WIMBY, DAY 11 (cont) : IMPEDEMENTIEVA!

NBC loves ourselves the Dementieva. She's in the midst of a match with Vanessa Williams that is now in a second-set tiebreak. I'm not saying that the Muscovite is going to win, but if she can just stay on camera long enough for NBC Entertainment guru Jeff Zucker to pass in front of the screen, I think they'll develop a fall series for her.

She's a Valkyrie.

Must-See TV meets Musco-TV.

"To Russian, With Love-40"?

Mary Carillo just said, "It's not over 'til the blonde lady screams."

But the blonde lady's been screaming the entire second set. And she has a fantastic set of lungs. Jamie Lee Curtis would be jealous.

Venus just won. Venus held a commanding edge in 1st serve %, while Dementieva had a big advantage in "% of camera isos" during the match. 

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Earlier today I dropped down to the cafeteria for lunch and ordered the McEnroeni. Maybe I've been here too long.

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I just saw a former Wimbledon singles champion in the men's room. We were both using the urinal. He didn't wash after. Now, I wasn't paying too close attention--I observe the stare-straight-ahead rule-- but I think it's not as egregious an offense because he may have been Bluetoothing it (hands-free device).

 Also, as Jimmy Roberts argued, "Maybe he's a Purel guy."

Jimmy went on to astutely point out that the sinks here at Wimbledon have separate faucets for hot (scalding, actually... you can brew tea in there) and cold that are too far apart to put a hand under both simultaneously. "How can you have that in a civilized nation?" he asks.

BALLS AND STRIKES

Today's non-tennis sports injury of the day belongs to Arizona Diamondback catcher Chris Snyder. That makes "fatigued groin syndrome" sound likes child's play. As my editor, Brian G., wondered aloud, "They have bones in those things?" 

HAD IT BEEN SANDRA, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ARGUED SO LONG

My buddy Eric (Johntourage handle, EW) sends this link about a trapped bullock here in England (I love that Eric is in Scottsdale sending me links to British news items). The irony is that the issue was referred to a steering committee.

"Three days? That's bollocks!" said the bullock.