TENNIS THREAD!- From the Road to Rio, to Flushing Meadows...

[Raahh]

before my phone decides to give up altogether, here's a new thread to get us on our way.

Andy Murray still in the Olympic Singles, as is Rafa,

Jo Konta through for the women.

Lots of missing names from the top players- but we are edging towards the US open- without Federer- and who knows, maybe even without Djokovic.

Could we be heading for all change at the top?

Well, if it does go to one set all, it's not the end of the world. But it still might not.

It's a shame Grigor is playing Rafa, ordinarily, I'd be really pleased at the thought of him getting this far. Especially after the last year or so.

carabos that is definitely one weird dream

Ha - not Marat, Thomas Muster as it turns out.

I hope Rafa can hold this comfortably- although I hate tie breaks.

And I hate the commentators calling them 'breakers' even more .

Yes I remember that Muster dalliance.

Oh Thomas. Silly boy.

But, phew! Dodged a bullet there, Marat

Oh flip sake.

I set all.

But - Rafa is a fighter over longer matches, not sure of Grigor's record over 5.

Is turning into a good match. .

And Rafa has served 3 aces, which is not bad for him

To quote Jim courier at this point. 'We've got ourselves a match'.

If Rafa doesn't get through (and he's not done yet), will be funny to have Fed and 'Baby Fed' in the final.

I bet Grigor hates being called 'Baby Fed'. especially since the early promise hasn't really produced the goods.

It's not Zeverev! It's ZV-erev!

ffs.

Mind you, it's McEnroe. Who we know, has some bizarre pronunciations. Del Powtrow, for example.

Break back.

This is going a bit like the Monfils match, which was very back and forwards for a while.

My autocorrect changes Dimitrov to dimwit rob It's hard to predict what way this match will go. Dimitrov has such a calm aura it can look like he's not putting in much effort when he really is. Anyway Vamos Rafa!

dimwit rob

poor Grigor!

It's all getting very tense.

And the fact this is going on so long, does not bode well for Sunday.

Oh. they are doing CPR on a spectator .

Tim Henman's pronunciation of Querrey is, er, interesting- he calls him "Queerey " .

Radio 5 extra doesn't seem to know why play has halted.

carabos. That is unfortunate.

People seem to collapse at the tennis more than any other sport, don't they?

It seems a man in the crowd collapsed, he was taken out of the stadium, didn't look like he needed a stretcher. Very difficult situation.

TIE-BREAK.
I'm not getting much work done here.

I suppose it's the unknown- a match can be 90 minutes, or 5 hours. i guess it's not like going to the football, where you know you've got a finite length of time (and 3 hours stuck in the car park ). Some times people might not prepare themselves for things. And the weather. Not sure what the temperature is like there now.

Tie -breaks make me nervous. It will be a test of Rafa's serve.

Well, he threw that serve away.

Vamos Rafa!!