Buckle up possums, it’s the Australian Open!

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New thread.

They had better not take this off for Raducanu.

Oh no!

About time Jane. Vamos!

Oh no are Sky making you watch Emma instead?

Not yet, but they keep hinting that they will put her match on when it starts.

Humbug.

But Carlos is clearly not having any of that now, and determined to finish this match first.

Well done Carlos. Neither were 100%. Lots of germs at the net

Yay, Well done Carlos.

I think he took it personally when he heard the fans were leaving him for Emma.

No expense spared designing the mascot.

Definitely .

I honestly don’t think I get the point of mascots.

Well done Carlos

God they must be so fed up of making these speeches

Well done Carlos for winning the battle of the germs!

I'm sure that Sky would have swapped this match if Emma Radacanu's match had started on time

The mascot was rubbish - even the usually well mannered Carlos seemed irritated by it!

No expense spared on the graphics either

Poor Alex doesn't want to be reminded of all the players that he's lost to!

Kraijcek hasn't changed much since his playing days but bloody hell, stop waffling and let them get off the court and into their sick beds!!!

Sky is cutting him off

I saw that ATP thing yesterday. Carlos was very neat with his placing aswell, I think. He's getting worse with his water bottles aswell. Is he turning into Rafa?

I'm not surprised! It's a right snooze fest

Alex and Carlos were just chatting amongst themselves

Tennis TV stuck with him to the bitter end! He's just finished.

He was full on Rafa warming up at the net

Only saw the last set and a half, so missed that. Next thing you know, he'll be banging his head on a low ceiling as he waits to go on court

I missed the speeches, as I took the dog out.

And after all the earlier panic- the Raducanu match still hasn't started.

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