Wimbledon Wednesday

Whoa, Wimbledon! It has got to be the most upset-prone tournament out there. Not that today had many, with the possible exception of Davydenko having to withdraw, moving Bjorkman on to the third round after just a set and a half of play and Monfils taking out number 22 seed, Hrbaty.

The players are experiencing thrills and spills this year. For the past two days on Radio Wimbledon I've been hearing the commentators talk about the 'little pimples' located on the player's shoes. Apparently, these nubs wear out and don't seem to be helping with the traction problem. Rafael Nadal has fallen the most, but some of the women have taken dives as well. This shouldn't be much of a problem at the beginning of next week. The base and service lines are usually so chewed up in the second half of the fortnight that traction isn't an issue anymore unless you are a Boris Becker.

So how did The Lady fare in her predictions today? Surprise, surprise! On the gentleman's side, the batting bar has lifted to .875! I took a nose dive on the ladies', though, falling to .688. Ah, well. Tomorrow is another day and will complete round 2 of the tournament. We'll see what transpires.

Tomorrow's Picks: Mirnyi, Novak, Tipsarevic, Stepanek (going against the seeding, here), Kucera, Nalbandian, Nadal, Henman (only because he must be on a high after Tuesday's performance), Popp, Garcia-Lopez, Grosjean, Coria, Roddick, Andreev, Melzer, and Elseneer.

Women: Daniilidou, Pennetta, Ivanovic, Pierce, Venus, Hantukova, Bartoli, Serena, Petrova, Razzano, Martinez, Zvonareva, Dechy, Panova, Srebotnik, Sharapova.

On a side note, Pat has disclosed that he has found a tennis booking agent online. He encouraged me to get in on the action by saying, "I can put $1500 in an account for you right now, Mom." Then proceeded to shame me when I turned him down by retorting, "You have this talent and you refuse to use it. What a waste!" There was a compliment from both he and Anj, though. They remarked that it takes really knowing the game to be able to do as well as I'm doing.

Positive strokes feel good. Even if they aren't the type found on a tennis court.