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 want Mac to stop talking now.

The more he says either Greegor or Dimeeeetrov, the more irritated I'm getting.

The sound went on my Prime a while ago.
That was welcome.
Sadly they are back now.

I finally get chance to watch tennis and Amazon is playing up - grrr!

I can watch it on my phone but want to watch it on the telly - even DS1 can’t sort it out.

Mac’s mispronunciations can be very annoying.

There’s no way that Rafa will be on at 11.

Panic over - I can watch it now.

Not sure how long I’ll be able to stay up though - ooh tiebreaker!

Fizzy I just checked the score and said ooh tiebreak

Jane

Come on Grigor!

Oh no

Bugger.

But - there wasn't much in it. Keep it going GD!

Medvedev is sort of doing what he did to Stan - he's not playing better, he's just winning the "right" points.

Or am I just biased??

I see Grigor's brought his Thermos with him!

Eek Grigor seems quite nervy- I’m rooting for him because I think he needs this win and he seems like such a nice person.

Medvedev just seems to manage to win sets out of nowhere - he plays some crazy shots that seem to come off when he needs them to.

Lots of foot faults.

Trans generational psychologist? Wtaf? ?

Haven't seen any of the match yet, hoping to put in on after DH has watched QI
Soobviously haven't heard Mac's pronunciation of Dimitrov but.....my hairdresser is Bulgarian and his name is Misho Dimitrov. He says the correct pronunciation is Di meeee trov. The Di and Trov is very short and abrupt. The emphasis is on Meeee. And the Trov is quite gutteral.

kazza are you saying that Mac’s pronunciation is correct - do I need a Bulgarian hairdresser??

Medvedev’s serve is very loose and he doesn’t seem bothered by the foot faults.

Just got the match on now. I'm afraid Mac's not got it quite right but it's better than Petchey's pronunciation. It's not Di Mi Trov. The umpire hasn't got it right either

Misho's a good hairdresser fizzy

kazza well that sounds like what Mac says! Although I've got the sound off so I can't double check, but I think that's how he says it.

Fizzy I totally agree with you that Grigor needs this win and he seems like such a nice person

Both excellent reasons for him to win.

This is looking a bit dodgy now though. He's got to get back into this set.

Argh come on!! He has to get this break.

Yes!!

The umpire can't even call the correct score (twice!) and no one said anything

Fascinating match - so glad the Amazon is working now - had problems earlier .

I’m getting slightly obsessed about Medvedev and his bananas - does he just take a few bites out of each one?

Come on Grigor!

So many breaks of serve.

Still think Medvedev looks like an alien Shaggy. The shape of his head is weird. And he needs a hair clip.

Yay! A hold from Grigor

Shut up Mac! No one is interested in American politics. We have our own problems