Tomorrow is the big day: the start of Wimbledon! Two weeks of white outfits, ladies and gentlemen matches and surely many rainbreaks to determine our Wimbledon Queen of grass!
Let's check out the ladies draw!
Upper quarter:
- Seeded players = Sharapova (champion of 2004 and winner of Roland Garros this year), Lisicki, Zvonareva, Jankovic, Kerber
- Outsiders = Pironkova (surprise semifinalist last year), Clijsters!, Makarova
- Anticipated matches = Clijsters - Jankovic (first round), Sharapova - Pironkova (second round), Makarova - Kerber (second round), Zvonareva - Clijsters (third round), Sharapova - Lisicki (fourth round)
- Anticipated quarter finalists = definitely Sharapova and hopefully Kim Clijsters!
(she looks so cute, doesn't she? Sharapova in 2004 winning Wimbledon aged 17)
Upper-middle quarter:
- Seeded players = Radwanska, Hantuchova, Petrova, Pennetta, Na Li, Stosur
- Outsiders = Venus Williams
- Anticipated matches = Radwanska - Venus Williams (second round, same story as Roland Garros, the Pole won there: 6-2, 6-3), Radwanska - Hantuchova (third round), Petrova - Pennetta (third round), Na Li - Stosur (fourth round), Radwanska - Petrova (fourth round)
- Anticipated quarter finalists = I'm gonna go for Radwanska and Stosur (wishful thinking, I know! Radwanska just can't catch a break with another tough draw for her here and Stosur hasn't been playing that well on grass either).
(just a few weeks ago, Radwanska also had to battle against Venus in the second round at Roland Garros, tough luck!)
Down-middle quarter:
- Seeded players = Serena Williams, Errani, Cibulkova, Schiavone, Pavly, Kvitova (last year's Wimbledon champion)
- Outsiders = maybe Lepchenko, she had a good run at Roland Garros but I know nothing about her grass capacities
- Anticipated matches = Cibulkova - Schiavone (third round), Serena - Errani (fourth round), Kvitova - Cibulkova or Schiavone (fourth round)
- Anticipated quarter finalists = I don't see a lot of opposition keeping Kvitova and Serena Williams from a quarter final clash, but admitted that would be awesome!
(Is Djokovic checking if his trophee is heavier than Kvitova's or something?)
Down quarter:
- Seeded players = Wozniacki, Kuznetsova, Vinci, Bartoli, Ivanovic, Goerges, Azarenka
- Outsiders = Paszek (winning Eastbourne just yesterday!), Urszula Radwanska (playing excellent on grass with reaching the Unicef Open final as a result), Wickmayer
- Anticipated matches = Paszek - Wozniacki (first round), Wickmayer - Kuznetsova (first round), Wozniacki - Kuznetsova (third round), Radwanska - Bartoli (third round), Ivanovic - Goerges (third round), Bartoli - Kuznetsova or Wozniacki (fourth round), Azarenka - Goerges or Ivanovic (fourth round)
- Anticipated quarter finalists = true, I'm going for the outsiders in this draw just to mix things up! But I'm guessing Azarenka will reach the quarter final, not sure about the other one: maybe Bartoli is the better one on grass.
(Will there be another Azarenka - Sharapova clash for the number one spot again? By the way, this picture is way to serious to not laugh!)
So that was the Wimbledon draw! Certain people have a way tougher road than others (Clijsters & Radwanska in comparison to Serena).
To finish off: some funny moments from last year's Wimbledon:
Bring on the grassy games!
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