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June 25th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Reigning Wimbledon champ Novak Djokovic breezes through first match in straight sets
- But it’s all over for Venus Williams as she crashes out in first round
- Roger Federer through in straight sets as he eyes record seventh Wimbledon title
- And there’s more shock as Queen’s bad boy Nalbandian also goes out in first round
- Maria Sharapova’s lime green knickers dazzle opponent to put her through to next round
- Forecasters predict temperatures of 24C midweek – the hottest this month
- Mercury will then rise to 26C on Thursday – though more torrential rain could follow
- Experts say Wimbledon set for some rain, but won’t be a ‘washout’
- No-fly zone has been put in place over the All England tennis club
- Police numbers have been increased for the tournament this year
By
Amy Oliver
02:39 EST, 25 June 2012
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13:05 EST, 25 June 2012
Skies were clear and the sun was out over SW19 this morning as the first day of the Wimbledon Championships got off to a glorious start.
Crowds, queuing to get tickets to see Maria Sharapova or reigning champion Novak Djokovic both playing today, used their brollies for shade instead of the usual drizzle.
The 25-year-old Serbian dispatched his opponent Juan Carlos Ferrero, 32, of Spain in straight sets, 6-3,6-3,6-1. But there was shock for Venus Williams, 32, after she crashed out to 26-year-old Russian Elena Vesnina 6-1, 6-3 in the first round.
It is the first time the five-time champ has lost in the opening round at Wimbledon since the year she made her debut at the tournament. Today Vesnina could hardly believe she had won and danced with joy.
Easy win: Reigning Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic, 25, of Serbia looks pleased after defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain in their first-round men’s singles match at Wimbledon today
The brollies are out… but only for shade: One man shields himself from the glaring sun as he and his friends wait in line for tickets on the first day of the Wimbledon Championships. Forecasters have said the country will this week bask in the warmest temperatures this month
Confident: Djokovic dispatched the Spaniard with ease to win in straight sets: 6-3,6-3,6-1
Are those knickers allowed Maria? Russia’s Maria Sharapova’s powerful serve reveals her lime green shorts underneath her white tennis dress during her first round match against Australia’s Anastasia Rodionova
Maybe they’re lucky knickers? Sharapova, 25, easily dispatched her opponent in straight sets 6-2, 6-3 to go through to the next round
Flash bang wallop: Maria Sharapova serves during her womens singles first round match against Anastasia Rodionova of Australia
Secret stash: Sharapova reaches for a ball during her match against Rodionova
Williams has Sjogren’s syndrome, an
auto-immune disease which has had a major effect on her health. It kept
her out of the game between last summer’s US Open and the WTA tournament
at Miami in March.
There has been speculation she could soon retire,
but sister Serena Williams said on Saturday: ‘I have no intention of
stopping, and I don’t think she does either.’
Meanwhile Maria Sharapova, 25, chose to wear lime green knickers underneath her white tennis dress for her match against Australia’s Anastasia Rodionova, 30. She breezed through to the next round in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3.
Roger Federer was also in action, turning on the style to defeat Albert Ramos of Spain 6-1 6-1 6-2 as he eyes a record seventh Wimbledon title.
But it’s all over for Queen’s bad boy David Nalbandian, 30, after he crashed out of his first-round match against Serbian Janko Tipsarevic, 28, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2.
Nalbandian was disqualified from the Queen’s cup final last week after a wood board he kicked hit a linesman in the leg resulting in a bloody gash.
David Nalbandian’s disqualification drama for kicking an advertising hoarding into a line judge was ‘bad luck’, the tennis player said as he crashed out of the first round of Wimbledon today.
The Argentinian was disqualified from the final of the AEGON Championships at Queen’s earlier this month, injuring official Andrew McDougall.
He was fined a maximum penalty of 10,000 euro (£8,000) and also forfeited £36,500 prize money and ranking points. A complaint was also made to Scotland Yard, who have interviewed the player.
After today’s match Nalbandian – who received sympathy from the 6,000 crowd after the Queen’s incident – was asked if he had had any negative comments.
He replied ‘No. Bad luck. Can happen to everybody.
‘I think everybody understood it wasn’t a good thing that I did, but was very unlucky, as well.’
He said he had spoken to the police and when asked if he told officers it was a case of bad luck, he replied: ‘Everybody saw it.’
Mr McDougall was left with a bloodied shin following the outburst, which happened when Nalbandian lost his temper in the second set after being broken by Croatian opponent Marin Cilic.
After missing a lunging forehand, Nalbandian kicked an advertising hoarding in front of the chair of the line judge.
The hoarding flew off its hinges and hit Mr McDougall in the shin, causing an inch-long gash from which blood started to seep.
Turning on the style: Roger Federer eased through his opening match against Albert Ramos dropping only three games to win 6-1 6-1 6-2 as he eyes a record seventh Wimbledon title
Roger’s ridge: One fan renames Murray Mount as
Roger Federer gears up for his match against Albert Ramos of Spain,
left, and right, about to serve up a storm
He’s gone! Fresh from being disqualified at
Queen’s for kicking a sign into a linesman’s legs, David Nalbandian, 30,
of Argentina crashed out of Wimbledon today losing in straight sets to
Janko Tipsarevic, 28, of Serbia 6-4, 7-6, 6-2
The summer weather is set to continue this week as forecasters said the country will bask in the warmest temperatures this month.
As
householders and businesses continue the clear-up from last week’s
national flash flood devastation, they can be buoyed by predictions that
the mercury will reach 24C by Wednesday, making it the hottest day of
June so far.
However, the
respite from the rain is only temporary, as experts added that heavy
downpours will return the following day, bringing with them more threats
of flooding.
The unsettled weather is likely to
affect Wimbledon, which many will turn their attention to in the absence
of Euro 2012 for the early part of the week.
Brendan
Jones, a senior forecaster with Meteogroup, said that although some
rain is expected around Britain, Wimbledon won’t be the ‘washout’ which
many had feared a couple of weeks ago.
He
said: ‘Today is actually going to be the best day of the week. It’s
going to be dry, there’s going to be some cloud around, but there will
be some sunny spells.’
He said temperatures will be around 20-21C, making it a pleasant day to watch the tournament’s opening games.
Tomorrow
will start off dry, Mr Jones said, but will get quite cloudy as the day
goes on, with ‘some lightish rain coming and going’. ‘There might be a
few interruptions as some areas of light rain come through.
‘Play may well get off to a good start in
the morning, it may get stopped once or twice. Temperatures are still
pretty good, about 21C.’
He said Wednesday and Thursday will start to heat up, getting more humid, with temperatures rising on Wednesday to 23C.
Take out: Russia’s Elena Vesnina, 26, left, powers a shot down the line during her first round match against Venus Williams, 31, right, on the first day of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships
Conquering Venus: It wasn’t to be for Miss Williams, who crashed out of the tournament in the first round after Vesnina beat her in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3
Lying down on the job: Vesnina smiles as she watches a BBC cameraman take a tumble onto No 2 Court after her match with Williams
Royalty: Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, left, was spotted in the Royal Box on Centre Court watching Djokovic vs Ferrero today, while right, Djokovic’s girlfriend Jelena Ristic was also watching her beau take out his opponent
Just visiting: He wasn’t playing today but Andy Murray was still seen knocking a few balls about at SW19 ahead of his first-round match against Nikolay Davydenko
Tennis babes: Debs Honeysett, left, and Clare Ackford, right, brought their children Harry and Amelie, both seven months for their debut Wimbledon experience
Sheltering from… the sun: Two girls sit under an umbrella while they queue for tickets for Wimbledon, left, while right, today’s news doubles as a makeshift hat for one man as he attempts to protect himself from the sun’s glare
‘There’s not going to be a lot of
sunshine around,’ he said. ‘Once this humidity starts building there
will be quite a bit of cloud.’
Thousands of tennis fans queued up this morning to watch the first day of play at Wimbledon, travelling from across the UK and as far afield as New Zealand and the United States.
Some
camped out while others headed to SW19 at the crack of dawn to get
tickets for the opening day of the 126th grand slam championships.
Sue Callaghan arrived yesterday morning with a group of friends who come every year to watch the tennis.
Make yourself useful: Tim Henman delighted people in the queue by handing out the obligatory strawberries. The fruit is picked the day before and arrives at Wimbledon at 5.30am, to be inspected and hulled
At least it isn’t raining: Tennis fans join the long queues hoping to
get tickets to see Maria Sharapova and Roger Federer both playing today
Where’s Wally? Oh there he is: A man dressed up as the children’s book cartoon character entertains the waiting crowds at Wimbledon
The lucky ones: Those who got tickets enter the grounds on the first day of the championships
The
59-year-old, from Bourton-on-the-Hill in Surrey, said: ‘We got here at
about 10.30am yesterday morning, we managed to get our tents up before
the rain.
‘I’ve been coming for 39 years, I come every year. We all met here and now we come each year.
‘We keep in touch, send Christmas cards, then all arrange to meet up here.’
…Meanwhile: A sniffer dog gets to work in the stands while an officer looks on and the ball boys and girls have a pre-match chat before the hoards descend
Who’s playing: Big hitters on the men’s side playing today include Djokovic, Nalbandian and Federer and on the women’s side Sharapova and Venus Williams
Last-minute preparations: A groundsman puts the mower round at one of
the courts, left, while right, ballboys and girls clean the seats in the
stands before the first day’s play. The temperature is expected to be around 20-21C making it a pleasant day to watch the tournament’s opening games
Another
member of the group, 46-year-old Mark Martin, travelled from the Isle
of Lewis in Scotland to spend two weeks watching the tennis. Britons will be hoping for a homegrown champion, especially after last night’s disappointment in Euro 2012.
The tournament is also a precursor to
SW19’s Olympics appearance – the games’ tennis tournament will be held
at the club just three weeks after Wimbledon finishes.
Andy Murray will take to the court to try again to become the first British male singles champion in 76 years.
Back in the chain gang: Security walk the crowds into the All England Lawn Tennis Club during day one of the Wimbledon Championships
Don’t put that umbrella away just yet: The weather might be good for the first half of this week but forecasters are predicting rain at SW19 in the latter part
Handy tips: A tennis fan catches up on his queuing etiquette as he waits in line for tickets to the grand slam, left, while right, an Australian fan gets into the spirit of proceedings in a green and yellow wig on day one of the tennis championships
Getting ready: The covers remained over the courts last night as bosses in SW19 prepared to get Wimbledon going for another year
Out in force: The usual line of hardy tennis fans queued overnight to secure their place on the show courts at Wimbledon
Global tennis: Wimbledon fans (back row left to right) Angie Doyle, 50, from Somerset, Peter Rowland, 61, and Stella Towland, 57, both from Melbourne, (front row) Wes Needham, 29, from Chicago, and Brad Needham, 28, from Philadelphia, and right, Mark Martin, 46, who camped out after journeying from the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
But
after his French Open quarter-final exit and early crash out of
Queen’s, hopes have been dampened even more by a nightmare draw.
The
25-year-old faces Nikolay Davydenko, former world number three and ATP
World Tour champion, in his first-round match tomorrow.
Today sees world number one Novak Djokovic begin his title defence, opening proceedings on Centre Court against Spanish veteran Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Also in first round action is six times champion Roger Federer, who takes on Spain’s Albert Ramos on Court One.
And all eyes will be on David Nalbandian – disqualified from the Queen’s final – as he meets eighth seed Janko Tipsarevic on Court One.
Prize money has been boosted this year. Men’s and Ladies’ Singles Champions will each receive £1,150,000 – £50,000 more than 2011, while first-round losers walk away with £14,500.
Bookmakers have already laid odds on rain causing problems – William Hill is giving odds of 3/1 that there will be play on usual rest day Sunday because of rain. It has also put Andy Murray at 10/1 to lift the men’s title.
MeteoGroup senior forecaster Matt Dobson said: ‘Flash flooding is certainly likely in parts of the UK on Thursday.
‘After a very warm and humid start to
the day, there will be an increasing risk of rain in central and
northern areas, which is where flooding is most likely.’
The start of Wimbledon is set to be spared the deluges, with the weather unlikely to disrupt play today.
But Tuesday could see a few interruptions, as patchy rain moves eastwards during the day.
By Wednesday, temperatures are set to climb to 24C, which could make it the warmest day of the month, Mr Dobson said.
Cumbria, Lancashire and West Yorkshire suffered widespread flooding on Friday night but river levels have since dropped.
In
some places a month’s rain fell in 24 hours, leaving hundreds of homes
swimming in dirty water and prompting forecasters to say the country
could be on course for one of the wettest Junes of the last 100 years.
The River Yarrow burst its banks in Croston, flooding around 70 homes which had to be evacuated.
Firefighters
had to rescue people from cars trapped by flash flooding in the
Yorkshire Dales; an 80-year-old pensioner was taken to hospital with
serious injuries following a collision in heavy rain in the Scottish
Borders; people were rescued by boat from their flooded homes in Wigan;
roads were closed because of a high risk of a landslip in Argyll and
Bute; and widespread travel chaos saw rail services cancelled.
Damage
assessments and clean-up work has continued in the worst-hit places,
which included Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire and the village of
Croston.
Meanwhile
in Cheshire, Paul Weller’s gig at Jodrell Bank was cancelled yesterday
for health and safety reasons due to the weather.
Heavy
rains also caused chaos at the Isle of Wight Festival over the weekend
and drivers were forced to sleep in their cars when the car parks at
Seaclose Park, Newport, became flooded and inaccessible with mud.
The
queues caused ferry companies to suspend their services and about 600
people were stranded on ferries on the Solent as the cars could not
disembark because of backed-up traffic on the island.
Rainfall at BBC Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend in east London failed to deter the crowds however.
I did it! A man throws his hands up with joy at getting past the queue and into the tournament
Sleeping it off: Four friends snooze in the queue before trying their luck for tickets to a game at Wimbledon today
Filling up: The first crowds descend on Wimbledon tennis grounds ahead of the first game at 11.30am. The big hitters including Roger Federer and David Nalbandian will be on court at 1pm
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Tim Henman and the journalist involved in the anti English episode are, I have read, sick to death of explaining what was going on with Andy Murray……it was a joke, they were messing around, they were pulling his leg about Scotland…….were they being anti Scottish??? Of course not. Some English people really are pathetic, you make me ashamed.
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Am English would only support an English person or team, as do the welsh, the Scottish Irish Please stop asking us to support Murray, his anti English comments are still remembered by me, as with the rest of the uk, all anti English when it comes to sport.
– A1Rick, Warrington uk, 25/6/2012 10:31
—————–What anti English comments would they be? The 1 where he was joking around with Henman and a journo, where Henman was winding him up about Scotland not qualifying.
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If it was made more available to children on the curriculum in schools we would would have had a British champion years ago,,,lets face it, my Oliviere or Quinton ain’t got what it takes.
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I don’t watch Wimbledon to SUPPORT anyone….I just watch it to see good tennis…. and Caroline Wozniacki is rather nice!
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And so begins the middle class sporting event,what a bore old chap
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Wow just look at the number of Murray haters on here. I wonder if Andy’s girlfriend knows he’s anti-English? That would come as a shock to her no doubt!
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Jay Bee – Nadal,Djokovic.Murray are certainly not POSH.
Rich maybe but come from working class backgrounds as did most of the female tennis players.
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No wonder the economy’s in such a mess. These people should be at work not lounging around watching some posh kids hit a ball around.
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Still no sign of a sustained settled spell. This midweek’s warmth is just being brought about by some humid air from the south on the eastern side of the next approacing Atlantic depression.High Pressure just fails to become established; the last time this happened was late May. By the end of this week it’s as you were with prolonged spells rain and heavy showers, It also looks as though it will become very windy making for unpleasant conditions. Whilst I believe that we canno forecastt the weather for more than 5 days ahead with any degree of accuracy, I now think that a trend is becoming well established and the chances of us seeing a prolonged spell of warm sunny summery weather in the coming weeks are ebbing away.We have not seen a ‘proper’ long settled spell in the last six summers.
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As long as they aren’t playing Wales I’m happy to support any home nations teams or sportsmen/women. It’s a shame England are on their way home, it would have been nice to see them get further in the competition, but maybe next time!
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