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Wimbledon 2019

It's good to be able to turn away from all the political horrors for a while to enjoy the tennis. What a brilliant match Cori Gauff played yesterday in beating Venus Williams! When she lost her third match point we were afraid she'd collapse in a (metaphorical) heap, but she's tougher than that. I think we've seen a bit of history being made there, who knows how far she can go?And a big shout-out for Venus, so graceful in defeat. I'd love to have been able to eavesdrop on their exchange at the net at the end of the match, but the warmth was obvious even without that.

Richard Carter ● 2689d10 Comments

Good morning Richard.  actually agree with everything you say!  And what a line-up for today.!  Federer, Nadal, Serena.  Bliss!  so much pleasure to look forward to, let alone the others competing, too many to name.

Barbara Shillabeer ● 2689d

Gauff just proved she'd not a one-hit wonder.

Frances Clarke ● 2688d

Didn't she just.  And no temper tantrums either.  What a great game

Barbara Shillabeer ● 2688d

Fantastic!

Ivonne Holliday ● 2688d

My wife went yesterday (centre court tkts through the public ballot) and was amazed how many empty seats there were during the Konta game and also to a lesser extent the Nadal game. Surely even non tennis fans would have been captivated by that one. Even though Wimbledon do a great job via the ballots there are still far too many corporates that have no interest in the tennis.

Andy Pike ● 2686d

I noticed the empty seats  watching  both matches on TV. It's appalling.

Lucille Grant ● 2686d

Lucky Mrs P!😁What a great win for Nadal! Amazing that he kept his focus and didn't let Kyrgios get inside his head. All the shenanigans and whingeing by NK were distraction tactics but they didn't work this time. In his post-match press conference the idiot admitted that he deliberately aimed a ball at Nadal.😡 "Nick Kyrgios insisted he had no need to apologise to Rafael Nadal despite blasting the ball at him at one point in their Wimbledon match."Why would I apologise? I won the point," said Kyrgios after his four-set second-round defeat. "I was going for him. I wanted to hit him."The dude has got how many Slams, how much money in the bank account? I think he can take a ball to the chest."He has been fined and had to forfeit his appearance money, but it will mean nothing to him. A lengthy ban would though.Konta was awesome. Hope she can keep it up.

Sue Hammond ● 2686d

I have noticed the empty seats too but am not surprised.I was trying to get some tickets for 8 friends of mine and the bill for them for one day in Centre Court was £24,000...  Rather expensive I thought!But it is a terrible pity to see those empty seats.

Ivonne Holliday ● 2686d

So have those empty seats actually been paid for by someone or some organisation, but then not used?

David Ainsworth ● 2686d

YEP.

Simon Knight ● 2686d