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Ice I know- which is why I know I should be more forgiving of it- but once noticed her doing it, well, that was it...

It bugged me every time

Alex does train at Rafa's academy- maybe 'quirky habits' are part of the package .

(not noticed any in Casper though ).

Despite the bad kit, Tomas is doing very well.

Ooh, big controversy, Clara not happy.

I've not been watching- what's happening now?

Clara was convinced Alex had played a volley on the wrong side of the net. There was a VR and it was borderline but umpire ruled against her. She then went on to double fault and get broken, for the second time in a row.

ooh- that's tough.

Badly Dressed Tomas is doing ok.

I do like Luca Nardi, but I like Tomas more.

Oof. Well done Alex.

Well done Eala - felt a bit sorry for Clara - the crowd were against her - even more so after the video review where the umpire just took his headphones on and off and then shrugged (it was the right decision l think)

The shadow strokes are a bit annoying - Rafa is the only person that doesn’t annoy me with those sorts of things - maybe they have a special class at the Academy

I'm score watching the Daniil match- Bonzi has become a bit of difficult player to face early on recently.

Daniil lidt the first 2 sets, but Benjamin looks to have run out of steam. This 4th set could be a bagel.
Daniil really doesn't want another first round exit.

Bonzi has come back in the 5th set and it's 4 all- so still looking a bit dicey for Daniil.

Damn. And Bonzi has won.
Daniil not having the best year overall.

He's now lost in the first round of 3/4 slams this year, and round 2 at AO.

(And it was Bonzi that beat him at Wimbledon).

I think Daniil needs a holiday. I can only imagine what kind of mood he ended the match in!

Tough loss but it sounds like Daniil behaved disgracefully. He’s not in the best place, to put it mildly.

Yes it sounds like an eventful match (to say the least) - it does sound as if Daniil went too far this time (again!) - I agree I think he needs to take a break - he doesn’t seem to be in a good place and hasn’t been for a while

And of course Greg Allensworth was umpiring the match! He has a tendency to fuel the drama rather than calm things down

Oh dear-just been reading a review of the match- it really does sound like Daniil lost it in a big way ,It's been a bad year for him (and on a personal level started so well, with the birth of his second daughter. Once he gets into state like that, he doesn't seem able to dig his way out.

It's also a shame for Bonzi, as it ruined his moment (and the photographer who caused the drama will be keeping his head down for some time).

Mboko is playing Kreijkova- I feel like the commentary will be biased towards Victoria, if the pre-match pre-amble with Marion/Gigi/ Laura is anything to go by. A lot of discussion about her, plus a pre-recorded interview.

They clearly like her- because they've even bumped the Norrie match to Sky Sports plus .

Interesting pink trainers on Marion.

I love her red dress though.

Barbora could be in trouble here- especially after Victoria's Canada win.

Solid start for Barbora, Victoria seems a bit nervous. Her wrist is still heavily strapped up.

Scary hat, lady.

Both players are having wobbly moments - I think Barbora's serving has been good in parts, but there have been double faults.

This is funny the vibrator thing has come off Barbora's racquet- and everyone is looking for it.

Why hasn't she got another one?

They've found it!!

I think Victoria is very hampered by the strapping her wrist/palm .

The atmosphere is pretty flat- I think the crowd want to get behnd her, and are not getting anything to cheer for.

I do like Barbora, but this is not how she would want to win (and they were really building up Mboko , pre-match).

And the end of Petra Kvitova's career.

Well done Barbora.

She started well- but I think Mboko was not 100%, and it was a shame they had to meet so early on.

Barbora has a lego habit too