*TENNIS THREAD CLAY IS ON THE WAY !*

[MrsVamos]

Hello Lovelies.

Marking place.

And murrays still grumbling even though he's winning.....

I had to go out- maybe I should have stayed out, and Martin might have won the set when he had the break

Damn.

Well, he will blame the court (which he moaned about before stepping foot on it, too important to have to play on it , I think), and all sorts of other things. It's like last year. I still don't know how he made the final.

He faces Delpo next. I have faith in Juan.

Eurosport has Annabel Croft as a pundit unfortunately. She is so far up Murray's behind, she can polish his tonsils. She really wound me up in the Australian open 2015. Rusedski doesn't play ball- Annabel doesn't like it

Just seeing a bit about Almagro. Poor bloke, he looks gutted. Delpo is so lovely.

Kyrgios was doing a lot of racquet smashing. And fortunately, Anderson wasn't phased and looks like he might win.

Monfils looks like he's going to get a straightforward win. The French are running out of people to cheer for.

Mama sorry- just saw your comment- sadly, didn't do anything exciting, had to pick dh up from the hospital. Nothing serious, but a minor procedure on a delicate area He's not allowed to drive though. Which is a pain.

Doesn't Annabel Croft look amazing though she's two years older than me but looks about 10 years younger!

Ouch Raahh! Hope he's ok and not in too much discomfort this morning?
Not much tennis for me today, but I'm hoping to be back in time to see a little late this afternoon.

Morning Mama .He's o.k. He's working from home, which during the holidays , with 3 children off, is not ideal..

And we discovered yesterday that the car I got in October (and we thought had 12 months M.O.T on it ), well, it doesn't. It was due Wednesday...

I'm a bit stressed today.

Poor Basilashvili will be glad to get off the court and away from Rafa

I decided to walk the dog. I figured Rafa was doing ok without me

Goffin and Dimitrov out- I thought Goffin would threaten the latter stages this year, he's had a really good season.

I hope Goffin didn't injure himself too badly. It would be a shame when his form is improving.

Jane I know. Especially so close to Wimbledon too.

Schwartzman has taken the first set against Djok- it would be great if he was to win. He is wearing snazzy shorts. Snazzy shorts wearers do well at RG .

If Diego beats Novak, and Juan beats Murray, it will be a good year for Argentina.

Novak is beatable. Murray is beatable- and the lower ranked players know it, and are taking their chances. It's making for some some really good matches.

Finally getting to watch some tennis today. DH and his aunt (who's visiting for the afternoon) have taken all three children to the park. So I'm knitting and hoping for Schwartzmann to take the upset.

Ah, it's one N. Anyway, he seems a cool chap, does Schwartzman.

Argh. Calm the nerves, Diego!

Vamos Diego!!

Afternoon all

I see Rafa was in merciless mood earlier. Well, I didn't see exactly, I was watching the scores.

Djok seems to be in a battle, he'll have to take it to 5 sets if he wants to get through - go Diego!

Yes! Enjoying this match. Lots of tension in it.

Oooh. Drama. Novak not happy.

What do you think about the time violation issue? Does RG have a different length of time than the other slams? I'm inclined to lack sympathy for Novak because everyone knows the rule going in, but maybe it's more complicated than that simple take.