The Final Gruntdown,

[john Tuohy]

Maria Sharapova lost at Wimbledon yesterdy beaten in 3 sets by Gisela Dulko 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.

Today sees a Centre Court encounter between fifth seeded Juan Martin Del Potro and the in-form former champion, Lleyton Hewitt.

Andy Murray's match against Ernest Gulbis is also scheduled for Centre Court, while Venus Williams, Andy Roddick, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Ana Ivanovic will also be in action.

[Gordon McIvor Wilson]

Gruntdown and grunting: lovely match yday between a Grunting Catwalk specimen - Kirilenko, Russian, grunts basso profundo - and a delightful Danish tasty pastry Ms Wozniacki, absolutely silent. Silence triumphed, there is a god.

[Gordon McIvor Wilson]

Spotted in Parliament Square yesterday - loads of seedy middle-aged men wearing bulging white shorts.

[Ron]

I hear the Wimbledon silver spooners where stuffing bundles of reddies down there white shorts the other day John. Those ball bashers are getting as bad as the politicians.