OK-ish.........

Depends if they're lucky or not - should be fine by later in the day

Practically all (if not all) the non-quali players in this first round are playing their first match on grass for the year. Many having come from Paris and the clay. They'll have practiced, of course, on grass but it's always quite a cr*p-shoot. Should be quite amusing....

PaulM wrote:

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Lily breaks in the first game

*1-0

The positioning of the microphone for the stream is so annoying lol. All you here is the crunching of people walking over the stones on the path (and someone is currently cutting the hedges by the sounds of it).

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 Are they outside on the grass? DOn't seem to have all courts playing, just 2 womens and 1 in the men, so assumed they were indoors ? 

They're outdoors.

Kick-off was delayed to either 11.30 or 12, depending on the court

JonH comes home wrote:

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PaulM wrote:

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Lily breaks in the first game

*1-0

The positioning of the microphone for the stream is so annoying lol. All you here is the crunching of people walking over the stones on the path (and someone is currently cutting the hedges by the sounds of it).

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 Are they outside on the grass? DOn't seem to have all courts playing, just 2 womens and 1 in the men, so assumed they were indoors ? 

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 They're being played on the grass, however the first matches on the other courts have been pushed back to NB 12.45 as they aren't covered courts so still drying out...

Court 7 has 6 matches to be played and has yet to begin play.

Sonay took a little time to get up and running but settled down and took the set 6-3.

SuperT wrote:

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I'd just started watching this but then lost the pictures on set post!! Fortunately they are back now for the second set

 

If you have Bet365, I find their streams much more reliable than ITF...

Eden & Coco taking a ludicrously long time to get to court considering the time pressures today...

The players do not want to play as it could be dangerous. It looks as if no one else is sure what to do.