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By Tom Fordyce
BBC Sport at Wimbledon |
* Nieminen 2-5 Murray
In case you weren't lucnhing with the Queen today, here's the menu she was offered. Amusé: Salmon Millefeuille with Wye Valley Asparagus. Main course (served chilled): Orange and Honey Marinated Chicken on Fruity Couscous with Roasted Vegetables. Kentish Strawberries and Blackberries with Cornish Clotted Cream and Mint Syrup. English Cheese Plate & Orange Chutney; Coffee and Chocolates. Apologies for the capital letters - copy and pasting job. Cantering hold from Murray, and Nemo must hold serve to stay in the set. As Nicolas Mahut did more than 50 times in the final set on Wednesday.
In case you weren't lucnhing with the Queen today, here's the menu she was offered. Amusé: Salmon Millefeuille with Wye Valley Asparagus. Main course (served chilled): Orange and Honey Marinated Chicken on Fruity Couscous with Roasted Vegetables. Kentish Strawberries and Blackberries with Cornish Clotted Cream and Mint Syrup. English Cheese Plate & Orange Chutney; Coffee and Chocolates. Apologies for the capital letters - copy and pasting job. Cantering hold from Murray, and Nemo must hold serve to stay in the set. As Nicolas Mahut did more than 50 times in the final set on Wednesday.
Nieminen 2-4 Murray *
A few years back, Nemo took a little time off pro tennis to do his national service in the Finnish army. What's that - you'd like Alex Bogdanovic to do the same? Mean. Bright sunshine over Centre, but storm clouds hang over our Finnish friend. He hangs on for the hold, but he hasn't got close to Murray's serve since those opening collywobbles.
A few years back, Nemo took a little time off pro tennis to do his national service in the Finnish army. What's that - you'd like Alex Bogdanovic to do the same? Mean. Bright sunshine over Centre, but storm clouds hang over our Finnish friend. He hangs on for the hold, but he hasn't got close to Murray's serve since those opening collywobbles.
* Nieminen 1-4 Murray
A correction - when I referred to the Queen wearing power blue, I of course meant powder blue. She's not Joan Collins playing Alexis Colby. Hawk-Eye appeal from Murray, and Her Maj likes that - staring up at the giant replay screens, raising one powdered eyebrow a fraction as the verdict comes in. Murray forced out wide onto the forehand side, leaving a generous gap for Nemo to slot his own leftie forehand, but it's merely a tremor - big serve out wide, break maintained.
A correction - when I referred to the Queen wearing power blue, I of course meant powder blue. She's not Joan Collins playing Alexis Colby. Hawk-Eye appeal from Murray, and Her Maj likes that - staring up at the giant replay screens, raising one powdered eyebrow a fraction as the verdict comes in. Murray forced out wide onto the forehand side, leaving a generous gap for Nemo to slot his own leftie forehand, but it's merely a tremor - big serve out wide, break maintained.
Nieminen 1-3 Murray *
Nemo a little nervous out there. He double-faults to proffer another breaker, misses the first serve and then tosses down a lame second at no more than 95 mph - slapped into the tape by Murray with lazy footwork. That's more like it - a brace of backhands, one a delightful angler across the court and another all pace and spit. Another break point - second serve - no, top-edged high into the crowd, and the Queen flings away her hat before going full length to take a sensational one-handed catch. I'm joking - she sits motionless as a humble subject muffs the skier. Forehand into the net from Murray, and Nemo is on the board.
Nemo a little nervous out there. He double-faults to proffer another breaker, misses the first serve and then tosses down a lame second at no more than 95 mph - slapped into the tape by Murray with lazy footwork. That's more like it - a brace of backhands, one a delightful angler across the court and another all pace and spit. Another break point - second serve - no, top-edged high into the crowd, and the Queen flings away her hat before going full length to take a sensational one-handed catch. I'm joking - she sits motionless as a humble subject muffs the skier. Forehand into the net from Murray, and Nemo is on the board.
* Nieminen 0-3 Murray
The Murray serve starting to click now, and the early nerves seem to have gone. A restrained fist-pump as a big one out to Nemo's forehand seals the game, and an enthusiastic fan down there by the scoreboard waves the Royal Standard of Scotland - the horizontal yellow flag with the raging red lion on it. You know the one.
The Murray serve starting to click now, and the early nerves seem to have gone. A restrained fist-pump as a big one out to Nemo's forehand seals the game, and an enthusiastic fan down there by the scoreboard waves the Royal Standard of Scotland - the horizontal yellow flag with the raging red lion on it. You know the one.
Nieminen 0-2 Murray *
Splendid backhand punching from Murray, watched on by Mama Judy and Ladyfriend Kim. He pins Nemo back before popping away a mid-court forehand winner, and then slices slices slices - the tourniquet tightens, and the strangled Nemo can only frame into the net. Break gone, and Murray's coach Miles Maclagan beams under a bright blue sun-hat.
Splendid backhand punching from Murray, watched on by Mama Judy and Ladyfriend Kim. He pins Nemo back before popping away a mid-court forehand winner, and then slices slices slices - the tourniquet tightens, and the strangled Nemo can only frame into the net. Break gone, and Murray's coach Miles Maclagan beams under a bright blue sun-hat.
* Nieminen 0-1 Murray
Big hitting from the Finnish leftie, crunching a double-handed backhand cross-court for a splendid winner. Murray then clouts a lame forehand into the net, and he's offered up two break points here - Nemo dashes onto a forehand and lifts one down the line with fizzing spin - oh, called out, but that looked marginal. Nemo challenges... and Hawk-Eye rebuffs him by the width of a racquet string. Exchange of points - trouble again for Murray, break point down, way beyond the baseline, Nemo at the net... ooof, shocker of a volley into the net, and Murray escapes. Motionless from the Queen. She's bang into this. In her own way.
Big hitting from the Finnish leftie, crunching a double-handed backhand cross-court for a splendid winner. Murray then clouts a lame forehand into the net, and he's offered up two break points here - Nemo dashes onto a forehand and lifts one down the line with fizzing spin - oh, called out, but that looked marginal. Nemo challenges... and Hawk-Eye rebuffs him by the width of a racquet string. Exchange of points - trouble again for Murray, break point down, way beyond the baseline, Nemo at the net... ooof, shocker of a volley into the net, and Murray escapes. Motionless from the Queen. She's bang into this. In her own way.
* denotes next server
1305: Amusingly, Tim Henman - seated one row back from Her Majesticity - subconsciously bows his head back to Murray as the current British no.1 performs his bow.
1303: Yup - here come Murray and Nieminen - what are they going to do? One pace onto court, two, three, still no turn... four, five... and there's the turn back to the Royal Box, the bag laid down on the turf, and a full bow from the waist. Howls of joy around Centre.
1302: Happy roars of support around Centre, although that's not the biggest surprise. I think the door to the players' locker-room is opening...
1301: What's that? The woman in powder blue? It's the Queen!
1258: Hubbub around Centre - it's Tim Henman and Virginia Wade in the Royal Box!
1252: Let's concentrate on the tennis for a moment. Andy Murray vs Jarkko Nieminen - tough match. They've met twice before, and Murray won them both, but expect a decent ding-dong.
1250: Disaster - I've forgotten my shoes. Not sure about these flip-flops with the smart trousers. To wear the socks or not? This is a shambles.
1247: Excuse me one second while I loosen my cravat a fraction. Not easy typing in an enclosed space while wearing a top-hat, but you never know when the Queen might glance over. At least the tails didn't get caught in my bike chain on the cycle in this morning.
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