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 .

I don't understand why they need the trainer to administer the electrolytes anyway

I don't think I've ever seen Kader have to get up so much

Thar was definitely a 'chuck it away, Djok style' set from Rune.

No, not when Djok gets his 'magic water' passed to him by randoms in the crowd. .

Maybe Holger just wants to get a bit of five set practice in

Jane maybe. Might as well, eh?

Damn I missed the rally. Trying to make dinner and watch at the same time.

It was pretty good, Jane.

oof .
This is a good game.

Stupid dinner

Blimey that was a close one.

This is definitely going to be about who holds their nerve now really.

Francisco will rue that missed break opportunity now.

I pressed record so I can go back and watch

Oh blimey- he's broken back!

I really don't like 5th set tie breaks.

Well done to Holger- but I do feel for Francisco- that was a very tough match.

Turned into a great match

Well done Holger. Tough for Francisco but he played great. Nice exchange at the net.

The crowd were very fair today except to Kader

It was a good match- and it could have turned ugly and didn't, which is great, and says a lot about them both.

He possibly deserved it .

He got a fair bit of exercise too.

'He has a bright future'

the 20 year old says about the 24 year old

True

Another RuRu match then

I am glad though, that despite the whole 'bounce -gate' saga- the commentators didn't then spend ages bringing up any other time Rune may have been possibly controversial in the past. Which was a thing in all the tournaments leading up to this.