*TENNIS THREAD CLAY IS ON THE WAY !*

[MrsVamos]

Hello Lovelies.

Marking place.

Sorry to hear that Raahh, are you gonna be able to get the car sorted?
I've just got in, see Rafa was utterly ruthless today, long may it continue
That fourth set rather got away from swartzman , I'd love to see him win but unfortunately think Novak has this now.....
Does anyone else have the crazy storms? We've had thunder and lightening for hours now.

Car all sorted, thankfully.

Looks like Schwartzman may have run out of steam.

Uh oh.....

I think it's the same time at Roland garros Grouchy, but there seems of be a lack of consistency when it comes to umpires implementing the time violation rules, some warn but don't act, others give little warning.....which is what I think people are grumbling about, they don't know where they stand.

Glad to hear it Raahh.

Very clear who the crowd are wanting to win here.

The time between points thing annoys me a bit. I'd rather they focussed on the really bad behaviour, like the swearing , racquet smashing, constant muttering, the real poor sportsmanship. The constant debate about time between points gets boring, when other things are way more distracting , imo.

On Eurosport they are still going on about it. I've turned back to Itv.

Diego appears to be injured.

He has really gone off the boil in these last two sets, which is a real shame.

Agree, Raahh, that there are more important things they should tackle.

Just tuned in to see Djok has won, gaah

Something definitely went wrong/changed for Diego there

I really want to watch the Delpo match, but I have so much to do. Am having to flit in and out.

Haven't watched much yet but looking forward to Del P and Murray today.
Would love Del P to win but Murray may well edge it. Only saw the very end of Murray's last match, how is he playing generally?

And happy birthday Rafa! I can't believe he's 31!

I'm pretty biased ( against) Murray so not the best person to ask, bit I'm not convinced. It's a similar story to last year, really. I think he's been very lucky to get this far. His constant muttering the last match was really annoying. Even Mac was saying he thought it was poor sportsmanship.

He will probably edge this match, but I would rather he didn't.

This could be a really long match, though, the Davis cup match was a brilliant. I'm not usually a fan of Davis cup. I like my tennis matches a bit quieter , but that was an amazing match.

I just want Juan to give him a proper match ( if he is going to lose, and there's nothing to say he will).

... and realised I'd already missed most of 1st set, gaah!

Know you're not Murray's biggest fan, Raahh, nor am I. Heard bits of talk about the muttering although I didn't see the match itself (only last couple of games). Hope today's is better quality at least.

Have spent the morning weeding the garden (fun fun) so now it's time to relax and watch this match. I'd like a good one, but would like Andy to get through. Despite the grumping on court, I'm a Murray fan.

His serving is rubbish right now.

Bagel the thing that annoyed me most, was Fabrice basically joking with him about it, in the interview after . No wonder Kyrgios thinks it's ok to be the way he is. Murray is lucky Djok is also not doing so well, really.

Anyway- I'ts lovely to see Delpo playing. He was doing so well last year, when he got injured again. Makes you wonder how far he could have got this year.

I'm tidying the house whilst dh does numerous tip trips. Which is grubby in this weather.

This is a long set.

I hate them calling it a 'breaker' it's a tie break, ffs.

Shot!

I've just scared dd2.

And then he gets a double fault. Bloody hell.

Some fabulous tennis here. Loving it.

Done a bit of hoovering (tip: stair runner carpet looks great but, goddammit, the dust that accumulates on white painted bits on both sides where no carpet is bloody awful!) DS is visiting so had to do his room but now sitting down.

Del P is really upset, poor lamb.