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Wimbledon: 'curse of Cameron' fails to stop Andy Murray reaching semi-finals Wimbledon: 'curse of Cameron' fails to stop Andy Murray reaching semi-finals
(3 months later)
By the middle of the fourth set, such was the crush on the hill in front of Wimbledon's big screen that Murray Mound was closed, with G4S guards and police officers lining the steps and pathways, in places shoulder to shoulder, to stop any more tennis fans crowding onto the grassy slope. Nobody could remember anything like this before.By the middle of the fourth set, such was the crush on the hill in front of Wimbledon's big screen that Murray Mound was closed, with G4S guards and police officers lining the steps and pathways, in places shoulder to shoulder, to stop any more tennis fans crowding onto the grassy slope. Nobody could remember anything like this before.
'I don't care if you can see people leaving, for the time being NOBODY is coming onto the hill,' bellowed one, as a large man carrying four pints of lager squared up in front of him threatening something not far from violence.'I don't care if you can see people leaving, for the time being NOBODY is coming onto the hill,' bellowed one, as a large man carrying four pints of lager squared up in front of him threatening something not far from violence.
''That bloody David Cameron I wish he would keep his mouth shut!'''That bloody David Cameron I wish he would keep his mouth shut!'
declared a breathless Joan McGillivray en route to the ladies ('I can't bear to leave but I'm absolutely dying to go').declared a breathless Joan McGillivray en route to the ladies ('I can't bear to leave but I'm absolutely dying to go').
Earlier in the day, sporting a hat trimmed with saltires and tartan ribbon, she had been sanguine about the supposedly ominous influence of the prime minister's good luck tweet to Andy Murray, insisting 'Curses won't do anything against Andy's tennis.'Earlier in the day, sporting a hat trimmed with saltires and tartan ribbon, she had been sanguine about the supposedly ominous influence of the prime minister's good luck tweet to Andy Murray, insisting 'Curses won't do anything against Andy's tennis.'
But as the Scot struggled even to hold his opponent to a fifth set, she was hoping that the lucky white heather she had brought from home in Inverness would at last begin to work its magic against the so-called 'curse of Cameron', which – unbelievably – appeared to have jinxed the man everyone had expected to breeze through to the final.But as the Scot struggled even to hold his opponent to a fifth set, she was hoping that the lucky white heather she had brought from home in Inverness would at last begin to work its magic against the so-called 'curse of Cameron', which – unbelievably – appeared to have jinxed the man everyone had expected to breeze through to the final.
Murray Mound – Henman who? – can often be a surprisingly snoozy spot, however thrilling the tennis on display in front of it. Not on Wednesday evening.Murray Mound – Henman who? – can often be a surprisingly snoozy spot, however thrilling the tennis on display in front of it. Not on Wednesday evening.
Murray's fourth set win was greeted with an almighty roar; by 3-3 in the fifth set, someone had climbed on top of a picnic table to lead the crowd in a chant. 'When I say Andy you say MURRAY!'Murray's fourth set win was greeted with an almighty roar; by 3-3 in the fifth set, someone had climbed on top of a picnic table to lead the crowd in a chant. 'When I say Andy you say MURRAY!'
At last, after 7pm, Murray took the lead at 6-5 to general mayhem and shots of 'MURRAY MURRAY MURRAY!' Five minutes later he might almost have won the tournament, as the mount leapt as one to its feet, while a score of photographers beneath the big screen zoomed in on the air punches and decidedly un-Wimbledon leaps into the air.At last, after 7pm, Murray took the lead at 6-5 to general mayhem and shots of 'MURRAY MURRAY MURRAY!' Five minutes later he might almost have won the tournament, as the mount leapt as one to its feet, while a score of photographers beneath the big screen zoomed in on the air punches and decidedly un-Wimbledon leaps into the air.
'Oh my goodness, very tense, very tense,' said Joanne Parkinson from Preston, who with her husband and daughter had managed to snatch glimpses of the play from behind a picnic table.'Oh my goodness, very tense, very tense,' said Joanne Parkinson from Preston, who with her husband and daughter had managed to snatch glimpses of the play from behind a picnic table.
'But it was good. He's done well.' It was, she agreed, a 'very British' summary of an extraordinarily nail biting match.'But it was good. He's done well.' It was, she agreed, a 'very British' summary of an extraordinarily nail biting match.
Thanks a bunch, prime minister.Thanks a bunch, prime minister.
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