Wimbledon Day 4: Thursday, June 26 - Order of Play

[tented]

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Click here for the Day 4 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 4 action.

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

 

[Moxie]

Two Frenchmen playing up-and-comers: Monfils v. Vesely and Gasquet v. Kyrgios. Could be interesting to see how the young guys do. Not really worried about Rosol repeating v. Nadal, which we discussed on another thread. Rafa will be ready for him.

 

[Front242]

http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/WEATHER-Met-Office-predict-10-15mm-rain/story-21288046-detail/story.html

 

[Front242]

Bring on the roof b1tches

 

[Front242]

I see Janowicz plays Hewitt later too. Could be interesting.

 

[Moxie]

Bring on the roof b1tches

Unlikely to affect play tomorrow. At least the roof shouldn't be a momentum-killer in the Nadal v. Rosol match, like last time. :dodgy: :laydownlaughing

 

[Moxie]

I see Janowicz plays Hewitt later too. Could be interesting.

In my draw I picked Rusty to smack down the wobbly and inconsistent JJ, to set up a Battle of the Zimmer Frames with Roger. lease:

 

[Front242]

Bring on the roof b1tches

Unlikely to affect play tomorrow. At least the roof shouldn't be a momentum-killer in the Nadal v. Rosol match, like last time. :dodgy: :laydownlaughing

Yeah, won't be an issue tomorrow or today here as it's after 2am. Annoying for weekend matches though.

 

[Front242]

I see Janowicz plays Hewitt later too. Could be interesting.

In my draw I picked Rusty to smack down the wobbly and inconsistent JJ, to set up a Battle of the Zimmer Frames with Roger. lease:

Quite possible he'll beat him alright and it'd be nice to see Hewitt go further than usual on his best surface. He was unlucky last year that Brown played extremely well. JJ's just won a 5 setter so he's clearly not playing great. Guess it'll depend on (a) how he serves and (b) how Hewitt returns. Kinda torn between wanting Hewitt to do well and JJ not losing a ton of ranking points. His game has already gone to crap enough without dropping an absolute ton of points.

 

[Moxie]

I see Janowicz plays Hewitt later too. Could be interesting.

In my draw I picked Rusty to smack down the wobbly and inconsistent JJ, to set up a Battle of the Zimmer Frames with Roger. lease:

Quite possible he'll beat him alright and it'd be nice to see Hewitt go further than usual on his best surface. He was unlucky last year that Brown played extremely well. JJ's just won a 5 setter so he's clearly not playing great. Guess it'll depend on (a) how he serves and (b) how Hewitt returns. Kinda torn between wanting Hewitt to do well and JJ not losing a ton of ranking points. His game has already gone to crap enough without dropping an absolute ton of points.

On grass, you never know with Hewitt. And I'll admit I have been in the JJ-camp, so I'd like to see him pick it up, but I'm going sentimental on this one. If Roger and Lleyton could get to each other, on grass, it would be like a swan song for their 'rivalry.' (By this, I mean on Hewitt's part.) I don't think for one minute that Rusty would win it, but it would be great to see one more between them on grass, for auld lang syne.

 

[Moxie]

And who is this Ante Pavic that's playing F. Lopez? Anyone have a scouting report on the guy? He's no kid.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

nadal vs rosol..wimbledon 2nd rd.

the rematch. :cover :grin:

this time its personal. :emperor: :devil lot

 

[Moxie]

nadal vs rosol..wimbledon 2nd rd.

the rematch. :cover :grin:

this time its personal. :emperor: :devil lot

Tented has shown us that Rafa is pretty stalwart when it comes to a grudge match:

http://www.tennisfrontier.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2606&page=9

It probably IS a bit personal. That's why I'd be surprised if Nadal doesn't show Rosol the door rather quickly. He's done it more than a few times when faced with a nemesis.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Agreed Moxie.. Mr Tented has provided the tennis atp bible (the truth):clap

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BUIsP_5lDQ[/video]

 

[TsarMatt]

Should be a great day of tennis. I'll be focusing on the two Aussie affairs and the Nadal/Rosol match.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Bring on the roof b1tches

Unlikely to affect play tomorrow. At least the roof shouldn't be a momentum-killer in the Nadal v. Rosol match, like last time. :dodgy: :laydownlaughing

Yeah, won't be an issue tomorrow or today here as it's after 2am. Annoying for weekend matches though.

Did you see the preview on ESPN when they showed how Lukas threw his racket at the end and Rafa picked it up before shaken that pos hand.. Rafa took the high road.. I would have planted my foot high into :devil

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Milos up 2 sets to 0 and playing solid. The second serve ace that was 138 mph was a bit of showing off but the kid loves his serve...

 

[Riotbeard]

Anybody else think Ferrer looks like a young Robert De Niro in the picture on tennis.com? Scroll down just a few...

http://www.tennis.com/photos-video/2014/06/photos-wimbledon-day-3/51881/#.U6wNpqhhuKw

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Milos gets the break to go up 5-4 in the third and will serve for it.

Nadal will win this in straight sets. You heard it here first.