Oh what a day for tennis
July 1st, 2008 by The Lost Boy
Not only did Andy Murray make a remarkable comeback from two sets down to claim victory over Frenchman Richard Gasquet, but Thailand’s own Wimbledon hope, Tamarine Tanasugarn, upset world No. 2 Jelena Jankovic to make it through to the quarter-finals. Making the achievement even more remarkable is that she did it in straight sets.
Jankovic was on a mission to claim the world No. 1 spot. The story doing the rounds this morning is that Jankovic had never even heard of Tamarine. Now we have a hell of a match lined up for tomorrow as Tamarine will take on defending champion Venus Williams.
Andy Murray has an even bigger challenge ahead of him as he prepares to face off against Rafael Nadal.
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July 1st, 2008 at 4:58 am
I had bother with the Euro 2008 footie being on late - no real interest there for an Englishman. Not even worth staying up late hoping the Germans would lose.. But tennis games going on until the wee hours… would have liked to stay awake and watch Murray, but my alarm is set for 6am…
July 1st, 2008 at 5:14 pm
And not forget to mention that, prior to Wimbledon, Tamarine Tanasugarn won the biggest Dutch outdoor grass tournament, the Ordina open.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Ah, poor Tammy lost today. I thought it was tomorrow she was playing. Oh well.