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feather_ghyllThis post was more like the posts I envisaged making about Wimbledon this year, having no idea of the impact the weather and the roof would have.
Wednesday:
I literally switched the telly on to see that Murray was about to serve for the match. As the crowd was quietened down, I saw that he was up two sets and this was a tie-breaker. As he served an ace, I thought ‘His serve’s improved, then’, which I now know is a reductive and inadequate reflection of the match.
This left me to get caught up on the scores and to watch Today at Wimbledon to get a little more detail on what they meant. First time I’ve come across Rusedski in these championships (although surely he’s been this positive about Murray’s chances in years gone by). John Inverdale brought in several references to the French that were just about pertinent enough for him to get away with the fact that he watched them on ITV’s money. Tracey Austin and Rusedski went for the radical departure of predicting that the higher-seeded men would win their semi-finals. Of course, having been snide, I agree with them. While it’s interesting that Federer and Djokovic haven’t met at Wimbledon, Federer no longer owns these courts as Nadal does the red clay at Roland Garros. Djokovic has been playing better over the year and over the tournament, and is the ultimate favourite this year. Not to mention the winning despite facing match points in recent big matches. Murray should edge it over Tsonga and I hope he wins him. I hope he wins as easily as possible as he’s had a toughish run.
No Nadal, but as good a line-up as anyone could have asked for otherwise.
The previous post’s reference to crying was about the women’s finals in grand slams in general. Over the past few years, they’ve been guaranteed to make me sniffly, no matter who wins or how they win (and in a way that the men’s finals don’t). It’s just an awareness of that woman’s achievement at that moment, what it means to her and all the hard work that’s gone into it.
Thursday:
I saw no live singles’ tennis, just some doubles that didn’t fully absorb me. You’ve got to say Serena is the heavy favourite, but I hope Radwanska gets better and is able to enjoy her first grand slam final and perform. From what I’ve seen of her game, her retrieval and the way she moves the ball around, I’d love to see more of her playing – such a contrast to what’s going on in the women’s game. Both the fact that Williams has come back and has a great opportunity and that her opponent is a first-time finalist, doing something that hasn’t been done by someone from her country before are TYPICAL of the women’s game and its unexpectedness.
Wednesday:
I literally switched the telly on to see that Murray was about to serve for the match. As the crowd was quietened down, I saw that he was up two sets and this was a tie-breaker. As he served an ace, I thought ‘His serve’s improved, then’, which I now know is a reductive and inadequate reflection of the match.
This left me to get caught up on the scores and to watch Today at Wimbledon to get a little more detail on what they meant. First time I’ve come across Rusedski in these championships (although surely he’s been this positive about Murray’s chances in years gone by). John Inverdale brought in several references to the French that were just about pertinent enough for him to get away with the fact that he watched them on ITV’s money. Tracey Austin and Rusedski went for the radical departure of predicting that the higher-seeded men would win their semi-finals. Of course, having been snide, I agree with them. While it’s interesting that Federer and Djokovic haven’t met at Wimbledon, Federer no longer owns these courts as Nadal does the red clay at Roland Garros. Djokovic has been playing better over the year and over the tournament, and is the ultimate favourite this year. Not to mention the winning despite facing match points in recent big matches. Murray should edge it over Tsonga and I hope he wins him. I hope he wins as easily as possible as he’s had a toughish run.
No Nadal, but as good a line-up as anyone could have asked for otherwise.
The previous post’s reference to crying was about the women’s finals in grand slams in general. Over the past few years, they’ve been guaranteed to make me sniffly, no matter who wins or how they win (and in a way that the men’s finals don’t). It’s just an awareness of that woman’s achievement at that moment, what it means to her and all the hard work that’s gone into it.
Thursday:
I saw no live singles’ tennis, just some doubles that didn’t fully absorb me. You’ve got to say Serena is the heavy favourite, but I hope Radwanska gets better and is able to enjoy her first grand slam final and perform. From what I’ve seen of her game, her retrieval and the way she moves the ball around, I’d love to see more of her playing – such a contrast to what’s going on in the women’s game. Both the fact that Williams has come back and has a great opportunity and that her opponent is a first-time finalist, doing something that hasn’t been done by someone from her country before are TYPICAL of the women’s game and its unexpectedness.
