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pondhop* Both Kohli and Dolgo lost points when their shots (unintentionally) hit the roof (i.e., lobs or shanks that arced a shade too high). The chair umpire notes the point by calling "touch" as soon as contact with made. (This is the first tournament I've attended where I've heard this type of call made -- someone on Center Court on Monday also got that call [might have been Kohli again, actually] when their moonball smacked the four-sided tv. In Memphis the ceilings were all high enough that if players hit them they were doing it on purpose [i.e., James Blake and his buddies during practice].)
* Chair umpire was Lars Graff. He was in a friendly mood -- chatting at length with Mo (who'd chaired the previous match; later learned they're both from Sweden), giving a thumbs-up to the camera when it closed in on him, and waving to (I think) various linespeople during the 5-2 changeover.
* Dolgo definitely had several small groups of fans cheering for him, including a very intense young woman to my right who frequently uttered "Go, Alex!" and "Yes!" and the like. That said, like many of the fans I've observed here, she also applauded Kohli's winners as well. Crowd was generally pretty quiet -- just random calls and flurries of applause here and there -- until the second set tiebreak. (Re-entering Center Court right when Djokovic won his match vs. Dodig was like getting hit with a wall of noise.) Mid-match, someone tries to start the rhythmic support clap (I think for Kohli), and it fails to get enough people joining in; it's only on match point in the tiebreak that it takes hold.
* Not a good day for Kohli -- he seemed to be having trouble both with reading D's serve and with overhitting in general.
* Dolgo's droppers are amazing. There's like no bounce to them at all -- they die on the floor as soon as they hit. This may be true of more top players than I'd noticed previously -- saw some other such droppers on Centre Court later in the evening -- but it's so very cool seeing it three rows from courtside. (The advantage of giving up on the Murray-Chardy match three games in was that I got to Court 1 in plenty of time to grab one of the prime seats opposite the chair.)
* Dolgo being Dolgo, he got too cute with a volley while Kohli was serving to stay in the match -- it goes wild, it's 5-all, and a minute later he's serving to stay in the set, even though he was the player in better form through most of the thing. Kohli leads for most of the tiebreak but then DFs on set point.
* Dolgo and Ferru play on Court 1 this afternoon, probably around 1 pm.
* Snapshots
* Chair umpire was Lars Graff. He was in a friendly mood -- chatting at length with Mo (who'd chaired the previous match; later learned they're both from Sweden), giving a thumbs-up to the camera when it closed in on him, and waving to (I think) various linespeople during the 5-2 changeover.
* Dolgo definitely had several small groups of fans cheering for him, including a very intense young woman to my right who frequently uttered "Go, Alex!" and "Yes!" and the like. That said, like many of the fans I've observed here, she also applauded Kohli's winners as well. Crowd was generally pretty quiet -- just random calls and flurries of applause here and there -- until the second set tiebreak. (Re-entering Center Court right when Djokovic won his match vs. Dodig was like getting hit with a wall of noise.) Mid-match, someone tries to start the rhythmic support clap (I think for Kohli), and it fails to get enough people joining in; it's only on match point in the tiebreak that it takes hold.
* Not a good day for Kohli -- he seemed to be having trouble both with reading D's serve and with overhitting in general.
* Dolgo's droppers are amazing. There's like no bounce to them at all -- they die on the floor as soon as they hit. This may be true of more top players than I'd noticed previously -- saw some other such droppers on Centre Court later in the evening -- but it's so very cool seeing it three rows from courtside. (The advantage of giving up on the Murray-Chardy match three games in was that I got to Court 1 in plenty of time to grab one of the prime seats opposite the chair.)
* Dolgo being Dolgo, he got too cute with a volley while Kohli was serving to stay in the match -- it goes wild, it's 5-all, and a minute later he's serving to stay in the set, even though he was the player in better form through most of the thing. Kohli leads for most of the tiebreak but then DFs on set point.
* Dolgo and Ferru play on Court 1 this afternoon, probably around 1 pm.
* Snapshots
