tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post2804287297811237265..comments2023-11-05T23:07:01.842+11:00Comments on Grog's Gamut: Quiet please…. play.Greg Jerichohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04956402439870441083noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-70993596639586750052011-06-21T15:51:01.644+10:002011-06-21T15:51:01.644+10:00No stragglers? Ivanisevic?
Sharapova hasn't a...No stragglers? Ivanisevic?<br /><br />Sharapova hasn't a hope.<br /><br />Tsonga is best by far on hard courts; it's been some time since Wimbledon was won by a serve-and-volley merchant like him.<br /><br />No more tennis 'analysis', please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-61520982597581947632011-06-20T23:54:39.650+10:002011-06-20T23:54:39.650+10:00Speaking of Lendl, the yarn I heard years ago was ...Speaking of Lendl, the yarn I heard years ago was that apparantly he'd wander around the dressing room wearing nothing but a towel around his neck to intimidate his apponents!Gordicansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-30104261212570952802011-06-20T16:24:43.396+10:002011-06-20T16:24:43.396+10:00If JA does give Dr No some tennis info. it will be...If JA does give Dr No some tennis info. it will be the first thing of any note he will have done since he was elected. (Not counting his "interview" Alan Jones where I swear his trousers must have been soaking wet after what the Parrot did in his pocket.)<br />Yes Greg, we are like you, getting ready for the big fortnight. We had a good training run through the French Open and are fit and ready to go!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-16025558438257130322011-06-20T07:27:11.333+10:002011-06-20T07:27:11.333+10:00Perhaps the Speaker could try "Quiet please&q...Perhaps the Speaker could try "Quiet please" instead of "Order!" - but Abbott doesn't strike me as being a tennis fan. (John Alexander can explain it to him.)Jaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-48753548110266208672011-06-19T22:50:15.445+10:002011-06-19T22:50:15.445+10:00Nicholas - it's a good name :-)
Gordicans - a...Nicholas - it's a good name :-)<br /><br />Gordicans - agreed I like watching Li Na as wellGreg Jerichohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956402439870441083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-64028266427584827272011-06-19T22:39:17.777+10:002011-06-19T22:39:17.777+10:00Ah Evonne, the most graceful player ever. This ye...Ah Evonne, the most graceful player ever. This year in the womens I'll be going for Li Na, just love watching her play. In the mens, the highlight for me will be if Federer gets into the final and he comes out in fancy dress again for the coin toss and carry on.Gordicansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-78102982279663623542011-06-19T22:20:01.827+10:002011-06-19T22:20:01.827+10:00How did you know my wife started calling herself L...How did you know my wife started calling herself Lady Felicity. It's uncanny!Nicholas Gruenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08979019731787830666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-46248852528863842502011-06-19T22:00:22.665+10:002011-06-19T22:00:22.665+10:00Ah thanks Simon - my mistake - I was looking at th...Ah thanks Simon - my mistake - I was looking at the French Open page on Wikipedia (have fixed now).Greg Jerichohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956402439870441083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-53275451719504435082011-06-19T21:47:01.018+10:002011-06-19T21:47:01.018+10:00Yep, Wimbledon is something special. You seem thou...Yep, Wimbledon is something special. You seem though to have made a mistake with the female champions over last 11 years (your omission of the obvious Venus Williams sent me to Wikipedia to verify). The list should be:<br /><br />Venus Williams (x5)<br />Serena Williams (x4)<br />Amelia Mauresmo<br />Maria SharapovaSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646932990913533335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-53868397202283454792011-06-19T21:37:35.036+10:002011-06-19T21:37:35.036+10:00growing up, it was just tennis, irrespective of th...growing up, it was just tennis, irrespective of the surface - was lucky to have an en tous cas in the back yard<br /><br />most mornings before school I was out serving dozens of balls from north to south and back again - on weekends a neighbour used to ask over the fence "are you Margaret or Evonne?" - meaning, who was my hero!<br /><br />I was a teenager when Evonne won Wimbledon - memories on several counts that are beyond measure :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-35679139545890772152011-06-19T21:09:52.504+10:002011-06-19T21:09:52.504+10:00Only you could get me to read a blog post about Wi...Only you could get me to read a blog post about Wimbledon - I hate tennis.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09700371897503134123noreply@blogger.com