punter

It is a quintessentially British tennis experience: punters dressed in their finery, Pimm's in full flow and a beautiful setting, with as much care taken of the flowers and greenery as the pristine courts.

"My first Big Weekend, 2010, in Bangor, when I went as a punter," she says.

"My punters like it," said Dieter, "it's like Aussie beer, but, I think it's better and it goes down very well."

In a sport in which male and female riders compete on a level playing field, punters did not focus on whether she was a man or woman.

Back then it used to attract punters by their thousands and generated huge revenues as a key part of Britain's gambling industry.