Tennis: US Open - hoping for a happy ending

[JaneJeffer]

I have to do everything myself around here

Sod the tennis!
I love it when we go off piste!

I always wondered why the Wombles were never seen playing tennis. I had only ever heard of Wimbledon as somewhere tennis was played, so thought that the Wombles were based there and couldn’t understand why tennis never featured in their lives.

We only had nighties back in the 70's

Chessie that is a good point. At the very least, they could have been clearing up stray balls, as it were.

And yes, pyjama cases. .

I still had one til quite recently - it was Shaun the Sheep. I pretended it was for ds The eyes melted when I put it in the dryer.

I have a Shaun the Sheep hot water bottle cover!

I love Shaun the Sheep Very clever and funny on so many levels, with lots of jokes for adults sailing innocently over children's heads

The flying Mochizuki

I've just managed to check in for what I thought was going to be the end-but Mochizuki has other ideas.

I thought it was all over and went off to the kitchen and then I heard the crowd going wild

The crowd reaction does tell you a lot about who is doing well .

Well done Shintaro! Flash Score was a point ahead so I knew he had it before I saw it

Oh that's a nice result. He is so pleased.

Fritz will win other stuff.

He looks so young

Did Nacho just tell them "use your voice"?

I saw a bit of Ben's match, and the result of the Felix/Giron match.
(Poor Felix- his run was lived- but at least Giron backed up his win over Casper). Then, Karatsev beat De Minaur (who seems to be everywhere this year)

It seems like all the 'underdogs' are getting a chance in Tokyo, really.

We have absolutely torrential rain here again.

Bloody sick of it.

We've been lucky here and escaped the worst of Babet.

I think we escaped the wind- but we've definitely got the rain today- yesterday was just a bit chilly.

Hmm, looks like Popyrin has woken up a bit this set. There seem to be a lot of Aussies around all of a sudden. .

I was reading that our mate Kyrgios has dropped out of the rankings due to not playing all year. The last 12 months have seen a lot of changes in the top ranked players. It's been a strange one.

Oh dear not so box office any more, who could have predicted it?

The annoying thing is, Jane that if he came back tomorrow, the commentators would still fawn all over him and act like he is the saviour of the game- despite all the really new talent that has sprung up over the past year or so. That has already done way more than he has achieved in a decade.

It's baffling the hold Kyrgios has over them. Just because of being able to swear a bit

Going down to the wire here

The crowd will go wild if he wins.