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Wimbledon 2011: Andy Murray v Richard Gasquet as it happened

Serena Williams is OUT on Court No.1 - beaten in straight sets by Bartoli. It's all happening. Murray to serve now to seal his own victory, Lukasz Kubot or Feliciano Lopez awaiting in the last eight. Ace for 30-30, but he's crashed that volley wide - challenge coming from the Brit, but it's way gone. Break point - return long from Gasquet - and when another French forehand goes long, it's match point. First serve... let. First serve mkII: net. Lucky net-cord from Gasquet, and we're back to deuce. Was that the turning-point? Get out of here. Big serve out wide, return into net, match point no.2. Ace! An ace seals it in just two hours four minutes, and Murray is into his fourth consecutive Wimbledon quarter-final.

John Lloyd on BBC TV: "The way Murray's playing here he's stepped up a level since the first week, that's what you have to do. The first week is all about getting through it. For Richard this is another of those disappointing mental performances. After he lost that first set. I don't think his new coaching team will be very happy with the way it went away in the second set."

Too casual from Gasquet - Murray's stranded at the tape, but his volleyed lob has too little mustard on it and is smashed away. Oh, what a forehand cross-court - creamed away onto the line for two break points, and - ooh la la - he's done it again! Murray's single best game of the championship so far - he has the break, he has the two-set lead, he has magic flowing through his fingertips.

Beige patches of worn-out grass spreading out along the baselines and around the net-pot where ball-boys crouch. Murray at 30-30, forehand to the corner, Gazza sprinting out wide... oh, how has he made that? Almost over the net-post itself, only entering court airspace at the very last moment to kiss the corner. Murray lining up a backhand pass of his own - mmmm, the crowd purr as sauce of it seduces them - and he'll have a break point. Gasquet on the forehand - it looks long... it is long!

The big moments don't always come on the deciding points.

Wendys Ramblings: FREE shawl pattern and a bit of a ramble.

Need to get ya'll some photos so this is just and update on my knitting.  Finishing up Uhura ... hopefully today.  On Goddess KAL shawls we are working SMS11.  This is the first time I have ever cast on two at a time.  Finished up clue 2 on both yesterday.  One is my hand painted turquoise and for the second I'm using Cherry Tree Hilll Orenburg lace.  This is a 80/20 Kidd mohair and silk blend.  It itches!  I don't get it.  All the mohair fleece I have processed... NONE of them itch!  This stuff's very like Kidd Silk Haze by Rowan.  So my question to you is this... will this itchiness decrease with the wash?  Also if you've used something like this what did you make?  So far I made a scarf for DD wild asymetrical thing in the rainbow yarn colors with rainbow beads.  She's getting that for Christmas.  I know Ice Queen (cowl) was designed in this yarn but I just can't see wearing it close to the skin at this time.  LMK if you have knit with it and what you knit and if you like it cause at this point I can't recommend this yarn... least not from either of these two producers.  Like I said my mohairs not at all itchy so I just flat out don't get this.  Might have to spin from my fleeces when I want mohair from now on. Speaking of spinning I have been doing a great deal of it of late.  I have a baby alpaca that's working up in lace, natural brown.  Then I have this lovely wool I dyed a coon's age ago that I'm spinning up.  DD spun up a bobbin months ago and didn't want to work with it any more.  She's into cross stitch these days as Mom does nothing but cross stitch lately due to an upcoming wedding.  So I've taken over the spinning for DD.  Two different spinners, two different wheels and we ended up with the same product!  What are the chances?   A heavy fingering and I'm thinking of making DD a hat from it.  Shhhh she doesn't know. Other then that I have been VERY busy with my book.  I currently have ALL my TKer's knitting which is AWESOME!  For some reason I keep having sock patterns come to me... I'm unindated with them though and really need to move on to the garment section.  I played with the accessories on Friday and had a few thoughts to cement some of the projects.  A few just aren't making it and they are hitting the dung heap for now.

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