Tennis: Adios Madrid, Ciao Roma

[JaneJeffer]

When I saw the order of play my first thought was 'another Luca'.

Not sure how much I will see today ( and Eurovision semi later ).

I am very fed up the weather. Wet is one thing, but it's the fact it's still cold- and it's nearly the middle of May .
Looks much nicer in Rome

So much chat about line calls.

Well, in a while they won't have to worry about line judges - because they will have all been replaced by technology.

Then they will complain that the technology doesn't work properly, and there is no real comparison to the naked eye.

Basically- they just like to complain

The wind is blowing up the clay.

Would be terrible if Djok ended up with grit in his contact lenses this week, wouldn't it? Terrible.

Then they will complain that the technology doesn't work properly, and there is no real comparison to the naked eye.
they've already had this chat because they reckon if Hawkeye and Foxtenn can't agree then humans are better!

No commentary on Guido/Maxime. There's not much of a barrier between these outside courts.

Honestly Jane - between the line calls and the shot clock, I'm surprised they spend any time discussing the match.
They are always less bothered by the shot clocks in the absence of Rafa .

I'm convinced one of these linesmen is a robot

First set to Guido. Maxime has been having trouble with his serve maybe because of the wind.

I see David got the second set

Well done David.

All the support at this match seems to be for Guido. Looks likely he's going to win anyway.

Cake for Lorenzo. It looks so Italian and delicious.

Dan is in the doubles with Ben Shelton. Yay!!

They look so happy playing together

I've just got back to watch.

I've never really noticed before how close together the outside courts are in Rome.

Dan and Ben seem to be having a good time

Ben looks twice the size of Dan though!

He does!

Wolf is a dude

Watched back a bit of Dan and Ben tonight. They did look funny together. Can't believe there was only a low railing between the courts. Dan scooped a ball back just as it was sailing over into the next court! The court was very dry and dusty aswell. And Mo was umpiring!!
I see both Sabalenka and Pegula were beaten.

The end of the Grenier/Wolf match is worth watching. Grenier had been rowing with the umpire continuously until the umpire told him he wasn't speaking to him anymore At the end Grenier walked off without shaking hands but then had a change of heart before he left the court and shook his hand. The umpire was laughing away to himself.

Did Dan and Ben win?

I might try and watch a bit of Grigor and Stan in a bit - will probably give Djok a miss later though (unless it looks like he might be losing!)

I’m still slightly worried about Eurovision tomorrow - my DSis is excited

They did indeed Fizzy. Ben is playing Bublik later. That'll be lively.

Thanks Jane - that does sound like a good match!

Just turned on the Stan/Grigor match.

They went through a phase of playing each other a lot - usually in the first rounds, and it always seemed to favor Stan

Delgado in a bucket hat

Might not favour Stan today, as it stands. Although he's just woken up in this game!

Nice to see Grigor in a simple kit for once

Apparently, Jamie and Miles MacClagan get their bucket hats in the same shop, according to Barry and Nick