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 hope they put Rafa on centre tomorrow- not sure why he warranted being the one of the 'big 4' put on number 1.

Yes even if you're not a Djoko fan (I'm not!) would still have expected to see some good matches

Oh, good to see Marcos is through. I do like Baghdatis.

I like Baghdatis too. The centre court crowd must be hoping no one else gets injured today!

It would be very bad luck if anyone else retired.

I've just seen that Edberg was watching Roger today. I bet he was hoping for a longer match too!

Pleased for Fed as nobody of 35 needs a punishing 1st round match, but the spectators must have been gutted. 😟

Drama Funnily enough I was showing teen dd (she loves Mac) the "you cannot be serious" clip and she said "but he was right, Mum". He was - can't help thinking that he'd have been a lot less bratty had Hawkeye been around then. He could have just challenged and moved on. ☺️

I'm turned over to Dimitrov/Schwartzman, who was very impressive at RG, and came so close to beating Novak. But I think Grigor is looking like he means business today.

Oh but he wouldn't have been so much fun IHate

Schwartzman is very little- in comparison to your average player. He's about 5ft 7, I think.

Still nearly a foot taller than me though

Mac would have argued with hawkeye.
He just likes arguing.

Can anyone help me? I'm in Denmark so can't watch the BBC Wimbledon coverage on iplayer. Does anyone know how/where I can watch it?

Oh, trixy I don't know, but hopefully someone can help.

tv schedules wordwide I found this list, not sure if it helps?

Gaaah, too many matches to see! Glad to have seen last set of DelPo earlier. Watched a bit of Wozniaki and now settled on Thiem & Pospisil 🎾

Have you seen this? Another charming young Aussie

Tomic's press conference

Trixy Eurosport1 seems to have a highlights show at 22:00-23:30 UK Time repeated at 08:25-10:00 the next morning

TheOnlyLiving What an arse!! Taking the place of someone who really, really wants it. He also said this (further down in the same BBC page)

He said: "I think I don't respect the sport enough. You know, I'm going to play another 10 years, and I know after my career I won't have to work again."

Idiot

Tomic is an idiot. Always has been really, him and his dad. And a wasted talent. Didn't he say something once about it not mattering that he hadn't really fulfilled his potential, he was still worth millions? Knob.

x post. Seems he is still saying the same things then. Maybe he should just stop playing, him and Kyrgios, and let the ones who want to do it, have a chance.

Am I the only one who is a bit annoyed that both Djoko and Federer's opponents went into their matches already injured? I was just settling down for a nice afternoon watching tennis and then first one match then the next were aborted. I just felt it was a bit selfish of both players - there would have been others who had just missed places in the draw who would have been only too glad to have a chance to play on Centre Court against two of the world's top ranked players - even if they did no more than win the odd game or two.

Thanks. I've managed to use a vpn thing called tunnel bear to watch iplayer.

I got the impression from McEnroe's comments that if they didn't play they wouldn't get paid for the first round. And I suppose if you're not a really high ranked player the money for the 1st round of a Grand Slam is very significant, you can't just walk away from that.

That is a good point about Mac arguing with Hawkeye I bet he would have done, but he wouldn't have been quite as infuriated.

Is Murray playing tomorrow? I have a long hospital appointment - if he is playing, I hope he's not first on. 🙁

Ah it would have been no fun if Mac had hawkeye!

I never liked Tomic. The Australian people must despair of their tennis players.

Lopez has retired injured too although he gave it a heroic go out on Court 16, lasting for nearly four sets before admitting defeat. What an odd day!

Feliciano Lopez retiring - is that bad sportsmanship? He seemed to be playing fine. Was only potentially 8 points from losing...