TENNIS thread- Rome is coming to an end and it's nearly time to pack for Paris!

[Raahh]

Meanwhile , it's not looking good for Casper, but Jannik is looking very solid

( most annoying is the fact Tommy Paul is through to the semi final already. )

Forza!

I don’t know who/what that is but suspect it’s something to do with Eurovision

Nice to see Jannik acknowledging Jasmine and the other Italian players.

Correct

No-one is bothering to interpret on Sky.

But I'm assuming Jannik's mum is happy. She seems happy. .

Nice of Jannik to do a line in English

That's funny that Jannik's brother (not Pannick!) has gone to Imola for the Grand Prix, rather than going to the tennis

Ah a nice, normal family

Aww Carlos, such a sweetheart

The Spaniards in the crowd who aren't multi lingual are probably pissed off at Carlos speaking English, which was translated into Italian

They are both nice young men!

I was reading that when Jannik was serving his ban he couldn’t go to any sports arenas/facilities (not just tennis) and so couldn’t go to Formula One etc

It's quite a small, understated trophy, compared to some of the monstrosities you see on the tour!

That’s very unfair

It's a bit rubbish he couldn't got to anything- he was banned form competing in tennis, what did they expect him to do as a spectator at a sport he didn't participate in? .

I thought it was strange as well - I can understand him not being able to use tennis facilities but not all sports

oh dear Tim is in trouble for asking too many questions (I think he probably did have a long lunch before the match!)

Gigi on Sky is talking as though she's not going to be around ever again.

I know that RG is not on Sky, but everything else will be, (apart from the slams).

And a last play for San Marino .

San Marino may not have won Eurovision but they won Rome over

Would have been nice if Tim has mentioned Sara Errani in his round up though- Jasmine didn't win the doubles on her own (plus Sara is a staunch supporter of Jasmine in her her singles).

Absolutely- and me!

Aah I enjoyed Rome - it was a good tournament

Oh no - what weird channel do I need to subscribe to for the French Open?

TNT- which it turns out, I do have, as part of the extra Sky channels I got in my Virgin package (complicated).

I have already looked ahead to check that RG is showing up on there- channels 521/524 on Virgin for anyone with that.

Whether Discovery is still an option, I don't know- and that's annoying, because you could get extra court coverage with that.

I never thought I would see the day I would miss John Inverdale on ITV2- but there you go.

(Why couldn't it all just stay on Eurosport?!. Or Prime).

Thanks Raahh - I think we might have got TNT - I hope it’s on Discovery - I like their choice of matches (unlike Sky who just focus on the Brits however dull the match!) - I’ll do some research

I still don’t miss John Inverdale … just wondering if BBC will be sticking with the usual suspects (dinosaurs) this year?

They need to do an X Factor style vote of who people want to hear