TENNIS: Never mind the snow, make like a seagull and catch some rays at the AO

[JaneJeffer]

Silly Nick!

I’ve just come into the front room and DH is watching Tales of The Unexpected - the bee one!

He says he’s never seen it before! I’ll be having nightmares later!

Buzzzzzz Fuzzy

Fizzy** sorry!

I quite like Fuzzy

I’m not sure I can watch it to the end

I have been ranting about House of Games because I'm sure someone got away with spelling kookaburra wrong with one R but it went to a tiebreak and she didn't win so that calmed me down. What do you mean get a life?

I still record all the TOTU episodes and watch them when there is nothing else on.

I love the Bee one

Jane I can not get on with Anne Marie on HoG- and I am confused by whether she is a 'Dr' or not - Richard asked about her PhD and she got all defensive on Monday- and she is listed as 'Dr' on the credits but I think it might be an honorary thing. I wasn't sure if I misheard her kookaburra answer. .

She kept looking off to the side as if she was expecting the producer to step in!

I haven't seen TOTU since lockdown but I can't believe we were allowed to watch such scary stories when we were little

I know! Just hearing the theme tune is enough to give the shivers.

This has just reminded me that during the big storm of 1987 I was living in a house share and the electricity went off and we kept ourselves entertained by taking turns reading from the TATU book by candlelight

That sounds like my kind of evening

love the tales of the Unexpected reminiscing - as soon as I saw it I was scared - the bee one scarred me for life - terrifying!

Coco Gauff must be the oldest teenager in history.

Ice
I've just managed to sit down.

Coco does seem to have been a teenager for a very long time.

I like Aryna but I really want Coco to win, so I don't have to listen to her.

(Plus, I like Coco ).

I hate tie breaks- Coco worked so hard to get back into the set, and then lost it at the end- and this break is running away from her.

Yes that was tough for Coco Raahh. Am hoping she can hang on in this set.

Not to be. Well done Aryna.

That was a shame, but Coco is reaching more finals, and that is good for someone so young- her level is really consistent.

Well done Aryna.

The Netflix curse doesn't seem to have got to Aryna anyway

They've turned the lights off on Babsi!

Didn't get to watch. Well done Aryna. Coco must be gutted.

Jane I thought in the first set, there was the possibility the match might end up going the same way as the US open final- but too many errors from Coco today and Aryna was very strong. and noisy.
I think Coco is getting mentally stronger with each loss though and Brad Gilbert probably has a lot to do with that.

Why do they keep saying the Aussies are so knowledgeable about tennis? Do they think the rest of us are sitting here thinking I'm not sure what's going on but I'll watch it anyway?

Maybe it's like Tsitsipas- whatever city he is in, is his favourite.

Whatever country they are in, the people are the most knowledgeable .

I mean, it’s true Australians are generally in to sport, but I’m not sure that means they’re more knowledgeable