Men Wimbledon Semifinal
Men Wimbledon Semifinal
****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******
* Bryans keep on winning, reach Wimbledon final
* Will face Dodig/Melo
****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******
Wimbledon
Doubles – Semifinal: (1) Bryan/Bryan def. (14) Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 6-7(4-7) 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-3
Hint to Rohan Bopanna and Eduard Roger-Vasselin: You might want to stick together. For a low-ranked pickup team, this was an amazing performance. Too bad it had to come against the world’s best….
This is a point worth thinking about. The maximum total it is possible to earn in doubles is about 20,000 points. With this, the Bryans are up to 13,660. Win the title and they will pass the 14,000 mark. They’ve won two-thirds of the maximum possible points. That’s truly stunning. Obviously they are #1, and in practice, they’ve already clinched the year-end #1. And they’re one win away from a non-calendar Grand Slam.
Rohan Bopanna could rise as high as #5 as a result of this. But he would have been #3 had he won….
Doubles – Semifinal: (12) Dodig/Melo def. (4) Paes/Stepanek 3-6 6-4 6-1 3-6 6-3
Dodig/Melo really do seem to be a team that is stronger than the sum of its parts. Marcelo Melo is a pretty good doubles player, but this is astonishing. As for Ivan Dodig, he never amounted to much until he teamed with Melo. But here he is in a Slam final!
So far, they haven’t moved very far. Melo, #19 coming in, is up to #14. Dodig, #35 when we started, is getting close to the Top Twenty. But if they can somehow beat the Bryans, Melo will rise to #9, Dodig to around #18. Otherwise, Paes and Stepanek will have the last two Top Ten spots. We currently estimate the Top Ten as follows:
1..(1) Bryan………….13660
1..(1) Bryan………….13660
3..(3) Lopez…………..5550
4..(4) Granollers………5550
5.(10) Bopanna…………5380
6..(7) Bhupathi………..5225
7..(6) Soares………….5080
8..(9) Peya……………5000
9.(11) Paes……………4720
10.(14) Stepanek………..4445
Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinal: (1) Soares/Raymond def. Peers/Barty 7-6(8-6) 7-6(7-4)
Bruno Soares lost his chance to make the Top Five this week, but he still has a good shot at taking home a Slam. He’d probably take that deal….
Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinal: (3) Zimonjic/Srebotnik def. (11) Matkowski/Peschke 7-6(12-10) 6-7(6-8) 6-4
We’re seeing a fair number of ex-partner matches in these last few rounds, including this one between Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik. No idea if that had any psychological significance. It is interesting to note, in light of the closeness of the match, that Mixed rankings would have put these to teams right next to each other — Matkowski/Peschke #3, Zimonjic/Srebotnik #4. Of course, that also means that this was an upset under mixed rankings.
Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinal: (8) Nestor/Mladenovic def. (2) Tecau/Mirza 7-6(7-5) 7-6(7-5)
Horia Tecau has matured into a pretty good doubles player, but he still hasn’t shown that in mixed. And Kristina Mladenovic is turning into an excellent all-around player. Not much surprise here.
Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinal: Rojer/Dushevina def. (7) Bopanna/Zheng 6-3 3-6 6-3
Another non-surprise; Mixed rankings would have demoted Bopanna/Zheng to the #13 seeds.
****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******
Rankings Update: Wimbledon
It’s amazing how much the rankings can still change when there are only four guys left. At least, when there are four guys left and one of them came in ranked #22. Jerzy Janowicz has already increased his points by about a third, and he could add a lot more. He has risen from #22 to #17, and a final would make him #11; a title would take him all the way to #9.
Above that — there won’t be much to see. Novak Djokovic has clinched the #1 ranking, with Andy Murray #2, David Ferrer rising to #3, Rafael Nadal #4, and Roger Federer down all the way to #5. The first possible move is at #6: if Juan Martin del Potro makes the final, he’ll pass Tomas Berdych. If del Potro — who is, of course, badly injured — falls in the semifinal, then Berdych stays #6.
Should del Potro win the title, there is a good chance that he will make it into the Top Five this summer; he will be right behind Federer.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga falls from #7 to #8. Rounding out the Top Ten, barring a title by Janowicz, are Richard Gasquet and Stanislas Wawrinka — the same ten players we had coming in.
In fact, barring a final by Janowicz, we’ll have the same players in the Top Fifteen, too: Djokovic, Murray, Ferrer, Nadal, Federer, Berdych, del Potro, Tsonga, Gasquet, Wawrinka, Haas, Nishikori, Cilic, Tipsarevic, and Raonic. We do have two new Top Twenty players in Janowicz and John Isner, who becomes the American #1; they replace Sam Querrey and Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Hitting the Top 25 is Andreas Seppi; he replaces Jeremy Chardy. Grigor Dimitrov and Feliciano Lopez replace Fabio Fognini and Mikhail Youzhny in the Top Thirty.
In doubles, the Bryans are absolutely dominant, with more than twice the total of the next players. Marc Lopez will stay #3, followed by Marcel Granollers; Rohan Bopanna is the new #5. The last couple of Top Ten spots are still in play, however.
KEYWORDS: Rankings Update Wimbledon Men
******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********
THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Wimbledon (Slam/Grass). Defending Champion: Roger Federer
NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:
Bastad (250/Clay). Defending Champion: David Ferrer
Stuttgart (250/Clay). Defending Champion: Janko Tipsarevic
Newport (250/Grass). Defending Champion: John Isner
******** STATS AND FACTS ********
RANKINGS
Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings
As of July 4, 2013
Rank &
Prior…Player………..Points
1..(1) Djokovic……….11830
2..(2) Murray………….8080
3..(4) Ferrer………….7220
4..(5) Nadal…………..6860
5..(3) Federer…………5785
6..(6) Berdych…………4865
7..(8) Del Potro……….4500
8..(7) Tsonga………….3480
9..(9) Gasquet…………3045
10.(10) Wawrinka………..2915
11.(13) Haas……………2595
12.(11) Nishikori……….2495
13.(12) Cilic…………..2335
14.(14) Tipsarevic………2310
15.(15) Raonic………….2225
16.(16) Almagro…………2195
17.(22) Janowicz………..2154
18.(17) Simon…………..2055
19.(21) Isner…………..1770
20.(20) Monaco………….1740
21.(19) Querrey…………1730
22.(23) Anderson………..1590
23.(28) Seppi…………..1550
24.(24) Dolgopolov………1545
25.(18) Kohlschreiber……1535
26.(25) Chardy………….1486
27.(29) Robredo…………1425
28.(27) Paire…………..1380
29.(31) Dimitrov………..1330
30.(32) Lopez…………..1325
**DRAWS
Wimbledon — Week of May 24
…………………3R…………….4R…………QF………SF
1 Djokovic………..(1)Djokovic……Djokovic…….Djokovic…Djokovic
28 Chardy…………(28)Chardy
19 Simon………….Lopez
13 Haas…………..Haas………….Haas
9 Gasquet…………(9)Gasquet
21 Querrey………..Tomic…………Tomic
27 Anderson……….(27)Anderson
7 Berdych…………(7)Berdych…….Berdych……..Berdych
4 Ferrer………….(4)Ferrer……..Ferrer………Ferrer
26 Dolgopolov……..(26)Dolgopolov
17 Raonic…………Sijsling
16 Kohlschreiber…..Dodig…………Dodig
12 Nishikori………(12)Nishikori
23 Seppi………….(23)Seppi……..Seppi
29 Dimitrov……….Zemlja
8 Del Potro……….(8)del Potro…..del Potro…..del Potro..del Potro
5 Nadal…………..Kubot…………Kubot………Kubot
25 Paire………….(25)Paire
18 Isner………….Mannarino……..Mannarino
11 Wawrinka……….Brown
15 Almagro………..(15)Almagro
24 Janowicz……….(24)Janowicz…..Janowicz…..Janowicz….Janowicz
30 Fognini………..Melzer………..Melzer
3 Federer…………Stakhovsky
6 Tsonga………….Gulbis
31 Benneteau………Verdasco………Verdasco…..Verdasco
22 Monaco…………(22)Monaco
10 Cilic………….de Schepper……de Schepper
14 Tipsarevic……..Troicki
20 Youzhny………..(20)Youzhny……Youzhny
32 Robredo………..(32)Robredo
2 Murray………….(2)Murray……..Murray…….Murray……Murray
STATUS OF SEEDS:
1 Djokovic
2 Murray
3 Federer……..lost 2R (Stakhovsky)
4 Ferrer………lost QF (del Potro)
5 Nadal……….lost 1R (Darcis)
6 Tsonga………lost 2R (Gulbis)
7 Berdych……..lost QF (Djokovic)
8 Del Potro
9 Gasquet……..lost 3R (Tomic)
10 Cilic………WITHDREW from 2R
11 Wawrinka……lost 1R (Hewitt)
12 Nishikori…..lost 3R (Seppi)
13 Haas……….lost 4R (Djokovic)
14 Tipsarevic….lost 1R (Troicki)
15 Almagro…….lost 3R (Almagro)
16 Kohlschreiber.lost 1R (Dodig)
17 Raonic……..lost 2R (Sijsling)
18 Isner………lost 2R (Mannarino)
19 Simon………lost 1R (Lopez)
20 Youzhny…….lost 4R (Murray)
21 Querrey…….lost 1R (Tomic)
22 Monaco……..lost 3R (de Schepper)
23 Seppi………lost 4R (del Potro)
24 Janowicz
25 Paire………lost 3R (Kubot)
26 Dolgopolov….lost 3R (Ferrer)
27 Anderson……lost 3R (Berdych)
28 Chardy……..lost 3R (Djokovic)
29 Dimitrov……lost 2R (Zemlja)
30 Fognini…….lost 1R (Melzer)
31 Benneteau…..lost 2R (Verdasco)
32 Robredo…….lost 3R (Murray)
******** SCORES ********
THURSDAY
Wimbledon
Doubles – Semifinal
(1) Bryan/Bryan def. (14) Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin 6-7(4-7) 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-3
(12) Dodig/Melo def. (4) Paes/Stepanek 3-6 6-4 6-1 3-6 6-3
Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinal
(1) Soares/Raymond def. Peers/Barty 7-6(8-6) 7-6(7-4)
(8) Nestor/Mladenovic def. (2) Tecau/Mirza 7-6(7-5) 7-6(7-5)
(3) Zimonjic/Srebotnik def. (11) Matkowski/Peschke 7-6(12-10) 6-7(6-8) 6-4
Rojer/Dushevina def. (7) Bopanna/Zheng 6-3 3-6 6-3
©Daily tennis news wire
Topics: Bob Bryan, Eduard Roger-Vasselin, men tennis news, Mike Bryan, Rohan Bopanna, Sports, Tennis, tennis news news, Wimbledon
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