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Rain delayed and ultimately suspended play today at The Championships (Wimbledon). #2 seed Andy Murray played on Centre Court with the roof closed and defeated T. Robredo 6 – 2, 6 – 4, 7 – 5. He certainly appears to be on a collision course with #1 seed Novak Djokovic, although we are just trying to get to the completion of round three. David Ferrer advanced, taking four sets to move past B. Agut, 6 – 3, 3 – 6, 7 – 6, 7 – 5. The King slayer, Stakhovsky (defeated the great Roger Federer in round 2) fell today to Meltzer while thirty five year old Tommy Haas continued to roll, straight set victory over Wang, 6 – 3, 6 – 2, 7 – 5. The match between Zemlja and Dimitrov, suspended from yesterday due to darkness was completed with Zemlja winning in the 5th and deciding set, 11 – 9.
On the women’s side, P. Kvitova is in trouble against Makarova, winning the first set 6 – 3, dropping the second set 2 – 6, and down a break in the third 1 – 2 when rain stopped the match. #7 seed A. Kerber is out at the hands of fellow German, #17 seed A. Kanepi in three sets. The rain caused matches to be postponed on both the men’s and women’s draw today so we shall see how this plays out when tennis resumes tomorrow. Only four of the top ten women have advanced to the 3rd round, the lowest total since 1968. Four American women remain in contention while no American men are left standing.
Apologies, but with Roger Federer out, it is just not the same. You add Rafael Nadal being upset, and all the withdrawals and injuries on both sides of the draw, and this year’s Wimbledon is almost impossible to make sense of. Oh well, let the craziness continue!
In other sports news, the Atlanta Braves retired #10, Chipper Jones’ jersey tonight in a poignant ceremony at Turner Field prior to their first game in a three game home series with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was also inducted into the Hall of Fame. Very nice moment for the future first ballot inductee into Cooperstown (MLB Hall of Fame). Thanks for memories Chipper!
