WIMBELDON - 1st round MAJOR upset. Yikes!

[~tiny~]

Posted: 6/24/13 at 4:26pm

No spoilers, but the recap is on ESPN right now if you're interested.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/24/13 at 5:11pm

Blargum! I was hoping for spoiler info!

argh.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/24/13 at 8:00pm

Yes, a HUGE upset today.

SPOILER

Rafa Nadal lost his first round match to Steve Darcis in straight sets.

END SPOILER

Both Murray and Federer won their first round matches today - also in straight sets.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 6/24/13 at 8:36pm

That really opens up that quarter for Federer.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/24/13 at 8:43pm

Yes it does. It will now likely be Federer and Murray in the Semifinals. It will be a rematch of last year's Wimbledon final (Federer won) and last year's Gold Medal Match at the Olympics (Murray won). The winner will likely face Novak Djokovic in the final. Looking forward to the next two weeks of play.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 6/24/13 at 9:39pm

I heard about this earlier today. Bummer!

[~tiny~]

Posted: 6/24/13 at 10:27pm

first 2 sets - tiebreakers/

[~tiny~]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 1:17pm

right now - uh-oh.....

[javero]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 1:38pm

Changing lanes slightly, there's a candid pic of Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova and Bill Macatee at the jump. The ladies look splendid.

There's hope still that Maria & Serena will put their egos and of/off-court rivalry aside at some point in the future. I'd like to see them both in the ladies' final but hope the drama surrounding their personal lives will have run its course by then. Chris Evert was notably uncomfortable discussing it on-air given her own background where men are concerned.
Chris & Martina: Back Together Again

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 6/26/13 at 3:29pm

Two of my favorites are gone after today... Tsonga and Federer.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/26/13 at 3:50pm

This has been a CRAZY three days of Wimbledon so far. Today, eleven seeded players have been eliminated including Azarenka, Ivanovic, Safarova, Jankovic, Wozniacki, and Sharapova on the women's side and Isner, Cilic, Benneteau, Tsonga and Federer on the men's side. Completely INSANE!

[javero]

Posted: 6/26/13 at 4:03pm

This bodes well for Murray provided his back holds up.

Pros are notoriously superstitious. I sense that once the news broke of the early upsets the top seeds went into the matches with that in their head. I remember watching the coverage as a kid when the infamous court #2 was called the graveyard of champions.

Just learned that Sharapova was put out of commission on that very same court.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 7/1/13 at 11:25am

Another HUGE upset today. Heavy favorite and world #1 Serena Williams has been eliminated by the hard-hitting German Sabine Lisicki in three sets: 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 7/1/13 at 11:55am

That match was crazy this morning. Serena had this very zoned in look during the second set that I thought she was going to dominate the third. At one point during play she yelled "hit that". It was intense.

[~tiny~]

Posted: 7/1/13 at 2:10pm

Hi FRogs!!
You ain't kidding - oy, that was painful to watch. Somehow I kinda knew this catastrophe might happen...

[javero]

Posted: 7/1/13 at 4:34pm

I remember the thoughts I had of a potential Lisicki upset of Serena when the draws were released. She has a streak going of taking out the reigning French Open champion at the Big W which now includes Serena. Well done Sabine. I'm now predicting a Lisicki-Kvitova ladies final. If Kvitova doesn't make it that far, there will be a new first-time ladies champion crowned at Wimbledon which is somewhat exciting.