TENNIS thread - It's Roland Garros - Finals weekend. Then onwards to the green stuff- and we don't mean a burnt cactus!

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Rachel has clearly never watched a slam in her life, if she didn't know about all gthe kerfuffle before (some) finals.

I hate TNT

This umpire is tough! Mannarino hurt himself, give him a break.

Now he’s getting cranky

Well done Daniil

It must be hard for someone like Mannarino to keep going

I missed the end- people demanded things.

The Umpire did seem a bit harsh!

He gave Mannarino a time violation which was OTT IMO!

I saw the time violation- wasn't there disruption in the crowd?

Mean guy.

Queen's is not doing well with player withdrawals- Musetti (who must not be over his injury at RG) and Berrettini have withdrawn. TP (who is the defending champion) has also withdrawn - but I'm not so fussed about that

One of the players that benefits is Sasha Bublik, so not all bad news.

Unfortunately. looking bleak for Matteo and playing at Wimbledon, and possibly Lorenzo too.Unless skipping Queen's was an extra precaution.

Looking forward to this match, hope Justin can hold his own against Felix. His serve has been excellent in the last couple of matches- but Felix is aother big server Not been at his best recently though.

I always forget that Felix is still only 24- I feel like he's been around forever.

As usual, the sounnd on Sky is terrible

I may have to go out - but I'm hoping I at least get to see some of this.

I'm sad for Matteo, who unfortunately seems to be very injury prone. Possibly because he has quite a big, heavy frame. Even if he is recovered in time for Wimbledon he'll narrowly miss out on being seeded.

Lore has been posting a lot on social media about his rehab - mostly in various stages of undress, he knows what he is doing - so hopefully he'll be sufficiently recovered in time for Wimbledon. He's also had a few injuries lately, but is younger and might find it easier to bounce back. I do think this part of the season is incredibly tough on players with the relatively short time between RG and Wimbledon and the need to adapt to a new surface.

Tie break slipping away fromJustin, this may be a match too far, but it's not over yet.

Ice The quick change from clay to grass has always been tough (even though there is the extra week now til Wimbleon) and there few players over the years who have been able to really manage both.

I agree Lore probably has a game plan for his recovery, and sacrificing one smaller tournament for the chance of a bigger one is part of that. He won't want to risk long term injuries.

Always feels like 1 step forward , 2 steps back for Matteo

Well done Felix.

Hope to see more of Justin.

It was funny after I posted the good list Justin is on yesterday Tennis TV posted this one and all the comments were uhoh that’s not a good list to be on

No, maybe that one isn't quite as impressive

It's quite a nice colour and everything- probably called 'Barbequed Salmon' or something- but it looks daft on Opelka.

Go on Sascha keep that grudge about having to speak English going for years

Oh dear- Daniil threw away that tie break with the double faults.

Oh no Daniil, not losing to the Lumberjerk

Annabel laying it on a bit thick about Tatjana Maria’s age and the fact she’s a mum. Mums are not totally useless ffs.

Lumberjerk ice
I'm not happy about him winning though. He lost in the final round of qualifying, only to come in as a lucky loser and now he's in the semis, ffs!

Just realised Mark Lajal (playing Bergs in Den Bosch) is the one with pineapple hair do who did quite well on his debut at Wimbledon last year.

Zizou is getting frustrated by pineapple head

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(MN is annoying me because the bookmark isn't working, and it keeps taking me back to the start of the thread every time I post).