Saturday, July 4, 2009

Live - Venus v Serena

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By Caroline Cheese at Wimbledon

1347: In praising the Williams sisters and their achievements, John McEnroe has just suggested Richard Williams could do a job at the LTA. That, I would love to see. I may start a petition.

1343: Also in the posh seats today: Martina Navratilova, who tells BBC Sport she'll be sitting next to Sir Richard Branson. Nav completes her spot with Sue Barker before marching off down the side of Centre Court, waving regally at some excitable oldies in the crowd as she goes. Hopefully, there'll be some vol-au-vents left on the buffet for the nine-times Wimbledon champion.

Mole
BBC Sport Mole: "Royal Box and celebrity delight today. Granted there are a preposterous amount of HRHs, Excellencys, Admirals, Sirs and former Wimbledon champions, but to counter that, Ben Stiller is in with his lovely wife Christine Taylor! Also in attendance, but in the cheap(er) seats are Kelly Brook and Danny Cipriani, nice to see he has put Venus and Serena ahead of the Lions."

1332: So it's Williams v Williams XXI. The head-to-head reads 10-10. Serena has won five of their seven Grand Slam finals. But Venus has won five Wimbledon titles, to Serena's two.

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From Pickles91 on 606: "It seems like all the enthusiasm has gone for Wimbledon with Murray going out. Heard some people moan about the crowd yesterday but at the end they gave Roddick the cheer he deserved. This final today just shows how dominant the Williams sisters are, interesting to watch maybe."

1321: Does Six Mile Bottom have a brass band available? Actually, don't worry. The covers are now coming off Centre Court so we should be good to go for the 1400 BST start.

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From Colin via text on 81111: "Re 1300: Good news - full sunshine here. Would the ladies like to play the first ever final in Six Mile Bottom (Cambs)?"

1315: Roger Federer is holding a press conference ahead of tomorrow's men's final against Andy Mu... Roddick. He's excited and a bit nervous, in summary. He is also asked when he might think about retire, and responds: "Well, Mirka's dream is for our child to see me play, so there you go, I guess I'm going to have to play a few more years."

1312: Excellent enthusiasm DaveStyx. I only wish we could have matched it. However, I can tell you we have already enjoyed several viewings of Hacker the Dog and the mood is now upbeat.

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From DaveStyx via text on 81111: "OK, enough is enough! Where are you? Been refreshing since 8.30am (got to work early). Hope to see you soon. Ta"

1307: Cancel that. The Voice of Wimbledon says there are no plans to use the roof at the moment and they expect this band of rain to pass through very shortly. Drama over.


It's raining at Wimbledon
1300: Hello. I've got breaking news for you: it's raining and the covers are on Centre Court. We could have a final under the roof! That should wipe away the bitter memories of yesterday hey?


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