Grosjean Set for Upset Win
France's Sebastian Grosjean was poised on the brink of removing the third seed Juan Carlos Ferrero from Wimbledon when their fourth-round clash was suspended because of bad light this evening.
Grosjean, the 13th seed, was leading Ferrero 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2) when the Spaniard spoke to the chair umpire about his concerns regarding the light. After consultations with officials, the umpire decided to suspend play.
The match will resume on Court No. 1 tomorrow after the completion of the Ladies' Singles quarter-final between Silvia Farina Elia and Kim Clijsters. The winner of the Grosjean-Ferrero will then have to take to the court on Wednesday to play a quarter-final against Britain's Tim Henman.
The favourite must be Grosjean, who looked more at home on grass than the recent French Open Champion. Two weeks ago he was the Runner-Up in the Queen's Club event to Andy Roddick. Ferrero, by contrast, has played very few matches on grass.
Grosjean took the first set comfortably before Ferrero's baseline game got into its groove. The Spaniard's powerful groundstrokes began to tell against Grosjean, but the Frenchman showed more variety and skill to rally in the third set and win the tiebreak easily.
France's Sebastian Grosjean was poised on the brink of removing the third seed Juan Carlos Ferrero from Wimbledon when their fourth-round clash was suspended because of bad light this evening.
Grosjean, the 13th seed, was leading Ferrero 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2) when the Spaniard spoke to the chair umpire about his concerns regarding the light. After consultations with officials, the umpire decided to suspend play.
The match will resume on Court No. 1 tomorrow after the completion of the Ladies' Singles quarter-final between Silvia Farina Elia and Kim Clijsters. The winner of the Grosjean-Ferrero will then have to take to the court on Wednesday to play a quarter-final against Britain's Tim Henman.
The favourite must be Grosjean, who looked more at home on grass than the recent French Open Champion. Two weeks ago he was the Runner-Up in the Queen's Club event to Andy Roddick. Ferrero, by contrast, has played very few matches on grass.
Grosjean took the first set comfortably before Ferrero's baseline game got into its groove. The Spaniard's powerful groundstrokes began to tell against Grosjean, but the Frenchman showed more variety and skill to rally in the third set and win the tiebreak easily.
