Tennis Thread..The US OPEN final approaches...

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New thread before the Rafa/Delpo thread starts...

Carlos Ramos latest
He will umpire the Croatia-USA Davis Cup tie. So he hasn't been sacked, extradited, put in the stocks, etc.

Good, I'm glad for him! Hope he's very strict

And in other news Michelle Keegan has just won Best Actress at the TV Choice Awards for Our Girl, so all those Wimbledon interruptions didn't affect her

Jane
Lol, now that does seem a long time ago!!

Mention of Our Girl makes me think of Sue: The Voice of Doom

Sue is a bit in my bad books after I read this https://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/sue-barker-leads-calls-for-rule-changes-after-serena-williams-us-open-row-867782.html but I'm sure I'll forgive her
And Andrew Castle agrees with us lot!!

The Daily Telegraph also agrees with us 😁

Wait, what? AC's with us, and Sue's against us?! I feel like I've entered a parallel universe!

What we agree with AC over something?! The worlds gone mad.......

Ahh, yes. Sue Voice of Doom. She is so far up Serena's tutu, she can see her tiara. This isn't about rules- Carlos broke no rules. He is not there to pat Serena's head , either, and calm her down. She's a grown woman with over 20 years on tour. This is about being scared to upset Serena- and some people clearly haven't got the guts.

Well done to MIchelle Keegan. Pmsl. I wonder if she's a tennis fan?

Agree with AC?oh...it's tricky, but I did agree when he said the butterflies were pretty?

And hopefully Carlos will remain part of the officiating team at the Davis Cup- seeing as it involves the US.

I have seen Rafa's name is still down for Beijing and Shanghai- but I'm not hopeful. I suppose it depends how bad things are- last year his knee started playing up in Paris, meant he had to withdraw fromthe WTF, and he didn't really play again until Melbourne.

But we'll see.

I think we all agree with AC on the beard love

My dog is going crazy because the swallows are getting ready to depart. I hope they get a bloody move on!

Yes, maybe we're more in tune with AC than we realised!

Aw your dog Jane! It's definitely autumn now isn't it? I almost put the heating on last night but managed not to. I need Delpo to come round and light me a nice relaxing log fire

Raahh yes I would agree there must be a bit of doubt over whether Rafa will make those tournaments - he needs to protect himself! I hope he plays all of the world tour finals this year though.

Oh, my dog has his eye on the resident goady squirrel. He won't got in the garden though- it's raining .

See, we learnt something from AC's nature watch. To appreciate our barmy dogs .

Delpo, a fisherman's jumper and a log fire.

What a perfect way to spend the Autumn.

(I'm sure dh won't mind ).

Raahh I know, the more I think about it, the better it is

goady squirrel

We are planning to get a dog once we finally move house. DS is absolutely mad on the idea, but we are lacking space at the mo. One of the reasons we want to move!

There are a family of them, Private- and they drive the dog potty. He still hasn't worked out he can't climb trees and fences.

This thread http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3360482-They-left-me-this-morning-Just-packed-up-and-went is very funny about departing swallows, goady squirrels, etc.

Jane I saw that.

The op was ... interesting

Yes indeed

Just looking at it now.
Jane lol at The People's Friend

Has anyone seen today's Times? Apparently umpires are considering boycotting Serena's matches!! So it looks like the WTA/USTA stance may have backfired somewhat.

Whether they would actually go through with it or not I don't know.

Private who can blame them?

Oh dear.

And more controversy here www.foxsports.com.au/tennis/us-open/aussie-cartoonists-depiction-of-serena-causes-a-firestorm/news-story/338c3c293cc99213ce413f33f89cb49a. I think his cartoons are funny!