Wimbledon 2011 Day 3- preview

The third day at wimbledon was a very fun filled and an entertaining one as we not only saw top seeded players play at their best but we also got a chance to see places in and around wimbledon.

well if you ever wanted to have an indian delight specially tandoori then please do visit Rajdoot tandoori restaurant near wimbledon stadium. it is a very popular tandoori restaurant in london and the only restaurant which accepts indian currencies . apart from indian cuisines : mexican, american, italian , thai and chinese restaurant are located at the same places.

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1st match at the center court was Venus williams facing kimiko date krumm it was venus's most toughest match of the season as was stretched to 3 sets and won 6-7 6-3 8-6.

2nd up was the spaniard and the defending champion Rafael Nadal against american Ryan sweeting. i was shocked to see such devastating forehand and vicious two handed backhanded return from rafael nadal it was simply outstanding he was unbeatable ryan had to stretch and word even harder than his first round five settter to compete here for only one such game! it was an outstanding play by rafael nadal the forehand , top spin serving and volley was much better than ever i had seen hoping he would continue the same and wont let us down !

he won 6-3 6-2 6-4.

3rd match at center court was Andy Murray who also beat compatriot Tobais kamke 6-3 6-3 7-5 in straight sets. he was also in brilliant form with good forehand return and less UF errors.

4th big match was of Vera Zvonareva second seeded against the double finalist of french open Elena Vesnina it was a very tough match but vera won defeating elena 6-1 7-5.

These were some top seeded players in action yesterday.

RESULTS - WEDNESDAY, 22 JUNE, 2011 (MEN)

singles - Second Round

[1] R Nadal (ESP) d R Sweeting (USA) 63 62 64
[4] A Murray (GBR) d T Kamke (GER) 63 63 75
[6] T Berdych (CZE) d J Benneteau (FRA) 61 64 62
[8] A Roddick (USA) d V Hanescu (ROU) 64 63 64
[9] G Monfils (FRA) d G Zemlja (SLO) 46 63 63 76(7)
[10] M Fish (USA) d D Istomin (UZB) 76(6) 64 64
S Bolelli (ITA) d [14] S Wawrinka (SUI) 76(5) 63 76(4)
[17] R Gasquet (FRA) d I Kunitsyn (RUS) 61 64 64
R Haase (NED) d [21] F Verdasco (ESP) 63 64 46 62
O Rochus (BEL) vs [24] J del Potro (ARG) - To Finish 76(7)
A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) d [25] J Chela (ARG) 60 63 64
G Muller (LUX) d [31] M Raonic (CAN) 23 ret.
L Kubot (POL) d I Karlovic (CRO) 76(2) 63 63
F Lopez (ESP) d R Schuettler (GER) 76(3) 67(3) 62 62
G Simon (FRA) d D Sela (ISR) 76(3) 64 75
I Ljubicic (CRO) d S Stakhovsky (UKR) 64 64 62

singles - Second Round (WOMEN)
(2) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 61 76(5)
(4) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 60 63
(8) Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Anne Keothavong (GBR) 62 61
(11) Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. (LL) Stéphanie Dubois (CAN) 63 46 63
(23) Venus Williams (USA) d. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) 67(6) 63 86
(25) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. (Q) Marina Erakovic (NZL) 63 61
(29) Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Rebecca Marino (CAN) 76(3) 62
(32) Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. Petra Martic (CRO) 61 64
María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) d. Monica Niculescu (ROU) 63 60
Ksenia Pervak (RUS) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 62 16 63