do they clash time wise 

 

I think they might just clash.......but the tennis gets priority for me, I'll watch GP highlights if I have to

Well done Andy, it was a great match.

 

I have a soft spot for the lovely Tsonga, he has such a beautiful smile.

GP build up on BBC1 12:05 to 12:55, then switches to BBC2 12:55 to 15:30 for the race.

Wimbledon programme starts on BBC1 at 12:55.

 

I think the race start can be watched on BBC2, then switch to BBC1 shortly after for the tennis, then....well, we'll see how things go.

I was hoping he'd win as he's so lovely 

Forecasts for Wimbledon and Silverstone.

 

Wimbledon:-

 

Rain all day today and tomorrow, but they can play under the roof, so that's OK

 

Silverstone:-

 

Rain all day Saturday and MOST of Sunday, but amazingly it should be mostly dry for the 4 hours around the race!

It's so wet at Silverstone that the qualifying has been stopped.

 

Currently appears to be dry at Wibledon and the roof is open.

I watched the first two sets but the third just shredded my nerves.  I listened to it on the radio for the rest of the match.  My blood pressure couldnt take it , I'm such a wimp.

 

What I'll need for Sunday's final is anybody's guess ~ probably valium would be best but will settle for the Zinfandel.

 

Do us proud Andy.

Absolutely!   Go Andy!  

Does anyone actually know the rules of tennis?  I watch it but I honestly don't know how the scoring works.

Realy? What's not to know?

 

I take it you're meaning things like 1st and 2nd serves, what determines if it's in or out and such, changing of ends and balls Etc?

 

I've been watching it for years. I think I'm pretty clued up.

 

I'll try and answer any questions you have.

What's deuce? What's 'love'?  I don't get the terminology.  Sorry for appearing thick but I just don't get it.  I have a handle on almost every other sport but tennis (probably simple) eludes me. 

Each match consists of a number of sets. In events like Wimbledon, for the women the winner is the one who is the first to win 2 sets (so there can't be more than 3 sets), and for men the winner is the one who is first to win 3 sets (so there can't be more than 5 sets).

 

Each sets consists of a number of games. The winner of the set has to win at least 6 games but has to win by a margin of 2 games. So 6-4 is a winning combination, but 6-5 isn't, 7-5 is a winning combination. In all but the last set, if it's 6-6, the tie break comes into play. In the last set, they keep on playing until one player has won 2 games more than the other.

 

A game consists of a number of points. It is not known where the use of love, 15, 30, 40 and deuce comes from. It may come from medieval french and the use of a clock. Love means 0 points (and may come from the french for egg "l'oeuf"). I'll use the idea of a clock - 60 minutes in an hour. It starts at 0, each point adds 15 minutes, so the first is 15, the second is 30, the third used to be 45, and the 4th would be 60. The first person to get to 60 wins the game. But a very long time ago that changed. The winner of the game had to win by at least 2 gaps of 15. Fine if the score was 60-30,60-15 or 60-0 but not at 60-45, and there's only 60 minutes in an hour. So they came up with a solution. For convenience, they rounded the 45 down to 40. If the score reached 40-40, the score is tied. The player who wins the next bit goes to 50 points (though that is called advantage). If they win the next bit they go up to 60 points and so win the game. If the other player wins the next bit the score goes back to 40-40. 40-40 is called deuce , possibly because another 2 gaps of 10 are needed for a player to win and the french for two is "deux".

 

Where there is a tie break needed, they don't use the 15,30,40, but just use single points. The first person to score at least 7 point and also have won at least 2 points more than the other person wins that set. The set is recorded as 7-6.

Deuce is when both opponents have scored 3 points each in a game

1st point is scored as 15

2nd point is scored as 30

third point is scored as 40

So when/if it gets to 40 each they call DEUCE

 

'Love' just means zero points, so if they called 30 Love it means one player has scored 2 points (15, then 30) while the other has scored no points.

 

So a 'love game' would go :-

15 Love (1st point)

30 Love (2nd point40 Love (third point)

GAME (4th point)

 

To win a game you must score a minimum of 4 points, but you also have to score 2 points more than your opponent thus if it gets to deuce (40 each) one of the opponents must score a further TWO consecutive points in order to win the game. the first point beyond 40 each is called Advantage and if the person who has Advantage wins the next point they win the game. However if the person who is still on 40 wins the next point then the score goes back to Deuce.

thanks El Loro and Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing, 

 

I can finally watch tennis and understand what's going on!

 Carnelian, it reads more complicated than it actually is ! 


Well done Andy  Thought for a bit he may lose it!

Nerve racking match tomorrow! Federer on good form, so will hopefully be a good match  

Great men's doubles final going on right now on BBC2. Fifth set, Marray/Nielsen lead 4-1 at the moment!

WOOOOOOOO they did it!!!

 

 

Ooops! You beat me too it! 

Been out all day, just caught the end. Well done 

There's more to come, Women's Doubles final starting shortly!

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, GP:- the race starts at 1pm on BBC2

 

Tennis:- the match is due to start at 2pm on BBC1

 

Build up:-

GP on BBC1 from 12:05

Tennis BBC1 from 1pm

 

Another thing about scoring, which may further enhance your viewing:-

 

I think we mentioned that the players take turns at serving, but the scores given during each game always give the SERVER'S score first.

 

So if Murray is serving and wins the first point, the score will be given as 15 Love (15-0)

 

But if Murray is serving and Federer wins the first point then the score would be given as Love 15 (0-15)

Hi everyone

 

hi all Woohooooo!!!!

Aw bless that kid!

 

lovely support in the royal box today and good to see the Becks man as well 

 

and a lovely smile from Andy 

 

enjoy it peeps 

 

 

 

 

Oh darn, I missed the smile! must have blinked

Did you hear Sue Barker say that the First Minister of Scotland, Sir Alex Ferguson, had arrived? 

I'm probably not going to be on here for the duration........too nervous and also I get very irritated with Andrew Castle's verbal diarrhoea so don't want to subject everyone to my rants

 

I'm flicking between this and the British GP until that finishes, it's been a great race so far. A few incidents too. Kamui Kobayashi just almost ran over his pit crew!!

OMG!!!

Despite my feelings towards misery Murray I've decided that I'll have to support the Brit given he's made the final! Great start

I keep holding my breathe, this is tense!

Federer is sexier

 

GP just finished. Joining tennis at 2 games all in 1st set. Has worked out quite well.

How on earth did Federer manage to win that point for Advantage?

What....Really?

Hi all 

 

I'm SO nervous watching this 

Ah! Apparently Murray's favourite telly box prog is MTW. COME ON ANDY!!!! Meanwhile one's heart goes out to Pippa and her Popo. Imagine having to share the royal box with Salmond and Boris.