Bobby Backhands

Off of the back of an immense heat wave which swooped across the UK bringing unwelcome Red Weather Warnings here, there and everywhere, Sorana had arrived at London once more for the most prestigious of all the Grand Slams, Wimbledon, SW19, the Championships, ‘you cannot be serious’, Henman Hill and Strawberries and Cream, one of…

So exciting to see that Sorana Cirstea was playing her first match at Queens on Court One and it’s unreserved seating. PP and I did have tickets for the Andy Murray Arena but we were up on row ZF so the players would have looked very small and PP is not good with heights. Always…

It’s the second major of the Year for our Champ and she kicks off against the French 17 year old Wild Card, Ksenia Efremov. Final match of the day on the second show court and it is nearly 9pm local time when Sorana takes to the stage… ‘BAAAA BA BABA BAAAA BA BAAAA BABA’ ‘Oleeeeee!’…

So on to Madrid, hoping our Champ has healed. She has a Bye which gives her extra recovery time from that sad Rouen withdraw and she had a lovely draw against an 18 year old Italian, Tryra Grant, she is ranked over 200 places lower than Sorana but has recently won an ITF title. She…