Wimbledon – Men Results and Updates

Written by: Staff on 27th June 2012

Wimbledon - Men Results and Updates

epa03282673 Andy Roddick of the US returns to Jamie Baker of Britain during their first round match for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 26 June 2012. EPA/GERRY PENNY |

Wimbledon

Singles – First Round: (7) D Ferrer def. D Brown 7-6(7-5) 6-4 6-4

David Ferrer extends his grass winning streak, keeping alive his faint hope of reaching #4 this week. Well, of reaching it next week; he can’t gain enough points unless he reaches the final weekend….

Singles – First Round: (21) M Raonic def. S Giraldo 6-4 6-4 6-4

Santiago Giraldo will remain below #40.

Singles – First Round: J Melzer def. (25) S Wawrinka 3-6 7-6(7-2) 2-6 6-4 8-6

Stanislas Wawrinka never did like grass much. We’d guess he will stay Top 25, but he could end up a little below that.

Singles – First Round: (30) A Roddick def. J Baker 7-6(7-1) 6-4 7-5

Andy Roddick still needs one more win to defend his points, but it looks as if this will keep him Top Thirty.

Singles – First Round: I Karlovic def. D Sela 6-4 6-4 7-6(7-5)

Dudi Sela made the second round last year. He obviously won’t be returning to the Top Hundred after this.

Singles – First Round: B Phau def. W Odesnik 6-3 3-6 6-7(3-7) 6-3 6-4

One suspects that Bjorn Phau has never before had this much crowd support in a match. Certainly not at a Slam!

Singles – First Round: L Kubot def. T Ito 7-6(8-6) 6-3 6-3

This won’t be the week Japan gets three players in the Top Fifty, it seems…. Lukasz Kubot needs at least two more wins to stay Top Fifty himself.

Singles – Second Round: (1) N Djokovic def. R Harrison 6-4 6-4 6-4

This match was able to finish only because of the roof and the lights; all other matches had been halted long before it finished. It doesn’t make much difference for Novak Djokovic, but it leaves Ryan Harrison probably just above #50.

Singles – Second Round: (3) R Federer def. F Fognini 6-1 6-3 6-2

Again it looked as if Roger Federer was just practicing. He remains slightly ahead of Rafael Nadal in the contest for #2.

Singles – Second Round: (8) J Tipsarevic def. R Sweeting 5-7 7-5 6-4 6-2

Ryan Sweeting loses his chance (obviously not a great chance) to return to the Top Hundred.

Singles – Second Round: (12) N Almagro def. G Rufin 6-2 5-7 6-2 6-4

Nicolas Almagro hasn’t by any means clinched a Top Ten spot yet, but he is clearly the leading candidate. He’s #10 in safe points, and the next three guys active are Simon (not a grass player or a pressure player), Fish (hurting), and Monaco (not a grass player), so we’d say his odds are better than 50%.

Singles – Second Round: (15) J Monaco def. J Chardy 6-2 3-6 6-3 7-6(7-3)

A nice result for Juan Monaco, who lost his opener last year. No move for him yet, though.

Singles – Second Round: (18) R Gasquet def. R Bemelmans 6-3 6-4 6-4

Richard Gasquet defends his points, but he may well need more to stay Top Twenty.

Singles – Second Round: (26) M Youzhny def. I Cervantes 6-1 6-3 6-4

Mikhail Youzhny needs one more win to defend his points, but we would guess this will keep him above #35.

Singles – Second Round: (29) J Benneteau def. M Russell 7-6(7-4) 2-6 6-4 7-5

One more win would effectively clinch Julien Benneteau’s Top Thirty spot. Problem is, he faces Federer next.

Singles – Second Round: (31) F Mayer def. P Petzschner 3-6 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-4

With this, Florian Mayer starts to add points, making it almost certain that he will stay Top Thirty.

Singles – Second Round: D Istomin def. I Andreev 6-3 7-6(7-3) 4-6 6-2

Denis Istomin is now starting to add points. He might rise as high as #36.

Singles – Second Round: V Troicki def. M Klizan 6-4 4-6 5-7 7-6(7-3) 6-4

This probably won’t be quite enough to put Viktor Troicki back in the Top Thirty, but he is very close.

Singles – Second Round: J Janowicz def. E Gulbis 2-6 6-4 3-6 7-6(7-2) 9-7

That’s so typical of Ernests Gulbis — play giant-killer, then lose to a guy who, until this week, had only six ATP matches in the last four years, all losses.

Doubles – First Round: Brunstrom/Marx def. (3) Fyrstenberg/Matkowski 6-4 6-2 6-7(1-7) 7-6(6-2)

We just knew that #3 seeding for the Poles was too high…. They lose their chances at the Top Five, although we still don’t know who will be #5.

Doubles – First Round: (7) Bhupathi/Bopanna def. Felder/Jaziri 6-0 7-6(7-1) 6-2

The fact that the apparatchiks in India’s sports ministry can’t understand that a doubles team requires chemistry doesn’t seem to be hurting their players here. Yet. Rohan Bopanna has a pretty good shot at a Top Ten spot…

Doubles – First Round: (8) Qureshi/Rojer def. Goodall/Ward 7-6(7-3) 6-2 6-4

…but his ex-partner Aisam Qureshi still has a slight lead. We currently show the Top Ten as follows:

1..(1) Mirnyi………….9520

1..(1) Nestor………….9520

3..(3) Bryan…………..6920

5..(7) Paes……………6165

6..(5) Llodra………….6130

7..(8) Matkowski……….6085

7..(9) Fyrstenberg……..6085

9..(6) Zimonjic………..6030

10.(12) Qureshi…………4510

Doubles – First Round: Kukushkin/Rosol def. (13) Fleming/Hutchins 3-6 4-6 6-2 7-6(7-5) 6-3

Doubles – First Round: Darcis/Rochus def. Burton/Morgan 4-6 7-5 7-6(7-3) 6-4

Doubles – First Round: Erlich/A Ram def. Huey/Inglot 4-6 6-3 2-6 7-6(8-6) 9-7

Doubles – First Round: Clement/Llodra def. Ramirez Hidalgo/Ramos 6-2 6-2 6-7(4-7) 6-0

Arnaud Clement’s singles career is over; he lost in the qualifying, and that was officially that. But the farewell doubles tour is off to a nice start. This lets Michael Llodra stay ahead of Fyrstenberg and Matkowski in the rankings.

Doubles – First Round: J Delgado/Skupski def. Bachinger/Kamke 6-3 5-7 6-3 6-4

Doubles – First Round: Marrero/Seppi def. Blake/Querrey 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2

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