JULIA Goerges of Germany is a woman of simple pleasures. How did she plan to treat herself for the storming run at this year’s Wimbledon which saw her reach the SW19 semi-finals. “Sleeping in my own bed, that’s the biggest reward I think for me. Yeah, and maybe I get a Donner kebab at home when I come back home. That’s a good thing to do.” The diary has asked her to take a DNA test to see if she can play for Scotland.
GENUINE question. To Jamie Murray on Thursday night. I think this is what they call accidental Partridge. “On court with Bruno [Soares, your men’s doubles partner] you are extremely tactile with each other, you’re obviously less so with Viktoria [Azarenka], but then she is a married woman and all that”. The Belarusian asks for a translation of the word tactile before stifling a laugh. “They obviously have a special bond,” she says.
ANDY Murray has achieved more in one commentary gig than Clive Tyldesley has in a career. Could he be drafted in to commentate on Jamie in the mixed doubles. “I don’t think he would do it,” said Jamie. “He doesn’t really like watching.” But then, that never seemed to hold back Tyldesley.
HEATHER Watson is an unlikely rebel at this year’s Wimbledon. She was fined $2,000 after calling a line judge ‘pathetic’ and a ‘snitch’ for reporting an audible obscenity to the umpire. When they said Wimbledon was a grass court tournament this wasn’t what anybody had in mind.
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