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>.

I switched on and there was a man boring on - I’m not sure who he was but well done Eala

Just watching a bit of the men’s final - I don’t really mind who wins but it’s good for NuRafa to be in the final

I think it’s raining in Montreal (or Toronto) - the Canadian tournaments always confuse me!

That is a fantastic win for Alex. Now up to 20 in the live rankings.

I would happily borrow some of the rain over here.

It’s crazy that he could be top 10 already.

Katie’s just lost in Toronto.

Great tiebreak from Taylor.

It's not going well for NuRafa, but it was a great tie break from Taylor.

NuRafa taking his time to relace his trainers

Wasn’t expecting this collapse from Rafa.

No, they were evenly matched until the tie break- neither were really 100 % in the 1st set. Rafa seems to have completely lost his way.

Still, he's made a final on hard courts- in his first year as pro on the tour, and he's heading in the right direction.

Not the best time for NuRafa to need an MTO but he didn't take all of it.

I thought of you watching Only Connect tonight Raahh!

I have been watching both -I was yelling at te Edberg question .

I thought you might be!

Well done Taylor. And getting to the final will be a big boost for NuRafa.

Well done Taylor.

NuRafa will have plenty of chances, no doubt.

I am not sticking around, if they are getting Mark Ein to waffle on again at the trophy ceremony. It's a 500 tournament, mate. It's not Wimbledon.

Still raining in Montreal.

Oh no they’ve started again.

Also had a quick break for Only Connect - managed to get the Swedish tennis player line on the wall and a few book questions on university challenge so feeling quite clever tonight

Just put the tennis on and Matteo is playing which is always a treat but the crowd is very sparse

Well done Taylor. I missed the end but have caught up now.

I hope Rafa’s wrist injury is not serious. That was a nasty tumble he took.

Raining again in Montreal! Matteo and Mariano are hanging around looking bored while Aurelie is bossing everyone around. They’ve brought the blowers out to dry the court so hopefully will be playing again before long.

They’ve given up and gone in now. Hopefully the break will work in Matteo’s favour.