Wimbledon watch

CRUSHED by defeat, andy Murray said he needed a long break during which he’d be taking the best advice he could. tip one from Roger Federer: win or lose with graciousness. after his victory, Federer praised Rafa Nadal’s courage and wished both Novak Djokovic and Murray a speedy recovery from injuries. all Murray did was blame his sore hip and say how sad he was. Not the behaviour of a champion, I’m afraid. NOTES for ball boys and girls about players’ quirks reveal Nadal insists they do not touch his specially lined up drink bottles and that he never walks on the court’s lines, so they must not get in his way and force him on to them. Not since Jack Nicholson’s compulsive-obsessive in As Good As It Gets have we seen such behaviour. And given all his tics before he serves — pulling his nose, touching his ears, shirt and shorts — it’s no wonder Nadal’s matches last so long.