Buckle up possums, it’s the Australian Open!

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What is he a doctor of? Shame Roger wasn't there, he would have been doubled over

I think we have TNT but our dish is all out of whack after the storm and now Sky have a huge backlog and can't look at it until the end of February. We can watch most channels on SkyGo at least as long as the WiFi is working which it hasn't been for most of the week but hopefully it will stay on now.

The whole tennis channel fiasco is getting beyond a joke.

I'm just hoping that the TNT channels I have allow me to watch something without having to pay for extra. Unlike some platforms, there's no option to do a week/months trial for an event (which is how most of us got Discovery +/tennis channel previously).

Good win for Jacob Fearnley overnight vs Keith in the Davis Cup.

You can do just a month of TNT, but the default option they point you towards is 6 months. I’m just cross at how expensive it is compared to Discovery+. If Tennis TV offered coverage of slams for an add on fee I’d happily take it, I really like their platform.

Didn’t realise the Davis Cup had started!

Yes, it is expensive compared to Discovery . So annoying.

Sounds like there has been some argy bargy going on over in the Davis Cup matches.

Belgian V Chile- Zizou Bergs and Cristian Garin collided, which lead to Garin being disqualified after he wouldn't finish the match (said he was injured and wouldn't continure without medical assistance, which he got, and was said to be fit to carry on) He was given 3 consecutive time violations, because he refused to continue playing and that was the end.

In the France v Brazil match, Arthue Fils (who won) was having a big row with the umpire over a challenge that may or may not have happened and things got ugly. Fils is getting a bit of a reputation for letting his emotions get the better of him.

Rotterdam/Dallas start today -obviously easier to watch one than the other

Just caught the end of the Hubi/Cobolli match- good win for Hubi who will want to start the year well.

Watching Stef. I see he was practicing with Daniil

I saw all that. Flipping heck

Stef bigging himself up

I'm looking forward to seeing the junior no. 1 Mees Rottgering play. He's a leftie and a big Rafa fan

I hope he has a dog/cat/hamster named after Rafa.

We need Louis "do you have any pets?" Walsh to interview him

looking forward to Stan and Daniil later- I'm not sure how well Stan will do- but given how temperamental Daniil is, it's probably not a bad first round opponent.

Sounds as if the tennis has been interesting! I need to get back into watching some (if I can find it!)

Would like to see Stan - I saw a bit of his match at the AO

I still haven't fully recovered from Grayson Perry being on the Masked Singer

Grayson not being Harry Hill has thrown me. I was sure.

We are back at the mercy of Sky for Rotterdam, should be on around 6.30 uk time.

My sister was convinced it was Harry Hill Raahh

I don't like having to rely on Sky for tennis although it will probably be even harder to watch it soon

I'm not sure what I'm able to watch these days. I need my IT guru back from uni to help me
Petra Kvitova has announced she's coming back later this month, after having her son last year. She's 34 and hasn't played on tour since Oct 2023. I hope she's not going to struggle and lose in the 1st round every time.

Got a bit confused by the Kudermertova/Samsonova match. Polina withdrew and was replaced by her sister Veronika.

I have just switched on and ADF is 5-0 ahead over in Dallas against Brandon Holt.

ADF's is sticking with the new look, (sleeveless shirt and tufty hair) which makes him look a bit like an 80s throwback.

I always forget Brandon is Tracy Austin's son.

Come on Stan!

I saw the scores for the first (very close) set. I love watching Daniil, but would be very happy to see Stan go further here (though I would hope it wouldn't make Daniil go into a slump).

I know, I’m torn Raahh. Stan really needs the win, but then so does Daniil.