Wimbledon 2011 Day 4 Open Thread

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Fans catch the sweat band of Spanish player Rafael Nadal after he won over US player Ryan Sweeting during the men's single at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London on June 22, 2011.

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After yesterday's second-round epic worthy of a final between those old ladies Venus Williams and Kimiko Date-Krumm, today will need to prove itself.

Serena Williams is already down a set on Court 2 (!) to Simona Halep because her feet are heavy as wet hay, so it could be another dramatic day for the two-time defending champion. Will the Romanian teenager be able to hold on?

I guess it's nice that they gave former champion Lleyton Hewitt a slot on Centre Court or perhaps it was a nod to Robin Soderling who's never even been to a Wimbledon semifinal?

I'm looking forward most to Li Na vs. Sabine Lisicki. The Roland Garros champion loves the grass but so does the hard-hitting German. Will Li have a letdown?


The Championships 2011
Intended Order of Play for Thursday 23 June 2011


CENTRE - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Robin Soderling (SWE) [5] vs Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
2. Na Li (CHN) [3] vs Sabine Lisicki (GER)
3. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs Roger Federer (SUI) [3]

COURT 1 - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs Novak Djokovic (SRB) [2]
2. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [12]
3. Laura Robson (GBR) vs Maria Sharapova (RUS) [5]

COURT 2 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

1. Simona Halep (ROU) vs Serena Williams (USA) [7]
2. Olivier Rochus(BEL) vs Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG)[24] To Finish 7-6(7)
3. David Ferrer (ESP) [7] vs Ryan Harrison (USA)
4. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [1] vs Virginie Razzano (FRA)
5. Elena Baltacha (GBR) vs Shuai Peng (CHN) [20]

COURT 3 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

1. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [6] vs Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)
2. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) [32] vs Andreas Seppi (ITA)
3. Igor Andreev (RUS) vs Bernard Tomic (AUS)
4. Marion Bartoli (FRA) [9] vs Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)

COURT 4 - 12.00 NOON START

1 Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) vs Sara Errani (ITA)
2 Petra Cetkovska (CZE) vs Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [13]
3 Melinda Czink (HUN) vs Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR)

COURT 8 - 12.00 NOON START

1. Karol Beck (SVK) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) [26]

COURT 12 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

1. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [18] vs Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)
2. David Nalbandian (ARG) [28] vs Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)
3. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) vs Jurgen Melzer (AUT) [11]

COURT 14 - 12.00 NOON START

1. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) [19] vs Anna Tatishvili (GEO)
2. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) vs Rik De Voest (RSA)
3. Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) [18]

COURT 15 - 12.00 NOON START

1 Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) [24] vs Polona Hercog (SLO)
2 Maria Kirilenko (RUS) [26] vs Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)

COURT 16 - 12.00 NOON START

1 Mathilde Johansson (FRA) vs Julia Goerges (GER) [16]
2 Jie Zheng (CHN) vs Misaki Doi (JPN)
3 Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) vs Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) [27]

COURT 17 - 12.00 NOON START

1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [14] vs Nadia Petrova (RUS)
2. Florian Mayer (GER) [20] vs Xavier Malisse (BEL)
3. Lucie Safarova (CZE) [31] vs Klara Zakopalova (CZE)

COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

1. Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) vs Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [12]
2. Viktor Troicki (SRB) [13] vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
3. Nicolas Almagro (ESP) [16] vs John Isner (USA)

COURT 19 - 12.00 NOON START

1 Tamira Paszek (AUT) vs Christina McHale (USA)
2 Ricardo Mello (BRA) vs Michael Llodra (FRA) [19]
3 Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) vs Flavia Pennetta (ITA) [21]