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?)

Two nannies! Four!! The mind boggles

I can't imagine Federer being very hands on, either.

Do you think they have sleep suits with their names on in gold, like Feds tracksuits.? If he waskatie price a different type of celeb, they probably would

strike through fail (serves me right!).

when is the French open? 2 weeks time?

Just under 2 weeks I think. A week this Sunday maybe.

it starts on a sunday???

hope they haven't got that bloody John Inverdale presenting, you'd think after his comment about a FRENCH player and all.

Jim Couriers good, as is Fabrice (yum) Santoro.

I hope Nadal isn't planning on doing a Federer- he was a break up before- Simon appears to have come back now.

Vamos man!!

ok- first set Rafa.

Now, stop making things difficult and get on with it!

Making things difficult for himself seems to be a habit this week. He hasn't even got the excuse of newborn twins to explain it.

Rafa- exactly. See- beginning of last week, i was getting hopeful for RG, not, he's making me nervous again.

Just checked, RG site has Sunday May 25th until Sunday 8th June.

Could just be qualifiers on 1st Sunday maybe? Schedule isn't up til Monday 19th.

3-0 up in the second and I thought it was safe to stop watching juts flick to check, and nope what is he doing? One minute he's brilliant the next he seems to just forget how to play.
Vamos rafa! (For goodness sake think of our nerves )

On other topics my eldest survived her second gcse exam today, I have managed to persuade her, her boyfriend and a couple of friends to stop revising before they confuse and explode their brains - so they are now playing scrabble-such a wild and irresponsible lot

at playing scrabble.

Well that game was a bit of a save from 0-40. My nerves are going to be shot by the end of the match. I think it's actually worse when you can only see the scores.

Rafa is looking pretty frustrated now and he's just been given a time warning.

Oh crap

This is hard to watch, isn't it? Vamos, Rafa!

Raahh, I was wondering about gold-embroidered sleepsuits, too!

This is the 2nd round. It's not supposed to be the hard bit, Rafa.

Rafa is annoying me now. it's Simon, FFS. What chance have you got against Djoko, or even Murray playing like a lemon (I'm only guessing at this, as i can only see the scores and the posts on here).

Maybe he's feeling guilty, because deep down he thinks he should have been beaten by Nishikori? Maybe he's jealous of Fed's breeding prowess and possible founding of a tennis dynasty?

Get a grip, man. Get a fucking grip.

Vamos

You tell him, Raahh. Straight-talking, that's what he needs.

And yes, the refreshing score would suggest that he's playing like a lemon.

Raahh
4-2 he really has to hold this break.
The tennis is is actually great to watch (sorry!) it's so so close. Simon is playing amazingly.
The commentators just made a good point that this type of match is exactly why rafa is so loved by everyone and why he's so hard to beat. Frustrating though it is. He's playing pretty crap but still he chases everything, is fist pumping and just trying so hard.

Match point at last...

Phew!!

Vamos

Yes!

Thank goodness for that!

Obviously he listened to you, Raahh. Less stress on my nerves in the 3rd round would be nice. 2 sets only please.