This is widely regarded as one of the best days of the Wimbledon tournament as we get to see lots of fabulous quarter final matches from some real contenders. Today we'll see one of my favourites Lisicki take on title favourite Sharapova, Serena Williams will face golden set producer Shevdova, and Murray plays Cilic. There'll be action from Federer and Djokovic, crowd pleaser Tsonga, and defending champion Kvitova. It really will be a packed day, with girls and boys and doubles matches filling any gaps in the schedule.
Day 7 at Wimbledon
Published by Christine Blachford on
hello day 7, i should probably look at your order of play because i'm sleepy.
Nike need to learn to dress Kvitova properly.
Twitter suggests rain for a lot of the afternoon. Oh, and the bird has been found.
yayrufus!
was it stolen or did it just go for abit of a fly around?
stolen
did the thief leave it in a open car, hoping no-one would spot it?
heheheh
heh, what's wrong with her today?
I haven't been paying enough attention to know, and now my TV has switched to Roger because the director is smart.
he's on the red button, not bbc 2. uk director, less smart :)
we have the sharapova v lisicki match on the red button on fox, should be a really good tight match, i think sharapova might be in too good form right now but sabine might get up.
Yay for Lisicki!
Paszek seems to be flying through the competition so far.
what happened to roger while i was getting my dinner?
his he injured?
i just came back in time to see him walking off the court with a trainer
gone off for an injury timeout. not sure whats wrong
coming back onto the court now. appears to be ok
ace! oh dear.
commentators say its "clearly" medical not physical.
it is? ok :)
lisicki leads 5-2 in the firsts set
just worked out my bet365 account has about 6 matches streaming live, can watch federer on the laptop while lisicki on the tv, nice.
cool didn't know they did that?
thats where i watched all my tennis before i had foxtel, but back then they didn't stream the slams.
yeah niether did i, just checking the odds and noticed all the matches are streaming live, ive seen it before for the smaller tournaments but never thought they would do it at wimbledon
malisse breaks. federer recieved treatment for problems with the lower back, cant see him getting through this round now.
he needs to lose then rest up for the olympics #selfish
heh, all the rainy people lurking, they look malicious
gee federer wins the first in a tie break, unbelievable,
and hes so terrible at tie breaks!
now malisse is getting treatment on his knee
here comes the rain.
they just played a mcdonalds ad on my tv of a kid sneakily watching the Olympics in the middle of the night.
Tagline: McDonalds, proud sponsors of everyone staying up.
I SHOULD BE ON THAT AD.
:)
only problem is no one brings me mcdonalds at 3am. I need a car.
I find it weird that play is suspended on most courts but continuing on others.
yay, Serena beats Ms Golden Set
she waves like a dismounting gymnast
after all that they didn't even close the roof? WHY EVEN HAVE IT.
Kvitova comes good and takes out Franny
lisicki breaks in the second set leads 2-0
oh Cliff is there. That must be why they kept the roof open.
oh lordy
unexpected, but yay.
Roger is now up two sets and all the Fedfans on my Twitter timeline have finally calmed down to the point where I don't want to put my fist through my screen.
game point for lisicki.
yay, one to go!
tennis duck! http://shop.london2012.com/Team-GB-Olympic-Tennis-duck/Gifts-and%2520more/Toys-and%2520games/72004311,default,pd.html
bargain
i am going to come home with one or ten.
lisicki servimg for the match
tense!
great tennis
this time.....
3rd match point.
ACE!!!!!!!
bye shrieky
sharapova goes out of wimbledon on a 2nd serve ace.
#holycow
second serve ace, down the midlle, thanks for coming............
that was awesome
Sabine looked happy
Kim just lost her first set 1-6
looks in a bit of trouble in the second set too
Rogers going the same way. Don't get broken on your first serve, fool.
aw, it was on this day 11 years ago that he upset Sampras
@sabinelisicki: Yesssssss!!!!
that gets her point across.
somehow roger is up 4-2. it was 2-2 a second ago!
understated tweet of the day :)
clijsters loses 6-1 6-1 kerber has won the most matches on tour this year, i was a little surprised to hear that stat
Kim got steamrolled.
Roger serving for the match
that makes 33 quarter finals in a row or something. ridiculous.
850th win for roger
and no retirements ever #boss
no retirements, thats pretty impressive
he's not human, is he?
not at all
just tuned in to the tennis to see Murray has lost the first set. goodie.
i see i've missed a good day of tennis so far!
whaaaa? he was serving for it last time he was on my tv!
murray won the first set....... sadly
oh.. wait. i'm stupid. never mind! :D
Hopefully Vika crushes Ana, but as for me I should go zzz because I'm training people for the rest of the week so I have to be awake at work. Bah, why do people have to know how to cover my job while I'm away?
night amy!
:)
it must be almost 2 am where you are so i'm thinking sleep is sensible for you!
Goodness knows how you're functioning over this Wimbledon time, i've had a super busy 3 days and i'm barely functioning.. as you can see from my wonderful fail of being able to actually read the score.
yeah azarenka will dominate ana tonight, thats it for me too getting abit late hear now
i mean here now
see ya john. christine should be home soon. #shiftchange
yeah its about that time of the day/night. see you again tomorrow
bye to everyone who is/has left! trying to balance not sleeping with dissertation work and tennis, and failing :(
green is meant to make you sleepy (except in amy's case).
is it? that's really strange.. no wonder i always felt sleepy in the library at school!
think so. might be a myth, but it's the most relaxing colour apparently.
ah wow! so i can blame Andy Murray if i fall asleep this early then :)
brilliant plan!
the moment play is resumed i'll be blaming him!
am keeping an eye on this stream - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live-video/p00vkhyy
they appear to be making a tent out of the cover.
wimbledon camping!
Of all the matches I've missed so far this year, (and there have been plenty!), Lisicki beating Sharapova must be most gutting. I'll watch it on replay but it's not quite the same already knowing the result.
Yay Lisicki!
Djokovic playing Troicki on centre court. So many "tricky" puns.
it wasn't as exciting as the nadal match. i maintain she lost wimbledon because her dress was too fluttery. lisicki not at all put off by the wind.
there's a lesson there about prioritising fashion over sport. or something.
hello!
Hello. I have a weird question. Is there a court 4 at Wimbledon? I can't find it anywhere.
*shakes fist at the rain*
at least we have novak and the tricky dude.
Evening!
There must be! Investigation hat = on.
am trying out the olympics player thing they are testing with Wimbledon. I like it! shame my internet in Kent is so rubbish it can't deal with it. Farnham internet on the other hand can :D
Wikipedia says: "In 2011 a new No. 3 Court and a new Court 4 have been unveiled on the sites of the old No. 2 and 3 courts."
you're swimming in bandwidth to play with!
This map has a four: http://wimbledonlawntennischampionship.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/wimbledon_map.gif
Mmmm, bandwidth pool.
I can't see Novak's match going to 11:02 tonight
Ah. I was using a 2010 map. http://aeltc2010.wimbledon.org/images/about/2010_3d_map.pdfNEVER let me research anything.
I used to always want to be a ball-person, but this is mad dedication:
"To be selected, a candidate must pass written tests on the rules of tennis, and pass fitness, mobility and other suitability tests, against initial preliminary instruction material. Successful candidates then commence a training phase, starting in February... The training includes weekly sessions of physical, procedural and theoretical instruction, to ensure that the BBGs are fast, alert, self confident and adaptable to situations."
This time without errors!
http://aeltc2010.wimbledon.org/images/about/2010_3d_map.pdf
hehe us 2 have 25GB each. i take that as a challenge.
:)
Troicki has done a Pic- he isn't coming back.
run, troicki, run!
That would be so weird if that happened.
Turns the quarter-final into a massive game of hide and seek.
Player runs off Centre Court mid-match... never to be seen again.
I have no idea what just happened but I like a good bit of crowd interaction!
I think someone shouted advice to the players!
Ah, I see, and it worked so he pointed :)
This is a shouty crowd
I think it must be the roof, it makes people more confident. And more audible, I expect.
It's a matter of time before someone shouts "Echo, echo, echo, echo..."
:) But I think they are less keen on Mexican waves.
Just be thankful Cliff's away doing the torch relay
Surely the roof has saved us from any chance of a repeat experience of THAT.
He has a 30 minute chance when it closes, noooo!
Oh lord, that's all the opportunity he needs! Never thought I'd be so thankful for the torch! :)
Djoko not happy with the noisy crowd, has a bit of a word.
CLIFF!!! *shakes fist*
Djokovic wins.
Easy peasy for Novak
He's doing a lot of signing! Points! Oh wait, wrong sport.
He thinks he's at goodwood clearly
Ohhh, it's his birthday?!