Wimbledon will officially start on Monday and there is already plenty of drama unfolding from the qualifying matches.The Williams sisters are both fired up for stealing Safina’s title, Nadal is contemplating not defending his title due to a knee injury and no-body knows whether the weather will stay as glorious as it has been recently.

However, the most interesting subject for most of us is Andy Murray, the Scot (who we all call a Brit when his wins) who is now seeded 3rd.
It seems as though he may have a decent chance this year as Nadal (seed 1) is a limp-a-lot and Roger Federer (seed 2) could be exhausted after winning the French open. Murray has said that if he plays well then he has a good chance against most guys but he is wary of the dark horses like Ivo Karlovic.

The other hot topic this year is the new roof on centre court which means the showpiece matches cannot be rained off. 1.6million viewers tuned into the ‘unveiling of the roof’ show on BBC2 in May where the glamorous Katherine jenkins performed – they obviously couldn’t afford to get old time favourite Cliff Richards on the show.
Since 2001, telecasts have brought in average audiences of 2 – 2.5million, in the true glory days (when Cliff would entertain in the rain) the audiences reached 8.42million viewers but that was way back when digital TV was unheard of and BBC ratings were sky high generally.
With our hopes pinned on Andy Murray, and centre court under cover perhaps the ratings will bump up this year. 

Will you be watching? As an incentive, a prize will go to whoever can name Nadal’s irritating habit?

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