Tennis: Going for Gold à Paris

[JaneJeffer]

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Shoulder and neck pain apparently. She was gutted.

Thanks Jane. Poor* *Maria.

I know Raahh. The* *US crowd are such rude, ignorant fuckwits.

I went off to Emmerdale and see Bublik is out

I can't watch because our Internet is all wonky ( think there is an issue in the area), and even score checking has been tricky.

Musetti involved in a very topsy turvy match with Opelka ( who I had pretty much forgotten about!)

Grigor gone through without much bother

Holger could be in trouble

Shite

I'm also on holiday so need to rely on this thread for most of my tennis news

We've still got the basic sky package but they were showing (fake) Brit Choinski yesterday - not sure if they stuck with his epic match

What happened to Holger? Looks as if he lost easily

Can't believe that Ben had to tell the crowd to applaud Domi - poor Domi such a shame - I think it was Schwartzman's last US Open as well

On the Tennis Podcast (my other main tennis news source) they were saying that apparently Grigor is going out with Ekin Su of love island fame (not that I've ever watched it!)

I score watched through the night, shame about Holger, and ADF's year continues to go from bad to worse. No idea what he wished for when he got engaged at the Trevi Fountain, but it doesn't look like a big win!.

At least I don't have to check if Rafa got through any more. Nobody needs that kind of stress first thing in the morning. Just have the sinking feeling that Djok is still there to contend with now.

That is a very good point re- Rafa Jane- it does make things less stressful. .

I have been out all day, getting rained on, and got back to find Sky are showing Boulter and Sasnovich in a really ugly pair of leggings.

So, I've hunted down Stef and Kokkinakis instead

Once again, I am have terrible reception for the red button, and am about to give up. Jakub Mensik is about to beat Felix AA.

Tomas Machac has taken the first set against Foggy, but the picture is so bad, I can't give a report on how dodgy his shorts are .

I've just put Dan and Karen on and nearly got deafened. Are Sky turning everything up to the last because we couldn't hear it all year?

Well done Jakub! That's an impressive score line.

Come on Dan, you need sock money!

I am having only sporadic luck with the picture, but well done to Tomas, dodgy shorts and all. I can hear that the crowd are very up for an upset in the Stef/Kokk match, even if I can't see it properly .

Come on Dan!!!
Should have been 2 sets up, not 1-1!!

DS has just shown me a photo of Osaka on court wearing a lime green frilled skirt and a top with a huge bow in the same colour on the back

DS wondered if she was channelling her inner Serena

Anyone watching Jannik? Wondering if he’s playing badly or McDonald is playing especially well. Stef is out I see.

Ice I am, and it is quite an odd match. I wonder how much the recent events have affected him. I'm not sure McDonald is playing that much better, but Jannik is not playing his best.

Won't be great if Jannik goes out too- I mean, it sets it all up nicely for you know who, and his draw is easy enough.

And Naomi Osaka looked ridiculous, I'm sorry. Made Ostapenko look ordinary, and that takes some doing .

Yes I can imagine his preparation wasn’t ideal Raahh. Maybe a mixed blessing if he doesn’t go deep in this tournament. Looks like he might take the second set in any case.

Just saw some pics of Naomi Osaka’s outfit with a giant bow on the back, what on earth?!

It really was a ridiculous sight- and I don't know if she will go through the whole performance with the detachable tutu/overskirt every match, or if that was just for today. It's all a bit attention seeking and silly.

Looks like Jannik has arrived in the match. He doesn't look too happy, but then he's not the smiliest on court all the time, and has looked peaky for months!

I've now seen a video of Naomi coming on court. She had a another skirt over the one she played in. Looked looked like a load of starched net curtains with the same green material over the top. She stood there posing and then took the over skirt off for the warm up

X post Raahh

I just feel like the bow would get in the way, particularly if it was breezy. Apparently she played really well though, so what do I know?

Ice I'm assuming she took the top with the bow on off before the match started. Because that would be the sensible thing to do. But then, I didn't walk on to court in the whole OTT ensemble to begin with, so I may be wrong in that assumption