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We ❤️ Wimbledon ‘22.

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TillyTrotter Mon 27-Jun-22 17:20:09

Please join us in conversation if you enjoy Wimbledon - it is just 2 weeks of the years and greatly enjoyed by it’s fans.

Parsley3 Mon 27-Jun-22 20:34:37

Come on Andy!!!

PoppyFlower Mon 27-Jun-22 20:39:34

Come on Andy!!!

Grandmadinosaur Mon 27-Jun-22 21:38:20

Well done Andy Murray through to the next round.

Zoejory Mon 27-Jun-22 21:44:12

Excellent game from Andy. It's been a great first day!

MawtheMerrier Mon 27-Jun-22 22:00:43

Well done Andy! And Emma- oh the strain!

Grannybags Mon 27-Jun-22 22:06:36

Another Wimbledon lover here

Yay well done Emma and Andy! It's not looking good for Heather Watson at the moment though

NanKate Mon 27-Jun-22 22:11:03

I’m a Tennis Addict and watch matches from all around the world for 11 months of the year. However there is something special about Wimbledon, it is so quintessentially English.

Can’t wait for the King of Clay to grace Centre Court. ???

J52 Mon 27-Jun-22 22:11:46

Whew! Andy and Emma through. Oh the tension!

JenniferEccles Mon 27-Jun-22 22:18:05

Great results but we will be put through the wringer again on Wednesday.
Andy always doesn’t this to us doesn’t he? It was the same with Tim Henman - always nail-biting stuff!

Ailidh Tue 28-Jun-22 06:42:13

Love Wimbledon! To be truthful, I only watch the Men's Finals with full concentration but I have the rest of the coverage on in the background every day.

As well as the skill of the players, I enjoy the whole sense of tradition about it all.

In the matches I watched yesterday, there seemed to be fewer Grunters, which is A Good Thing ?

Parsley3 Tue 28-Jun-22 08:14:46

I have been to Wimbledon a couple of times and it is a great experience. I am going to enter the ballot again and hope that I get tickets for next year.

Mollygo Tue 28-Jun-22 08:34:03

So relieved Andy got through. I missed Emma’s match, but saw bits on the news.

LindaPat Tue 28-Jun-22 08:39:48

Can't wait for this afternoon. Come on Rafa!!

Charleygirl5 Tue 28-Jun-22 09:01:49

I watched a fair bit of Cameron Norrie's match and he did not disgrace us, Three Brits won yesterday- that is a really good start.

Sparklefizz Tue 28-Jun-22 09:06:47

Thank you for starting this thread Tilly. What a great first day! Nerves in shreds already!

Anybody notice that Andy has become more vocal? His grunts and groans made me feel that it was all a painful effort for him. I hope not.

Smileless2012 Tue 28-Jun-22 09:07:12

Norrie played very well and I'm a bit annoyed that he didn't get as much coverage when he won as Emma. He's our number 1 player too.

TillyTrotter Tue 28-Jun-22 09:08:57

It was a very decent first day for our players Charleygirl and
2 weeks more to come ? ? ?
Looking forward to seeing Rafa and Matteo.

TillyTrotter Tue 28-Jun-22 09:09:55

I heard yesterday Marin Cilic has had to pull out due to illness.

Streaky Tue 28-Jun-22 09:43:55

Should be a great day of tennis, Rafa and Berettini. Doesn’t Matteo have the most elegant serve ever, I could watch him serve all day. Missing not being there, will definitely be entering the ballot again this year, hope I’m lucky.

Grandmadinosaur Tue 28-Jun-22 10:16:00

Yes Cilic has tested positive for Covid Tilly he must be gutted.

JenniferEccles Tue 28-Jun-22 10:38:31

I thought that too about Norrie Smileless.
I do prefer watching men’s tennis anyway.

Streaky Tue 28-Jun-22 11:41:36

Oh no, Berettini has now withdrawn because of Covid!

gulligranny Tue 28-Jun-22 11:50:38

Love Wimbledon, but sadly no Roger Federer - the most graceful, elegant, lethal player ever (even better than the great Rod Laver).

It's great to see Andy Murray back and sweet Emma even had my non-tennis-watching husband spellbound. Cam Norrie did us proud, he's good to watch. And I'm so pleased that Rafa Nadal is here, although I fear he will be the next one to retire.

But I don't love Novak Djokovic and I don't know why. On paper he has it all, but there's just something missing ...

Pittcity Tue 28-Jun-22 12:49:21

Nooo, not Matteosad

Sparklefizz Tue 28-Jun-22 12:56:39

I don't like Djokovic at all. I didn't like his attitude in Australia, and I don't like the way he keeps lifting his hands up at the end of a match to show the crowd he wants them to applaud. People will applaud if they want to!