Tennis Thread: Countdown to the Return of Delpo at a Very Specific Time

[JaneJeffer]

New thread for February. Happy St. Brigid's Day everyone

Jane - Dark side!!

Oh bloody hell Stan

Looks like it was a good match though...

I'm half hoping Kyrgios gets Isner next, wouldn't want to watch it, but John and his aces will be a match for him.

I'm rooting for Sascha to win it now.

Jane yes, that would be good.

Then we can hear another one of his speeches!

Close match in progress between Tsitsipas and Monfils. I like both- but would love Stefanos to win. If Federer gets to the final, (but he's playing Coric, so far from a foregone conclusion) another win over him would be a massive at this stage.

Looks like it's going down to the wire!

Loving the new focused Monfils

Well well well I thought Gael was going to sneak that. Tsitsipas is good in tiebreaks isn't he?

He certainly keeps his cool (I can't 'watch' at the moment, so am merrily score watching online ).

I just saw the very end. Stan v Kyrgios is available on replay so I might watch that as well - or will it just annoy me?!

It will probably annoy you .

I'm sure you are right! I do love watching Stan though...

Watching Kyrgios v Isner - third set tie break, quelle surprise. It's all a bit strange - the crowd is really against Kyrgios but it seems to be helping him tbh he was shouting something about them being Rafa fans

Also he is wearing these weird black leggings under his shorts, and the leggings have holes in them like scratty old tights or something! Plus neon pink socks. It's quite a look!

Can't believe I'm saying this, but Isner is playing well here.

I jinxed him, naturally

Ah well.

Really hope Sascha wins it!!

So do I Jane! Fingers crossed.

Tsitsipas v Fed is at 3pm, presume it's on Amazon but will have to check. It's still a PITA it's not on TV any more. Makes it feel like a total niche sport I think (even though much more random sports are on TV regularly! It annoys me...)

Fed looking good so far. Tsitsipas looks a bit rattled.

Commentary is AC-esque:
"Lovely shot from Federer. Dame Darcy Bussell was here earlier in the week. She would have loved that one."
Eh?? How does he know?!

I really want Stefanos to win this.

Although the '100 Tournament wins' banner the ATP no doubt have must be getting quite tatty now, being lugged from from one tournament to another . .

Private

Lol at the banner
I wonder if Roger has a t-shirt prepared as well?!

Stefanos was close there with a couple of break points in the last game but couldn't quite do it.

Second set now. It looks bloody freezing there btw - the crowd are all wearing coats, scarves etc!

I see Federer won - I wonder if he paraded his trophy (not an euphemism!) in suitably tasteful but celebratory Anna Wintour-inspired jacket, as along the lines of the white and gold ensemble he once wore at Wimbledon?