Well, as I said on Facebook to much\u00a0amusement – I am as happy as a flasher on a railway embankment!<\/p>\n
Today, my backside has been stuck to the sofa.\u00a0 I only got up to make a toasted bacon and tomato sandwich for lunch.\u00a0 Yum!\u00a0 I have indeed died and gone to Heaven!\u00a0 Wimbledon and bacon and tomato sandwiches.\u00a0 What more could a girl ask for?<\/p>\n
Well, for Rafa Nadal to still be in, for a start!\u00a0 What a shock exit yesterday.\u00a0 It was obvious almost from the beginning that something was wrong.\u00a0 He was limping and although he brushed it aside at his press conference and refused to use it as an excuse (what a fabulous bloke he is!!) it looks like he’s in trouble with his knee again.\u00a0 What a shame!\u00a0 Perhaps nine tournaments in\u00a0just under three\u00a0months – seven of which he won, one being the French Open – was just a little bit too much.\u00a0 I really hope it’s not the end of his career.\u00a0 He’s always such an exciting player to watch and humble in victory and defeat.\u00a0 He’ll be sadly missed in the latter rounds of Wimbledon.<\/p>\n
Great, of course, to see Andy Murray go through.\u00a0 Now that Rafa’s out I want to see him win.\u00a0 Anyone but Federer!\u00a0\u00a0 Sorry, but I feel about him the way a lot of people feel about Man Utd.\u00a0 And well done to Laura Robson who put out no 10 seed Maria Kirilenko.\u00a0 She now plays Mariana Duque-Marino (or as the commentators\u00a0kept saying\u00a0Duke-Marino – it’s duQUE!!)\u00a0 We almost had another woman through – Tara Moore.\u00a0 She fought so hard in a blinding match\u00a0against Kaia Kanepi -and on Court 17 – no Hawkeye – was the victim of a couple of very dodgy line calls, including one over-rule by the umpire that would have put her ahead 6 -5 in the final set.\u00a0 She did not deserve to lose.<\/p>\n
The only thing spoiling it is the grunting of Sharapova – I have to turn the sound off – and the commentaries!\u00a0\u00a0 My God!\u00a0 The comments from some of the British never-rans are absolutely banal and trite.\u00a0 I wish they’d shut up!!\u00a0 I like Virginia and Sue – two British women Grand Slam winners.\u00a0 Unlike Castle and Lloyd and a couple you’ve never heard of who were usually put out by the ball girl on Day One!\u00a0 Why don’t TV companies realise that just because you once played a sport it doesn’t make you a commentator?<\/p>\n
There’s something about it though, that has me mesmerised.\u00a0 I LOVE TENNIS!\u00a0 I was trying to write today while I was watching but had to give up in the end.\u00a0 My efforts were the writing equivalent of Les Dawson’s piano playing.\u00a0 Or\u00a0to paraphrase\u00a0Eric Morecambe – I was writing all the right letters but not necessarily in the right order.<\/p>\n
My Singles have had to have a break in their tour round India.<\/p>\n
Normal service will be resumed as soon as Murray lifts the trophy\u00a0Sunday week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, as I said on Facebook to much\u00a0amusement – I am as happy as a flasher on a railway embankment! Today, my backside has been stuck to the sofa.\u00a0 I only got up to make a toasted bacon and tomato … Continue reading