TENNIS: all to clay for

[JaneJeffer]

sorry

There were tears- but she is a bit calmer now.

I saw Marta commenting the other day that the only Russian-heritage player she’ll shake hands with is Daria Kasatkina because not only has she changed nationality she’s also denounced the war which none of the other Russian/Belarusians have. I can understand Marta’s stance but I can equally understand why players don’t want to go public with their opinions.

Poor Mirra. Hope she won’t let this affect the doubles final tomorrow.

Can't have been too bad- she managed a back flip!

It's still a difficult one, and yes, very personal.

I hope Mirra bounces back for the doubles. She's nothing to lose by just throwing everything at it. She will have someone on court to support her, so that will help.

The back flip was very impressive!

Nice to see Garbine again.

And Feli of course!

Oh bless her. Horrible having to give a speech as a loser.

Always difficult to listen to the loser making a speech, when you know they just want to sob. Mirra is doing very well.

Now the tears are coming.

Aww, acknowledging is not always easy to work with her.

The announcer is really building up his part.

He sounds like he should be announcing the darts!

He should get together with Mo.

Will they not have photos together either?

I notice Marta didn’t acknowledge Mirra directly in her speech.

Are there any male Ukrainian players around at the moment?

Because if only Mirra said something Putin would see the error of his ways.

No, I waited to see if she did, and nothing.

I'm not sure how I feel about it really.

Not at the top levels. The highest ranked player is Sachko, current at 192 in the live rankings.

I don't think so- none that are troubling the main tournaments at least.

I miss The Dog I wonder how he would have reacted to playing one of the Russians

I miss Dogs Bollocks./ Dolgopolov. I really liked him. He did beat Rafa, but I forgave him.

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I don't think Dogs would shake hands- he volunteered for the Ukranian army shortly after the invasion- so that says how he felt.

Dogs is another who was sidelined with a wrist injury- take heed, Carlos.

They keep showing Marta's back flip- it's very impressive..

l guess so!