Yes, I Have Been Watching Wimbledon

[poliphilo]

I love a good upset and this has been the year for them. It's only the third day of the tournament and Nadal has gone, Federer has gone, Sharapova has gone- all of them defeated by nobodies. Perhaps the best match of the day- at least the most entertaining- was Leighton Hewitt's defeat by Dustin Brown- a bruiser put away by a dancer.  In the BBC commentary box John McEnroe was bouncing up and down with excitement at the return of serve and volley.

Comments

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

From what I gather from the news someone greased up the grass.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, there have been a lot of falls- and an unprecedented number of players have been retiring because of injury (not all caused by falling over.) A number of the older hands- Leighton Hewitt, for instance- are saying that of course the Wimbledon courts are slippy- with the implication that the youngsters don't have enough experience playing on grass.