The Start of Wimbledon
The 3rd grand slam of the year is upon us! The traditions, the grass and strawberries and cream are all the things we love about these championships. Welcome to all the entrants and to all the regulars. Thank you to everyone who entered. We surpassed our 68 entries from the Aussie Open and French Open. We managed 73 entries this time round. Good luck to everyone!
Wimbledon always produces some upsets as it is not easy to adapt from clay season to the short grass season. Lets see what this years championships have in stall for us…
Prizes up for grabs this time round
- 1st Place – R1100
- 2nd Place – R550
- 3rd Place – R300
- 4th Place – R150
- 5th Place – R100
Here are the most picked players for this years Wimbledon Championships:
- Djokovic – 33 picks (45,21%)
- Nadal – 25 picks (34,25%)
- Berrettini – 20 picks (27,40%)
- Kyrgios – 19 picks (26,03%)
- Bublik, Cilic, Alcaraz – 13 picks (17,81%)
- Swiatek – 46 picks (63,01%)
- Gauff – 21 picks (28,77%)
- Jabeur – 16 picks (21,92%)
- Kontaveit – 15 picks (20,55%)
- Ostapenko, Stephens – 12 picks (16,44%)
Overall there were 48 different Male Picks and there were 47 different Ladies Picks.
Here is the full leaderboard for the first time:
Matches to Watch Day 1:
- Djokovic(1) vs Kwon – Live
- Hurkacz(7) vs Davidovich Fokina – Live
- Ruud(3) vs Ramos-Vinolas – Live
- Sinner(10) vs Wawrinka – (17:00)
- Lajovic vs Carreno Busta(16) (17:25)
- Bublik vs Fucsovics (17:25)
- Goffin vs Albot (18:20)
- Johnson vs Dimitrov(18) (18:45)
- Collins(7) vs Bouzkova (16:15)
- Pera vs Kontaveit(2) (16:25)
- Haddad Maia(23) vs Juvan (16:35)
- Van Uytvanck vs Raducanu(10) (16:50)
- Bencic(14) vs Wang (17:50)
- Ostapenko(12) vs Dodin (19:40)
Jared matriculated in 2020 from Wynberg Boys High School in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa. His passion for tennis afforded him the opportunity of travelling to Europe. He is a quizmaster and a fantasy organiser.