Kuznetsova and Hewitt Prevail, ‘Bandy Gone
Oh the carnage! Opening day at Wimbledon has come and gone, and half of those who took the court today are disappointed. The other half are not. (Deep - I know…)
I got home from work today and flipped through the draw to see who was still alive and kickin’. This morning I mentioned that Lleyton Hewitt and Svetlana Kuznetsova both dropped their first sets in tiebreakers. Kuznetsova bounced back with a 7-5 second set and 6-3 third set to move on to the second round.
Hewitt had to go five rounds with Robin Haase before finally getting the go-ahead into the second round. The Aussie won the next two sets at 6-3 each before losing the fourth in another tiebreak. With everything leveled at 2 sets apiece, Hewitt came out smoking and won the decider at 6-2. Glad to see the ole backwards hat wearing man from Down Under still has a little fire left.
As Wimbledon always brings, the intensity is often balanced out with laughables on the other side of the scale. Today’s biggest goof was *drum roll* David Nalbandian! The man’s streaky to say the least (and also a bit chubby-ish), but his crash-out in the first round of Wimbledon made me laugh. I’m not sure if that is really the correct response I should have had, but when I saw it - all I could do was sit there and try to hold in my laughter. ‘Bandy only had three sets worth of time during 2008 Wimbledon before Frank Dancevic dismissed him 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
Other interesting things on the men’s side? Novak Djokovic needed four sets to get past Michael Berrer (although granted, Djokovic handed Berrer a big fat zero in the fourth set). That’s trips the interest wire a little bit. But what sends up red flares is who Djokovic is set to slug it out with in the second round: Marat Safin. It’s true. Safin is very close to the ultimate has-been, but I think somewhere, deep-down Dinara Safina’s older brother has just a little bit more awesome to give.
Not gonna lie though…Nole is a pretty tall order for the best of the best, let alone for a past-his-glory-days Safin.
(Image: Newscom)
Steeeetch! David Nalbandian tried and failed to get past the first round of Wimbledon. Shucky-darn.
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