Spin got slammed yesterday. There are no 2 ways to describe what happened on Day 1 on the women's side. From young Puig slamming the NO. 5 seed, Errani in straight sets, to Sharapova struggling against Krista, to Vika almost retiring against her opponent, to the struggles of Bartoli and Flipkens, the women's bottom half of the draw saw more drama than anything else. Of course the day will be remembered for the upset heard around the world with Rafael Nadal, the French Open champion on the men's side going out in straight sets to Steve Darcis.
The top half of the women's draw plays tomorrow and the reigning ladies' champion, current occupier of the Penthouse and the No. 1 seed, Serena Williams, opens action on Day 2 on Centre Court.
The OOP for tomorrow is filled with lots of great matches and it took Spin almost 2 hours to really make her picks. I will therefore advise all readers of this blog to tread carefully when making your picks, because unlike Spin, you don't want to get slammed in Suicide Pool.
Spin's Picks are as usual in red:-
Day 2 Matches
Serena Williams
(USA) [1] v Mandy Minella (LUX)
Q Caroline Garcia (FRA) v Jie Zheng (CHN)
Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) v Q Carina Witthoeft (GER)
Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) v Tamira Paszek (AUT) [28]
Sabine Lisicki (GER) [23] v Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Elena Vesnina (RUS) v Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)
Olga Puchkova (RUS) v Arantxa Rus (NED)
LL Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) v Samantha Stosur (AUS) [14]
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) [10] v Laura Robson (GBR)
Q Mariana Duque-Marino (COL) v Julia Goerges (GER)
Ayumi Morita (JPN) v Marina Erakovic (NZL)
A.Medina Garrigues (ESP) v Shuai Peng (CHN) [24]
Romina Oprandi (SUI) [31] v WC Alison Riske (USA)
Mallory Burdette (USA) v Urszula Radwanska (POL)
Kaia Kanepi (EST) v WC Tara Moore (GBR)
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) v Angelique Kerber (GER) [7]
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [4] v Q Yvonne Meusburger (AUT)
Timea Babos (HUN) v Mathilde Johansson (FRA)
Heather Watson (GBR) v Madison Keys (USA)
Monica Niculescu (ROU) v Mona Barthel (GER) [30]
A.Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [21] v Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
Q B.Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) v Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)
Anna Tatishvili (GEO) v Petra Martic (CRO)
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) v Nadia Petrova (RUS) [13]
Roberta Vinci (ITA) [11] v Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)
Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) v Jana Cepelova (SVK)
M.Torro-Flor (ESP) v Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)
Q Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) v Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) [18]
Klara Zakopalova (CZE) [32] v Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
Nina Bratchikova (RUS) v Annika Beck (GER)
Olga Govortsova (BLR) v Simona Halep (ROU)
Michaella Krajicek (NED) v Na Li (CHN) [6]
Q Caroline Garcia (FRA) v Jie Zheng (CHN)
Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) v Q Carina Witthoeft (GER)
Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) v Tamira Paszek (AUT) [28]
Sabine Lisicki (GER) [23] v Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Elena Vesnina (RUS) v Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)
Olga Puchkova (RUS) v Arantxa Rus (NED)
LL Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) v Samantha Stosur (AUS) [14]
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) [10] v Laura Robson (GBR)
Q Mariana Duque-Marino (COL) v Julia Goerges (GER)
Ayumi Morita (JPN) v Marina Erakovic (NZL)
A.Medina Garrigues (ESP) v Shuai Peng (CHN) [24]
Romina Oprandi (SUI) [31] v WC Alison Riske (USA)
Mallory Burdette (USA) v Urszula Radwanska (POL)
Kaia Kanepi (EST) v WC Tara Moore (GBR)
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) v Angelique Kerber (GER) [7]
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [4] v Q Yvonne Meusburger (AUT)
Timea Babos (HUN) v Mathilde Johansson (FRA)
Heather Watson (GBR) v Madison Keys (USA)
Monica Niculescu (ROU) v Mona Barthel (GER) [30]
A.Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [21] v Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
Q B.Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) v Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)
Anna Tatishvili (GEO) v Petra Martic (CRO)
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) v Nadia Petrova (RUS) [13]
Roberta Vinci (ITA) [11] v Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)
Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) v Jana Cepelova (SVK)
M.Torro-Flor (ESP) v Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)
Q Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) v Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) [18]
Klara Zakopalova (CZE) [32] v Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
Nina Bratchikova (RUS) v Annika Beck (GER)
Olga Govortsova (BLR) v Simona Halep (ROU)
Michaella Krajicek (NED) v Na Li (CHN) [6]
