TENNIS: Dubai, Golden Swing, USA

[JaneJeffer]

I’m selfishly wishing they’d hurry up and finish fizzy, I don’t have access to the WTA matches and was hoping to watch Carlos’ match against Musetti, which is on after. Been awake since 5am and don’t think I’m going to last much longer!

The tucking your shorts/skirt into your pants trend seems to be catching - I blame Holger!
I'm enjoying all the variations on the tuck Putintseva has got an interesting triangular thing going on while Azerenka has up at the front down at the back.

Well done Vika

Well done Grigor. Hubi not happy about his net call!

I am pleased for Grigor, Hubi will have more chances, I hope (though I'm not sure clay is really his surface). I do like Hubi though.
Grigor is now very close to the top 10 again.

The 'tucking' is getting quite weird . Maybe they are all topping up their tans, a bit at a time.

Goran and Djok have parted company!

😮

Ooh that’s interesting - I wonder what the straw that broke the camel’s back was for Goran?

I can imagine Djok is not pleasant to work with when he isn't winning or ever .
Goran has not seemed happy in the stands for a while, I wonder if he has been wanting out, sooner?

Will be very interesting to see how thing affects Djok- historically, his results have gone awry (and he's made all sorts of excuses) whenever he has had a change of coach.

Boris is still not spilling the beans though...

Glad Goran has finally seen the light and stepped away from the dark side

There are only so many figs a person can be made to eat for breakfast, I suppose.

I look forward to the announcement that Goran has become Holger's new coach.

It's only a matter of time .

Boris made sure to post the news 👀

We might get to see him smile occasionally then

I love Boris. He knows things. <taps nose>

Poor Domi is having wrist trouble again

Domi, along with Delpo, is another who should have won a lot more than he has- but injuries have completely derailed his career. It is such a shame.

It's a good day on Pointless. There has been a tennis question- and my old friend the tardigrade has made an appearance. .

I missed the tennis but saw the tardigrade I think these are repeats?

Jane. Yes, I think they are repeats- which throws me- every so often I recognise a question .

I recognise the people like the couple with the very tall man and tiny woman

Yes, I recognised the couple who got through to the final round yesterday (bit didn't win).

I saw the end of the Collins/ Garcia match. There was discussion of the 'cupping' marks on Caroline's back- sounds painful and odd, cupping.

Apparently, Jannik literally hit his physio in the balls yesterday. . - or as Jannik put it 'in an important part of our human being' .

One of the ball boys at Jannik’s match is a grown man and quite overweight. It’s making me wonder about the qualifying criteria for being a ball person. I suppose they can’t discriminate?

I wonder if Jannik is still slightly injured from that tumble he took at Indian Wells. He doesn’t seem to be hitting the ball as hard as normal.

I 'm not sure whether Jannik has just played a lot lately.

Colin Fleming has mentioned the shorts