Tennis: Heading into the clay swing - Monte Carlo, Rome, Paris, don’t forget the altitude in Madrid

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Ooh- what a turn up! Cerundolo takes the set!

This is not going well or Ruud at all. He had the first set in the bag almost and lost it -and could go 3-0 down now in the second.

Come on Casper-! You are meant to be my 'Rafa' substitute!

I think Casper would also be glad of some fading light

Jane you're not wrong there. No idea why he has suddenly lost it- (Cerundolo is playing ok)- I hope he isn't injured as well!

I think he looks a bit unwell kind of pale and clammy.

Seems to be a good match between Caroline Garcia and Tatjana Maria going by the scores

Serving for the match- eek!
Time for a miracle come back Casper.

Ooh

Oof.

I hope Ruud is ok.

Well done Cerundolo though.

Eek - I don’t think Casper has seemed right for a while

Well done Francisco. Was not expecting that result!

Looks like a good line up in Barcelona tomorrow - good to see Dan in the mix

So happy for Dan but I don't want to jinx him

Oh what happened to Sinner?

I’m not sure Jane but that’s a shame

I think Grigor withdrew due to illness and Ruud liked a bit ropey last night. If Djok was there I would be highly suspicious!

I've just seen on his Instagram that he's not been feeling well for the past few days. Must be a bug going round. Hope Dan doesn't get it. Come on Dan!

I was waiting for the Sinner match, and wondered what was gonig on. Then I had to go out- I hope Jannik is ok. Everyone is dropping like flies.

Maybe whatever ever is causing it will nip over to Bosnia? infect a few figs

Straightforward enough win for Stef. And looks like Domi isn't doing badly in Munich.

'Patience of a donkey' Stef's interviews are always a bit odd

Well done Domi. He has to play Fritz later today.

That might be a bit more tricky, Jane- but he seems to be having a solid run, and Fritz isn't too comfortable on clay- so maybe he has a chance (although fatigue could start to playa part.).

I was trying to check the scores online, and the ATP site seems to be stuck on matches from yesterday!

(It's probably my laptop!)

I use Flash Score which I noticed is fractionally ahead of Prime today.

I feel really tired today. Could happily have a nap.

I did nod off briefly this morning. I felt like couldn't keep my eyes open at 9am. I had been awake several hours at that point though .

I actually like it when the online scores are a bit ahead. It's much better for my nerves if I know a tricky point has been won (or lost) already. But I've always been a big fan of spoilers.

Are you one of those people who read the end of the book before you start it Raahh?