Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Live - Wimbledon 2010

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By Piers Newbery
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

John Lloyd
0943: John Lloyd on Murray: "When he steps on the court he can forget all the pressure. I couldn't when I played many, many years ago, it got to me, but he can handle it like Tim did. I thought he was going into a tailspin before Wimbledon but at the moment he's playing the best tennis of anyone. Today will be a big test and he might lose a set but I don't think he'll lose to Tsonga over five sets. I think it will be a great match but Murray has just a little bit too much grass-court savvy. I think Nadal will come though in possibly the best match of the day against Soderling, and that Djokovic and Federer will win too."

jackbwild on Twitter: "Just had my tonsils out and I'm suffering something rotten. Hoping for an entertaining day and a Murray win to help me through."

0933: Chinese Taipei's Yen-Hsun Lu will become the first Asian man to play in a Grand Slam quarter-final since Japan's Shuzo Matsuoka at Wimbledon in 1995 when he steps onto Court One today. The 26-year-old is ranked 82nd, which is a good omen bearing in mind Tsvetana Pironkova's efforts yesterday, and played magnificently in beating Andy Roddick on Monday. Lu's late father sold chickens for a living, prompting the best press conference moment of the tournament: "I can catch a chicken. I can show you. Yeah, serious. I can catch a chicken." And on working with his father: "I tried few times but I don't really like because smell really bad. But I know is very tough work. They always working between 1:00 in the morning to 6:00 in the morning, like very early. That time the chicken cannot run away because they cannot see." Makes sense.

Someone is having a tantrum
0925: Good old Stich, I remember him beating Edberg in the 1991 semi-finals in three tie-breaks without once breaking serve. Even ice-cool Stefan looked a bit gutted after that one. Stich then played so well in the final that he pushed Boris into some sort of Shakesperean breakdown. Great days. If we are to have a meltdown today, my money would be on Djokovic against Lu.

Michael Stich
0917: Michael Stich on Murray: "He's matured as a person and he's accepting the fact it's his home tournament, everyone is behind him and its not only pressure - it can help him too. His confidence is growing, he's won all his matches in three sets. He probably had a little bit more time to prepare because he didn't play well at Queen's. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is a very talented player but very erratic, you never know which Jo-Wilfried will show up. Now is where it counts - you've got three more matches to go, but they're the toughest matches." And the 1991 champion adds: "Soderling is a very, very tough player but I expect Nadal to go through with the other top four seeds."

0911: The main action kicks off at 1300 BST with Roger Federer v Tomas Berdych on Centre Court and Novak Djokovic v Yen-Hsun Lu on Court One. My guess is that means Andy Murray v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will be on Centre at around 1530 BST, with the heavyweight clash between Rafael Nadal and Robin Soderling second on One. BBC One and HD will be up and running from 1215 BST, with 5 live joining the fun at 1230 BST. In the meantime, it's your duty to feed me your thoughts via Twitter or 606 .

The sun is out
0905: BBC Breakfast's Carol Kirkwood - "We're not looking at the prospect of any rain or showers today at Wimbledon. Temperatures will peak at around 27C and there will be a noticeable breeze, but it will be fairly humid. Tomorrow should remain dry, hot, and humid."

0900: Morning, everyone well? Good. It's day nine at Wimbledon and that means men's quarter-finals. We still have the top four seeds in the running, including the six-time champion, the world number one, the home favourite and some of the biggest hitters in the game. But only one among them has this week made the bold statement: "I can catch a chicken."

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