Who is watching the tennis?

true Ella46, but tennis and football are not the only culprits - what about hours or REALLY boring golf- and the GrandPrix ? I know I am just not into sport, although I am happy to watch an hour or two of cricket or bowls! Each to his own. obviously.

Well at least it's only for two weeks! Unlike the football season

I love it, just for the two weeks, and then I've had enough sitting around!

who am I kidding

I agree Mamie but I think we might be in the minority. Why is it on two chanels at once and all afternoon? How many chanels can you watch at the same time? What with that and all the repeats, I am thankful we no longer pay a licence fee, but them I am probably just a grumpy old woman who has never been interested in tennis anyway. Good job the sun is shining.

No. Nor am I watching anything else as it is all that there is on the television. Why does it take over two channels and the entire Breakfast programme? Why do we have to be told about the weather from Wimbledon every day? Why are there two threads on here? Boring, boring, boring.

What an amazing day's tennis. Can't wait for tomorrow.

Annodomini & Merlotgran I could not agree more. At least we can turn down the sound on our TV sets, but sitting there listening to that cacophony, for me would be too much.

They sounded like a couple of hyenas! I wouldn't want to sit and listen to that all through a match either!

Hilda I agree about Henman, what a cheek from someone who didn't win anything much

I wouldn't want to pay good money and then have to spend the afternoon listening to all that shrieking.

OMG, The girl that beat Sharapova shrieks even more loudly! Sound like a wolf baying at the moon.
Wimbledon looks like being a case of 'last (wo)man standing'!

This is going to be a VERY good Wimbledon.

The curse of gracesmum strikes again!! Yay!! Stacky has won!! That'll teach Roger to let his temper get the better of him. What a turn up! No Rafa, no Roger, no Sharapova - life is beginning to get interesting!!

Well - no more Mr Roger Nice Guy! Did you see that ball he sent atpast Stacky at 96mph? Accident? Looking at the expression on Roger's face, I don't think so. Always thought he was such a gentleman, but I am officially withdrawing my support as of now

I'm puzzled by the number of injuries causing top players to withdraw and some of them - Sharapova for example - to blame the court. I've never seem this before in all these years of watching Wimbledon. Getting a bit concerned about Federer who is having a hard time against a very effective server. Never mind Tim Henman; let's lose Boris Becker, please.

they all got to lose some time ant that right

Love Wimbledon - but I have one gripe at the moment.....Never was a huge fan of Tim Henman and although I don't mind him nattering away during matches, I find it particularly rich that he was making comments about Andy Murray earlier in this afternoon's game. He was saying things like...'I wish he would do such and such' and generally mentioning things that he felt needed improving!

Been out most of the day. Didn't see Andy because I thought his match was rained off. Oh no! Sounds like I missed a really good afternoon of tennis. So pleased Andy did well, and the charity match sounded good fun, too. . Thanks for the info. when.

I think they broke the mould after Boris he's totally bonkers and really funny!

Nice to see that they raised such a lot of money for the Royal Marsden.

Just watched the tennis final - well done, Andy. Then, great fun in a charity doubles with with Ivan Lendl - so good to see Andy joking around on the court. It all finished with a celeb match, with Boris Johnson, Richard Branson, Michael McIntyre, Andy, Tim Henman and others. So funny, especially when Branson tried to bribe the umpire with Virgin upgrade vouchers.

Watched the Tsonga match when I came home. Dropped off for a few minutes. Now watching Andy.

It's been a nice afternoon for tennis. I watched Del Potro and Evans. A very enjoyable game, and Evans didn't give up without a fight.

Mahut played well. Andy was better. The weather [at Queens] is so unlike what we hope for. Tennis matches deserve sunshine.

I'm so annoyed that I missed the Rafa/Ferrer match..saw some of the highlights and it looked awesome. Although Rafa looked different..more man than boy now. Not sure how his dodgy knees cope with playing tennis at his level though.

Andy Murray has just walked on court at Queen's. Should be a good match against Nicolas Mahut. Nice to see tennis back on a grass court.

That was exciting! I didn't think Ferrer would stand a chance but he put up an excellent fight. As for the behaviour of the spectators - well, they'd better not try that at Wimbledon or they'll get the Granny/Mum/death stare

I'm hoping Federer will be there, too. There are some amazing
players now. I missed the women's final. Looking forward to spending the whole of Wimbledon fortnight lazing around at home for most of the time, watching afternoon matches .