Wimbledon Semi-Finals

The semi-finals of both the men and women's lived up to expectations.

Men

Novak Djokovic beat Juan Martin Del Potro in five sets. It was the longest ever Wimbledon semi-final and it lasted nearly five hours. 

Andy Murray beat Jerzy Janowicz in four sets. Andy had to play very good tennis to beat Janowicz and rose to the challenge. It will be interesting to see if he can rise to challenge again and beat Djokovic in the final.

Women

Marion Bartoli hammered Kirsten Flipkens (who appeared to have  an injury) in straight sets. It was a very one sided semi-final and was finished in just over an hour.

Sabine Lisicki beat (the sulky) Aga Radwanska in three sets. Aga gave all she had but Sabine's serve definitely helped power her to a good win and a place in the Wimbledon final .

Predictions!!!

Men

Andy Murray's serve has really impressed me and his court craft gets better and better. 

What will also help Andy against Novak is the crowd. If the crowd really supports him that could help carry him to the title.

I really believe that Andy can win if he goes into this match confidently.

Women

Believe it or not this is a difficult match to predict. I really hope Sabine does well but Sabine will need to start very quickly and keep those unforced errors down to win the title!!!

Wimbledon Day 9

The last four places for the men's semi finals  have been decided and the matches yesterday were enthralling. 

Novak Djokovic made it to the semi-finals without dropping a set and he played Tomas Berdych . Djokovic is the man to beat and he is playing well.

Juan Martin Del Potro also made it to the semi-finals beating David Ferrer in straight sets. What made Del Potro's victory even more remarkable was the fact that he he fell badly in the first game. 

He had an injury time out whilst the Doctor taped his leg and he was still able to defeat Ferrer in straight sets.

Jerzy Janowicz beat his country man Lucasz  Kubot to make it to the semi-finals. To be honest that before Wimbledon I had never heard of either player. 

Jerzy Janowicz will now play Andy Murray and Murray will have to be at his best to beat Janowicz as Janowicz is playing his first Wimbledon semi-final and has nothing to lose.

Andy Murray's match against Fernando Verdasco was thrilling. Andy came from two sets down to win in five sets. Once it got to three all in the fifth set I could barely watch. 

I felt for Fernando Verdasco as he had thrown away two sets to love and then to lose in five sets must have been very painful for him.

Predictions!!!

I think or I am hoping that Andy Murray will beat Jerzy Janowicz in straight sets.

I think that Djokovic will beat Del Potro in straight sets as well and this means it would be an Andy v Novak final. 

Which would mean a repeat of the US Open 2012 final where Andy was victorious.