As The Championships, Wimbledon 2011 fade into the sunset, we review our prognostications for the tournament just finished...  

•    Royalty will attend the matches…

o    Wills and Kate aka Prince William and his new bride, Kate Middleton, did attend on the second Monday

•    A big-serving man, i.e. over 130 mph, will reach the quarters

o    Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 138 MPH, and Feliciano Lopez, 135 MPH, both reached the quarters where Tsonga upset Roger Federer to advance to the semis

•    Either Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer will reach the quarters, but not both

o    Both Nadal and Federer reached the quarters, but only Nadal advanced (to the final)

•    Either Serena Williams or Venus Williams will reach the quarters, but not both

o    Both Serena Williams and Venus Williams lost a round earlier in the round of 16

•    Maria Sharapova will make her seeding

o    Maria Sharapova made it all the way back to the final where she lost to Petra Kvitova

•    There will be one more American than Brit in the second week

o    There were actually three Americans, Mardy Fish, Serena Williams and Venus Williams, and one Brit, Andy Murray, into the second week

•    There will be a first-time champion

o    There were two first-time champions, Petra Kvitova and Novak Djokovic

•    The average age of the women’s quarterfinalists will be at least 23

o    Actually, it was only twenty-two…

•    The biggest “Wimbledon all-white” fashion statement will be made by a woman!

o    Bethanie Mattek-Sands wearing Alex Noble (Lady Gaga’s designer)

•    There will be no lefties in the semis

o    Oops!  There were two lefties in the semis, i.e. Rafael Nadal and Petra Kvitova