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Julia Carrot · All-time great

Week 13 - ITF M25 - Heraklion, Greece (hard)

Julia Carrot · All-time great

www.profootballnetwork.com/tennis/m25-heraklion-saharan-dust-storm-april-2026/

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (1) Scott Duncan & Hamish Stewart CR 546 (237+309) defeated Michel Hopp & Luca Stäheli (GER/SUI) CR 2828 (1725+1103) by 1 & 1

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Julia Carrot wrote:
I see that all Crete has ben enveloped in Saharan red dust the last few days, and up to this evening. I imagine that is the reason there has been interruptions/ delays
in play? Not a healthy environment to play in for sure.

Sounds horrendous! cry May explain the poor quality of the stream, though...

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L16: (6) Henry Searle WR 470 defeated (Q) Yassine Smiej (MAR) WR 1443 by 1 & 2

QF: (6) Henry Searle WR 470 vs (4) Ioannis Xilas (GRE) WR 352 (CH = 347 last month)

Am I the only being plagued by the ITF's infuriating cookie policy notice, which this week seems to take up more of the lower part of the page than it used to (still irritating) & won't take "no" (i.e. "decline") or even "yes" ("accept") for an answer, popping up every time a different page is selected? furious

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
L16: (6) Henry Searle WR 470 defeated (Q) Yassine Smiej (MAR) WR 1443 by 1 & 2
QF: (6) Henry Searle WR 470 vs (4) Ioannis Xilas (GRE) WR 352 (CH = 347 last month)
Am I the only being plagued by the ITF's infuriating cookie policy notice, which this week seems to take up more of the lower part of the page than it used to (still irritating) & won't take "no" (i.e. "decline") or even "yes" ("accept") for an answer, popping up every time a different page is selected?

Well I certainly found it impossible to view the score because of all the gubbins at the bottom of the streaming screen.

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Thursday 2nd of April 2026 02:01:44 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

As a complete aside, I do SO like the word 'gubbins', Julia

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Coup Droit wrote:
As a complete aside, I do SO like the word 'gubbins', Julia

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Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Julia Carrot wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
As a complete aside, I do SO like the word 'gubbins', Julia

Long time since I've seen/heard it used! I agree that it's a useful substitute if you can't remember the name of the thing you want to refer to & a definite step up from "thingamajig", "whatsit" or "doodah". That said, I've always liked Hitch****'s "MacGuffin", though that was a term he always used to describe something that's essential to the plot of a film, play or book, but insignificant in itself.