TENNIS THREAD- The Clay season continues- onwards to Paris, via Madrid and Rome...

[Raahh]

and a few smaller tournaments in between....

The big question at the moment is- will Medvedev ever win a match on clay??

But I could be wrong

Well done Domi

I’d forgotten about that! That must be why he’s suddenly playing so well!

I thought that had gone into orbit

Well done Sascha.

I don't think Domi has really been himself this week, but Sascha has been very good indeed.

Aww I love their friendship.

Sascha beat both kings of clay, the prince of clay and Keith to get to the final

well done Sascha - that’s pretty good going

I had to take the dog out, he was giving me the side eye all through the match.

Very impressive wins for Sascha

....and Keith

( took me a little while to work out who the other 'King of Clay was )

Sabalenka has just won the first set in the final against Barty- 6-0.

I suppose it's pay back for Barty doing the same to her, the other week in Stuttgart.

But Barty has turned it around in the second.

Well, Sabalenka has won.

And not surprisingly, Sascha is not playing his doubles match, it's a walkover for their opponents.

Can someone remind me to watch some tennis tomorrow?! I spent all day doing loads of random things (mostly involving lifts ) but feel like I've achieved nothing! And not even watched any tennis.

Enjoyed catching up on your posts Especially the duck news

Ooh I just tuned in to Prime for the highlights and realised there's still another men's semi to play - yay

Private I had a day the other day where all I seemed to do was ferry people around. It was very stressful.

This match is quite late- and the weather hasn't been as good for them today, maybe the wind will have dropped a bit.

I would love Casper to win this.
Be a big task for him to beat Sascha tomorrow though- but a massive scalp.

I am sacrificing 'rubbish Saturday night singing' to watch this- so it better be good .

Yes, Annabel seems to think Casper is going to win.

It is a late start isn't it - after 9pm there?

the stakes are high Raahh

It is, gone 9. I'm assuming they have flood lights.

They are all going with Casper.

I hope they haven't jinxed him.

Just to confuse things - Rome matches start tomorrow. I saw that Felix AA is in action.

that is confusing. I was already confused earlier when Greg was talking about the fans in Rome - but then I realised he meant if Berrettini does well there next week. I can't keep up!

So, Matteo takes the first set.

Greg keeps jinxing people I want to win .

(I don't mind Matteo- but he's not my favourite Norwegian).

OK I'm awake! Fell asleep on the sofa and missed the crap singing show and the first set.