WIMBLEDON - 2013- Second Set!

[Raahh]

Thought we'd have a new thread for today.

It is raining cats and dogs (technical term) here in theNorth West- I am not very hopeful of a full days play at Wimbledon. but fingers crossed. The weather bloke last night today would be 'Frustrating Friday'in terms of play. Fond of alliteration, those Wimbledon types.

FRIDAY ORDER OF PLAY

As I thought,Robson has had an up-grade from court 2 to centre, which should give her a boost.

Looking forward to see if Dimitrov pulls through- and
VAMOS FERRER!!
first upon number 1 court.

[GameSetAndMatch]

dream with my 80's players....Edberg, Wilander, Cahill, Bates, Sanchez (both brothers) , Fleming ,and the 90's Santoro, Woodbridge, Moya.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ sleep now. hope Castle doesnt turn up in my dream. Aargh, nightmare.

[BBMs]

GameSetAndMatch I was wondering the same. I love Djokovic, he seems to be a really good guy :)

[GameSetAndMatch]

Okay, Djokivic fan club at the ready!!!!! .
BBMs there was a piece that he was on the practice courts the other day when it started raining and instead of running off he grabbed the covers and helped the groundspeople cover the courts.

nothings too demeaning for him! imagine serena the meaner doing that????????

[BBMs]

Awww! I like him a lot :) he's sweet!
Djokovic's fan [heart]
Serena wouldn't even think about helping to cover the court, she's too good for anything that isn't winning!! I can't really stand the woman, find her boring to watch tbh

[GameSetAndMatch]

i find her so false, her and shriekapova.
prefer Venus of the 2 sisters.

They said if Robsers wins her next match shed meet serena in the quarters?

anyway, roll on m,onday, think we need a new thread, part 3!!!!!

[Witt]

I was going to have a productive day tomorrow but then I checked the order of play and I think I will be busy from 1pm onwards

[GameSetAndMatch]

us too! .

btw when sue barker was announcing the olympic athletes in the royal box, was it just me that wanted the trumpet player to shut up? i could hardly hear what she was saying?

theres a thread on AIBU about the sexist/ageist commentary about Kimiko.

[ClayDavis]

The commentary was a bit odd and over the top.

[FarleyD]

Have missed you all today! What will I be like when the tennis and the banter on here is over?! So looking forward to tomorrow. Have tried to do loads today so I can justify another week of doing as little as possible!

Mixed Doubles to date:

Raahh/Nadal
Farley/Del Potro
Witt/Bahrami
Clay/Dustin
seize/Becker
Chub/Murray
DuPainDuVinDuFromage/Tsonga
And very sorry but can't find who was after Roger and his bunnies!

[Chubfuddler]

I've barely been on MN all day.

The US open isn't that far away. We will reconvene.

[JaquelineHyde]

Wooo hoo can't wait for tomorrow, I might even make DH do the afternoon school run by taxi if it clashes with critical match times.

[slalomsuki]

I was there at centre court yesterday and I agree that the trumpet players were too loud.

Atmosphere was good for the first two matches. Tomic played well. Djocowicz didn't really get the crowd behind him and was almost booed at the end probably off camera.

[FarleyD]

Lucky you slalom - did you get your tickets through the public ballot? Why was Djokovic booed?

[FarleyD]

Just seen my man's on No 1 court tomorrow - phew! All that flicking between phone, Ipad and tv yesterday wore me out.

[Witt]

Farley it was amigababy who wanted Roger

[siezethenight]

Good morning all.
to the cult.
Not sure if I am happy the tennis is back today or sad because its the last week.
Can we get the US Open here?

I missed you all yesterday as well, it was a little odd not hanging out with the Tv & laptop like minded nutters friends.
I did loads yesterday, took my mark off Chub and mowed the grass, front and back. Cleaned the entire house, actually finished my tax return (hurrah!) Drew up all plans needed for this week and I even managed a little xmas shopping online...
I have to go out this morning, take my Nan food shopping then home so, the plan is, cause Nan is slow, go food shopping before I get her. Cheeky but - it'll work!
So, off for a shower then hit the food shop, collect Nan, home and back online and Tv on.
See you soon....

[amigababy]

day off work today so lots of TV watching is possible, and likely. Thank goodness there's nothing good on telly in general, though poor dd wants to watch the tour de France highlights, we'll have to negotiate!

Definitely me in the mixed doubles with Roger.

And if anyone's on Facebook there are some lovely photos of Rafa holidaying in Ibiza. Rafaholics is the page to follow, as well as his own page of course.

[Witt]

Morning Sieze. What Christmas shopping did you get? I've started my list of ideas of what to get people (actually started it on Boxing Day ) but I haven't bought anything yet.

Roll on the tennis Good luck Laura and Andy today.

[amigababy]

sieze Xmas shopping, impressive!

[Raahh]

MONDAY ORDER OF PLAY

And if you want to see where the draw is up to:
DRAW

Morning to the cult!

Was my sister's 40th yesterday, so had the zillionth party for her spoilt . Iwas driving so was very sober . I got home, and discovered i have a nail in my tyre . Am hoping car repairs are not going to disrupt my tennis viewing!

Pick for my is Ferrer/Dodig- should be a walkover, but Dodig has got this far courtesy of 2 players retiring through injury. That is not a good omen, so hope David's toe is much improved.

Youzhny could pose the first proper threat to Murray. Would love to see Haas beat Djoko- but at the same time, the tournament needs Djoko- can't let Murray get it handed to him on a plate

And Go Laura!

[ClayDavis]

Morning. New please for the second week.

of those of you not working today. Scheduling's not working in my favour today. I'm sure they used to put British hopefuls on later in the day so that people could watch them when they got home from work.

[Witt]

Also good luck to Watson and Marray today in their doubles match. I don't suppose there's a chance it will be shown on red button.

[noddyholder]

So looking forward to this week. Dp has taken 5 days off starting Wednesday so we are having a tennis fest with ds and my sister and he bf. Looking forward to Ferrer and Robson today

[siezethenight]

I heard the news while getting out of shower and am actually scared for Laura - her opponent is bad arse... She apparently feeds off the crowd cheering on the other opponent.... Gulp....

Raahh Do we need a new thread before this one runs out?
Okay - got to go get my Nan....

[noddyholder]

Kanepi is quite good but Laura has some steel too (fingers crossed)