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

[GameSetAndMatch]

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Federer has withdrawn from montreal citing a back injury-rare for him.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

[ClayDavis]

So what does that do to the rankings then?

[Raahh]

Rafa is now 3rd- but only 750 points behind Murray (Djokovic is way ahead), but Rafa has no points to defend so could end up 2nd after the US open if he gets through a few rounds (if my maths is right) Vamos!!

[Raahh]

And good news from a British perspective- we now have a second bloke in the top 200 Daniel Evans has reached the final of the Aptos challenger tournament and now stands at 169!

[ClayDavis]

What about James Ward at 175. Isn't that 3 in the top 200 not 2?

[Raahh]

Ooh- Clay- I missed him. Aren't we doing well??

[ClayDavis]

World domination is just months away!

[GameSetAndMatch]

and don't forget the girls!

great about evan.

so come on, start a new thread for this weeks tournament! got stuff to do nowso see you later

[Raahh]

No Tsonga again in Cincinatti

[ClayDavis]

can't seem get the live scoreboard to load.

[Raahh]

I usually use this ATP

Mardy Fish has lost- didn't realise how far he had fallen in the rankings. I like Fish- but Mardy, I mean who looks at baby and thinks Mardy is an ok name? (am aware mardy probably doesn't mean the same stateside)

[ClayDavis]

Thanks, Raahh. That's what I couldn't get to load though. Have tried it again and still having a problem. My internet seems quite slow tonight so might be that. I need tennis today. Might have to hop Doctors is appropriately WTF instead.

I can't imagine that too many people look at a baby and think 'Mardy' is a good name.

[Raahh]

Doctors was ok. Mrs T had some classic lines

My internet is rubbish, has been rubbish since we changed to Virgin.

[ClayDavis]

Am with Plusnet. Did have some problems with speed at the beginning but they sorted them out quickly and I've had no problem since then. Might be because I'm streaming the athletics at the same time but that's not normally a problem. As it seems to be National Kick Clay While She's Down Day I'm guessing the Internet is just joining in.

[Raahh]

Just seen Ferrer is in action later, and Raonic is playing Jack Sock. His name always makes me smile

[ClayDavis]

Jack Sock is an awesome name. I think Fed is playing later as well.

[Raahh]

Yes, he's playing Kohlshreiber, who is quite a dangerous opponent really, though I don't think he's ever beaten Fed. But, the way Roger's luck is going, who knows.

[ClayDavis]

Lopez is through to the next round and Ferrer has won the first set. Which reminds me I meant to post this at the weekend. Enjoy.

[Raahh]

OMG!!!

Shirtless football- I might even start to like it
Phwoarrrrr!

[Raahh]

Going by the scoreline, Ferrer isn't making it easy.

[ClayDavis]

No. It was 6-6 in the first set when I first checked the score. Looks like he might have scraped the tie break and is about to go 4-1 down in the second.

[Raahh]

oh crap

[ClayDavis]

Oh no. Vamos Ferrer.

[Raahh]

Vamos- c'mon!!

[ClayDavis]

He's a break down in the third.

[Raahh]