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

[kazzaD66]

And welcome to Queen's

And now Stojanovic has taken off her long-sleeved top. How very unhelpful of her.

I don't understand the half hour thing- if they are so confident about the number of bums on seats not being a covid hazard, then what's the issue? Plus they are outdoors. (Mostly). Does someone go around with a big disinfectant spray after every one leaves?

Grouchy there was one year when plaits were everywhere- and they were all blonde.

It was very confusing.

Grouchy it doesn't help that they both have visors.

Get one a hat.

Grrrr.

No, I don't want to watch Federer, thanks.

On the red button- the commentators have helpfully pointed out the different racquet colours.

oh- and Kerber is a leftie ..

Yes Raahh Lendl’s daughters were/are all good golfers

I didn’t realise the half hour gap was a COVID thing - all the spectators seem very close together anyway

Here comes Rog - definitely no grey!

Fizzy I'm not sure if it is a Covid thing, I'm just summising- I can't under stand the need for it otherwise?
And it means few matches get played on the show courts - so playing til late will be inevitable.

They will be calling them 'night matches' .

Tim is in the house!

I suppose even Uniqlo couldn’t go far wrong with all white!

Mannarino has a skull - he always looks a bit sinister I think

Sojanonovic just did the splits. Oof.

Do the red button people think they're on radio Raahh?

Yes Raahh Wimbledon seems to be morphing into RG - they’ll have Marion doing on court interviews next (with Cedric translating!)

Maybe Fergus could translate them into Irish?

Fergus - and his perfect beard ..

Our Irish language TV used to have the rights to Wimbledon between 2005-15 and did all the commentary in Irish which was fun but they lost them to Setanta who have now gone out of business.

oh wow- the rain!

When are they going to put a plaque on Henman Hill?

I think Henman Hill needs a roof.

Tim needs to get into the lock-up and get out a few gazebos and picnic chairs for the poors sods getting wet on his hill .

Yes Tim sort it out! Henman Hill is surprisingly steep - my DM almost ended up sledging down it on a seat cushion one year (Pimms may have been involved!)

Fizzy.

Ok, so my theories over the half hour break now don't make sense- because the Kerber match has ended- and most people are still in their seats. So, I'm even more baffled by the point of it.

Well the football is on here. I was just musing out loud about how England players used to be good looking and DS2 is not impressed.

It’s weird isn’t it Raahh? The commentator even said no one is moving from their seats after the Barry match - you’d think they want to get as many matches on as possible because of the rain