TENNIS: Dubai, Golden Swing, USA

[JaneJeffer]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Casper unshaven, he’s usually so well groomed!

Well done Casper

I've just caught the scores- well done Casper- shame for Gael, but I think he needs a rest!

Well done Casper!

I see Coco is not messing about .

I would love Luca Nardi to beat Tommy Paul- not a TP fan (plus he needs to back up the previous win, or it will be written off as a fluke by Djok's fans.)

This is great

I was looking at that on insta earlier Jane
People* *kept thinking Rublev was Sinner
Thought Demon, in his Aussie hat, was quite funny aswell

And Daniil......has anyone ever told you, you look like Medvedev?

Holger and the hand towel is for hands

I noticed he had earpods in. Do you think Mummy Rune was feeding him the lines

I see Matteo is back, playing in the Arizona Challenger

I'm happy Holger won I thought he was a gonner!

I have just watched the 'Undercover' thing
I thought Alex looked like he belonged, really, it could be his new job. The bloke who said 'just let me go' .

And yes Holger 'it's for hands' .

I am very pleased to see Matteo back to playing - he has had such an unlucky time of it. He deserves more success. I love watching him play.

I’ve just watched the Undercover thing - hilarious

Daniil and Alex looked as if they were born to do those jobs - Rune and Rublev were more like YTS trainees on their first day!

I really hope that Matteo can make a comeback - he’s had such a run of bad luck - I’ve missed watching him (for many reasons )

What a surprise (not at all) Djok has indeed , as predicted, withdrawn from Miami.

The more I read about how he reacted after his defeat against Luca, the more of a total dick he looks. Apparently, at the net he was really off and sarcastic-saying 'it's not right but bravo ,it's not not right, but bravo' (in Italian) to him.

causing Luca to apologise for 'disrespecting him' - who does that remind you of? What is it with these players who can't take being beaten by younger players? It's really not a good look.

Anyway, he won't be missed in Miami, we will have a much better time without him (on this thread )

He’s so childish!

Also hoping to see Matteo have a good comeback.

I definitely won’t miss Djok in Miami - tournaments are much more enjoyable without him there - hopefully this is the start of him not being so dominant (and boring) - he seems to have lost his (evil) cloak of invincibility

I really don’t like it when a top player doesn’t give their lower ranked opponent any credit for winning - just lose gracefully and stop making excuses!

He threw his toys out of the pram in his press conference and pretty much said then 'not going' when the subject of Miami came up. He really is a sulky child.

I hope this messes with his head and he skips the rest of the year. Or just never returns.

Fizzy his fans don't see that though - they think he's great, and always credits his opponents etc- except, he doesn't does he? He so humble. .
Look how he reacted when he played Ben Shelton. He really seems threatened by the younger players. The daft thing is, he is still able to beat most of them. But his attitude stinks.

The undercover thing was classic! It even made me like ADM a bit. Loved the guy playing along and claiming he wanted a photo with Daniil because he looked like his brother in law. And Rune with the towels.

Djok has always been a petulant, sore loser. There’s a reason why the sportsmanship award is the one thing he’s never won in his tennis career.

Poor Jiri Lehecka, he’s playing so well, but Jannik is on another level.

Skiing, bingo

It didn't take long for Annabel to mention the skiing earlier .

Jannik has definitely moved up several levels over the past year or so, he is playing so well. I was a bit worried they might not show this match, because it's on court 2. It's good they are though- sounds very one sided over on the Potapova/Kostyuk match. (And I think it's nearly over).