Wimbledon – June 26 and 27 Highlights
As the first week of the 2010 Wimbledon comes to an end, the level of play and court drama heats up. However, on June 26 and June 27 there were very few headlines about the men’s and women’s singles match. First of all, at this stage of the tournament, most of the courts are scheduled with doubles, mixed doubles, and juniors’ matches. Additionally, Sunday June 27 was the traditional Wimbledon rest day as all of the players had the day off.
On June 26 (day 6), most of the focus was on Centre Court, Court 2, and Court 1. Women’s defending champion and world number 1 Serena Williams kicked off the action on Centre Court, as she comfortably defeated Dominika Cibulkova 6-0 7-5 in the third round.
The next match featured sportsbook betting favorite, Rafael Nadal and number 33 seed Philipp Petzschner of Germany. Rafael Nadal won the match 6-4 4-6 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3. However, Nadal was physically hurting in this tough match that lasted nearly 4 hours. In fact, he called out the physio trainer several times throughout the match to treat his elbow and knees. After playing two consecutive five set matches, it seems that Nadal may be the most fatigued player heading into the second week of Wimbledon. Nadal will next face Frenchman Paul Henri Mathieu, who won his third round match in a tough four set battle that featured 3 tiebreaks.
The last featured match on Centre Court was a third round clash between Andy Murray and Gilles Simon. The British hope Murray easily took out the Frenchman 6-1 6-4 6-4. Murray’s fourth round opponent will be American Sam Querrey, who won his third round 9-7 in the fifth set on Court 1. Other winners on Court 1 included French Open finalist Robin Soderling and 2004 women’s champion Maria Sharapova. Both of them won their third round matches in straight sets.
