French Open 2015 Day 13 - Let's get ready to mumble....

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....to ourselves in Murray-like fashion.

slashermcguirk wrote:Come on tsonga, take the tie break. Need to extend this match so I can get home for the other match :-)

No, straights for Stan is what we want! Get Novak and Andy underway before the rain comes!

ALLEZ! A SET ALL

Stan certainly seems more heat-effected than Jo. He looked very flat in that tie-breaker. Tsonga right back in this now at one set all.

let's get ready to mumble

hahaha

Stan making UEs now as we start the third set. But he holds for 1-0

Sorry HM but I am in work and unlikely to get away until 5. Bring on the 5 setter and rain, sod off!!!

slashermcguirk wrote:Sorry HM but I am in work and unlikely to get away until 5. Bring on the 5 setter and rain, sod off!!!

Well I have a doc's appointment at 4.30 and I cannot cancel so looks sure I'll miss some part of the start. This match looks like it has at least another hour of play in it, probably at the moment I'd say Djokovic and Murray may start around 4pm (UK time).

Smart move by these two. Go very long and trust the weather to move Djokovic / Murray to tomorrow, let them slug it out for 6 hours and return on Sunday with an edge.

This biblical weather business, are we headed for a washout or is it expected to pass quite quickly?

Latest update is that a storm is expected at 6pm local time, 5pm UK time.

Djoko v Murray virtually certain to be interrupted.

Idiotic decision not to play them at the same time on Lenglen.

Can Wawrinka play a better TB this time?

Tsonga is playing safe, attacking tennis that won't work against Murray or Djoko but is tiring and frustrating stan.

Can they not start them now?

temporary21 wrote:Can they not start them now?

They could... but I bet they won't.

If Djoko wins, I cannot see either of these two beating him unfortunately.
3 set points STAN!

ALLEZ STAN THE MAN! Break now!

Bound to have been a better tiebreak from Stan this time and it's enough to give him a two sets to one lead. Tsonga seems very defensive in the bits I've seen. Just waiting for either a Stan winner or loser.

That set ended up as a bit of a steal for Stan. Seemed to have gone into his shell, but managed to raise his game when it mattered most. The crowd is disappointingly flat. I was expecting a much more febrile atmosphere.

This is ridiculously poor scheduling.

Sunset in Paris is 21:49. It's currently 16:25.

If Stan and Jo go to 5 sets, there's no way Novak and Andy start much before 18:00.

Why cut it so close, especially when there is bad weather in the area?

HM Murdoch wrote:This is ridiculously poor scheduling.

Sunset in Paris is 21:49. It's currently 16:25.

If Stan and Jo go to 5 sets, there's no way Novak and Andy start much before 18:00.

Why cut it so close, especially when there is bad weather in the area?

A cynic could tell you why

kingraf wrote:

HM Murdoch wrote:This is ridiculously poor scheduling.

Sunset in Paris is 21:49. It's currently 16:25.

If Stan and Jo go to 5 sets, there's no way Novak and Andy start much before 18:00.

Why cut it so close, especially when there is bad weather in the area?

A cynic could tell you why

Yes, one can't help but wonder how they'd approach it if there wasn't a Frenchman in the first SF...

Tsonga 1/17 on bp's! Feds vs rafa fo '07 esque.

Djokovic v Murray could be put on Lenglen. What a bad decision in scheduling.

This from the BBC feed:

"I was speaking to someone in the canteen who said that once it starts raining it won't stop this evening. If that is the case, then it is likely that Andy Murray against Novak Djokovic will almost certainly finish on Saturday.

"If the rain does prevent Murray v Djokovic reaching a conclusion, the organisers will put the conclusion of that semi-final on a before the women's final tomorrow, probably at 12:00 BST."

and

"On a sunny evening you can play until about 21:45 local time (20:45 BST) in Paris. But if the clouds roll in then, the light would die away well before that."

What absolute cretins the schedulers are.

Wonder if this scheduling malarkey could favour Andy. Could make Novak more twitchy, as he's more likely to have one eye on the final.

Of course, it could just focus the mind and make Novak all the more determined to take no prisoners.

Tsonga's coach should ban the drop shot.

Aut0Gr4ph wrote:Wonder if this scheduling malarkey could favour Andy. Could make Novak more twitchy, as he's more likely to have one eye on the final.

I'm not sure if it favours one over the other but it does treat them both like carp.

The French Open is such a wretchedly poor slam.

Half empty stadia that fall down on the crowd, terrible security, the worst atmosphere, crowds that are more bothered about a glass of wine with lunch than getting to the stadium for the start of a match, and now incompetent scheduling.

HM Murdoch wrote:This from the BBC feed:

"I was speaking to someone in the canteen who said that once it starts raining it won't stop this evening. If that is the case, then it is likely that Andy Murray against Novak Djokovic will almost certainly finish on Saturday.

"If the rain does prevent Murray v Djokovic reaching a conclusion, the organisers will put the conclusion of that semi-final on a before the women's final tomorrow, probably at 12:00 BST."

and

"On a sunny evening you can play until about 21:45 local time (20:45 BST) in Paris. But if the clouds roll in then, the light would die away well before that."

What absolute cretins the schedulers are.

Possibly, but I've got money on Wawrinka being a multi slam champion. I was denied in Melbourne, and didn't think I'd be in with a chance at many returns so soon. So, this is really best case scenario for me!

And yet it's still the Holy Grail of tennis.....

Lenglen's Women's Doubles SF just finished.

Come On Wawrinka, finish it now!

And the crowd insists on making strange noises at random moments. I wonder if the oohs and aahs at Wimbledon sound equally weird to a Frenchie.

Forget that for now, Stan is serving for the match!

STANNNNNN!!!!

Wawrinka in the Final. Well played JwT.

And whatever possesses them to do post match interviews in a foreign language? Are they just trying to be awkward?

17:00 local time.

If the weather holds, we may get the second SF done today.

Unless they go all AO11/USO12 on us, then they're stuffed.

Congrats Stan. Currently a 100% winning record in slam finals. Can he keep it going?

First Inverdale lays in to Bartoli, now it's Stan's shorts. What next? I'm sick of his ugly mug, but I don't go on about it.

JHM / LF / Temp21 - should Novak and Andy be required to finish tomorrow, what curses am I allowed to use on the thread?

When did you lay the bet RF and what were the odds?

KR even.

And now he has the cheek to tell Fabrice he stinks. He really is the pits!

HM Murdoch wrote:JHM / LF / Temp21 - should Novak and Andy be required to finish tomorrow, what curses am I allowed to use on the thread?

The forum driver will replace **** words as appropriate. Feel free to use expletives that you feel comfortable using in mixed company.

laverfan wrote:

HM Murdoch wrote:JHM / LF / Temp21 - should Novak and Andy be required to finish tomorrow, what curses am I allowed to use on the thread?

The forum driver will replace **** words as appropriate. Feel free to use expletives that you feel comfortable using in mixed company.

Thanks.

I may under the circumstances settle for an "aaaaarrrrrrghhhhhhhh!!!!!".

Good interview from Andy. Sounds like he's clear in his head what he needs to do. All I ask is that he believes.

test Frak test

works, thx LF

Let's speculate now before it becomes moot. Who would be the favourite out of Andy and Stan?

Come on Andy, crush himmmmmmmmmmmmm