Early Rounds
It's that time of the year again-the Wimbledon fornight is in full swing and certainly a few talking points thus far:
Whilst most of the established players going strong it is the young guns who have been making the headlines, we've had Zverev ,Tsitipas and Thiem faltering even if they did have challengers early on. Querrey v Thiem was one of the first round picks (Thiem French Open finalist for the past few years, whilst Querrey had big wins on the SW19 grass before putting out Djokovic in 2016 and Murray in 2017. In the initial stages it was very competitive with two breakers, but the American ran away with in the end losing only three games in the last two sets. Once Dom's serve was broken he succumbed to the pressure and the American went from strength to strength. Possibly still a bit flat after the French ,though the grass is a bit of a challenge for Thiem and he really needs to shorten his swings on the surface.
On the other hand 15 year old qualifier Coco Goff has been creating a lot of buzz with her sensational 6-4,6-4 win over Venus Williams in the opening round. She really took it to the former champion with her serve and groundstokes, showing little sign of being phased on a big court, instead she was simply inspired. That being said, Venus has not had a great season and just was not consistent enough on the day with the challenge she was facing. Wonder if we will see her at the Championships for much longer. The no2 seed and double Grand Slam Naomi Osaka needed some of the carefree attitude but instead was shackled and produced quite a few wild errors in a defeat to the canny Russian Putinseva who she has struggled with before in a disappointing 7-6,6-2 defeat. There was also a disapppinting display from Gabrine Muguruza who has dropped to 26 in the rankings and at the moment looking a shadow of her former self.
Disappointment for the British No1 Kyle Edmund as he went down 4-6,4-6,7-6,6-,6-4 to spaniard Fernando Verdasco who admittedly is a tough competitor. However Kyle seems in complete control of the match , leading 3-1 and 40-0 before bad errors put the set in the balance and then the match turned. Edmund did have a unfortunate slip in closing stages of 3rd and leg required treatment (previous injuries this season) so may have been a factor and the strength was lacking, however still frustrating! Dan Evans and Cameron Norrie still in it for now (though think only Evans has much chance of going further and he has 18th seed Basilashvili with Norrie with tough task against Nishikori ). Johanna Konta who done well at French in reaching semis in contention (would play Sloane Stephens mind you in 3rd Round if she wins today who she got better of in Rolland Garros) Young Jay Clark won a round but has to face Federer today . We also lost the 3 times Grand Slam Champion Stan Wawrinka in a lengthy battle with a giant killer (bit of pun there 
) in the shape of 21 year old American Reilly Opelka. The blockbuster match today Thursday is Rafael Nadal (12 times French champion and double Wimbledon champion though last success in 2010) v the mercurial Australian Nick Kygrios . The Aussie certainly can play an exciting brand of tennis but can also have strange performances and lose the plot,several times when he's lacked application. Still he tends to perform better when playing the big names and they share the honours in their 6 matches. Kygrios won their first meeting at Wimbledon in 2014 and the last one in Alcupulco this February,whilst two of Rafa's three wins have been crushing ones.
Andy Murray returning to action in doubles, partnerng Herbert in Men's and now confirmed that he will team up with Serena Williams in The Mixed. He could also face Jamie if they both progress to 3rd Round of Men's (Jamie only recently started new partnership with Neal Skupski) He is akso in Mixed with Bethanie Mattek Sands,though they are in other half of draw.
https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2019-07-02/memorable_moments_day_2.html
https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2019-07-03/edmund_sunk_by_dramatic_comeback.html
https://www.offtheball.com/sport/wawrinka-crashes-wimbledon-878561
So think that rounds every thing up and Wimbledon over for another year. Hope a few have enjoyed reading and viewing some clips
Definitely enjoyed reading up! Didn't get to catch the whole thing of the Men's final. But what I did see was great!
