Wimbledon 2008 Day 2: V Williams v Cavaday

So... On a whim I logged on to the link in the Wimbledon newsletter the night before and after about 5 goes, I managed to nab 2 centre court tickets to the new seats at the back of Centre - so up in the gods a bit, but hey ho!

We got to Wimbledon late because... on another whim to try and get the returns tickets for Centre that come on sale 2 days before play... (only 2 attempts this time, yay! - now PUT JJ ON CENTRE!)

I was joking to my mum (up for the week for the 2 complementary ground pass tickets I have) that at worst we'd miss Venus taking the first set - so imagine my shock as we stopped off at the SkyView boxes in the lift up to the heavens-seats when I saw the score as Cavaday leading Venus 3-1!!

We were in the first of the new rows, and had a pretty unobstructed view for most of the match.

Naomi held her own brilliantly in that first set - Venus' body language wavered loads from aggressive shrieking to sometimes dejected plodding 'cos she just couldn't put Naomi away. Naomi had absolutely nothing to lose and really went for her shots big time...

She was getting visibly tired in the TB though, and Venus was doing just enough to hang in, so I guess when she (NC) lost it 7-5 - her dip was inevitable... but she got a standing ovation as she left!