Buckle up possums, it’s the Australian Open!

[IceandIndigo]

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Well done Carlos.

Well done Carlos. What a great match. I don’t think I’ve seen Hubi play that well before, even though it wasn’t quite enough.

Well done Carlos. I'm too lazy to switch over from ITV

Casper has won the first set in Dallas.

Come on Casper!

Was glad to see that Casper scraped through in the end, was a tight score.

Faces Shapo in the final, who is having something of career revival. (I'd pretty much forgotten about him for a while- even though he's another one who has been around ages and is only 25).

Less of a surprise for the Rotterdam final - Carlos against De Minaur. Might be Carlos's first indoor title though, if he wins. I think

Any of Dallas I've managed to see has involved Shapo and he was in such good form in his interview. The interviewer kept addressing him as Shapo which made him smile every time

Casper definitely clutched that one, he was down by a break and was lucky that Jaume made a couple of errors trying to serve it out, which took them to the tiebreak. Happy to see Shapo beat Tommy Paul, he’s a fun player to watch and has had quite a long road back from injury. Probably the indoor conditions suit his game better than Casper’s, but we’ll see. I’ll be rooting for Carlos in Rotterdam, it seems a bit cruel to make him play in the afternoon after a gruelling night match.

This is fun

I am glad to see Denis playing well again- and I'm always happy to see TP lose

I don't think Casper is totally happy either- he's had his moments in the past, but we will see. He could do with the win though, to set up the year.

At least Daniil was honest about the medical timeouts- 'pain gets worse when you're losing, and goes away when you win'

it was also fun to see the ones who were really neat about how they placed the magnets, and the ones who weren't .

Hilarious, whoever edited it deserves a medal. “Everyone likes bananas” “I don’t like bananas”. “How short?” “The shorter the better”.

I enjoyed the way Hubi just chaotically throws the stickers at the board while others (especially Daniil) are placing them in a meticulous line. You just know Hubi’s hotel room is a mess.

Also, Carlos is such a pure soul, all his answers are about what’s correct and good for others.

Daniil is hilarious and great on camera, I really hope he has some sort of public facing role when he retires.

I've been score watching the Carlos match, just got chance to turn on. Trading breaks a bit, but Carlos serving for the set.

Alex seems to have the cold as well

Pink nose strip today. Alex looks sick as well,
sneezing into his shirt.

Bit of a germy place, Rotterdam.

Bloody shot clock. Switch it off, it's the final, ffs. They both need time to recover, it's not like they are taking ages between points.

Vamos Carlos!

That was a pretty rubbish set of tennis from Carlos.

Ice He seemed to let it go really, didn't seem to fight for it when Alex went ahead.

He just seems a bit flat Raahh, making a lot of errors.

Carlos looks more determined now