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

[Raahh]

Before we run out .

By be Wimbledon

Mac saying what he thinks as always.

I didn't see any tennis last night either. Just don't have time at the moment annoyingly.

Tsonga has got a wildcard for Montreal. I will definitely try to watch some of that - next week I think.

Mac saying what most of us think about JG private unless you happen to be Isner or Cock

Yes v true kazza.

I love this man

me too! I hope he has a good hardcourt season and is in Peak Stanimal form for the US Open

Meh!! Stan! Ugh!

I meant Papa Smurf magi

Love Stan and the Smurfs

Just watching a bit of Cilic v medvedev - Cilic has lost the first set and is wearing a not very nice green/yellow top. The courts are very squeaky and I’m still struggling with the Amazon camera angles - it’s very jerky.

I want to read the John McEnroe book kazza - will have a look out for it.

Is Rafa playing at Montreal?

Stan

fizzy Mac's book came out in hardback in 2017 (it must have been a present, as I never buy hardbacks), so I'm sure it must be out in paperback by now. I read his first autobiography, Serious, years ago, which goes up to about 2002.

Just read a bit about him and Cock playing a charity event for Branson on Necker, where you had to do tequila shots if you were aced, for example.

"He managed to down the odd shot and, even though he's famously gluten-free,he didn't demand everything be gluten-free. I believe he did actually have a french fry, but God forbid he should eat a piece of pasta."

Jonny Mac should join us on this thread

Hi Fizzy - yes he is - he is the number 1 seed - won it last year!

I meant Papa Smurf magi

I wish Papa Smurf would win the US Open - that would really shake things up.

I'm glad Mac isn't on board with the gluten free diet - and he looks pretty good without it too.

I heard Cilic had been playing well in DC. The green and yellow combo sounds a bit grim - Fila put him in some horrible outfits at times. Am off to peruse the results from yesterday...

Ah ok Cilic lost

Doubles pals Tsitsipas and Kyrgios play each other in the semis. Could be interesting...

I have been annoyingly distracted by real life this week.

Papa Smurf!

I think I read Mac’s first book kazza - I do find him quite engaging (but he can be annoying sometimes as well)

Poor Cilic - that seems to be the story of his life lately - wins the first set and then manages to lose the match . Maybe they’ll let him wear some nicer colours if he wins a few matches.

Tsitsipas/Kyrgios should be interesting - I’m off to your neck of the woods today Raahh so won’t get to see any tennis.

Papa Smurf to win the US Open

Thanks for the Rafa info Adelie - I’m missing him.

fizzy at least it's stopped raining.

For now!

Yes I was a bit worried about the rain Raahh! Tomorrow’s not looking too good - must be awful for the people living near the dam.

Hope you enjoyed your trip to the other side of the Pennines Fizzy

We're re-doing the garden in our new house, it was full of brambles, bindweed, etc so that's been most of today, annoyingly.

DH has been shovelling soil and I've mostly been playing a supervisory role and looking at gardening catalogues

I need that crack team of gardeners from Wimbledon to come and help us...

Finally got a round to checking some tennis type things.

Thiem has finally won something in Austria. So well done to him .

We are getting more rain tomorrow, it seems. Dh is not happy- he has been umpiring a softball tournament today, and tomorrow, and they had to move grounds (the previous ones were next to the Mersey and are designed to flood- but flooded a bit too well!).

Ah that's nice for Thiem I'm pleased for him!

Doesn't sound like it was a good day for softball Raahh. The weather has been mad lately. The Whaley Bridge situation is awful isn't it - I've got some friends in New Mills not that far from there, it's such a nice place Scary stuff for them.

Back to (sort of), I see Stan has been paintballing today Do you think he needs special insurance for that, what if he gets injured?! A paintball pellet (?!if that's the correct terminology) to the racquet arm or something, could be nasty!

Have just seen Thiem's trophy ceremony photos - now that's a nice - and somewhat interesting - trophy!

Well done Domi. He looks very happy.

I see Diego and Taylor Fritz are in the Los Cabos final.

I've been at the Gaelic today and got soaked to the skin yet again.

Bugger! I see Dick squeezed past Stefanos

I heard on the radio that Kyrgios asked the crowd where he should aim his serve at match point - just hearing that made me really cross! Hope that Stef comes to his senses and doesn’t play doubles with him again.

Good job he didn’t ask me where to put his serve - he must not have liked the answer . Think I’ll give the final a miss.

I was in Uniqlo earlier - the Federer French Open brown tops were reduced - they are even nastier in real life - a horrid colour and not very nice material. They didn’t have any Nishikori ones.

Dick and service placement

Uniglo UPS shirts

Everything about Kyrgios irritates me. I just wish he would go away.

Not surprised Uniqlo can't sell those brown tops. The Keith ones probably sold better.