing well on the grass this year. But unless Jovanovski can keep up this strong play it will probably be Cibulkova or Safarova who go to the quarters.

 

[Front242]

Was away for hours and glad Zvonareva won. Hope she keeps it up. Was looking dodgy there last night.

 

[kskate2]

Watching some of the doubs. The Williams look old and slow. Their opponents are a better doubles team. They take the opening set 7-5. We'll see how invested Serena & Venus are about getting this to a 3rd set.

 

[Hoergren]

A very secure win for Caroline Wozniacki today 63 62 over Naomi Broady - expected but her stats are impressive. 1st serve for the match 86%. Congrats Caroline you deserve it.

2 Aces
0 Double faults
36 of 42 = 86 % 1st serves in
32 of 36 = 89 % 1st serve points won
4 of 6 = 67 % 2nd serve points won
107 MPH Fastest serve
97 MPH Average 1st serve speed
80 MPH Average 2nd serve speed
6 of 7 = 86 % Net points won
3 of 4 = 75 % Break points won
23 of 51 = 45 % Receiving points won
14 Winners
2 Unforced errors
59 Total points won

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Vika went from 40-0 to MP and she is out!

I am shocked!

Shock-Wave in Wimby!!!

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Watching some of the doubs. The Williams look old and slow. Their opponents are a better doubles team. They take the opening set 7-5. We'll see how invested Serena & Venus are about getting this to a 3rd set.

Quite invested I would say, they took the second set 6-1

There are a few interesting matches being played as I write this, Martina/Vera too.

 

[kskate2]

8.35pm. I'm wondering if they will finish these matches tonight

 

[kskate2]

Oh my. Serena just ended up in someone's lap. He looks to be OK though. :snigger

Good to see them fighting for this 3rd set. They were down a break and have rallied to get it on serve. Still not playing up to their potential, but fighting nonetheless.