It's a major surprise not to have any new names in the semi-finals of a Grand Slam.

It is all the more surprising to not have newcomers except for Petra Kvitova.

We could have imagined seeing Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Caroline Wozniacki, Melanie Oudin, Dominika Cibulkova, Sorana Cirstea, Victoria Azarenka or Yanina Wickmayer at this stage.

All these players are young, full of talent and ambitious. Some of them should reach the semi-finals or final of a Grand Slam in the years to come.

However, they are not ready yet while older players profited from vacant spots let by the once-retired stars

We take a look at who's up, who's down and what to look forward to after week one of Wimbledon.

Federer to return to his best

All the favorites are through to the second week: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal headline the field as well as Andy Roddick, Novak Djokovic, Robin Sodlering, Lleyton Hewitt, Tomas Berdych and home favourite Andy Murray.


We have an outstanding Wimbledon with a lot of quality matches.
The man from Switzerland seems to have the best chance. 


Even though Berdych - who might be his next opponent - beat him in Miami earlier this year, 
Roger seems to be getting his game

It has been a long time since we witnessed Roger Federer being forced to work hard in the first round of a Grand Slam. He was on the brink of defeat after being led by two sets to love, and down 0-40 at 4-4 in the third.

Then he trailed by two sets to one and a break in the fourth set with Alejandro Falla able to serve for the match at 5-4.

It is not an overstatement to say the man from Switzerland was an inch from flying home. But at the end of the day, Roger remains the winner.

Even if the margin between winning and losing was as thin as ever, he managed to find a way to do it. He is still