The gentle tinkling of ice cubes in a glass, the gentle shooshing of the sprinklers watering the parched lawns and the usual chorus of, "That's all the Brits out before the end of the first week". It must be Wimbledon time again.
With Tim Henman and the Canadian/Brit Greg Rusedski all but counted out before it even starts, our hope this year is that spotty faced whelk Andrew Murray, although the Scot has not endeared himself to us south of Hadrian's Wall.
His fall in our eyes came before he even climbed anywhere as during last years World Cup he mentioned during a press conference of all places, that he would be supporting any team that played against England.
Being Scottish and a wee bit stroppy, he always had an uphill struggle to get the English to cheer for him and he has a better chance of thrashing Federer 3-0 in the Center Court Final then securing the backing from the majority of English.
So its Federer to take the men's title, Venus for the Williams ladies and Murray to fall at the first hurdle against some 16 year old qualifier from Papua New Guinea.
Now, where did i put my glass of Pimms?
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Hmmm ... If my Wimbledon history is correct, the last Scot to win Wimbledon was Angus Podgorny back in 1971. As I recall, he beat his opponent, a blancmange from the planet Skyron, 3 sets to 2, only after Mr. & Mrs. Brainsample ate the blancmage after the 2nd set.
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I can't stand Andy Murray either. But it's more to do with his sullen on-court demeanour, his graceless press conferences and his stupid facial hair arrangements, than any anti-English feeling he may have, which, being Scottish, is only to be expected and is kind of endearing.
I notice that Murray pulling out of Wimbledon is the leading story on most of the back pages this morning... which I think is a bit of a scandal, bearing in mind that, in the world of boxing, Ricky Hatton has just knocked out Jose Luis Castillo (with a body punch!) in Las Vegas for the biggest win of his career so far.
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