Wimbledon, Days 4, 5 and 6

So the first week of the Womble is over and there have been some juicy juicy matches, some great wins, some crushing losses, and some big names on their planes home already. The highest casualty in the men's draw so far is 8th Andy Roddick who lost in straight sets to an outrageously inspired performance by Lopez. He looked smooth as galaxy chocolate as he annihilated Roddick's game piece by piece. There's no doubt he deserved the win and an always humble Roddy acknowledged this as they shook hands. Elsewhere Monfils and The Sod suffered 3rd round losses to two up-and-coming players - Tomic and Kubot; names to watch out for. Melzer also went out to an inspired Malisse.

In the women's draw 2nd seed Vera Zvo crashed out to Little Pironkova who looked muy impressivo as she took apart Zvo's game and booked her place for the second week. Wozza progressed serenely through and looks on course for her maiden Slam, even if Screamy Shara is the bookies favourites. Bartoli had a brute of a match against Pennetta but squeezed through eventually, 9-7 in the decider. Scary Schia did not fare as well in her equally epic match against Paszet, 3+ hours of hard-fought slogging which Paszet came through 3-6 6-8 11-9. Great match.

Of the top four men, only The Fed has progressed with grace and ease. GoNads has continued to look tired and sometimes ragged against opponents he was crushing on his way to his second Wimbledon trophy this time last year. Djoko seems to have reverted back to his old ways of looking dead on his feet and staring up at his box in disbelief as he struggles for form, energy and concentration. Ray-ray is, as ever, giving us a hell of a ride as he flirts with brilliance and rubbish from one shot to the next.

My pick of the up coming matches:

Has to be GoNads/Del Potty. What a match that could be. If Potty plays as we all know he can, it could be one hell of a humdinger. Bring it ON.

Also, Ray-ray plays Gasquet. Will it be a repeat of their 2008 first round encounter? I don't think my nerves could take it.

I'll keep you blogged...