So Wimbledon starts Monday, the 21st of June, Hope the FIFA WC does not drown it out.

Nadal is back after being absent last year, and Federer hopes to retain the crown, then there is the pretender Murray. Soderling, Cilic, Roddick, Djokovic and co make up the challengers.

. . . . . And the Williams Sisters go against the girls from Belgium. And the likes of Stosur, Schiavone, Sharapova, Radswanka etc make up this list.


The Draws

Roger Federer SUI (1) v Alejandro Falla COL
Ilija Bozoljac SRB v Nicolas Massu CHI
Janko Tipsarevic SRB v Arnaud Clement FRA
Peter Luczak AUS v Tommy Robredo ESP (30)

Feliciano Lopez ESP (22) v Jesse Levine USA
Ricardas Berankis LTU v Carsten Ball AUS
Igor Kunitsyn RUS v Viktor Troicki SRB
Dustin Brown JAM v Jurgen Melzer AUT (16)

Tomas Berdych CZE (12) v Andrey Golubev KAZ
Ryan Sweeting USA v Benjamin Becker GER
Dmitry Tursunov RUS v Rainer Schuettler GER
Denis Istomin UZB v Stanislas Wawrinka SUI (20)

Victor Hanescu ROU (31) v Andrey Kuznetsov RUS
Marsel Ilhan TUR v Marcos Daniel BRA
Igor Andreev RUS v Daniel Brands GER
Kevin Anderson RSA v Nikolay Davydenko RUS (7)

Novak Djokovic SRB (3) v Olivier Rochus BEL
Juan Ignacio Chela ARG v Taylor Dent USA
Brendan Evans USA v Jesse Huta Galung NED
Paolo Lorenzi ITA v Albert Montanes ESP (28)

Gael Monfils FRA (21) v Leonardo Mayer ARG
Karol Beck SVK v Philipp Petzschner GER
Eduardo Schwank ARG v Evgeny Korolev KAZ
Maximo Gonzalez ARG v Lleyton Hewitt AUS (15)

Marin Cilic CRO (11) v Florian Mayer GER
Mardy Fish USA v Bernard Tomic AUS
Horacio Zeballos ARG v Yen-Hsun Lu TPE
Michal Przysiezny POL v Ivan Ljubicic CRO (17)

Philipp Kohlschreiber GER (29) Potito Starace ITA
Ramon Delgado PAR v Teimuraz Gabashvili RUS
Michael Llodra FRA v Jesse Witten USA
Rajeev Ram USA v Andy Roddick USA (5)

Wimbledon Mens Draw - Bottom Half

Fernando Verdasco ESP ( v Fabio Fognini ITA
Michael Russell USA v Pere Riba-Madrid ESP
Andreas Beck GER v Jamie Baker GBR
Kristof Vliegen BEL v Julien Benneteau FRA (32)

Nicolas Almagro ESP (19) v Andreas Seppi ITA
Tobias Kamke GER v Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP
Marco Chiudinelli SUI v Alexandr Dolgopolov UKR
Robert Kendrick USA v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA (10)

Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP (14) v Xavier Malisse BEL
Julian Reister GER v Rik De Voest RSA
Oscar Hernandez ESP v Ivan Dodig CRO
Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR v Sam Querrey USA (18)

Gilles Simon FRA (26) v Guillermo Alcaide ESP
Illya Marchenko UKR v Michael Berrer GER
Jarkko Nieminen FIN v Stefan Koubek AUT
Jan Hajek CZE v Andy Murray GBR (4)

Robin Soderling SWE (6) v Robby Ginepri USA
Frederico Gil POR v Marcel Granollers ESP
Go Soeda JPN v Martin Fischer AUT
Ricardo Mello BRA v Thomaz Bellucci BRA (25)

Marcos Baghdatis CYP (24) v Lukas Lacko SVK
Jeremy Chardy FRA v Daniel Gimeno-Traver ESP
Simon Greul GER v Florent Serra FRA
Nicolas Kiefer GER v David Ferrer ESP (9)

Mikhail Youzhny RUS (13) v Dudi Sela ISR
Marc Gicquel FRA v Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA
Thiemo De Bakker NED v Santiago Giraldo COL
Nicolas Mahut FRA v John Isner USA (23)

Ernests Gulbis LAT (27) v Stephane Robert FRA
Blaz Kavcic SLO v Lukasz Kubot POL
Robin Haase NED v James Blake USA
Kei Nishikori JPN v Rafael Nadal ESP(2)

Wimbledon Ladies Draw - Top Half

[1] WILLIAMS, Serena USA vs LARCHER DE BRITO, Michelle POR
CHAKVETADZE, Anna RUS vs PETKOVIC, Andrea GER
TANASUGARN, Tamarine THA vs MORITA, Ayumi JPN
CIBULKOVA, Dominika SVK vs [25] SAFAROVA, Lucie CZE

[24] HANTUCHOVA, Daniela SVK vs KING, Vania USA
ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA, Barbora CZE vs VESNINA, Elena RUS
OLARU, Ioana Raluca ROU vs CORNET, Alize FRA
BONDARENKO, Kateryna UKR vs [16] SHARAPOVA, Maria RUS

[9] LI, Na CHN vs (W) SCHEEPERS, Chanelle RSA
DUQUE MARINO, Mariana COL vs (Q) NARA, Kurumi JPN
KEOTHAVONG, Anne GBR vs RODIONOVA, Anastasia AUS
AMANMURADOVA, Akgul UZB vs [19] KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana RUS

[32] ERRANI, Sara ITA vs COIN, Julie FRA
PARRA SANTONJA, Arantxa ESP vs GOVORTSOVA, Olga BLR
BRIANTI, Alberta ITA vs CRAYBAS, Jill USA
CZINK, Melinda HUN vs [7] RADWANSKA, Agnieszka POL

[3] WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN vs GARBIN, Tathiana ITA
RUS, Arantxa NED vsCHANG, Kai-Chen TPE
BAMMER, Sybille AUT vs VINCI, Roberta ITA
BENESOVA, Iveta CZE vs [29] PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia RUS

[23] ZHENG, Jie CHN vs PARMENTIER, Pauline FRA
CIRSTEA, Sorana ROU vsKVITOVA, Petra CZE
JOVANOVSKI, Bojana SRB vs DELLACQUA, Casey AUS
(Q) LUCIC, Mirjana CRO vs [14] AZARENKA, Victoria BLR

[10] PENNETTA, Flavia ITA vs MEDINA GARRIGUES, Anabel ESP
(Q) NICULESCU, Monica ROU vs DULKO, Gisela ARG
ZAKOPALOVA, Klara CZE vs MEUSBURGER, Yvonne AUT
RYBARIKOVA, Magdalena SVK vs [18] REZAI, Aravane FRA

[31] DULGHERU, Alexandra ROU vs DATE KRUMM, Kimiko JPN
(Q) OPRANDI, Romina Sarina ITA vs (W) WATSON, Heather GBR
BACSINSZKY, Timea SUI vs GALLOVITS, Edina ROU
(Q) KANEPI, Kaia EST vs [6] STOSUR, Samantha AUS

Wimbledon Ladies Draw - Bottom Half

[8] CLIJSTERS, Kim BEL vs CAMERIN, Maria Elena ITA
SPREM, Karolina CRO vs (Q) MATTEK-SANDS, Bethanie USA
(Q) PERRY, Shenay USA vs (Q) YAKIMOVA, Anastasiya BLR
VOEGELE, Stefanie SUI vs [27] KIRILENKO, Maria RUS

[17] HENIN, Justine BEL vs SEVASTOVA, Anastasija LAT
BARROIS, Kristina GER vsKORYTTSEVA, Mariya UKR
CHAN, Yung-Jan TPE vs SCHNYDER, Patty SUI
MALEK, Tatjana GER vs [12] PETROVA, Nadia RUS

[15] WICKMAYER, Yanina BEL vs (W) RISKE, Alison USA
OUDIN, Melanie USA vs FLIPKENS, Kirsten BEL
(W) LERTCHEEWAKARN, Noppawan THA vs (Q) HLAVACKOVA, Andrea CZE
(Q) LLAGOSTERA VIVES, Nuria ESP vs [21] ZVONAREVA, Vera RUS

[28] BONDARENKO, Alona UKR vs (W) O’BRIEN, Katie GBR
HRADECKA, Lucie CZE vs LEPCHENKO, Varvara USA
(Q) DANIILIDOU, Eleni GRE vs WOZNIAK, Aleksandra CAN
(W) ROBSON, Laura GBR vs [4] JANKOVIC, Jelena SRB

[5] SCHIAVONE, Francesca ITA vs DUSHEVINA, Vera RUS
PIRONKOVA, Tsvetana BUL vs LAPUSHCHENKOVA, Anna RUS
KULIKOVA, Regina RUS vs (W) SOUTH, Melanie GBR
HERCOG, Polona SLO vs [30] SHVEDOVA, Yaroslava KAZ

[22] MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, Maria Jose ESP vs (Q) ARN, Greta HUN
KUCOVA, Zuzana SVK vs MOLIK, Alicia AUS
MARTIC, Petra CRO vs BALTACHA, Elena GBR
GOERGES, Julia GER vs [11] BARTOLI, Marion FRA

[13] PEER, Shahar ISR vs IVANOVIC, Ana SRB
MIRZA, Sania IND vs KERBER, Angelique GER
VORACOVA, Renata CZE v GROTH, Jarmila AUS
GROENEFELD, Anna-Lena GER vs [20] SAFINA, Dinara RUS

[26] KLEYBANOVA, Alisa RUS vs ZAHLAVOVA, Sandra CZE
ARVIDSSON, Sofia SWE vs KUDRYAVTSEVA, Alla RUS
MAKAROVA, Ekaterina RUS vs SZAVAY, Agnes HUN
DE LOS RIOS, Rossana PAR vs [2] WILLIAMS, Venus USA