TENNIS FANS! New thread -With bouncier balls and clean towels...

[Raahh]

New thread for tennis fans, with or without the ability to watch on tv. Or even live and in person

(When should we start pestering for our back?)

Of course, soon as I start score watching, Dimitrov starts to lose the set. Sorry Dimi.

Raahh!! You cursed him!
Rafa is playing great finally, looks very sure of himself too.

I'm really glad Rafa seems to be finding his mojo- some good results should boost his confidence.

Sorry Dimi

See- i come back from the school run, and now I'm jinxing Rafa! Vamos !

Murray not started well against Giraldo- however, he's another I hadn't paid much attention to until recently, when he got to the Barca final, and he is clearly a bit of a danger.

Vamos , as they say in Columbia.

We may have to ban you from watching Raahh!
Murray looks all over the place.

I'm not a fan of Murray(if you hadn't noticed) and unfortunately we are coming to the time of year when the media will be full of him. There's already a Robinsons ad.

Vamos Giraldo!!

(it'a a good thing I'm only checking the scores really.).

Can't wait for RG when tennis will be on proper telly. Was very impressed by the coverage last year.

1st set giraldo, not very patriotic but I'd like to see him win here.

Giraldo looking at victory now.

And he wins

Giraldo has been added to my 'to watch' list.

Right- Gulbis v Cilic- I like Cilic a lot, but i think Gulbis might edge it.

I like cilic if only to be able to look at goran
Very close so far.

yes Mama- that's a pretty good reason to support Cilic

have you seen the ??

Am tempted to start a snarky thread asking why, like some spoil sports did about the

Aww, Thiem retired from his match against Lopez. That's a blow.

I love Goran!!

And I love Pot!

I am mature & can fancy more than one man at once!

Nernernenernenr Pesky !

And (as an aside from tennis) can I leave with with a wonderful snippet from the paper today?

"At Killerton Estate, Devon, they warned that:

'Any unattended children will be given a shot of expresso & promised a puppy' "

magi- both and at that!

Bedene from Slovenia moved to the UK in 2009 and want to become a UK citizen and therefore play for GB.

Dan Ev ans thinks that's bullshit.

don't you think GB needs all the players it can get?

Mark Petchey was the same when Greg (GS finalist) became British.

they should be grateful and flattered to get a good player for GB.

apparently its Andy Murrays decision wether hed then play for the Davis cup team. wtf?

uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/tennis-slovenia-s-bedene-make-great-britain-switch-091430864--ten.html

Make- what a ridiculous thing- as you say, shouldn't we be grateful? And why the hell is is Murray's decision? He didn't even deign to play Davis cup for years.

All rather tactless, coming the week Elena Baltacha died, who was born in the Ukraine, to Ukraine parents, and chose to play for Scotland and GB.

first set Rafa!

Vamos !

Nadal through, and he played great, berdych wasn't bad but nadal just outplayed him.

Rafa wins!!
Vamos !

agree, Raah the Baltacha thing.

aww, Bust a Gut beat Giraldo. That's a shame.