TENNIS: Wimbledon - Days Two and Three
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feather_ghyllDay two:
Saw the end of Murray (in purring form) drubbing Davydenko. Then I found out about all the Brits that went through...one of them a man!...and watched a parochial ‘Today at Wimbledon’ with umbrellas. I have no idea of the quality of her play, but I imagine Serena must be relieved to be through. (At the same time as holding that view, I hold the view: Don’t Discount Serena.) Personally, I’d have put Sharapova vs. Pironkova on Centre, rather than Clisters vs. Whoever...
Day three:
Which was, of course, the first match I ended up watching (as I had no interest in watching Roddick beat Baker. The Czech player did a respectable job (but should listen to Professor Tracey Austin for top tips). I felt vindicated about my thoughts about putting Sharapova vs. Pironkova on Centre, however. WHAT a first set. Pironkova out-hitting Sharapova, but the champion finding the wherewithal to fight back. Pironkova did choke. I learned a few things about Sharapova (!) or things that hadn't registered before, that she's from Siberia and that she's a natural leftie who was made to play right-handed (!!). We knew about the mental toughness. As I'd closed my blinds and switched the lights on, I had some sympathy for her arguments about the failing light. For the sake of the match, it would have been better to have finished at one game all - Sharapova directed her wrath into her tennis.
And then there was still tennis thanks to the roof. High-quality stuff, if not that involving, because we missed the game where Harrison could have broken, and so Djokovic won like the scoreline predicted he would.
Saw the end of Murray (in purring form) drubbing Davydenko. Then I found out about all the Brits that went through...one of them a man!...and watched a parochial ‘Today at Wimbledon’ with umbrellas. I have no idea of the quality of her play, but I imagine Serena must be relieved to be through. (At the same time as holding that view, I hold the view: Don’t Discount Serena.) Personally, I’d have put Sharapova vs. Pironkova on Centre, rather than Clisters vs. Whoever...
Day three:
Which was, of course, the first match I ended up watching (as I had no interest in watching Roddick beat Baker. The Czech player did a respectable job (but should listen to Professor Tracey Austin for top tips). I felt vindicated about my thoughts about putting Sharapova vs. Pironkova on Centre, however. WHAT a first set. Pironkova out-hitting Sharapova, but the champion finding the wherewithal to fight back. Pironkova did choke. I learned a few things about Sharapova (!) or things that hadn't registered before, that she's from Siberia and that she's a natural leftie who was made to play right-handed (!!). We knew about the mental toughness. As I'd closed my blinds and switched the lights on, I had some sympathy for her arguments about the failing light. For the sake of the match, it would have been better to have finished at one game all - Sharapova directed her wrath into her tennis.
And then there was still tennis thanks to the roof. High-quality stuff, if not that involving, because we missed the game where Harrison could have broken, and so Djokovic won like the scoreline predicted he would.
