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>.

No, it's a bit up and down.

Match point...

Forza!

That's good.

Well done Jasmine. She’ll be pleased to have got through that.

Not looking good for Barbora though.

Not looking good for Barbora.

x post-. No. It will be a big shame if she loses now- but Rakhimova has match point.

Well Barbora did make her work for that match point, but well done Camila. Shame for Barbora though.

Well done Kamilla- shame for Barbora.

The 'the courts are runnng behind' thing from the commentators is getting on my nerves. No, they are not. Matches are not timed, and finish when they finish. Just because Gigi and her mates are waiting for the Brits to play, doesn't mean the Vekic /Gibson match is 'overrunning'

<grumpy>

Elena’s up to no 1 in the live rankings, now last year’s US Open points have dropped off. Aryna will be desperate to do well so she doesn’t officially lose her no 1 ranking.

Daniil is playing well… I’m surprised, honestly.

Yes, Daniil is doing well.

Jim has been taking commentary tips from Robbie- earlier he was talking about 'tennis tentacles' . I'm guessing this is akin to 'long levers' and I hope he said tentacles.

Well done Daniil. Great start.

The mic was too low. Daniil's interviews are always fun.

She was obsessed with the gum chewing.

Sometimes, gum chewing is just that.

And not some big psychological experiment.

Not looking good for Cam.

It's looking decent for Toby Samuel , who will get a great payday if he beat Tomas 'short shorts' Machac. Not seen Tomas for ages.

Good win for Toby.

Gigi, Monica and Martina were just talking about Jasmine's interview, and the how the US Open is different to Wimbledon - noise/atmosphere

And Monica was talking about how it Flushing Meadows smells of wee.

I thought I had misheard- but no, Gigi clarified that that was what she meant .

Did they mean weed? Because that’s what Katie Boulter said the other day

It's very possible.

Wee/ weed. At first- 'cos she's French , I just thought Marion had said oui.But it made no sense.
Another reason to think that Flushing meadows is not a slam I want to visit (unless someone else is paying)

(Mind you , it's fairly fragrant round where I live, sadly, so I can't say much. Weed ,not wee ).

Ryan said that when you’re playing there’s a really strong smell of hotdogs. The place must be honking!

Flushing Meadow does sound a bit grim - hotdogs and wee! I know Katie Boulter was complaining about the smell of weed the other day

I’m on my hols but I managed to see a bit of Cam’s match (of course) last night - he had a good start but lost - a good win for Samuel though

Even better I’ve woken up to see that Djok has lost in the first round - apparently he was struggling in the humidity - hopefully he’ll realise it’s time to call it a day

Some good matches today - hopefully I’ll get to see some of them - will be interesting to see how Alcaraz gets on (without Serena)

Off you fock, Djock.

Hope this convinces him it's time to retire - as long as he doesn't come back as a commentator.

I watched Katie’s first set but then fell asleep, so glad to see she came through. Shame for Cam but a great win for Toby. Hopefully Arthur gets through round 1, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t given his run to the final in Winston Salem.

And very pleased to see a loss for Djok! And another loss for Venus - still making the wildcards worth it then?!