TENNIS- Grass season is upon us. Wimbledon is around the corner.

[Raahh]

Panic! the thread was ending.

Hard luck Maja. Slipped when she had match point and now loses the match in 3 sets.

That is such a shame for Maja.

Ooh, Jannik just got broken, played a terrible service game with two double faults. Meow-meow will now serve for the set.

And he takes the set. Bit of a surprise.

That is a turn up. Ice Trouble is, we need Jannik to beat Djok.

Not surprising, is that Casper is a break down already in the second set- but he has served 6 aces- which isn't too bad (compared to Hubi's 9).

Poor Maja

I'm pretty confident Jannik will still come through, just a bit rusty, and being the defending champion is probably extra nerves.

Oh that's a shame, Jack Draper has now joined Emma in withdrawing from the tournament. Not a good year for British hopes.

I was looking forward to seeing Jack

1-1 Jelena v Harriet

I've just read that Jack Draper has withdrawn. Did we already know this? Or is it new news?

I’ve just realised that it wasn’t Marton who retired but his opponent van Assche!

X post - it must have just been announced then.

I feel like there are a lot of late announcements.

Martina seems very surprised that Marion is coaching

Can they put Dan in as a replacement? Go on Tim.

*predictive text fannying around

I am now score watching. Casper seems to be playing a bit better in set 3. It's probably too late.
What's going on with Jelena? I really don't want Harriet Dart to win!

Yes! Bring in Dan!
Denis hit a forehand in the 2nd set tiebreak and immediately clutched his left shoulder, so no idea what happened. He had the physio out immediately, lost the next 2 points to lose the set, physio again, then retired.

Can't believe Dart is in a deciding set, although the first 3 games have all gone against the serve, with a liberal sprinkling of double faults!

Bianca Andreescu has lost the first set of her match- I'm sure she was 5-2 up at one point

Her serve has gone wonky

Martina is very bemused that neither Ostapenko nor Dart can hold serve
Four breaks in a row and another double fault

Phew I thought Jelena had injured herself there

Yes bring in Dan! That’s so disappointing for Jack - what a shame

Isa was asking Tim earlier about Dan not getting a WC but it was hardly a tough interrogation - he thinks it’s ok as he got one for the doubles

I’m quite shocked that Dart has taken this into a third set and could possibly win

As usual there is too much tennis going on and I end up not really watching any of it!

My choices are limited so I don’t have that problem

Jelena cracks me up. She wouldn’t play because a ball had gone behind the backboard.

Rublev is in a 5th set tiebreak