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)

Those banana people must be roasting!

Jane it's like the people who run the marathon in big costumes when it's hot. Never a good idea.

What would make you think I'm off to the tennis, a banana costume is appropriate !

It's yellow? Maybe they were out of ball costumes?

Wilander is irritating me on Eurosport, so I'm happy to hear Courier on ITV4.

DS1 wanted to know how the banana people went to the toilet - maybe they have strategically placed zips?

He did actually watch some of the Kyle/foggy match with me but got bored when it went to the fifth set.

Mats Wilander is being pretty scathing about Richard Gasquet.

Wilander was being pretty scathing about both of them. He seems to think that the men these days are rubbish on clay (which isn't really true)- can't he just accept that Rafa is uniquely talented on it? And enjoy that. It won't last forever. .

What age is he fizzy? If he's a toddler tell him the banana people had to go to the doctor because they weren't peeling very well

And yy to banana zips

I'm glad to to see Schwartman is doing well.(though I like Coric) I'm that Petchey keeps calling him 'diminutive' - he's 5ft 7 (Iknow that's small in tennis tennis terms but still) he's hardly a smurf. I'm 4ft 8. I know what diminutive is .

jane

He’s 19 jane! He probably still wouldn’t get the joke though but I liked it

Yes Raahh Wilander is another one of those players who thought everyone was better in his day.

Just watching the goffin/monfils match which is getting pretty exciting.

oh dear. Goffin in trouble.

Fizzy Gael is annoying me. He's doing all the puffing and panting and acting like he's not well. As he often does.

Drives me mad.

Ahh, and Courier has just echoed my thoughts.

I also have a DS who is 19 so I can imagine the roll-eyes if you tell him

About time, really . Gael is faffing on purpose. It's not fair.

Why can't Courier just say Monfils got sick. All his descriptions are making me queasy.

Well done Goffin.

Jane I know - dd1 is finding all his coy euphemisms a bit much .

It's a good thing Rafa is doing o.k, or I would be annoyed at this break in proceedings

Schwartzman has won. Doing it for the Shorty's. (That was his nn).

Yes Jane . He is watching the tennis with me again - he’s also not impressed with monfils antics Raahh.

The umpire just had to get between them at the change of ends.

This whole tournament he has found ways to faff, and get inside the head of his opponent. Kudos to Goffin for not being phased by it. Clearly Gael is used to his own way- but he's either too ill to play, or he's o.k, and he just gets on with it.

And I'm usually a Gael fan.

Yay! Well done Rafa. Vamos!

Aww, the ball boy getting to hit with Rafa. That's nice.

Well, I'm glad Goffin won.

And Del po is playing.

Today is a good day.

Yes Raahh I liked the Rafa/ball boy thing - so nice.

Well done Goffin - I’m glad he won in the end.

Off to my mums now - hoping I can watch some of the Delpo match there - my DM is a tennis fan as well.