Currently the battling champions for the Wimbledon Final are Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. [No doubt Federer wins.*]
Of one of the most typically British sports, which modestly had its roots begin in Middle to Upper class ‘Posh’ England all those years ago, we come to today, a final being played by two typically non-British.
Our hopefuls? Tin Henman, yeah…Britain is really behind him. Andrew Murray? Injured. Nothing unusual there. And then Greg Rusedski. Canadian.
You can kind of imagine what I go through when the television schedule is rampantly taken over by Wimbledon, then most of the quarter/semi/final finals are RAINED off, because Britain is experiencing the type of British summer — the best in years — where we’ve had hail stones, thunderstorms, consistent rain….filling the schedule with even more inane commentary and memories…
Am I bitter?
No.
I just wish we had better sports to be proud of. Ones we were good at.
[*UPDATE: Yup]
