New TENNIS thread here! Montreal starts Monday at 5pm Sky sports 3!

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Yipee! the Rogers cup. Live!!!!
lead up time to the US Open! Yay!

there is also WTA tennis on eurosport atm but i never seem to catch it live and when I put it on ita always Radwanska and Cibulkova match!.

Federer has withdrawn from montreal citing a back injury-rare for him.

dont know if rafas playing, havent heard hide or hair (or bum!) from him since Wimbledon .

and wheres Andy gone? must have finished his hols by now.

anyway cant wait for Monday!

I will never be able to live down my misplaced apostrophe

There's a lot of knee trouble about.

Tsonga needs Del Potro's magic medicine

We all need some of Del Potro's magic medicine.

I have a spot of knee trouble myself raahh The inability to uncross legs and get up and move... Knees simply won't allow it. Been far, far too lazy this summer.
Okay - I have looked up the Sky Sports thingie ahead of my call to them today (yesterday was manic - no, no baby). According to website I can upgrade to Sky Sports and get free broadband for 12 months but it does not make it clear if this is for existing broadband customers or if its an offer for those without their broadband.
I think it will be better for me to get the free months trial tbh, if there is one as it does not say on their site so am going to have to pull the loyal customer card on them I think... But then what do I do next year when I can't get a free month trial?
Worry about htat at the time perhaps?

Midwife informs Dd is going in on 28th to be induced if baby does not arrive of own accord - calamity! Tennis will be on and I sincerely doubt the hospital has Sky Sports...

Not long now til the US open starts (VAMOS Rafa!)

We probably need a new thread in it's honour.

seize that baby needs to make an appearance soon

5 days, Raahh, 5 days. Not that I'm counting or anything.

Those of you with Sky may put your ear plugs away. Shrieky has pulled out of the US Open with a shoulder injury.

Samantha Murray, Baltacha and James Ward all playing in qualifying rounds today.

and the seedings are out- Rafa seeded 2, which is good. The draw should be out today sometime.

Shrieky is probably sulking about something. There is something about her whole attitude, however good she is, that I don't like. Connors is well rid of her

Jsut FYI I got an email to say that Tsonga will come back from injury at the Metz tournament in September. It's my local ATP event, I might just have to go and have an ogle a look.

ooh, Petite-ogle away!

Of course, you will be totally focusing on the tennis, Petite. Supporting your local ATP event.

Qualifying round of the US Open rained off at the moment so not much play going on there. Baltacha was doing quite well (6-3, 5-0). but not sure what time the other Brits are playing.

On a different note, and inspired by an 'awol posters' thread, I haven't 'seen' MrsVamos for AGES. Not since Wimbledon 'Black Monday' when Rafa went out. Hope she's ok, or just NC'd and ready to cheer on the master- because he is going to do well at the US Open. He is. .

Absolutely. Will not AT ALL try to get the seats next to where the players sit abetween games nd change shirts oh no not at all. Watching Monfils and Gasquet from very close quarters a few years ago was only good for the superb quality of the tennis. Actually Monfils' match was cut short because Tipsarevic got injured. V dull.

Petite

And who do we lobby to get out back for the US Open?

is not the same

Right- I've been very brave (after 7 years) and posted in site stuff.

Petition for the return of the HERE

I've gone in backed you up, Raahh.

Even though I won't be here to watch it.

Got to go to son's wedding party - at least he had the decency not to arrange the actual marriage over Wimbledon fortnight.

KIDS!! I ask you. Play havoc with your tennis time!

PS I ain't been here a year yet & have posted several times in site stuff and in AIBU!!

is definitely not the same. You can't play with . Well you could but it would be a) messy and b) a waste of cake.

Since I've already been brave/stupid with my mumsnet posting today I will petition with you.

I won't be able to watch the US Open either- apart from the final, probably, which is usually on tv. But I still think we need the .

magi- my dc's are never getting married (they are only 10.5 ,7 and nearly 3, but they are still NEVER GETTING MARRIED)

yay! I've started a petition

but after apostrophe-gate, they probably think I'm a numpty

I won't be able to watch it. My refreshing finger is limbering up though.

Just checked the schedule for the online course I signed up to. The first exam period is 26th August to 9th September. What utter numpty scheduled that for the exact dates of the US Open?

Raahh - I can guarantee you that after the teens & early 20's you will be positively delighted when they do.

Baby has been born. She's a very good girl, born before the tennis begins. She'll get a very nice rattle for that.
48 hour labour. Last night was the first sleep I got and Dd & partner got in all that time. It was heaven last night, so much sleep - 5 hours straight. Blissed out.
Off out to get milk, coffee, tea bags now as all out thanks to visitors. Home then to call Sky at last!