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

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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 .

And Hubi has won. Well done Hubi!

I'm a bit worried Hubi will now pull out of the doubles though- because he is due to play (with Isner) against Dick and Kokk later.

I really want Kyrgios out of the tournament.

And Hurzacz won the doubles (with Isner, but we'll let him off ). So that's Dick and Kokk out of the tournament, thankfully.

Doing well, Hubi.
And Carlos Alcaraz is through.

Yes, glad about Dick and Cock. Here's hoping Skupsi and Woolhof win the title.

Dick and Cock (I’m easily amused!) glad to see the back of Kyrgios - he thinks he’s the saviour of doubles

Good win for Alcaraz - sounded like it was a close one. Well done to Hubi - I always seem to forget about him for some reason

Robbie is annoying - imagine him and Jim courier commentating together?

I would take Robbie over some of the others any day. He's really enthusiastic and loves tennis so much I can't be mad at him. And I love his cheesy jokes

Have you been at the sherry again Jane

God fizzy! It doesn't bear thinking about! JC and Robbie would just talk over each other, probably without realising it!

Just put Casper on. I don't think I've seen Francisco Cerundolo play before. He looks very tall.

I've googled and he's "only" 6' 1"

Now that I've watched him for a while I feel like I have seen him before but can't think where!

Cry me a river

Jane I must admit I was a bit surprised at his fine- compared with what Sascha has been fined- and not banned - (and part of that is witheld til next year if he behaves himself).

I'm no fan of Nick, at all, and he's a repeat offender, but I do wonder how much is fining the offence- or the player.

Which umpire was it? I'm sure there's a few who can't stand the sight of him.

Jane very true. It was Carlos Barnardes ( who can make some odd decisions at times).

It's Carlos (Alcaraz) and Casper in the final. So that's good- don't really mind who wins, it will be a big step forward for either of them.

Ah well when Dick played Rafa Carlos was the umpire and he tormented him so it's probably back pay

Exciting final. Don't know if I'll be able to watch.

Jane very true- the whole shorts incident was really a bit much.

And I also remember him giving Rafa a time violation a couple of years ago- before the match had even started

Carlos had a heart attack a couple of years ago. He doesn't need any stress!

Feck it Daniil has a hernia and is going to be out for a couple of months

Oh bollocks! So no chance of Cock being toppled then.
Bad luck for Daniil aswell. So that's whole clay court season out?

No!!! Poor Daniil.
He had chances to get back to number 1( if he improved over the clay season).
Fingers crossed Djok loses in the first round of everything he enters.

The only plus for Daniil and his number 1 hopes, is that he wasn't really defending much over the clay season (though he did better last year than normal- he got past the first round of RG for the first time ever). By my reckoning, Djok is defending about 3500 ish points including RG. It's a shame he is now allowed to play in France really.

Why can't Djok be the one getting injured?

Just put the women's on at championship point. Well done Iga.

Straight onto her phone

I saw the results of the first set- looks like the seconds set was over in a flash.
Well done Iga!

Tournament director saying it's great to see Naomi happy on the court again but she doesn't look happy at all