Wimbledon, London
26th June 2008Day 4 of the Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Having entered the public ballots for Wimbledon tickets, we were very surprised when 10 days prior to it starting, we received notification that we'd secured tickets to centre court for day 4 of the first week.
Getting excited with only a couple of days to go we were nervous about who we would see (you generally see decent players on centre court but you couldn't be sure exactly who) and also the weather (something that is always a variable in London despite the assurances of the BBC's weather predictions).
In the end we saw Venus Williams, Andy Murray and Andy Roddick on the 3 matches that were on Centre Court. Not a bad day out actually as the rain held off for the day. It did start drizzling as we were walking back to Wimbledon tube station, but nothing serious. Having enjoyed some Pimm's and lemonade as well as the obligatory strawberries and cream, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, promising that we'd be entering next year to try our luck again.
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| Ashika in front of court 1 | Centre court baby, where we were! |
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| The Wimbledon draw | Order of play, you can see who is playing and on which court |
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| Inside centre court | Ashika on centre court |
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| In our seats | Both posing in front of centre court |
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| First Game - Venus Williams (USA) vs Ana Keothayong (GB) |
Venus practicing |
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| Start of the game | Venus wins in straight sets |
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| Final score; 7-5, 6-2 to Venus Williams | |
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| Strawberries and cream break | Oh, can I only have one? |
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| Ashika, the pig, wanted both! | Looks soo nice <drool> |
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| Second Game - Andy Murray (GB) vs Xavier Malisse (?) |
Murray practising |
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| About to serve | Malissa resting while a challengle is resolved |
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| Game over | Murray is the victor in straight sets |
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| Final score; 4-6, 2-6, 2-6 to Andy Murray | |
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| Third game - Andy Roddick (USA) vs Janos Tipsarevic (SER) |
Toss of the coin |
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| Andy getting ready | Having a practice hit |
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| During the game | Ashika's favourite shot |
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| Having a rest | |
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| Match point | Tipsarevic (affectionately known as Tipsy) comes out on top |
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| Final score; 7-6, 5-7, 4-6, 6-7 to Janos Tipsarevic |