Wimbledon 2008

First Round:

8. Gasquet vs Fish
Grosjean vs Starace
Anderson vs Calleri
Olenijak vs Simon

:wavey:

Average draw, but I don't expect Seb to do well regardless. :sad:

All we can wish is that he wins his first match and doesn't retire... :sad:

Starace isn't a grass specialist at all I think. But it doesn't mean that much, the most important is seb's form... and he's not good.
I don't expect anything.
A win would be fantastic...

:( bad draw.....hope he will pass the 1st round and....keep HEALTHY, nothing else expected.

Today's OOP,

Court 16 12:00 Noon start

1 Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Rnd.
Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) v. Potito Starace (ITA)

2 Ladies' Singles - 1st Rnd.
Julia Goerges (GER) v. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)[23]

3 Ladies' Singles - 1st Rnd.
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA) v. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)

4 Gentlemen's Doubles - 1st Rnd.
Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)[10]/Marcin Matkowski (POL)[10]
v. Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)

Ohhh good luck Seb!:wavey:

I heard that Starace was involved in some tennis betting scandals. But... maybe just scandals...

Anyway, good luck Seb! I hope he would be able to play his best tennis here and NO MORE INJURY AGAIN! :angel:

6:2, 7:5, 6:1 :bowdown: Seems it was relatively easy... Now I'm really looking forward to the next match!

Grosjean def. Starace 6-2 7-5 6-1

Allez Seb!!!!!

:banana::woohoo::woohoo::banana:

He won!! 62 75 61 :dance:

Hi aliasthad! great minds think alike!!!

We were three at the same time!!! Lucky three! :D

We were three at the same time!!! Lucky three! :D

Missed that! :hug: We'll have to put our luck together for his next match--most likely against Richie...

Missed that! :hug: We'll have to put our luck together for his next match--most likely against Richie...

Great minds indeed! Now we can at least look forward to actually seeing the next match and put our collective karma towards it!!

:worship:

Allez sexy Seb!

It was a winnable match for Sebastien, but I was a bit worried about how the injury(ies) would hold up. Gasquet or Fish up next, one would expect Seb to lose to either but he can always surprise us. ;)

straight sets win :eek: :eek: 8 aces and only 9 UEs, 86% 1st serve winning, it seems Seb played a really good match! :yeah: :woohoo:

Allez Seb :bounce: Good luck to the next round! :woohoo:

Allez sexy Seb!

It was a winnable match for Sebastien, but I was a bit worried about how the injury(ies) would hold up. Gasquet or Fish up next, one would expect Seb to lose to either but he can always surprise us. ;)
The next opponent will be Gasquet now :p ;)

Pic from today's match :drool: (courtesy Wimbledon Official Site!):

Seb without the hat :eek:

Seb without the hat :eek:

He's played the last couple of tournaments without it...

:)

Oh he played without his cap again - so is that a new style now?!

Anyway it's so great that he is fine again! Best of luck against Gasquet, Seb has not a bad H2H vs him.

And one more picture from his match :)

Thanks! :yeah:

I like him much more without the cap! And also like that hairstyle, not too short and not too long, just his traditional "I-just-woke-up" hairstyle :D Although I've always been a fan of his longer hair...

I like him much more without the cap! And also like that hairstyle, not too short and not too long, just his traditional "I-just-woke-up" hairstyle :D Although I've always been a fan of his longer hair...

I like him either way... :devil:

seb without his cap...omg it's so weird !
Personly I've never liked the cap...good decision, it's never too late...lol

Against Gasquet it's going to be hard.

I like him either way... :devil:

So true :devil:

He's played the last couple of tournaments without it...

:)I know he didn't wear the cap in Queen's :lol: it's just a little bit suprised he keeps it in Wimbly again. looks not bad in the photo anyway :p I hope I can watch his next match against Gasquet on TV, so I can get a better idea of his current style :devil:

Yay!!! Seb won!!! Haope he would keep his spirit up and bringing back the good old days :angel:

Today's OOP

COURT 2 12:00 Noon START
1 Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Stefano Galvani (ITA) v. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[17]

2 Ladies' Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) v. Dinara Safina (RUS)[9]

3 Ladies' Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) v. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)[2]

4 Gentlemen's Singles - 2nd Rnd.
Richard Gasquet (FRA)[8] v. Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)

Yum @ the photo :lol:

Allez Seb!

2-6 2-6 ret. :sad: :hug:

He tried! Anyone see those two points where he put so much spin on the ball, it bounced back on to his own side of the net!?

2-6 2-6 ret. :sad: :hug:

He tried! Anyone see those two points where he put so much spin on the ball, it bounced back on to his own side of the net!?

So why the retirement?:unsure:

Didn't see those points as ESPN didn't play it; however, it was on ESPN360, so IF IF IF I have time, I'll try to watch it and then screen cap some pics for you!

edit: ESPN keeps the matches available for a few days...

2-6 2-6 ret. :sad: :hug:

He tried! Anyone see those two points where he put so much spin on the ball, it bounced back on to his own side of the net!?
They wrote on Eurosport website it was a shot of the day :worship: But no video :(

As I got it from his interview on FFT page, Seb says he played well, he felt well the ball and could control it. But he had troubles moving around, wasn't too quick and so had no chances against a top player. In the first round he could make a good match because his rival wasn't so quick on grass, but against Gasquet is was too hard.

Anyway he seems to be pretty optimistic and his motivation is always there.

He tells it's still a bit painful for him to serve but he's working on it. As for his thigh that has bothered him lately, Seb says it just requires a good rest - without playing too much.

We believe in you Seb :hug:

They wrote on Eurosport website it was a shot of the day :worship: But no video :(

I edited the clips together and posted them on Imeem here:

http://www.imeem.com/people/NYh8TV3/video/HasK7Ojy/crusoe89_wimbledon_2008grosjean_vs_gasquet_trick_s hots_spor/

Hope it works...!

:wavey:

I edited the clips together and posted them on Imeem here:

http://www.imeem.com/people/NYh8TV3/video/HasK7Ojy/crusoe89_wimbledon_2008grosjean_vs_gasquet_trick_s hots_spor/

Hope it works...!

:wavey:
Thanks for the video! :D Amazing shots :worship:

I edited the clips together and posted them on Imeem here:

http://www.imeem.com/people/NYh8TV3/video/HasK7Ojy/crusoe89_wimbledon_2008grosjean_vs_gasquet_trick_s hots_spor/

Hope it works...!

:wavey:

Thank you! I wish I could do that!

Thanks for the vidéo

I watched on TV that Nono has been in the Semis! I am surprised!

I wish Seb will get into the Semis again one day :sad:

I watched on TV that Nono has been in the Semis! I am surprised!
He is in the QF, needs to beat Rainer Schuettler to enter the SF, so he hasn't been there yet, at least not so far :lol: damn the match is so close and it's in end of the 5th set yet but stopped by rain delay.

I edited the clips together and posted them on Imeem here:

http://www.imeem.com/people/NYh8TV3/video/HasK7Ojy/crusoe89_wimbledon_2008grosjean_vs_gasquet_trick_s hots_spor/

Hope it works...!

:wavey:thanks for the clip!! :worship: amazing spin!!