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!

They showed the Thiem press conference fiasco. I hadn't seen it in full. Thiem walked out- don't blame him. Cash was definitely on his side.
Annabel said there would have been no way the situation would have happened in reverse- can you imagine the shouting from the Serena camp, if she had been expected to move for Dom- I mean, he's just a man ffs, and she's had A BABY.

Yes it should definitely be a box office match Raahh!

Speaking of looking good, Chris Evert is on now - love her. Talking sense as usual. Catherine is a great presenter as well. She doesn't patronise the viewers and she doesn't grovel to the players. And I like Jo Durie as well. Basically, Eurosport rules

I love Chrissie- she is the Queen of Clay. I think Rafa will match her wins at RG if he wins this week (something like 94 matches?) .

I agree, they have some great commentators on Eurosport.

Catherine is one of my favourites- she is not afraid to be controversial.

I wish she was on the BBC- that would upset the apple cart (she is not afraid to criticize Federer).

Oh, and Happy Birthday ! Rafa!

I wonder if anyone expected him to still be playing the way he is, now, especially with his game? It's amazing really.

May your knees hold out for a few years more, Rafa.

Yay happy birthday Rafa - I bet he’s glad he’s not playing today so they don’t wheel on the embarrassingly large cake

I’m surprised that he’s still playing the way he is Raahh but glad that he is.

I like Catherine on Eurosport - she’s on the tennis podcast as well. Apparently she got caught up in the crush when they moved the Stan/dimitrov match to another court the other night and she had to jump into some bushes to escape!

Should be some good (popcorn) matches on today - not sure if I’ll watch any although DH has downloaded the Eurosport app for me (to keep me quiet I think )

I saw a clip of Thiem on You Tube. I'm glad he walked out. The comments on it were not very complementary towards Serena!

I had to take the dog for a quick walk to the park (and dd2).

Looks like this match has been up and down.

Well, in the end it was a fairly easy win for Barty.

Oh, the Paire match is on Eurosport 2.

Hope he's brought lots of racquets with him .

Courier is like an annoying fly that keeps buzzing around your ear.

It's a nice match, this Paire-Keith one. I like Benoit's socks btw! Actually he just looks great, full stop. Not totally sure about Keith's liquorice allsort ensemble though. I sort of like the colours but the combination is a bit much

Packed day on Lenglen isn't it - has the best matches as well IMHO. God knows what time Delpo will get on court, I had better be able to watch!!

Benoit does look smart.

He's also behaving himself, so far

Jane

Struff is making Djokovic work hard.

oh good! Come on Struff!

What do you think - is the Paire match going to 5 sets????

Private it is looking that way.

But we might end up with a breaker.

A popcorn box office breaker

Private with a mini break thrown in

Benoit is on thin ice here

Keith has been making a few mistakes though.

Yes - they're both either stuffing it up or being brilliant. Gotta love tennis!!

What a return from Benoit!!

And I've just seen it is business as usual for Djok.

Come on Struff!