Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Live - Wimbledon 2010

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By Caroline Cheese
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

0940: Murray, impressively, didn't shy away from a question about Britain's epic wait for a men's singles champion at Wimbledon. "It's obviously been a huge, huge wait for us, and it's still going on now. It's something that's kind of joked about amongst players and people within tennis about how long it's been since someone British has won at Wimbledon. It's something that you just learn to deal with. It doesn't affect the way that I play. It's not something that you're thinking about when you're on the court at all."

0931: To be fair to the nation's scribes, there is plenty of realism around. Nadal hasn't lost at Wimbledon since a five-set defeat by Federer in the 2007 final, winning all 12 matches since. And as the Telegraph's Mark Hodgkinson points out: "British men are on a nine-match losing streak in Wimbledon semi-finals. Mike Sangster lost one, Roger Taylor lost three, Tim Henman lost four, and Murray lost one last summer, when he was stopped by a superb performance by Andy Roddick. Before he can emulate Fred, he must first emulate Bunny [Austin, the 1938 finalist]."

0920: The women's semi-finals begin with Zvonareva v Pironkova at 1300 BST, to be followed by Serena v Kvitova. Hard to pick a winner this year isn't it? Is it? Before that, let your eyes wander to Court 12 where Britain's Oliver Golding meets ninth seed Renzo Olivo of Argentina in the boys' quarter-finals. Then it's an ALL-BRITISH girls' quarter-final between Laura Robson and Tara Moore. Actions starts at 1200 BST there. Before even that, stick around here for more fall-out from the men's quarter-finals - and if all else fails, there's always brand new Hacker the Dog for 2010.

0911: It may be women's semi-finals day, but Perry, 1936, 74 years of hurt, and all that, is all over the newspapers this morning after Andy Murray saw off Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to reach the semi-finals for the second year running. And with Roger Federer out of the way, what can possibly go wrong? And who is this Nadal fella anyway?

It's good news for a Briton
0900: Good morning. Eleven days in, and I think it's time to give in to the inevitable and say it loud and proud: FRED PERRY.


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