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'.

(for a 31 year old)

Even his serve is holding up.

Vamos Rafa!

whoosh - in 22 minutes . Feeling a bit sorry for Khatchanov

book I do, a little. He is definitely a talent. But Rafa is looking so good.

I need Rafa to slow down a bit cos I want to watch Andy and at this rate I'm going to miss most of it - got to get home from work and go to gym at 6.30.

But VAMOS!

Khatchanov looks a bit leaden - footed to me - a bit static on the spot

My DD17 said "Imagine how loud Azarenka was when she gave birth!" 😬😂😬

Bagel

There are probably not enough decibels to cover that.

Karen (which is easier to spell) has a game. That's nice. But don't let him ahead of himself.

Castle getting excited by Masters green jackets

@ Bagel's DD. I bet everyone on her floor was given ear defenders!

£94.80 poorer, but I finally have a working TV, so shall be joining you all for LIVE tennis when I get back from work today. Hurrah!

Jo serving for the set?

Good to see Halep is through- looked like it was tough though.

Creme excellent news!

Jo has taken the first set. Sakkari is playing better now than at the beginning.

May turn over then - this is almost too hard to watch

It took 10 minutes, but Jo broke Sakkari in the first game of the second set.

I can't abide the grunting and shrieking normally but for some reason, Rafa's groans are bearable

Felt for Heathery today - she started so well. Hope next year she's able to fly into the second week as I really like her.

Oh hell, Rafa's really got his toe down. I'm going to zoom home now I think!

San I posted earlier, that I don't mind it with the men- because it's usually because of real effort, and not just an affectation, which I really do think it is with some of the women.

Am I allowed on this thread as I cant stand Rafa? or Roger?

although RF is the lesser of 2 evils!

cant stand Djoko either.

Im in crush with Marin Cilic and Delpo, (although Im channeling Madonna as theyre both young enough to be my grandsons, put together. Miaow!)

only ggod thing about Kvitova being out (and I wanted her to win again) is no longer to listen to Tracy Austin abebering on eveyr 2 minutes about what happened to her hand.

shes as bad as Castle.

and who thinks Inverdale isa good commentator? hes so BORING!

I m not able to read every single post but what the view on Venus and being at Wimbledon and not sorting out whats going on in her private life regarding the ''incident''?

shame Bedene and Watsy are out they did really well.

oh and btw why has Djoko taken on Stavros Flatley as his coach? .

Qui you are very welcome- so long as you aren't precious about the fact that there are some of us who can't stand Murray either .

I love Marin. I liked him even more when Goran was around, but I do have a bit soft spot for him.

well, thats that - Jo wins

Everyone is welcome to the thread but Raah and I at least are tremendously pro-Rafa and I can't speak for Raahh, but I may get snippy if he's dissed. He is, imo, an absolute exemplar sportsman.

But welcome to the thread! You are in good company if you can't stand Djokovic, and we tend to discuss as many matches as possible quite evenly - it's not all about Vamos Rafa!

Yes seriously, we are pretty fair about most players. Djok has some fans around, but not so many. Delpo is very good choice too
I get very defensive about Rafa, especially when the commentators have already decided he will lose- which seems to be mostly a Wimbledon thing. Doesn't happen at other tournaments so much.

Am not really a Roger fan, but I appreciate what he has done for the sport, and when he is on form, he is great to watch.

Hopefuly Qui you are not a fan of young stroppy Aussies. Most of us would like to see them banned

Hi Qui.

Well done, Jo. She's looking good.