Tennis: Roland Garros continues

[JaneJeffer]

Not paying attention again

I see Kato won her mixed match against her also disqualified women's doubles partner.

Marie Bouzkova and Sara Sorribes Tormo got a lot of abuse for their part in getting the other pair disqualified and Vasek Pospisil said Kato's loss of prize money and points was theft!

Well done Frances. He must be delighted, can't wait for the Instagram post

I was surprised that Grigor had to qualify for Queens as well

Well done Big Foe - I have got a soft spot for Struff (and Marvin) though

I think Keith is playing somewhere this week after having some sort of hip operation so fingers crossed for him

Yes, Keith is in the final of a challenger in Puerto Rico- he hasn't played for ages so that's a good comeback start for him.

Thanks @Raahh could well be her as her accent is vaguely southern hemisphere- possibly Australian, possibly South African but very polluted by wherever she’s been more recently.
Good couple of weeks for Andy, hope ge wins some rounds at Queens and gets seeded at W 🤞.

It looks as if Matteo’s match tomorrow is cancelled so think he must be injured still

Oh no Fizzy poor Matteo has been through the wars.

I've just been reading about Emma and her billionaire boyfriend in the DM.

"Last week, the pair arrived in a limousine together at the mansion block in Kensington, west London, which he calls home when he is not in Paris. He was holding a large bunch of roses, she a tennis racket.
When they emerged a couple of hours later, Ms Raducanu was wearing Mr Agostinelli's suit jacket as they got into a second limousine and drove off.
Days earlier, Mr Agostinelli's model sister Heloise had posted an image on social media of her and Ms Raducanu dining together in an exclusive Paris restaurant."
It's like a Jilly Cooper novel

Loving the Tim chat

Didn't see any tennis today as in-laws here then all out to lunch but saw Andy's surprise family visit. His reaction was lovely

He's got de Minaur in the first round of Queens, so good luck with that. I really want him to be seeded at Wimbledon, otherwise he'll probably meet Cock in the first round, but I'm not sure he'll achieve it.

The Grigor and Paul thing is odd. All I can think of is they were very late entrants, too late for the main draw??

Some tough doubles matches aswell.

I watched that on twitter kazza I guess bedtime is not a moveable feast in the Murray household!

Oh no, poor Matteo .

He's had a very patchy year really since having to withdraw from Wimbledon with Covid.

So that's 2 tournament he hasn't been able to defend in a row

Matteo withdrawing means that Grigor takes his spot against Ruusuvuori. Grigor beat Emil recently at the French Open.

BBC4 has Just Call Me Martina on now. I missed the beginning but it's repeated at 2 am so I've recorded it. They have a programme about Wimbledon at 11:30 with Sue.

Oh, poor Matteo

I thought Andy's reaction to his family was lovely, fatherhood has changed him. He used to be a but petulant on court.

As for Emma and her billionaire boyfriend, well she has to do something as her tennis seems to be taking a back seat to her sponsorships and modelling. She reminds me a bit of Anna Kournikova.

It was sweet wasn’t it Yetisrus

I’m not sure if Emma will return to tennis - she might be wondering whether it’s all worth it - the billionaire boyfriend thing sounded a bit weird!

I’ll check the other Martina programme out thanks Jane - I enjoyed the Tennis Gods one - I wonder if they’ll make any more?

Keith won the Challenger. First man to win a tournament without a ranking, according to DS. Can't believe it's been 20 months since he last played.

Brilliant! Well done Keith. That must have felt good.

I'm just catching up with the Gods of Tennis programme.

Well done Keith!

Ahh, Wimbledon 1988. One of my favourites (obviously) You can really tell it's the 80s .

And it's funny seeing Martina running around the court with a Wimbledon 1990 towel- because I still have one from that year and use it all the time . There's a tiny hole in it, but otherwise it's perfect. (It's not the year I went, it was one of the spare ones my mate had!).

Wish my towels lasted that long!

Apparently Raonic is playing at Queens - not sure what his current hair status is! I think he plays Thompson (porn tache) tomorrow

They are Christy towels, FIzzy , very good quality (clearly !)

I didn't get to see the current status of Raonic's hair - I'm assuming he's cut it since lockdown, since he also got married last year

The grass in Halle is a funny shade of green. It could of course be Prime. It looks a bit black in patches (considering it's day one )

Bit of a shake up to the draw in Halle after Felix withdrew. Is he injured? I can't keep up with who's injured or not!

Sascha is now playing Domi and RBA playing Altmaier who I was sure posted that he wouldn't be playing because he was injured!

It does look a bit worse for wear!

Jane I'm glad it's not just me who can't keep up.
I had my mother on the phone, who couldn't remember who won at Queen's last year and was confused by the schedule changes.

I have just switched from Halle to Queen's- lovely to see Annabel is there, and Catherine. (And Tim, obvs ).

They are talking about Charismatic Cam, they really are trying to big up, personality wise. But apart from that slight bit of controversy with his Cam Slam recently, I think it's a losing battle