Tennis - So long New York, Ciao Roma

[JaneJeffer]

Thanks for the new thread

That video of Serena Williams hitting eleventy billion double faults at Wimbledon is completely hilarious!
Can anyone remember her excuse (for the drunkenness?😀)

Oh dear!
Not sure Azarenka will get another chance.
Osaka, on the other hand....

She had a virus Starks. I'm glad it wasn't contagious

Well done Naomi. Feel bad for Vika though.

Wow well done Naomi - it must be so strange winning a grand slam without a crowd

A blessed relief compared to 2018!

Yes I think you’re probably right there Jane

That was a really good quality match, I wish it had gone on longer in that last set. Great comeback by Naomi. I couldn't believe some of the shots they were going for, especially towards the end . Brilliant stuff.

That was nice of your DS Fizzy!

I am not even going to try to watch the match tonight- maybe if I say I won't , i might actually stand a chance of staying awake?!

I woke up to a message about bandwidth on my tv. .

Sounds like a good match- I am sorry for Vika, but at least she made it to a final, and proves her Cincy run wasn't a fluke- it's a great comeback for her.

And Osaka got to win - and still not get the full US Open experience . I do wonder if the players will have got so used to no crowds, that they will find it hard to adjust to normal?

Sue is being let go from A Question of Sport

Noooo! That's rubbish.

Poor Sue - it doesn’t sound as if she wanted to go either . The BBC will probably be making it all newfangled and modern I suppose (yes I am old and don’t like change!)

Yes, Tuffers and Matt are going too, so they are clearly going for a re-vamp.

If it ain't broke, I say...

I’m livid about Question of Sport.

I love Sue and the fun and chemistry between the three of them is brilliant. I laugh out loud throughout. Their depth of collective knowledge is superb.

No doubt there will be a woke, tokenistic panel in replacement.

Could the BBC please leave us loyal viewers with something? We are not all 25 yo hipsters!

It almost sounds as if the first any of the three of them knew about it was when the BBC announced the change!
I don't watch it as much as I used to - it was a weekly institution - but if the format is mucked about too much and the new replacements are crap, I'll stop watching it altogether.
The BBC really is going from bad to worse

Yes Kazza they kept moving it around the schedule in recent years and I think I missed loads until I spotted it on a Friday evening.

If they put Clare Balding in Sue’s seat I will march on Broadcasting House! Who’s with me? She is on everything anyway and she never reached the level of sport success that Sue did.

Sue had better still be around for Wimbledon at least, or I will be really fed up (even if she is the Voice of Doom).

I have just turned on to watch the match- Jim Courier is looking very red.

Catherine has just asked if Thiem's hair is his weakness

Like Samson

His fashion sense is definitely dubious. Or maybe just Austrian. .

Oh, I forgot that at the US open you get the whole 'pre -match' 'up the heroes' stuff.

I suppose this year, they can't have the whole military salute stuff.

Strange to think there will be a new GS champion. Far better than thinking Djok is going to win .

It would have been interesting to see who the crowd was rooting for.