Tennis: Enjoying the last throes of the grass court season

[kazzaD66]

impossible it is very confusing

oh yes still love Only Connect (although I think it’s getting even harder!)

I really think the BBC are stringing out what little coverage they’ve actually got - I saw the diving and the mountain bike golds live and then saw them about a million times throughout the day, on the news and then again in the highlights programme when DH came home as well as the triathlon from the night before (and the dodgy Norwegian outfits!)

Marin was quite funny - I think Murray and Salisbury are playing Ram (and someone else can’t remember who) in the next round which should be interesting.

It’s Tiafoe and Ram in the doubles

I haven't got to see much of the Olympics. The limited coverage is annoying. I loved the late night BB4 programme during Rio with Dan Walker.

Murray and Salisbury are playing Cilic and Dodig in the doubles - for some reason I thought Ram and Tiafoe had gone through! You need a PhD to work out the schedule

Wonder when the BBC will show some tennis?

Jane I loved the Dan Walker programme from the beach.
There hasn't been much made of the mascot at these games- the mascot was a big deal in Rio. And London. The sense of fun is missing, I think.

The interviewer in Austria is hilarious. Krajinovic just won his match and he asked him if he thinks Ruud is going to win the tournament

Martinez just got a drenching from the hose while they were playing the Benny Hill theme tune. You couldn't make up

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Poor Daniil

Our Fabio

I have missed everything today. I have had a migraine for days, but have muddled through, nodding off here and there- but I'm on new meds and they make me feel like a zombie.
Today I have felt terrible.
At least dd2 has finally finished school. In a year when she has hardly been to school .

The Austrian tournament sounds very entertaining Jane

Daniil looks a bit like me last week in the heatwave - except I was just sat in the garden and not playing tennis! It did look extremely hot on the two seconds that they showed this morning of the Murray/Salisbury match (before switching to the diving even though it was a champions tiebreak )

Good to see that Foggy is following in Rafa’s footsteps with the A/C hose down the shorts look

Jane Fabio acting up to the Italian stallion stereotype

I read that Medvedev asked Carlos Ramos if the ITF would take responsibility if he died

Obviously not a great day for the Brits and clearly we didn't qualify for the mixed, which have now started, because everyone is now making their way home. I don't know what the qualification criteria was anyway

Raahh

That's awful Raahh but at least you get a break from school hassle for a while now. I feel like we have been on school holidays forever!

Fizzy I wish I could post the water hose clip. I videoed it on my phone from the telly but I think I would have to do it through an app or something. I'm hoping they post it on Twitter.

I have just crawled out of bed and see it is Djok v Keith on Eurosport.

They are really bigging up Djok. He is popular. Apparently.

Come on Keith!!!

Hope you are feeling a bit better today Raahh

Ooh come on Keith - apparently Djok is lapping up all the attention at the Olympics (as Roger and Rafa aren’t there!)

Just looked at the score and Keith not doing too well

PCB has won the first set against Daniil - hope it’s a bit cooler for him today and he survives the match!

I haven't seen any of the Olympics tennis but I see Sascha is playing Djok next. Come on Sascha!

I gave up on yesterday- I saw about 3 games of the Nishikori match and fell asleep. I feel a lot better today, just like I have a really bad hangover.
Migraines suck.

Sascha has just started his match -and just as I started watching, he lost his serve. So maybe I shouldn't watch. Not that it seems to matter- Djok appears to be steamrolling through everyone and his PR team are on over drive with making him out to be the nicest bloke on the planet.

His face is annoying me.

Not going well for Sascha.

Come on Sascha!!

Can we do a deal? Just give Djok the gold medal- and the US open if it helps.

And then he retires?

It's a blessing I haven't been able to watch any tennis Raahh, apart from the odd seconds on the BBC highlights programme
He's in the mixed doubles semi aswell.

I see Norrie has beaten Kyrgios to reach the quarter finals in Atlanta.

It's probably a wise move not to watch anything kazza- but- in Sascha is serving for the second set at the moment .

So I've jinxed him now.

Norrie certainly made the right decision not to go to Tokyo.

And beating Kyrgios is always a good thing [grin ].