Tennis thread: to Winston Salem - and beyond! All your build-up to the US Open here...

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Cincinnati finals tomorrow... Meanwhile Andy Murray travels to Winston Salem (by car ) today...

Welcome one and all

I thought Halep was going to sneak it there after Taylor lost the first two match points. Sorry about Simona as I do like her, but a great win for Townsend.

Just seen Lopez and his shorts! So annoying the way the stripes stop 3/4 way down. Want to grab a tub of gold paint, a brush and him and finish off the job!

Getting ready for the rest of day/night sessions. Yesterday's washouts are today's gain!

I like the sound of that tobee

Amazon is now advertising their Premier League coverage Honestly, you can't get away from football, it drives me nuts

Oh no here comes "the bad boy of tennis"

Benoit has posted on IG "I hope the ITF will do its job on the behaviour of my opponent"
What does he mean, did anyone see it?! I'm intrigued.

Always need the bad boy of tennis to have a bad boy haircut!

Well, as usual, couldn't sleep, and was score checking. Looks like Kokkinakis retired before the Rafa match.

Yes and after he finally managed to win a grand slam match after all this time as well. Ah well. It's good for Rafa.

I see Chung beat Verdasco I think Verdasco had match points as well. I do like Chung though, good to see him back.

Still shocked about Simona. Annabel was commentating and kept asking why she didn't lob at all, because Taylor came to the net over 100 times!!! She was like Pat Rafter

Delpo's comeback will be in Stockholm in October, yay! However they're a bit slack as they haven't provided the exact time that he'll be taking to the court - unacceptable!!

How are we supposed to have a countdown? Come on Sweden, get your act together!

Be good to have him back.

I'm shocked by Simona, but she doesn't have much luck at the US open.

Yes Sweden - it's nul points to you with your shoddy lack of a countdown clock!!

Ha!

Lol

There are sane people out there.....

Just turned on Evans and Fed.

Tim and Mac commentating......great.
Then suddenly, a third voice pipes up.....Courier!

Nooo, there's three in the box

Commentary v annoying...
got back from camping 3 days after Mallorca. Evans not doing well - Federer rather good. Clearly annoying commentators not rating Rafa’s chances - they can sod off!

Tim makes me laugh....

Courier "what's the best thing you've seen so far at the US Open, Tim?"

Tim "Apart from you Jim?"

He then went off on a long answer about the grounds and facilities. He's going to scout around them and take all the good ideas back to Wimbledon.

Tim the Builder and his utility belt is back

It's nice of the Wimbledon committee to give him time off really. All that planning and roof- fund raising takes effort.

I see that Danny Evans got a bit of a thrashing from his mate Roger tonight.

I wonder if the US Open has an underground car park as I think that’s the next big project for Hardhat Henman at Wimbledon.

We’re in Mallorca now - it’s hot - I need to be on Rafa’s boat (but maybe not with Andy Murray )

https://mobile.twitter.com/usopen/status/1167518381312024582
Hope this link works.

Oh, I'm glad you've posted that Jane, isn't it lovely?

Ah the Rafa clip is great, love it. Well done Rafa.

Did anyone see Medvedev's on court interview from last night?! Omg. He beat Lopez (looked like a close match from the score) and I don't know what happened during the match, but the crowd was booing him etc. And then during his speech he was just trolling them saying "thank you guys, without you I would not have won" etc So funny. Well worth watching. He could take over the Bond villain role if Novak's not available.

Yes spidey I'm just catching up with the overnight news. Apparently, Medvedev got a code violation for snatching a towel from a ball boy and he also made an obscene gesture to the crowd.

I see that Cock's shoulder is better....
I think he plays Stan next. Go
Perhaps Stan can bring a burger or some alcohol on court just to freak Novak out

Grigor won in straight sets!