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 worrying about Rafa"s head. That was one heckuva crack...hope he"s ok.

Hello everyone. Popping in to ask a question about the score board. There's va tiny number one in white between the 7_6 of Murray/ Paire match. What's it about please?

It's the score in the tie break. Paire only got 1

woo hoo! Well done Murray!!

toldmywrath it's the tiebreak score for the player who lost the tiebreak. Andy got 7 points in the tiebreak, so won it, and Paire got just one point, hence the 1 on the scoreboard.

Arghhhhh!

Vamos!

Ah trixy got there first and more succinctly

Well done Murray.

Worried about Rafa now. I'm not able to watch but keep refreshing the scores.

well done Andy - but not a very good match to watch, so many errors. Have to pop off then hopefully back to watch Roger .
Mm - just switched over to se how Rafa is doing ....bit worrying

2 sets down.

Fuckity fuck

I expected this. He's a great grass player.

Oh dear - worrried now

Muller, that is. I think anyone who wouldn't know him, might not expect this.

Can't watch Rafa. Think this will be it for him

Thank you trixy and Drama . I'm hopping all over the matches today, blimey Rafa being moved to BBC 1 now.

Rafa seems a bit slow on his feet, tennis expert here (not)

Very pleased for Andy. Hope Rafa can dig deep and come back from this.

I'm really torn on the Nadal game. I really like him, but want Andy to retain the no 1 spot.

Raahh hello from a fellow quality TV viewer.

Poor Rafa, I know you're no Murray fan but I am, so well done Andy.

I can't abide Djokavich, RF isn't my cup of tea either.

Afternoon told

Cripes what a serve he s got (Muller that is).

Not sure I can bear to watch.

This is nearly as exciting as Doctors, told and raah.

Rafa coming into net seems to be working. Hope the momentum is with him now. I was also wondering if he was concussed by that almighty crack to the head.

Going to watch my fave now on CC. Come on Federer!!

bugger it is close, very close

Consolidate the break now Rafa, or it could be curtains.

Rafa could do with benefiting from one of those hip related injury retirements now.

Rafa is tenacious. No-one grinds out a match like him. Except maybe Ferrer. It's Spanish trait to never give up, certainly. Ask Tommy Robredo.

Vamos.

Definitely a momentum shift in the Rafa match.

Muguruza showed that today too. Maybe Rafa can be inspired by her comeback.

Raonic down set, going with serve in the second.

I do think Federer and Rafa have got the tougher matches of the 'big 4' . (Assuming Grigor puts up a good match). I'm not sure Mannarino will be a match for Djok.