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WIMBLEDON DAY 6: Results
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Ladies' Singles 3rd Round
Serena Williams, USA (7) defeated Maria Kirilenko, RUS (26)
6-3, 6-2
Gentlemen's Singles - 3rd Round
Gael Monfils, FRA defeated by Lukasz Kubot, POL
3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 3-6
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA (12) defeated Fernando Gonzalez, CHI
6-3, 6-4, 6-3
Ladies' Doubles - 1st Round
Heather Watson, GBR and Jocelyn Rae, GBR
defeated by
Sophie Lefevre, FRA and Evgeniya Rodina, RUS4-6, 4-6
Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Heather Watson, GBR and Ross Hutchins, GBR
defeated
Rennae Stubbs, AUS and Marcelo Melo, BRA65-77, 6-3, 8-6
Raquel Kops-Jones, USA and Wesley Moodie, RSA
defeated by
Alicja Rosolska, POL and Rogier Wassen, NED2-1, Retired
Dustin Brown, GER and Vania King, USA
defeated by
Elena Baltacha, GBR and Kenneth Skupski, GBR66-78, 6-4, 4-6
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Posted by Shelia at 4:00 AM Labels: 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Dustin Brown, Fernando Gonzalez, Gael Monfils, Heather Watson, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Jocelyn Rae, Lukasz Kubot, Maria Kirilenko, Raquel Kops-Jones, Serena Williams Email this post
WIMBLEDON DAY 6: Tsonga Convincingly Takes Out Gonzalez, Advances To Round Of 16
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Day 6 of 2011 Wimbledon Championships.
Wimbledon is a happy place this fortnight, if your name is Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The 26-year-old Frenchman has smiled his way through the first three rounds, apparently unperturbed by the small troubles life may put in his way.
He breezed his way to another contented win over the Chilean Fernando Gonzalez 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 and those who like their tennis quick will have relished this encounter as much as the No.12 seed himself. The entire joust was done in an economical 84 minutes.
In fact, parts of this match were so brisk, they verged on the bizarre. Neither of these two players is a chap to linger over personal pre-service rituals, with the result that the first set lasted 22 minutes, and it wasn't as if it was a whitewash. It was just that rallies on Tsonga's serve were a bit of a rarity and, besides, he had the necessary break in the bag at 3-1.
For those watching on No.2 Court, the constant risk was that they might sneeze at the wrong moment and find that they had missed some crucial passage of play. Glancing away for 10 seconds could leave spectators wondering how they missed half the set.
Tsonga, whose best Wimbledon was last year when he reached the quarter-finals, arrived at SW19 this fortnight with mixed form on grass. On the one hand, he brought the encouragement of being runner-up to Andy Murray at Queen's earlier this month; on the other, he followed it by losing to Radek Stepanek in the second round at Eastbourne.
As for 30-year-old Gonzalez, this was his first Grand Slam tournament since retiring in the first round of last autumn's US Open with a knee injury, itself caused by a previous hip injury dating back a further year. His ranking coming into Wimbledon was 478, and he made it into the main draw on a protected ranking because of this prolonged period out through injury. He did well to reach the third round, beating the No.22 seed Alexandr Dolgopolov in the first round.
At the start of the second set, Tsonga had the Chilean racing all over the court. He easily commanded three break points for 2-1 and converted the first as a matter of course. The next game was not atypical of the entire match. Tsonga served three aces, made one unforced error, and then made it a quartet of aces for good measure.
Umpire Fergus Murphy barely had time to announce the score in his trademark musical delivery before it was out of date and he was on to the next. At 5-3, Tsonga had two openings to break again and take the set, but in the event was obliged to cool his heels and serve it out.
Gonzalez had his chances, not least three opportunities to break early in the third set. But each time Tsonga dug his way out of the hole. Instead it was the Frenchman who broke in the next game, courtesy of a wild Gonzalez forehand at the net.
It was the same pattern as the set before, but this time when Tsonga had the chance to break again, it was to secure the win, and he took it. Even Gonzalez smiled back at Tsonga at the net.
Photos by Getty Images
Source: Wimbledon.org
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Posted by Shelia at 2:20 AM Labels: 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Andy Murray, Chile, Fernando Gonzalez, France, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Queen's Club Championships, SW19, Umpire Fergus Murphy Email this post
WIMBLEDON DAY 6: Schedule
Ladies' Singles 3rd Round
Serena Williams, USA (7) vs. Maria Kirilenko, RUS (26)
Gentlemen's Singles - 3rd Round
Gael Monfils, FRA vs. Lukasz Kubot, POL
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA (12) vs. Fernando Gonzalez, CHI
Ladies' Doubles - 1st Round
Heather Watson, GBR and Jocelyn Rae, GBR
vs.
Sophie Lefevre, FRA and Evgeniya Rodina, RUS
Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Heather Watson, GBR and Ross Hutchins, GBR
vs.
Rennae Stubbs, AUS and Marcelo Melo, BRA
Raquel Kops-Jones, USA and Wesley Moodie, RSA
vs.
Dominika Cibulkova, SVK and Lukas Dlouhy, CZE
Dustin Brown, GER and Vania King, USA
vs.
Elena Baltacha, GBR and Kenneth Skupski, GBR
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Posted by Shelia at 1:19 AM Labels: Conversations: Dustin Brown, Fernando Gonzalez, Gael Monfils, Heather Watson, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Jocelyn Rae, Lukasz Kubot, Maria Kirilenko, Raquel Kops-Jones, Serena Williams, Vania King Email this post
What's My Name! Take Note, Frenchman Josselin Ouanna Making Noise At Roland Garros
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

The very tempered but stragetgic Ouanna held on in a tight 4 hour and 34 minute match to take out Safin in a 77-62, 77-64, 4-6, 3-6, 10-8 victory.
Safin, who has vowed to retire at the end of the season, lost the first set on a tie-break and the pattern repeated itself in the second.
The Russian appeared to have the mental edge after he saved four set points while serving at 5-6 but Ouanna stayed focused in the breaker to open a two-set lead.
However, Safin's famous temperament was held in check as he launched a fightback.
A single break of serve in both the third and fourth sets saw him level match - Ouanna missing six break points in the process.
Safin, a semi-finalist at Roland Garros in 2002, looked set to roll on to victory when he broke early in the decider, but he allowed Ouanna to hit back and level at 3-3 - Safin slamming a ball into the stands in disgust and picking up a warning in the process.
The Russian saved match points at 4-5 (with an ace) and at 5-6 (with a brilliant forehand winner) but when Ouanna fashioned more chances at 8-9 he finally cracked.
One was saved but when Safin sent a forehand wide on the next it was all over.
Ouanna progresses to a third-round meeting with Fernando Gonzalez, the 12th seed.

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Posted by Shelia at 5:41 PM Labels: Fernando Gonzalez, French Open, Josselin Ouanna, Marat Safin, Roland Garros Email this post
Tsonga, Zimonjic and Gonzalez Spend Time With Dolphins
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
KEY BISCAYNE - MARCH 24: Fernando Gonzalez (C), Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (L) and Nenad Zimonjic (R) feed the dolphins at the Miami Seaquarium prior to the Sony Ericsson Open on March 24, 2009 in Key Biscayne, Florida.
Photos by Marc Serota/Getty Images for Sony Ericsson
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Posted by Shelia at 3:41 AM Labels: Fernando Gonzalez, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Key Biscayne, Miami Seaquarium, Nenad Zimmonjic, Sony Ericsson Open Email this post
Dang... Talk About Being In A Funk! Blake Bounced
Monday, March 16, 2009
Maaaan!
While you can't win 'em all, you can at least 'act' like you want to be there. American James Blake lumbered around the court with the appearance of very little interest in the match, especially in the second set. He played as if it was a foregone conclusion that he would lose. Something smacked the fight right out of Blake today; and it wasn't Chilean Fernando Gonzalez.
Gonzalez definitely played well, but he didn't present anything Blake hasn't previously faced. The 7-5, 6-1 defeat sounds as if he took Blake to the woodshed, not so. Blake wasn't available to be taken to the woodshed, he was out to lunch somewhere.
This is Blake's 7th straight loss to Gonzalez.
“I think my serve was a big difference,” said Blake. “I think I probably got about two, maybe three free points, in the whole second set on the first serve wasn't coming in. And when it was coming in, it wasn't hitting its spot. If I'm not getting any free points off of that, and he's as confident as he was playing after winning that first set, then it's going to be tough for me.”
"This was just a bad day, it hurts. It makes me want to get back on the practice court."
Perhaps our dear Mr. Blake needs a mini vacay. Oops, he took one today.Photo by Getty Images
Posted by Shelia at 5:24 PM Labels: BNP Paribas Open, Chile, Fernando Gonzalez, Indian Wells California, James Blake Email this post
A Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On At The Beijing Olympics
Friday, August 15, 2008
BEIJING (AP) — James Blake could shrug off the three match points he failed to convert, and even the misfire on an easy forehand that would have given him a berth in the Olympic final.
What stuck in his craw was the notion his opponent didn't play fair.
Blake came up one shot short Friday, losing in the semifinal to Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 4-6, 7-5, 11-9. Afterward he accused Gonzalez of failing to fess up on a disputed point two games before the finish.
"I've spoken all week about how much I've enjoyed the Olympic experience, how much I love the spirit of it," Blake said. "That's a disappointing way to exit the tournament, when you not only lose the match, but you lose a little faith in your fellow competitor."
Actually, the No. 8-seeded Blake remains in the tournament. A first-time Olympian at 28, he'll play for a bronze Saturday as the last hope for a U.S. medal in men's or women's singles.
Gonzalez, seeded 12th, will play in Sunday's final against Rafael Nadal, who clinched his first Olympic medal by beating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 1-6, 6-4.
Venus and Serena Williams won twice to reach the semifinals in doubles, but the U.S. team lost its other matches. Top-seeded Mike and Bob Bryan were beaten in the semifinals by Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, 7-6 (6), 6-4. The Swiss team clinched at least a silver — the first medal for Federer in the three Olympics he has played.
Americans Lindsay Davenport and Liezel Huber were eliminated in the doubles quarterfinals.
The incident that upset Blake occurred with Gonzalez serving at 8-9 in the final set. On the first point, Blake hit a backhand passing shot long but contended the ball ticked Gonzalez's racket before landing, as TV replays confirmed.
Blake appealed in vain to the chair umpire, and said Gonzalez should have conceded the point. Blake went on to lose the game to make it 9-all."Playing in the Olympics, in what's supposed to be considered a gentleman's sport, that's a time to call it on yourself," Blake said. "Fernando looked me square in the eye and didn't call it."
Gonzalez said he was uncertain whether the ball hit his racket.
"I didn't feel anything," Gonzalez said. "I mean, it's just one point. There is an umpire. If I'm 100 percent sure about it, I mean, I will give it. But I'm not sure."
Blake described Gonzalez as a great player who does everything in his power to win, "usually" within the rules.
"Whatever he wants to say is fine," Blake said. "Whatever is going to get him to have some sleep tonight, then that's fine."
New No. 1 Jelena Jankovic lost in the women's quarterfinals to No. 6 Dinara Safina of Russia, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. Safina won her 14th match in a row and will play Li Na of China in the semifinals Saturday.
The other women's semifinal will be an all-Russian matchup between No. 5 Elena Dementieva and No. 9 Vera Zvonareva.
Nadal came to Beijing assured of earning the No. 1 ranking for the first time next week, ending Federer's 4 1/2-year reign. Now the Spaniard is one win from adding an Olympic title to the French Open and Wimbledon championships he has already claimed this year.
It was after midnight when Nadal closed out his latest victory in dramatic fashion. On match point he scrambled to retrieve two overhead slams by Djokovic. When the flustered Serb shanked a third overhead, Nadal collapsed to the hard court in jubilation.
"When I arrived here, I didn't expect for sure to be in this final. I arrived very tired," Nadal said. "But when the week is coming, I felt better and better. I'm very happy to have this experience in my life."
Federer, eliminated in singles Thursday by Blake, kept alive his bid for a medal by winning a rain-interrupted match with Wawrinka over Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes of India 6-2, 6-4. Six hours later the Swiss team defeated the Bryan brothers.
"Having beaten the best in the world and going for gold, it's an incredible scenario," Federer said. "This is a big moment in my career."
The Williams sisters, both eliminated in singles Thursday, completed a suspended second-round doubles match and beat Ayumi Morita and Ai Sugiyama of Japan, 7-5, 6-2. The Williamses then defeated Zvonareva and Elena Vesnina 6-4, 6-0.
Davenport and Huber lost to Anabel Medina Garriguez and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain 5-7, 7-6 (6), 8-6.
Blake and Gonzalez played the first match on center court, and there was tension between them as early as the second set, when Gonzalez slammed an easy forehand at his opponent's head from point-blank range.
Blake glared at Gonzalez, who apologized. Afterward Blake said he was upset only in the "heat of the moment."
As for the later point of dispute, the match wouldn't have reached that stage had Blake converted one of his three match points after Gonzalez fell behind 5-6, love-40 serving in the final set.
At 10-9 it was Gonzalez who struggled to convert match points, but on the fifth one he smacked a service winner for the victory.
"It was really one or two points, and who played those one or two points better," Blake said. "Today he did at the end."
After beating Federer, Blake showed no sign of an upset hangover. He served well, winning 15 consecutive service points at one stretch, and repeatedly negated the big-swinging Chilean's forehand by pinning him deep in baseline rallies.
Blake even pulled off a nifty trick shot, retreating to retrieve a lob and hitting a back-to-the-net, between-the-legs forehand. Gonzalez was so startled he dumped an easy forehand into the net.
Three times in the second set, Blake was two points from victory. But the best opportunity came in the third set, when he went for a winner on his first match point and sailed a forehand long.
Gonzalez then hit four winners in a row to hold for 6-all, and eight games later he was thrusting his arms to sky after clinching a medal.
Photos Getty Images
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Posted by Shelia at 2:14 PM Labels: Beijing Olympics, Bob Bryan, Dinara Safina, Fernando Gonzalez, James Blake, Li Na, Liezel Huber, Lindsay Davenport, Mike Bryan, Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Venus Williams Email this post
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