Nieminen bows out
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Photograph by getty
Andy is comfortably through to the third round at Wimbledon after a 6-3 6-4 6-2 victory over Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen in front of the Queen on Centre Court.
He now faces world No. 32 Gilles Simon in the third round, after the Frenchman’s walkover against Illya Marchenko.
Andy showed no sign of nerves as he bowed to the Royal box beforehand, and fewer still as he made relatively light work of the left-hander in a little over an hour and a half.
“I obviously got the break straightaway and that settled me down a little bit,” said Andy after the match. “He’s a tough player, very solid. Doesn’t give you many free points. I served very well, which is good.”
The front pages of Friday’s papers will almost certainly run with a picture of the players bowing to the Queen in unison, something that took a bit of planning.
“We talked about on the way out to the court, and then at the end of the match to make sure we were going to do it again,” added Andy.
“It’s great. I think for all the players, it’s probably a once in a lifetime opportunity for all of us. You saw by the players that were there to obviously meet her this morning that it was a big deal for everybody.”
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