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Hi, Rusty!
Uhm.......something odd going on...?
Right now, I am watching EuroSport Player on One - and it is Jamie Murray and his partner playing the Men's Doubles Championship Final at Queens (in London)
Yet the programme tells me that this is the "Highlights of the Aegon Classic from Birmingham"!
So something is definitely amiss somewhere!

Update, Rusty!
Jamie and Bruno Soares won!

Hello, Elle!
It is fairly normal for sporting events on EuroSport to overrun etc.
How long will a tennis match take?
We do not know.
A match could be rained off, even, and they have to fill the slot with something else.
That is the problem with live events and Eurosport has to find a way round it.
I think they do it fairly well.
Jonathan Edwards is back doing the Tour de France next week.

Hi, Rusty!
That all sounds very logical... ..and neatly explained ......and maybe it works for the television programmes?
But I am not finding it very satisfying on my computer.
The Athletics wasn't shown as being scheduled either before or after the event.
And a different tennis tournament was shown from that programmed.
Unless I have all the day to sit in front of my computer screen "in expectation", how do I know what to watch, and when and where?
This is perhaps tolerable while I am only paying £19- 99 or whatever for the service .........but do I want to pay nearly £60 at the end of this trial period?
( I suppose you think I'm being unreasonable?)
I like Jonathan!

Hello, Elle!
No, I do not think you are an unreasonable person.
Certain programmes are made to fit neatly into slots.
Like EastEnders, say, or Eggheads, but sport is different.
Tennis matches could be 3,4, or 5 sets.
A stage in the Tour de France could overrun because of headwinds.
Bad weather could temporarily postpone the downhill skiing.
So, the powers that be at EuroSport have to juggle their schedules at times.
I think you can find the EuroSport daily schedules quite easily online or in a newspaper.
Yes, Jonathan has adapted very well to cycling, (and skiing).
So too, has Juan Antonio Flecha (he rode for Team Sky).
An excellent presenter now.

Hi, Rusty!
I have just been talking to my cousin!
They, like us, are having slighter fresher and cooler weather now, although their temperatures never reached the highs that they did down here.
It is a lovely evening here - still warmish, but the sun is fading now.
I shall be beset with tennis now for the next few weeks!
Eastbourne next week...then, after that, Wimbledon!
And I have the Red Button at the ready for the Wimbledon Qualifying matches tomorrow morning!
I must mark on my calendar the dates of the Wimbledon Finals - I stay at home on those two days, with no visitors allowed unless they are keen tennis fans!
"Rules" are rules!

Hello, Elle!
Yes, tennis games aplenty.
The women's final is on 15th July.
Men's final is on 16th July.
Christmas is on 25th December.
Mark your calendar!
Now this may be a daft question, but does the Wimbledon Qualifying take place at Wimbledon, or elsewhere?
Yes, the Red Button will be very handy for you.
Maybe you should try it out beforehand?
It is coolish here, but have I mentioned it is quite breezy?

And Bastille Day is on 14th July.....!

Hi both,

Hi, Rusty!
Is Wimbledon later then than usual?
It certainly used to be the last week of June and the first week of July.
Perhaps it changed recently and I just never noticed?
But (obeying your instructions and going to write the dates forthwith on my calendar) I have discovered that we already have a prior engagement for Saturday, July 15th!
We are all going to the Championship ParaAthletics at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park!
My younger daughter bought tickets for us all when booking opened last year!
The Athletics do not start until the evening though.......so there should hopefully be time to watch the Women's Singles Final first!
Sod's Law that both should happen on the same day!
Exciting to be going to the ParaAthletics in person, don't you think?
No, the Qualifying Rounds are not held at Wimbledon.
I think they take place at the Bank of England Sports Centre in Roehampton.
(Yes, you did say it was breezy!)

Hello, Pigale!
Yes, must not forget Bastille Day!
And a French stage winner that day in Le Tour!
Hope you are in less pain now?