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Haase takes the 1st set, 6-3.  Is this the one set he's allowed to win?

I'd be surprised if Fernando wins more than one set now.

-Arvis

Apparently Verdasco is stinking up the place.  How very far he has fallen in the last year or so.  Sad.

Of course, I doubt that anybody took him on their team.  It would be nearly as strange a choice as Chela!   ;-D

...and Fish was always the favorite in that quarter IMO.  I say that only because Berdych came in so very out of form.

Last edited by DonDenman (Jun. 22, 2011 12:54pm)

Haase wins the 2nd, 6-4.  That's TWO sets, Don.

Verdasco will probably come back and beat him now, though.

-Arvis

When I saw Wawrinka go down, I felt a whole lot better about my men's picks.

Where's your positivity Torres!! You are allowed to gloat when your on top, don't be shy now... let us hear ya!
I'm with Don once again regarding the Isner pick for the unseeded player, with his draw and BIG serve he was the obvious choice for me, the only other one I briefly contemplated taking was Ivo Karlovic, (2nd Round Loss) didn't take him though bcoz he had Tipsarevic in the 1st Round.
Del Po is a set down and has to serve well to take care of business with Rochus, I'm hoping he can get through that match bcoz I feel he will easily out-hit Simon in Round 3, I'm putting faith in his serve bcoz I think that Del Po's groundies are not well suited to grass, he takes too bigger swing for my liking especially on the forehand, he needs time to wind up and crunch that big forehand, my finger's are crossed for the tall Argentine GO DEL PO!!!

Soderling's greatest weakness is playing in the wind.  Because his ball toss is so high (way TOO high, actually) and his groundstrokes are so very long, the wind gives him fits.  He's a somewhat better wind player now than he used to be, but it's still a big problem for him if the wind is swirling or variable or hard.

Even before his big win over Nadal at RG in'09, which propelled him into the top 10 for the first time, he was a force to be reckoned with indoors.  In fact, his lifetime win percentages are: indoors .740, outdoors .596.  Gigantic difference.

Last edited by DonDenman (Jun. 23, 2011 4:21am)

Xavier Malisse crushes Florian Mayer 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.

I was thinking between picking Malisse or Lu as my unseeded player but it looks like they're BOTH going through to the 3rd round. 
What do you guys think of their next matches: Lu v. Llodra or Malisse v. Melzer?  Does anyone besides me care?

-Arvis

Agreed, I thought Ward might be able to take him.  It turned out to be scary for Llodra, but he handled the tiebreaks well.  Llodra has a good chance to make it to the Rd of 16, a good result for a Sub-16 pick.  But then he'll run into Djokovic, so..... yeah.

-Arvis

Well looks like I'm going to lose Radwanska. I had high hopes about that one. Isner isn't looking
impressive either. However, let's go Lisicki. She's the reason I didn't take Li Na.

I'm very surprised at and disappointed in Li's performance. Having the forehand go away at a crucial time in the match is the OLD Li, not the one we've seen for the past year.  Before the tourney started, this was obviously going to be a key match.  Had Li stepped it up enough to come through this match, as I expected she would, she would have been the favorite over Serena in the quarters IMO.  I had her going to the finals, so this has damaged my women's team very badly.

Those who took Lisicki should be ecstatic. She gets a qualifier next.  Then, in all likelihood, Ivanovic, and then an out of form Serena. She has a real shot to make the semis.

I should have realized before I took him that Isner wasn't going to be able to break Almagro's serve.  What was I thinking???  Mayer started off great and then went away.   

So I lost 3 players today after making it through the first 3 days unscathed.   I had high hopes for both my men's and women's teams, but it's looking bleak now.

Last edited by DonDenman (Jun. 23, 2011 3:20pm)

Very excited to have picked Lisicki. It was heartbreaking to see her go down the way she did at the French, but I think she knew that this was a very big match for her and went out and gave it a 100%. Li Na did not capitalize on chances and Lisicki stayed the course.

Kvitova really does have a good draw I think. If she can get through it early I feel she has every chance in the world to win this tournament. At least for my prediction, I hope she does.

When you are predicting matches and players performances in the WTA, everything is a shot in the dark.

The remaining draw looks favorable for Lisicki. I think she could really go deep in this thing if she can contain her emotions and focus on the tasks ahead.

Last edited by the_lost_scot (Jun. 23, 2011 4:49pm)