Sunday, June 28, 2009

Gentlemen's Round-of-16 All Set At Wimbledon

The field of 128 is down to the last sixteen after an eventful first week at
the All England Club. Here are the match-ups:

Top Half:
[3] Andy Murray (GBR) vs [19] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)
[6] Andy Roddick (USA) vs [20] Tomas Berdych (CZE)
[8] Gilles Simon (FRA) vs Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
[23] Radek Stepanek (CZE) vs Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)

Bottom Half:
[2] Roger Federer (SUI) vs [13] Robin Soderling (SWE)
[4] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs Dudi Sela (ISR)
[7] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs [22] Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
[24] Tommy Haas (GER) vs [29] Igor Andreev (RUS)

Easily the biggest match-up among the eight ties is the rematch between French Open champ Roger Federer and French Open runner-up Robin Soderling, who are meeting for the 11th time. Soderling, who has never won against Federer, joked that he doesn't lose to anyone 11 times in a row. But then again, he also joked that he doesn't lose to anyone 10 times in a row. Coincidentally, it was also in the fourth round when Soderling took out top-ranked Rafael Nadal in Paris last month.

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