Henman Hill in Panorama

Unfortunately, when taking (and then later stitching) together photos from my "ancient" first-generation iPhone, the resulting magnificent vista can't really be shown in high definition. Click on the photo to get a much better (and larger) appreciation of the sight. This was my vantage point from the bottom of the hill during a late-evening tour of the grounds on Saturday: as you might suspect, this was during the third round match of local favorite Andy Murray, which he won with relative ease in straight sets.

That was not the case tonight as Murray battled it out with Stanislas Wawrinka for close to four hours under the brand-spanking new roof, which when illuminated in the night makes it appear that a gigantic marshmellow spaceship has landed in southwest London - but hopefully has no plans to harm our planet:


While admirers of enthralling tennis (and television bosses, particularly the BBC which airs Wimbledon in primetime and not against Oprah and the afternoon soaps like ESPN) were ecstatic about the roof's deployment, the man who won the five-setter was not a fan:

“Both of us were trying to get white towels from the locker room because your hands were drenched,” Murray told reporters after the match. “When I finished, it was like I’d been in a bath. It was very, very, very humid.”

Sounds like Andy Murray should pay a visit to Finnegan's on a Thursday when school is in session, eh?