WIMBLEDON - scattered seeds in SW19

[JaneJeffer]

Ollie did ok but you could see the effort it was trying to keep up with Carlos

I’m glad Andrey won his match. Hopefully Struff will win too.

Ain't that the truth , Jane

(I am having a plaque made for my sofa).

Jane I think it would take a lot of effort for most players to keep up with him.

Monday was probably a bit of a blip- he seemed out of sorts .

Oh heck- come on Jasmine!

Pft- broken when serving for the set.

Come on Jasmine! This was looking so much better than Monday for a while.

Not looking good for Katie.

Jasmine is doing a lot of muttering

Only watch tennis at Wimbledon and haven’t RTFT yet Will I get kicked off the thread for saying there should be more focus on those tennis players from every country who are established than on mediocre players simply because they are British?

Much better weather than earlier. Hope Fizzy (and her DM) are enjoying some Pimms

You definitely will not be kicked off the thread @EineReiseDurchDieZeit

Great shot

No, we cater for everyone- and personally, I'm not a 'Brit-watcher' really.

But, it's a British tournament. When we watch other events (French open for example) they will prioritise their home players on the main courts -and the broadcasters will show what's available.

So it's swings and roundabouts.

(All the matches are being shown on iplayer, if you have it).

Though obviously, not everyone does.

Hence, I'm watching Paolini- who I love watching, because I cannot listen to the commentators gushing over Raducanu .

@Raahh I get it but I don’t think unseeded players should be on the show courts unless playing a seed because they haven’t earned it. Raducanu is different because she’s won a Slam. There was a phase a few years ago where the focus on No Hopers was just embarrassing though. At least when we had Murray we had something. I kind of had hopes for Tarvet as he has US coaches - I think he was unfortunate in his draw to be honest

The problem I have with the presenters is that they hype things up too much so the younger players are under so much expectation and pressure instead of just letting them get used to being on the big stage gradually.

Oh- ADF has been moved to court 6. (He's 4-1 up against Botic in the 1st)

That was supposed to be on after Jasmine on Court 3. I wonder if Fizzy knows?

I still expect Jack to do well though! Come on Jack

I like Jack. Not heard much about his dog this year. (Clare is slacking).

And Sonay is doing well- she seems fun.

Oh flipsake- come on Jasmine- don't blow this now. You were doing really well in the first set.

So many matches are not getting finished tonight.

I can only watch tennis when it's on free tv, so you aren't alone!

Oh that’s a fun fact, the line calls are recorded by various random people who work at Wimbledon.

It feels really subdued this year. The crowd seem really flat on Centre Court.

I do miss Rafa's and Roger's groupies, and the guys who always had Murray on their t-shirts.

I keep trying to work out what Vondrousova’s tattoos are 🧐