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

Qualies Raahh

an alien Shaggy
poor guy

Fizzy I hadn't noticed about the bananas bit will keep a look out. I hope he's not binning the uneaten halves, what a waste!!

Just went to find some headphones so I can listen as well - trod on about 10 pieces of bastard Lego in DS's room in the dark trying to find them!! I'm watching in the dark as DH is asleep because he "has to" get up at 3.30am to watch rugby. FFS!

It might overlap with Rafa's match

Petch closed Mac down pretty quickly on the politics thing.

Medvedev is a bit odd looking but I do quite like his quirkiness - he does look older than 23 I think.

This match is fascinating - I want to stay up and watch it.

Rafa might be on at 3.30 Spidey - you can keep your DH company

It's really good. This is a massive game here as well. I hope I can stay awake for a bit!

Fantastic tennis.
Wrong outcome.
Come on Grigor!

What rugby is on at 3.30 am private ?

Wow. Grigor is so good to watch.

All Blacks v Samoa kazza

Sorry, Tonga not Samoa. It's an afternoon game in NZ which they hardly ever are - usually at night these days (which is not too bad time difference-wise).

Ugh that just feels so wrong that Grigor is 2 sets down. He's been brilliant.

Oh bugger!

Wow - Medvedev always looks on the verge of collapse but he always manages to pull it out of the bag.

Not sure if I can see Grigor coming back from this.

Is DH a Kiwi private or just a rugger bugger? Either way, he's dedicated

Yes he's a kiwi kazza - and also a dedicated rugger bugger

No I can't see Grigor coming back either but you never know.

"A bunch of people have left" according to Mac - madness!!

Well they might die of starvation if they don’t eat or drink every two hours Spidey

imagine Mac playing chess. Love it.

Yes that's true Fizzy - now we'll wait for them all to wander back in, taking their own sweet time...

Oh man - this is probably over now?

How can Medvedev be winning? I just can't see how he's doing it.

He seems to do this in every match - Grigor has played really well but will probably lose in three sets. He does just seem to win the important points when it really matters.

It does look as if he saves the rest of the banana so no need to worry about the waste

Every two hours fizzy ?
That's generous

Can't see Grigor coming back from this, unfortunately.

Medvedev always looks like he's dying on his feet and yet still continues to win.

Mac has already got Rafa in the final - poor Berretini

What the hell did that woman have hanging from her ears

Yes maybe I meant every 5 minutes kazza I quite like how the camera does the walk of shame following someone with their cocktail in a plastic glass while they are waiting to play