Tennis: The sun is out, the sky is blue, the grass is green and Wimbledon is calling

[kazzaD66]

And welcome to Queen's

Fizzy I tend not to support players based on nationality- and I can't imagine Djok being any less of dick, if he claimed to be British or from the moon.

So I would still dislike him .

And a Djok/ Isner final would put a lot of people off, I think. .

@JaneJeffer

Glad to see Eastbourne is on BBC tomorrow. Wouldn't want to get withdrawal symptoms.

Don't get your hopes up too much for tomorrow - the forecast for here (Eastbourne) is D I R E! I suspect there will be zero play, sadly.

Hope to be proved wrong.

Any sign of it clearing up over there voice of doom magi?

Sorry, Jane but not atm. My neighbours are meant to be going today & the website is talking of possible play at about 5pm.

It's shite here - I even put the central heating on for an hour this morning, it was so cold.#

Mid-berluddy-summer

No, it really doesn't feel like the longest day of the year magi
Certainly not on the south coast. DS is sailing this afternoon! He'll be like a drowned rat! Last Thursday, they couldn't even see the mainland from the Isle of Wight, the weather was so bad

Bloody weather

It looks as though poor Stan has had more knee surgery

kazza poor Stan

I hope he recovers and makes it back on tour. It's starting to feel, more and more, like we might lose a few players to retirement from longterm injuries in the next year or so. Surely, there's only so many times they can attempt to come back- and risk injury again .

DS1 was flicking through the channels and alerted me to this on Sky Documentaries. It had already started and I didn't have time to watch it but it's repeated on Saturday at 7.10. The bits I saw were really strange with a really low voiceover and then blaring rock music and the camera following John around like he was some wild animal! I couldn't believe how the photographers were allowed right up in his face courtside. He lashed out at a tv camera with his racquet. I'm going to record it to add to my never ending list of things to watch.

Woke to really heavy rain & freezing cold!

But the rain has stopped & the forecast is for no more today. Hopefully we'll get some play.

That documentary looks interesting Jane - there was one in the beeb a few years ago which was good - I miss Mac - wonder if he’ll be able to travel to Wimbledon? He does go on a bit but he’s usually got something interesting to say!

Glad that the weather has improved magi - it’s quite sunny here but I think we’ll be getting the rain later oop north! Is there anybody interesting playing at Eastbourne - might give it a watch later if the weather holds out - was yesterday a complete washout?

Total washout yesterday.

Swiantek, Coco Gauff, Sabalenka, Pavulachenka, Rybakina
Monfils, Opelka, De Minaur, Seppi, Bublik.

Stopped raining now!

I think I saw on the order of play that Jo-Wilfried is also playing. I've always enjoyed watching him play but he's another who has had a lot of injuries towards the end of his career

Yes, he is. Forgot to metion him. Sun trying to emerge here now.

Wimbledon quali is on the red button with butterfly man & Lloyd!

kazza Yes, I think you could be right about Jo-Willy.

I am cross that I can only score watch Mallorca- Ruud/Medvedev/Thiem are in action today. As well as Humbert, who is having a good season.

The weather was really nice this morning here- but it's gone a bit cloudy now.

And I noticed that last night- on BBC2- repeats of 'House of Games' have now been replaced by repeats of....Eggheads! Just in time for Wimbledon .

Svitolina is obviously feeling the cold.

Just catching up with the scores and I see that unfortunately, Jo-Willy did lose, in straight sets

Sue will be practising her voice of doom for Eggheads - at least Rafa won’t be shoved onto the red button this year

I just saw the end of Tsonga’s match

Poor Anabel looks freezing! It’s quite warm here today - although rain is forecast for the weekend when I was hoping to have people round for DS2’s birthday

The line up for Mallorca looks good Raahh - it’s a shame it’s not on telly

Oh Heather Watson - let’s see how long she lasts!

fizzy Heather Watson my thoughts exactly! She's very inconsistent (although she consistently loses more than she wins). She somewhat surprisingly reached the final in Nottingham last week

Actually, I'm talking rubbish! Watson reached the semis in Birmingham! Anyway, she lost a 4-1 lead in the final set yesterday.

Good straight sets win for Liam Broady over Tiafoe.

Apparently Thiem had to retire from his match yesterday after injuring his wrist. It's not looking good for Wimbledon.....

I know kazza I thought I was going to have to eat my words if Heather had won yesterday!

I saw that about Thiem - it’s not looking good for him - not sure who will be there to challenge Djok

Poor Dom. It's like the stars are aligning for Djok- or maybe even Federer. maybe everyone is being picked off one by one, to give Roger a chance to win Wimbledon and then retire.

I am totally fed up. DD1 has been sent home to isolate til next Friday. She was meant to be at the orthodontist on Friday- and that's been delayed so many times. The whole of year 10 has been an utter shit show. Yet, as far as school are concerned, everything is fine.

Oh no that’s rubbish Raahh

I would quite like to see Roger winning at Wimbledon this year (with a special gold outfit or something) but can’t really see it happening