TENNIS THREAD - hotdogs and weed, it must be the US Open

[ChessieFL]

I managed to close off the last thread without realising and couldn’t see a new one, so here you go!

Thank you, Chessie.

Still gloating over the fact Djock is out.

Edit to say I love the thread title!

The weed story, for anyone else intrigued:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/29/britons-unhappy-us-open-tennis-practice-courts-smell-marijuana-new-york

Thanks for the new thread Chessie

Love the title

Excellent thread title Chessie ( even if I did think Marion said wee).

And great news to wake up to in the early hours- I hopes Navone had an upset in him and I am very pleased.

Definitely time to retire- bet he's livid. Yesterday all the talk was about Roger's induction into the Hall of Fame- and he gets dumped in the first round .

Hotdogs, weed, and no Djokovic! Hooray!

I hope Novak Djokovic retires. It is time, no disgrace if he does.

living the dream!

Thanks for the new and excellently named thread Chessie

Well done Katie and a fantastic win for Toby (he's a local lad!) vs Y-fronts Machac.

Obviously brilliant news about Djok but the match report, it seems the roof went on after the first set, so not sure how the humidity could have affected him thereafter And apparently, despite struggling with this medical condition for a while now, he still has no plans to retire

Thanks Chessie, love the title

Djok gone and I didn’t have to watch him 🥳

If Carlsberg did the US Open

I saw a bit of Roger’s induction to the Hall of Fame. He cried throughout but was very humble and made it more about tennis than about him. I must try to find Mary Carillo’s speech. I’m sure it was funny.

From the Guardian article it looks as if Harriet Dart is the only player not bothered about the smell of weed and I thought she had such a heightened sense of smell!

maybe it’s masking all the other stinky smells

fizzy and Jane

So many people talking about how sad it was to watch Djok struggle. I don’t get it. He’s 39, he’s won everything, no one is forcing him to keep doing this.

Exactly. He has decided to keep playing, and is now making excuses for his losses, and the 'condition' he's been living with. Clearly time to give up.
There is very little chance of him making it to the Olympics.

Stef playing Arthur Fils first round seems bonkers.

Arthur has been on great form, could be another early loss for Stef.

Nervy start from Arthur though.

I’m interested to see how Arthur goes here. He’s obviously been in great form, winning Cincy, but he has no track record at slams.

First set Arthur. Or, as the Australian commentator keeps saying, Arture Fiss.

Andrey struggling a bit against Otto Virtanen, the guy who beat Ben Shelton at Wimbledon.

First set Arthur.

No, Fils has no real slam pedigree(he's still pretty young, and has had injuries too)- but with the one sided hth, he must have been pleased to see the draw.

Josh and his 'Arture Fiss' is funny.

I bet he says Alcarath.

Stef seems to have given in a bit.

Great comeback from Stef in this set!

The dog was mithering, so I took him for a walk- very surprised by the turnaround, but well done to Stef for getting it together.