morning emma, snikh, and the others.
here are all the live scores:
http://www.tennisexplorer.com/live/#inscore_ifheight_xdc_3464
emma I think you are right. evidently rafa did complain about the conditions on the centre court. rather than fixing the issues they just decided to hustle him off to the side court.
its their loss. rafa happens to the top global draw in tennis. people who had tickets for the centre court to go see rafa simply wont bother showing up there.
No herc, I think it's Rafa who requested to play 'to the side court'. By the time he goes back to Chartier, the conditions will be much better due to heavy play in these 3/4 days. Nadal is just being smart and avoiding being upset. Right now he's not trusting the CC conditions as much and also, as I understand it, the courts are playing a bit faster but that could very well be a myth. But apparently Raonic and Isner had 27 and 23 Aces. I don't remember which courts they were on though.
I see.
I saw something on twitter that seemed to suggest that his team was "surprised" at the court assignment.
it might have been somebody misinformed.
at any rate its game on there now. rain has stopped.
nole is going to run right through sousa.