TENNIS THREAD- it's '"Bienvenidos a Miami"- and then onwards to the clay season (with hopefully no unwanted injuries ) Vamos!

[Raahh]

Bit of Will Smith there to start a new thread.

I wanted to put 'and no anti- vaxxers' but the title was long enough already .

Bit of a blow that Marin and Jo-Willy are playing each other really.

Davidovich- Fokina won his first match, and is you-know-who's first opponent- so I have everything crossed for him tomorrow.

Foggy has won his match- so Stan should be starting soon. Tricky opponent, though, Bublik.

It really is one of the most beautiful venues- I always think that about MC.

I think Robbie just said 'arsehole'.

They have had to apologise for Robbie's language.

I’ve just switched on and Robbie has already been told off for saying arsehole (apparently Stan called Roger one!)

I agree this could be tricky for Stan

Monte Carlo looks lovely

I wonder how Rafa’s recovery is going?

Cross post Raahh yes he did say aresehole but tried to blame it on Stan saying they were his words

Yes, I heard him saying he was just quoting Stan. .

He would never get away with that on the Beeb- quote or not .

I haven't heard much about Rafa- I am hoping he is playing next week in Barcelona. At the same time though, coming back too soon could be a disaster- and he might be better waiting til Madrid, or even Rome.

I still remember (our) Boris swearing on the bbc - Sue wasn’t impressed

Yes Rafa has been a bit quiet - I agree he shouldn’t come back too soon but it would be nice to see him

Boris He does get himself into all sorts of bother.

Indeed he does!

First set Stan!

Scary seeing Opelka and Isner together- wouldn't want to stand next to them.

You would probably come up to their middle Raahh - they are ridiculously tall!

Well done Stan

Fizzy

It was funny that they showed Diego, just after Opelka and Isner.

And I'm a nearly a foot shorter than him .

I have been trying to multi task (watch Doctors and score watch).
Bublik is definitely playing better this set.

Eek it’s gone into a decider - I should be multitasking as well but I seem to be glued to the settee!

Oh no Djok - that should make me move - boo! Hopefully he’ll be very rusty!

I am hoping that Djok will be rusty. I really don't want to see him play.

Apparently, the ATP are clamping down on 'unsportsmanlike' behaviour- following the incident with Zverev, and several Kyrgios ones. (Bit late imo, and nothing seems to stop Nick anyway).
Maybe Djok will fall foul of this, and get himself banned. if we're lucky.

Stan may be running out of steam in this match.

It's not been a bad first match back for him though, a shame he came up against someone like Bublik is can be a bit unpredictable.

poor Stan- but it was a good match to build on.

He had a wild card for this- I think he might be playing next in Madrid?

Yes i think Stan just ran out of steam - a shame for Stan but there a lot of good players out there

Oh dear Bublik doesn’t like the clay - a bit disrespectful to Stan (and the tournament). Just say it how it is Andrey

Bublik is a strange character.

He hates clay. And interviews.

It was rude- I mean, you don't like clay, but Stan was playing quite well in the beginning.
Even Nick waits til he has left the court before moaning about the surface.

Robbie is just naming body parts.

Karen next to Diego

I wonder how many height comments were made during the commentary for that match?

Yeah don’t bother turning up if you hate it so much! I thought Stan played well in the first set.

Yes Nick just moans on Twitter - I was quite taken aback by Bublik’s interview - Robbie found it funny!