CENTRE - SHOW COURT - 2.00 PM START

1. Serena Williams (USA) [1] vs Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [21]

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The surprises finally stopped in the semifinals for the women--will the same happen on the men's side?

CENTRE - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Tomas Berdych (CZE) [12] vs Novak Djokovic (SRB) [3]
2. Andy Murray (GBR) [4] vs Rafael Nadal (ESP) [2]

The only possible blowout I could imagine would be Berdych over Djokovic, but I don't even see Berdych winning that match so I think we'll be in for some very close battles.

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If Serena doesn't win today, we have the craziest draw of all time on our hands.

CENTRE - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [21] vs Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
2. Serena Williams (USA) [1] vs Petra Kvitova (CZE)

Both these matches should be pretty tight, I think.  Here's to some solid tennis in both.  Because at this stage of the tournament, there's no quantity, just quality.

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A blockbuster slate of men's matches is on tap for Day 9.  Whereas the Australian and US Opens both split the men's quarters over four sessions, Wimbledon does them all at once.  It's frustrating in that it's impossible to see all the matches in full, but its awesome in that it's a great day to binge on tennis.

Whereas yesterday's women's actions looked sure to be surprise-less (and weren't), this day of men's matches looks far more primed for upsets.  Federer and Nadal, especially, will have their hands full.

To read my preview of the matches and follow updates all day long over at SBNation.com/tennis, click here.

CENTRE - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Roger Federer (SUI) [1] vs Tomas Berdych (CZE) [12]
2. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [10] vs Andy Murray (GBR) [4]

COURT 1 - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) [3] vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
2. Robin Soderling (SWE) [6] vs Rafael Nadal (ESP) [2]

Ladies' Day at the All England Club sees four quarterfinal matches, none of which seems especially likely to produce a huge surprise.  But there's a reason they play the games.

My preview and coverage throughout the day over at SBNation.com/tennis can be followed here.

The second Monday of Wimbledon is without a doubt the best day in the tennis year.  It's really much too good.

My preview and coverage of all the amazing Day 7 action can be found here.

Hope you enjoy all this phenomenal action as much as I will.

CENTRE - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Roger Federer (SUI) [1] vs Jurgen Melzer (AUT) [16]
2. Serena Williams (USA) [1] vs Maria Sharapova (RUS) [16]
3. Sam Querrey (USA) [18] vs Andy Murray (GBR) [4]

COURT 1 - SHOW COURT - 1.00 PM START

1. Kim Clijsters (BEL) [8] vs Justine Henin (BEL) [17]
2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) [3] vs Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) [15]
3. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) vs Rafael Nadal (ESP) [2]

COURT 2 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

1. Jarmila Groth (AUS) vs Venus Williams (USA) [2]
2. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [3] vs Petra Kvitova (CZE)
3. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs Andy Roddick (USA) [5]

COURT 12 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

1. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) [21] vs Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [4]
2. Julien Benneteau (FRA) [32] vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [10]
3. Robin Soderling (SWE) [6] vs David Ferrer (ESP) [9]

COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

1. Na Li (CHN) [9] vs Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [7]
2. Tomas Berdych (CZE) [12] vs Daniel Brands (GER)

COURT 5 - SHOW COURT - 12.00 NOON START

1. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) vs Marion Bartoli (FRA) [11]
2. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) vs Kaia Kanepi (EST)

Complete order of play can be found here.

Seeds collide for the first time as the third round begins.  And, of course, two second round matches still remaining thanks to the Isner-Mahut epic.

Complete order of play can be found here.

And follow my Day 5 coverage at SBNation.com here.

Apologies for the lack of new content yesterday--I passed out after that match almost as quickly as Isner and Mahut themselves must have. 

The complete order of play for Day 4 here, and the schedule for the show courts is after the jump.

Follow along with my coverage of Day 4 and the conclusion of Isner-Mahut's ridiculous epic over at SBNation.com/tennis .

As it has all week, coverage will switch over from ESPN2  to ESPNU during World Cup games.

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Day 3 of Wimbledon, and everybody's a winner.  Well, everybody except those three straggler matches that couldn't take care of business before darkness set in on Monday.

The Centre Court matches should be especially awesome today.

Here are my "Five Matches To Watch" for Day 3, (one of which almost certainly will not get a minute of TV coverage, but oh well).

After the jump, the complete order of play for the show courts.  The order of play for ALL courts can be found here.

Like yesterday (and like it will be the rest of the week), ESPN2 will be showing the action, except during World Cup games, when it switches over to ESPNU.

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