Tennis thread: towards the end of the season, lots of tennis still to be played!

[PrivateParkin]

Hi all, I wasn't sure if Raahh was around so I thought I would start a new thread (thanks ferrier) in case of any urgent tennis news that we might need to start posting about immediately! I'm looking forward to Shanghai this week

PMSL

Novak was looking a bit worried there!

Lovely speech from Sascha - Lendl almost cracked a smile!

This is like an Oscar speech! They will start playing music soon to stop him talking!! Cute

Omg

Private are you Sue?

I love that Sascha is milking his moment.

Sue obviously reads the thread!!

This is our last tennis of 2018

Good match to end on though.

Oh wait - there is still the Albert Hall legends!!

Spooky Private - I think he had every right to milk his moment. Great win.

She used your Lendl comment as well Fizzy! Come on Sue - give us a sign if you read this thread!

At least Tim is saying he won on his own merits

Fizzy he definitely does.

Yes agree - Tim knows what he's talking about!

Come on own up - which one of you is sue

Well, it's been a funny old year. Given where Djok was at the end of last year, and how he started this year.

As a Rafa fan, I'm sad he wasn't at the WTF- but he's ended the year 2nd, won a slam, 3 masters, and a 500- which is not a bad year at all.

It has Raahh. I'm sure I read that Rafa only lost twice all season (plus 2 retirements) which is pretty good! If only he'd won that third set against Djok at Wimbledon when he had a set point!! It could have been a very different season imho.

It will be interesting to see what happens next year. I know Zverev has just had that big win and the "youngsters" are doing well, but we'll see if any of them can actually put it together in a Slam or if the usual suspects will be too strong for them...

Yes I wish Rafa had been in London as well - and Delpo of course. It probably would have made the group stages a bit more competitive, if nothing else!!

Hola from the sunshine.

Just got back to apartment & seen that Sasha has won.

So delighted that
I have to crack annunzer bottle!

Can we keep threads going over the off season?

Will miss you all if not!

Sounds like a good reason to keep the booze flowing magi! Hope you are having a fab time.

I'm definitely up for keeping the thread going - I can talk rubbish about tennis any time! And it's not that long until the Aus Open!!!

Not been able to watch much this week but delighted that Zverev won (if Roger couldn't!).

Shocking behaviour by the O2 so-called 'fans' yesterday booing him. Clearly not just in the US that they don't know the rules.

Hi magi we had some sunshine here over the weekend but really cold evenings. I'm struggling with the short days, not a winter person. Hope you have a lovely time.

magi I've always tried to keep the threads going over Christmas ( even though to usually I end up talking to myself). There is usually something interesting that crops up in the off season.

I'm glad you're having a good time.

Private, yy, retirements aside, Rafa's win/loss record this year is pretty good. I hope he gets to sort his match for the flood victims, too.

Oh yes I used to stumble across some tennis on TV and wonder if there was a thread and find Raahh had been chatting away to herself for a week

Jane I'm not a fan of the short days this time of year either. It seems to have crept up in me very suddenly this year. That's one of the reasons I love the Aus Open so much - when it's cold and dark here, it's lovely to watch tennis players getting hot and sweaty in the sun!!! Bring it on!