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!

She seems to have forgotten that this is how it will be now til July
evil cackle

This made me cry laughing 😂

That is funny Jane - I can just imagine Daniil doing the shrug thing

Actually do I know who Louis Tomlinson is - is it One Direction?

That's right Fizzy

thought it was!

I love that picture.

I had to got out so have missed the start of the early matches- Ruud up a set aginst VdZ but it doesn't look like it was an easy set. Zverev up a set against RBA- Musetti/Nardi about to start - that one could be noisy

Nardi is finding it a lot tougher today.

It's so windy here. Biden will get blown over.

\i've just seen the score Jane poor Nardi! (Hopefully Lorenzo can do the same against Djok).

Casper has thrown away a match point and now it's a tie break in the second. Botic is not going down without a fight.

I hadn't realised how wind it has been here- til I got to the park with the dog and two trees were down.

Sick of this weather now. It's the middle of April- and feels like December!

Why does Jannik come in for such criticism? Not only is he a fatso, now his whole lifestyle is up for discussion: sleep, nutrition, the size of his thighs! WTF?

I feel like they have to have a player to criticise- I am not sure why Jannik is the one they target though. They wouldn't get away with comments like that about the female players- why do it to the men(and it's especially daft when it's not even true!).

Sinner isn't doing too badly, though is he?

Are they bored? A 5 minute discussion on the weather...

Poor Diego is having problems

Poor Jannik - he seems such an assuming chap as well

oh dear - poor Nardi - double bagel

Looks as if Alex de Minaur got a Struffing!

Haven’t managed to watch any tennis yet - would quite like to watch Stan and Taylor Fritz

It’s blowing a right gale here - and it’s freezing!

Sinner is in Djok's part of the draw- if they both get that far but I'm hoping Musetti beats Djok first it could be a good match.

It's not Diego's day.

hope Diego recovers quickly

Poor Diego. Such a shame.

Poor Diego - I never think of Sinner as being Italian (in the same way that I don’t think of ADF as being Spanish!) - I know I’m making huge cultural assumptions there!

Daniil v Sonego could be a lively one!

I've put the Russian brothers in law on.

Fizzy Jannik and ADF always look German to me- but that could be because I just see 'our' Boris when I see ADF

If the crowds are as lively as yesterday, it could bring out the panto villain in Daniil!

Although Ivashka is actually Belarusian isn't he!

It is funny that they married twins!

They definitely look more Central European than Mediterranean.

Jane yes, I think so- although (having spent years in the 80s, studying Russian, I still lump everywhere together in my head as the USSR- even though that hasn't existed for decades!).

And still call St Petersburgh , Leningrad!