TENNIS: Dubai, Golden Swing, USA

[JaneJeffer]

Poor Andrey. I watched, and he looked pretty het up - which he does get - it's not a great situation.

I'm not a fan of the annoying automated line calls , they sound so impersonal and fake (which they are )- but at least you can't have a row with them! (I'm sure some have tried).

Danill and Ugo are in a tight match- I think Ugo is surprising a few people (apart from those who have been watching him a while an know he's capable of decent results), and he's come in off a title in Marseille. Poor Daniil must be desperate to get to a final and break his 'never defending a title' duck!

And Ugo has the first set.

Wow I watched that kerfuffle on YouTube. What the fuck?! Even if he did swear in Russian the punishment was way over the top and makes the tournament look ridiculous.

Well done Katie

Yes, another great win and, like Jack, she'll reach a career high ranking next week.

I missed the end of the Daniil / Ago match- poor daniil, if he doesn't defend a title soon, that will be all he will be remembered for!

Was score watching the RuRu match, Casper has been a bit up and down llately so I wasn't surprised he went down set. I was surprised when he won.

Ago? Ugo

Ugo seems to be well on his way to winning in Dubai today. I'm not counting Bublik out yet though.

Well done to Griekspoor and Struff for winning the doubles earlier.

Well done Ugo! He looks very pleased.

It's a very odd ceremony, and the CEO got the names the wrong way around.

From a distance i thought the trophies looked like T-Rexs.

(The runner up trophies for the doubles, that is).

And Ugo gets a big boat.

I love all the different trophies, some of them are quite bonkers.

I think I would like to make it my speciailist subject on Mastermind.

Now they have a tombola .

Casper lost to De Minaur, and rather like Daniil, is going to be forever known as the player who can only win 250 level tournaments (despite reaching finals at everything , but never managing to win).

Saw a picture of Rafa and Carlos in Vegas with Agassi. Think they've been playing golf together.

Maybe Rafa junior will become a star golfer, like Korda's daughters (Seb's sisters). I can see Rafa quite enjoying that in his retirement. he could spend his money on yachts and golf courses.

Katie Boulter into the final in San Diego

Holger went to watch the final

Alex looked suitably embarrassed in the sombrero, with the pear trophy. It is in the top 3 of bonkers trophies.

I think the Sky channel has repeated the Acapulco final on a loop all day.

Casper still hasn't managed to win

Good luck for Katie later. Would like to watch it but it’s on too late so will just keep my fingers crossed in my sleep!

I am watching the Rafa/ Carlos exhibition thingy on Netflix. Not sure how long it is,or if I will last. So long as neither of then end up injured! ( especially Rafa!)

I was going to say there are a lot of Spanish supporters...then I realised

Rafa is doing well, I know its just an exhibition, but he's moving well and seems to be enjoying it.

His little boy is watching - aww.