By this time – I confess, dear readers, I was totally knackered.
I found a seat and leaned back to doze until friend arrived … and subsequently was shaken awake by well meaning people assuming I wanted a couple of Wimbledon trains that went by! Even my mate said I was looked pretty tired!
We scooted to Wimbledon itself (cue more confused looks from onlookers on the tube that we weren’t getting off there) … but we had ulterior motives. We headed off to M&S for some supplies…. A couple of little bottles of poppable Rosé and this AMAZING little plastic wine goblet (filled with more Rosé) and sealed with a sturdy lid – like a yoghurt lid. It was called Le Froglet and we thought no more of it until we got to Wimbledon and found ourselves a bench and decided to have our Froglets first. A couple sat next to us asked if we’d been to M&S and said that the guy who invented this had pitched it on Dragon’s Den but they’d turned him down. M&S had approached him direct – and this was the first time they’d actually seen them!
We had a few snacks, stopped by a Pimms counter and then wandered up to our seats.
Today being Saturday was Sporting Heroes day where some of the great and the good of sport are invited to the Royal Box. But today was also Armed Forces day and key Armed Services Personnel had been nominated and also invited to the box – and the standing ovation and applause was so loud, you could barely hear Sue reading their names. The response from the crowd was exceptionally moving… definitely brought a tear to the eye.
Meanwhile the players were behind the door getting ready to come out.
Cilla and I had seen Domi practicing and Zjelko walking by… and we know that Domi has some game…. But …
Although Domi was generating a decent amout of pace and zinging stuff back to Serena with interest – in the first set she had no range – it was a frustrating set to watch because we know she’s better than a bagel… Zjelko was totally waxwork-motionless at the slipping of the first set.
The second set – there was a bit more fight to her – and Ree stepped up her grunting. A lot more competitive and perhaps a bit of a drop in Ree’s intensity – and Domi showed some nerves of steel in a must-hold game at 4-5. But it was not to be – Ree got her break and bye bye to the Domi and Zjelko show…
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