If it wasn’t for my ‘itches’ I’d be in dire trouble in the fantasy tennis competition. Thank goodness for Cilic, Tipsarevic and Dokic, that’s all I can say! Sadly my team lost both Hantuchova and Makarova today, literally leaving me with only half of my lady’s team intact after only one round of the French Open. It was carnage out there today for the ‘Robson Random Backhanders’. Just goes to show that I know nothing about tennis, but it is fun to cheer on your players to victory or loss. I’ve never followed the French Open before, but I’m already getting into it. I quite like Wimbledon – mainly because my wife always takes time off work and is glued to the screen for two weeks at that time of year.

As things stand after the first round completed today, I look set to be giving away prizes. However, my team are not out for the count just yet. I have high hopes for a surge in the second round.

The current team placings in the Trapped by Monsters mini league are as follows:

1st with 365 points – (Pricey’s aptly named) ‘Are in First Place’ team.
2nd with 359 points – (Jeeves’) Trapped by Monsters
3rd with 355 points – (S1lverb0a’s) Trapped by Monsters
4th with 353 points – (The self explanatory) Joe Craig’s Trained Tennis Monkeys
5th with 337 points – Robson’s Random Backhanders.

I shall console myself with a picture of one of my winners today – Elena Dementieva. How strange she looks here in the cave alongside pictures of monsters!

Elena Dementieva