TENNIS: Madrid, Rome and on to Paris

[JaneJeffer]

Who's going to get the last quarter final place?

Jane if it was me, I would be so tempted to accidentally water the front row .

Aiming at the flowers, obviously

Wow!

Goes from one extreme to the next!

He really does. I don't know if it's a nervous thing, a bit of a drop in focus after winning a set or what really.

or Stef ramping up the pressure.

Mad woman

Scary woman in the crowd with Djok's face across her chest. Well, t-shirt.

Still scary.

Yes, she was.

Sascha has kind of tuned out

I actually agree with Petch (for once- won't happen often )- the fans have been really good this week, and have been the thing that have really helped players in some matches.

Well done to Stef.

He looks shattered.

Well done Stef.

Waiting for the cryptic camera message.

Pink crab

The crowd have been brilliant Raahh and very fair minded.

I'm not even going to ask what that means!

Just watched the end of the Jabeur/Kasatkina match.
Unless two big matches in a row prove too much for Ons, then the final should be a lot more of a match than Swiatek had to play in the last Rome one.

The scheduling in Rome is as bad as Madrid. They are clearly going for the money, with separate day/night sessions- but it is going to be nearly an hour before the Ruud/Djok match starts - and then the mens doubles final is after that.

I thought it was supposed to start at 6:30. The Italians know it's Eurovision night seeing as they're hosting it!!

Sorry- it's obviously the doubles semi final- which is worse in a way, because whoever wins it, plays tomorrow, early afternoon.

What I don't get, is why both doubles couldn't have been played after each other on Pietrangeli?
The final isn't being played on the Centre Court, it's being played earlier, on Pietrangeli.

I'm not going to get to watch the match tonight anyway (sorry Casper, but I can't cope with watching Djok too often- and it's Eurovision!).

Jane exactly!! The Italians really should have planned this better

I can't bring myself to watch, but from the scores it hasn't started well for Casper.

Come on, Casper!!

I have just checked the scores. Not going how I would liked, but as expected.

Bloody Djok.

Come on Casper!!

Hopefully Stef can win tomorrow, if Casper can't perform a miracle tonight.

I can't join the Eurovision thread because of the fecking app

Anyway come on Casper !

Bit of a late surge in that set from Casper, in the scoreline, maybe the second set will be better?

(back to Eurovision)

Norway have just performed- maybe Casper needs a banana?