I believe he was thinking ( slightly belatedly ) that the ball was out.

Bah !!!!

And broken at the start of the second.

6-7(11) *0-2

For folk not watching, on set point Melo serving, a lovely little dink from Neal close to the net onto the sideline was called out by the linesman and immediately overruled by the umpire. The dink was retrieved but the Skupskis would have won the point with Ken having an easy put away but the call had been made and players stopped.

Kubot and Melo challenged but the umpire was right. However it still meant the point being replayed. Melo belted down a good first serve and that was that for the set.

It was a real shame - feel sorry for the linesjudge slightly - it was SO far away - couldn't have been any further away - but she should have erred on the side of caution - always say nothing in doubt and let the player challenge it if he sees it out, or umpire call it as it was right under his nose.

Crazy scheduling again - they've put a mens doubles semi on court 2, and a mixed quarter and ladies seniors on court 1 along with the other men's doubles semi. Disrespectful

These will now be the top 4 ranked players after Wimbledon. Melo will return to WR 1.

Post Wimbledon rankings will be :

1. Melo : 8420 or 9220
2. Kontinen : 7940
3. Peers : 7620
4. Kubot : 6610 or 7410
5. Murray : 6340
6. Soares : 6340

JonH wrote:

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Crazy scheduling again - they've put a mens doubles semi on court 2, and a mixed quarter and ladies seniors on court 1 along with the other men's doubles semi. Disrespectful

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 I suppose you could interpret it as disrespectful, but I look at it another way.  One of the things that makes Wimbledon such a vibrant tournament is that, until the finals, those who cannot not afford a ticketed seat stand a good chance of seeing a really good high profile match on a court you can access with a ground pass.  It's one of the things which makes the tournament stand out for me - that everything good is not cordoned off only for those with deep pockets.

The Optimist wrote:

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JonH wrote:

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Crazy scheduling again - they've put a mens doubles semi on court 2, and a mixed quarter and ladies seniors on court 1 along with the other men's doubles semi. Disrespectful

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 I suppose you could interpret it as disrespectful, but I look at it another way.  One of the things that makes Wimbledon such a vibrant tournament is that, until the finals, those who cannot not afford a ticketed seat stand a good chance of seeing a really good high profile match on a court you can access with a ground pass.  It's one of the things which makes the tournament stand out for me - that everything good is not cordoned off only for those with deep pockets.

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I agree. There has to be that opportunity to see a quality game with a ground pass towards the end of the second week. That said as soon as the singles SF were done predictably there was plenty of room on centre for anyone prepare to wait for a return to get in. I think the scheduling was much more to do with the potential TV audience, with the mixed doubles with a British presence on centre much more likely to retain an audience.

Although it may not seem the case there is plenty of respect for doubles within the AETC it is a question of getting all the games in at the SF stage with men's games still going to 5 sets, the names on offer and what will attract an audience in any particular scheduling window. Having said all that, they nearly got it right but for me being abroad on holiday I was still sabotaged by the red button.