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

I really hope Wimbledon do some thing about the coverage this year, because it really pissed me off how they insisted on on a 20 minute discussion of (usually Raducanu or Murray but, insert any Brit)- when the days play had already started.

BBC 1 would start the match coverage at 2pm- when the match had started at 1.30, but they had to have 30 minute waffle first. But let's watch a VT of Emma walking across the grounds. For the 5th time this morning.

I know it isn't her fault- but it doesn't help me like her.

Yes get Laura in there. The only woman in the world who can make Sascha act bashful

Jane they are
And she does know something about what she's talking about (she was involved with TAW for long enough).
I do get why she's marmite though.

Having endured Rachel , I think on balance I prefer Clare.

TNT were just crap around.

My fear is that I will be stuck with just the main BBC channel and nothing else

Laura is great. And she is fun.

No umming and ahhing either.

The demise of the red button channels really annoyed me- much easier to navigate /get to work reliably than iplayer- which you can't get , can you?

But I will enjoy the BBC coverage whilst we still have it - because I fear it might not be for much longer the way things are going. (I always worry about this and it comes to naught- but I don't know anymore).

ADF is getting married today I believe

That shot even Daddy Zverev laughed at how bad it was

It’s almost like you want to lose Sascha

Oh wow! That's lovely. His form took a nose dive after his Trevi fountain engagement. Hopefully getting married won't have the same effect!

There are a number of players who get married around about now- says a lot about how they feel about their chances on grass .

The schedule has him playing Alcaraz at Queen's tomorrow, so he must be planning a honeymoon in London

(what an unfortunate first round match up !).

I wonder if he’ll wear two different socks with his wedding suit

I think the heat is killing these two

I'm sure it must mean Tuesday though, because qualifying hasn't finished yet, has it?

Oh, I hope so!

And has a whole pack of rescue dogs in his wedding party.

It says Monday on Flash Score as well

Well done Tatjana. Amazing win over Madison Keys.

Well done Sascha for managing to win!

Well done Zizou for beating Lumberjerk.

The Pegula final in Berlin from last year is on at the moment, where she is wearing the odd kit with the crochet looking black long sleeves.

Made me hot watching her.

And she won a strange bear.

I see Dan has drawn Tiafoe in the first round
That was the match up he was winning nearly 2 years ago, when he was about 21 in the rankings, but got injured and had to retire. And it's been spectacularly downhill ever since
Am enjoying a nostalgic wallow listening to and watching the 1985 hits programme on BBC2. Oh, to be 19 again

Whoever is wearing the Boss gear loses, right?

I think that's how it works
Andthen the scary Boss bosses look like extras from Men in Black whilst handing out the prizes at the end.

Potluck really , who gets the bike (probably Matteo again).

The random start time caught me out.

This is the battle of the Skinny Ankles.

Is it in Fergus’ contract that if Zverev is playing he has to umpire? Maybe because he’s good at speaking German.