Tennis- As we leave Rome (and the ombrelli) it's off to Paris- pack the parapluie!

[Raahh]

I am not paying attention to thread lengths these days .

Tim is obsessed with Iga's cake and the strawberries

Iga's birthday yesterday, she got a nice cake. And she's still only 22. Blimey.

x post I got the feeling Tim was bigging up the cake, in case it got criticised- let's face it, it's still not Carlos cake sized

It's Rafa's birthday on Saturday. I hope he enjoys a cake with Xisca and baby Rafa.

He asked if he could have some yesterday but it obviously didn't work. It does look yummy 🍓

I think they should have Rafa over for his birthday

I do like strawberries- it's far more my kind of cake than chocolate, which seems to be the default for most. I'm not really big on chocolate.

It would be nice if they got Rafa there for his birthday- he might not want to be reminded of what he is missing, though.

They could dress up his statue in a nice party hat.

Sinner/Altmaier going to a fifth after four hours

Not going too well in the fifth for Sinner

i had to go out -can't believe the Sinner match is still going. A lot has been expected of Jannik this week.

He looks as if he’s struggling a bit physically - some of these matches are so long!

Wow!

Jesus in the crowd rooting for the Sinner. Glory be.

He might be hoping for a miracle, Jane.

It's a bit of an unfair advantage Raahh

Doesn't seem to be helping.

All that effort to break back, and Sinner could still lose.

Unreal

I seem to have come back for the good bit of this match

Altmaier looks so fresh

Oh my- that was unlucky. He 'won' that point so many times over really.

Aww he's crying

Wow.

He looks completely overwhelmed, Jane.

It's all happening this week!