London Olympics 2012: Match Of The Day (Round 3)

Day two finished with some exiting matches and unexpected results.

Of the original 64 players, we are now left with 16 in the draw, all playing tomorrow:

Centre Court:

Djokovic - Hewitt (second match of the day)
Murray - Baghdatis

Court 1:

Federer Istomin (12.00)
Ferrer - Nishkiori


Court 2:

Simon - Del Potro (11.30)
Tipsarevic - Isner (last match)


Court 14:

Darcis - Almagro (11.30)

Court 18:

Tsonga - Lopez

Plenty of interesting matches for a place in the last 8.

Djoko -Hewitt can Indeed turn into match of day. So can Murray-Baggy. Tsonga-Lopez will get over sooner than it looks, Tsonga won't be able to play much after yesterday's marathon.

yes, Murray Baggy in particular as they played during last Wimbledon and it was a close one.
Nole Hewitt looks good on paper, but I think it will turn similar to Nole Roddick.
Simon Del Potro is going to be interesting, can't predict that one.

Ferrer Nishikori is going to be SOME grindfest

Wow, what a performance form Serena!
Can't stand the non-stop moaning and sobbing Zvonareva, what is the matter with her!!!?

Nole time

Hewitt serving very well. Interesting to observe Nole giving it extra focus trying to crack it. I give him till 4 all to unlock the code

noleisthebest wrote:Wow, what a performance form Serena!
Can't stand the non-stop moaning and sobbing Zvonareva, what is the matter with her!!!?

Serena played good, but vika was too far below her best. She was hardly moving. Anyway a good win in the end to reach qtr finals.

Fed playing good atm. 2 breaks up in the 2nd set.

Looking at the scores. I was expecting a closer match between Simon-Delpo from what its turning out to be.

noleisthebest wrote:Hewitt serving very well. Interesting to observe Nole giving it extra focus trying to crack it. I give him till 4 all to unlock the code

it was Nole that was menant to crack it not Hewitt !!! :shock:

COME ON NOLE BREAK BACK!!!!!!!!!!!

Hewitt takes the first set 6:4 :shock: :shock: :shock:

watch out for furious Nole to squash him in the second and third.

Lloyd said: "Fed didn't do that much" at 5;5 1st set. Few mins later roger proceeded smoothly to take that set. :king:

Sounds like Lloyd is still sore at the swiss post-W. :P

Glad Heman quickly came to Fed's defense. :lol:

Fed into QF 75 63. :king: :king:

Meantime, Hewitt looks very fierce. Put on some weight. Used to be a shrimpy guy. I didn't recognize him.

Nole 4:1 in the third...I think I can relax now....done all the housework in order to cure the nerves.... :shock:

And Nole does it 6:1 in the third!
Great match from Hewitt, but in the end the Cat outsmarted the Tiger.....
Hewitt looked just like 2.0 Tipsarevic, except with a bit more guile and roar.

reached home.. looking at some scores... Simon-Delpo indeed turned out close. Djo as expected won it very easily by the 3rd set, Hewitt couldn't have been able to keep that level for so long.

Murray-Bagyy going good. Baggy playing .. well.. not sure.

impressed both with Hewitt and Baghdatis, they really love playing for their countries. Respect!

what a sitter of a miss from Baggy... at the nets, Murray in a corner.. and he slammed on the net..

Baggy in generous mood.. exactly what Murray feeds on.. There was no other way Murray could have been back in the match.. but now he is..

noleisthebest wrote:And Nole does it 6:1 in the third!
Great match from Hewitt, but in the end the Cat outsmarted the Tiger.....
Hewitt looked just like 2.0 Tipsarevic, except with a bit more guile and roar.

You must have been very nervous watching that match,Hewitt played unbelievably well,best I have seen from him in years

Just watching the Isner/Tipsaravic match...
The whole arena is EMPTY!!! :x

Fed just lost doubles...

Veejay wrote:Just watching the Isner/Tipsaravic match...
The whole arena is EMPTY!!! :x

unbelievable!

Veejay wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:And Nole does it 6:1 in the third!
Great match from Hewitt, but in the end the Cat outsmarted the Tiger.....
Hewitt looked just like 2.0 Tipsarevic, except with a bit more guile and roar.

You must have been very nervous watching that match,Hewitt played unbelievably well,best I have seen from him in years

yes I was a bit nervous, but believed Nole would win in the end as he is a better player. Hewitt was playing his socks off really gave it his best shot and I have always admired that about him.
He's done the Aussies proud.
Makes Tomic and his attitude look like a (bad) joke.

raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote:Baggy in generous mood.. exactly what Murray feeds on.. There was no other way Murray could have been back in the match.. but now he is..

I don't know whose draw is easier: Fed's or Murray's?

I've just been to the gym and the spinning instructor showed us the photo of Chris Hoy's thighs after the class in all their 32" glory!!!!
I am going to be having nightmares after seeing that gross sight :face:

noleisthebest wrote:

Veejay wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:And Nole does it 6:1 in the third!
Great match from Hewitt, but in the end the Cat outsmarted the Tiger.....
Hewitt looked just like 2.0 Tipsarevic, except with a bit more guile and roar.

You must have been very nervous watching that match,Hewitt played unbelievably well,best I have seen from him in years

yes I was a bit nervous, but believed Nole would win in the end as he is a better player. Hewitt was playing his socks off really gave it his best shot and I have always admired that about him.
He's done the Aussies proud.
Makes Tomic and his attitude look like a (bad) joke.

Yes Hewitt is a class act,Tomic is very cocky and arrogant

Nishikori knocks Ferrer out!

noleisthebest wrote:Nishikori knocks Ferrer out!

Big upset,had Ferrer penciled in as a semi finalist

Have you seen Delpo play? He's been sneaking under the radar ....

Still no order of play for tomorrow....live scores are half an hour late ...

noleisthebest wrote:Have you seen Delpo play? He's been sneaking under the radar ....

Nope havent seen him play yet,grass is his worst surface
Where is Tenez?

Veejay wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:Have you seen Delpo play? He's been sneaking under the radar ....

Nope havent seen him play yet,grass is his worst surface
Where is Tenez?

Beaching it somewhere on the South Coast of France....with no TV and no internet 8)

noleisthebest wrote:Nishikori knocks Ferrer out!

Good to hear a fresh-faced Asian player make some noise. Did he out grind ferru or use some other anti-grind tactic to advantage?

SR wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:Nishikori knocks Ferrer out!

Good to hear a fresh-faced Asian player make some noise. Did he out grind ferru or use some other anti-grind tactic to advantage?

I only saw the last game (virtually!) It was played under the roof, as the match was shifted onto Center due to darkness. So poor Ferru had to endure a long break for the roof to close and then serve out to stay in the match, making a double fault en route.

Feel sorry for him, but c'est la vie.....

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SR wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:Nishikori knocks Ferrer out!

Good to hear a fresh-faced Asian player make some noise. Did he out grind ferru or use some other anti-grind tactic to advantage?

I only saw the last game (virtually!) It was played under the roof, as the match was shifted onto Center due to darkness. So poor Ferru had to endure a long break for the roof to close and then serve out to stay in the match, making a double fault en route.

Hey

Why only poor Ferru? Didn't Kei also had to "endure a long break" in the same situation?
No disrespect to Ferru, a most no-nonsense and endearing player. But last night sounds like fresh-face outlasted the old dog. :!: