Tennis Thread- It's the US OPEN already, we're prepared for late nights, (and Amazon Prime is making us cross already)

[Raahh]

I can't believe it's nearly September, really. I'm sure the Australian open has just finished.

I'm going to spend the morning labelling school uniform . I really am.

I probably won't

Tee hee, been there Mama!! I was glad I saw a bit of Delpo though. He plays Coric next - should be good.

I was just reading that Serena won 6-1 6-2

Looking forward to Fed-Kyrgios today, presume it will be a night match though...

Oh it's not - it's second on Ashe - I should've checked before posting. Djokovic-Gasquet is the men's night match.

Kvitova-Sabalenka should be good too...

I crashed almost as soon as Rafa finished, but woke up a bit later. I'm having real panic attacks about back to school and over sleeping (it's daft, I know it will be fine). I don't sleep well at the best of times with worrying about stuff though.

I'm really glad Delpo is through ,but I had a feeling the Raonic match would be a match too far for Stan. It's still been a good run of results recently , and hopefully, he can concentrate on ending the year in one piece.

Rafa will probably have a long look at his match- but he got through it . I think he plays Basilashvili next (with the lovely eyes- and beard!}

Raahh I'm totally panicking about back to school as well. We're away at the moment in Dartmoor - we decided to have a last-minute break before school returns, and although it's lovely, I don't know if it was such a great idea as I still have things like PE pumps etc that aren't sorted. So I know I'm going to be rushing around once we get home. So I feel your pain!!

Tennis will get us through, as usual

I'm not really sorted for back to school. Going to the uniform shop and the dentist today.

There are compensations to being old

PFGC starts school on Monday - can't believe it.

it's dd1's first football match of the season, and they have new kit. I've just realised her's(She's the keeper ) is highlighter orange. . yes, it is nike.

the rest of the team where blue and white.

magi hasn't the time flown!

I’m glad the Rafa match didn’t go into a fifth set. I managed to stay up but feeling pretty tired today although I did make it to yoga . I think he realises he’ll have to improve his game if he wants to go much further in the tournament although Karen did play really well.

I’m surprised that the Federer/Kyrgios match is on in the afternoon although it is the weekend. I would quite like to watch it but don’t think I can subject DH to another night of tennis watching and watching Kyrgios give me the rage anyway . Hope that Roger will be a calming influence on him.

I think my DS2 has a footy match tomorrow Raahh - I try not to get involved unless I really have to.

Good luck with everyone’s back to school prep.

DS2s new footy kit has just been delivered - I’m disappointed that it’s not highlighter pink or orange!

Hopefully the highlighter orange brings your DS good luck this season Raahh!

Dd1's team won their match, Private Better stiil, because it was just friendly, the rest of the team wore their training kit- which is highlighter yellow
sadly, no pink...

I'm not going to get to watch much tonight, i don't think. I will be watching X factro- bit of a tradition, with dd1. I'm not too bothered about the Federer /Kyrgios match- I hope it's tough for both of them, but Kyrgios doesn't win. I wonder who the umpire will be?

Madison Keys has lost her first set- which is a shame. I like Madison. She might turn it though.

I'm impressed at how late everyone stays up to watch the matches. I'm too tired for that these days.

Watching Madison Keys. She's wearing the same outfit I hated on Svitolina yesterday but it's not as horrible on her. I think it's because she's not wearing neon yellow shoes. I like Krunic's raspberry dress.

It's not great tennis right now, though. Krunic had a fall and grazed her knee badly and I think it has rattled her.

I'm just score watching at the moment, as I got a bit bored, and am catching up with 'Extra Slice'.

Madison may be turning things around, but if Krunic has fallen, it explains it.

I only stay up for Rafa really Grouchy and was pleased that it didn’t go on too much after midnight.

Enjoy x-factor Raahh - we’ll probably be catching up on Masterchef and Bake off extra slice although I think DH is watching cricket or football now - can’t really complain after my tennis fest last night.

Will be interesting to see who does umpire the Federer/Kyrgios match - don’t think it will be Mohammed somehow.

I didn’t realise you were a bake off fan Raahh!

I love it Fizzy it's a highlight of the year for dd1 and I (one of the few things she will watch with me!!). I occasionally post on the threads, but not very often.

Annoyingly, dd's football training is 7-8 on a Tuesday night, so we miss watching it 'live' at the start, and have to watch it a bit late- but we miss the adverts that way. I thought I'd miss Mel and Sue , but I don't. (Though I loved them at the time).

I could probably do with an early night tonight, really

We usually record it as well to avoid the adverts. I was really grumpy when it moved from bbc1 but I think I like it better now it’s on c4 - I like Noel.

Right off to check out the tennis scores before this turns into bake off thread

Back from the pub watching Roger v Kyrgios. This is a really quick match - no need for the shot clock here.

DelPo is last on Ashe again tomorrow. I don't think I can take another late night!

I've just glanced at the scores- has Kyrgios gone walkabout in the second set?

Kyrgios was asking his coaching team what he should do and getting annoyed that they told him to get his first serves in. I'm sure that doesn't resemble coaching in any way.

Federer looks really pissed off to be playing against this manchild and is almost contemptuous in some of his shot-making (no, I'm not at all projecting here). It's quite good to watch.

Krygios has disappeared completely here, yet again. I don't know why Im watching this I'm going to be irritated whoever wins
Ds1 has just treated me to a lectured about not falling asleep watching the iPad tonight as it's and for my eyes.....I swear he was about 50 the day he was born!
We never used to watch the bake off but dd1 saw it at uni and now we are rewatching them on Netflix.

Can you imagine AC advertising "caps, towels, outerwear" during rallies like the American commentators are?! Honestly, AC has beards enough to talk about without shoehorning ads into it as well!!

I think Andrew Castle would be brilliant at doing ads Private - he could launch his own range of picnic food!

Ok I’m watching the tennis - I’ll see how long it takes me to be annoyed by Kyrgios.