Mayer retired from his singles match yesterday so may be a doubt for this. I mention this because Jamie Delgado & Eduardo Schwank are next in line as alternates, and looking at his twitter feed Jamie has landed in Paris today.
Absolutely, John Inverdale had the cheek ( an insult really to the likes of Colin Fleming and Jonny Marray, not mention juniors) to say after Heather's match, that's all British interest in RG gone now!
To think that this man plays a big role in the BBC's coverage of Wimbledon
Is it really too much to ask for our national broadcaster to have people covering tennis who both care about the sport and have some level of knowledge?
I watched a lot of ITV's coverage of RG last year, as I was off work for the whole of the first week with shingles. I got so fed up with the way Inverdale was ignoring Dom's & TCH'ssteady progress in the doubles that I e-mailed ITV to complain & lo & behold! The boys suddenly started being mentioned & Inverdale even interviewed Dom! If he said what Miriambee says he did after Hev's match, he was also dismissing her & Laura's chances in the women's doubles (with Buryachok & Lisa Raymond respectively) & Hev's & Jonny's & Colin's (with Kirsten Flipkens) in the mixed! Grrr!
I've just emailed and complained to viewerservices@itv.com - interesting to see what effect this might have! told them it was an insult - and mentioned doubles, mixed doubles, juniors and wheelchairs next week. I can't see Laura's name on there for doubles - there was some talk of her pulling out, there's no wo given for anyone except the Williams sisters.
-- Edited by Miriambee on Wednesday 29th of May 2013 09:29:28 PM