With the withdrawal of Nadal, the opportunities for other players to make their mark on Wimbledon 2009 obviously increase. Here are my thoughts on how the men’s draw is shaping up.

But, Dinara dug down deep and came back against the flashy, polished grass game of Mauresmo—a former champion here at Wimbledon in 2006. Safina won, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

But as the semifinals begin at Wimbledon, 2009 has become the year that this tournament, and some of tennis’s most charismatic players, solved many of their most nagging problems.

And then, by the end of another jarring day at Wimbledon, after Murray’s loss to Andy Roddick, up on Murray Mound, formerly Henman Hill, the thick throng had mostly dissipated.

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