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??

Don't want to jinx but I really think Popyrin doesn't know how to deal with Rafa.

Rafa giving the point to Popyrin. He is a good human person.

Jane

I had to go and get dd1. Wish I hadn't - the traffic and weather were awful- but it looks like I'm back just in time to see Rafa win.

Fat Ronaldo

You know what Madrid is missing- a dancing Lizard/fish mascot.

Where is Goody? (was that his name)

I think Popyrin's slow walk is getting on Robbie's nerves

Pfft- I've just seen that Isner won the first set in his match against Rublev.

Have I mentioned I don't like Isner?

Welcome back Raahh

It's sunny here but I'm not warm.

Maybe he's trying to prolong the match Jane .

(Usually it's Rafa they are criticising for being slow).

We had sleet at 8am this morning.

I have had it with this weather.

I'm not an Isner fan either especially when he starts talking!

Vamos Rafa! Yay!

Ah Rafa "I had the match more or less under control"

That's one way to describe it.

I had to take the dog out- in between rain and zoom meetings .

I'm pleased to see Rublev has levelled things up.

My Russian is rusty- so, Come on Andrey!

Grrr missed all of the tennis so far and now I can watch it Isner is playing and it’s a breaker

Was Rafa wobbly again?

Jane maybe Feliciano will dress up as something and be the mascot - a fox maybe?

Looking forward to watching dan and Sascha later

I think Rublev looks like a young Nureyev - hope he wins

Bloody Isner.

Ok maybe not! Why is John Isner suddenly doing so well?

Isner plays Thiem next. Domi hasn't really been at his best at all, so he could be pretty vulnerable.

Fizzy I do not know. I don't remember him being that good on clay- especially since a big serve is not really that effective always on clay.

That 5 set match against Rafa at RG that Isner played, is one of only 2 5 set matches Rafa has ever played at the French.

(The other was the Djok semi final in 2013).

Why do I remember all this rubbish? .

Ugh. He's speaking. He doesn't sound 36. He sounds about 6.

Well remembered Raahh - I’m rubbish at remembering match information

I’m always surprised about how old John Isner is - he’s 36 - must be the toddler outfits that make him look younger!

It's the stupid backwards hat. . (I know he's not the only one who does that- but it makes him in particular look like a child).

The RG/ Djok semi final was one of the best matches I have watched. It was so close. Nerve wracking .

Ergh. I'm not sure I like online parents' evenings. They are quite odd. And I hate seeing myself on screen.

I was also trying to watch the Ruud/Tsitsipas match out of the corner of my eye. The tie break was very good.

Will be be a huge win for Caspar if he wins this match.

I do love all the different Tsitsipas face masks .