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??

At this rate, the Djok/Sonego semi final will be being played in the morning!

If this Pliskova match goes to a 3rd set - it we could be waiting ages!

Just managed to see Djok winning - he seemed to be doing a lot of wide mouthed shouting!

I’m please that Sonego has gone through - I’ve been waiting ages for Rafa but it looks as if the women’s match has gone to three sets - I wonder if they’ll think about moving the men’s matches to a different court?

It would be a shame if Sonego didn’t get chance to play in front of a crowd because of the curfew (and I know how much the crowd will annoy Djok!)

Hurrah! Well done!

Now get the Rafa match on!

Pronto! I'm fed up cleaning while I'm waiting.

It's making me eat too much.

Opelka looks like he took a wrong turn on his way to Woodstock.

He is a strange looking man, for sure.

And only 23!
he makes me think of a Muppet

Sorry Opelka .

Only 23?

He’s scaring me a bit - I don’t think I’ve seen him before until this tournament

His outfit is definitely out there (man)

He reminds me of this guy.

When Rafa hasn't played someone before, you can almost see him working out their game as he's playing.

Rafa really hasn't had an easy week.

And I've realised it's this umpire again.

Vamos!

My prime keeps glitching

So- go on then Robbie- who is the 1 tall bloke who beat him on clay?

Opelka is 2 ft 3 inches taller than me.

VAMOS

Sascha! of course.

My WiFi keeps going off

DS1 likes Opelka’s kit - young people today! Although I probably wouldn’t call it a kit!

It would be nice for a day at the beach.

Fizzy it doesn't really go together, does it?

Well done Rafa!

Afternoon lovely tennis pals - hope everyone is well. I'm back from another day of ferrying around! (Maybe I should call kazza's taxis?! )

It'd better not rain over there now I finally have time to watch!

A dark place close to Miami?