Wimbledon Middle Sunday Bloggers' Bar

It's the middle Sunday at Wimbledon.  Which means the punters can get back to that favorite British pastime, downing pints at the local pub.  For those of us not necessarily at the All England Club, following the tournament on TV and Twitter has almost the same feeling.  Our barroom conversations may take place over fiber optic cable, but it doesn't make them any less compelling.  Welcome back to the Bloggers Bar, this is a becoming a regular feature on Blacklabel Tennis where we pose questions to some of our favorite writers in a virtual roundtable.  Our esteemed bloggers and writers today are:

• @AlvaroRama Alvaro Rama of EuroSport2 & Quality Sport
• @TennisNewsViews Lisa Marie Burrows of TennisNewsViews.com & World Tennis Magazine
• @TheFanChild Chris Oddo of TennisNow.com & The Fan Child
• @VBlacklabel Vito Ellison of BlacklabelTennis.com

In this installment, we discuss some of tennis' burning questions:

• Who had the most disappointing first half of 2012?
• Who has been the biggest positive surprise of 2012 thus far?
• Which man is most likely to end the Big Three's dominance?
• Will Maria Sharapova bea dominant World No. 1?

Find out which question half of our panel didn't even hazard a guess at...

Semi Charmed Lives: Roland Garros Women's Semifinal Previews & Predictions

Out of the 128 women who entered Roland Garros this year, only four are left with a chance at taking home the Suzanne Lenglen trophy.  If Sara Errani wins the whole shooting match, it will be her first major...and she still might miss the Top 10 on Monday.  For Petra Kvitova and Samantha Stosur, a win in Paris would further legitimize their recent results.  An all-important second major title would take both women beyond any thought of being one fortnight wonders and launch them into the conversation for future Hall-of-Fame candidacy.  Sharapova, already a veritable lock for Newport with three major titles to her name is playing for the Career Grand Slam, the No. 1 ranking and vindication that the four years of hard work coming back from her shoulder surgery indeed was worth all of the pain (physical and otherwise).  As Roland Garros draws to a close, we will break down Roland Garros match-by-match.  Up next, the ladies' semifinals.   Our thoughts on both matches after the jump: