faraway saint

At the end of week one there is, indeed, only one Brit remaining, do I win a prize? Its not Draper but Norrie, just, makes it through to the quarter final. His opponent battered down an astounding 46 aces.

The falls over onto a big hairy guys lap. 😝 😂😂😂

Wait till next week, a ball gets scudded into the the crowd and hits a wee Scottish guy right on the foreheid knocking his specs right off. 🍓🎾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Wee Emma out but she was against the world No1. She played very well, in both sets she managed to break Sabalenka but couldn't hold the lead to get over the line to take a set. No disgrace, hope she keeps it up as its been a very poor period since she won the US Open.

My predictions haven't been great so far but, IMO, Sinner will win this as Alcaraz hasn't been at the level required to beat him, although he has it in him to go up a gear or two. He'll need to, Sinner is a machine.

Well blow me down, Norrie also through to the 4th round. I've never taken to Norrie, even when he was at his best around 3 years ago he left me cold, nothing about him as a player or person. Two thru, wee Emma to play later.

Anyhow, the wee lassie with the Desperate Dan chin is through to round four. Some effort, well done. One Brit thru, 2 to play.

That's funny, you're all over this thread when it started. 🤣🤣🤣 You'd think you just post for the sake of posting......oh wait.

Aye, only 3 Brits in the tournament and all play today. I'll be tuning in to watch the final set of the unfinished Monfils match. A entertainer who always gives some magic moments. Alcaraz also on later today.

Andy Robertson has added his heartfelt tribute to the chorus of well wishes and mourning following the tragic death of Diogo Jota: 🗣️ "The ones I’m thinking about most right now are the family. Their loss is too much to bear. I’m so sorry that they have lost two such precious souls – Diogo and Andre. "For the team and the Club, we’ll try to cope with this together… however long that takes. For me, I want to talk about my mate. My buddy. The bloke I loved and will miss like crazy. "He was the most British foreign player I’ve ever met. We used to joke he was really Irish… I’d try to claim him as Scottish, obviously. I even called him Diogo MacJota. "We’d watch the darts together, enjoy the horse racing. Going to Cheltenham this season was a highlight - one of the best we had." "The last time I saw him was the happiest day of his life – his wedding day. "I want to remember his never-ceasing smile from that magical day. How much he was bursting with love for his wife and family. "I can’t believe we’re saying goodbye. It’s too soon, and it hurts so much. But thank you for being in my life, mate – and for making it better. Love you, Diogo."

Evans pumped, Draper, out with a whimper. Draper was too passive for the first two sets, stepped it up in the third but just lost out in a tight fourth. Cilic deserves credit, his forehand was on fire in the first two sets. So, as we approach the end if week one I think there's only 3 Brits remaining.

Liverpool forward Jota dies in a tragic car crash along with his brother. Only 28 years old and married his childhood sweetheart two weeks ago. Three children. Tragic. 😢😢😢

Quite a few fell by the wayside yesterday but not as many as I expected. Big day today, Evans v Djokovic and Draper v Cilic amongst others

Thank feck I found this as I was about to book myself into what's left at Dykebar. 😉

From a Facebook post. no the two secure units will remain in operation and possibly a few more of the older buildings but the bulk of the site and land will become houses over the next 8 years or so

I thought, buildings apart, it wasnt used anymore. The golf course I'm thinking about was at Leverndale mate, it was 9 hole course, came back to me after I read your post. 👍

Dykebar, officially, no more. It used to be mentioned on here regularly in the past. Now you'd get hung by the "offended" brigade. As I recall it had a wee golf course that I played a few times.

Juse seen a couple who have taken their SIX WEEK OLD BABY to Wimbledon today. Not selfish at all. 🙄

Women's top seeds also dropping like flys. Djokovic, for some reason, went right off the boil in the 2nd set tie break and has just resumed under the roof/lights at one set all.

Men's seeds tumbling out over the last two days. Opens things up for lesser known players to go further. Draper won easily and I'm currently watching a master class from Djokovic.

We'll, it's early days but a better day than I expected. 7 Brits through. Round two on Wednesday is usually the graveyard for plenty of British players. 😉

Aww, and I had a seat at my bar ready for you. Thems the breaks 🤣

Bstrd. 😭😭😭 Have a great time. 😂

Another Wimbledon starts today and there's quite a high number of British interest. Alas they will be a lot less by the end of week one. Day by day they'll drop like flies. I'm predicting there will only be Jack Draper carrying the hopes into week two.

On the other hand, Snow Patrol, bang on the money. 👏👏👏