Tennis thread: looking forward to the new season

[PrivateSpidey]

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

Raahh if you start rooting for Dick I’ll be very worried

Wonder what the odds would be for an Evans/Gulbis Wimbledon final?

Not managed to watch any tennis and now got to go to the hairdressers (for about 5 hours!) so probably won’t get to see any later - Australia really need to sort out that time difference - it’s not convenient at all!

I know Fizzy - the cheek of them!!

On the plus side, you are missing the world's most annoying adverts.

Including Incredible India with that relaxing motorbike-based yoga!

We're back, will go to the park and annoy the ducks later.

Fizzy I think hell will freeze ove before I support Kyrgios .

Crowd isn't getting behind Medvedev at all here....it's a very erratic match. Med is either brilliant or forgets how to play tennis for a few minutes!
Tiafoe is awfully bright!

Yes, he's a bit flat now Medvedev.

I think he's in danger here unless he perks up a bit.

YY, Daniil is a bit inconsistent- which is why he might not be quite ready to win a slam just yet. He does get lapses in concentration. But when he's good, he is good.

So Norrie is playing Andy Murray's Former Doubles partner .

Shows how much I know

The tennis player formerly known as PHH?!

Spidey the very same.

The Zverev match has started. I want to watch that one.

I've just seen that Cilic will be playing Paire next- unfortunately in the early hours. That is a match I would like to see!

Cilic has fallen off the radar a bit.

Did Cilic have surgery last year - or he was injured anyway, I can't remember. He's only ranked 39 now anyway.

That could be a tight match v Paire, Benoit has had a decent run up.

Eurosport isn't being v imaginative with its matches are they - why is Kyrgios on a main channel over Zverev??

They didn't show Halep either and that was a really close first set v an in-form player (Brady).

It's annoying me (already)

Those Rolex ads aren't at all over the top, are they?!

I know- I'm annoyed they didn't show Halep.
And yes, the Rolex ads are quite something. .

Ugh that big match point graphic!!

So cheesy.

Ah that's a shame for Tiafoe. He is going to drop down the rankings a bit.

Ooh here comes Sascha Raahh!

I hate it when they show the player who lost walking down the tunnel alone

How tall is Medvedev?! The camera angle makes him look like a giant

Mac wishing Kyrgios happy New Year

I am so tired. I am worried I will fall asleep.

Just managed to (literally) see the last point of the Sascha/Chickenato match - sounds as if Sascha was pretty focussed.

Now that I’m back there are no good matches on

Caspar Rudd is two sets down

Spidey Medvedev is 6 ft 6 which is pretty tall anyway but he does look even taller than that - he is quite skinny as well

Kevin Anderson could also be in trouble

Wow is he 6'6"?! That is v tall. No wonder he looked it then!

Good win for Sascha, straight sets in a Slam eh?! Good on him.

Harriet Dart won - from 5-1 down in third set tiebreak. Pretty good effort. Plays Halep next though!

Well, I fell asleep then went again. And they showed the very briefest of shots of Rafa just now- not really enough to see how he looked, other than his top is pink.

went out