TENNIS: Get the Pimms ready - it’s nearly Wimbledon time!

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Sounds fab Chessie

Camper van has been mentioned already - good job we’re not doing the drinking game

It's a bit early for drinking Fizzy- but I think we would all be alcoholics by the end of the day, if we were .

Bloody hell- less than half an hour of Isa, and she mangled more names than even Mac has ever managed.

It's going to a long fortnight

It is Raahh

I’ve switched over to some actual tennis -Grigor is on court no 2

Honestly it felt like they spent longer talking about Emma Raducanu than Andy Murray on BBC2 just now.

And when there's actually tennis being played why all the fillers?

Casper is on court 3. With Robbie commentating (can't have everything ).

Now, not Casper's favourite surface grass, and he's not played any warm up events, so it's by no means a given he will get through this match easily.

They're very annoying @xxSideshowAuntSallyxx

I've put Casper (and Robbie) on.

Seems Premium Sports only have a couple of extra RB matches. Last year they had 5

Jane yes, I've found that Virgin have one actual red button match. (before last year they used to have more. It was much easier to use actual channels red button channels than go in and out of iplayer.

I'm flicking between Ruud/Bolt and Dimitrov/Lajovic

Sky has one match on the Red Button so I've had to actually use iPlayer.

One of the line judges is wearing a very nice flat cap.

I miss the old BBC RB. On Sky here it's a whole rigmarole of having to go to settings and putting your code in every time you want to use it. None of the Sky RBs tell you what match is on them so you're going in and out trying to find out what they're showing. So much for modern technology!

I'm not familiar with Bolt

Sometimes, the 'improved' versions are not better, Jane.

In fact, this year has shown that anything to do with Sky is not an improvement .

I recognise the name, Jane- but can't say I've ever seen him play much .

Sky definitely gets worse every time they "improve" it you used to be able to set reminders for programmes but now you can't

Oi- sit down

Why are they letting people in during a game? Tut tut

Standards are slipping all over the place, Jane.

it's since they ley Kyrgios in

Am flicking round many courts on iPlayer.

Oof- Tie break. Come on Casper.

Glad to see Grigor is doing well (but he's way more comfortable on the green stuff).

Yes Grigor looking very comfortable on the grass

Robbie is quizzing his co commentator already - what does the SW stand for in SW19

On court 8 it looks as if Struff has gone blonde

Robbie is scraping the barrel a bit with his quiz questions.

Blonde! Not sure about that.