The final few words on the exhibition of Venus against the No 1 in the World!!!

 Venus 6-1 6-0 Safina
I feel like one of those knitting ladies at the guillotine. Safina walks meekly forward, the blade flashes down and the crowd - all 14 of them - roar as the thunk ends her Centre Court nightmare.

1714: Thrashing. Thumping. Spanking. Clobbering. Pummelling. Anyone got any more?

1717: Annihilation. Drubbing. Flogging. Rout. Slaughter. Whipping. Want me to carry on?

And to top it all, walking off court with Venus - not even a wave to the crowd from Safina.

Tennis tip for Safina:

1 Get a video of the Fed's serve and watch how his head stays still through the hit, and how he is WATCHING the ball on contact.

2. Learn some variation - today it was either hard -harder or no where near in!!

Safina left - racket on contact point( look at that head) ---The Fed - look at his head on contact - up looking at the ball.

Now get out there with a bucket of balls and work on it before the US Open!!