US OPEN TENNIS Thread! Let the late nights commence.

[Raahh]

New thread for the US open.

Am hoping to get round to seeing some of it, but in the meantime, I am limbering up my refresh finger.

speaking of which, is anyone watching the Radwanska/Peng match on eurosport?

if you avert your eyes and just listen they sound like 2 women having sex!!!!

Haven't seen any tennis.

Madness here so probably wont either.

Can we start a campaign to get the Slam moved to a part of the US that is more time difference friendly ?

Thank you Tardis, it's so frustrating. They obviously make it as difficult as they can for you to unsubscribe. I think Petra's lovely too.

MrsV, we could try but I fear we might meet some opposition, mostly from those pesky Americans

Cilic and Baghdatis now! fab. like both but Id like Cilic to win.

I love his brooding face! and of course his coach!

Mrs V what about the Shanghai masters? starts at stupid o' clock in the mornings too!

I'll happily stay up late for matches I really want to watch. I do pay the price the next day though but can't have it all my own way sadly.

Just having a look at the scores- the Klingon match looks like it has been a good one.

Sitting in the grounds of the tennis in lovely warm sunshine! Been watching Hewitt and Berdych.

Saw Murray on the practice courts earlier.

It's fun but it's no.Wimbledon

oooh Angus

I was wondering why the old thread had gone quiet. It fell off TIO.

Raahh, I'm going to get you some sort of alarm that sits and yells 'YOU'VE GOT EUROSPORT' at you at the beginning of each major.

Oh Angus, you can be the mn on-the-spot reporter :)

Rafa - I definitely need one!

Although last week, I had Sky sports one day, and the next day it went Pffft!

Bloody Virgin.

ooh- Thiem is up 2 sets - that's good. And Dimitrov has a first set too.

Shrieky lost her first set to a Romanian called Dulgheru. I know nothing about her. Except it seems to be business as usual for Shrieky in the second.

Gulbis looks about to take the first set, and Grigor just gone 2 sets to love up v Harrison. Crowd seem v noisy.

Why did Dodig retire? Thiem through :)

Andrew Castle has ended up in a good place for an ex-not-very-good-player hasn't he? Earns a decent (I imagine) living spouting nonsense and playing nice tunes on the radio some of the time, and earns decent (again I imagine) money going to tennis tournaments and spouting more nonsense commentating the rest of the time. He's not on the radio this week so am presuming he's at the Open. And, yes, I am jealous :)

Ivanenic out now..

wish we were there to see the matches!!!!

well done Aza.

love her since the Bally match at Queens, she was brilliant and very entertaining.

although had to turn sound down on tv as can you believe her noise sets DC off in a fit? (special needs). Imagine what Shrieky does then!

mind you cant stand shrieky so never wathc her anyway.

I love Lief Shiras! love his tone and volume of voice and that lovely American accent he has.

Is Andy playing tonight ? Anyone know what time ? British time. Thanks.

He's playing 7pm their time, which by my reckoning is midnight our time.

Assuming the preceding matches don't overrun.

NY is 5 hours behind.

Thanks Rahh. I get very confused with time difference. I get very confused about most thing's to be honest.

Must admit, it took me two attempts to work it our (and then i checked with dh- who was born over there)

Raah .

So, here i am, actually WATCHING for a change- and Raonic is not exactly finding his match easy.

I have just realised his t-shirt is LEMON!!

He needs to change out of that Limon shirt of doom.