Tennis: Road to Turin, anyone seen Rafa?

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Oh fizzy! Hope* *you get it sorted. Take it easy!

Oh no fizzy! That sounds painful

oh my goodness! Fizzy! there goes your chances of a spot in the WTFs!

I am really not sure I can stomach watching Djok thrash Rafa (which I feel might happen) , The only plus point is the fact almost everyone is talking about it being Rafa's last match, and the focus will be on him. And Djok likes to be the one in the spotlight . Unlike Carlos- who was happy to let Rafa have his moment last night - as the 'loser' .

If only someone would ask Djokovic to reach something by standing on a chair eh?

Thanks everyone - just feel a bit silly (and sore) - luckily it's my left arm - just want to know what happens next - the NHS isn't being very speedy!

Yes Raahh at least Rafa will get all the support especially as it's likely to be his last singles match which will hopefully annoy Djok (although he'll try to pretend that it won't!)

Ouch Fizzy!

Hopefully the crowd love for Rafa will throw Djokovic. He doesn’t like it when the crowd don’t like him!

I'm so confused about who is playing where!

I see Tomic is in Calgary

Casper has lost the first set against Griekspoor. That's not good.

Has Tomas Berdych stopped coaching Jiri?

Do people who aren't tennis players have long levers? 🤔

No, mere mortals just have arms (in my case, short ones though).

I think they split last month- Tomas is working with the Davis Cup squad.

Oh I missed that Raahh

I see Danielle has postponed her retirement!

I know Jane- that is a bit odd about Danielle she has been completely adamant about not postponing- but I suppose she really has done better than she ever expected and maybe someone has thrown a lot of $$$$ at her to stay around <cynic>.

I hope it's the right decision for her. She doesn't always look like she is enjoying herself- and when the results inevitably start to go south again, she may regret it. But good luck to her.

Not going well for Stef. He looks very pale.

Casper could be in trouble- I hate tie breaks.

I think all the top players are starting to look a bit knackered, to be honest. I really do think the tour probably is too long/too packed.

I think Danielle has postponed her retirement because she hasn’t had success with fertility treatment, it’s quite sad really.

Not looking good for Casper.

Oh Casper!

Well done Tallon.

Casper didn’t seem too unhappy to lose!

If that is the reason, with Danielle, it is very sad.

Nice to see Casper sticking around signing stuff.

There was a bit of a fight in the crowd over one of Tallon's towels

Yes something needs to change. The amount of tournaments now is crazy

I always remember how praised Roger was for how well he managed his schedule and never got injured (until near the end). Pretty much every other player on tour didn't have that luxury at the time- it wasn't that they were feckless. He could choose to not play in 'mandatory' tournaments that other players had to play- because of how many matches he had won, and his age.

Seeing players now (supposedly really fit) who are in their mid to late 20s looking dead on their feet because of the overstuffed schedule, really can't be good for the game.

Maybe that's why the top players will end up in Saudi Arabia- one short tournament, a massive pay cheque, and then it won't matter if they have to pay any penalties for missing 'mandatory' tour events in the future. The ATP will have themselves to blame, really.

It does seem like a lot of the top seeds are losing at the current tournaments, I’m sure it’s partly fatigue.

Well done Jiri!