The Wimbledon Thread

[MK Shrimper]

15yr old Laura Robson takes the first set off of Hantuchova 6-3! And she's English :D

 

[canveyshrimper]

15yr old Laura Robson takes the first set off of Hantuchova 6-3! And she's English :D

Or Australian. :)

 

[MK Shrimper]

Or Australian. :)

If she loses :D

 

[steveo]

If she loses :D

Julie from Southend started queuing Friday night for tickets. She was first in the queue this morning with queue number 0001 and was on Radio 5 live.
Pointless waste of time – get a life Julie!

 

[Pubey]

Julie from Southend started queuing Friday night for tickets. She was first in the queue this morning with queue number 0001 and was on Radio 5 live.
Pointless waste of time – get a life Julie!

I love watching tennis, but the whole Wimbledon/Henmania/Cliff Richard bollocks makes me sick

 

[MK Shrimper]

I love watching tennis, but the whole Wimbledon/Henmania/Cliff Richard bollocks makes me sick

I love it (well maybe not the Cliffster).

 

[Pubey]

I love it (well maybe not the Cliffster).

I bet you were number 0002 in the queue

 

[MK Shrimper]

I bet you were number 0002 in the queue

Saw the men's semi finals a few years back, ***** matches though as Feds and Nadal destroyed their opponents in straight sets.

 

[Pubey]

Robson a set and break up against Hantuchova (number 32 in the world). Robson looks pure quality

 

[MK Shrimper]

Oh well Robson loses 2nd set. James Blake, finalist at Queens also looks like going out in Rd 1.

 

[Uncle Leo]

James Blake, finalist at Wimbeldon also looks like going out in Rd 1.

I backed him to win in straight sets, so of course he's struggling.

By the way, isn't it great having all this quality action on the BBC website?

 

[Pubey]

I backed him to win in straight sets, so of course he's struggling.

By the way, isn't it great having all this quality action on the BBC website?

perfect for work, plus you can listen to it and not need it on screen to still follow how the match is going.

 

[MK Shrimper]

I backed him to win in straight sets, so of course he's struggling.

By the way, isn't it great having all this quality action on the BBC website?

Would be if it worked here :(

 

[Alexis_SUFC]

I'm rather pleased Sharapova and Hantuchova are through.

 

[Pubey]

Davydenko breaks in the first game against teenager Dan Evans, but Evans then breaks back the World Number 11 to bring it back to 3-2, Evans on serve.

 

[chadded]

The Ladbrokes website is faster than my TV. weird.

 

[canveyshrimper]

The charmless one goes through 3 sets to 1.

 

[leeblue]

I am all set for the three M's MURRAY, MANIA, MOIST

 

[Uncle Leo]

The Ladbrokes website is faster than my TV. weird.

Doing something right for once!

All the bookmakers get a superfast feed from the rights holders as we need to be sure that we're seeing it as quick or quicker than our punters.

Many is the time we've had our pants pulled down by punters who have a quicker tv feed. Example - we see a flurry of bets on Valencia to score the next goal and then ten seconds later Valencia are awarded a penalty.

We're ahead of the game now though. In Paddy Power's case, maybe too much so as their live scores update quicker than the pictures on their website; takes a bit of the excitement out of it really.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Out goes Sharapova. Bugger.