Winners' prize money, raised to a cool £2m this year, may in fact prove less than it was before due to the fall in the post-Brexit pound. Times are obviously hard for sneaky Novak Djokovic. "I try to sneak in an extra towel here and there during the match, using the excuse that it's too warm and I'm sweating," he said. "I'm sure the All England Club Committee will forgive me for that extra towel per match. It's great memorabilia."
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An old chum turned up for his visit to Wimbledon yesterday only to explain that this was not his closest encounter with a Murray over the past few days.
On Saturday he had taken his children to play in a tennis tournament in Dunblane where Judy was heavily involved in running the event.
He then found himself ahead of her in the takeaway queue at the local Indian restaurant that evening and took the chance to thank her for her efforts to be told that she sees such events as absolutely vital, before she then said she would be driving south the next day.
The word you are thinking of is ‘grounded.’
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Not everyone in Germany is focused on the national football team’s bid to become world and European champions at the same time it seems.
Asked for his views on how Euro 2016 is going and, in particular, the form of his native Germany, Dustin Brown, who considers himself a specialist on grass and famously beat Rafa Nadal here two years ago, was somewhat ambivalent.
“Obviously everybody saw the Iceland stuff (but) I'm not the biggest football fan, soccer, whichever you want to call it,” he said. "Obviously it's always great when Germany wins, but I also watched Game of Thrones yesterday, which was more important for me.”
Takes all sorts.
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Liam Broady, chased off court in around 90 minutes yesterday, bemoans his inability to find an appropriate practice partner to replicate the No 2's talents. “That’s the thing, to prepare for Andy the best practice I could get would be Andy or Novak," said Broady. "And they don’t want to, surprisingly enough!"
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Two other Scottish winners at the All England Club yesterday were the University of Edinburgh who took the education award and Glasgow Disability Sport who took the disability award at the AEGON awards. As worthy as their achievements were, their successes had horrendous consequences for some members of the Tennis Scotland hierarchy, who were forced to sit through two slap-up lunches.
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