Wimbledon 2016: Week Two.

[GrouchyKiwi]

Boring title; hope the tennis is better!

Bloody hell- imagine paying to see that in the final??

I think the best women's matches have already happened.

Was that even 45 minutes?

I do hope Marion is ok- I'm not sure I buy 'unknown virus' either.

creme- 48, I think

I'm more fed up with Serena than Djok, or Roger. Tracey is so desperate to big up Serena. I think there is a whole entourage of women commentators just desperate to be Serena's bessie mate.

I am sceptical about 'unknown virus' too. I do hope Marion gets better soon.

As for that semi final, I feel sorry for Vesnina really. She just couldn't get her act together at all, probably because Serena wouldn't let her.

Vesnina is probably exhausted- I doubt she expected to get so far, and she's in the doubles too.

Don't show me Cilic again. I wish he'd won.

Come on Kerber (although I don't mind if Venus wins, providing she beats Serena).

Venus seems really tired. Neither of them are playing well, but Angie is doing better.

Yes, the unknown virus does seem to strain credulity. I do hope that she recovers quickly, whatever she is ill with.

I'm glad I didn't bother to turn on the TV for that match. I'm sitting in quiet in the lounge right now, trying to decide whether to watch Venus v Kerber. Rather enjoying the silence; my small people have been incredibly clingy today and I've only just managed to get some peace by setting them up with some whiteboard thingies that arrived 15 minutes ago.

I want Kerber to win. She seems to want it. Everything seems such...an...effort...for Venus, and I am having to actively stop myself shouting at the screen: Oh for goodness sake, stop slouching.

Theonlylivingboy, that's rather unfair to Venus. Fatigue is one of the symptoms of her auto-immune condition.

So, Angie versus Serena for the final. I hope it's a good match. Sorry for Venus, but time to look forward.

Was watching Bahrami/Pat Mac and Leach/Pioline today-and their umpire was brilliant too!

But I noticed.....many schoolage kids in audience. have parents been naughty and taken term time out? or inset day? or Wimby has its own term times (unlikely).

Oh and Casal/Sanchez!!!!!!!!!!! CASAL/SANCHEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My all time fave doubles team back together. Had a massive crush on Sanchez in the days, and well, he's ageing well! . . Beyond excited.

and more entertaining and less boring than some ''main tour'' matches.

or Wimby has its own term times (unlikely)

I reckon there's a very high percentage of children in and around Wimbers who are at private school, so probably a lot of them have finished already

Didn't know she had an auto-immune condition.

Did anyone else feel the commentary team were particularly obnoxious during the Williams/Vesnina match? Obviously it wasn't a great match, but the anger and the sneering directed towards Vesnina was appalling.

I can't say I noticed any anger towards Vesnina, but I agree they were rather dismissive towards her. Yes, she didn't play well today and it made for a disappointing semi final, but overall, it's an amazing achievement to reach the last 4 of Wimbledon.

I felt there was a real "Why have we wasted our time watching this?" attitude. And a definite sense that she wasn't worthy of being there, despite the fact that she earned her place in the semi the same way as everyone else.

Nice to see Heather go through in the mixed doubles, shame I missed it. Stupid real life.

So thrilled by the men's' QFs -- we had a ball watching RF's comeback.

I am worried about the semifinals.

I am also worried about MrsVamos --- where is she?

The Men's semifinals (wanted to just write semis, realised I couldn't...) should be good.

I, too, have been wondering about MrsV. Hope all is well.

I havehigh hopes for this match.

Come on Raonic!

Stefan!

Raonic has a break!

Weird to have Mac commenting on this match, but I think he will remain objective. Wonder what his arrangement is with Raonic - I assumed he'd be in Raonic's box today rather than commentating.