BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Wimbledon 2012

**Posted by hepzibah** June 28, 2012 10:07 am

Australia is currently in mourning as all our players have been 'bundled out' of Wimbledon . I personally couldn't care less, but. as a country, we take our sport very seriously. We spend squillions of Olympic preparations and usually end up about fourht or fifth on the medal table. which isn't too bad for a country of 22 million.

If anyone wants to read a brilliant fanfic about Sherlock and John playing tennis, go to Archive of Our Own and look for A Study In Winning
http://archiveofourown.org/works/366788/chapters/596177
A word of warning - it is slash, which means lots of naughyt bits between our (fictional) boys, so if that alarms or offends, don't go there!

Last edited by hepzibah (June 28, 2012 10:09 am)

**Posted by kazza474** June 28, 2012 10:23 am

I love my tennis; and how they couldn't see this day coming is beyond me.
So this year, thank heaven Rafa is there is all I can say.

**Posted by Davina** June 28, 2012 2:14 pm

My kids are there to watch tomorrow. Lucky things.

**Posted by hepzibah** June 29, 2012 9:35 am

Oh, Kazza, Rafa has bitten the dust, bad luck, babe

**Posted by kazza474** June 29, 2012 12:17 pm

That was heartbreaking for him & for me. But very quickly I thought "He needs a break actually".
The low ranked players are always the dangermen in the big tournies. They just go for everything, they have nothing to lose.

Oh well. Not sure I want to watch any more this year. And I've been a loyal watcher for wayyy over 35 years. Which isn't easy when it starts at 11pm here, lol.

**Posted by Davina** June 29, 2012 2:08 pm

The guy who beat him yesterday was absolutely amazing though. What a turn up for the books.

**Posted by Davina** July 5, 2012 12:40 pm

Well a Brit is through to the semis.

**Posted by Davina** July 7, 2012 11:14 am

Murray is now through to the finals. First British male player to do this for over 75 years (Fred Perry).

**Posted by Irene Adler** July 19, 2012 3:53 pm

Girls... Rafa won't go to the Olympics

**Posted by Davina** July 19, 2012 6:44 pm

Oh . I wish more had been made in the UK of the men's doubles winners, one of whom was a Brit who had only got into the competition in the first place on a Wild Card.