TENNIS: this could be Rotterdam or anywhere

[JaneJeffer]

fizzy

I remember Gerry when he was just an umpire at Wimbledon!!

Me too kazza - he’s gone up (or down!) in the world

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Rafa has gorgeous holiday photos on his instagram with the extended family. I think they’re in the Bahamas.

Petra Kvitova has given birth to twin baby girls- Emma and Ella, after having her son, Petr, nearly 2 years ago.

Big congratulations to her.

Lovely news!!

It is lovely news, I knew she was pregnant but didn’t know it was twins.

Aww that’s lovely

I saw the lovely pictures of Rafa on holiday with his family - I wasn’t sure where it was but it looked very nice

Congratulations to Petra - lovely news

I can’t quite work out what’s happening in the tennis world this week - there seem to be a few random tournaments going on

I saw a bit of Charleston with the yucky grey courts last night

My phone, internet & TV contract is with Free & I have just received a message saying I will get Eurosport 1 free for a year. Looks like I'll get Monte Carlo & US Open. I get the French Open on TV anyhow & BBC (+ VPN) gives me Wimbledon. I'm a happy bunny!

There seems to be a men’s tournament in Bucharest and the US men’s clay court championships but I’m not sure exactly where that is

It looks as if Jack Draper has withdrawn from Monte Carlo, which I think is next week?

That’s good news magi - I’ve lost track of where the French Open will be shown in UK - bring back ITV coverage (but not John Inverdale!)

Well done Jessica - not the result I wanted

I see Rafa has been coaching Iga in Manacor

Merida has obviously been studying Rafa down to losing every first set

Jane

I have been very lax in my tennis viewing this week. Can't believe it's Monte Carlo already- always a favourite, forthe views.

Good weekend for the young Spaniards- Rafael Jodar (19) is in the Marrakech final tomorrow.
(His wiki page mentions he was not named after Rafa -he is a 4th generation Rafael . ).

I was saying to DH I wonder if he’s named after Rafa (not that he was listening)

He probably gets asked all the time- he's the right age, really.

Apparently Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard‘s coach left him to work with Iga and didn’t even tell him. He found out from his agent

Is that Roig? I didn't even know he was with GMP. Can only have been a few weeks. Maybe it was only ever a trial thing, and no-one told GMP. Pretty bad form from his agent, if that's the case.

Hopefully Francisco will click better with Iga than he did with Emma.

It would seem that most coaches don't click with Emma Raahh
Iga* *is looking very happy being coached by Rafa Roig!

No, Emma and coaches are like oil and water.

I think Iga may well be living out her Rafa fantasies with Roig In the professional sense, of course.

Apparently, GMP's new coach is........Greg Rusedski!!