Originally posted by salymap
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It was a shame about Nadal, but it was the only match so far that I've found exciting. On the whole I don't care much who wins, and I haven't the faintest interest in the nationalistic side of it, so Murray means nothing to me. Tennis is the only sport I ever watch - it's sort of part of my culture in way that no other sport is.
I was fascinated, though, to learn that Ben Johnson, the young tenor who sang so exquisitely in Cardiff (and imv should have won the Song Prize) was a junior golf champion. It just doesn't seem to go together, rather like Shostakovich and his football referee qualification!
(Britten, of course, was extremely good at tennis, and the Victor Ludorum of his prep school . One day I may stop thinking that music and sport is an unlikely combination.)
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