Congratulations to Rafael Nadal winning his second Wimbledon.
Although the telecasts barely cover it, there were other men’s events going on.
What do Philipp Petzschner and Jurgen Melzer have in common? They both lost to eventual champ, Rafael Nadal (Petzschner at Wimbledon and Melzer in the French). But, now they have something else in common. They are Wimbledon doubles champ. Seeds at Wimbledon didn’t fare particularly well. In the quarterfinals, only 2 of the top 8 seeds made it. The Bryan brothers (seeded 2) lost to Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman (the 7th seed) in the semifinals. Petzschner and Melzer were unseeded and beat the 16th seed, Robert Linstedt of Sweden and Horia Tecau of Romania: 6-1, 7-5, 7-5.
In the boy’s Wimbledon event, none of the top 5 seeds made it to the quarterfinals (though seedings are far more irrelevant at the junior level where players rarely meet each other and players are rapidly improving). Seed 6, 7, 8 and 9 made it to the quarters, but none to the semifinals. Perhaps Britain has something to be proud of as Oliver Goulding made it to the semifinals but lost to Australian qualifier, Benjamin Mitchell. Mitchell lost to the 13th seed, Marton Fucsovics of Hungary, 6-4, 6-4 in the final.
The Brits should be happy about the boys doubles teams, both finalists were all British duos. Liam Brody and Tom Farquharson beat Lewis Burton and George Morgan 7-6(4), 6-4. Burton and Morgan beat German duo Peter Heller and Kevin Krawietz 6-3, 3-6, 15-13 in the semifinals.
Finally, Leander Paes and Cara Black beat Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond 6-4, 7-6(5) in the mixed final.
