TENNIS - Down Under - not a G'Day for Novak

[JaneJeffer]

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Mama hope everything is ok.

Vamos ! Rafa- this is not how the script is meant to go today.

Oh dear.

Feck

Oh no.....

Thanks all, it's not been great our dog died and the upset triggered a seizure episode in my dd2 - so we've been at the hospital most of the past 24 hours.

C' mon Nadal

Oh, I'm so sorry, Mama. Take care of yoursef.

*yourself.

Sorry to hear that Mama

I’m getting a bit worried about Rafa’s sweating (and the score line !)

Oh no, sorry to hear that mama hope your DD gets well soon.

Oh this is not going well.

I'm getting flashbacks to the 2019 final- and that is really one I want to forget!

Well I think we're all feeling Rafa's nerves!

Hopefully Rafa goes for a quick shower.

Daniil might find himself making a career out of stopping Djok or Rafa getting to 21 slams.

Medvedev really running away with it now. I feel sad.

Well I know.

Come on Rafa!!

I'm not giving up just yet. It's Rafa

Jane absolutely. He just needs to catch a break somewhere. Or for Daniil to find a cat to get rattled by for a bit .

The crowd are just waiting to erupt aren't they?

Jane they really are wanting Rafa to pull something big out of the bag- and it just isnt happening. His serve (which is never his best weapon) has gone awol at times.

VAMOS. If he at least keeps on serve, it's ok.

But it's going to be a long match- and a tie break could be a disaster.

He needs some luck and all the towels

Wow!

The speed of Daniil!

yes- ALL the towels

I want to sit on the stairs.

yeahhhhhh