TENNIS: A new champion in Paris, then on to the grass

[JaneJeffer]

At least Liam has a wild card for Wimbledon, and has hopefully recovered from his bump on the head .

Darn it. Never mind Liam.

I see Keith has withdrawn. He hasn't had much luck recently.

You can watch one of the Eastbourne matches on the main BBC tennis page https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis

They were showing Emma’s match earlier and now showing Katie.

The mysterious Giles Hussey has beaten Navone I see

ADF has withdrawn

Are you allowed to say brain fart on the BBC?

Oh, that's a shame. I hope he's not injured.

I've just got in- and I wondered that .

Well done Katie

Yes, well done Giles, who apparently is 27 years old, so another late developer, and ranked 359.

Navone has now lost the only 2 grass court matches he has played (lost to Draper last week) but is seeded 32 for Wimbledon, on the back of a good clay swing. Maybe he'll start winning at Wimbledon but methinks he would not have been seeded if they still used their own formula for seedings

Does anyone know why Salisbury and Ram retired from their match, from a set up? Hope it's not an injury that will impact Wimbledon.

kazza I wondered about Salisbury/Ram - and it is a bit worrrying , couldn't see any reasons. I do hope there are no injuries. Maybe it was something that cause d a slight concern, and they retired as a precaution? I read the score wrongly at frist , and thought they had been losing, so was surprised they retired from a winning position, so there must be something.

Maxime is playing at the moment. I can hardly bear to look at the score. I really need to see him in his Wimbledon whites. Come on Maxime!

I've only just managed tp switch on - Sky are showing Bad Homburg, but showed a brief clip of Mallorca where Foggy is playing Mensik. He's bleached his hair. It's an interesting look

Katie doing well. Jelena Ostapneko is always quite vocal.

I always like the patterns in the grass at Eastbourne

I’m watching Boulter v Ostapenko - Ostapenko is wearing an interesting dress - it looks a bit like a jesters outfit/circus tent (and she’s got both sides of her skirt tucked into her pants)

Can’t believe that Wimbledon starts on Monday - eek! I don’t really mind who wins as long as it’s not Djok - I’m hoping that he won’t be playing but I bet he does

Jelena's dress is giving I, Tonya vibes

Uhoh warning for Jelena

Can always count on Jelena to wear an interesting outfit. At least it's not frilly.

I find it a bit creepy that they have the line judges dressed to exactly match the back boards- like camouflage. . I can sort of see the idea- but like they might just out and shout 'boo!'.

I wouldn't recommend giving Jelena a fright, I think you would end up more frightened

She makes her boyfriend collect all the balls at practice I love this woman

Sam has all the gossip

7 all in first set tiebreak in Maxime's match

Oh- come on Maxime!

I caught a replay of one of the Mallorca matches this morning- and that is where Robbie is currently hiding out, Sadly, Sky doesn't seem to be showing any of the matches 'live' at least not more than 30 seconds at a time

First set Maxime