Tennis Thread: US Open final weekend, and all your autumnal tennis chat this way!

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Welcome one and all!

I saw something earlier about Grigor and his relationship with Nicole Shitsinger. i wonder if that had anything to do with his form dip? His play suffered when he was with Shrieky/they split up.

he needs to stay single for a while.

I see Alex has got a panda hat now. Stan will be livid.

I can't find that- but I agree, Stan will be jealous!

Oh it's actually Taylor Fritz who has the panda, that'll be why you couldn't find it Raahh

Oh that is so cool! He always looks like a little boy,trying tot look older, - it suits him .

The Chengdu fans are obviously fond of their hats .

I always think he looks a bit like Louis Tomlinson.

Oh he does! Or as Louis Walsh would say , 'Taylor, you're like a little Louis Tomlinson'.

No sign of the X Factor yet. They're doing a celebrity one.

I know! It feels so late. And I might even miss one of the very first episodes But I suppose they aren't doing the whole audition thing, since they are celebs- might seem insulting.

Damn they missed a trick

In the absence of any tennis news at the moment (although Beijing is in action, I find the Chinese tournaments hard to keep up with , time wise)- I thought I would keep you up to date on Doctors.

SPOILERS

Geoffrey, Val's painting cat, is dead.
It's very sad.

As am I, in many ways, obviously .

It is devastating, Jane.

I'm not sure we will get over it, really.

Not to worry. It has nine lives.

Oh no can’t believe the painting cat has died

Bring back the tennis!

it's terrible.

Val's bananas.

She will probably have Geoffrey stuffed, and sit him on reception.

In tennis news, Grigor lost

And the BBC no longer seem to care about Murray. Or it's a case of they only mention him ad nauseum when he's playing in this country or wins something. Or...doubles . He is due to play Berrettini. His stint in Beijing may be short lived, given Matteo's form of late.

Did you see that doubles result earlier - Stefanos and a partner I can't remember the name of (sorry, very rude of me ) lost the first set 6-3 to Farah and Cabal, so no surprise there. Then won the second set 6-0!! But lost 16-14 in the champions tiebreak.
Weird

Is he playing with the Dutch one? I think I saw that-I agree, very odd score line!

It's Wesley Koolhof kazza have some respect!

(who?)

Sorry Jane

I realised after I typed his name that I do know him but how Stef paired up with him is a mystery. Doubles players chop and change a lot nowadays.

Bonjour mes amis from cold and wet France.

We've been away for a few days and no WiFi so I've not been able to get onto MN. We're on hols with my ILs and my MIL is a big fan of Rafa - so we had a good chat about the USO final - v enjoyable!!

Just catching up with your comments now - gutted to hear about Geoffrey such devastating news!!

I saw Murray was about to lose the first set against Berrettini - that is a really tough match for a first round.

I think Delpo must be due back soon? He posted some lovely knitwear-based photos on IG recently - he was roaming around some Argentinian mountains, looking all autumnal. Be nice to see him back on court though.

I might not check in again for another few days but will look forward to catching up on all your musings soon!!