TENNIS: all to clay for

[JaneJeffer]

sorry

Hope you got home okay Chessie

Hopefully I’ll get to watch some tennis tomorrow!

I eventually got my hotel 2 hours late. Bloody trains.

Not good Chessie Basingstoke is best seen from a fast train going straight through

Svitolina is having a good tournament!

Happy birthday Sir Andy. Always good to see videos of him beating Kokk and Cock, posted in celebration of the day

Apparently Emma has appointed Andrew Richardson again on a full time basis. How long will he last this time

Apologies if you're from Basingstoke Chessie
There are some nice bits but the station isn't one of them!

I have no connection whatsoever with Basingstoke, just passing through on my way elsewhere. I was only meant to be there for about 10m, ended up there for over an hour. Luckily the journey home today is (so far) running smoothly so I only had to spend 5m there today!

I am very cross that the Casper match is just starting, because I will probably miss a big chunk of it now. Why couldn't it have been the night match!
Darderi was funny coming out in his snglasses- i don't think he could actually see where he was going. It's not even that sunny .

I have friends who live in Basingstoke, they are always making fun of it

I'm going to miss some of Casper's match too.

Darderi is hilarious, first the espressos and now the sunglasses.

The weather looks pretty dicey.

I am now score watching- after the scoreline in Casper's match the other day, the last thing I want is a rain delay. ( unless he ends up winning in the end).

Darderi was loving his moment of coming out on court at the start, must be the biggest match of his career so far.

I don't think Luciano has recovered from his previous match. He looks a bit peaky, and is already on the espressos.

I need to go out shortly.

Bloody rain

Luciano’s movement is very impaired which is good news for Casper

Well done Casper

I like the camera message - 4th time lucky

Well done Casper - I just switched on for the last few points

Darderi sounds like fun with his espresso and sunglasses

I missed it all. Well done Casper!

Laura and Tim are barely audible and Gigi sounds really loud. Well done Sky.

Nice of Tim to treat himself to a paid weekend in Rome

It looks very dark there

Well this is no fun

I have just got home- I had hoped this match would be more competitive than other Sinner matches- and maybe it would have been, if they were not meeting on clay.

It would be great if Daniil could get a break here and make a match of this.

And he has!

This is getting more interesting.

Daniil remembered he is a clay court specialist

Maybe Pannik is making an appearance.

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