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Eurosport - Mon, 29 Jun 07:14:00 2009

Sunday's rest day gives us the chance to take another look at who's looking good for the men's and women's crowns at the All England Club next weekend.

TENNIS Andy Murray Wimbledon - 0

Few would have expected Lleyton Hewitt, Ivo Karlovic and Tomas Berdych to be featuring highly on the men's side, likewise with Sabine Lisicki among the ladies.

But a series of upsets has opened up some parts of the draw, and several of the underdogs have a good shot at a run to the semis.

However, the presence of Roger Federer and Andy Murray, and the Williams sisters, still looms very large.

MEN

1. (1) Roger Federer - in control and on course to reclaim his crown

2. (2) Andy Murray - another straight sets win for the home hero

3. (3) Andy Roddick - came through a tough fight

4. (4) Novak Djokovic - has looked solid but bigger tests await

5. (NR) Lleyton Hewitt - former champ is fighting like his life depends on it

6. (NR) Ivo Karlovic - no one wants to face the huge serving Croat

7. (NR) Tomas Berdych - finally looks ready to fulfill his Slam potential

8. (7) Tommy Haas - survived a two-day epic to reach round four

WOMEN

1. (1) Venus Williams - can she make it three in a row?

2. (2) Serena Williams - has been totally in control so far

3. (7) Victoria Azarenka - desperate for her first Major

4. (6) Caroline Wozniacki - thoroughly comfortable on the London lawns

5. (5) Dinara Safina - far from convincing and struggling with serve

6. (NR) Amelie Mauresmo - former champ is rediscovering her old form

7. (NR) Sabine Lisicki - new star has the game to go deep

8. (NR) Elena Dementieva - making solid progress and gaining confidence

(pre-tournament ranking in brackets)

HAVE YOUR SAY BELOW

Martin Rogers, Yahoo! Sports / Eurosport

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  1. indeed cameron w it shall be, so long as you don't­ feel offended.......lol. very good analysis that about­ dinara / amelie, save for one­ thing....................if dinara's head isn't­ right on the day, then all that form goes out of the­ window and IMHO Amelie is not just an ordinay player­ where dinara can self destruct and still come out on­ top. I also think amelie's game will not suit­ dinara, such deft touches and awesome one handed­ backhand which gives her a chance of retrieval against­ dinara's power game.
    btw coment #121, very funny,­ hope our nigerian contributors can see the funny side,­ after all it used to be a great honour to be a ball boy­ when i was at school.

    From sanchez.santos, on Sun 28 Jun 11:52PM
  2. 1976

    From stefi grafs ex, on Sun 28 Jun 11:48PM
  3. Philips Odowu the triple jumper is originally­ Nigerian......Adebayor who plays for Arsenal...his­ parents are Nigerian...he just happens to have been­ born in Togo...there are other Nigerian football­ players......

    From hipchick, on Sun 28 Jun 11:46PM
  4. have another guess eric

    From stefi grafs ex, on Sun 28 Jun 11:45PM
  5. Sue Barker won the French Open....not sure which year­ though

    From hipchick, on Sun 28 Jun 11:45PM
  6. comment 116 - you must be nigerian

    From eric a, on Sun 28 Jun 11:39PM
  7. think there is a couple of nigerian ball girls this­ year

    From stefi grafs ex, on Sun 28 Jun 11:38PM
  8. to bespoke - haha

    From farmerbuddy1, on Sun 28 Jun 11:31PM
  9. @114...Nigeria is very famous for athletic

    From siskra83, on Sun 28 Jun 11:29PM
  10. TBF bespoke...at least Sue Barker won a Grand Slam­ title in her career, more than most...in any era...x

    From opera.aria, on Sun 28 Jun 11:29PM
  11. sanchez.santos
    I have wached all of Dinara's­ matches and i am soooo confident; Mauresmo is not the­ same player of old, too many injuries have taken their­ toll and the body just can't take the strain now.­ Safina's first game was her toughest because her­ opponent took the pace off the ball, Mauresmo won't­ do that and that is why Dinara will beat her - may take­ 3 sets though. But hey, i am just a pundit what do i­ know; probably more than Simon Reed perhaps!!!!
    Oh and­ please, can we lose the 'Mr', plain Cameron­ will do (although i am used to many other terms,­ usually beginning with 'w' - use your­ imagination!); many thanks!

    From cameron w, on Sun 28 Jun 11:26PM
  12. dont think they play tennis, they prefer piracy,­ kidnapping western contractors and email scamming

    From stefi grafs ex, on Sun 28 Jun 11:23PM
  13. sue barker is still the top ranked english female,­ think she won a match in the mid seventies

    From stefi grafs ex, on Sun 28 Jun 11:20PM
  14. not sure why a Nigerian is slagging off anyone on this­ thread, since when did they have a good tennis player?­ ...actually, is there a good nigerian sportsman/woman­ in the world?

    From farmerbuddy1, on Sun 28 Jun 11:15PM
  15. ha!ha!Fannie people he is English wen he play wel wen­ he play @#$% he is scots!!hw bad!!

    From samuel b, on Sun 28 Jun 11:03PM
  16. rdarby5. What does a haggis look like?

    From Peter, on Sun 28 Jun 10:53PM
  17. Slightly surprised that nobody is even mentioning­ Gilles Simon or JC Ferrero. Food for thought that­ Simon, the most similar player to Murray on the tour­ IMO, also has a positive H2H with Fed and seems to be­ going nicely on the grass courts of Wimbledon. David­ Ferrer speaking about Ferrero, said something like,­ "Juan Carlos is playing really well. Now that­ he's recovered from his injuries, he'll soon be­ back in the top 15". Whoever wins this last-16­ match will be happy enough to take their chances with­ Murray or Wawrinka but will be looking for someone to­ take out Roddick, I suspect. Take it easy

    From rhymes450, on Sun 28 Jun 10:51PM
  18. The man's a Federer fan who thinks Murray isn't­ worth all the hype...so what? What's­ new?
    Everyone's been taking a shot at Andy the last­ couple of days.If you went after all of them you'd­ be up all night dear. Let the Nigerian be.
    That's­ the last I'll say about that.

    From Livvy, on Sun 28 Jun 10:43PM
  19. what the f****..... first do... then talk.... stop­ analizing and assuming.. it's really stupid!

    From Mia, on Sun 28 Jun 10:42PM
  20. i hope when murray stuffs the swiss cheese he digs up­ the court and tears the net down, wembley 77 here we go

    From stefi grafs ex, on Sun 28 Jun 10:38PM
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