In a day that saw nine Croatians compete in the various tournaments underway at Wimbledon, Petra Martić was knocked out in the third round on the women’s side and Ivan Dodig dominated Igor Sijsling to advance to the 4th round of a grand slam for the first time in his career. Sunday is a day of rest at Wimbledon before play gets back underway Monday with Dodig vs Ferrer and Croats in six doubles matches.
Ivan Dodig continued his great form with a near-perfect victory over Dutchman Igor Sijsling, winning via retirement, with the score at 6-0, 6-1, 1-0. Sijsling had no clear injury at the time and rumor has it that he had “stomach issues”. Dodig bageled Sijsling in the first set in an amazing 14 minutes, the quickest set seen at Wimbledon this year. In total, Ivan won 55 of the 78 points played in the shortened match. The win puts Ivan into #36 in the ATP rankings, 13 spots higher than at the start of the week. This was his 5th match in 6 days, and he has at least three more as he remains in the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles competitions.
“I played the match at a really high level. I think those two sets were the best of my career on grass. My return was great, he served well but I read it superbly. I’m disappointed not to have finished but I’m glad I’ll get more rest.” –Ivan Dodig
His 4th round match will be his hardest, and Ivan will need to continue playing his best to have a chance against #4 seed David Ferrer. Ferrer hasn’t been particularly convincing thus far, needing four or five sets to see off his lower-ranked competitors in the first three rounds but will be a heavy favorite heading into his match against Dodig. The Spaniard and the Croat have met once, with Ferrer beating Dodig 6-4, 6-7, 6-1, in the semifinals of the Valencia Open last year. The early odds put Ferrer at 1/3 (75% probability) and the over/under on sets is even at 3.5.
Petra Martić lost to Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova in the third round of ladies singles at the All England Club. Petra came back from 1-6 to take the 2nd set 6-4, but failed to seal the deal, falling 6-2 in the final set. Her break point conversion was particularly disappointing, as she was 3/14 to Pironkova’s 6/9. Petra is not done yet at Wimbledon as she remains alive in ladies doubles.
In other matches, Petra Martić and Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) won 7-6(6)-7-6(4) in the 2nd round of women’s doubles. Mirjana Lucić-Baroni won her second round doubles match with partner Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. They join Darija Jurak and her partner Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) in the round of 16, where they all face opponents with top 10 seeds. This is the first time Croatia has had three doubles pairings advance to the round of 16 in a Grand Slam. Donna Vekić and American veteran James Blake won their mixed doubles 1st round match 6-4, 6-1. They will play the #3 seeds in the next round, two top 20 doubles players. Darija Jurak and Robert Farah (COL) won their mixed doubles match 6-2, 6-4 and now face the #7 seeds in the next round.
In Juniors, #2 seed Ana Konjuh won her 1st round match 6-2, 6-3 over Akvile Parazinskaite (LTU). Ana is playing with a weakened first serve, as she awaits elbow surgery. #8 Borna Ćorić beat Naoki Nakagawa (JPN) 7-5, 6-4 in his 1st round match. Adriana Lekaj was defeated by Katie Boulter (GBR) 6-3, 6-3.
St. Remy brandy, or Stoli.
God, Stock-Cola was my drink in my teens in Hrvatska.
@Denis……depends where I am at. If I am in a br in the states then i’ll go with bear. If in Cro, gemist. Always up for shots of whatever.
@ Denis
Likewise.
@ ARMADA87
If it is above about 150 proof, then yes it will indeed power a gas engine. Not for very long, but it’ll start up and make you wonder why you ever drank the stuff. Don’t ask how I know…..
Cognac all the way.
Johnny Walker Black Label on the rocks
but if I’m home or at a swanky joint, a petey single malt (Oban, Caol Ila, etc.)
and when I just wanted to get plain ole shitty, the rakija from Istra. Stuff has a fantastic taste but I seriously think could power a gas engine…
@someguy,
I like your style.
@ziva isti na
What is your drink of choice?
@lebo
7 x 7 hahahahahahaha. I get one at some of them Croatian events just to remind myself how bad that shit is
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@Klokan…..it is very easy to debate sports when you remove the emotion and homer glasses. You lack credibility when you make emotional statements that are wrong and nothing more than cheerleading comments……Let me give you a few examples…….A few years ago some of the blind homers on this site said Matej Delac was the future as the national GK. I asked how anyone could say something like that when they had never scene him play. All they knew abot him was that Chelsea signed him to a contract. I said he would never smell the Chelsea dress. I received comments that he will be because he is going to Chelsea, they must know what they are doing. Even big clubs make terrible signings. I laughed because people wanted him to succeed, not because they had any cue of how bad he actually was. Same thing with GPS Kelava. We actually had people on here – again with the homer glasses on – who said GPS Kelava was the future as a GK. Why???? because they were Dinamo fans (nothing wrong with that) and he had one good game against european powerhouse Malmo. Again, another example of the homers wanting/rooting/cheering for someone and not thinking reasonably. When you remove the emotion it is much easier to think rationally when discussing a sporting topic. There are more examples I can list, but I just dont have the time right now.
Some of the best pundits/analysts in sports are successful because they can comment without the homer glasses and are able to take their personal emotional attachment out of the commentary.
Stock 84 is horse piss fortified with alcohol. I’d rather drink gas station vodka.
My go to “I need to drink until I can’t feel my face” is the rakija my dida makes.
I’ll tell what is the worst drink on the planet…….Stock 84.
7&7
I enjoy cognac, but nothing beats 18 year old macallan fine oak neat….which hopefully i will be able to afford sometime in the next decade. Dollar for dollar scotch is better, in my opinion. You can get a pretty good scotch for $30 a bottle, but cognac is generally lousy until you spend more than $50 a bottle.
Good to see Dodig playing well even if he was gifted an easy draw. Ferrer wont be an easy task but is beatable.
My drink of choice is scotch single malt one cube of ice.
Stari moj…..I’m sick of you constantly talking about “emotion” and “homer glasses” Ziva. We are all humans it’s impossible to debate ANYTHING without subconsciously plaguing our statements with emotion, let alone talk about our beloved Hrvatska! It’s called Postmodernism brother, the truth is unattainable and ultimately fiction due to the human inability to separate emotion and perspective when we debate or recount events. It’s all about perspective champ, so enough of this “Homer glasses” sranje!
It feels great to be a “cunty cunt”.
I just love it when people come on the site and their first action is to refer to me in some clever way.
I’ll say it again……take the emotion out of it and you will see things much easier and clealer.
vodka here man
Quick survey, how many Croat diaspora drink cognac as their drink of choice?
@ziva
How does it feel being a cunty cunt
It will be Tomic – Murray final.
Dodig taking advantage of a weak draw….good for him. Ferrer is good, but can be beat on grass. After that, Dodig’s run ends if he has to play Del Potro.
This is setting up for a Djokovic – Murray final.
hahahaha stomach problems. the guy had to take a dump. take a swig of some pepto, rest a few mins and get your ass back on that court. I can’t believe how many retirements there have been at this years Wimbledon.