Joe Soriano
O.J. LewisWimbledon Gentlemen's Day 1 Results
June 24th 2008 06:49
Wimbledon Gentlemen's Day 1 Results
There was one or two surprises in the first day in England. German Simon Stadler beat 18th seeded Croation Ivo Karlovic in four sets. Number 7 seeded Argentine David Nalbandian is a former Wimbledon finalist, and has lost in the first round of a Grand Slam just once in 26 tries, and never at Wimbledon. After today he has now been ousted in the first round for a second time. Today it was World #98 ranked Canadian Frank Dancevic who won rather easily in straight sets 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
Three matches had to go five sets to decide a winner. Number 11 seed Tomas Berdych needed a 7-5 fifth set to get past Russian Evgeny Korolev. Swede Thomas Johansson dropped the first two sets of his long match in tie-breaks, the first of which he lost 10-8. He then came back in the last three sets against American Vincent Spadea 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to play #10 Marco Baghdatis. The third match to go five sets was a bit of a surprise, it was #20 seeded Australian Lleyton Hewitt’s match with Wimbledon rookie Robin Hasse of The Netherlands. Hasse shocked Hewitt by winning the first set in tie-break, but then Hewitt took control in the second and third sets winning both 6-3. Hasse would not go quietly though, he forced the fourth set into a tie-break also, and won that tie-break 7-1. Hewitt overcame the rookie’s challenge though by finishing the match with a 6-2 win in the fifth. It was the fifth time Hewitt has played a five set match at Wimbledon, he has now won four of those matches.
Novak Djokovic was a bit surprised by his German opponent Michael Berrer as he dropped the second set 6-2, but controlled the rest of the match. Federer rolled easily into the second round. My prediction of a good outing by American Robbie Ginepri came to an early end as he was ousted by #15 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile.
There was one or two surprises in the first day in England. German Simon Stadler beat 18th seeded Croation Ivo Karlovic in four sets. Number 7 seeded Argentine David Nalbandian is a former Wimbledon finalist, and has lost in the first round of a Grand Slam just once in 26 tries, and never at Wimbledon. After today he has now been ousted in the first round for a second time. Today it was World #98 ranked Canadian Frank Dancevic who won rather easily in straight sets 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
Three matches had to go five sets to decide a winner. Number 11 seed Tomas Berdych needed a 7-5 fifth set to get past Russian Evgeny Korolev. Swede Thomas Johansson dropped the first two sets of his long match in tie-breaks, the first of which he lost 10-8. He then came back in the last three sets against American Vincent Spadea 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to play #10 Marco Baghdatis. The third match to go five sets was a bit of a surprise, it was #20 seeded Australian Lleyton Hewitt’s match with Wimbledon rookie Robin Hasse of The Netherlands. Hasse shocked Hewitt by winning the first set in tie-break, but then Hewitt took control in the second and third sets winning both 6-3. Hasse would not go quietly though, he forced the fourth set into a tie-break also, and won that tie-break 7-1. Hewitt overcame the rookie’s challenge though by finishing the match with a 6-2 win in the fifth. It was the fifth time Hewitt has played a five set match at Wimbledon, he has now won four of those matches.
Novak Djokovic was a bit surprised by his German opponent Michael Berrer as he dropped the second set 6-2, but controlled the rest of the match. Federer rolled easily into the second round. My prediction of a good outing by American Robbie Ginepri came to an early end as he was ousted by #15 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile.
| First Round - Section 1 | Winners | |
| Roger Federer SUI (1) | 6 6 6 | |
| v | Roger Federer SUI (1) | |
| Dominik Hrbaty SVK | 3 2 2 | |
| Robin Soderling SWE | 7 0 6 6 | |
| v | Robin Soderling SWE | |
| Kevin Kim USA | 5 6 3 4 | |
| Marc Gicquel FRA | 4 7 | |
| v | Marc Gicquel FRA | |
| Kei Nishikori JPN -- Retired | 6 5 | |
| Chris Guccione AUS | 6 4 4 3 | |
| v | Ilia Bozoljac | |
| Ilia Bozoljac(Qual.Replaceme | 3 6 6 6 | |
| Monfils withdrew due to an inj | ||
| Lleyton Hewitt AUS (20) | 6(4) 6 6 6(1) 6 | |
| v | Lleyton Hewitt AUS (20) | |
| Robin Haase NED | 7(7) 3 3 7(7) 2 | |
| Albert Montanes ESP | 6 7(7) 6 | |
| v | Albert Montanes ESP | |
| Carlos Berlocq ARG | 3 6(2) 4 | |
| Alex Bogdanovic GBR | 6(4) 6 3 6(4) | |
| v | Simone Bolelli ITA | |
| Simone Bolelli ITA | 7(7) 4 6 7(7) | |
| Robby Ginepri USA | 6(3) 5 5 | |
| v | Fernando Gonzalez CHI (15) | |
| Fernando Gonzalez CHI (15) | 7(7) 7 7 | |
| First Round - Section 1 | Scores | Winners |
| Tomas Berdych CZE (11) | 4 6 6 3 7 | |
| v | Tomas Berdych CZE (11) | |
| Evgeny Korolev RUS | 6 1 4 6 5 | |
| Victor Hanescu ROU | 6 6(2) 6 6 | |
| v | Victor Hanescu ROU | |
| Alejandro Falla COL | 3 7(7) 0 4 | |
| Dudi Sela ISR | 4 5 4 | |
| v | Olivier Rochus BEL | |
| Olivier Rochus BEL | 6 7 6 | |
| Philipp Kohlschreiber GER | 4 3 2 | |
| v | Fernando Verdasco ESP (22 | |
| Fernando Verdasco ESP (22) | 6 6 6 | |
| Michael Llodra FRA (32) | 4 6(7) 0 | |
| v | Mario Ancic CRO | |
| Mario Ancic CRO | 6 7(9) 2 | |
| Hyung-Taik Lee KOR | 7(7) 1 4 | |
| v | Philipp Petzschner GER | |
| Philipp Petzschner GER | 6(4) 6 6 | |
| Igor Andreev RUS | 6(6) 7(7) 6 6 | |
| v | Igor Andreev RUS | |
| Jiri Vanek CZE | 7(8) 6(2) 2 2 | |
| Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR | 6(6) 3 3 | |
| v | David Ferrer ESP (5) | |
| David Ferrer ESP (5) | 7(8) 6 1 |
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