Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Paths to the semifinals

Here are the players' paths to the Wimbledon semifinals:

Wild card Zheng Jie def. Dominika Cibulkova (30), Elena Baltacha (WC), Ana Ivanovic (1), Agnes Szavay (15), Nicole Vaidisova (18)

No. 6 seed Serena Williams def. Kaia Kanepi, Urzula Radwanska (WC), Amelie Mauresmo (29), Bethanie Mattek, Agnieszka Radwanska (14)

No. 5 seed Elena Dementieva def. Maria Elena Camerin, Timea Bacsinzky (Q), Gisela Dulko, Shahar Peer (24), Nadia Petrova (21)

No. 7 seed (and defending champion) Venus Williams def. Naomi Cavaday (WC), Anne Keothavong (WC), Martinez Sanchez, Alisa Kleybanova, Tamarine Tanasugarn

4 comments:

  1. zheng has beaten the most difficult opponents so far...
    and venus still hasn't had to face a seeded player
    how interesting

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  2. Zheng and Tanasugarn both had really tough draws. I wish Tammy hadn't gone to pieces today--after all she had to go through to get to the quarterfinals. I don't mean that as having anything to do with Venus, either--it just seemed a shame to lose her from the draw.

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  3. Dementieva beat Dulko in the 3rd
    round by scores 7-6 , 7-5.
    A close 2 set match, but not a walkover as you had reported.

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  4. Right you are: I reported it correctly in the first post (in fact, I had a whole lot to say about it!), and then got it mixed up with another match. Fixed.

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