SMASH Column, Early Wimbledon Edition

My weekley SMASH online column is available now. With the long holiday weekend, a few of the items seem to have happened some time ago, but I was also able to incorporate the beginning of Wimbledon Junior competition. And again, you can play the "who's that player in the photo?" game.

Speaking of Wimbledon, the semifinals in singles are set and the chances are good that we'll have our sixth straight unseeded boys Grand Slam champion. Of the four players remaining, only Thiemo de Bakker, No. 1, had the benefit of a seed. The girls event is again following closer to form, but Caroline Wozniacki at No. 4, is the highest of the three seeds remaining. Eleanor Preston features Wozniacki in her article for the ITF. Whatever you do, don't read this wimbledon.org story. It gives the wrong winner in the Roshardt/Konecny match.

Kellen Damico and Nate Schnugg have reached the quarterfinals in the boys' doubles as have Julia Cohen and Kim Couts on the girls' side. Lindsay Burdette, who is partnering Roxane Vaisemburg of Brazil, has also advanced to the quarterfinals.