Tennis Thread: who will (Arc de) Triomphe in Paris? It's going to be Eiffel-y exciting! The French Open is almost here!

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Sorry, couldn't resist!

Bring on RG!

Leconte makes me laugh.

Goffin is going to get a set- well I never.

And we get the Soderling anecdote.

Blimey.

Well, I had my concerns before it started- the first set just looked far too easy.

But Vamos for goodness sake

There are still two matches I really want to see, as well- Tsitsipas and Stan .

Rafa seems a bit shaky for the moment.

Get a grip. Vamos.

Raahh Eurosport just showed a clip of Rafa losing to Soderling in 2009 as soon as he lost the set to Goffin! Unbelievable!

I bet they never show all the people Roger’s ever lost to at Roland Garros!

Come on Rafa!

Uh oh Rafa is definitely looking a bit wobbly here....

fizzy no, they didn't spend half Roger's match mentioning Gulbis, did they?or how many finals did he lose to Rafa?

But we will hear no end of the fact Rafa has dropped a set and Federer hasn't.

Finally managed to tune in, yay.

I don't know how they can play with those shadows on the court

Shadows

Federer would have something to say about those.

Probably why he requested an early match

They make my eyes go funny Raahh! I can hardly see the ball.

Actually it's got much better the last few minutes as it's now almost all in the shade...

I think I'm with Roger on this one

I like the RG Panama style hats. I looked up how much they are will have to give them a miss!

Oh the merchandise is very expensive!
I wore a Stella Artois Panama hat on my one and only trip to Wimbledon 25 years ago. ( it belonged to my friend's mum- she went every year).
I still think of Queen's as Stella Artois. Even though it hasn't been for years!

Ooh that's a good win for Vekic.

So do I Raahh - it was much better when it was the Stella - with the red seats!!

The Panamas are £84. They do look lovely though.

£84 - wow!

I suppose they have to pay for the new seats somehow.

We need Mahut to keep his match going a bit longer- so they will show Tsitsipas with a bit of luck. Or even Stan.

Otherwise they will show Konta.

Unfortunately, it's not looking likely.

Phew!

I was worried before the match, but he came good in the end.

And stfu about Soderling.

Remember what happened to Robin the following year? He thrashed him in the final.

Nooooooo.
I do not want to watch Konta.

Wawrinka/Dimitrov is on Eurosport 2 - Stan has broken already 2-0 up. I think grigor has got the skeleton top on - Stan looks as if he’s brushed his hair

Still looks like he’s wearing swimming trunks though

Brushed his hair.

He's going for the Grigor Slam.

Poor Dimitrov- fancy handing someone that statistic.

I do like the black version of the skeleton top on Grigor.

I could hear either a baby crying, or cats or something. And I'm not sure if it was on the tv or outside my house!

I could hear it as well Raahh I think it was a baby . The black skeleton top is better than the white one.