I’d seen Jamie and Liezel come through a very tight first match in 2009 – in fact Jamie and JJ almost went out first round – so I was confident that the occasion and potentially the more relaxed Mixed environment would be good – although we’d seen Jamie’s twitter about being tired, sore and bruised after that 5-setter in the scorchio sunshine!
They were broken early on Laura’s serve but kept things to that single break – and here was a big cheer when Laura subsequently held her next serve.
Unfortunately it was Jamie who was broken for the first set to go…
In the second set there were some flashes of the Jamie of old – as there was in the 5-setter the day before- but it’s probably been a while since Jamie has had to be on court that long and it seemed to take its toll – he did look like he was loosening up in the 2nd set but it was too late really.
Laura – same really – some solid groundies from the back and not bad at all at the net given that she’s also still quite heavily involved at this stage in her career with doubles … but as in her singles match – her movement could sometimes let her down and quite often Andre/Vera were able to catch the guys unawares with shots straight down the middle of them
Take nothing away from Sa/Zvonareva – Andre is a long established doubles specialist and Vera was playing really well – really sharp at the net and solid groundies at the back – she really seems to be enjoying this stint at Wimbledon.
We checked the iPhone App at the end of the match – because there were a few matches still going on – including… Lindsey Davenport and a Bryan of some description – so back to what has become my spiritual home this week!
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