TENNIS - green, green grass, blue, blue sky, wide, wide seats as we head towards July

[JaneJeffer]

Dan was very rude to Jenson yesterday at the net. There was no need for it.

Yes, I saw that on SM.
It was very un-British of Dan not to just accept the "well played" platitude at the net and quite funny when he said he played rubbish but he didn't need to continue the 'conversation' after that.
Apparently Dick and Kokkinakis approved

I have finally got around to watching the Josh Berry impersonation/interviews. Very funny, and uncanny really.

Ugh. Anything that Dick and Kokk approve ofi, is clearly not something to approve of.

Grigor was very no homo (if I’m allowed to say that) but Carlos and Jack were I’ll marry Rafa without a second thought

I love the man in the crowd with the tennis ball boobs t shirt

I mean, fair

Exactly Raahh
Although, as you know, I do like Dan. He says it like it is. I thought his recent comments on the number of matches top players play was quite refreshing. When asked, he took a slightly different view to ADM and others and said players were contractors and didn't have to play every tournament, they were doing it to get the pot of money at the end of the season. He said he could take time off if he wanted to and the top players are in a very privileged position compared to most 'workers' and so he felt a bit uncomfortable with the complaints.
I'm paraphrasing but it was interesting to get a different view.

Dan’s comments in Eastbourne were disappointing, honestly. He was also complaining about not being put on centre court

We’re on centre court. Not sure if our seats are in the sun or not but hopefully it’ll be a bit cooler by the end of the week, the first couple of days look scorching. I’m sure considerable Pimm’s will be imbibed.

I felt sorry for Jensen because he probably finds interaction hard enough. Someone else could probably laugh it off.

I’m so fed up of the sound quality or lack of on Sky. The volume is up and down constantly.

Corentin is getting annoyed which is unusual

Really? No!

I'm flipping between this and the ADF/ Fritz match which is now handily on the red button as well as iplayer so easier to go between the two.

Alex is not giving up

No Robbie no, no, no

Well done Corentin

Alex always walks with his head bowed

Nice words from Corentin - waiting for the camera

Didn’t disappoint

Better secondset from ADF.

Looked like Taylor was going to have it all his own way .

It's very windy at Eastbourne, and now the pigeons are disrupting the points.

Fritz getting the better of this set now.

Well done Taylor - at least ADF got this far. In good form for Wimbledon.

The tennis impressionist who sounds more like Andy Murray than Andy Murray does

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/6ed7c8e102f6c333

He was very good- and it was the mannerisms too. Some of the players even said that it was like his face actually morphed into the character.
Very, very clever.