Wimbledon 2010 - June 21st to July 4th

[blueday]

It's that time of year where you think of relaxing in the sun, eating strawberries and cream, sipping a glass of cool white wine or a tall glass of Pimms and watching the tennis...but not just any tennis.  It has to be Wimbledon.

The top 10 seeded players for the men (world ranking in brackets)

1. Roger Federer, Switzerland (2)
2. Rafael Nadal, Spain (1)
3. Novak Djokovic, Serbia (3)
4. Andy Murray, Britain (4)
5. Andy Roddick, United States (7)
6. Robin Soderling, Sweden (6)
7. Nikolay Davydenko, Russia (5)
8. Fernando Verdasco, Spain (9)
9. David Ferrer, Spain (11)
10. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France (10)

and the top 10 seeded players for the women (world rank in brackets)

1. Serena Williams, United States (1)
2. Venus Williams, United States (2)
3. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark (3)
4. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia (4)
5. Francesca Schiavone, Italy (6)
6. Sam Stosur, Australia (7)
7. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland (8 )
8. Kim Clijsters, Belgium (9)
9. Li Na, China (10)
10. Flavia Pennetta, Italy (11)

I've selected VC Bet for the odds and this is what they are offering (to win) for the men:

Roger Federer      5/4
Rafael Nadal    5/2
Andy Murray    15/2
Andy Roddick    12/1
Robin Soderling    20/1
Novak Djokovic    25/1
Lleyton Hewitt    33/1
Marin Cilic    40/1
Tomas Berdych    50/1
Jo-Wilfrie­d Tsonga    50/1
Sam Querrey    66/1
Fernando Verdasco    100/1

and for the ladies...

Serena Williams      9/4
Venus Williams    3/1
Kim Clijsters    7/1
Justin Henin    7/1
Maria Sharapova    10/1
Samantha Stosur    14/1
Victoria Azarenka    20/1
Caroline Wozniaki    25/1
Jelena Jankovic    25/1
Ana Ivanovic    40/1
Na Li    40/1
Aravane Rezai    50/1


Place your first bet and VC Bet will match it and provide a free bet up to £50.
Place another five more bets of £10 or more and you will then receive another £25 free bet
Place a further five bets of £10 or more and you will receive your final £25 free bet as well as £25 in chips to be used at their casino

[blueday]

The mens singles day one results - click the picture to see the results so far.

[lipstick_xoxos]

Gooooooooooooo Serena!!!!

[blueday]

Longest game ever recorded at Wimbledon today.

The match lasted 10 hours and the score ended at 59 games all in the 5th set when bad light stopped play.

The players were Isner and Mahut and they will have to continue their game tomorrow!

blue

[blueday]

The longest game ever recorded at Wimbledon finished yesterday as American Isner, 25, completed his three-day epic against Frenchman Nicholas Mahut, 28, by winning 70-68 in the fifth and final set.

The game lasted 11 hours and five minutes in total and the amount of steps they took was the equivalent of running 2 marathons.

RECORD BREAKERS

Some record breaking facts:

Longest Match: 11hrs 5mins (previous longest 6hrs 33mins Santoro v Clement in the French Open 2004)

Most Games In A Match: 183 (previous longest 112, Pancho Gonzales v Charlie Pasarell at Wimbledon 1969)

Most Games In A Set: 138 in the fifth and final set (previous longest 46 games Gonzales v Pasarell whose match lasted 5hrs, 12mins and included 112 games in 1969)

Longest Set: 8hrs 11mins, 138 games (previous longest Gonzales v Pasarell)

Most Aces: Isner served 112 aces, Mahut sent down 103 as they both eclipsed the old world record of 78 held by Ivo Karlovic.

[blueday]

Ladies singles final today:

Serena Williams Vs Vera Zvonareva

They just walked out onto the centre court at Wimbledon. 90^o which is pretty hot without running around hitting a tennis ball.

Good luck to both. 

blue

[blueday]

Congrats to Serena Williams who won the ladies singles.  Odds for her were 9/4 so a $10 bet would have won you $22.50 (plus your money back).

Serena won 2 sets to love 6-3 6-2. 

In the "gentlemens" singles, Tomas Berdych lost to Rafael Nadal who won by 3 sets to nil,  6-3 7-5 6-4.

Odds for Rafael Nadal to win were 5/2 so a $10 bet would have netted you $25 (plus your money back).