they havent got the roof closed

raining already

apparently it was closed.

and then they opened it.

40 minutes to close the thing, it's quite unbelievable.

that makes it even worse

who the f*ck is responsible for those ridiculous decisions?

what must the rest of the world think. jarrett and the old duffers on the committee are turning it into a total farce

it's embarrassing

unreal muzza game suspended

thank feck we never got the Olympics

...oh,wait a minute

Amazes me how Wimbledon haven't given Murray centre court with the roof closed to give him the best chance possible of winning it. Instead they put Ferrer/DP on and leave Murray scratching his arse waiting for the rain to stop.

Were they the only people in the universe who didn't know it was going to rain? It is literally mind-boggling.

it's pretty unusual to change courts mid match biscuit.

Did these idiots look at the forecast?

FKIN IDIOTS, FORECAST RAIN SO WHY OPEN ROOF....AND TAKES SO LONG...STUPID IDOTS!!!

bunch of idiots really.

So that's just the three matches today then?

it would have been fine to have it open for the start of the match if the roof could be closed and made ready in under 15 minutes.

the fact that it takes so incredibly long to get the court ready makes the decision so moronic.

and i'm still utterly confused why they can play in light drizzle but have to wait for the air con to have fully taken effect, rather than play through the 20 minutes it takes for it to become optimal.

If you couldn't see all this incompetence with your own eyes you couldn't possibly make it up in all honesty , piss up , brewery e.t.c   

Wimbledon is an OUTDOOR tournament

what was the weather like on no play sunday? bet it was fine

looks like an absolute deluge after about 3pm

tomorrow doesn't look any better either

this pathetic mistake could cost them 1 match on cc today. they had the plan to start sooner today and move a 4. match on cc. now they will only be able to start at 1pm, which they did the other days.
if JMDP and ferrer play a 5-set-battle, they wont be able to get a 4th match on after the women-matches.

and surely they're not gonna play the 2 womens quarters on centre under the roof when there are mens 4th round matches still outstanding and the radar likely to be showing no more play today by that time

It was better before the roof at least everyone knew where they stood.

If it rains all day today and only cc matches are finished, they only men's qf they can play tomorrow is Federer vs Youzhny.

really get under your skin listening to the likes of sue barker defending these moronic decisions.

agree

Why don't the "committee" just put their pimms down and hold their hands up and say "we ballsed it up, sorry but the roof is being closed "

BBB toeing the line they know which side their bread is buttered - they don't want to lose Wimbldedon it's almost the only sort they have.

they'll play all the mens quarters on the same day even if that is on thursday or friday. no way they'll give fed/djoko a further advantage

*BBC

Its damn cruel betting on tennis...we dont know what time the matches will resume...iam afraid later when i want to the scoreboard, realise that match already finished and i lose my bet..that is damn cruel

It's not like the committee can do anything about the rain. Closed or open roof, they're going to be struggling after yesterday's rain, today's rain and potentially tomorrow.

they only lost 35mins. thought it would be worse.

so much for the 1 hr earlier start time today.

Roof should obviously be closed from the start and probably would have been had Thursday not happened.

2012 and nothing has changed.....gone to the dogs

wait i knew  that two decades ago

this is crazy no chance of getting one extra match on centre court anymore.

OK  Ferer Dlpotro under cover

**** weather all week..we all know it..leave the fecking roof shut

roof shut or not..does it matter..it is still a grass court slam..

Yeah, let's shut the roof all week and play three-game best of one set matches. Might get it finished then even if it rains all week long.

Lol and "DAY OFF SUNDAY" was fine all day...WHAT A JOKE AT HAVING SUNDAY OFF!

jarratt seems very soft and rolls over at the first sight of any criticism

karlovics words seemed to make him put andy on court 1 yesterday as i cant think of any other logical explanation for it

and on thurs/fri (whenever the roof was closed) when it was sunny outside caused some people to criticise the decision so from then on he's kept it open at every opportunity (even when its clearly going to rain)

very weak

covers coming off outside

will they open the roof

I was there yesterday and it seemed farcical to me and a load of others in the crowd not to have the roof on all day, even then they could have fitted a 4th match after Djok

Lets say ferrer match ends at say 5pm..the sun comes out at 4.30...surely they will not open the roof if the weather report says rain forecast at 5.30-6pm?

5pm, that's not very optimistic harry

i dont think they'll open it again now. surely not

you know what they should have? an entrance theme for the roof, that they can play everytime the roof is being closed. haven't thought of a fitting tune yet, but maybe something instrumental. any ideas?

the roof the roofs on fire

Burn Burn let the mtha fkers burn....

Before I get arrested the above is from the Bloodhound Gang song!

It is farcical year after year regardless of the long, long overdue construction of a roof on Centre Court. Why not build a roof for Court One too ffs?
Not only that but every year they have no play on the middle Sunday unless rain has virtually wiped out the whole week. Why? They pay no attention to the weather forecast and it is insane to then cram in the last 16 of the men's and women's on the Monday, with the women then required to play their qfs the day after, and with games getting backed up.
How many times do we see sunny mornings and rainy afternoons yet the stupid grey suits have all their stupid rules and refuse to start play early - this despite the fact those who queue overnight and pay extortionate prices for tickets, would be delighted if play got underway at 10am.
Yet they still don't budge from their 1pm starts, then 12pm, and even then you have a completely unfair situation for the players, especially the men, when they end up having to play on consecutive days in the final week - I recall one year when Nadal had to play on every single day during the 2nd week.
Meanwhile, Joe Public is required to queue overnight in hope of getting showcourt tickets while the showbiz glitterati stroll into their freebie seats in the Royal Box. We are then asked to applaud all the famous people for their free day's schmoozing with VIPs on the Saturday.
It actually represents everything that is wrong with this country: elitist, backward looking and archaic.
Even now with the roof there are these farcical rules whereby play has to stop at 11pm. And then we get these situations where on some days it is closed; on others it is left open, then closes when the rain has arrived and delays the start yet again. And time and again we see classic matches ruined because the light goes at 9pm and they have to return the next day to finish. The reason being time and again, they simply run out of time due to these absurd 1pm and 2pm starts.
All Wimbledon officials need to be sacked, the competition needs to be brought into the modern world, fans need to start being respected, as do the players, and the Beeb does not deserve to cover it any more. Forget tradition. Tradition = pompous, idiotic, old school tie network, rules. We are an embarrassment.

You certainly lived up to your name there, Johnny. Are all your posts like that one??

The rant is right though, google about proper paragraphs though please...

I try to entertain

poor for betting too cramming so many games in at one time. invariably end up saying i would have won/won more betting on another match!!having said that i would have probably lost a bit watching gasquet today

johnnyrant, spot on.
reminds me of the story of a friend of mine, who wanted to play tennis with a business-partner at queens club. they wont let him play, because he only had a white shirt, but no white shorts. 

Good post, johnny.  Difficult to argue with any of that.

great post johnny

bunch of idiots didn't learn anything from yesterday? roof open?

Stalling so Murray starts at peak time.

also might stop tsonga getting his match done today

Murray himself has said it shouldn't be closed all the time as that would make it an 'indoor event'
So pipe down

and they clearly knew the forecast wasn't too bad

some people just like to moan

They're mo-rons, can't any of them read? watch TV? look outside?

looks like the murray match will be a game of 2 halves though. probably some showers between 4 and 5