Anyone forTennis.......Wimbledon 2013

[eighthobstruction]

My apologies to anybody who tried to watch the Final on 301 last night....only to find wall to wall Formula One....

[salymap]

My apologies to anybody who tried to watch the Final on 301 last night....only to find wall to wall Formula One....

Well yes I did soon change channels thanks.

[Mary Chambers]

I like Tim Henman. He was also a very good tennis player. One doesn't have to particularly like Andy Murray to simply admit that he is an even better player, a truly great one who has the potential to get even better.

I feel certain Tim Henman himself would be among the first to agree.

I'm sure he would, but he must feel a pang or two, I should think. He'd have to be a saint not to. I also wonder how Andy's brother feels. It must be very hard when two brothers are rivals in the same field - think of the Milibands! - especially when Mother feels so strongly about it, and although both are very talented one is much better than the other.

[Richard Tarleton]

I think Andy's brother is a doubles specialist so not a direct rival. Plus he already has a Wimbledon title to his name - mixed doubles in 2007.

With the dust settling from Wimbledon I shall now take no further interest in sport until next, er, Wimbledon. Never watch sport. Wimbledon is sui generis as far as I'm concerned. I did find myself watching cycling and sailing (both completely incomprehensible) at the Olympics, plus track and field which are exciting. Bobby Charlton's observation re football quoted above one of the most fatuous remarks I've read in a long time. Rowing - see Will Self's remark about Sir Steve Redgrave's knighthood. Formula One - not a sport. Having probably upset everybody, I'll now go and mow the grass .

[amateur51]

I like Tim Henman. He was also a very good tennis player. One doesn't have to particularly like Andy Murray to simply admit that he is an even better player, a truly great one who has the potential to get even better.

I feel certain Tim Henman himself would be among the first to agree.

Has anyone ever heard Tim disagree with anything remotely reasonable or utter a disagreeable comment? He was the archetypal English 'good loser' never chippy, always a gent, never first. It was all summed up by that embarrassing little fist shake that he used to give after re-tying his bootlaces.

[eighthobstruction]

It was all summed up by that embarrassing little fist shake that he used to give after re-tying his bootlaces.

....<teehee>

[jayne lee wilson]

Sipping a Stella Cidre straight from the fridge, admiring the Guardian front page - here's to Andy, and to the Individual making History! Marvellous.

[johncorrigan]

In then past it was almost a fear of winning that seemed to suddenly stop the flow of their game. Perhaps Murray has learned to pace himself and not look ahead.

Indeed, salymap, I heard him say that he got a step ahead of himself in the final game when he got to 40-love, thought the match was over and almost lost the game when Jock got four points in a row to go to advantage. Tennis has that unusual scoring system where unlike many sports the game really is not over till it's over.

[Mary Chambers]

Has anyone ever heard Tim disagree with anything remotely reasonable or utter a disagreeable comment? He was the archetypal English 'good loser' never chippy, always a gent, never first. It was all summed up by that embarrassing little fist shake that he used to give after re-tying his bootlaces.

Don't be nasty about Tim! He's lovely, and I won't hear a word against him, so there....

Oh, you haven't really said anything against him...but I somehow suspect the intent was there.

[Sir Velo]

Henman is less of the goody-two-shoes than his on court demeanour perhaps suggests. I have enjoyed his insights in preference to the rather hackneyed commentary of McEnroe (verging on self parody these days) and Boom Boom Becker (about as funny as Basil Brush). I know the BBC feels that having ex champions as commentators gives their productions credibility, but the understated commentaries of Henman, Wade and Lloyd were far more insightful.

[amateur51]

Henman is less of the goody-two-shoes than his on court demeanour perhaps suggests. I have enjoyed his insights in preference to the rather hackneyed commentary of McEnroe (verging on self parody these days) and Boom Boom Becker (about as funny as Basil Brush). I know the BBC feels that having ex champions as commentators gives their productions credibility, but the understated commentaries of Henman, Wade and Lloyd were far more insightful.

Oh Sir Velo, you left Andrew Castle out

[Sir Velo]

How could I have forgotten AC?

[amateur51]

How could I have forgotten AC?

Experts in psychiatric distress most likely have a word for it, Sir Velo

[Boilk]

There's no getting away from the fact that AM seems to be in line for a fast-track Knighthood not so much because of his performance at this year's championships as the lack of performance by British men at Wimbledon over the last 77 years. There's something not quite right about getting a knighthood primarily off the back of others' lack of achievement.

If, say, Henman had won 4 years ago, AM wouldn't be getting the expected knighthood, yet his efforts and performance would have been the same this year. Surely Sports Personality of the Year (1/20 odds-on favourite) will be sufficient in the short term? And perhaps three distinct Wimbledon singles titles would genuinely merit a knighthood?

It wouldn't surprise me if the cash-strapped Post Office issue an AM postage stamp before long.

[amateur51]

There's no getting away from the fact that AM seems to be in line for a fast-track Knighthood not so much because of his performance at this year's championships as the lack of performance by British men at Wimbledon over the last 77 years. There's something not quite right about getting a knighthood primarily off the back of others' lack of achievement.

If, say, Henman had won 4 years ago, AM wouldn't be getting the expected knighthood, yet his efforts and performance would have been the same this year. Surely Sports Personality of the Year (1/20 odds-on favourite) will be sufficient in the short term? And perhaps three distinct Wimbledon singles titles would genuinely merit a knighthood?

It wouldn't surprise me if the cash-strapped Post Office issue an AM postage stamp before long.

Expecting logic and consistency from the Honours system is your error, Boilk

Sending Tory MPs off for their lengthy Summer break with a spring in their step seems a likely motive - how can the Scots now vote to be beastly to the English when the English are being so nice to their Big Braw Heilin Laddie?