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

Oh yeah! That would be annoying.

Just checking twitter about the Murray comments about chatting - yes he said he had to "tell them, because no-one knows the fucking rules"

Also on twitter I had loads of tweets about Stan in my timeline, which was odd as his match was hours ago... Then I realised it was Stan re-tweeting all the earlier comments on how he'd won!! Love it - guess he was pleased with that win.

Go on Andy give them hell!!

Murray was gearing up to moan before they even went for the break- he was already chunnering to the umpire. He gets on my nerves.

Bless Stan- after all the injuries and rubbish over the last year, it must feel good to be on the up.

Ooh, Vamos Fernando!

Speaking of Delpo's 09 USO win (a few posts ago!) there's a great interview with him in GQ magazine this month if anyone's interested. Not my usual reading matter but anyway!

It talks about the 09 final against Fed when Fed said to the umpire "don't tell me the fucking rules" which I'd totally forgotten about! Probably because no-one ever mentions it DelPo said that's what made him think he could win the match, because it made Roger seem more "human"

Delpo

chunnering
Yep he's always been a good chunner-er, I'll give him that.

Aw I like him though.

I love it when Andy starts muttering away, it reminds me of Boris

Hmm slow motion water-pouring shots...

Ooh, that's a nice picture.

Even if , by some miracle, Murray wins this match, I doubt he will last against Delpo.

Yes Boris's angry at everything phase!! Happy days

If Verdasco needs water poured on him I volunteer.

Jane

Would you share an ice bath him?

I'm not a fan of the cold at all Raahh

Ah I wish I could watch!!

Omg Amazon my screen just went blank on match point!!

Now listening to 5 live!!

Picture's back. Verdasco looks so nervous.

I'm watching the scores. Exciting!

Andy's shirt reminds me of these things I had when I was little - a black piece of paper and you sort of scraped the black layer off and there were glittery rainbow colours underneath, does anyone know what I'm on about??!

These things

Private you can still get those- I'm not sure what they are called, but dd2 is always coming back from Rainbows with them.

Yay! Verdasco!

I'm so old we had to make our own with crayons and black poster paint

Aww, he looks so pleased.

"Buddy" I can't imagine Sue Barker saying that in her on court interviews...

Jane I love stuff like that