Advantage Murray?
Andy Murray didn’t seem too pleased about being made to play under the roof and lights at Wimbledon last night. After all it could be argued that he hadn’t had enough time to prepare and that things like his rackets were all strung to the wrong tension.
Perhaps!
But now he is the only person, who’s won a full five set match under the roof and lights. So perhaps he knows more about it than anyone else?
In that case he has an advantage!
Phew! Murray just gets through!
It was tight last night and Andy Murray just made it in five sets. But it was very much a spectacle under the new roof at Wimbledon. It would appear that the concept works. It would have been rather poor if it hadn’t!
But the same can’t be said for the under-21 footballers. They managed to lose four-nil to the Germans. Surprising, considering that the second team drew 1-1 a week ago.
Wimbledon’s Roof
The new roof at Wimbledon appears to be a success. I say appears, as so far it hasn’t needed to be used and it looks like from the BBC’s weather forecast that it won’t be needed for the start of next week.
There is a good description of the roof on this web page.
Looking at the design as an engineer, it would appear to be simple, unobstructed and does what it is supposed to. I also think that the policy of the All-England Club of not disclosing the cost may work in the designer’s favour, when they repeat the design elsewhere as they surely will.
So so far so good!
Shrieking and Shouting
I’m typing this as I’m watching a match at Wimbledon between two women players; Azarenka and Cirstea.
Why does Azarenka have to shreik all of the time? It really does turn one off women’s tennis. If I had nothing better to do, I’d use the Red Button on my Sky Box to find a man’s game!
It would appear that the punters at Wimbledon feel the same way I do about her. The Centre Court is half empty. Apparently, they booed her in Paris. The French have always had good taste.
Queen’s Message to Murray
Trust good old Liz to do the right thing.
And she used a proper letter too! But we all know that she does text too!
Wimbledon Uniform
As a keen tennis player of the real variety, I’ve been watching Wimbledon.
But the uniform the line-judges wear is awful and totally out of keeping.
And why too was it designed by Ralph Lauren, who is not a British designer. Surely someone like Paul Smith, who was I believe a competent sportsman himself, would have done better.
Memories of Chuck McKinley
Just watching the end of the Murray-Kendrick match at Wimbledon.
Thankfully, Murray won, but Kendrick was taking a leaf out of a fellow American, the late, Chuck McKinley. I must have been 15 when McKinley won the Championships in 1963. He had this great advantage that he would dive everywhere and retrieve almost impossible balls. If like me, you’ve played tennis on grass, you’ll know what is possible 9on that service, but not on anything hard.
I was sad to see that Chuck McKinley died at just 45.
The Anonymous Widower 