Wimbledon men's quarterfinals disrupted due to meteo conditions

by yuls.source | July 2, 2008 at 01:16 pm | 319 views | 4 comments

The rain halts the match between twelve-time Grand Slam title-holder Roger Ferderer and former No. 47 Mario Ancic. The other quarterfinal between Feliciano Lopez and Marat Safin has also been suspended. The matches resumed in two-hours time.

After the start of play was held up by nearly an hour, Federer raced to a 6-1, 1-1 lead over Mario Ancic before the rain came again and the covers were rolled back onto Centre Court.

On Court 1, Feliciano Lopez was leading Marat Safin 5-2 when play was suspended.

The matches resumed after a delay of about 2 hours, 10 minutes.

Federer walked onto Centre Court in his custom-made cardigan just after 1:45 p.m. and glanced up at the threatening skies.

It looked like he wanted to get things over as quickly as possible against Ancic, the last man to beat him at Wimbledon — in the first round in 2002.

Federer charged through the first set in 20 minutes — winning 12 of the first 14 points, hitting six aces and winning 16 of his 17 service points.

This was Federer at his vintage best, gliding across the court and ripping shots that flew past Ancic or forced him into errors. The two held serve to open the second set before the rain came again.

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ThePolyglot

at 18:01 on July 2nd, 2008

Play stopped for about an hour total. They were nearly ready to resume play and it started raining again, so everyone sat back and relaxed. At one point, someone sitting behind me started a round of "If you're happy and you know it..." and an usher started a round of the wave, which was ever more appropriate with umbrellas. Gameplay resumed and it was a beautiful day.

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amyjudd

at 18:51 on July 2nd, 2008

Thanks for the eyewitness account!

yuls.source

at 18:16 on July 2nd, 2008

Hi ThePolyglot. Thanks a lot for your eyewitness account. We would really appreciate it if you could keep us up-to-date on Wimbledon matches by contributing your pictures and/or stories.