Tennis Thread: the grass court season is here! Who will rule Birmingham? Be the King of Queen's? All your Wimbledon build-up chat this way!...

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Best few weeks of the year starts here!

Oh dear God! It's Mohamed Layhani putting his own unique spin on things

Aww Stan

*Layhani (I think!)

Shouldn't he be umpiring Dick?

I like the idea of Dick playing in someone's garden Raahh as long as it's not mine I saw him at Wimbledon 3 or 4 years ago (on No2 Court, funnily enough). He was a twit then, as were the hordes of Aussie fans, who just wouldn't shut up How do they always manage to get tickets to whatever court an Aussie is playing on, en bloc

*Lahyani ffs

Oh don't get me started on the "Let's Go" lot. Let's not.

Why is it that, even when playing really well, Wawrinka always looks as if he's wandered on to the tennis court by mistake and - having found himself there, thinks, yeah, I'll have a crack at this.

That's why we love him The Only

Anyone thinking of going to Wimbledon this year?

My dad rang me. I'm all behind. I see Stan is doing well.

And we are getting Hip chat from AC.

Ooh, hope Mahut is alright.

Stan is starting to become a bit of a Florence Nightingale. Didn't he help Dan hobble off after his fall yesterday?

I'd like to meet Andy's surgeon. I've got the beginnings of arthritis in my hips and I can vouch for the debilitating effect the constant pain and lack of mobility it causes

Googling John Lloyd. Ffs, there is a tennis match going on in front of them!

Bugger, Dick won and Grigor is a set and a break down.

I had to go on the school run.

It's time my 8 year old got herself home imo.

Talking of hips- I googled Laura Robson the other day, as it occurred to me she had vanished. It seems she underwent hip surgery in the last year- she's only 25. Clearly the modern game is very hard on the body.

Grigor is another player that can't catch a cold these days, let alone a break.

Must be very demoralising.

Delpo needs knee surgery

I saw a photo of him in a leg brace. Doesn't look good.

Oh no.

I'm gutted. I might give up watching tennis.

I won't

Stan - "barrel chested" or chubby. Discuss

kazza

Do we need to find the pictures from the previous thread?

Well, this match is closer than I expected, especially given Mahut's injury woes earlier.

I was absolutely not wondering at what point pecs become moobs, how very dare you suggest such a thought would enter my mind, kazza?

And I have to go out for school pick up in 5 minutes! Really inconsiderate

Oh no! Has he ruptured a ligament? Disaster....

Delpo has re-fractured his knee cap.

Is Stan about to lose this?!