TENNIS: Hard court season continues. Scream if you want to go faster.

[JaneJeffer]

Casper looks very unbothered about the score line

I missed the Casper match , can't say I'm very surprised he lost. Doesn't bode well for Turin.

It would be easier if tennis was all on the same channel - no it's not good for technophobes Ice - I will have a look into the Tennis Channel

Paul was watching ADM in Paris last week - doesn't he have school to go to? It's all getting a bit weird now!

I cynically assumed that Casper was just going through the motions to earn his appearance fee in Metz. It will be interesting to see what the groups are in Turin.

It looks as if the Davis Cup finals are on The Tennis Channel and you can sign up for a free seven day trial

Now that sounds far too easy - I'll try and sign up nearer the time - hope it works!

I must admit- if it was anyone but Casper- I might agree. But he doesn't seem the type to throw a match.

His recent form suggests he isn't playing well anyway, so even if he did tank the match, I doubt anyone would question it. He could lose to himself at the moment.

I see Rublev has now withdrawn with 'stomach issues' - again, bit dubious. I'm sure he will be fine for the weekend.

I don't expect anyone will be questioning it, though. The top players were only ever entered in the smaller events to keep the door open for Turin qualification.

The scenarios of who goes through and how, at the WTFs, need a maths degree.

Tim is annoying me, talking over Laura. And being pretty rude about Barbora in the process. He's made it pretty clear this week he doesn't think she should be there.

Barbora can boot out Iga.

'as unlikely as that may seem'- . Come on Barbora!!

I keep thinking Barbora has got laddered tights on.

I have no clue how to follow the scoring system for this or any round robin for that matter.

Just seen that Charismatic Cam has won.

He's probably going to win it, now everyone else has withdrawn.

Not sure what the chat at the net with Cam and Zizou was about.

Lots ot Net-beef going on, lately.

love a bit of drama

Cam probably tried to hit him with a ball.

In other non-tennis news Raygun has retired

That's sad, a loss to breaking the world over.

Her kangaroo hop will live on.

Seriously though, it was bad how bullied she was after her appearance in Paris- but honestly, she was appalling.

She was the first one I saw perform, and it made me wonder how on earth break dancing got in in the firstplace. Mind you, watching the rest of it, didn't really convince me much

I found this diagram explaining how a round robin tournament works. Yeah really helpful that is.

The breaking was so bad I couldn't stop watching it

All I know, is that somehow, despite Iga having won 2 matches, if Barbora wins this, she can still go through. I think. Something to do with Gauff beating Iga, and the number of sets won/lost.

They should just draw straws.

It was brilliant entertainment. Carcrash television. Such a shame it won't be at the next one.

I felt so old watching it

I'll admit I do like maths, and a complex scoring system for tennis is two things I love coming together in some sort of neurodiverse heaven

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Second hand balls?