TENNIS thread - It's Roland Garros - Finals weekend. Then onwards to the green stuff- and we don't mean a burnt cactus!

[Raahh]

Rachel has clearly never watched a slam in her life, if she didn't know about all gthe kerfuffle before (some) finals.

I hate TNT

What did it say? Read "if I win one more" but not the rest

cooch is bald - some people have decided he meant coach - you decide

ha ha!

Marcus Willis and GB partner (David Stevenson?) won at Queens! Always had a soft spot for him. He just lives his best life

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/articles/c74zjj14xvyo.amp this is awful

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/articles/cj42rvdk2k4o

as is this.

There are some right royal ankles* around.

*ankle = lower than a cunt.

I’ve not heard that one before magi

It’s awful what Katie and Emma (amongst others) have to put up with - it must be really scary knowing that such people are about and could potentially be at a tournament as well

Also glad that Moutet won last night - I do find him entertaining (most of the time)

Not sure how much tennis I’ll see later - I’m WFH so will see how that pans out - it’s too hot to be working anyway!

Dan has got a WC into Wimbledon - along with the usual suspects (Heather Watson and Harriet Dart)

Sorry for all the spam but I’ve just seen an ad for the Tasman Kia where some famous people are fixing up Ash Barty’s house and they phone Rafa up to see if he can fix the roof and he asks if it’s a cashie

Maybe the heat caused me to hallucinate as it was pretty weird! I’ll get back to work now

I've just been watching the making of that- it's very funny. He was asked to do the terracotta tiles. .
Pat Rafter and his turf- even though he never actually won on grass. .

I've been reading a bit about potential seedings for Wimbledon, and with the recent injury issues/ lack of play- there are some potential big names who have dropped down the rankings who (if fit ) could be dangerous in the early rounds like Berrettini and Hubi.

Of course whether they will be fit to play remains to be seen.

Just thinking, I wonder if Kia gave Rafa a truck- TP will be jealous. .

I doubt it Raahh. I just know, without checking, that TP drives a massive American vehicle, I doubt Kia make one that is big enough for his ego. American vehicles always seem to be 50% bigger than their equivalents in the rest of the world. Rafa doesn't need a big truck to affirm his masculinity he is perfectly happy with his yacht.

Clare is obsessed with Jakub. Why??

I know- Annabel is too.

It's stinking hot in London today, I can't imagine playing tennis.

I can't decide if Iike the combination of RBA's kit, or if he looks like he has a shift at IKEA later.

I thought he was going to change it for you Raahh but no another yellow top

So many dodgy shades of yellow (and horrible shades of green) this year.

Wimbledon really cannot come too soon.

RBA's kit is not too bad. Ikea chose that colour combo for a reason.

I noticed yesterday at Queen's that Neal Skupsi is still wearing the pale yellow shorts he's had for ages. They look like they've faded in a too hot wash and looked even more insipid yesterday, especially against the fluorescent yellow tops that players such as Joe wear.

The all white kit policy is one of the many good things about Wimbledon

Well, it's the Swedish flag.

I suppose RBA can keep the top, and swap the blue bits for red ones, and then he can be more patriotic.

Jasmine has lost in Berlin to Ons Jabeur - bit torn on that one, because I do like Ons. I think Jasmine is playing next week in Bad Homburg, so still time to get some practice in. (And she's still in the doubles, of course).