What's happening at Wimbledon?

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If you have been following this year's Wimbledon, you might probably know that there have been a few shocking results happening, but nothing was more surprising than yesterday when the women Number 1 seed, and my favourite player, Ana Ivanovic crashing out of the tournament and it has only been the 3rd Round. The newly crowned French Open champion was unceremoniously dumped out by China's Jie Zheng 6-1, 6-4 joining the likes of the Number 3 seed, Maria Sharapova who had been eliminated in the previous round by an unknown Russian who has only played in the tournament once.

Other big names who has also been eliminated is Daniela Hantuchova, the Number 10 seed and Vera Zvonareva, the Number 13 seed, both losing out in the 2nd Round by unseeded players. In the men's draw, things are pretty much the same too with Novak Djokovic, the Number 3 seed being the highest seeded player to lose out in the tournament so far after being defeated by former world number one, Marat Safin who is unseeded. Other big names casualties includes Nikolay Davydenko, James Blake, Andy Roddick and David Ferrer as of yesterday. It has certainly been a tournament with many surprising results but Im going to focus my post on Ana Ivanovic lost yesterday. She did well in the previous Grand Slam which was the Roland Garros but she didnt play very well coming into Wimbledon. It wasnt just yesterday's performance but the previous two round as well in which she rode her luck to get into the 3rd Round but unfortunately, her luck had ran out. It isn't that often for you to hear the Number 1 seed and the Number 1 player in the world losing out to someone who is unseeded and ranked 133 in the world in a Grand Slam. However, Zheng clearly deserved the win yesterday, she played some fantastic tennis while Ivanovic was uninspiring and made a lot of unforced errors.

When asked about her defeat, Ivanovic blamed the pressures of winning her first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros this month and becoming world number one. She also said she found the gusty conditions on No.1 Court even more of a problem. As her fan, I was really hoping she could make it all the way to another Grand Slam final but it was never meant to be. Maybe she was tired after the recently ended Roland Garros but I think all professionals should know how to cope with it. I am even more disappointed that I will not be able to watch her or Sharapova in the finals. The highest seeded women player left in the tournament in Jelena Jankovic, the world number two so she would be the favourite to win the tournament now. As far as the men is concern, the top two players is still alive in the tournament and I dont think we will see Roger Federer or Nadal being defeated by any unseeded players so I should expect the same two to be in the finals again this year but I think Safin could pose a threat to either one because he is playing some good tennis, so keep an eye on him.

The second half of the 3rd Round will be happening today with the likes of Jankovic and Nadal playing. You can watch Wimbledon live everyday at StarSports everyday starting from 6.30pm so don't miss it.