Queens Day 5

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Good morning tennis fans. This is squeaky bum time for those wanting to make a statement on the grass. Today's schedule is:

Verdassco v Roddick 12:30pm Centre Court
Ward v Querrey 1:00pm Court 1
Murray v Cillic to follow Verdassco v Roddick
Nadal v Tsonga to follow the above match
Ward or Querrey v Mannarino to round things off

Can Ward possibly cause another major upset? The match is going into a deciding final set. For British Sky viewers on Monday on Sky Sports News at 7:30pm is a special report on Womens no.1 Caroline Wozniacki.

I don't know Woofie. I remember Tsonga's match with Murray last year and he hit himself out and he did against Wawrinka just last month at the FO. I think Nadal will defeat Tsonga in 2, maybe 3 if he has an off day.

I suppose I'm basing my view on how tired Rafa is and how well Tsonga seems to be playing. However, there always seems to be something with Rafa when playing him that he won't let him beat him since that AO match. He just might not have the resistance today though.

good point Wooffie. Tsonga looks up for it this week.

by the way the weather is really bad in west London right now, heavy rain and strong winds. NO chance of play for at least an hour I would think. I'm going back to my work

Yep agree, Tsonga will be a strong test.
And Rafa has doubles too...he must be mad.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if Rafa lost today....if he starts trying to rush like he did yesterday, that could be his downfall as much as anything else.

I just think he's all in and it was this time last year he lost to Feli...I know it's not in his nature to give in, but it might just not be there today.

The way the weather is looking, nobody's going to get finished today

I wouldn't be surprised if Rafa looses the doubles. Think he will go for the singles. I just don't think Tsonga mentally can hold together if he finds himself in a commanding position.

good news on the weather front actually.

it has suddenly brightened up.

been sunny here for the last 30 minutes.
why are they not playing?

When I was there yesterday they still had to wait a bit after they uncovered the courts so it could dry out a bit before play restarted. Maybe that's the reason?

All those poor peeps hoping to see Murray today !

What a shame for them

I mean it can't be helped if your opponent withdraws, but when you're paying £90 a ticket ... its tough on the average tennis fan.

Never mind if James Ward wins it will help soften the blow.

Poor peeps?!

Nobody wants to be subjected to defense-only tennis :-/

Roddick to win tomorrow.

No-one wants to see a serve only player win!

Rafa what a man sitting in the rain!! He might break out into song

I reckon this is the thread to Ward. What a great tournament he is having.

Well, tired looking or not, Rafa is looking pretty relaxed which is good to see.

brilliant stuff from Ward! First Wawrinka and now Querrey, that's two really excellent wins, maybe at last a breakthrough! Murray through to semis is good news too

I am hoping Ward could pull off another fantastic result this evening.

Players back out and Tsonga holds.

Both players holding serve quoe comfortably. 3-2 Tsonga. On serve.

I have no idea what the hell Pat Cash was on about there. He tried picking a technical issue with the Tsonga forehand and then retracted!! What is he on about!!

On serve still 4-4

BBC1 are showing the Ward match under the red button !!!

Tsonga serving incredibly well right now! Can anyone tell me how Ward's getting on?

Good shout yummy

Ward is serving well. Has served brilliantly all tournament. 1-1

Ward 4-1 up with a double break

2 break points come and go for Ward. Ward looks really settled out there. Another break point for Ward. I come back from the garden and he is 5-1!! Whats happened??

nadal seem doesnt want to win this match

but he just got the first set

Ward takes the first set 6-2. Incredible

It certainly makes the Davis Cup match coming up look interesting with Andy & James to be the star performers!?

It does. James has performed quite brilliantly. The strange thing is that he doesn't look like he is playing out of his depth.

How good do you think he will be on a hard court and could he maintain this quality?

Let's hope so.

Great run from James Ward in this tournament. Can he keep it up? Time will tell....

We are on serve in the 2nd. Mannarino looks like he isn't going out without a fight.

I think he can do well on all surfaces SL. He just needs a little work on his court speed and footwork. Better accuracy on his backhand and he will be worthy of a spot in the top 100.

Break point for Ward and it's there!! Ward leads 4-3 and 2 games away from a Semi Final place.

Ward holds in an un-easy service game. Leads 5-3

Ward serving for the match. C'mon James!

Ward gets broken. Very loose game by the Brit.

Ward taken to deuce on his serve. I am hoping he can go to a tie break here. I think he would fancy his chances. Tie Break it is.

(Bites nails)

c'mon James, focus! First five points of the TB go against serve, but then Ward holds one for 4-2 at the changeover, before another mini-break makes it 4-3

Ward up a break in this tie-break. 4-2 to Ward. Come on James. Needs 2 points for victory. Come on James! 5-5. Massive point. 6-5 Ward. Match point!! 6-6!

9-9

Ward desperately needs to win this set or I see him losing. Rafa in trouble on Centre Court.

12-12

What a cruel way to lose the tiebreak.

Rafa out

Hopefully Eurosport will switch to the Ward match now.

What happened LK? (I don't have BBC)

Ward bottled that a bit unfortunately, needs to remember all the good stuff he's played here so far, and forget the dodgy last 15 minutes or so. Going off court to clear his head a little, good idea.

Ward lost the tie break 16-14. Going to a 3rd set now

In losing that tie-break I think he will now lose the match sadly.