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Update, Elle!
Sloane is on, next.

Hi, Rusty!
It is glorious here!
Beautiful sunshine and a bright blue sky.
Very cold, but one can wrap up!
I hope you had a good time ...and an appetising breakfast!
Yes, isn't it disappointing about Roger's being out of the tournament ?
(Well, it is for me!)
Well done, though, to Stefanos Tsitsipas!
And he is only aged 20!
It seems to have been an upsetting day all round so far in the Men's tennis.........
I see from Google that Cilic and Dimitrov are somewhat surprisingly out, too.
Rafa Nadal beat Thomas Berdych.
I was looking forwards to my hour of Highlights at 5 o'clock...... now I shall only see disasters!
Fingers crossed for Sloane!

I have just finished reading "A Month in The Country" by J.L.Carr (not the one by Turgenev!) Absolutely brilliant.
Also "Salt Creek" by Lucy Treloar, which complements "The Rabbit-Proof Fence" we were discussing a few weeks ago.

Hello, Ros!
I bought "The Rabbit Proof Fence" after our earlier discussion.
It is sitting in my pile of "Books to Read"!

Maybe it'll get to the top one day?
I am busy sawing wood for my fire

Hello, Elle!
That's Sloane out, too!
The young Greek lad is a very good player and fully deserved his win.
I will look out for him in the next round.
Sloane looked a bit out of sorts, I thought.
I don't know how the Aussies schedule the games, but Sloane and Miss Pavyluchenkova (I think!) played to a practically empty arena, and it was way, way, past midnight when they finished.
Good matches to watch, though!

Hi, Rusty!
I am just home.
We have been out for a walk, as the sun was still shining so brightly.
It is becoming even colder though....
I was surprised to see the lake still frozen at this time of day.
I had expected it to at least begin to thaw with all this sunshine.
Oh dear, I am sorry to see Sloane go out.
I cannot place her opponent...perhaps I should recognise her, if I were to see her ?
I did the Everyman and the ST Cryptic crosswords earlier.
Now I shall have a coffee and read my book.......

Hello, Elle!
It is fairly cold here, too.
Did you watch tennis "highlights"?
Some good matches on.
I am about to have my tea.

Hi, Rusty!
No, unfortunately, I didn't see the Highlights.
I was talking to my daughter on the phone.......and hadn't foreseen that happening at that point, so didn't have the recorder set for the tennis.
I haven't checked any further with Google either...has anything untoward happened?
I have had my meal...haddock fish cake with cheese sauce, red cabbage and chips
Very nice!

Good evening, Elle!
I think Sloane's match would have been the last of the day.
It was roughly 3 in the morning (Melbourne time) when it finished.
There are highlights every evening this week, about tea-time.
I "watched" The Voice, but fast-forwarded through the acts that were not to my taste..
I liked the first two performers, the big lad who sang opera, and the Liverpool lass in the red trousers suit.
And I liked Olly on the panel, and the lady on the panel, I do not know her name.
I think it pretty poor that the singers who are not chosen by anyone are ignored when they finish.
Not very nice at all, but that's the format of the show.