Sunday is the rest day at Wimbledon, so at the halfway point of the 2011 Championships who remains in the hunt and who is out.
Men’s Draw
Who’s Out
Fifth seed Robin Soderling was stunned in the third round by Australian Bernard Tomic, while eighth seed Andy Roddick was another big name to bow out early, going down in straight sets to Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in the third round.
Frenchman Gael Monfils, the number nine seed, was beaten in the third round by Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot while Austria’s number 11 seed Jurgen Melzer also is out after losing to Xavier Malisse in the third round.
Indeed, a lot of damage was done for the seeds in the third round, with Gilles Simon (number 15), Nicolas Almagro (number 16) and David Nalbandian (number 28) also heading home.
However, Serbian Viktor Troicki and Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka – seeded 13 and 14 respectively – both went home early after second round defeats to Lu Yen-Hsun and Simone Bolelli respectively.
Who’s Still In
All the big four seeds remain the men’s draw with few problems for any of them so far.
First seed and reigning champion Rafa Nadal has cruised through his opening three contests in straight sets. Nadal next faces Argentinian Juan Manuel Del Porto who could be a tricky opponent, while last year’s beaten finalist Tomas Berdych will likely await after that.
In-form second seed Novak Djokovic has only dropped one set so far and meets Frenchman Michael Llodra in the fourth round after he knocked out the dangerous Lu Yen-Hsun, while Robin Soderling’s early exit opens up his side of the draw.
Third seed and French Open runner-up Roger Federer is yet to drop a set this tournament and easily brushed aside old foe David Nalbandian in the third round. Next up for the Swiss is Russian 18th seed Mikhail Youzhny.
Fourth seed and local hope Andy Murray is also in the hunt and on track although he did show some nerves losing his first set of the tournament but he’s only dropped one since. Murray faces 17th seed Richard Gasquet next and his side of the draw is open after Monfils and Roddick lost.
Women’s Draw
Who’s Out
The carnage on the women’s side has been much more severe with French Open champion and third seed Li Na the big departure after losing her second round match to German wild card Sabine Lisicki.
Second seed Vera Zvonareva struggled for form and went out in the third round to Bulgaria’s Tsvetlana Pironkova, while French open runner-up and sixth seed Francesca Schiavone was another big name to bow out in the third round, going down in a three-set thriller to Tamira Paszek 11-9 in the last.
Who’s Still In
First seed Caroline Wozniacki appears in charge so far as she chased her first ever Grand Slam. The Dane is yet to drop a set this tournament and next faces Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova.
Dangerous fifth seed Maria Sharapova continues to find form and looms in Wozniacki’s section of the draw. Sharapova has cruised into the fourth round without dropping a set and next faces Chinese 20th seed Peng Shuai.
Seventh seed and four-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams is also through after some unconvincing and solid wins. Serena dropped sets in her first and second round matches and next faces French ninth seed Marion Bartoli.
Five-time Wimbledon champion and darkhorse 23rd seed Venus Williams has also moved into the fourth round with two straight-forward victories along with a tricky second round triumph over Japan’s Kimiko Date-Krumm which went to three sets. However, Venus now faces Pironkova in the fourth round.