TENNIS thread - We wave goodbye to SW19, and look forward to the hardcourt season.

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Before we run out .

By be Wimbledon

You can give Boris a wallop on my behalf

I've found my home on mumsnet! Hello all!

I just figured out I can get free amazon prime video with my phone contract so now fully fully prepared for the US hard court swing

Hi withering

Which Boris do you mean Jane? . The two that I’m thinking of do have some similarities ...

Welcome withering

Ooh, lovely magi
I love crab.

Hi withering

We don't normally talk about smashing up crab claws, honest but obviously it's a bit of a non-eventful time in the tennis world at the mo.

Good stuff about Amazon prime, to be fair to them they have improved their coverage a lot since the early days - hopefully some good tennis ahead this summer

Hi withering - great to see a fellow fan.

What I'd like to know about Amazon Prime is can you record it? The US & Aus slams are at such (for us) odd times I'd really want to be able to do that.

Jane I gave Boris (& I think I know which one) a good smash & also Jeremy & a few more. Very therapeutic.

I don't think you can record, but on the app they keep a lot archived so it's very easy to rewatch. I can scroll right back to all the clay court Masters events (which means I will probably spend this evening rewatching the Tsitsipas/Nadal match from Madrid...)

Thanks all for the welcome :) Looking forward to have more people to chat tennis with!

Private yes we only ever talk about tennis and never get sidetracked into an alternate tennis world. No siree.

Fizzy I think magi knows which one I mean

Ah but who did you want to win withering?

Jane I was trying to make a good impression on withering!! Ok admittedly we do go off on tangents at times - sometimes tennis-related

I am incapable of making a good impression as we have all seen

yes watch it Jane or I might get the hump

Let the hostilities begin Private
(I better stop)

Moving swiftly on ladies........Stan has been posting pictures of him with alcohol again

Apparently, he's now an ambassador for Piper Heidsieck

Gotta love the

I bet it would bring Cock out in hives

Welcome to the madhouse polite, relevant and always considered musings withering

Stan’s Instagram always cheers me up

Wish I was an ambassador for a prestigious champagne brand!

Jane Tsitsi of course, I've never found a player with a one handed backhand that I don't go weak at the knees for!

withering including Dan Evans?
He doesn't really have any fans on here (apart from me )

kazza straight in there with the Dan Evans appreciation

I have to say I did come round slightly with that interview he did after the Sousa match.

But only slightly

He does have a great style to watch, I'll give him that.

My favourite SHBH is Stan, closely followed by Richard Gasquet.

I like him too kazza I really enjoyed all his Wimbledon matches.

But withering he was playing Rafa

Stan's backhand is probably the most beautiful shot in the game today (certainly better than Rog).
I still think think that the delectable Stefan Edberg's backhand down the line is the most perfect shot ever

Thanks for the Dan support
He has been a complete prat but I like his style of play. And he's certainly more interesting than Kyle

*think think?
Too much vino

You think too much kazza

Midsomer is on Virgin 1 here and Karl Davies is in it. Happy days!

Oh now Cassandra off Only Fools & Horses has appeared