Brat: Is Djokovic her husband, or her brother?
Brat's Mum: Liam, Be QUIET!
My Mum: [convulsing in fits of giggles]
Woman sat next to me: Oh PLEASE
Woman behind me: [heavy sigh] ... I guess she'd had to put up with him ALL day!
Benesova was there... Ump was there... no JJ...
And ...
No JJ...
Annnnnd a little bit longer...
STILL no JJ.
Lots of slow hand-clapping and I was beginning to worry to be honest - not that she'd defaulted, and I would imagine she had trouble either finding the court or GETTING to the court because quite a few Britskis were now playing on the outside and the security guards were being a bit gittish and stopping people from coming down the middle during the Williams match - so I suspected they were doing the same. Either that or she had rolled up to Court 3 thinking THAT was #2...
She did get a few boos and I was a bit concerned that the crowd would then root for Benesova and therefore unsettle her...
But worry not - she also got a lot of clapping - a lot of people had come in with returns tickets for this ... People behind me in the queue had definitely wanted to see her, calling her "the Star draw"...
yep - that jacket thing doesn't look ANY better the 2nd time...
JJ got a DREAM start... she was business like and brisk from the outset.
Benesova... I dunno... there was no rhythm to her game (but not unusual from the start) but there was no real defining style to her game today - she wasn't trying to generate pace, she wasn't trying to hit flat to keep the ball low... she just... was blah...
JJ's ninja serve was on FIRE today....
cue more Bratisms
Brat: God she hits it fast
[lots of giggling from those of us in the know]
Rozzie: Aces? ACES!!!!
I was GIDDY
She is definitely getting much more racquet head speed though that swing... and even her second serve is getting her some points - although let's be fair - Goerges/Benesova are a very different kettle of fish to Williams who will be still looking to punish that second serve. BUT - we've seen how that can still discombobulate - so... we'll see.
All along the game you could hear Sneki "Come ON JJ, Come ON [clap clap]" Heee!
Chip is hilarious to watch... arms aloft - all he's missing is a lighter and some 80's Power Ballad!
Her movement today was spot on - and she was firing well...
Best thing to see was her getting down low for those flatter shots...
It was getting pretty late - and as they flashed up the scores of the other matches going on... we saw that Jamie Murray/Liezel Huber had gone down a set in the First Round of the mixed - after Jamie's AWFUL R1 of the Mens Dubs - someone yelled out from the back "Hurry Up Jelena, Jamie needs help!"
So ... off we scampered to Court 3 - which was PACKED as we could see...
but on the way round the back of the courts, there was a voice saying "stop and stand aside please" and who should be led through... but JJ!!! I tried to whip out my camera... but got the wrong pocket and got a warm bottle of 7-Up instead. She was soooo close... and... lovely.
She stopped to sign an autograph for a little kid and then then disappeared!!!
AWESOME!
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