trichome said:

looking like a bit of a nail biter,

yawn…

pain master said:

yawn…

that’s my reaction to cricket! LOL

pain master said:

yawn…

well i like playing tennis,

mastering pain of a different sort i suspect

meanwhile the match at hand is a nail biter, go Hewitt :)

AnneS said:

pain master said:

yawn…

that’s my reaction to cricket! LOL

yes me to :)

do you play tennis AnneS ?

trichome said:

AnneS said:

pain master said:

yawn…

that’s my reaction to cricket! LOL

yes me to :)

do you play tennis AnneS ?

Nah. Many years ago played hockey. This match is so frustrating

AnneS said:

trichome said:

AnneS said:

that’s my reaction to cricket! LOL

yes me to :)

do you play tennis AnneS ?

Nah. Many years ago played hockey. This match is so frustrating

my apologies Anne and trichome, I was a bit coarse last night. While I once knew how to play tennis and played to a similar standard that I played cricket, I find myself no longer able to enjoy watching a whole match. I think Pete Samprass killed it for me with his ruthlessness and that was carried on by the domination of the Fed-express postal service guy…

Give me a Bjorn Borg vs Jimmy Connors match anyday.

However I don’t mind watching the Williams sisters playbut can’t handle listening to the female (sooty) grunters.

Did our Lleyton win?

pain master said:

Did our Lleyton win?

pipped at the post, Nalbandian took the last set 9 – 7 i think it was.
I think Nalbadian might be Hewitt’s greatest foe, I think Hewitt beat him last time.

ready for another greulling day of tennis ? :)

pain master said:

AnneS said:

trichome said:

yes me to :)

do you play tennis AnneS ?

Nah. Many years ago played hockey. This match is so frustrating

my apologies Anne and trichome, I was a bit coarse last night. While I once knew how to play tennis and played to a similar standard that I played cricket, I find myself no longer able to enjoy watching a whole match. I think Pete Samprass killed it for me with his ruthlessness and that was carried on by the domination of the Fed-express postal service guy…

Give me a Bjorn Borg vs Jimmy Connors match anyday.

However I don’t mind watching the Williams sisters playbut can’t handle listening to the female (sooty) grunters.

Did our Lleyton win?

Morning PM. I didn’t take offence. Horses for Courses and all that. I am the odd one out in my family regarding cricket. Fortunately MrS doesn’t watch it all the time, and we both like the tennis, but even that we don’t always watch. In fact I missed most of the day sessions. I was playing outside wasn’t I, like a good little gardener :)

Anyway no, Llelyton didn’t win. It was a real see-sawing match and it was amazing how they good play the way they were for 4 and half hours….I’m stuffed just from watching them (and my body aches from gardening foray yesterday, especially my upper arms from using the whipper snipper. Might go back to letting MrS do that in future. LOL

trichome said:

pain master said:

Did our Lleyton win?

pipped at the post, Nalbandian took the last set 9 – 7 i think it was.
I think Nalbadian might be Hewitt’s greatest foe, I think Hewitt beat him last time.

ready for another greulling day of tennis ? :)

Don’t know about you trichome, but I am a bit bleary eyed after that one. Would love to still be in bed sound asleep, but when Bubbly Girl’s Mum rang up to say that Bubbly Girl she wants to Skype with Nana (all of 2 mind you), then Nana just had to do it :)

AnneS said:

trichome said:

AnneS said:

that’s my reaction to cricket! LOL

yes me to :)

do you play tennis AnneS ?

Nah. Many years ago played hockey. This match is so frustrating

My sisters and I all played high school hockey.

bubba louie said:

AnneS said:

trichome said:

yes me to :)

do you play tennis AnneS ?

Nah. Many years ago played hockey. This match is so frustrating

My sisters and I all played high school hockey.

I often played High School Hookey.

pain master said:

I often played High School Hookey.

me to, i used to go play the Wednesday golf comp :)

now, back to the tennis…

:)

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

AnneS said:

Nah. Many years ago played hockey. This match is so frustrating

My sisters and I all played high school hockey.

I often played High School Hookey.

I would have been too scared of getting caught.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

I often played High School Hookey.

I would have been too scared of getting caught.

I got over that fear once I realised that the times when mum said “you write the note and I’ll sign it” were a gift. Her signature was all I had to forge. Didn’t do it often, mind, just to get out of sport on Wednesday afternoons occasionally to go shopping – we lived out of town and mum and dad’s business was seven days a week. The price was that I had to “pay” my next sister a forged note for getting my school bag onto the bus for me (couldn’t take the globite school case shopping!).

Yeehah said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

I often played High School Hookey.

I would have been too scared of getting caught.

I got over that fear once I realised that the times when mum said “you write the note and I’ll sign it” were a gift. Her signature was all I had to forge. Didn’t do it often, mind, just to get out of sport on Wednesday afternoons occasionally to go shopping – we lived out of town and mum and dad’s business was seven days a week. The price was that I had to “pay” my next sister a forged note for getting my school bag onto the bus for me (couldn’t take the globite school case shopping!).

I only wagged once. We had a beach carnival which was not dramatically far from my house (though it was a somewhat epic walk, at that age), and the teachers refused to let us sit/stand in the shade. Umm. A whole day in the sun, with this skin? Even with suncream and sensible clothing, NO FREAKING WAY. So my friends and I walked off.

Go Stosur :)

trichome said:

Go Stosur :)

Oh yeah…blitzkrieg

AnneS The Hopman Cup begins today 12:30 One HD, the beginning of another season.
Let the tennis begin :)
TV primed and ready to go, racquets, water bottle in the car ready for the local courts, bring it on :)

trichome said:

AnneS The Hopman Cup begins today 12:30 One HD, the beginning of another season.
Let the tennis begin :)
TV primed and ready to go, racquets, water bottle in the car ready for the local courts, bring it on :)

Don’t tell D will ya please.

pomolo said:

trichome said:

AnneS The Hopman Cup begins today 12:30 One HD, the beginning of another season.
Let the tennis begin :)
TV primed and ready to go, racquets, water bottle in the car ready for the local courts, bring it on :)

Don’t tell D will ya please.

why ? :)

How’s the Hopman Cup going?

Li Na beat Bartoli then Gasquet beat Wu Di, French won the mixed doubles, Australia play Spain tomorrow, lots of talent lines up in this tournament :)
http://hopmancup.com/Results/Current-Results/overview.php

trichome said:

Li Na beat Bartoli then Gasquet beat Wu Di, French won the mixed doubles, Australia play Spain tomorrow, lots of talent lines up in this tournament :)
http://hopmancup.com/Results/Current-Results/overview.php

I will rely on your postings rather than look on an official web site. I am aware of the names you have mentioned here.

Gasquet and some other Europeans have a great stylish single handed backhand, many players now from UK, USA and Aust. play the double handed backhand. Bartoli plays double handed fore and backhand :)

trichome said:

Gasquet and some other Europeans have a great stylish single handed backhand, many players now from UK, USA and Aust. play the double handed backhand. Bartoli plays double handed fore and backhand :)

Bartoli sounds soft to have been beaten by Li Na. Gasquet sounds like the David Gower of the tennis court!

painmaster said:

trichome said:

Li Na beat Bartoli then Gasquet beat Wu Di, French won the mixed doubles, Australia play Spain tomorrow, lots of talent lines up in this tournament :)
http://hopmancup.com/Results/Current-Results/overview.php

I will rely on your postings rather than look on an official web site. I am aware of the names you have mentioned here.

Wu Di is little known, plays a good game, mainly won a stack of Chinese tournaments, ranks about 343 or there about.
Hopman Cup is diffeent where players are invited to play, a privelidge really, Lucy runs a great show for a 91 year old :)

painmaster said:

trichome said:

Gasquet and some other Europeans have a great stylish single handed backhand, many players now from UK, USA and Aust. play the double handed backhand. Bartoli plays double handed fore and backhand :)

Bartoli sounds soft to have been beaten by Li Na. Gasquet sounds like the David Gower of the tennis court!

Li is ranked about 5 and Bartoli about 9 in the world, both top 10 players :)

trichome said:

painmaster said:

trichome said:

Li Na beat Bartoli then Gasquet beat Wu Di, French won the mixed doubles, Australia play Spain tomorrow, lots of talent lines up in this tournament :)
http://hopmancup.com/Results/Current-Results/overview.php

I will rely on your postings rather than look on an official web site. I am aware of the names you have mentioned here.

Wu Di is little known, plays a good game, mainly won a stack of Chinese tournaments, ranks about 343 or there about.
Hopman Cup is diffeent where players are invited to play, a privelidge really, Lucy runs a great show for a 91 year old :)

Lucy Hopman?

trichome said:

painmaster said:

trichome said:

Gasquet and some other Europeans have a great stylish single handed backhand, many players now from UK, USA and Aust. play the double handed backhand. Bartoli plays double handed fore and backhand :)

Bartoli sounds soft to have been beaten by Li Na. Gasquet sounds like the David Gower of the tennis court!

Li is ranked about 5 and Bartoli about 9 in the world, both top 10 players :)

Li would be the oldest in the top ten no?

painmaster said:

trichome said:

painmaster said:

I will rely on your postings rather than look on an official web site. I am aware of the names you have mentioned here.

Wu Di is little known, plays a good game, mainly won a stack of Chinese tournaments, ranks about 343 or there about.
Hopman Cup is diffeent where players are invited to play, a privelidge really, Lucy runs a great show for a 91 year old :)

Lucy Hopman?

Yes :)

trichome said:

painmaster said:

trichome said:

Wu Di is little known, plays a good game, mainly won a stack of Chinese tournaments, ranks about 343 or there about.
Hopman Cup is diffeent where players are invited to play, a privelidge really, Lucy runs a great show for a 91 year old :)

Lucy Hopman?

Yes :)

So why does play start on NYE?

painmaster said:

trichome said:

painmaster said:

Lucy Hopman?

Yes :)

So why does play start on NYE?

em, not sure :)

painmaster said:

trichome said:

painmaster said:

Bartoli sounds soft to have been beaten by Li Na. Gasquet sounds like the David Gower of the tennis court!

Li is ranked about 5 and Bartoli about 9 in the world, both top 10 players :)

Li would be the oldest in the top ten no?

yes, that date in tehre is d.o.b.
1 Wozniacki, Caroline 11/07/90 DEN
2 Kvitova, Petra 08/03/90 CZE
3 Azarenka, Victoria 31/07/89 BLR
4 Sharapova, Maria 19/04/87 RUS
5 Li, Na 26/02/82 CHN
6 Stosur, Samantha 30/03/84 AUS
7 Zvonareva, Vera 07/09/84 RUS
8 Radwanska, Agnieszka 06/03/89 POL
9 Bartoli, Marion 02/10/84 FRA
10 Petkovic, Andrea 09/09/87 GER

trichome said:

painmaster said:

trichome said:

Li is ranked about 5 and Bartoli about 9 in the world, both top 10 players :)

Li would be the oldest in the top ten no?

yes, that date in tehre is d.o.b.
1 Wozniacki, Caroline 11/07/90 DEN
2 Kvitova, Petra 08/03/90 CZE
3 Azarenka, Victoria 31/07/89 BLR
4 Sharapova, Maria 19/04/87 RUS
5 Li, Na 26/02/82 CHN
6 Stosur, Samantha 30/03/84 AUS
7 Zvonareva, Vera 07/09/84 RUS
8 Radwanska, Agnieszka 06/03/89 POL
9 Bartoli, Marion 02/10/84 FRA
10 Petkovic, Andrea 09/09/87 GER

Sharapova is still 4?

painmaster said:

trichome said:

painmaster said:

Li would be the oldest in the top ten no?

yes, that date in tehre is d.o.b.
1 Wozniacki, Caroline 11/07/90 DEN
2 Kvitova, Petra 08/03/90 CZE
3 Azarenka, Victoria 31/07/89 BLR
4 Sharapova, Maria 19/04/87 RUS
5 Li, Na 26/02/82 CHN
6 Stosur, Samantha 30/03/84 AUS
7 Zvonareva, Vera 07/09/84 RUS
8 Radwanska, Agnieszka 06/03/89 POL
9 Bartoli, Marion 02/10/84 FRA
10 Petkovic, Andrea 09/09/87 GER

Sharapova is still 4?

what is that ?

trichome said:

painmaster said:

trichome said:

yes, that date in tehre is d.o.b.
1 Wozniacki, Caroline 11/07/90 DEN
2 Kvitova, Petra 08/03/90 CZE
3 Azarenka, Victoria 31/07/89 BLR
4 Sharapova, Maria 19/04/87 RUS
5 Li, Na 26/02/82 CHN
6 Stosur, Samantha 30/03/84 AUS
7 Zvonareva, Vera 07/09/84 RUS
8 Radwanska, Agnieszka 06/03/89 POL
9 Bartoli, Marion 02/10/84 FRA
10 Petkovic, Andrea 09/09/87 GER

Sharapova is still 4?

what is that ?

You have Sharapova ranked as 4th on that list…

painmaster said:

trichome said:

painmaster said:

Sharapova is still 4?

what is that ?

You have Sharapova ranked as 4th on that list…

that is according to the WTA singles rankings

trichome said:

pomolo said:

trichome said:

AnneS The Hopman Cup begins today 12:30 One HD, the beginning of another season.
Let the tennis begin :)
TV primed and ready to go, racquets, water bottle in the car ready for the local courts, bring it on :)

Don’t tell D will ya please.

why ? :)

Becuse he’ll be stuck in front of the teev and I won’t be able to get any sense out of him till it’s over.

pomolo said:

trichome said:

pomolo said:

Don’t tell D will ya please.

why ? :)

Becuse he’ll be stuck in front of the teev and I won’t be able to get any sense out of him till it’s over.

HAY D the TENNIS is on :)

trichome said:

pomolo said:

trichome said:

why ? :)

Becuse he’ll be stuck in front of the teev and I won’t be able to get any sense out of him till it’s over.

HAY D the TENNIS is on :)

Oh No! I’ll have to delete that post. lol.

I’m booked out for a couple weeks now :)

(‘til the end of the tennis broadcats season)

trichome said:

I’m booked out for a couple weeks now :)

I’m sending D to your place for a holiday.

(‘til the end of the tennis broadcats season)

pomolo said:

trichome said:

I’m booked out for a couple weeks now :)

I’m sending D to your place for a holiday.

(‘til the end of the tennis broadcats season)

no worries, we can do some recordings so D has stuff to watch at home :)

The Night Of The Screamers :)

sounds like a horror movie :)

any takers?
who will win tonight ?

trichome said:

any takers?
who will win tonight ?

Who cares? :)

not Nadal. Don’t like him.

Novak Djokovic is in front at present
go joko :)

he has a nice support team :)

so who won?

painmaster said:

so who won?

After nearly five hours and 53 minutes over five gruelling sets, Novak Djokovic beat Rafa Nadal