Cheers. Yeah I was pretty surprised I managed to get some after reading how difficult it can be. Murray would be good as would Federer or Nadal. data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
This Darcis looks a pretty solid grass court player. For someone who only really plays the challengers he's giving Rafa a tough time here....
I gather returns tickets simply are tickets returned that someone couldn't use / attend. Obviously it's less likely they'll be premium tickets, as why someone give them up, but just having them is a fantastic as tickets are incredibly difficult to come by
I just watched the Murray programme and found it quite interesting. The Dunblane part was quite sobering and seeing what Murray goes through to get to the level he is was quite insightful
Nadal's first set has just gone to a tie!
Rafa on the ropes...
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Hope Federer wins it for the final time this year. . .but he's quite old so it looks like it's down to Djokovic or Murray. Will Murray ever have a better year to win it?
..and so Nadal bows out in his first match without winning a set
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Need two good 100% fit knees to play on grass. Get away with a poor knee on clay because sliding to a stop is the norm - cannot do that on grass!
Looks like Nadal's knee is a major problem.
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Great to see the old mongrel Hewitt doing well. You can see he's really getting under Wawinka's skin in this match... Looking very much the Hewitt of old, how long his knees will hold out is another question though.
Be great to him go deep into the tournament and maybe knock a few more seeds out...
Nadal's out. Shame, but it makes Murrays half of the draw a bit easier.
I think for Nadal he needs to start being very selective now on the tourneys he plays... It's looking like he can no longer sustain a full tennis circuit with those knees and with the 2nd early exit from Wimbledon in his last two attempts I can see him doing a Gustavo Kuerten and boycotting the grass court season altogether in favour of playing on the surfaces where those knees are under a lot less stress...