Day 2 Wimbledon men’s wrapup
June 25, 2008
On day two at Wimbledon no. 4 seed Nikolay Davydenko was the highest seed to fall. In what was a good day for seeds only the no. 26 seed Ivan Ljubicic also went out.
“I just starting feeling I am too slow today. Just soft grass you need to be much faster and play faster. And so from beginning I feeling like hitting balls, and it’s pretty slow”, Davydenko said after his match against Germany’s Benjamin Becker. The Russian lost 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Rafael Nadal got his 2008 Wimbledon campaign started with a solid 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(0) over German Andreas Beck. The match was probably closer than most tennis fans expected however it was a good workout for the no. 2 seed.
Nadal served well in the match and he did not offer a single break point to his opponent. The Spaniard will face Ernests Gulbis who defeated John Isner, 7-5, 7-5, 6-7, 7-6.
When Gulbis was asked if he could defeat Nadal in the second round he said “Of course I can. I don’t want to go with an attitude of a loser on the court. I want to go with attitude of a winner.”
Andy Murray(12) has the hopes of a nation on his shoulders as he plays at Wimbledon. He moved into the second round with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(5) first round win against Fabrice Santoro from France.
No. 8 seed Richard Gasquet got through what was a tough opening round matchup against USA’s Mardy Fish 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
Other men’s seeds to win on day 2 were Andy Roddick(6), James Blake(9), Radek Stepanek(16), Jarkko Nieminen(24), Nicolas Almagro(19), Nicolas Kiefer(27), Gilles Simon(28), Mikhail Youzhny(17), Paul-Henri Mathieu(14), Tommy Robredo(23) and Dmitry Tursunov(25)
For a full list of results you can visit the Wimbledon website.
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