Wimbledon Day 7: Monday, June 30 - Order of Play

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(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 7 action.

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[Murat Baslamisli]

Interesting. Second Monday is usually for all of the 4th round matches, but they are only playing the top half of the draw. Rafa and Roger are getting the day off, I am guessing , to have the same schedule as the guys who could not complete the 3rd round in their half. So all of the bottom half of the draw will have to play the 4th round on Tuesday and the quarters on Wednesday? And the delayed guys actually play three days in a row?

I guess advantage top half?

 

[rafanoy1992]

Interesting. Second Monday is usually for all of the 4th round matches, but they are only playing the top half of the draw. Rafa and Roger are getting the day off, I am guessing , to have the same schedule as the guys who could not complete the 3rd round in their half. So all of the bottom half of the draw will have to play the 4th round on Tuesday and the quarters on Wednesday? And the delayed guys actually play three days in a row?

I guess advantage top half?

I don't think it necessarily advantage top half. But, Isner/Lopez and Wawinka/Istomin potentially have to play three straight days just to reach the semifinals. In addition, they could potentially face Federer in the Quarterfinals on the third straight day. Very very tough spot for them.

As for Nadal and Federer, they need to play very well on Tuesday so they can have full energy on Wednesday.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Rafanoy, you started by saying it is not necessarily an advantage for top half, and then went on to explain why it is so. The way it is now, nobody on the top half have to play two days in a row. There is the advantage right there. On top of that, some guys in the bottom half will have to play 3 days in a row potentially.

 

[rafanoy1992]

Rafanoy, you started by saying it is not necessarily an advantage for top half, and then went on to explain why it is so. The way it is now, nobody on the top half have to play two days in a row. There is the advantage right there. On top of that, some guys in the bottom half will have to play 3 days in a row potentially.

There is some advantage. But in my opinion, to be truly an advantage by the upper half is to have Nadal/Kygrios, Raonic, Federer/Robredo, play to very long back to back 5 setters. But I just don't see that happening to these guys so playing Tuesday and Wednesday should not be problem for them.

But playing in three straight days is a different story though.

I just think in the end, the only guys who really got affected are Lopez/Isner, and Wawrinka/Istomin because they have to play three straight days to reach the semifinals.

 

[TsarMatt]

 

[crystalfire]

robredo/fed could go the distance depending on which fed shows up. robredo could win that match since hes done that before. i wont be surprised. i might even be happy since this way fed wont have to face rafa. rafa seems to be playing better as rounds progress

 

[Moxie]

robredo/fed could go the distance depending on which fed shows up. robredo could win that match since hes done that before. i wont be surprised. i might even be happy since this way fed wont have to face rafa. rafa seems to be playing better as rounds progress

I'd be surprised if lightening strikes twice with Robredo, especially on grass. As with Rafa, he does almost always play better as rounds progress. That's his MO. I'm sure you don't really mean that you'd prefer for Roger to lose to Robredo, though, than face Rafa. Really?

 

[El Dude]

I'd say Robredo has about as much chance against Roger as Roger has against Rafa. Maybe 10-20%?

 

[tented]

I'd say Robredo has about as much chance against Roger as Roger has against Rafa. Maybe 10-20%?

Agreed. I would be very surprised if Roger loses to Robredo here. The USO match was when Roger was still adjusting to the new racquet, and playing pretty poorly in general back then. I doubt Fed even drops a set this week.

 

[calitennis127]

I'd say Robredo has about as much chance against Roger as Roger has against Rafa. Maybe 10-20%?

Federer has a much better chance than 10-20 against Nadal on grass.

 

[TsarMatt]

I'm usually really average in my predictions, but I have an odd feeling Tsonga might challenge Djokovic. I'm not saying he'll win, but I wouldn't be surprised if it goes five or something. Jo could have a field day and just blast some winners and hit some volleys and knock Nole off his feet for a couple of sets.

Probably not, nah.

 

[brokenshoelace]

I'd say Robredo has about as much chance against Roger as Roger has against Rafa. Maybe 10-20%?

Eh, I don't know about that (Roger only having 10-20% chance against Nadal).

 

[DarthFed]

^ Until I see him man up and even be competitive I'd say 20% is way too high.

 

[brokenshoelace]

^ Until I see him man up and even be competitive I'd say 20% is way too high.

The serve alone makes it a greater percentage than that on grass.

 

[DarthFed]

He isn't winning with the serve alone, and even the serve isn't as reliable as before.

 

[TsarMatt]

Good to see that Stan has regained his focus in matches, especially after that shock 1R exit at RG. I reckon this man could challenge some fellas on grass if he's feeling it.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

^Stan did look good today. Maybe he is playing into form.

Kei decided to play and that break was a huge help for him I think.

2 TBs , won by each in the Lopez-Isner battle so far, match suspended.

 

[El Dude]

Kei vs. Grigor could be epic.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Kei vs. Grigor could be epic.

Since that can only happen in the final, it really would be epic...considering the players they have to beat to get there.