Another day of mixed fortunes. While Andy Murray triumphed, Anne Keothavong and Chris Eaton both fell despite valiant attempts. Keothavong lost to Venus Williams, 5-7, 6-2. Eaton lost to Dmitry Tursunov, 6-7 (2-7), 2-6, 4-6. (Considering that Tursunov is ranked 639 places above Eaton, I think this is an amazing result. It was also very refreshing to see someone who served and volleyed every point. It's something you don't see very often nowadays. The wind did affect both players at one end of the court, and I think had the conditions been slightly better Eaton would have had Tursunov. I really hope he fights his way to the top 100 soon.) Andy Murray beat Xavier Malisse (BEL) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
On other Wimbledon news, it was a day for falling seeds.
- (6) Andy Roddick (USA) vs. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-7 (4-7)
- (9) James Blake (USA) vs. Rainer Schuettler (GER) 3-6, 7-6 (10-8), 6-4, 4-6, 4-6
- (19) Nicholas Almagro (ESP) vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 2-6
- (24) Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs. Marin Cilic (CRO) 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 5-7
The biggest surprise was in the women's game:
- (3) Maria Sharapova (RUS) vs. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 2-6, 4-6
- (10) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) vs. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 3-6, 6-4, 1-6
- (13) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) vs. Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 6-7 (10-12), 6-4, 3-6
- (22) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) vs. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 2-6
- (25) Lindsay Davenport (USA) vs. Gisela Dulko (ARG) Walkover (Knee injury)
- (26) Sybille Bammer (AUT) vs. Shuai Peng (CHN) 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 3-6
- (32) Sania Mirza (IND) vs. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 0-6, 6-4, 7-9
So that's now the third seeds from both the men's (Djokovic) and women's (Sharapova) gone. Who'd have thunk it! It's also nice to see that Tamarine Tanasugarn is continuing her great run after winning at 's-Hertogenbosch last week, and that Ai Sugiyama is still battling on.
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