We're laughing...

[El Gordo]

I don't know what will happen but the form book suggests Murray will squeeze past Roddick and face Federer. From there, the result is unpredictable, though what does seem very likely is that the contest itself will be gripping and full of crazy incident. It looks like a proper gaspfest on the way, and that will do me just nicely.

I'm not a big tennis fan outside the later stages of Wimbledon, and not as knowledgeable as you chaps, but I'm astonished at the improvement in Murray over a year or two. I mean, he's actually.... he's actually a proper tennis player with all the shots, and all the mental toughness of the superheroes. It's an utterly unfamiliar experience for tennis-watching Brits. Henman and Greg (who I spotted in a restaurant in Nottingham recently) were sort of top-of-the-Second-Division players who admirably punched above their weight, and kept us interested. But Murray is the real deal, and it feels great.

I just hope that whatever he does at Wimbledon, he can succeed in at least one other grand slam tournament. England winning the (football) World Cup in 1966 was always faintly devalued by the fact that it was won in England. If Murray can go one better than he did in the US Open last year, he will truly deserve his place in history.