No, you're not seeing things. Serena Williams didn't decide to spontaneously crowd surf during her doubles match with sister, Venus, today at Wimbledon, or take a mid-match breather in the stands. She was running hard after a ball and couldn't stop her momentum. ReRe was fine, a little embarrassed maybe, but not hurt. I can't speak for the fan who caught her, though.
I thought Ernests Gulbis had a good shot on going deep in the draw, since he probably came into Wimbledon with the most confidence he's ever had after reaching the semifinals in Paris. But the 12th seed fell today to the serve-and-vollying game of Sergiy Stakhovsky who famously booted Roger Federer in the same round last year. Serg's superior play can be blamed for the loss. With the extra time off now, perhaps he'll hit up the casinos again. Just don't ask him how much he lost. Or about umpires for that matter.
Not as much of shocker, at least to me, as Curlbis going out was Victoria Azarenka's 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 loss to Serb Bojana Jovanovski. She really prefers the firm-footing of a hard court which explains why her best Slam results have been at the Australian and U.S. Opens. That being said, I thought Vika played really well and could have pulled out the win had she played some of the key points better down the stretch. After being out for 3 months, playing the big points isn't automatic yet. Come the U.S. Open, I have a feeling they will be for former top lady baller.
What a thrill meeting legend @RafaelNadal @Wimbledon yesterday. Hard fought match. pic.twitter.com/aHijEc0mDw
— Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman) June 25, 2014
Other notables: Great wins by American Lauren Davis over 12th seed 6-4, 7-6 (4) Flavia Pennetta and Russia's Andrey Kuznetsov over 7th seed David Ferrer 6-7 (5), 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Also, excited to see Vera Zvonareva back in action and winning. The former finalist completed her first round match and defeated homegirl Tara Moore 6-4, 6-7 (3), 9-7.
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