1. Venus Williams (USA) [3] 33 vs Serena Williams (USA) [2] 128

2. Bob Bryan (USA) and Mike Bryan (USA) [1] 1 vs Daniel Nestor (CAN) and Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) [2] 64

3. Serena Williams (USA) and Venus Williams (USA) [4] 17 vs Samantha Stosur (AUS) and Rennae Stubbs (AUS) [3] 48

1. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) [1] 1 vs Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) [4] 48 GS

2. Jeremy Bates (GBR) and Anders Jarryd (SWE) 17 vs Joakim Nystrom (SWE) and Mats Wilander (SWE) 20 OD

3. Guy Forget (FRA) and Cedric Pioline (FRA) 18 vs Todd Woodbridge (AUS) and Mark Woodforde (AUS) 20 RR

1. Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) and Richard Krajicek (NED) 1 vs Donald Johnson (USA) and Jared Palmer (USA) 3 RR

2. Peter Fleming (USA) and Guillermo Vilas (ARG) 18 vs Peter McNamara (AUS) and Paul McNamee (AUS) 19 OD

3. Jo Durie (GBR) and Hana Mandlikova (AUS) 18 vs Zina Garrison (USA) and Liz Smylie (AUS) 19 SL

4. Beatrice Capra (USA) and Martina Trevisan (ITA) 19 vs Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) and Silvia Njiric (CRO) [2] 32 GD

1. Jacco Eltingh (NED) and Paul Haarhuis (NED) 17 vs Todd Martin (USA) and David Wheaton (USA) 19 RR

2. Julien Obry (FRA) and Adrien Puget (FRA) 19 vs Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas (GER) and Andrei Vasilevski (BLR) 27 BD

3. Carlos Boluda-Purkiss (ESP) and David Souto (VEN) 7 vs Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) and Kevin Krawietz (GER) 14 BD

4. Jana Cepelova (SVK) and Vivien Juhaszova (SVK) 4 or Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) and Sally Peers (AUS) 7 vs

Daria Gavrilova (RUS) and Ksenia Kirillova (RUS) [5] 7 GD

1. Stephane Houdet (FRA) and Michael Jeremiasz (FRA) 1 vs Stefan Olsson (SWE) and Peter Wikstrom (SWE) 2 DM

2. Robin Ammerlaan (NED) and Shingo Kunieda (JPN) 3 vs Maikel Scheffers (NED) and Ronald Vink (NED) 4 DM

PRESS INFORMATION

Di Toro and Shuker beat second seeds in Wimbledon Women’s Wheelchair Doubles semi-finals

Dutch top seeds Korie Homan and Esther Vergeer will play British No 1 Lucy Shuker and Australia’s Daniela di Toro in Sunday’s Women’s Wheelchair Doubles final at The Championships after di Toro and Shuker beat the second seeded pairing of Frenchwoman Florence Gravellier and Jiske Griffioen of the Netherlands in Friday’s semi-finals.

The first semi-final of the inaugural Women’s Wheelchair Doubles on court 14 produced a comfortable 6-0, 6-0 win for Homan and Vergeer, the world’s top ranked women’s singles and doubles players and the women’s wheelchair doubles champions at both the Australian Open and Roland Garros this season.

Meanwhile, Shuker and di Toro reached their first Grand Slam doubles final after securing a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Gravellier and Griffioen.

Homan served two aces in the opening game of the first semi-final as she and Vergeer laid down a stern challenge to Germany’s Katharina Kruger and Sharon Walraven of the Netherlands.  Kruger and Walraven managed to take the next two games to deuce, but there was no way back as Homan and Vergeer’s penetrating ground strokes produced a succession of winners and an increasing number of errors from their opponents.

Homan sent a forehand down the middle of the court to leave Kruger and Walraven stranded at 3-0 down in the second set and despite Walraven’s ability to return some tough attacking shots to her backhand, she lost her racket as she attempted to save another game point in the eleventh game. 

Five points later, after exactly 40 minutes of play, Kruger sent a forehand long over her opponents’ baseline to give Homan and Vergeer the victory on the first of two match points.

“It’s my first time here at Wimbledon and I’m very glad we are in the final and I get the shot at adding a Wimbledon title to my CV,” said Vergeer, who is unbeaten in singles and doubles wheelchair events at the Grand Slams and is bidding to make the inaugural Wimbledon Women’s Doubles the 125^th doubles title of her career. 

“This week is the first time I have played on grass and I have heard all sorts of things about how much harder it is to play on the grass.  It is unlike any other surface we play on, but it was a lot better than I was anticipating and I’m looking forward to Sunday now.”

In the second semi-final di Toro and Shuker gained an immediate break of serve to go 2-0 ahead and were only taken to deuce once in the first nine games, that coming on Shuker’s opening service game.

A combination of di Toro’s exquisite slices and Shuker’s deft touches at the net helped maintain their early advantage and although they were taken to deuce on di Toro’s serve in the tenth game, the Anglo-Australian partnership held on to seize the advantage.

Di Toro and Shuker saved two game points in the third game of the second set and opened up a 3-0 lead after a series of four deuces.  Gravellier and Griffioen took the next two games to keep their hopes alive of reaching a first Grand Slam final after being losing semi-finalists at the Australian Open and Roland Garros, but their hopes looked like fading after di Toro and Shuker won the next two games for the loss of just two points. 

Di Toro and Shuker were only able to get one point on the board as di Toro served for the match at 5-2 in the second set, but in the next game Gravellier served a double fault to bring up two match points.  Shuker failed to get enough of her racket on the ball as she attempted a drop shot at the net on the first match point and   Gravellier made up for the earlier double fault as she lobbed di Toro to save the second match point, Gravellier and Griffioen going on to edge the game.

However, Shuker served for the match again at 5-4 and she and di Toro finally clinched their third match point to close out a superb win.

“Ever since I started playing wheelchair tennis in 2003 it’s been a dream to play at Wimbledon, so now that I’m here we were determined to make the most of it,” said British No 1 Shuker, who divides her time between her family home in Hampshire and her training base in Somerset.  “Danni retired shortly after the 2004 Paralympics, just as wheelchair tennis was becoming more established in the Grand Slams, but made a comeback a couple of years ago, so for us to reach our first Grand Slam final together is fantastic.  We’ll go away now and talk to our coaches and try to come up with a plan to try and beat Korie and Esther in Sunday’s final.  It’s obviously going to be tough, but we will do our best and will enjoy it.”    

Intended Order of Play for Friday 3 July 2009

COMPLETE

CENTRE - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Tommy Haas (GER) [24] 73 vs Roger Federer (SUI) [2] 128

2. Andy Roddick (USA) [6] 32 vs Andy Murray (GBR) [3] 33

COURT 1 - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Cara Black (ZIM) and Liezel Huber (USA) [1] 1 vs Serena Williams (USA) and Venus Williams (USA) [4] 17

2. Tracy Austin (USA) and Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel (USA) 17 vs Martina Navratilova (USA) and Helena Sukova (CZE) 20

SL

3. Leander Paes (IND) and Cara Black (ZIM) [1] 1 vs Stephen Huss (AUS) and Virginia Ruano

Pascual (ESP) [12] 25

4. Mansour Bahrami (IRI) and Henri Leconte (FRA) 2 vs Kevin Curren (USA) and Johan Kriek (USA) 3 OD

COURT 3 - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Samantha Stosur (AUS) and Rennae Stubbs (AUS) [3] 48 vs Anabel Medina

Garrigues (ESP) and Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) [2] 64

2. Annabel Croft (GBR) and Samantha Smith (GBR) 1 vs Ilana Kloss (RSA) and Rosalyn Nideffer (USA) 2 SL

3. Vijay Amritraj (IND) and John Fitzgerald (AUS) 1 vs Ken Flach (USA) and Danie Visser (RSA) 4 OD

COURT 4 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

1. Devin Britton (USA) 15 vs Jordan Cox (USA) 28 BS

2. Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) [4] 48 vs Timea Babos (HUN) [6] 49 GS

3. Gretchen Magers (USA) and Conchita Martinez (ESP) 3 vs Jana Novotna (CZE) and Andrea Temesvari (HUN) 4 SL

4. Julien Obry (FRA) and Adrien Puget (FRA) 19 vs Devin Britton (USA) and Jordan Cox (USA) 21 BD

5. Jana Cepelova (SVK) and Vivien Juhaszova (SVK) 4 vs

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) and Sally Peers (AUS) 7 GD

COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

1. Bernard Tomic (AUS) [3] 48 vs Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 51 BS

2. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) [1] 1 vs Miyabi Inoue (JPN) 27 GS

3. Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas (GER) and Andrei Vasilevski (BLR) 27 vs

Cheng Peng Hsieh (TPE) and Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) [2] 32 BD

4. Miyabi Inoue (JPN) and Sachie Ishizu (JPN) 28 vs

Quirine Lemoine (NED) and Angelique Van Der Meet (NED) 30 or

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) and Silvia Njiric (CRO) [2] 32 GD

5. Beatrice Capra (USA) and Martina Trevisan (ITA) 19 vs

Isabella Holland (AUS) and Christina McHale (USA) 21 or

Timea Babos (HUN) and Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) [3] 24 GD

COURT 12 - 12.00 NOON START

1. Fatma Al Nabhani (OMA) and Yana Buchina (RUS) 11 vs

Daria Gavrilova (RUS) and Ksenia Kirillova (RUS) [5] 16 GD

2. Andrea Collarini (ARG) and Agustin Velotti (ARG) [1] 1 or Filip Horansky (SVK) and Jozef Kovalik (SVK) 3 vs

Carlos Boluda-Purkiss (ESP) and David Souto (VEN) 3 BD

3. Evan King (USA) and Denis Kudla (USA) [4] 9 vs Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) and Kevin Krawietz (GER) 14 BD

COURT 14 - 12.00 NOON START

1. Korie Homan (NED) and Esther Vergeer (NED) 1 vs Katharina Kruger (GER) and Sharon Walraven (NED) 2 DW

2. Daniela Di Toro (AUS) and Lucy Shuker (GBR) 3 vs Florence Gravellier (FRA) and Jiske Griffioen (NED) 4 DW

MATCHES TO BE ARRANGED

Not before 5.00 pm

Jamie Murray (GBR) and Liezel Huber (USA) 38 vs Mark Knowles (BAH) and Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) [9] 56

Pat Cash (AUS) and Chris Wilkinson (GBR) 2 vs Mark Petchey (GBR) and Greg Rusedski (GBR) 4 RR

The Committee, while adhering as closely as possible to the order of play given, is unable to guarantee that it will be

maintained in its entirety. This may result in matches being moved from one court to another.

Andrew Jarrett - Referee

Results

USTA TO PROMOTE TENNIS THROUGH THE QUICKSTART TENNIS PLaY FORMAT

AT THE 2009 ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL

Lifetime Television Show “Army Wives” Actress Wendy Davis to Sign Autographs

at USTA Booth at the New Orleans Memorial Convention Center

Event is Part of USTA’s Efforts to Expand Diversity Initiatives

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., July 2, 2009 – The USTA announced today that as an outreach effort to promote tennis in diverse markets, it will feature a booth at this year’s Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, La., July 3-5, at the New Orleans Memorial Convention Center. As one of the interactive activities, USTA Southern Section representatives will conduct drills using the QuickStart Tennis play format. QuickStart Tennis is designed to help children find success from the very first swing, with age appropriate equipment and court sizes. Individuals visiting the USTA booth will also have the opportunity to participate in other activities including Wii Tennis. Prizes such as tennis rackets and bags will be given away throughout the weekend.

Lifetime Television Network actress Wendy Davis of the hit drama “Army Wives,” will also be present to sign autographs at the USTA booth. Davis is a two-time NAACP Image Award nominee -- nominated for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Lt. Col. Joan Burton. Davis enjoys playing tennis recreationally and is joining forces with the USTA to promote tennis to African American and multicultural markets.

“I am such a fan of tennis,” said Davis. “I’m thrilled to introduce the game to my six-year-old daughter so we can now play together as a family. I believe tennis is a fantastic sport that can bring families together to live a healthy, physical lifestyle. The USTA is making a tremendous effort toward promoting tennis, and I’m really happy I can be a part of it.”

“This weekend is all about supporting the USTA’s mission to promote and develop the growth of tennis,” said Kevin Clayton, Chief Diversity Officer, USTA. “It is important to showcase tennis as a lifetime sport to the African American community, and what better way to encourage festival attendees than through the use of QuickStart Tennis -- the interactive drills will introduce adults and children to another form of physical activity.”

The USTA’s diversity strategy is to grow the game of tennis in diverse markets. As tennis continues to be the fastest growing sport in America, QuickStart Tennis is an exciting new play format for learning tennis. It is designed to bring kids into the game by utilizing specialized equipment, shorter court dimensions and modified scoring, all tailored to age and size. It is divided into two different levels-- ages 8 and under and ages 10 and under.

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About the USTA

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CENTRE COURT SINGLES ONLY

1. Tommy Haas (GER) [24] 73 vs Roger Federer (SUI) [2] 128

2. Andy Roddick (USA) [6] 32 vs Andy Murray (GBR) [3] 33