![]() ![]() ET: The Fanatics are going wild on Court 2, and Lleyton Hewitt is doing his trademark "lawn mower" fist pump as he celebrates making the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time in three years.Īs expected, the match was a barn burner - the Aussie dropped the first two sets against Radek Stepanek but battled back in true Hewitt fashion and won 4-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. Who are you calling a clay-court specialist?Ģ p.m. Meanwhile, if Ferrero wins against Simon, he'll reach his first Grand Slam quarterfinal since. He made good use of it - he's in the second week and is now up two sets against Gilles Simon in their fourth-round match.Ĭurious fact: Ferrero's win at the small tournament in Casablanca earlier this year was his first clay-court title since he won the French Open in 2003 (and his first win of any kind since he won the indoor tournament at Madrid in 2003). Ferrero always played (and tried) at Wimbledon back in the days when most other Spaniards used to boycott or tank the tournament, so it was nice to see him being rewarded with a wild card into this year's tournament. ET: Juan Carlos Ferrero has been my personal feel-good story of the tournament. In other news - according to Wimbledon radio, one of the court stewards asked the Hewitt fans to turn down their support in consideration of Stepanek's injury.Ģ:18 p.m. ET: Don't look now, but Andy Murray is down 6-2, 2-2 to Stanislas Wawrinka. He leads the tour with a 22-3 tiebreaker record this year and has now won 13 breakers in a row.ĭon't be surprised to see a couple more tiebreakers before this match is done.Ģ:36 p.m. ET: No surprise to see Andy Roddick and Tomas Berdych head to a tiebreaker - we all know about Roddick's serve, and big Berdych came into his match leading the tournament in first-serve points won (92 percent).Īlso no surprise to see Roddick win the tiebreaker. And yes, he's promised to do it again if he beats Federer in his next match.Ģ:41 p.m. He said he had been doing it after all his matches, though I observe today's was perhaps a bit more - er, jubilant than the match before.īut hey, the guy just reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal. Ivo just arrived at his news conference and I asked him about it, but he was a bit coy - he just called it his victory dance and laughed awkwardly when I asked where it came from. What is the story behind Karlovic's obnoxious little dance he does at the end of his matches? It seems rather disrespectful.ĭr. Check back for the ladies' quarterfinals tomorrow.Ģ:59 p.m. Meanwhile, Roddick has just finished with Tomas Berdych (no more tiebreaker, after all) and is looking at a quarterfinal against Hewitt.įederer, Roddick, Ferrero, Hewitt, - hey, it's 2003 all over again! Murray has to be the favorite now that it's tied at one set apiece, but the outcome is still uncertain enough that local broadcaster BBC 1 has shifted its prime-time soap, "Eastenders," over to BBC 2 so it can stay with this match. Whichever it was, the strategy of concentrating on Wawrinka's backhand didn't pay off - Murray lost the first set 6-2.īut Wawrinka called the trainer early in the second, and Murray dug in - moving the ball around more, using the slice and pumping himself up using the partisan crowd. ET: Either Murray is getting a big head or came out hoping to break down Wawrinka's strength. Don't hesitate to ask your questions.ģ:35 p.m. Need the inside scoop on all the latest news, results and gossip during the 2009 Wimbledon Championships? Our fearless blogger Kamakshi Tandon is on hand to fill you in on all the happenings every day from noon to 3 p.m. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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