Tennis thread: looking forward to the new season

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While we dream up our Australian Open advent calendar, the chat continues!

What's all this fangirling going on eh?!

I saw that interview as well, love it. Must try and watch some more actual tennis tomorrow, when I find out who is actually playing and when

Link to problems for the Aussie Open:

www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/06/bushfire-haze-in-melbourne-casts-doubt-on-australian-open-starting-on-time

I wonder whether they'll be able to go ahead at all.

That interview is so lovely
Our christmas was good thanks private the usual craziness (over 25 people in the house at one point) but good fun. We always bake a twelfth Night cake....hope you had a good evening.
Glad it's not just me raahh I loath technology but my dd bought me a fire stick which can only be used via voice remote or something like that and it hates me too!
Hoping to catch a bit of the tennis this morning and try to figure out what's going on.....

Right- I am here, and Primed .

Dimitrov v Goffin.

Not too keen on Grogor's green top, though I suspect it is Bulgarian colours.

Primed I see what you did there Raahh

I'm watching Bulgaria v Belgium as well. Goffin was a bit error prone in the first few games but he's pulled it back.

mama Glad you had a good Christmas, sounds like loads of fun. Our 12th night party was good, there were only 10 of us but it felt like a nice way to round things off.

The house looks so bare now with the decorations gone. Anyway. Onwards and upwards etc! Good luck with the technology btw!

Goffin looks knackered.

But good serve.

Ah look at little David's face

He does look knackered doesn't he?

It's only the first week of the season as well!!

He does look deflated.

Well, my dog won't stop barking at me, so I will probably not get away with sittingh here much longer. He has been out earlier so I can probably get away with a quick 'toilet' trip and take him out longer at lunch time.

I can't find a definite time for the Rafa match- it just says 'upcoming'.

Although, much as I hate Dick () , the Tsitsipas/Kyrgios match sounds like a box office popcorn match, right there . .

Oh yes it should be. Do they still like each other at the mo or not??

I had to go out quickly (dog won't 'go' in the garden, unless really desperate - so he would have barked at me forever).

Things have turned a bit in my absence.

I'm not sure about the bromance with Stef and Dick- it runs hot and cold, I think .

Will we get a smile from Goffin? No, he's just going to change his kit.

Just been shopping and DS1 has gained control of the TV - it’s about time he went back to uni!

I can watch Prime on my phone but it’s not quite the same - are Stefanos & Krygios playing today? A definite popcorn match - I’ll probably end up throwing popcorn at the tv!

Still confused about who is playing and when - the multiple Australian time zones have defeated me

Jim to Petch-'you're a tennis expert'

ha ha ha ha

I think the Stef/Dick match is due to start soon/may have just started. I keep trying to go between matches, but it's not that easy to do, even with Prime on my tv.

Goffin is doing very well.

But he looks like a pressure cooker.

Someone get him some water- he looks like a beetroot.

One advantage of not having Prime is that I don't have to see Dick.

I'm trying to motivate myself to do something productive...

I’ve just switched on Raahh and Goffin doesn’t look too well - he is very red - is it very hot today?

I’ve just seen that the Nick/Stef match is starting thanks - not sure if I can bear to watch Dick!

Don’t think Rafa is playing until tomorrow.

Looks like our mate Mo is umpiring the Stef match. He had better keep his thoughts to himself.

I turned over in time to hear the words 'Athenian Artistry'.

I have returned to the safety of the Goffin match. Much as I love Stef, the combination of shouty Mo and Dick is enough to put me off.

If it is hot- and it probably is- David looks very Boris-like in his ability to cope with it.

Ahh, yes, Rafa is about 11 tomorrow.

It really is a rubbish website (that's my excuse).
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There is a logo on David's shirt that looks like it is coming off.

That's not a good advert fro the shirt provider! .

But from looking deflated and knackered, he is about to win, so I doubt he cares.

Well done Goffin!