ALLEZ! ROLAND GARROS tennis thread (cont) as we head to the second week.[title edited by MNHQ at OP's request]

[Raahh]

I can't link , as I'm on my phone. And I now have to do BBQ things because dh has remembered he has a broken thumb

Aller! Richard!

Richard will NOT beat Andy.

Fact.

MrsV - can I give you a big snog for also being a Rosberg hater? He is a wank badger (& cheat) of the first order.

Back to .

Am really looking forward to the Murray/Gasquet match.

magi- you can't really say anything is a fact. Unless your are a time traveler.

Who ever thought Cilic would win the US Open, for example ? (definitely not Cilic).

I am looking forward to seeing a lot more of Sergi Bruguera, and his puppy eating grimaces. He was brilliant. As, it really has to be said, was Gasquet.

And had Isner won the first set against Murray(and he really should have)I think the match would have been very different. Not saying Murray wouldn't still have won (he beats tall players, you know), but I think it would have been a different,closer match.

you're stupid phone.

Really need to get my laptop fixed.

Must. Get. Up.

Need to get out and do the garden today - it is Bank Holiday, after all - but no exciting tennis to encourage me to get everything done promptly!

Not a bank holiday here so I have to slave away at work while you lot are enjoying the sunshine.

Have a good day ladies!

Tardis, I forgot about that!

Looks like rain all day . Suppose I'd better do some jobs...........

I've just seen the forecast. Doesn't look good, does it?

'Quo Vardis' is on. I love the big epic films - Ben Hur, Ten Commandments. Anything with bad special effects ( tortoises dressed up to look like dinosaurs, that kind of thing).

But I'd rather be watching tennis

Can't watch it. When we retired we made a vow not to watch daytime TV - apart from tennis & F1. Have seen far too many of our retired chums who just veg in front of TV all day & talk about it!!! We've been very good so far - exceptions made over Xmas.

Am going to tidy some cupboards & DH is painting.

Does annoy me that they are re showing the Murray/Isner match. Why can't they show something they haven't showed over the last few days?

Yes, I thought that. Just came in for coffee - garden looking slightly tidier, if not prettier (rabbit-friendly garden so full of bits of hay and no plants because they're just rabbit salad in his eyes) - and they're replaying Murray! How about showing the end of the Wawrinka match, or the start of the Gasquet match?!

Have just looked at the RG website & they say play is starting at 1.00 - so a few moments to go...........

Play abandoned for the WHOLE DAY! John I just reported. Blimey

Aw no way! I was going to be dutiful and take DS out, but he wanted a lazy day at home after all, and now there's no tennis?

No play at all?!

We went out to buy dog food. Then took ike exploring round the water park. I was sure tennis would be on then.

Now I have no excuse but to do stuff. I don't want to do stuff.

I'm painting a door today, and I was kind of pleased by the rain delay. It meant I could go out and buy the paint.

Less wild about the cancellation, though. Tennis Channel is showing (who else?) billions of Williams. On the plus side, it's Venus vs. the French Academy Award Nominee, Alize Cornet, which I certainly did't get to see live.

I think I will support anyone over Cornet.

Raah's note on the special effects of the 60s blockbusters has me itching to see tortoises dressed up as dinosaurs.

Oh my goodness. Look at the rain.

The weather here is absolutely beautiful. Very nice for the tournament in Manchester , anyway. 😁

Not again

It's glorious here too.

Not so nice here - Sussex coast. Got soaked doing the shopping but it is clearing now.

The organisers must be crapping themselves - will it have to run for an extra day??

It's pouring down here (Surrey) since the morning, same as Paris.

Our forecast is rubbish all week, then lovely, of course, the minute they're back at school. DD is revising for GCSEs but we'd planned to go into London for shopping on her only "free" day. Not going now!

What will they do with all the matches?

Well,well, well-Bustagut serving for the set.

First set Bustagut. And they are off court again.

What a farce!! Did you see poor Thiem? Water was running down his face.

I hope they can catch up - if it's a Monday final I'll miss it as am off on hols on Monday .

Still tipping it down here in NW London.

it's all about making sure today isn't a complete washout, isn't it? If they don't play for a certain length of time, they will have to refund all the spectators.