Tennis: waltzing into winter

[JaneJeffer]

VAMOS

What was that about Daniil winning in 2 sets, eh, Tim?

Oh come n, Rafa- this is not the way to start the set!

Definitely not!

Volley off, Greg. .

Hold on- you said 2 sets earlier!

That's better.

Come on Rafa!

Do they keep going on about chess just because he's Russian?

Woo!

I'm not sure- I got lost with the chess analogy, tbh.

VAMOS Rafa!!

So Rafa, with supposedly a poor serve, has a better first serve percentage than pistol Pete?

How many times? Sampras was boring as fuck!

Oh was he ever, Jane.

And he had that horrible flobby tongue. .

ugh

If Rafa gets through this, I think he will be more vulnerable against Thiem- especially as Domi beat him this week.

But I would love Rafa to win this. Would fill a gap in his CV.

Sampras has not aged well either (I can say that, because he is the same age as me, give or take a few months).

His eyebrows have nearly taken over his face.

Oh I'd love him to win. Maybe if he makes it to the final it will give him enough of a boost to win it. Anyway it won't be Djok so that's the main thing!

Tashkent

This match just seems to have turned on a few points - come on Rafa!

I loved the Tashkent comment. .

We wanted anyone but Djok to win, and anyone but Djok it will be.

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Oh crumbs.

Come on Rafa!!

Eek!

Didn’t Father Dougal have a pet rabbit called Sampras? I definitely wasn’t a Sampras fan!

If he loses this match- that last game will be when it went south.

Petch just switches allegiance to whoever is ahead at any given time.

Fizzy yes!! So random.

Jane Fickle.