I never thought, I'd see the day where Roger Federer, would be pushed to five sets in the opening round of Wimbledon, but sure enough, it at hand.
Roger's opponent, Alejandro Falla played incredibly well, winning the first two sets and putting Federer, in a deep hole, with not much chance of a comeback. Amazingly Roger, still pulled it out in just under 3 and a half hours. I can't say he looked great in the match, but he finish off Falla with a bagel. And most likely Fed, will continue to improve in the rounds to come.
Nadal, posted a relatively routine, win over Kei Nishikori, while still managing some thrilling winners. Rafa, played great here. His serve in particular, has come a long ways, he was able to keep it at 70% winning 80% of them, while still maintaining an average speed of 115 mph. Nadal, may have a tough draw but if he continues, playing like this, he'll have a great chance at regaining his 2008 Wimbledon title.
Djokovic, did not get off to a great start against Olivier Rochus. Novak's serve was terrible, he had 17 aces to 12 double Faults and won only 68% of his points on first serve. He also, had an inordinate number of unforced errors, topping out at 60 for the match. This was not a good performance from Djokovic and he's going to face Taylor Dent in the next round. If he found Olivier Rochus, to be tricky, then Taylor Dent, should present some serious problems. The American, has a huge serve that get's up in the 130s and is very adept at the net.
Davydenko, made a successful return to the tour, by narrowly surviving, a viscous 5 setter against Kevin Anderson. Can't say Davydenko, played great but I will give him credit for gritting his way out of a 2 sets to love deficit. Since, he's just getting back to playing on tour (and because he's not good on grass) I don't expect he'll go much further. We're going to have to wait a few more weeks, until the summer hard court season approaches, to see how he's coping with his wrist injury.
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