Almost unbelievably, today's women's final at Wimbledon  will be played on schedule and the men will probably also have their turn in the decider tomorrow as planned.

Despite the miserable run of weather and all the prophecies of doom, everything appears to have fallen into place in time for an auspicious ending.

The criticism of this year's event has been heard from all quarters, and there is no doubt that many spectators got a raw deal by spending more time covering up in the drizzle than nodding their heads to and fro while watching the action.

For the organisers, too, the famed queues outside the ground have been shorter than usual as even the most indefatigable British fans have given up in the face of the disruptive showers which have cost the All England Club dearly in terms of gate takings.

No matter, though, Wimbledon made up for it by selling plenty of rain capes at an exorbitant cost which will have recouped some of the difference.

Some dubbed this year's tournament 'Grumbledon' and a number of players complained that the repeated breaks in play have frustrated them deeply and that this is the most boring tournament in the world.

Nikolay Davydenko, for one, complained that he couldn't alleviate his frustrations and that there was nothing for him to do while the rain fell. While he may also have been expressing the feelings of others, there is no way he can be justified in making such a ridiculous assertion.

Even if there is nothing better to do than to wait in the rain, Davydenko is first and foremost a professional player with a limited career who should be concentrating on one thing only - doing the best he can while he still can.

The Russian appeared to suggest this week that the organisers should keep the players occupied with some manner of entertainment. Has he never thought of picking up a book? Surely he has some sort of computer with portable internet access? It may be a bit expensive for most of us, but he can certainly afford it.

No matter now. Davydenko and his sort have gone and so has the boredom as the tournament looks as if it will be completed pretty much on schedule.

It was frustrating while the rain fell, of that there is no doubt. But it is nothing unusual when looking at the bigger picture of life at Wimbledon over the decades, even if this has been the wettest June for 150 years.

At the same time, however, when all is said and done and the covers are rolled onto the courts for the last time on Sunday (or perhaps Monday), it will have been another year of competition which not even the English weather has been able drown into submission.