Well, what are we to do with our lives? Lol, I always feel a void when the Championships finish- I literally haven't done anything apart from watch/listen to tennis for the past fortnight (actually, longer than that if you count Eastbourne, Queen's and Nottingham!!).

I guess I haven't got any excuses for not getting on with my Masters research now :(

I'm meant to do be starting teacher training in September but am so tempted to take a year out to earn some money so I can get to one of the other slams! (Btw is it wrong to have doubts about teaching purely because it restricts me to getting to Wimbledon for just the middle Saturday of the tournament?! Hehe)

last year was even worse, the Men's final and the World Cup final on same day

What the Dickens!

Major sporting event withdrawal symptoms

But at least it's better than after RG where I had withdrawal symptoms plus Roger's defeat to cope with.

Its a consolation isnt it ! Roger equals Borgs record. :ok:
This board is a good way of coping with Wimbledon withdrawal symptoms .The discussions will go on for a while yet.
And as a golf fan, its not long to the Open...

watch our recorded DVDs over and over again... :D

Play topspin tennis all day :rolleyes:
Where I loose to james blake but console myself by beating Fed :doh:

Oh yeah and watch Recorded matches of RG :wub:

But It is a struggle...its the same every year - Cold Turkey. US open coming soon but thats on Sky ( :angry: ) and during the middle of the night :doh:

I am feeling pretty low :( But at least we have LA in a week. And then not long til Andys back :party: And then the US Open and Im on hols :party:

I hate i when Wimby finishes. For those of us without SKY it signals the end of our tennis viewing for 6 months. We seem to get loads of tennis for two months from the FO, Queens and Wimby. Then it's nothing which makes it worse. It feels worse this year as th erain meant we saw less matches on TV when they crammed the schedule in. I taped a few matches but there were several that I'd like to see not televsised. Not that same after tj e event though. Roll on next Wimby :D

Hi SB, don't you subscribe to ATPmasterseries online? the streaming is quite good and relatively cheap. I think it is about £8 for one Master series.

Is it? Well that is cheap. I tell you what I am not used to watching on line but every time I try any livestream it seems my crappy old PC gets a terrible recepetion or crashes. Do you have to have a certain standard of PC to run these things? I tired BBC for Wimby and the picture was really bad.

I am not sure about the minimum specs of the PC but I would think the cnnection speed is more important. Mine is pretty standard 8MB. Depending on your connection speed, the BBC Wimbledon streaming is going to offer you a small or nigger window but I agree the image is not great in any case. Best for you would be to buy one match (£2?) as a test. In fact you can test it before you buy so that is the best way to check.

Thanks for that advice tenez :) I might give it a go and see what happens. With Wimby I got a small postage stamp sized screen that was clear but too small, then a biiger full sized one that was blurred and useless. I'm glad I did not pay for their top up so as I could get the extra matches choice.

8 MB is good. I can only get 1MB on my broadband which isnt very good for tennis , but wi-fi is coming soon to my area...

I think our next dose of BBC tennis is Davis Cup....*looks and calendar then sighs*

how to cope with wimby withdrawal???

get a new addiction :D

:wine:

Nothing new about that addiction :whistle:

*sets up temporary trolley on this thread*

*sets up UL Janxes for all*

Help yourselves folks

:D

Anybody know where photos of the champions ball can be found? I've seen three on hellomagazine.com but that's it.

Edit AHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh found somet:
http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.as...==281995&nbc1=1

Its in german but still useable!
http://www.rp-online.de/public/bildershowi...=/|homeneu

Im not sure where theres any in large stock or without watermarks but heres a few......




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Ah wicked, much appreciated :ok:

My pleasure

the grasscourt season isn't over! come on guys, there's still the newport rhode island hall of fame championships.

come on vince spadea, you can do it!

ah sod it, who am i kidding? i want wimbledon back.

Great pictures TJ!!! :ok:

I want to post a copy of the pic that the (London) Times had on its front cover on Monday's paper, but can't seem to find it.. I shall continue searching.. unless anyone else found it? It's a fabulous pic of Rafa congratuling Roger at the net after the match..

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/sp/...jeP96GS9NvNaMYA

Not sure if this is the one petalp but theres hunners of pics!!! :cheers:

:) :) see.... thats what true love is about dinky........ :P when one man can rub another man's stomach.... :) in front of an english crowd....

the next step...they should invite each other for a holiday somewhere on the mediteranean coast , relax with their girlfriends and talk and banter about all the crap posters like me and what the newspapers write about them and king of this and king of that.....

Rafa to Rog: "You've been taking second helpings...I can feel it" :whistle:

or "your 6 pack isnt as good as mine.."

:D

On a similar line- Rafa to Rog- "Second helpings hey? So that's what you did with your five days off!".

*sigh*

it just hasnt been right when I get in from work this week, no more switching on the telly straight away to shout at some tennis player who cant hear me.... :(

:lmaao:

I love that pic - I saw it on another board with the caption 'the baby is due in January'... that made me giggle!

I know,back to work for me today as well :( :(
Lets be philosophical. All good things come to an end ..... :whistle:

I know, I'm the same. On a positive note by trying to keep busy I've done more research since monday than from the beginning of Queen's to the final on sunday!

:lmaao: roflmao roflmao roflmao

:(

:)

thing is, I have to listen to the kids tv again now - it was much more soothing to listen to the thwack of tennis balls!

:unsure: something about that sounds odd...

The Times' cover photo was a closer up version of that one. :D

Maybe Roger is 'expecting', after all..! ;)

I do like the pic though. :ok:

Re: SW19 withdrawal symptoms... probably not an option to too many, but I ended up going out and playing a few hours of tennis..

And Pebs, I do agree about the sound of tennis balls being hit being very soothing.. whether watching or playing the game :ok:

:D glad thats not just me. Its one of the things I love about tennis, the quiet until the crowd erupt, so you can just hear that noise of the ball being whacked and whizzing through the air... you can almost hear the concentration...

I miss it :(

you can't watch too many of Venus or Maria's games then hun, can't hear the thwack of the balls for the screeching and grunting

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