TENNIS: this could be Rotterdam or anywhere

[JaneJeffer]

I'm sure Iga is wishing she had got to Greg first, GMP.

Ha ha good luck GMP! Thought it was April 1 for a minute there

Casper and Tomas Short Shorts Machac are playing double in Monte Carlo.

Weather looks a lot nicer than here- it's freezing.

Unfortunately, they are playing Sinner/ Bergs, so their partnership may be short lived, as they are now a set down.

Casper's bright yellow kit, looks a bit better against the orange clay than it did on the hard courts .

Bit of a come back in the second set.

I tured over to another channel, showing a repeat of a Pegula match- the difference between the bright courts in MC and the horrible grey hard courts in Charleston is huge.

Jannik and Zizou won in the end. Be interesting to see if Jannik will stick with the doubles to the end of the week. So many singles players drop out of the doubles when they are getting closer to the singles final.

I didn't realise MC had already started, given other tournaments have yet to finish

It does seem odd- I suppose at least some of the tournaments still in play are nearby -ish- (Morroco)- not so much Houston.

Merida lost the first set so I guess he’s going to win the championship

How many times can a commentator say getting away with it in one match?

TennisTV have finally sorted out my issue, just in time for Monte Carlo

Saw a bit of Ruuhac vs Ziznnik, they all seemed to be having fun at least.

That’s good news Ice

Merida looks like his legs are going to give way.

Looks like Merida may be running out of steam.

Or his dashboard is flashing, as the commentators keep saying.

Wish the commentators would run out of steam

Irritating, aren't they? They are not on a par with Robbie.

Well done to Navone- Merida's time will come(he's just collapsed in his seat).

I hope Merida is not too downcast, he did really well,
Looking very positive for Team Spain, with Landaluce, Merida, Jodar.

I saw Jodar (not named after Rafa) won his final- so not a bad day for the Spaniards.

Well done Navone. Great match.

servers were down so I am posting belatedly!

Well done to him. Trungelitti is a cool dude

DS has just said that Trungelitti was approached by match fixers a couple of years ago, refused to play ball and reported Argentinian players that were match fixing, then got ostracised for doing so!! So well done him. I think he's also the oldest debutante in the top 100 tomorrow.
Good to see Monfils win earlier. Stan playing tomorrow. Goffin lost in qualifying earlier but had a little goodbye.
And Liam Broady won his first Challenger since 2019(???) So well done him!

Also, I see Joe Salisbury is playing tomorrow with Cabral. It would have been great if he played with Neal again but good to see him back. Hope he's well and raring to go!

Well done Liam!

It is good that Joe is playing again. Cabral is a solid player, so I hope they can get some decent results. I feel like Joe was the one who took the fall for failing to win with Neal last year.

Selfishly I keep hoping Neal doesn't win anything else with Christian - which I know is petty