It could have been Rafael Nadal. It could have been David Ferrer. It could have been Victor Troicki. It could even have been James Ward. What a Britishly British day to British that would have been. Britain!
But it’s none of the above. It’s Vasek Pospisil. Last year, it was Grigor Dimitrov. And today, Andy Murray’s opponent in his Wimbledon quarter-final is Vasek Pospisil, the world No56, a player who’s never beaten him and who’s never scaled these heights in a grand slam before. Knowing Murray as I don’t, I feel confident when I say that he would have shrugged his shoulders and drawled “Yeah … I guess … that might be nice … I mean, you know, there are no easy games at this level, you know, Vasek has a big serve and a wicked forehand and he’s been as high as No25 in the world, you know, so it won’t be easy … but … yeah, I guess that might be nicer than playing Nadal or Ferrer … can I go now?