TENNIS thread - It's still Clay-time, and we're off on a European tour- next stop Barcelona, Madrid and Rome.- before landing in Paris.

[Raahh]

amongst other places it would have taken too long to put in the title.

Catching up on scores. Very surprised at the Gauff/Swiatek result.

Unfortunately, Robbie has inane verbal diarrhoea on Tennis TV. Am trying my hardest to block him out but may change to no commentary.

Oof

stupid phone

Well done Jack

Well done Jack. So powerful.

And he goes above Djok in the live rankings

ATP strikes again with that shitty photo of Matteo. At least photogenic Jack managed to look fairly decent.

Woohoo!

The scheduling is really a bit odd- the next match on Santana is not til 8pm (local time) and that is the Musetti/Diallo match.
Sabalenka/Svitolina is after that at 'not before 10.30'.

Yet, this is the last match on Sanchez.

The photographers are rubbish.

Trainee cameraman? Zoom in zoom out

Well done Jack.

Yet again, the scheduling is bollocks Raahh I* *thought there were the new rules recently that said matches couldn't be started after a certain time (can't remember the time but certainly not as late as 10.30pm) unless there were exceptional circumstances? Or am I making that up

As always I suspect it’s about money. They can sell separate tickets for an evening session. It seems rubbish for the players though.

Rafa 🥹

At least I can watch Emmerdale before the other ladies' semi unlike last time when they clashed 😅

I wish they wouldn’t show Rafa because it’s like a punch in the guts when you’re trying to block out how much you miss him

Oh, it's definitely all about the money, it's why there were so many complaints about the scheduling at RG, once they started the night sessions. Doesn't help the players though. Plus it was nearly always the same players who wnded up being scheduled then- as the 'popcorn' matches. No money in matches that will be over in 40 minutes.

Noooooo!! Don't show Rafa's last match in Madrid.

There was no need to mention the Olympics Annabel

I thought the Djok comment was unnecessary.

But I don't think she's ever been a Rafa fan girl.

I missed the start of this, sorting out the dog.

Lore has decided to match his arm to Gabriel's leg. I'm still not convinced by the Sexy dentist top. My gran (who used to sew a lot ) would be horrifed by the raw edges and itching to get the sleeves near an over-locker.

First set Lorenzo!

Phew, I thought it was all going wrong there for a minute.

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