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Ok, am I the only one who hates tennis?

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GillT57 Wed 30-Jun-21 12:25:48

Wimbledon bores me rigid. The gasping and grunting with every shot really grinds my gears. I have never really been into spectator sports but sitting there for hours at Wimbledon watching a ball go back and forth, back and forth, and then if it rains there is a risk that Cliff Richard will get to his feet and sing shock No thanks. It is the sheer tedium of it

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Craftycat Fri 02-Jul-21 10:15:52

Love Rugby Union too.

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Rufus2 Fri 02-Jul-21 13:49:52

Goodness what a lot of moaning and whingeing
Lucca. Agreed!
Here's an idea! Initiate a parallel thread called something like
"Sports I Like" and show a few examples such as;
Basketball
Tennis
Golf
Caber tossing
Curling
etc.
i.e. be positive rather than negative! grin
That would free up loads of extra space whilst us avid Soccer, Rugby, Cricket fans could watch in peace and harmony, free of constant bickering, thus projecting a picture of Happy Families! Good idea!?
Good Health
OoRoo

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NfkDumpling Fri 02-Jul-21 20:26:14

Its fine having football and tennis etc on tv but does it really have to be on all the mainstream channels - and the main items on the News?

Mind you, we've been watching Are You Being Served and Open All Hours and remembering how good they are. Just need to time making the coffee with the interminable ad breaks.

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MayBee70 Fri 02-Jul-21 21:25:53

NfkDumpling

Its fine having football and tennis etc on tv but does it really have to be on all the mainstream channels - and the main items on the News?

Mind you, we've been watching Are You Being Served and Open All Hours and remembering how good they are. Just need to time making the coffee with the interminable ad breaks.

At least people have catchup now and there’s always so much to watch I can never keep up with it. And Sky Arts is brilliant.

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Edith81 Fri 02-Jul-21 22:15:21

Gillt57 I suppose you are not the only who hates tennis, but there are millions of us who look forward avidly to Wimbledon fortnight, me being one of them. No one is forcing you to watch it and I can’t understand how for a short period of time people can be so intolerant when there a multitude of channels to watch. I dislike many programmes that are currently on tv, but I don’t have to watch them, so each one to their own.

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Smurf52 Fri 02-Jul-21 23:45:30

I'm with you on tennis. I too find it boring.

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Kate1949 Sat 03-Jul-21 13:39:55

Today tennis is on BBC1 and BBC2, racing on ITV and rugby on C4. angry

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effalump Sat 03-Jul-21 17:02:46

Tennis, football, motor racing, rugby, I can't be doing with any of these. They should be moved to a single sports channel (I only have Freeview and terrestrial) especially on a weekend. Whatever happened to family films on Saturday and Sunday afternoons?

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Rowantree Sat 03-Jul-21 20:30:13

You aren't alone. Eating my own entrails would be more enticing than watching a tennis match. Or football either.

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