11:32am Wednesday 1st July 2009
I WAS really looking forward to Wimbledon, but the pleasure has been spoiled by the screeching women players.
I didn’t watch any women’s games in the first week. I rejoiced when the longest serving grunter Sharapova was knocked out then I tuned in on Friday and there was someone worse – Azarenka. I left them to it.
The racket gets on my nerves and I’m sure the crowd don’t like it either.
The champions make the game look so easy every year that the tournament prompts the amateurs out on to the courts – and in to their own gardens.
This prompted Halifax Home Insurance to advise budding tennis aces to take care near the home to avoid accidental damage.
They say claims for broken windows and accidental glass breakage rose by a third last year so any budding Murrays and Williams’s should check they are insured.
The tournament has a long history which began in 1877. Since then, Wimbledon mania has gradually spread across the globe, with players from over 60 nations now competing in front of millions.
How times have changed. There were 22 entries for the first ever men's championship and women were not allowed to enter until seven years later Spoiled though the championships have become for me I can’t wait for the finals this weekend.
I hope Murray can pull it off after that tense thriller on Monday. I couldn’t watch the last set!
He didn’t win many friends with his dour Scots image when he first appeared on the scene, but he has evolved into a star and an affable guy.
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