Wimbledon 2008

Two sets down and serving to save match point on Centre Court so not really worth queuing to see the final death throes of British tennis so we packed up our picnic, rubbed our sunburn and headed for the long walk back to the station. How wrong can you be! We will probably never live down not going up to see Murray complete his comeback of all time. I just have to console myself with the thought that he is not really British, only Scottish. Have you noticed how we appropriate people who we are quite content to let keep their specific nationality until they begin to succeed and then they become "British". And how little we heard of his younger brother who only WON a WIMBLEDON TITLE last year!
That said, we had a great day and watched the Williams sisters in spades if I am allowed to say such a thing. First venus, tall, deceptive and powerful in an entertaining match against Kleybanova where the young Russian acquited herself very well. Then Serena, power and designer frills to crush poor Bethanie Mattek. Then after a quick sausage roll (£1.80) and a cornish pasty (£2,00) and Orange Fanta (£ lots) back to watch them do it all over again to a pair of Spanish ladies watched by a reporter from Spanish radio who as far as I could see was more interested in chatting up the ball boys and topping up her tan than saying anything into her microphone.
But the joy of the day was Tipsaravic or Tipsi as the crowd named him. Very entertaining tennis and lots of "entertainment" too. Having seen Venus get an obscenity violation warning, his outburst at the umpire was masterly "You ... you.... oh I have no word for you" followed a few games later by "What is it with you........ why do I always end up with you" Great shame he was knocked out by Schuettler, I think he would have been a very entertaining player to have watched through the rest of the tournament. All in all we had a very good day of tennis and Andy Murray not withstanding I wouldn't have swapped it for any other match except perhaps Nadal or Baghdatis which must have been a humdinger of a game.
Our last outing for the forseeable future but hey two posts in one week what more do you want?
Oh and by the way thanks Carol for reading, I sometimes wonder if you are an audience of one, even your namesake seems to have stopped responding - come on caz at googlemail talk to me