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[bloodytramlines]

So far, so good. It’s not a proper final without a wobble that draws an uneasy silence from the crowd - is Oliver Wilkinson about to lose his first game in the entire Aegon Championship? At love-forty, it’s looking pretty bad. 96.5% of the spectators have their eyes on the twenty three year old, waiting with utterly bated breath. There are a couple

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[bloodytramlines]

[ HO-KAY the speech has been made, the trophy has been presented, the leaping and whooping and shrieking has been done, and Ollie has barely stopped moving since he shot that stunning little winner. His throat is absolutely raw and he doesn't actually care that he just (joyously) shouted at Gabby Logan before quickly apologising for deafening her via microphone, nor does he care that the autographs he just signed were practically illegible scribbles not even quite worthy of being called signatures.

anyway HE IS THROWING HIMSELF INTO WHEREVER IT IS ON THE QUEEN'S CLUB GROUNDS THAT TEAM WILKINSON HANG and voila just the man he was looking for! ]

Barney! You! Grab your stuff, Team Wilkinson's going out, and there is nothing you can do or say that will get you out of this. Except perhaps if you die, but don't you dare or I'll resuscitate you just so you can feel me punching you in the face.

[touchiefeely]

[Barney has been watching everything with HIS HEART IN HIS MOUTH - except not literally because you don't need to be a physio to know that's a messed up metaphor]

[he's grinning and completely bemused by what Ollie's just said - dying and punching and what? He puts it down to an adrenaline-fuelled delirium and laughs]

What, now?

[bloodytramlines]

Right now.

[ ... wait ]

Well, okay, no, first we're going to the hotel, dropping off all our stuff and I personally want to get out my charming, sweaty tennis whites, but then we are going straight out. Like, immediately.

[touchiefeely]

[Barney throws up his hands and concedes with a grin] Yeah, alright, well - I guess it's not every day that your boss wins a championship title!

...Congratulations about that, by the way!