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

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

Loads of the players live in MC, don't they (when they get to go home), including Stan.

Wonder if they ever meet up for a drink?

Maybe some do meet up for a drink (probably not with Djok though!)

No, I bet Djok is left out of the Group chat

All round to Stan's for a glass of

just watching a bit of Stan now - it was going well for him but not so much now

No, it was a good start- but he didn't play a good name there.

*game

I've just seen that Norrie lost to Cerundolo. Not actually that surprised by that.

Stan doing better now.

I will possibly miss the end though.

Love is in the air

Norris has had a few early round losses recently - I don’t think clay is his favourite surface

Yes seems to be doing better in this set

Monte Carlo is looking very nice - would be even better if Rafa was there - it’s good to see lots of people there (although they are probably quite wealthy and maybe don’t have to worry about going to work!)

Stan is making heavy weather of this match - could go either way!

Phew - finally Stan

at predictive text for k fizzy (although don't* *like being linked with Dick!)

Was ironing, so only saw the final game in Stan's match. Went on a bit but fantastic 30 shot rally though. The stats certainly highlighted the unique scoring system in tennis. Stan won one point less, although 3 games more, and won the match. I bet Griekspoor is kicking himself over his poor break point conversion rate

Yep, all round to for a bbq and
There's no way Cock would let anything like that come within 50m of his temple of a body

I missed the end of the Stan match, and am back in time to see Matteo.

I'm not too keen on his shorts, make him look like a boy scout.

ugh. The obsession with moaning about time takne between points is really really boring.

I would love them to just ditch the bloody shot clock and use some common sense.

Matteo is doing well, not the best surface for the lovely Maxime.

Yay! Altitude in Madrid has already been mentioned (and they aren't even there yet)<digs out bingo card>

I don’t mind Matteo looking like a Boy Scout - ok maybe that sounds a bit wrong!

Well done Matteo - surprised that’s his first win at MC. Apparently everyone loves MC - even Bublik (not sure that I believe that!)

I appear to be glued to the settee - it is a bit rainy here so I might as well just stay in and watch the rest of the tennis!

No, I'm not convinced Bublik loves MC
Was it Paire who complained it was like playing in a morgue, during the covid restrictions of 2021?

Matteo can wear pretty much anything and look great- but that shade of brown makes me think of safari suits and my grandpa on holiday in the early 80s (wearing sandals with socks) .

And yes, the rain really came back here with a vengeance. I am regretting not trying to cut the grass now- it will take another month after this to dry out!

I am watching the Diego/Goffin match- blissfully devoid of any commentary . No-one to call Diego, diminutive .

Watched Dan and Cerendolo lose in champions tiebreak. Now watching Murray but not sure how long I'll last. Murray is getting slaughtered and Robbie is being Robbie

kazza This is why I stuck to the silence of the Diego match

Yes Murray not having a good day - he’s been arguing with the umpire about the rules for when his cap fell off - you can guarantee that he will be poring over the rules as soon as he comes off court (he’s definitely not one to let things lie!)

Not the best start for RBA- already broken.

Gasquet is due to play Thiem next. That could be a pretty even match, given Domi's lack of real form. I'd like to see him win it though (sorry Richard) !

Football on here but at least I get to gawk at Ryan Reynolds. One of the players knocked his tooth out which freaked me out. I would make them stop play until it was found!

I'm having so many tooth related problems, Jane I would definitely be making them glue my tooth back in