TENNIS THREAD- We bid farewell to SW19 for another year (along with AC the butterfly fancier), and prepare for the hard courts, after a detour on the European clay.

[Raahh]

Who will be the champion? Will Andre and Tim muzzle AC?

Will Eva Asderaki Moore muzzle the spectator in the crowd?

It's all coming to an end<sob>.

NuRafa really is playing well.

I was also delighted to see TP lose earlier

It hasn’t been a great tournament for the locals. Big Foe also lost, and Learner.

Musetti is doing well- nice to see him back.

Damn- Lore has lost the second set- Forza!!

Lore struggling to serve out the match at 5-2 in the 3rd- he's 15 -40 down.

ADM has beaten Stef

Well done Lore!

Missed the end, was investigating why my Alexa started playing 'Sunday Morning' by the Velvet Underground, unprompted.

Ooh that’s a scary intro to start playing unexpectedly! Earlier today I heard knocking on the back door like someone slapping on the glass and the dog heard it too but there was nobody there.

I know! I thought dh was looking at something on his PC without his headphones ( he is a bit deaf). It took me a while to find where it was coming from

Just checking the results. Tomic has beaten Khachanov in Los Cabos 6-2, 6-4. WTF?

I've been sucked into the Commonwealth cycling.

That is a bonkers result. Have we gone back a few years? I thought Tomic had given up .

NuRafa beat Nishikori- is he retiring this year, or have I made that up?

Yes, at the end of the year, I think.

QFs in Washington today. I was hoping to watch Lore/Rafa, but that's going to be the third match, so really late UK time.

Not exactly riveted by the prospect of ADM vs Nakashima.

I’m the same Ice - I wanted to watch the Musetti/NuRafa match but it will be on too late for me

Looks like Rafa won- I kind of wanted Lore to. I know they are both very young, but Lore's career keeps getting derailed by injuries, and Jodar's is really just starting ( very well).
Pleased for him though- he plays Tabilo next, who knocked out Shelton.

Dennis has just beaten Cam in the semi final in Los Cabos.

I have been watching a lot of the Commonwealth Games .

Dodgy taches seem to feature across the board with Aussie athletes.

I have no chance of actually watching the Washingtin matches, but I might wake up in the middle of the night to see some results.

I hope NuRafa can continue his run (especially having beaten Lore, because I like him too ).

Looks like the Washington finals were rained off yesterday, they're going to try and play them today.

Yes, I was all set towatch, because they were supposed to be on at a reasonable time.
The good thing is, the final is scheduled for around 6pm (UK time). Bit of a clash with the start of matches in Canada though.

I put the RB on last night and the rain was absolutely lashing down in Washington. There’s a headline in there waiting to happen.

I have seen that Eala has beaten Pegula- and some bloke seems to be doing all their speeches for them. . By the time Alex and Jess get to speak he will have thanked everyone already.

He is an utter bore.

Well done Alex!

Not sure who I want to win the men’s. I like NuRafa but also wouldn’t be sorry to see Taylor get a title at home.

I won't mind if Taylor wins, but if Rafa wins he will crack the top 10 - which is a phenomenal rise.

I started watching Matteo’s match in Montreal but they didn’t even finish the first game before it started raining.

I do like that the ballkids are going around with Psycho Bunny emblazoned on their backs!