Tracking the Wimbledon singles results is something I enjoy doing every year. My interest is best expressed by an old Peanuts cartoon where Linus ecstatically reports the result of a game — the crowd was sobbing, the coach was laughing, the team were rolling on the pitch — and Charlie Brown asks “How did the other side feel?”

Being London Welsh I am genetically disposed to root for the underdog (except when they’re playing Wales or the Scarlets).

So as people chart the progress of their favourite player to the Championship, I have to track it in reverse. Who is the biggest loser?

This year my Wimbledum Champion is SANTIAGO GIRALDO of Colombia. He lost to Gilles Muller, who lost to Andrey Kusnetskov, who lost to Kei Nishikori, who lost to Marin Cilic, who lost to Roger Federer, who lost to Milos Raonic, who lost to ANDY MURRAY!

And the Wimbledee Champion is CAMILA GIORGI of Italy, who lost to Garbine Muguruza, who lost to Jana Cepelova, who lost to LucIe Safarova, who lost to Yaroslava Shvedova, who lost to Venus Williams, who lost to Angelique Kerber, who lost to SERENA WILLIAMS!

Santiago and Camila still managed to walk away with £30,000 each, just for getting into the first round.

I must take up this tennis lark one day.

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