Wimbledon disappointment
Jul. 5th, 2002 01:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hildy89Ok, I admit it, come every July, I'm likely to be watching the Wimbledon tennis championships on television. Part of it is the "background noise" theory -- tennis matches are almost as good as golf for having playing in the background. And probably because the U.S. men seem to be disappearing left and right, I've found myself rooting for the Brit. And for the last couple of years, I've been sorely disappointed. And today I was again.
It must be rough, though, holding the hopes of a nation on your back to win *their* tournament. Wimbledon is so quintessentially British, everything nice and proper, from the sudden rains to all white outfits. And the knock on Tim Henman was he was too British, too nice and quiet and "okay" tennis player. Some of it seems justified. He serves for accuracy these days, not speed or velocity. So when other men are cranking it up to 110-120 mph, he's shutting it down. Makes no sense to me, especially if you're playing against someone who can rifle it back at you.
Oh well, maybe Serena will surprise her sister Venus again. I guess I'm a sucker for the underdog story.
It must be rough, though, holding the hopes of a nation on your back to win *their* tournament. Wimbledon is so quintessentially British, everything nice and proper, from the sudden rains to all white outfits. And the knock on Tim Henman was he was too British, too nice and quiet and "okay" tennis player. Some of it seems justified. He serves for accuracy these days, not speed or velocity. So when other men are cranking it up to 110-120 mph, he's shutting it down. Makes no sense to me, especially if you're playing against someone who can rifle it back at you.
Oh well, maybe Serena will surprise her sister Venus again. I guess I'm a sucker for the underdog story.
