TENNIS THREAD - The clay season is in full swing, and it's onwards to Roland Garros!

[Raahh]

Shiny new thread.

Hopefully we will see some players return from injury in the next few weeks.

Munich/Istanbul in play this week amongst other tournaments.

Madrid week beginning the 7th (hopefully with Delpo playing)

Come on ferrier we've all fessed up

I can't stand Kyrgios, he makes me feel stressed and his whole family seem highly strung as well.

Well at least tomatoes can't break the screen- amiga

Welcome to the thread ferrier. We are in the 'rambling' stage at the moment, before RG starts. Although I am keeping half an eye on the scores elsewhere.

Private Good news about Juan, I hope he isn't too injured. Even if he just gets a couple of rounds at RG, it will be good to get some match play before the grass season. Though really, if he's not quite fit enough , he might do better to skip RG, and maybe take a wildcard for Stuttgart on grass (and give Roger some competition).

*derail

I can’t stand kyrgios either - he’s a spoilt brat and I can’t believe how the commentators fawn over him and build him up.

I remember him serving underarm to Gasquet at wimbledon - so disrespectful.

Lowering the tone again Rafa did an advert a few years ago for pants - possibly Tommy Hilfiger which is worth a google

Fizzy I think know fine well that Pat Rafter did a similar ad back in the day...

PS I forgot about the underarm serve. Didn't he throw his socks onto the court in that match as well? I don't know why but that kind of stuff just doesn't bother me. But as I say, I can completely see why it would.

I think I missed the sock throwing incident Parkin. He makes me cross because I don’t think he’s as good as he thinks he is or maybe has been told he is.

He might have shown promise at some point but it hasn’t really translated into winning much.

Anyway it wouldn’t do for us all to like the same players

Lowering the tone again Rafa did an advert a few years ago for pants - possibly Tommy Hilfiger

Once seen never forgotten 😅

I will talk about the tennis soon, promise!

mmmmm Rafa in pants.Oh yes, he looks good in Tommy Hilfiger

Sadly, he didn't take part in the Cosmo charity shoot that Tsonga did (nekkid apart from his racquet).

Socks??

Socks... pants... whatever next?!

Fabio took part in a Cosmo charity shoot - was it the same one?! I still have that magazine 😂 And seguing nicely into the actual tennis as he struts onto my Eurosport 2 screen 😁

Liking the sound of the Cosmo charity shoot - my browsing history will make for interesting reading

Cosmo has a few different tennis shoots from different years. The one of Stan in naked mid run is interesting . Actually, that one might not be Cosmo.

What about Tomas Berdych and his tan lines?!

I don't know if that was a Cosmo shoot or not. I think there's been a few as you say Raahh.

Oh, I found the Berdych one a bit creepy

I'm not that keen on Berdych tbh - I find his playing style quite boring, and I've just never taken to him. I'm not even sure where he's ranked these days - amazing to think he reached the Wimbledon SFs last year!

Private snap! I've never really warmed to him, and he's a player that has always been 'there'- hanging around the top 10. He's currently down at 20 - and even that baffles me, as I can't remember the last time he played.

Seen the tsonga and Fabio ones - Fabio has a grumpy from seven dwarves tattoo! Don’t think I dare look at any more - need a bit of a lie down!

I know!! When does RG start again?!

Sunday! And I can't wait!

Currently in qualifying.

I think I'm the only one here who likes Berdych. I would have loved him to win Wimbledon but unfortunately the only time he got to the final he was up against Rafa so then I had to desert him He had beaten both Roger and Novak to get there too!

They're doing the main draw for RG tomorrow -should be interesting!

Yes that's right Jane - I thought he was going to win the final as well but it wasn't to be!