The Torch comes to SW19

The torch relay came through the All England club today. Andy Murray and Venus Williams had the honor of carrying the torch around the grounds.


The BBC torch cam did not actually show when Andy got his torch lit but then the cameras did catch up with him.

pic from Neil Harman's twitter

Maggie wasn't too pleased with torch cam.

Great footage of OUTSIDE the AELTC, bbc...
— Maggie May (@maggiemay_hem) July 23, 2012

Um... TORCH CAM SUCKS
— Maggie May (@maggiemay_hem) July 23, 2012

But once Andy got on to Centre Court it was all smiles and the feed was back!

He then made the short way to Henman Hill where Venus was waiting for him.

Venus then took the torch from Henman Hill off the grounds of the All England Club. 

Some gems from the BBC Torch Cam live text: 

"I don't want it to catch my hair", says the next torchbearer Venus Williams as she accepts the flame from Andy." 

Good thing it didn't Venus! "

" Here comes Andy. Looking fit and strong as he runs up that hill. Can he swap the gold of his torch for a gold in the tennis at London 2012? Let's hope so."

You Brits have a way with words. No?

Maggie and Rusty inspected the torch as it was brought home as a souvenir of the lovely sunny day. 

You told me there would be fire in this thing. So why is Rusty's nose still intact? twitter.com/maggiemay_hem/…
— Maggie May (@maggiemay_hem) July 23, 2012

The draw for the tennis event is Thursday at 11 am London time.

Feeling it

The Venus Monologues? 

Got something in your nose Delpo.

Two and a half matches. NBD. 

Hug it out. Get better Sabine.

Captain Swag. USA and France tied 1-1 in Monte Carlo. 

Pop Tennis

Maria Sharapova was on Chelsea Lately Monday night. She looked stunning and was giggly.

Serena & Venus walked the Vanity Fair Party Red Carpet after the Oscars Sunday Night. 

Maria also was at the Vanity Fair Red Carpet. 

Martina Navratilova is going to be on the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars. She is also now on twitter @martina. 

At the Elton John Oscars viewing party and live action. A tennis lesson with Rafa Nadal went for 200,000 dollars. Really curious who the winner was and when it will take place. 

Fed Cup Fun!

It's time for the first Fed Cup action of the year and the ladies look to be enjoying it. While the bulk of the action takes place this weekend but Great Britain is already off to a winning start in Europe/Africa Group 1. 

Laura Robson, Heather Watson & Judy Murray during doubles against Portugal.

Team GB answer twitter questions. 

Venus is part of the team that will take on Belarus in World Group II action.

Sam Stosur is all smiles in Switzerland for Australia's World Group II tie. 

Germany take on the defending champion Czech Republic in Stuttgart. (On Indoor hard, why did you pick this surface. To crush my dreams.)

Petra is also really good at footie tennis indoors. 

Of course you would Liezel. Serena on the other hand looks disappointed she doesn't have an Eli jersey.  

Maria Sharapova is in Russia to play the World Group tie against Spain in Moscow.