Wimbledon Day 4

Wow, after yesterday's drama the World Number One and reigning Australian Open champion takes Centre stage against "Burt" Reynolds.  Also, Britain's greatest hope in the women's side takes to court 2.

Centre Court 1.00pm

GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES - SECOND ROUND Jesse Levine (CAN) v Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) [8]  LADIES' SINGLES - SECOND ROUND Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [4] v Mathilde Johansson (FRA)  GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES - SECOND ROUND Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] v Bobby Reynolds (USA)

No.1 Court 1.00pm

LADIES' SINGLES - SECOND ROUND Serena Williams (USA) [1] v Caroline Garcia (FRA)  GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES - SECOND ROUND Richard Gasquet (FRA) [9] v Go Soeda (JPN)  GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES - SECOND ROUND David Ferrer (ESP) [4] v Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)

No.2 Court 11.30am

LADIES' SINGLES - SECOND ROUND Sabine Lisicki (GER) [23] v Elena Vesnina (RUS)  GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES - SECOND ROUND Daniel Brands (GER) v Tomas Berdych (CZE) [7]  LADIES' SINGLES - SECOND ROUND Marina Erakovic (NZL) v Shuai Peng (CHN) [24]  LADIES' SINGLES - SECOND ROUND Laura Robson (GBR) v Mariana Duque-Marino (COL)

Source: http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/schedule/index.html

Given the events of the last 3 days, I wonder how much higher Bobby Reynolds chances are being viewed!

Best price is 35/1 compared to 33/1 for Sergiy yesterday.  Reynolds is unknown enough to cause the shock but I don't think it will be him who beats Djokovic here.

Very quiet today on the boards.

Take the view that hopefully a new piece of history will be written in the next 10 days

Llodra's gone too He was carrying a hamstring injury coming into Wimbledon though so it's not a massive shock. Still pretty annoying though considering I picked him to win today :/

Llodra the latest retirement calls it quits after losing the first set against Seppi

Ok at least it wasnt a slip but thats annoying i thought that would be good

I saw Llodra play on Tuesday and thought he looked fine - was moving really well. What a shame - Llodra's a great player to watch. Has he pulled out of doubles too, or is his withdrawal from singles a precautionary measure to save himself for doubles?

yeah I was all tuned in to watch it and, BAM! no more match...

looking quite forward to Tomic vs Blake now which should hopefully (barring a Stosur choke) be starting soon

Oh, Llodra's injury was an arm injury. So much for a dodgy hamstring then!!

Special mention to 42 year old Kimiko Date Krumm, up a set in her 2nd round match.

"France's Michael Llodra has become the latest player to pull out of Wimbledon because of injury.

The 23-year-old made a strong start to his second-round match against Italian Andreas Seppi by winning the first three games, but the opening set turned around and went to Seppi by a 7-5 margin before injury struck."

Classic BBC commentary! They should outsource it to this forum, we'd do a sparkling job provided nobody texted in with anything about eras.

I'm looking forward to Raonic today, and Nishikori. Should be interesting to see what kind of nick JMDP is in, a real shame about Llodra though

Thanks for putting up the thread, TSJ!

"And here to take you through this match its Nick Mullins and Tracy Austin"...
Oh god...

I'm finding that I want to punch Nick Bollitieri. Dreadful, dreadful commentator.

Serena plays Date Krumm in the next round. Oh dear, poor KDK...

Serena takes the first set against Garcia at three....

Berdych just squeaks the first set against Brands in a tiebreak, close one there. Del Potro up a set, but just got broken by Levine. I see that young Dimi has started up in his match too.

The mighty Pironkova is playing today, just watched a point get interrupted by a stray ball hoofed over from a different court!

The HRT stall has closed down after Nadal and Federer going out.

Sweet Caroline!! *bah bah bah* She does have a death wish though as she's standing inside the baseline to return Serena's 1st serve....

Serena wins at three and two....

Come on DelPo

Dimitrov's got the trainer on, looks like a problem with his heel. He just lost the second set, 1-1. Nish is up a set and just finished a mammoth game (10 mins+) to consolidate a break at the start of the second.

not a huge amount going on right now to set the pulses racing.

Berdy moves into a two sets lead over Brands
Del Po does the same against Levine after a tough TB
Tomic completes a decent straight sets win over Blake

Yeah, feels a bit flat right now. Elsewhere, Nishikori looking solid and well on the way to going two sets up on Mayer, Dimitrov and Zemlja on serve in the third set (1 set each), and Anderson's beaten Przy...Pryzi...the Polish chap. Raonic and Sijsling just getting started.

Pironkova takes first set 7-5 after about a thousand set point chances.

Dimitrov moves safely into a 2-1 lead, Berdy wraps up the win, just one match from Robson-time

Serena was superb, but the female she was up against is 100% won for a future. She will be one of the best women tennis players in the world in 3-5 years.

This is me being a total geek, but there are two lovely contrasting service actions on display in the Sijsling-Raonic match, both very effective too. I'm somewhat transfixed

Well done JMDP! Through in straight sets.

Tsvetty!!!

Oof, Sijsling breaks Raonic and will serve for the set. Raonic nearly stoved his racket into the floor but thought better of it, it's rare that he gets het up.

The Special Juan wrote:Tsvetty!!!  

I think we're the unofficial TP fanclub!

smell of the upset? Raonic has gone completely walkabout

Silver wrote:Oof, Sijsling breaks Raonic and will serve for the set. Raonic nearly stoved his racket into the floor but thought better of it, it's rare that he gets het up.

The Special Juan wrote:Tsvetty!!!  

I think we're the unofficial TP fanclub!

Yes!!! Exactly. Discussions are held mid-June - early July every year.

Watching a bit of Gasquet/Soeda. Wondered why Soeda looked familiar and then I remembered I saw him in the Nottingham challenger event a few weeks ago. He only won two matches there. How did he get to the third round of Wimbledon?

this is only the second round...

Mathieu's retired now

Come on Go Soeda my favorite Asian player, what a great comeback from 2-5 down in the 3rd tie breaker to win it 7-5 with an Ace.

Soeda rules.

3 great battles going on, Dimitrov -zmelja, MR vs IS, Go vs Gas

Vamous Soeda, broke back in the 4th set to make it 1-2 now, come on Soeda.

hawkeye wrote:Watching a bit of Gasquet/Soeda. Wondered why Soeda looked familiar and then I remembered I saw him in the Nottingham challenger event a few weeks ago. He only won two matches there. How did he get to the third round of Wimbledon?

He is a great talent HE believe me, its just he is inconsistent .

Whoa, Dimitrov had to save MP, currently 9-8 as rain stops play! Blimey, time for him to tough it out and turn this around. He'll need to serve to stay in the match immediately upon resumption though. Raonic in real trouble too, two sets down - the seed exodus is set to continue at this rate.

TSJ, the opening minutes of the club are dedicated to the glory of grass as a surface & the necessary extension of the season to September

Roof-mode has been engaged, finally. They wasted over 5 minutes before they put it on. Funnily, play has continued on Court 1 all this time.

Oh no Soeda from 40-15 lost his serve to go down 1-3 in the 4th

Tense match so far, Soeda breaks back for 3-4.

Gasquet hasn't quite looked himself so far in this tournament has he? Don't think he'll present much of a challenge for Berdych in current form...

What a waste, Gas breaks back to go 5-3 and serving for the match, 5 breaks of serve so far in the 4th.

Gasq wins, he looks a real threat in the Grass if only he doesn't choke.

Gasquet gets it done eventually, but needs a fair improvement if he's to go past R4 surely? Raonic gone! He really hasn't kicked on this year, if anything he's going backwards, as maybe opponents are starting to read his serve better? Either way he needs to start putting the hard yards in...

looking grim for Robson, umbrellas up all over the place and raining a bit heavier now, any chance of this blowing over?

They'll just put Laura on Centre if the rain continues. It can't be that heavy considering play was never stopped on all courts.

Big rain due in 30 minutes or less apparently.