TENNIS THREAD - Wimbledon starts tomorrow!!

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Am most excited & thought the grass needs a new thread.

I'll stick my neck out & say Fed to win the mens' & Carolina Plisshkova (sp?) for the womens'.

I'm very much enjoying watching this match with my baby. She likes all the back and forth and claps & cheers every time I do.

Which isn't often since Jo is finding it hard going. Vekic looks good.

And Krystina Pliskova is playing at the moment- the twin of Karolina who won at Eastbourne.

Took me ages to realise there were two of them. I first noticed it in Australia- it's worse because they are both 'K' Pliskova.

Some powerful shots in this match. Feeling a bit sorry for the way Vekic crumbled in that game.

Saw the end of the Watson match, great she's gone through.

Just come back to Konta tie break, never heard of her opponent. Phew, its hot!

Donna Vekic is Stan's girlfriend- the one Kyrgios made the comments about. She apparently used to train in the UK, because she was coached by David Felgate, I think. She always seems quite nice. She's a bit younger than Stan.

Isn't Donna Venice Stan's girlfriend?

Sorry, cross-post there.

Arghh! I had flying ants in my kitchen the other week, because the plumber disturbed something when he fitted the new boiler.

Bloody scary fuckers.

It appears there is a plague at Wimbledon. All the strawberries will be attracting them

The place is crawling with pismires as we call them! Konta seems to have recovered well from her fall.

She is moving a lot better. It was a nasty fall.

I have a feeling Dustin Brown will upset Muzza and he will blame his hip.
Not bothered either way, he has won it twice now!
Love to see unknowns in the final this year, but i bet Feds will do well.

Murray is walking with a limp but when someone pointed it out he said he hadn't been aware he was doing it and that he's not feeling any pain. We can't have another bottler today!

Hips seem to be the trendy injury this year. There always seem to be things that everyone gets. One year it was wrists, one year it was that bone in the foot, the metatarsal? his year it's hips. Murray's hip, Kyrgios' hip...

I love watching Dustin, though.Except when he's beating Rafa But he is wildly inconsistent. Can never string two decent matches together when he beats big players at these events. And he admits it. I'll get the bingo card ready for the first mention of his tattoo, and his camper van. oh, and how he nearly played for GB.

Donna is looking a little flushed.

I think the ice towel is pretty self explanatory, Sam.

Murray will blame the ants too.
Yep, Dustins camper van and win against Rafa years ago will be brought up no doubt. He must have a new van by now.

Aaah, she's Stan's girlfriend! Didn't realise, she's very pretty and a decent player. Has she been at Wimbledon before?

I must tell DH he is trendy, he's been moaning about his hip this week.

DS was showing me a story about Rafa doing his shopping at Tesco and getting someone to help with the self-service checkout!

Definitely the ants! I hope Boris is commentating again .

Dustin's probably not been near a camper van for years - but it will still get a mention .

Kyle Edmund is going to need 150 SPF today

Bagel I think she has, she's only 20? ish so not very old, and has been touted as a 'next big thing' for a while. Not sure how well she has done before.

Dustins hotel rooms and flights are not as exciting as an old van.

Bagel and a big hat. with a net, to keep out the ants.

Oh, if Boris is there today, they had better not let him outside. He never seems to wear suncream. Tomato is Boris's skin colour of choice.

80s no. That would be a really boring story, wouldn't it? Sponsored by trivago.

I need to go and get stuff, and then get various off spring from various after school things.

it really does play havoc with my watching.