Sunday, June 27, 2010

Live - Wimbledon 2010

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By Piers Newbery
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

Andy Murray
0948: So after events in South Africa, are we about to saddle Andy Murray with a huge slab of PRESSURE? He's been playing well so far, very well against Gilles Simon on Saturday, and has a 3-0 record against today's opponent, Querrey. But the American is at a career high ranking of 21, has won three titles this year and, after picking up the trophy at Queen's Club two weeks ago, he's on an eight-match winning streak. Gulp.

The view from the fans
Andrew Corcoran on Twitter: "Morning from position 4332nd in the queue! My first ever trip to Wimbledon and what a day for it."

0939: Yes, the Red Button too, thanks lads. Big day for Fleming & Skupski, or Flemski, as they take on number two seeds the Bryan brothers, inspired surely by Chris Eaton & Dom Inglot's stunning win over defending champions and top seed Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonjic last week.

Twitter
Colin Fleming & Ken Skupski on Twitter: "On our way to Wimby. Feeling good and ready to go! Match is on the BBC red button so check us out on court 14 at noon!"

Latest scores
0932: Where to start with the line-up today? Centre Court opens at 1300 BST with Roger Federer against Jurgen Melzer, which would usually be a home banker but not after the last week. We then have Serena Williams versus Maria Sharapova in a repeat of the 2004 final, followed by Andy Murray against Sam Querrey. Court One spectators will have to settle for Kim Clijsters v Justine Henin, Lleyton Hewitt v Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal v Paul-Henri Mathieu. Five-time champion Venus Williams and three-time runner-up Andy Roddick are relegated to Court Two. There's just too much tennis!

0924: That's a worrying thought, Stephen. I'm on edge now. Feel free to text, Tweet or 606 me with your thoughts as we build up to the start of the action at 1200 BST, which will be covered here, streamed live on the website, shown on BBC Two, BBC HD and later BBC One, and available on 5 live and 5 live sports extra. I think that's it. Oh, iPlayer, you can follow it on iPlayer too. Yes.

Mole
Stephen_Hen_EK on Twitter: "So after yesterdays result, will the mole be returning to SW19 for the second week? There's surely no need for him in RSA!"

0917: Ah, the machines that bleep. They're my favourites. For those of you who "haven't really been following the tennis because of the football" - welcome. Shame on you, and welcome. You've already missed the best first week of Wimbledon ever but you've arrived just in time for one of the great days in tennis. Wimbledon's second Monday sees the fourth round completed in both the men's and women's singles. If this was a golf tournament it would be called 'moving day'. Except in tennis, the participants do quite a lot of actual moving.

Prime Minister David Cameron
0910: Great news for tennis as Prime Minister David Cameron gives a ringing endorsement to Hawkeye after the events in South Africa. Sort of. "I do think that the use of technology in sport can be a bonus," said the PM. "I'm a keen follower of cricket and tennis and I think the third umpire has been a great thing..... and the machines that bleep at Wimbledon are quite handy too."

The sun is out
0904: BBC Breakfast weather presenter Carol Kirkwood - "We can expect temperatures of 29C today. Tomorrow will feel a bit fresher and there will be the risk of a shower but by Wednesday we'll be back to sunshine at a more comfortable 25C." And BBC London add, helpfully, that the chances of a shower on Tuesday are "very slim".

0900: Morning all. It comes as a welcome relief to join you from an empty, peaceful and beautiful Centre Court where I can put the last 24 hours behind me and look to the future. The immediate future, in fact. It's the second Monday of Wimbledon and I've heard today's line-up referred to as "possibly the greatest order of play in tennis history". And the sun is shining so hard it just might burst.

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