[MalJackson]

whats the deal here?

is it true the william sisters will give a walk over if they cant finish it today?

 

[Uranium]

I guess doubling up on doubles tomorrow would be too much risk for Serena to want to take.

 

[ElusiveChanteuse]

Of course. If Rena wins Petra, she'll withdraw with an injury.

 

[Jorn]

I don't think Kiri can play today in doubles before the Singles match is finished...

 

[MrSerenaWilliams]

They've got to do something.

They're still in the 2nd round

 

[Uranium]

Kirilenko needs to finish her singles and then doubles can be played. So play needs to get started soon for them to finish and then the one set of doubles can finish under the roof in case of more rain.

 

[Uranium]

Courts being prepared now. Kirilenko needs to lose quick and then doubles can finish later on Centre.

 

[donellcarey]

Courts being prepared now. Kirilenko needs to lose quick and then doubles can finish later on Centre.

:haha:Second that

 

[Uranium]

It says canceled, no retirement. Most likely doubling up tomorrow. Early to finish this and then later R3.

 

[MrSerenaWilliams]

They're SO far behind. Has this ever happened before?

 

[Uranium]

^Meelis to the rescue.

The women's doubles draw is actually fine BESIDES this one match. 5 teams are in QFs already. 2 R3's are tomorrow plus the R3 that contains the winner of this match. The issue is this one match is holding up play. It just severely hurts the chances of this one team that gets the win. So yeah, Kirilenko/Petrova and Venus/Serena are very behind the others. But hopefully they level it up by the end of tomorrow and then each team has to play every day until the end.

 

[duhcity]

There was that one year that singles matches were still in the 3r/4r on Tuesday right? 07 was it?

 

[ptkten]

I know Serena wants to be nice to Venus but she should withdraw. She really shouldn't be playing 1 1/2 matches the day before her semifinal, at least I wouldn't want to.

 

[Perseust]

I know Serena wants to be nice to Venus but she should withdraw. She really shouldn't be playing 1 1/2 matches the day before her semifinal, at least I wouldn't want to.

She isn't gonna sit around London all day you know.
If you don't know... Winning the Doubles is one of Serena's goal this year.

 

[Jorn]

6-3, 3-6. and scheduled a set tomorrow follow by the 3rd round later.

 

[LightWarrior]

6-3, 3-6. and scheduled a set tomorrow follow by the 3rd round later.

Would be foolish from Serena not to withdraw from doubles at this point.

 

[gmokb]

It will be like she is playing a 3 sets match. The match against Maria is only a set. If they win then the other will be a normal game, which they should try and wrap it up in 2 sets. I think she can handle it, these pros are used to playing everyday. This will just be her warm up for the semis.

 

[Slammer7]

I know Serena wants to be nice to Venus but she should withdraw. She really shouldn't be playing 1 1/2 matches the day before her semifinal, at least I wouldn't want to.

It's not about being nice it's about fulfilling the commitment. Venus won a U.S Open with Serena on a really bad knee and played singles and doubles on the same day several times in that event. Serena won't bail on Venus unless she is injured. Serena and Venus have played singles and doubles both back to back to back days in the recent past and in heat and been fine, this isn't going to be too much for Serena. Plus this is grass and the points aren't as taxing and the matches aren't as long. If the Williams play like they are capable of they should barely spend a little over 2 hours on court tomorrow. If that's going to cost Serena in singles she's not in good shape. But she is in good condition so I doubt it will cost her.

 

[VeeReeDavJCap81]

It's doubles, Serena will be fine.

 

[Marty-Dom]

It will be like one or two training sessions on a day off. No way does Serena pull out of doubles.