No Tennis No Cry

[JaneJeffer]

We can do this!

Fizzy that interview is from a few days back I think, they keep showing it when there is a gap. It is confusing, because it says 'live' in the corner .

I'm not sure how long it is on for, actually!

Doesn't the British thing start soon too?

We will be spoilt for choice!

Fizzy yes, we are sticking with the major issues, of course.

I'm glad Sascha has been allowed out of lockdown , away from his cleaning duties.

Maybe Rafa could do a tournament from his Academy? There are quite a few Spanish players he could call on (although not sure if travel is allowed from mainland Spain to Mallorca yet?)

Yes I think the British tournament should be on soon but not quite sure when - come on Dan!

yes poor Sascha - I bet he’s been very busy during lockdown!

Oh brilliant thanks everyone. I'm not sure what the story with our Eurosport is because DH didn't renew the subscription but it's working for now anyway

It's almost as if tennis has never been away, reading your comments. Loving the musings on everything but the actual tennis

The GB tournament is a week on Tuesday and is on Amazon Prime (fingers crossed!). I read earlier that the singles draw has been made........The Tim Henman group is Andy, Kyle, Liam Broady and James Ward and the Greg Rusedski group is Dan, Cam Norrie, Jay Clarke and Jack Draper.

I think ours just restarted automatically (along with an increase in the bill of course ) Jane when some sport came back in the last few months.

Fizzy he could do a mini junior tournament, just for the kids in the academy. Not sure who would watch, but if he joined in, it would be a lot of fun for them.

I was reading a bit about other players and their views on the US open, and Patrick M was saying that since only one person can go with each player, and there is no way Serena would be parted from her daughter for 3 weeks- that Olympia should coach her . He said she would probably do a better job .

I forgot how annoying the dog is when I'm trying to watch tennis.

kazza looks like the new normal is the same as the old normal

I saw the draw for the British thing- Jamie dubbed Andy 'the one hip wonder' .

love those Murrays

Sascha had a bad case of the yips there. Too much time off court has not been good for him.

I always wonder why Sascha chooses to wear shorts on red clay, that match the colour. He seems to do it every year.

Although, didn't he have a bad case of the yips before lockdown aswell? Can't remember when and where though

Gotta love the Murray banter

Because no one will notice the stains when he puts them on quick wash Raahh

Yes that's what happened with ours sports channels as well Fizzy.

That's good about the GB tournament - I wonder if the Beeb might show some of it (changing from bbc1 to 2 throughout for Wimbledon-style vibes)

But I heard Eggheads has been cancelled!!

@JaneJeffer

Because no one will notice the stains when he puts them on quick wash Raahh

He knows all the tricks

Zverev and double faults are a bit of a 'thing'.

And they certainly are today!

When Dick was raising money for aces to the bushfire relief fund, didn't someone offer money for Sachas double faults?

I thought I read somewhere that the BBC wouldn't be showing it because they hadn't had enough warning to cater for it. Whether that means they couldn't get a team together (either in front of mic/camera or behind them) or they couldn't squeeze it into their packed schedule of repeats, I don't know

True about the stains Jane - he's a clever lad.

Well, Doctors has now finished, Queen's isn't on. All that is on the BBC is Father Brown and a load of day time repeats, so not being able to show the tennis is a poor show. They losing Queen's, Wimbledon, the Euros aren't on, the Olympics- you would think they would jump at the chance for some proper live stuff.

I hope ITV pick it up then.

I'm sure Andrew Cotter would happily commentate from home. With him dogs.

*his

Can you imagine, if ITV did? Mind you, they usually show RG, so no reason why not.

Don't want Inverdale though.