On the men’s side of Wimbledon, one of my favorites is Simone Bolelli. He isn’t very known yet, but I think he’ll be known soon, if not, I’m still his fan and will forever be. Now that’s my definition of being a fan ! 
Simone Bolelli, probably stepped on court with the feeling that he doesn’t have anything to lose here, only gain. With this 4-set-win he equals his best performance at Wimbledon so far. So we can say he’s still a newbie on grass. But newbies can be dangerous if they get their rhythm and confidence going.
Overall I thought Simone played a great match, he served 18 aces and almost none double faults. Although he made a few errors (45). This is something I think is related to the fact he isn’t very used to grass at the moment, and will kink it out in the next matches.
Next up he’s facing Fernando Gonzalez, a past Quarter-Finalist at Wimbledon in 2005. Last year he reached the 3rd round at Wimbledon.
The head to head between Bolelli and Gonzalez is 0-2. Even though he lost to Gonzalez 2 times, it were very close matches, included tie-breakers.
If Simonecan play aggressive and hold Gonzalez after the baseline or trap him in the middle of the court, he can and will win this match in 4 sets.
Forza simone !
Pictures of the Match (by gettyimages and afp)
Serena Williams and her sister Venus Williams, started their Wimbledon Doubles Campaign with an easy win against Tatiana Poutchek and Anastasia Rodionova, by slaughtering them 6-0 6-3 in 55 minutes.
