Wimbledon 2022 – Week 1 It’s good to be facing the prospect of another Wimbledon fortnight!  I hope to be commenting regularly, throughout, as usual.  And as is my custom, I am starting with the top four Women’s and Men’s Seeds.  But there are some interesting wildcards this year, so I am likely to look […]

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Emma Raducanu “Every time you watch her you think she’s going to win every point.  You don’t even get that nervous.  She’s the real thing, you don’t get someone head and shoulders above that often and she’s one of those.  She has an incredible future.” ~ Virginia Wade Young tennis star Emma Raducanu has been […]

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Wimbledon 2021 – Week 2 We watched some nailbiting performances from Andy Murray last week, and hope that he is on the road to regaining his mojo.  He says he is weighing up whether it is worthwhile, as he has put a lot of effort in training since having his last hip operation. U.K. players […]

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Wimbledon 2021 Well I missed blogging about Wimbledon last year, so with the year’s gap the landscape has changed a little for the seeding, but there are familiar faces among the new ones! Women’s Seeds No. 1 Seed: Ashleigh Barty In my last Wimbledon blog season, Ashleigh Barty was also No. 1.  There’s no sign […]

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Wimbledon 2019 – Week 2 Well that was an interesting week, that was!  Some new and intriguing faces at Wimbledon, and new charts to look at.  I will proceed as usual, that is looking at the next four Seeds for the women and men, bearing in mind that some Seeds may already have left us. […]

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Wimbledon 2019 Setting out my stall for Wimbledon 2019…!  As usual, I will look at the top four seeds for the Women’s and Men’s tennis. Women’s Seeds No. 1 Seed: Ashleigh Barty Australian Ashleigh Barty’s is a chart I haven’t looked at before.  She won the French Open earlier this month.  As a child, she […]

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Andy Murray “You are a champion on and off the court.  So sorry you cannot retire on your own terms, but remember to look to the future.  Your greatest impact on the world may be yet to come.  Your voice for equality will inspire future generations.  Much love to you and your family” ~ Billie […]

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Wimbledon 2018 – Week 2 The women’s Seeds came tumbling down last week, with none of the top four left in the tournament.  In the women’s tennis, either Serena Williams will have an uninterrupted pass, or at the other extreme we could have an outsider take the trophy, so I will be keeping an eye […]

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Wimbledon 2018 – Week 1 Here we go again!  It’s the height of summer, and the tennis season here in the U.K.  We can manage without the carbonated drinks in this time of shortage, but it looks like we’ll have the vitamin D from all the sunshine of the next fortnight, while enjoying the tennis. […]

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Wimbledon 2017 – Week 2 The first week of Wimbledon produced some great tennis (a highlight being Andy Murray’s match with Fognini), and a few upsets.  The first four men’s seeds are still standing, but No. 5 seed Stan Wawrinka went out in the first round.  Petra Kvitova and Karolina Pliskova went out of the […]

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