Wimbledon’s Boys of Summer!

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth paid a visit to Wimbledon for the first time since 1977 and watched one of her subjects, fourth-ranked Andy Murray, win his match.

The Queen watched from the Royal Box as Murray cruised through to the third round, beating Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

I was afraid that The Queen might make Andy nervous but he just got on with it. It’s never easy being Britain’s best hope to win Wimbledon because, basically, the hopes of an entire nation rest on your shoulders!

The Centre Court crowd rose to its feet with The Queen’s entrance to the Royal Box. She smiled broady when Britain’s number one player  walked out to play and bowed dramatically, tucking one arm behind his back and the other in front, and bending from the waist.

Murray bowed again as he left the court then for a third time after being introduced to the Queen on the members’ balcony of the All England Club.

“Obviously, meeting the Queen, everybody’s going to get very nervous,” he said later. “When you’re nervous, it is difficult to remember exactly what was said. But it’s great. I think it is probably a once in a lifetime opportunity for all of us, I definitely enjoyed it.”

NEVERENDING MATCH: You can hardly blame American player John Isner for celebrating like he had just won the Wimbledon title earlier today. It must have felt like it. John prevailed 70-68 in the fifth set over Nicolas Mahut of France after a record 11 hours, 5 minutes spread over three day.

After hugging Mahut at the net, Isner told the crowd: “You know, it stinks someone had to lose.”

ANOTHER SITUATION? So maybe Novak Djokovic doesn’t have the abs of Mike The Situation from Jersey Shore, his are pretty impressive anyway. And you gotta love Novak for always giving us a good glimpse of his tummy.

CHAMPION: Roger Federer always look beautiful playing tennis. But his first two wins at Wimbledon have been really ugly. He was down two sets to none in his first round match and was stretched to four sets in the second round. He’s never looked more vulnerable at the tournament that he has won six times.

NUMBER ONE: Rafael Nadal is ranked first in the world and won the last time he played at Wimbledon in 2008. Although he won the French Open last month, his grass court game has not been as dominant and he was stretched to five sets on Thursday before advancing to the third round.

Nadal turned down a chance to meet The Queen before his match and told the press later: “It was disappointing for me. But I have my routines before a match. I had a very difficult match. I had to practice around 12 so it was impossible for me. … You know, I am playing at Wimbledon. It is not a joke. I love this tournament. I have a lot of respect for the Queen but I have a lot of respect for the tournament. I try to do the best I can to win the match.”