Can a Brit win Wimbledon?
Not in my lifetime he couldn't.
So what's the difference today?
Well, my favourite ever tennis player, who I interviewed in the early 80s when he won Junior Wimbledon, is Ivan Lendl.
Despite his image he's intelligent, funny and hugely attractive.
Or was as a 17 year old.
He went on to win Grand Slam after Grand Slam - but never Wimbledon again.
When he was chosen as Murray's coach I reckoned - this will be Andy's year and plumped a hefty sum on Murray to win at 7-1 - the same odds I got for Sweden to win Eurovision.
But it's not the money.
For me, this is for Ivan.

Yes, this is indeed a historic day.

The Libyans have voted in their first free elections for more than 40 years.

Shall we discuss things that matter - not things that dont?

After the football (and now the tennis?) this summer is indeed turning out to be "the biggest non-event of all time" - as I predicted it would.

Ah, ITK, although my title may be slightly tongue in cheek, Libyan elections are as trivial, pointless and unimportant as any other political and social upheavals - even in Libya. However the voters vote, the results will be the same; troubles, problems, deaths, taxes, riots, tragedies, comedies - Government makes very little difference.

They may get more intellectual freedom or religious repression. It may be a future SHAH or a junta. It could be "democracy" and wonderful domination by nice bankers. It could be wars or dictatorship. And life will go on as normal for everyone.

PROVING that political, personal, popular are as tightly entwined & high-strung as a Grade 1 Wilson racket.

Listen to True All-Time Great pro & person bar-none, Martina's extraordinary tale (and great music). Of inhuman Totalitarian Political/Sexual/Tabloid persecution totally-trashed by the indomitable human spirit.

A beacon to all who say (like The Politically Persecuted Greatest - Ali): "IF THEY EVEN DREAMED THEY COULD BEAT ME, THEN THEY'D BETTER WAKE UP AND APOLOGIZE!"

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01kjjp1 Synopsis, D.I. Discs - M. Navratilovely

www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b01kjjp1 Hear-Here Again

I hope Federer loses. Yes, he's a great player, but he's so insufferably smug. Apart from that weird master chocolatier blazer he wears to come on court, he also wears t-shirts with his own picture on them and says certain opponents face a 'win-win situation' becuase 'even if they lose they've played someone they idolise'.

In Ur lifetime JK - 1 Brit already dunnit.

In Silver(ware)Jubilee Year '77 - Femme Singles Wimbo-Winner Brit VIRGINIA WADE!

(No relation to loser Brit bitch Wade-Brooks.)

GO FER IT TODAY JOCK, AND WE'LL BEAM YA UP SCOTTY !

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I'm going for Federer in 4 sets. Lendl has done a great job with Murray, but there is only so much he can do. Murray hasn't beaten anyone that he wasn't expected to beat to get to the final. He was largely helped by Nadal getting knocked out early. Federer is going to need to be having a bad day in order for Murray to win this one.