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

[Raahh]

Before we run out .

By be Wimbledon

a hint of fromage

I'm probably imagining it then kazza - maybe it's something from the tennis parallel universe, like Delpo's fisherman jumper (although that is now actually real) and Phil et Susie?!

Yes I saw Kyrgios said that shows self-awareness I suppose!

Phil et Susie is real private

yes see - that's how I thought l'eau d'Henri was also real

l'eau d'Henri

l'eau d'Henri - ca c'est un parfum que je bien veux apporter.

Ooh la la la la magi

Oui d'accord magi

That's about the limit of my French.

Fin.

My beloved PFGC is being bought up bi-ligual. (Obv, as she lives in France). The way the languages get mixed is so funny:

"Granny, pourquoi les cows sont mangeing le grass?".

It's Franglais at its best & I envy the way she can roll her 'r's.

Aww that's so cute. French was my favourite subject at school but it's extremely rusty by now.

I was lucky enough to spend a year in France, studying, when I was young & have visited a lot and had a nephew who married a French woman so have kept mine going. And DS has lived there for a long time now.

My grammar is dire, but I can keep my own in most conversations.

That is so cute magi

I did A level French and Russian - and a year of Swedish at university. I was absolutely rubbish at Swedish. .

I can't remember most of what I learnt (I try, and usually fail, to help dd1 with her school French). I can say 'I don't know' in a number of languages, which might come in handy one day. .

We have just been out for the day, shopping- the rain is horrendous and I think half the roads are flooded. I need to build an ark.

That's v sweet magi. I was crap at languages - I enjoyed them but I could never pronounce those French Rs properly and it put me off.

Meanwhile, I noticed Grigor won a match yesterday.

As did Ernests.

Raahh it was like that by us yesterday - just one extreme to the other after last week's heatwave!

Hope you didn't get too soaked.

*Meanwhile, I noticed Grigor won a match yesterday.

As did Ernests.*

Prepare for Armageddon

Jane I know. Heatwaves, monsoons, Grigor and Ernests winning... It doesn't bode well.

are moustaches all the rage in Australia at the moment?

Dear God! It's really not a good look
It reminds me of the Aussie cricket team growing them once, although that may have been for Movember?

DH grew a horrendous tache for Movember in 2011. He looked like a gay Mexican bandit - which I wouldn't necessarily have a problem with but not when it's my DH

He raised a fair bit of money but I made him shave it off a couple of days early because I refused to let him go to my mum's funeral looking like he did!

He's now had a beard for a few years, which he refuses to get rid of

I see the Murray brothers won.
Also read that Stefanos is going to play doubles with Dick in the next tournament

it does look like something you should only do for charity IMHO. I don't think moustaches look good on anyone tbh (apart from Nigel Bruce in the old Sherlock Holmes films, obviously).

I see Delpo has begun his gym-based rehab. So put that in your pipe and smoke it, commentators who were so quick to write him off (certain butterfly-fanciers spring to mind ).

Good result for the Murray Bros, I'm afraid I didn't watch though - I thought of it but can't take the late nights at the moment. David Law on twitter said Andy played/served really well.

Beards are a totally different matter - I approve of beards. It's just lone moustaches I don't like.

Still laughing at the thought of kazza sniffing Henri Leconte

I’m not really a fan of facial hair (especially my own!). I do like Benoit’s beard though - it is so magnificently Gallic

I tried to watch some tennis on Prime last night but the weird camera angles and poor picture quality put me off - I think I was spoiled watching Wimbledon

Hope that Delpo’s recovery continues. I can’t really get excited about Murray’s doubles playing even though I do like him - the regular doubles players must be getting annoyed at the sudden interest in doubles all of a sudden.

Too many suddens in my last post

It's bloody annoying fizzy that it seems you hit a certain age and suddenly, you have hardly any eyebrows left but plenty of fast growing hair on your chin and neck - or is that just me?

My eyebrows are pretty crazy as well kazza - it’s not good

I wonder how much the seasoned doubles players like putting the singles "play the odd doubles match" players in their place?!?

Don't talk to me about eyebrows - mine are beyond redemption.

Just started reading But Seriously, John McEnroe's second autobiography. He's just called Gimelstob a loudmouth, who only got to a career high singles ranking of 63.