Maria sharapova defeated

3 rd seed crashes out | Djokovic dampered | Roddick is out too

Maria sharapova who won the prestigious wimbledon title when she was 17 but four years have passed and in 2008 she crashed out in the second round. Maria Sharapova was stunned 6-2, 6-4 by 154th-ranked Alla Kudryavtseva, her earliest loss in a Grand Slam tournament since her first full year on the tour in 2003


Sharapova, who has three Grand Slam titles, hadn’t lost so early in a major since going out in the first round at the Australian and French Open and second round at the U.S. Open in 2003.

MAny would have remembered JANKO TIPSAREVIC as the other serbian other than Ana, Djoko and Janko. He is the one who pulled of a massive 5 setter against Federer in the Aussie open 2008 now another shock as he dispatched the in form Andy Roddick in the second round

The sixth-seeded Roddick, who lost to Roger Federer in the 2004 and ‘05 finals, has the big serve and grass-court experience to make him a perennial title contender. Instead, he failed to get to the third round for the first time in eight appearances at Wimbledon

I just didn’t make anything happen out there tonight,” he said. “Zero, zero, zero.”

Despite scraping through the first set in a tiebreaker, Roddick came up short time and time again in trying to break the 40th-ranked Tipsarevic and squandered three set points in the final set. The Serbian player, meanwhile, got two breakpoint chances and converted both.

“I played just horrific shots on break points both ways,” Roddick said. “I put myself in position to win that match in straight sets. It was just the big moments. I blinked. There’s no way getting around that.”

Tipsarevic acknowledged that he benefited from Roddick’s frailties.

“I could see that he was tight and this is one of the reasons why, especially in those important moments, I made him play,” he said. “If you look at the other guy, professional tennis players feel the intensity and see when the other guy is choking. If you read that, that’s a great benefit for you.”

Djokovial Upset

Djokovic was looking for a fierce semi finals against NAdal but Safin said "wait mate I'm here" as he rode past the world no.3 in grand fashion.

Former No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion Marat Safin still has something left in the tank.

The unseeded Russian sent shockwaves through the draw at Wimbledon on Wednesday with a stunning 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 victory over third-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia.

The 28-year-old Safin, a quarterfinalist at this grasscourt major in 2001, has had a disappointing year to date, only twice winning back-to-back matches before Wednesday. In Grand Slam play, he reached the second round at both the Australian Open and Roland Garros before falling.

“He’s trying to become No. 1 in the world and he had a lot of pressure on him and I really didn’t have any pressure at all,” said Safin, who has fallen to 75th in the rankings since winning his most recent major at the 2005 Australian Open.

It was a bad day for me. I didn’t do anything I was supposed to do and he was very solid,” said Djokovic, who had 28 unforced errors and 10 double faults. “He was doing well and putting a lot of pressure on me.


“I was serving a lot of double faults which is unusual for me and just not finding momentum. I knew he was a very tough player to play against and especially playing him on Centre Court gave him motivation to do well.”

Now with Djokovic and Roddick eliminated it looks clear for FEDERER and NADAL to make it to their 3rd consecutive Wimbledon finals