TENNIS thread- The Asian swing limps to a humid close- let's chuck away the ice towels and head to Europe.

[Raahh]

Via a couple of Exhibitions in Saudi Arabia.

Thread was coming to an end (if I can work out how to link it!).

Flavio is giving Jannik a stern test, really playing with a lot of heart.

Well done Jannik.

That second set he did really well.love his pink look.

Matteo in danger of going 0-4 down- coem on Matteo!!
(not an AdM fan, sorry).

Terrible start for Matteo- maybe he'll pick up in the secon set.

Or maybe he won't...

Made hard work of it but he's hold onto his serve for the first game of the second set.

He really does seem to be struggling. Some very wayward shots.

That's more like it Matteo. Back level

Munar is continuing where he left off the other day ,and is doing well against Felix.

This set is a bit better, but he's still down a break, and doesn't seem happy.

Come Matteo!

Get you serve in, Matteo!

I hate tie breaks.

Damn.

Well done AdM- shame for Matteo.

Matteo didn't play very well so fair play to Alex.

Matteo possibly needed another set to get going.

He's still got the best hair. And he is the wiener schnitzel making champion.

Felix has retired after the first set (that Munar won).

That is not a good sign. Hopefully he's ok. Don't know if that will affect him playing Paris, or if he thinks he has done enough for Turin.

Everyone is dropping out injured now. Griekspoor has withdrawn against Sascha.

And I really wish Djok would put everyone out of their misery and say whether he's going to Turin. There is so much speculation he won't play there - but he will probably wait until they've all done the photoshoot in their suits- and withdraw before his first match

I just sat down and Denis retired suddenly. Everybody is confused and the crowd aren’t happy.

Shapo has withdrawn from his match now.

Seemingly quite randomly. He was losing in the 3rd, but it was a bit unexpected.

Oh my, I haven’t been able to watch today but then I check the scores and it seems like virtually everyone has retired!?

Yeah I’m sure Djok has already made up his mind whether to play or not, he just likes making the other players sweat.

Skiing mentioned

Ice It's carnage!

So it makes yesterday's news about Saudi Arabia make even more sense, doesn't it ? when the players are falling to bits at the end of the year as it stands!

Bingo!

Bublik doing Bublik things