The Championships at Wimbledon 2012, a Preview!

It's late June and it's time for The Championships at Wimbledon 2012! Nothing beats tennis on grass. The way it should be!

Among some of the big stories of this year's Championships is the possible final match of Kim Clijsters, a Grand Slam champion, who is slated to retire after USTA Open in New York in September. She will try to get into the London games as well pending the rankings and qualification procedure standards of the ITF.

Also since the Games of the XXX Olympiad is in London, All-England will be the venue for the tennis competitions beginning the first week in late July.

Anyway, here are some notable first round singles matches, beginning Monday!

MEN
singles first round
(1) Novak Djokovic v Juan Carlos Ferrero
(2) Rafa Nadal v Thomaz Bellucci
(3) Roger Federer v Albert Ramos
(4) Andy Murray v Nikolay Davydenko
(5) Jo Wilfried Tsonga v Lleyton Hewitt
(6) Tomas Berdych v Ernests Gulbis
(7) David Ferrer v Dustin Brown
(8) Janko Tipsarevic v David Nalbandian
(9) Juan Martin del Potro v Robin Haase
(10) Mardy Fish v Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo
(11) John Isner v Alejandro Falla
(13) Gilles Simon v Paul Henri Mathieu
(16) Marin Cilic v Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
(17) Fernando Verdasco v Jimmy Wang
(18) Richard Gasquet v Tobias Kamke
(20) Bernard Tomic v David Goffin
(21) Milos Raonic v Santiago Giraldo
(22) Alex Dolgopolov v Alex Bogomolov Jr.
(25) Stan Wawrinka v Jurgen Meltzer
(26) Mikhail Youzhny v Donald Young
(27) Philipp Kohlschreiber v Tommy Haas
(28) Radek Stepanek v Sergiy Stakhovsky
(30) Andy Roddick v Jamie Baker
Ryan Harrison v Yen-Hsun Lu
Paolo Lorenzi v Nicolas Mahut
Benjamin Becker v James Blake
Vasek Pospisil v Sam Querrey
Albert Montanes v Marcos Baghdatis
Xavier Malisse v Marinko Matosevic
Ivo Karlovic v Dudi Sela
Andrey Kuznetsov v Florent Serra

WOMEN
singles first round
(1) Maria Sharapova v Anastasia Rodionova
(2) Victoria Azarenka v Irina Falconi
(3) Aga Radwanska v Magdalena Rybarikova
(4) Petra Kvitova v Akgul Amanmuradova
(5) Sam Stosur v Carla Suarez Navarro
(6) Serena Williams v Barbora Zahlavova Strycova
(7) Caroline Wozniacki v Tamira Paszek
(8) Angelique Kerber v Lucie Hradecka
(9) Marion Bartoli v Casey Dellacqua
(10) Sara Errani v Coco Vandeweghe
(11) Na Li v Ksenia Pervak
(12) Vera Zvonareva v Mona Barthel
(13) Dominika Cibulkova v Klara Zakopalova
(14) Ana Ivanovic v Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
(15) Sabine Lisicki v Petra Martic
(16) Flavia Pennetta v Camila Giorgi
(17) Maria Kirilenko v Alexandra Cadantu
(18) Jelena Jankovic v Kim Clijsters
(20) Nadia Petrova v Maria Elena Camerin
(21) Roberta Vinci v Ashleigh Barty
(22) Julia Goerges v Shahar Peer
(23) Petra Cetkovska v Vania King
(24) Francesca Schiavone v Laura Robson
(27) Daniela Hantuchova v Jamie Lee Hampton
(28) Christina McHale v Johanna Konta
(30) Shuai Peng v Sandra Zaniewska
(31) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Sofia Arvidsson
(32) Svetlana Kuznetsova v Yanina Wickmayer
Venus Williams v Elena Vesnina
Kimiko Date Krumm v Kateryna Bondarenko
Timea Babos v Melanie Oudin
Iveta Benesova v Heather Watson
Sloane Stephens v Karolina Pliskova
Ursula Radwanska v Marina Erakovic
Laura Pous Tio v Anne Keothavong
Sorana Cirstea v Pauline Parmentier
Mirjana Lucic v Alexandra Panova
Anabel Medina Garrigues v Simona Halep
Vesna Dolonc v Tsvetana Pironkova
Irina Camelia Begu v Romina Oprandi

For the first time in 43 years, NBC will not have any coverage of the Championships for us in the states. ESPN will have coverage all through to the finals as ESPN outbid NBC last year. Cable only for us here in the states. But you can go here for live scores and of course the best commentary around with Radio Wimbledon!