TENNIS THREAD - The clay season is in full swing, and it's onwards to Roland Garros!

[Raahh]

Shiny new thread.

Hopefully we will see some players return from injury in the next few weeks.

Munich/Istanbul in play this week amongst other tournaments.

Madrid week beginning the 7th (hopefully with Delpo playing)

ooh rumours that Serena could pull out of her match against Maria.Interesting.

Oh what's up with Serena??

Well done Diego and Rafa.

just had to leave to pick up dd1 just before Rafa won. Vamps! Though well done to Marterer for holding him off for so long.

During the match, one of the commentators said there was a rumpur Serena mat pull out. Not sure if she has though.

Blimey that was a badly typed post. cba to correct it

you get the gist

She has now. They showed her press conference. She has injured a pectoral muscle. Ouch !

Just about Raahh

SO no one has won the Serena/Shrieky match!!

Look forward to seeing more of Marterer.

Maybe it was the effort of getting in and out of the cat suit that injured Serena?

So, Shrieky through by default. Serena's fan club Marion will not be happy. I think she had already engraved her name on the trophy.

Marterer did exactly what Sam Smith said he should do -just keep Rafa on court for as long as possible. They said 2 hours would be great- so 2 and a half was an amazing achievement. And he didn't disgrace himself- he came closer than anyone has to taking a set off him, and seemed to have Rafa a bit rattled at times.

Of course, the next time they meet- the Nadal team (who had already done their homework) will know even more about him, and will know what to expect. But he did well today.

Lol Raahh - the first ever catsuit-related injury!

Finishing work a bit early so might catch some of Delpo, but this match is not going to be a thing of beauty, let's face it.

Foggy is playing. Now, Serena should take note on how to look like a super hero Sadly, he lost the first set (though I do like Marin, so not too sad)

If Fabio gets no further, he has won Outfit of the tournament, definitely.

Isner, however, looks like an overgrown toddler.

Ooh, Foggy has taken a set.

Yay! Delpo! Go Argentina- they are having a good day.

He's pumped!! But such a tough draw from here...

Foggy makes me laugh

Jane - me too. Some of his facial expressions are hilarious!

I didn't realise Foggy had drawn level, had to disappear for a bit. Wow. Amazing match for both of them.

Just got in and seen that Schwartzman won, Serena has withdrawn and foggy is now 2 sets all with Cilic.

At least there wasn’t a Rafa upset.

Foggy is quite funny but probably v annoying to play against. Foggy and Cilic seem to be quite different characters.

I’m also not very tall - it would have been interesting to see a match with Schwartzman playing against Isner.

oh it's Mac.

I'm not feeling very well. I've had an horrendous pain in my side all day. I think it may be a water infection. my more dramatic side is thinking appendicitis. dh would definitely think this
so I've had a bath and I'm drinking lots of water.

if I don't make it through the night vamos Rafa! number 11 is nearly there...

Fortunately for Diego- he won't have to face Delpo next or Cilic (who might still go through) both being 6ft 6.

Rafa is only 6ft 1

I meant 6ft 6 is nearly 2 whole feet taller than me.
Isner is 2 feet 2 inches taller than me.

Which is just ridiculous.

Of course, Kevin today, was 6ft 8.

Were tennis players always so tall??

I always imagine Rafa to be quite small but 6ft 1 is pretty tall(for normal people!)

Tennis players are definitely getting taller - 6 ft 2 used to be considered tall but now not so much now.

It’s a bit like policemen looking younger these days (although that’s probably just my age )

Well done Cilic

Oh policemen are definitely getting younger- and shorter we had reason to have a visit from one ( nothing serious) the other week, and he was barely taller than ds, (15) who is only 5ft 2!