Tennis thread: it's almost the off-season, but the tennis chat continues!

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It's not quite time to don your woolly jumpers or stoke up your log fires for the winter - still some tennis to be played this season!

An exciting, mathematically challenging WTFs continues, new Davis Cup soon, etc...

kazza

And Fed is through.

And more importantly- RAFA IS YEAR END NUMBER 1

Hands off Stefan, Mirka

Pretty good from Roger

Ah I'd totally forgotten he needed to win to have a chance of No1! Yay Rafa!!

Well done Rafa Roger

Oh he is so humble is Smuggerer- 'I played great'

We'll be the judge of that, Fed.

kazza

Ha ha, Djok will love that statement

He did say he played great didn’t he

Yay well done Rafa for no 1

That is Daniella Hantchukova (spelling?) with Greg, isn't it?

Who is the dreadful Stepford Wife with them?

Oh dear Annabel and everyone is feeling sorry for Novak - I don’t agree with clapping and cheering double faults but there’s got to be a reason why the crowd don’t get behind him.

Catherine Whitaker. She is usually quite good, and unbiased.

She is also not scared of being a bit controversial about players. (Unlike Sue Barker, for example).

I do like Catherine Whitaker - she’s very good on the tennis podcast. I think she is being moulded into being more of a “tv presenter” which is a bit of a shame really.

Yes I love Catherine - she doesn't dumb it down and she's v knowledgeable.

Oh no is Greg picking Rafa for tomorrow?! No Greg!! Commentator's curse!

Maybe because she is presenting rather than analysing she doesn't get the chance to actually say that much in the studio?

She's great on the podcast I agree.

I didn't have the volume up, so wasn't listening to what she was saying. I just thought she looked a bit doll like and was pulling a weird face when I glanced up at the tv. Sorry, she's obviously got a big fan base here

kazza I think you would like her, she is v insightful and you won't get any irrelevant butterfly chat

Ahh, butterfly chat.

The O2 is lacking in wildlife.

Well, that's always a bonus private

Late to this but am delighted with the result .

Did cock Djock play really badly or was Rog superb??

Can't see it on telly so am relying on you lot!

AC was trying to get some weather chat in before, going on about the windy foyer (not a euphemism ) or something.

AC. The tournament is indoors. The breeze as you enter the building is irrelevant

magi we may not be able to tell you much!

I only properly watched the first few and last few games. Roger just seemed to be going for it. But Djok looked flat and tired I thought and he missed a lot of shots he'd usually make. The crowd was approx 99% for Fed poor Novak

A windy foyer

Magi in Rog's own words he was 'great'. And I think he may have said perfect.

Petch kept trying to say that Djok's elbow was playing up.

But we established I'm the only person who likes Love Actually, and Jane watched a documentary on Sainsbury's and learnt lots of useful stuff.