Tennis: waltzing into winter

[JaneJeffer]

Lovely lob by Rafa.

I've got the sound off so I couldn't hear the volleying discussion!

Catherine was trying to bait Tim about the volleying I think Spidey - there’s been a lot of discussion on the Podcast about volleys

Domi having a little Scooby snack

I have been trying to get my laptap to work. It is driving me crackers.

I thought the discussion with Tim about giving young players too much was strange- given that Tim was possibly one of the most privileged of players, what with growing up with an actual court in his back garden There was no living in camper vans for Tiger Tim.

A break would be good here Rafa.

Pfft.

Yes I think Tim did have quite a privileged upbringing Raahh

Has anyone got any idea about the possible permutations for each group or is it too early yet? I have to keep telling my DM that Rafa isn’t out even though he lost against Thiem - she’s worse that AC

Fizzy by my reckoning, Thiem and Medvedev are both through, top of each group. If Rafa wins this match, he should go through. The only thing I am certain of, is that Rublev is out .

If Sascha beats Djok tomorrow, then Djok will not go through, and Sascha will go through second in that group. So fingers crossed.

Diego is also out of the running, too.
I forgot him.

sorry shorty

So, if Rafa wins this, he will be second in this group, and play Daniil in the semi. Or Stef will.

If Sascha wins tomorrow, he will play Thiem in the other group. Or Djok will.

Thank you Raahh - poor Shorty - lets hope that Sascha does the job against Djok tomorrow

This match seems to be being played quite quickly - maybe Rafa wants an early night as well (please don’t go to a third set)

I'm sure Rafa does want an early night Fizzy.

I hope Sascha finds his second serve tomorrow . . (I'm sure it will come up in the commentary).

Very funny that Petch's mic wasn't working.

Sabotage!

Should be a permanent feature

It improved things immensely. .

Uh oh where did that come from? I could do with going to bed

More mic issues

I knew things would go wonky as soon as as someone said 'Rafa hasn't lost a match from a set down for 2 years....'

VAMOS

Bit of Roxy Music - the DJ is in quite a good time warp

I am rather partial to a bit of Roxy Music

Me too kazza

Tim bigging up Rafa’s museum again - if we ever get out of lockdown I’m definitely going!

I'm still a bit about how close the boxes for the player's towels are. Even DH mentioned it.

I'll have a signed shirt, Tim

Jeez, I wish Petch would shut up!

Losing the break is not good.

Come on now Rafa, we thought this would be over now!

This is not going as planned - the towel situation is a bit weird especially as Rafa likes to have his hanging out of his box a bit