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I love Wimbledon

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merlotgran Wed 05-Jul-17 15:16:42

Waves across to the 'haters' thread grin

The centre court umpire has a VERY sexy voice. Sounds a bit like Barry White.

Forty.....luuuuuurve

Pittcity Fri 07-Jul-17 16:08:41

Not to be merlot sad
COME ON JO!!!

Anniebach Fri 07-Jul-17 17:04:00

I love Wimbledon , but Andrew Castle commentating ? Grrrrrrr

merlotgran Fri 07-Jul-17 17:39:27

Rafa.....Arse, shoulder, shoulder, nose, ear, ear, nose, ear.

Not necessarily in that order. grin

whitewave Fri 07-Jul-17 20:31:12

Murray is behaving ridiculously.

merlotgran Fri 07-Jul-17 20:44:53

He's making us suffer. Come on Andy your mum is looking daggers! shock

whitewave Fri 07-Jul-17 20:46:53

Nail biting stuff though.

merlotgran Fri 07-Jul-17 20:51:12

Fognini might be a dick but he's a good looking one. grin

whitewave Fri 07-Jul-17 20:54:21

My thought exactly!! Mind you a passionate Italian. Did you hear Becker saying about Fognini's wedding? And how it was like two mafia families?

merlotgran Fri 07-Jul-17 20:56:50

Yes. No surprise there. grin

whitewave Fri 07-Jul-17 20:58:22

Phew!

Pittcity Fri 07-Jul-17 21:02:23

I am exhausted...

merlotgran Fri 07-Jul-17 21:04:58

And.....breathe.

DS went to one of those Italian weddings a few years ago. He went to the gents and found a large roll of notes on the floor that had probably fallen out of the pocket of the man who had just left.

Unsure of what to do and worried he might be found clutching the 'wad' he quickly put it on the windowsill and legged it. grin

Tegan2 Fri 07-Jul-17 21:10:37

Who's the new GB player [who lost today] who's rather cute? Ajax something or other.

Charleygirl Fri 07-Jul-17 21:47:57

He was Slovenian, and I think his name is Alliaz Benede- that is close.

I really thought that Andy was going to lose the match. I have no idea who he will be playing next but that type of match this evening is not good for my blood pressure.

Tegan2 Fri 07-Jul-17 22:10:06

Thankfully, I missed Andys match [was out]. One better watched on catchup, methinks...

Nvella Sat 08-Jul-17 17:13:53

Hate it - never watch any sport - except ice dancing at the Winter Olympics!

Pittcity Mon 10-Jul-17 22:23:11

Anyone still reeling from the epic Nadal v Muller?

merlotgran Mon 10-Jul-17 22:25:44

I needed a large gin to get me through it sad

Charleygirl Mon 10-Jul-17 22:45:31

I am not a fan of Nadal so I was delighted to see Muller win although it was 50/50 at the end. He is now 35 so I would imagine that it is his last chance of winning Wimbledon. Not that I want him winning but he may play in the final against Andy if he has the stamina after this evening.

Tegan2 Mon 10-Jul-17 22:50:25

I did want Muller to win, even though I'm a huge Nadal fan. I just felt he deserved it. However, what usually happens in cases like this is that Muller will now lose quite badly in the next round.How sportspeople of this calibre come back and fight so hard [both Muller and Nadal in this case] is beyond me. I'd just go 'ok; I'm going to lose now, goodbye'.

mumofmadboys Mon 10-Jul-17 22:52:17

What a fantastic match it was between Nadal and Muller! Hope the men's final is equally good.

Anniebach Mon 10-Jul-17 23:04:03

A great match, sorry Nadal is out but Muller deserved to win,

NanKate Tue 11-Jul-17 07:19:58

I agree a great match. I too am sorry that my fav tennis player Nada is out, but as usual he didn`t make a big deal of being the loser and when interviewed said that Muller deserved to win.

merlotgran Tue 11-Jul-17 18:11:35

This is such a gripping match.

And my fave umpire grin

COME ON JO!

whitewave Tue 11-Jul-17 18:21:10

Oh oh oh