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Anyone for Tennis??

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Cossy Mon 29-Jun-26 10:23:45

Any tennis fans? Especially Wimbledon?

Sad to see our female number one not competing due to injury! Emma R did so well at Queens.

Still, this week we do have a number of Brits and a good few wildcards.

Will you be watching and who are you supporting?

I’ll def be watching all our girls and boys and the Williams Sisters who are playing (as wild cards) in the doubles.

Might have to turn off the volume if there is too much “grunting” on court, drives me nuts!

Grannybags Sat 04-Jul-26 17:17:41

NanKate

Hello to ALL the Rafa Fans 👋

Hello! 👋

merlotgran Sat 04-Jul-26 17:11:55

Fery’s fighting back. 🤞🙏

nanaK54 Sat 04-Jul-26 16:44:47

PamelaJ1

We are watching Fery v Bergs. 🤞for Fery but I think I maybe disappointed.

Me too - it's not going too well for him (Fery) what a shame

PamelaJ1 Sat 04-Jul-26 16:42:42

We are watching Fery v Bergs. 🤞for Fery but I think I maybe disappointed.

Grammaretto Sat 04-Jul-26 16:06:06

I've just been watching Alex Eala from the Philippines beat the defending champion Iga Swiatek in 2 sets.

Thrilling for Eala , very disappointing for poor Swiatek.

PamelaJ1 Sat 04-Jul-26 15:59:58

So Serena and Venus have withdrawn.

Labradora Sat 04-Jul-26 14:55:48

NanKate

Hello to ALL the Rafa Fans 👋

On that list !
We are all lucky to have have been watching tennis at the time of his great career.

ixion Sat 04-Jul-26 14:07:55

Note to the BBC -
They are NOT ball kids.

NanKate Sat 04-Jul-26 13:32:06

Hello to ALL the Rafa Fans 👋

Greenfinch Fri 03-Jul-26 20:58:09

He is playing Bergs tomorrow.

Cath9 Fri 03-Jul-26 20:32:45

I watched Arthur Fiery play who won to the 3rd round but haven’t heard about him since. Does anyone know if he is still playing?

Greenfinch Fri 03-Jul-26 20:02:24

I am a fan of Ugo Humbert too NanKate.I follow him all through the year and like him because he rarely if ever gets angry or stressed and just seems very enthusiastic about his matches. I was so sorry he lost to Bergs in the first round. He appears to be a very likeable character and loves the British spectators and playing here.

valdali Fri 03-Jul-26 19:13:03

I love to watch Alcaraz, hope he doesn't get too many injuries in future as he is so entertaining to watch.
It would be good if Novak won his 25 GrandSlams, one match at a time,he'll need a bit of luck but that would be magnificent to see.

MayBee70 Fri 03-Jul-26 19:09:27

nanaK54

Add me to the Rafa fan club please

Goodness Novak that was not good for my Blood Pressure!

Oh yes. My favourite player ever.

Gin Fri 03-Jul-26 17:25:30

Just watched Djokovic game , such a nail biter, he surely is a champion. Such an entertaining match . The French man with the unFrench name, Rinderknech, has a killer serve, never heard of him before. Like others I have lost touch, all the familiar players superseded by younger ones, unknowns to me. As I do not have any sports channels like Skye, I do not get the chance to follow the sport these days unfortunately.

I do hope Djocovic makes it through the next round. I never much enjoy women’s tennis , it seems so slow.

nanaK54 Fri 03-Jul-26 17:04:10

Add me to the Rafa fan club please

Goodness Novak that was not good for my Blood Pressure!

Grandmadinosaur Fri 03-Jul-26 16:31:17

I miss Rafa too NanKate and think he’s greatly missed on the tennis circuit.

Streaky Fri 03-Jul-26 14:18:58

Grigor plays again on Saturday. Last year at Wimbledon he was two sets up against Sinner when he suffered a pectoral injury and had to retire.

NanKate Fri 03-Jul-26 14:07:05

I still miss RAFA, no one better imo. 👍

Hugo Humbert is a lovely young man with curly hair.

MayBee70 Fri 03-Jul-26 13:27:44

Streaky

Anyone else looking forward to Berettini versus Dimitrov?
Two of my favourite players, I don’t want anyone to lose, but in this case I must hope Grigor wins, especially after his horrible injury last year against Sinner. Hope it’s a good match, and not too hot for them.
🎾🎾🎾

I didn’t remember that injury but was gunning for him last night ( I just channel hop and watch whatever pops up). When is Dimitrovs next match? I don’t want to miss it! I’m not very familiar with many of the players these days since. Oh heck. Someone else is crying now; it means so much to them, doesn’t it. I want everybody to win…

PamelaJ1 Fri 03-Jul-26 11:11:10

Was anyone impressed by this new bit of commentating ?
They had someone doing this for Novaks match too but I hadn’t seen it before.
I do like some of the commentators but I think we get enough as it is.
I’d really rather see the crowd and what they are wearing.🤣

Streaky Fri 03-Jul-26 09:51:08

Anyone else looking forward to Berettini versus Dimitrov?
Two of my favourite players, I don’t want anyone to lose, but in this case I must hope Grigor wins, especially after his horrible injury last year against Sinner. Hope it’s a good match, and not too hot for them.
🎾🎾🎾

MayBee70 Thu 02-Jul-26 20:01:57

I’m glad Clare said she thought Tiafoe walked ‘very gingerly’ because I was thinking that, too. But I was in the process of changing channel and missed what the reply was.

ixion Thu 02-Jul-26 19:41:06

Still glorious weather in SW19!

Do bare midriffs pass the ladies' dress code?

Padstow13 Wed 01-Jul-26 02:07:19

I wonder who's going to throw the biggest tantrum this year?

I bet the umpires wish they were allowed Tasers......