11:30 AM
Blue cloudless sky, warm sunshine, it’s a beautiful day at
12:20 PM
Checking out the schedule for today, I see that it’s a big day for Americans on center court. Starting with Venus at 1PM, followed by Roddick, thenRobert Kendrick against Andy Murray. I guess I know where I’ll be spending the afternoon.
1:00 PM
Venus strides on court like the defending champion, and five time
Venus just exudes an air of confidence. She feels comfortable on grass, and Serena has said that she thinks Venus is the best grass court player ever. Well, that may be a bit of an over statement, but Venus has proven that she does know how to win here, and today was no exception. She barely broke a sweat with her 6-3, 6-2 win.
Next up Andy Roddick against Frances Jeremy Chardy. Andy was all business. Playing like he had somewhere else important to go, he went up 5- love in the first set before Chardy even knew what was happening. Chardy did finally wake up and get into the pace of the game. He took the third set, but Roddick came out strong in the fourth and won the match. The fast grass court and dry sunny weather were the exact conditions that Arod likes, allowing him to rack up a total of 21 aces.
Roddick’s new coach Larry Stefanki was looking happy with the result. They obviously feel that this is a big chance for Andy to improve his ranking and have a shot at the title.
5:00 PM
I still haven’t had lunch and I’m dying of hunger, but I’m afraid to leave the court because I don’t know if I’ll be able to get another seat. The photo pit is pretty full, and if this match is tight all the seats could be taken.
Everyone thinks that this is going to be a walk in the park for
8:35 PM
OH MY WORD.. I still have not eaten. I just looked up on my computer screen and saw that Jesse Levine is up two sets to one 5-2 in the fourth against Marat Safin. I grab my camera, run to court 18 and hope that Marat can at least win two more games, so they will change ends at least one more time and I can get on for the end of the match. Yes! Marat has held and broken and the score is not 4-5. The crowd is chanting, “you can do it Marat”, but unfortunately, he can’t. Levine wins the forth 6-4, and the big Russian, exits the big W for the last time.
I’m happy for Levine, this is a huge moment for him, but isn’t sad to see Safin go out like this. Seeded 14th here, everyone had hopes for him to show his stuff one more time.
The other big American winner today was Melanie Oudin who defeated 29th seed, Sybille Bummer. Oudin is currently ranked 124, and just turned pro in 2008.
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