Naughty Boris!

Boris being Becker not Johnson this time.

On BBC Wimbledon coverage they were discussing the names for the area at Wimbledon where those without court tickets can watch the big match on a large screen and get very excited, and usually disappointed by the British player. This was first named Henman Hill and Boris was saying that Murray Mound had also caught on but that he likes Robson Ridge... Hmmm!

Laura Robson vs Maria Kirilenko

Whilst Laura Robson battles Maria Kirilenko at Wimbledon, striving to be the only British woman to make it beyond the first round this year, I thought a comparison of the two players was called for.

Laura Robson first

Maria Kirilenko second

Advantage Laura Robson?

Maria Kirilenko has tried to play dirty though with a spread for Sports Illustrated in 2010

Hmm unfortunately Laura Robson has not retaliated but she's still the winner here and indeed on the court today 6:3  6:4  Her only problem today was with her ball-toss in the last few service games.

A truly nasty comment about Laura Robson by Matthew Norman

I was shocked to find the following comment about Laura Robson in yesterday's Matthew Norman column in The Telegraph

'...Robson ought to reach the top four and a grand slam final within two years given the obvious capacity for improvement. She moves with the speed and grace of an arthritic hippo'

I am staggered by that remark. Laura Robson is an athlete, an Olympic tennis silver medallist and WTA Newcomer of the Year for 2012.

Does Laura Robson look like 'an arthritic hippo' to you?

So that Matthew Norman must have truly high standards then?

Here's Matthew Norman...

Hmmm

The best 'planking' photo ever?!

Thanks to Laura Robson on Twitter for the spot.

Are you going to Wimbledon today?

Are you going to Wimbledon today? Do you have tickets for Court Number 1? Do you want Laura Robson to win her match? Do you think that there is more than a touch of gamesmanship about Maria Sharapova's 'grunts' after she has hit the ball?

If you have answered yes to all of those four questions then why not follow Alex Masterley's advice and '... grunt just as Sharapova goes to hit the ball.'