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

[kazzaD66]

And welcome to Queen's

Who's the old perv with the spyglass?

I’m not watching so my mind is boggling about the old perv

Maybe an extra large fig will fall on his head!

I always think of the sniffer dogs when Djok eats the grass - silly man!

It's just some man who wants an extreme close up of the women Fizzy

I don't know what happened Camila there!

Oh dear someone in the crowd seems to have collapsed or something.

Claire is just waffling to fill the time.

Getting excited for Wimbledon now - my DM’s friend is also a Berrettini fangirl but she thinks he’s called Bellini

I’ll be cheering for Jack Draper on Monday - there’s a lot of other sport going on as well though - the Tour de France starts today as well as all the footy and rugby .

I might go at live at my DMs for the next fortnight and drink Pimms, eat strawberries and watch tennis for 2 weeks!

Bellini
I used to mix him up with Pella.

I will miss the tennis today- off for a double whammy endoscopt ( gatroscopy/colonoscopy). I'm more worried that my front tooth is a bit loose and I don't want it to come out!

At least it's now, and not during Wimbledon!

Oh that doesn’t sound much fun Raahh - good luck!

I didn't realise the final was on so early and I've tuned in at almost match point!

Good luck Raahh

I just turned on and it’s escape to the country!

Might get to see a bit of the men’s final - DH is putting some garden furniture together so I’m keeping out of his way!

Hope it all went ok today Raahh

I also missed the Eastbourne final, switched on in time for a discussion of Djok! I was looking forward to watching it too - DH is doing all the usual Saturday lifts today so I had time to watch. I suppose I should have checked what time it started! Anyway well done to Ostapenko.

Some of the first round matches next week look good/like they could be close. It was good that Cilic ended up seeded.

Did anyone watch any of the Wimbledon qualifying? I saw a bit of it, a couple of good women's matches. (I noticed in the men's, Ernie won two rounds but lost his last one.)

Bellini love that!!

Raahh

I watched the match. Ostapenka blew Kontaviet off the court. Kontaviet did not play badly but Ostapenks was amazing. She could have beaten anyone, the way she played. Hope she keeps it up for Wimbledon.

If anyone is feeling a lack of today, the Ostapenko final is on i player.

It's not long, but I think it was one of the best matches I've seen in a while, just for Ostapenko's game.

My neighbours, who had tickets & were there, said the crowd was amazed by her play.

I've just been looking at some of the stories and videos on the Wimbledon website. There's a photo of a barefoot Djok jumping over (possibly) his coach on Henman Hill That was an accident waiting to happen.....although unfortunately, it didn't!!

Ash Barty is going to wear an outfit based on Evonne Goolagong's scallop edged dress, when she won 50 years ago (50??!!!)

I remember Evonne Goolagong kazza

That match sounds good magi - the men’s final also sounded good - I didn’t get to see any yesterday but I’m hopefully having a quieter day today so might be able to catch up on them

There are lots of good first round matches Spidey - Stef v Tiafoe should be a good one tomorrow - the weather forecast’s not looking great for next week though

In the paper it says that Andy Murray has criticised rules which mean that he’s playing against someone charged with domestic abuse (Basilashvili) - it does seem strange that tennis doesn’t have anything in place for this type of thing (he has actually been charged and the case has come to court)

I came across this children's book the other day which I though was cool!

I don't know that about Basilashvili!

I saw Evonne play at Wimbledon the year she won it.

(Old gimmer that I am).

Apparently Rufus the hawk is having a year off this year - he’s mating with Pamela so his understudies are taking over! (I’m full of useless information )

The tennis podcast did a programme about Evonne Goolagong a few months ago - it was really interesting - maybe the AO should have named their stadium after her instead of Margaret Court

Yes Fizzy I think it should and my mates agree with you too

Rufus is a busy boy

I get Rufus but why Pamela? What does Pam Shriver think?

Of course Jane - I’d forgotten about Mac and Martina’s protest!

Kyrgios is playing mixed doubles with Venus!

DS1 told me that kazza. He's not into tennis but even he was baffled