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

[Raahh]

Before we run out .

By be Wimbledon

See, this rain delay is lacking AC.

I need a discussion on whether Rafa ate his dates, or saved them for late.

And- actually, a discussion on the wisdom of eating dates in the middle of a tennis match at all.(I am currently in movicol induced hell with dd2. She could maybe use some dates).

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Ahh, AC cross post Private .

It doesn't seem to be raining now.

I'm just sitting here watching a screen of people, wandering about the court.

because I'm too lazy to look for the remote.

Dan the Dentist seems to be returning to court.

Rafa must still be eating his dates.

Oh, there he is- surrounded by heavies.

The music is getting a bit local now - bit of Alannah Myles, Black Velvet.

Did she have any other hits?

It's funny how AC springs to mind when we need food-based ramblings isn't it

I've just been searching for an Indiana Jones "bad dates" gif to post but there doesn't seem to be one!

Oh god I went to school with someone who was completely obsessed with that song!! Blast from the past

Vamos Rafa!!

WTF.

This is getting stressful.

I do not need stressful.

Yes I was a bit worried about the wisdom of Rafa eating dates in the middle of a match Raahh

The dates thing did seem a bit familiar - I knew that AC would have been involved somehow.

Glad I didn’t get the ironing board out - I’ve just put the shirts in DH’s wardrobe without ironing them - they looked ok to me

Tiebreak not looking great for Rafa

Oh I need to sit on the stairs.

Phew! Now, just win the next set easily, thanks.

Phew thank goodness for that!

The spectators taking ages really annoy me.

Especially when they harp on about the shot clock, all the time. The crowd waste far more time in a match.

kazza

Rain again!

The DJ will be running out of rain songs soon - is this “Raindrops keep falling in my head” in French?

I thought they might play “White Lines” when Lahyani was seeing how slippy they were

And they’re off again - very frustrating for everyone.

Fizzy this is where we need AC, merrily wittering to himself and suggesting rain themed songs for the Dj.

Or twitter. .

Has he done 'it's raining men' yet? 'Umbrella' Rihanna?

Where's Tim? He could give them a quote for a roof.

Prince- Purple Rain!

Eurythmics- Here Comes the Rain again.

Buddy Holly- Raining in my heart.

I like this game.

Who needs AC, anyway.

oh- one of my favourites- I'm only happy when it rains- Garbage.

I'll stop now.

Raahh AC better watch his back

They started playing the Eurythmics as the players went off.

I know I moan about Prime but they do seem to have improved - they now have all the matches listed with actual players names so that I don’t have to try and guess which court the match that I want to watch is actually playing on - it’s only taken them a year!

Fizzy is has got better.
The test will come with the US Open. They got so many complaints last year.

This is a long break.