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Sinner sees off Lehecka to complete Sunshine Double without dropping a set

World No 2 seals Miami Open final 6-4, 6-4 Sinner won in Indian Wells earlier in March Jiri Lehecka entered his first Masters 1000 final at the Miami Open in the best serving form of his life. He had won every service game in the tournament, a feat achieved by just eight men at this level before him. The ease with which he brushed aside all nine break points against him reflected his confidence. It took two return games for Jannik Sinner to viciously drag the Czech back down to earth. Ten minutes in, Sinner had already broken Lehecka’s unbreakable serve. As has usually been the case over the past few years, Sinner burst into the lead and refused to let it go. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/qEUb70f via IFTTT

A Very Brassic Christmas review – Imelda Staunton’s guest appearance is just terrific

This larger-than-life festive special for the madcap comedy has many star cameos, but none are as great as The Crown actor’s. There’s a lovely poise and warmth to her scenes

Despite its small-town Lancashire setting of hardscrabble pubs, lock-ups and secret wartime bunkers repurposed as marijuana farms, there has always been a touch of the surreal to Brassic. Over the course of five lairy seasons, the profane but sneakily profound comedy – centred on bipolar scallywag Vinnie (Joe Gilgun) and his found family of thrill-seekers and wheeler-dealers – has always been so much larger than life that it comes as no surprise that reality sometimes bursts at the seams. All the second-hand weed smoke probably helps.

So when A Very Brassic Christmas – the show’s first ever festive special – opens with a robed Joseph and heavily pregnant Mary seeking refuge for the night, the New Testament vibes are not all that discomfiting.

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