Tennis: Here we go again, all the slams ahead of us.

[magimedi]

Uninspired title but looking forward to the new year.............. as long as a certain cock does not win 'em all!

Robbie and his tenuous links....

Norrie's gf and JBJ's son's dog' snext door neighbour's window cleaner.

Robbie seems a bit like AC in his neediness to ingratiate himself with 'famous' types.

He seems quite stalkery. Run away, Jon.

If only Jannick was thinner...

Aww Martina

Grey haired John Bon Jovi - oh dear we’re all getting old! Robbie was rambling on about some sort of connection between Cam Norries girlfriend and JBV’s son?

Sinner seems to be struggling a bit today - not sure if it’s the heat or something else?

I was getting AC vibes from Robbie as well!

Come on Jannik (I don't really mind who wins- but Daniil has a 5-0 lead in their hth, maybe time to give him a chance ).

The linesman looks like Mr. Edwards. Let's hope Darren Cahill doesn't spot him.

Jane

I think Sinner is struggling a bit now.

He doesn't look well at all

I know a lot of these players look knackered before they hit the first ball, but Sinner does look done in.

Well done Daniil. Not the greatest final.

Well done Daniil.

Daniil's blood sugar has crashed

'Tough as a 2 dollar steak'

He's been sitting on that one.

Daniil is playing very well- previously, clay has not been a surface he plays that well on, so will be interesting to see how he goes from here.

What is the Charleston (💃🏻) court made of? It's the weirdest colour.

I guess it's some kind of weird American clay.

It’s green clay. Don’t think they have red clay courts in the US.

I wonder now if I ask this every year or whether I never watched this tournament before

Surely the ball kids should have something to kneel on. I doubt they are comfortable.

They need a nice gardening cushion Jane.

I am getting less hopeful of Rafa playing in Monte Carlo- or even before RG. I saw another comment yesterday that he's not committing to a return date- so I'm bracing myself for an announcement that he won't be playing next week.
He probably won't want to go into RG 'cold'- so may aim for Rome. This feels like deja vu..

And he has bigger problems than falling out of the top 10, if he doesn't play the next few weeks/ RG at all- he almost drops out of the rankings.

Of course, there may well be protected rankings (due to injury) and certainly nowhere is going to deny him a WC- I would hope!

I've just seen an article that says Rafa, Carlos and Felix are all out of Monte Carlo.

This gives you-know-who an easy run, really. I'm not sure Sascha is fully fit enough now, to be competition, Stef might come through-, Casper has had a slow start to the year.

Damn.