TENNIS- It's CLAY -time! Where Hubi (and everyone else) goes to Monte Carlo!

[Raahh]

Looked like the thread was about to run out- and for once I noticed.

Still sad we can't start this thread with better news of Rafa- but fingers crossed for the next one!

The Grimaldi family are very matchy matchy

The dark suits look a bit odd really on such a sunny day.

That’s true Raahh

Maybe Casper is too nice.

But Rafa is nice- and he's won loads

I'd still rather have 'nice' Casper than 'evil' Djok

Looks like Rafa will be playing Tuesday, if he is playing. Which is slightly annoying, because I will definitely be out Tuesday morning.

Matches have started in Bucharest, where the weather is a lot better than here- so far we've had wind, rain, sleet and hail stones- and all before 9am .

Poor Nardi is injured. I still don’t know how to pronounce Seyboth Wild.

me neither.

I saw some earlier, and had to go out. it was still raining in Munich then too (looked like here this morning), but i can see from some scores, there has been play.

Glad to see RBA had a win.

Well done Jack! Not such good news for Dan who lost in Barcelona earlier

The pronunciation of Seyboth Wild is completely different from its spelling and always confuses me

I’m anxiously waiting for tomorrow’s order of play for Barcelona - I’m still not convinced that Rafa will play but hoping that he will (and stay injury free)

Apparently it’s pronounced Zigh-Butch Viewdge! I assume that Thiago is pronounced Thiago?

Everytime I google 'Rafa' the first tweet that comes up is an an older one, that starts 'it is with great sadness...' and my heart jumps. But it's from when he withdrew from IW.

I wish they would move it! It's confusing me!

Fizzy

Crikey what’s going on here? Domi is looking fresh

You can tell they are in Germany- electro pop circa 1986.

I am also hoping that Rafa benefits from the 'Danielle Collins' effect when he plays- if it's his 'farewell tour' he's got nothing to lose, has he?

As long as he doesn’t injure himself doing it!

Jane True.

Bloody Sky. I was happily watching Domi- and my mother rang.

Now they've taken that off and put a WTA match on. I can see this being a pattern for the next weeks, and it annoys me. (They seem to have a hierarchy of matches when there is more than than one tournment in play- Any Brit, WTA, whoever is left).

sky needs to up their game. I’m lucky to have the RB when it works.

Domi is so loud!

I'm sulking an catching up with Doctors

DJ treating us to House of Pain

I now have Domi on my phone. In time to see him lose, sadly.

That a shame. Alejandro played well. He’s a bit of a cutie

alway good to have someone nice to look at.

I've just seen that Rafa is scheduled for 3pm tomorrow- so that's not too bad- I might be back in time to see some.

Assuming Sky don't decide to show skiiing or golf or tiddly winks.