TENNIS: Who will be victorious in Paris?

[JaneJeffer]

I'm wondering now whether the Rooneys were originally Vikings

It's a head scratcher , Jane, here's me, thinking they were just Scousers.

It's like Tim and Mac just don't listen to the people around them, when they butcher names .

Thanks for the thread

I've just remember that Wayne Rooney's son is Kai, a good Danish name that - from the Snow Queen.

Scousers

They should have let Babs do the commentary. She can pronounce their names to perfection.

Jane she can , although she confused me earlier , when she was talking to Mats, and seemed to imply she was a fellow Scandinavian.

She is Austrian, right?

Yes she is. That's strange

Blimey- that was a beard.

Is the blonde girl Casper's girlfriend? She looks like Katie who used to be in Emmerdale.

Jane I know- but she seemed to be really wanting to join the 'Scandi' party.
It was funny.

I hadn't seen much of Rune before Monte Carlo, but he is very good.

Oh maybe not. Could be Rune's sister. I'm confused by all the fair Scandinavians.

Jane - the one who married thingy- who did Strictly?

(helpful)

Yep

I will not be able to last another long match.

Not that I did last night.

And it would be wrong to stick it out to the end of this one, when I failed to do it for Rafa

It's shaping up to be a battle.

Holger is a live wire.

What is he shouting?

He reminds me a lot of Leighton. Just bursting with energy.

Lleyton!

Thanks for the new thread Jane 😊

Casper isn't letting this go.

Well done Casper.

Rune was not very nice at the net.

He's so nice.

Morning all! I didn’t see much tennis yesterday. I did see the end of Iga’s match, and about half an hour of Cilic/Rublev but that’s all. I was too tired to stay up for another night match!

Well done on staying up again Jane and thank you for the new thread

why wasn’t Rune very nice at the net? Was it a cold handshake? I agree that Casper seems like a good human person

Looks like Amelie Mauresmo is in a bit of trouble saying that women’s tennis isn’t as appealing as men’s - I think she’s got a point but don’t think she should be saying that as tournament director

I also don’t think they’re appropriate comments for a tournament director to make. The problem is that it’s a bit of a self fulfilling prophecy - by always giving men’s matches prominence it reinforces the opinion that it’s the men’s matches that are important, and if it’s always the men’s matches that are on at times convenient for people to watch then it’s inevitable that those matches will get the ratings, again fulfilling the prophecy!

Personally I prefer watching random women’s matches to random men’s matches - and by that I mean that if a player I like is playing then I’ll watch them (male or female) but if the matches being shown don’t feature any of my favourite players then I’ll usually pick a women’s match over a men’s match (where there is a choice).