Wimbledon. The home of tennis. It is without a doubt my favourite tournament and I really do look forward to seeing and hearing the sounds of Wimbledon. The music that is played on the television is different than for the other Slams and the calm and serenity that overtakes this tournament transforms the tennis calendar and takes fans back to the days of women playing in long skirts and men in long pants with jackets and waistcoats.
The draw has been analysed to death and as is the norm on this particular blog, I leave that to those who know how the draws actually work. As I have done in the past I will feature the day's play and do my picks. The Spin abandoned her picks mid-match due to the loss of a certain player who shall remain nameless.
Most persons have picked Serena Williams to win this tournament and I can see nothing in her draw (I looked) that would upset her.
The off court stuff that is now going on will hopefully not affect play. Much has been said about those off court comments and these have also been analysed to death. The Spin will not post any thoughts on this, except to say, let the tennis begin.
The OOP for Monday has been posted and the matches as well as Spin's Picks below which are in red:-
DAY
1 MATCHES
Sara Errani v Monica Puig
Petra Kvitova v Coco Vandeweghe
Petra Kvitova v Coco Vandeweghe
Carla Suarez Navarro v Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Jelena Jankovic v Johanna Konta
Jelena Jankovic v Johanna Konta
Alize Cornet v Vania King
Silvia
Soler-Espinosa v Misaki Doi
Lara
Arruabarrena v Lesia
Tsurenko
Eva
Birnerova v Varvara
Lepchenko
Sloane
Stephens v Jamie
Hampton
Pauline
Parmentier v Andrea
Petkovic
Petra
Cetkovska v Donna
Vekic
E.Cabeza
Candela v Caroline
Wozniacki
Marion
Bartoli v
Elina Svitolina
Christina
McHale v
Alexa Glatch
Camila
Giorgi v Samantha
Murray
Stefanie
Voegele v
Sorana Cirstea
Lucie
Safarova v Lauren
Davis
Lucie
Hradecka
v Karin Knapp
M.Larcher
De Brito v Melanie
Oudin
Kristina
Mladenovic v Maria
Sharapova
Kiki
Bertens v Yaroslava
Shvedova
Garbine
Muguruza v Anne
Keothavong
Johanna
Larsson v Ekaterina
Makarova
Sofia
Arvidsson v Mirjana
Lucic-Baroni
Eugenie
Bouchard
v Galina Voskoboeva
Virginie
Razzano v Ana
Ivanovic
Yanina
Wickmayer
v Vesna Dolonc
Ajla
Tomljanovic
v Bojana Jovanovski
Yulia
Putintseva v Kirsten
Flipkens
Su-Wei
Hsieh v
Tatjana Maria
Elena
Baltacha
v Flavia Pennetta
Maria
Joao Koehler v Victoria
Azarenka
