Wimbledon Day 8-Rain, Rain go away.
Guess what happened today at Wimbledon? More rain delays. In fact the rain delays have forced Nadal’s match against Soderling to be suspended (I believe) eight times, becoming the only match in the history of tennis to last over a year. The score in that match is 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 4-6, 4-4. As for complete matches, Ferrero advanced to quarterfinals, where he will face Federer, by winning 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 over J. Tipsarevic. Ferrero hit a great ratio of 37 winners to only 11 unforced errors. He’s going to need that kind of performance (or better) to even compete with Federer. In addition L. Hewitt (a former champion) defeated G. Canas 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Ferrero:
There were several large upsets in the Women’s side of the draw. Defending champion, A. Mauresmo, went down 6-7, 6-4, 1-6 to Vaidisova. Mauresmo hit 13 aces to only one by N. Vaidisova, but was hurt by her 14 double faults. In addition, Mauresmo hit more unforced errors than winners. J. Jankovic lost 6-3, 5-7, 3-6 to Frenchwomen M. Bartoli. The usually consistent Serbian was uncharacteristically erratic, hitting 31 unforced errors. Once Venus and Sharapova finish their rain suspended match, the women’s quarterfinal bracket will be complete. You can see it so far here: link.
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