TENNIS: Strewth, it's time for the Australian Open!

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New thread.

I have just looked her up, they are tattoos
she went viral when she got em,quite a lot of controversy, surrounds her , being Ukrainian

enjoying the match, none the less 😊

Well done Oleksandra. She reminds me of Pink.

Yeah, I can see why you think that 😊

Is Oleksandra the one who played Madi Keys at AO and then called out all the Russian players? She is badass.

Yes, and refused to shake hands pose for photos,with Russian player at AO .

All the Ukrainian players take that approach libra. Unlike most of the others I believe Oleksandra still lives and trains in Ukraine.

Yes, you are correct, brave woman.

Totaly agree. Hope she wins.

Over to the Davis cup
will only see 30mins, got to work 😕

Stan is putting up a good fight against Felix in Montpellier.

Shame for Stan, but it is good to see him getting some wns in his final season on tour.

Well done Felix. At least Stan got to rip a fair few backhands.

Saw the last set. Thought Stan was going to turn it around but unlucky net cord in the tiebreak.

I see Draper won the first rubber vs Norway. Norrie is a set up but a break down in the 2nd set.

Ok, Cam has just won.

Also saw wins for Emma and Katie today.

To be fair to Norway , they were basically Team Ruud.
And he withdrew, understandably .

I'm not convinced he will play Dallas next week.

Casper has withdrawn from Dallas Raahh.

Good to see Arthur Fils back. His Afro looks amazing.

Yes, it will be a huge upset if Norway win, sans Ruud

I hadn't seen that re- Casper- but really not surprised. I think he is very happy in his baby bubble.

I'm glad to see Arthur Fils back- the injury set back was really,really unlucky, he had been doing so well. I hope he is fully fit.

I see Emma semi is with Oleksandra tomorrow

Well done Emma - I’ve not seen Oleksandra before - she seems like an interesting character

I wasn’t really concentrating but it looked as if it could have gone a bit pear shaped for Emma towards the end if the third set so she did well to finish the match off

I’ve just seen Arthur Fils and his hair - it’s good to see him back

I was going to watch the Winter Olympic opening ceremony but Clare Balding is annoying me already

There was talk of Jannik being involved in the ceremony but not sure if he will be - maybe he could do some skiing

Just had a quick glimpse of the Roman gladiators!

Well done Emma, Katie, Olivia Nichols and GB Davis Cup team (although, wtf that Cash and Glasspool nearly lost!!).

What channel is the Davis cup on?

I put the Olympics on but got bored after a few minutes because nothing was happening