Tennis thread: looking forward to the new season

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

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To be honest, after some of Foggy's antics (which make Kyrgios look like a choir boy) he is lucky to be allowed to still play- think he came very close to them triggering the 2 year Slam ban at the US Open. He has the lives of a cat.

Yes that's definitely true Raahh.

I love watching him though. In spite of myself

Well, my dad just rang, so that delayed things a bit.

Thompson looks very sweaty. I wonder if the tache gets sweaty.

He has a lot of support in the crowd.

Foggy will not be happy that he is now in a second match that has ended up in a 5 setter.

But got to give credit to Thompson.

I hope he has enough racquets, he comprehensively destroyed that one earlier.
Benoit won't have to worry about that now.
(I wonder if the Beardy Bench were in attentance?).

*attendance.

some of them seemed to be, from what I saw.

Fabio should have won this in the third, and now it's on a knife edge. The Aussie crowd could cheer Thompson home.

I forgot it was his second five setter

Yes, he really struggled against Opelka, I was surprised in the end to see he had come through it.

He will be very upset if he loses this. And a lot of muttering will ensue.

I've just been looking at some clips.

Paire did a lot of arguing with the umpire during his match Mo was very busy.

But he had his collar turned up in a nicely. Always chic, is Benoit.

He was fed up with the crowd I think - there was a lot of support for Marin.

But Benoit did look stylish, as usual.

Perhaps he could give certain tracksuit-wearers some tips

he could definitely do with having a word with the stylists at Nike!
The crowds are noisy there, so I do have some sympathy.

Blimey! Thompson has not given up.

I'm not sure who I want to win really, they have both played well, and fought for this.

meanwhile, Madison Keys is a set up. I do like Keys. Don't see much of her, but when I do watch her, I like what I see. And i even like the dress version of Grigor's top . Well, it looks better on her than him, anyway .

Still a bit bright .

This match is nuts, Fabio should have won it hours ago!

But yes fair play to Thompson.

Looks done now, but... famous last words

Thompson looks like a stoner

Thompson really did give it everything, and Foggy will need to not let his level drop when he thinks he has it in the bag, next match.

Oh, I have just seen Dan Evans has lost.

That's what happens when I start to nearly support people.

Fabio's interview

Foggy is actually being quite funny for once .

I do like Thompson. Must be very disappointing for him. My sound is behind what I'm watching so it's very weird, like watching a spaghetti western!

Raahh poor Dan, he was doing so well!!

That was a bit of a surprise result, although I have a soft spot for Nishioka after the bowing incident

He plays Pella nexy, Foggy, who is not averse to 5 set matches.

So that could be another tough one!

Jane

Ooh, Stan's playing the night session tomorrow.

Hopefully by his next tournament, Dan will have a new shirt to wear.