TENNIS: Dubai, Golden Swing, USA

[JaneJeffer]

Thanks Raahh
Think Carlos vs Sinner scheduled for 8.30pm.

Happy birthday kazza - definitely pull rank and watch the tennis!

I’m hoping to watch the Carlos/Jannik match later - hopefully no more bee invasions!

The Tennis Podcast went quite big on the bee man so I now know quite a lot about him now

Maria Sakkari has a new coach so hopefully this will be the start of something more positive for her

I’ve just seen 2 massive bees in our garden - eek! 🐝🐝

I've just seen that Berrettini managed to win his match against Cazaux- took two days and last I saw it looked like it was over for Matteo , so he will be relieved with that.

Happy Birthday kazza! Definitely insist on the tennis, England will probably lose the rugby anyway!

I’ll be rooting for Carlos in the first match, I like them both but Jannik has won enough recently and Carlos also had to come through beemaggedon! Hoping Daniil wins the second semi.

I have just switched on to an interview with Tommy Paul and Tim. Tommy Paul is just as annoying to listen to as he is to watch.

If Isner was an overgrown toddler, then TP is the shorter version.

I hope it isn't going to rain.
Although that probably means there won't be any bees.

Carlos and Jannik laughing and joking around in the tunnel was so wholesome!

I hope it doesn’t start raining. Or raining bees.

Ice It was great, wasn't it? really nice to see.

Djok would never Raahh.

Pfft- no- Djok would be looking daggers at his opponent in the corridor, with his satanic eyes.

Never look Djok in the eye before a match!

Aww, sharing brollies now.

Jannik holding the brolly like a gentleman and Carlos letting the girl hold it for him!

That is quite funny!

Oh, see- Carlos even waited for Jannik. They are just too nice.

What's Mo loitering in the tunnel for?

I wish the commentators had zipped it. I wanted to hear what Jannick and the ball girl were chatting about

Hope the rain stops soon.

I’ve just got in and seen that play is suspended - boo! I really wanted to watch this match

I’m not really a Tommy Paul fan either - he was featured on one of the Netflix tennis programmes - apparently he used to be a bit of a drinker - they showed a clip of him swinging for a ball and completely missing it as if he was drunk (it could have just been how it was edited though - the series hasn’t been very well received and they’re not making any more - bet they’re gutted they missed the bee invasion!)

I can't believe it's all still suspended. Earlier it looked like little spots of rain that they thought would pass, and the players even came back out very briefly.

Now it's been about an hour and a half since they went off.

Apparently they’re resuming 11:30pm at earliest. Not sure I’ll last that long. Might have to watch the replay in the morning.

Apparently not before midnight now. I'm calling it a night! Bloody annoying

I waited a while, but gave up- I am watching the replay now(which is already at 4-1 in the 3rd set). I wonder how the delays affected Jannik? To be honest, I didn't mind who won that one, it was a shame it was a semi final. It looks like the errors got more desperate for Jannik as the match went on, and Carlos got more confident. Jannik will be disappointed but he's had a good run of matches.

It's a good rivalry, well matched- and a friendly one, as we've seen- so it is going to be interesting to see how things go in the future.

I woke up to score watch some of the Daniil match- panicked when I saw the first set, but Daniil clawed it back in the second set and then easily won the 3rd.

So, a repeat of last year's final.

I didn’t mind who won that one either Raahh but it’s a good win for Carlos - I also wish it had been the final

I’m home alone this weekend so it was a perfect tennis watching opportunity missed

I’m hoping to watch at least some of the final later - will also keep an eye on the women’s final - will be interesting to see if Sakkari’s good form continues

It was supposed to be warm and sunny today but it’s not very warm and raining

I am still watching the Daniil replay and keep getting an advert for the film ' The Beekeeper' which seems apt after this week.