Thursday (03/19/2009) Order of Play

ORDER OF PLAY - Thursday, 19 March 2009

STADIUM 1 Starting At: 11:00 AM
WTA Agnieszka RADWANSKA (POL) vs Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS)
Not Before 1:00 PM
ATP Ivan LJUBICIC (CRO) vs Andy MURRAY (GBR)
Not Before 2:30 PM
WTA Ana IVANOVIC (SRB) vs Sybille BAMMER (AUT)
followed by
ATP Mardy FISH (USA) Andy RODDICK (USA) vs Juan Martin DEL POTRO (ARG) David NALBANDIAN (ARG)
Not Before 7:30 PM
ATP Fernando VERDASCO (ESP) vs Roger FEDERER (SUI)
followed by
ATP Bob BRYAN (USA) Mike BRYAN (USA) vs Mariusz FYRSTENBERG (POL) Marcin MATKOWSKI (POL)


STADIUM 2 Starting At: 2:00 PM
WTA Maria KIRILENKO (RUS) Flavia PENNETTA (ITA) vs Victoria AZARENKA (BLR) Vera ZVONAREVA (RUS)
followed by - After Suitable Rest
ATP Max MIRNYI (BLR) Andy RAM (ISR) vs Ross HUTCHINS (GBR) Andy MURRAY (GBR)


STADIUM 3 Starting At: 11:00 AM
IWTG CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS-3.5
Richard FLASCK (USA) vs Ron TURNER (USA)
followed by
IWTG CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS-4.0
Jack TOLAND (USA) vs Rick MCLEES (USA)
followed by
IWTG CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS-OPEN
Don MEAD (USA) vs Bill SCHNEIDER (USA)



:wavey:

Nadal starts 3rd set with a break, no surprise:o

does the ATP livescore work for anyone??

What's with the Murray doubles match???

Tale of two Verdascos:

One gave Federer a glimpse of a scare here and there....but didn't stick to any sort of plan out there. Nerves + tactical confusion + lack of self-belief allowed the old Verdasco to play all the big points during the 1st set and most of them in the 2nd. Those 89-108mph 1st serves were maddening.

There was no way to tell what form Federer is in right now. Some weird DFs, errors off the backhand, and pretty meek defense when Verdasco decided to to hit aggressively, away from the mid-court, with some spin.