TENNIS thread - It's still Clay-time, and we're off on a European tour- next stop Barcelona, Madrid and Rome.- before landing in Paris.

[Raahh]

amongst other places it would have taken too long to put in the title.

Good start for Casper.

Watching the sky app on my phone, because the TV has been taken over. Connection a bit iffy. Better than nothing I suppose.

Come on Casper!

Good set.

It was abit up and down, and could have gone either way, I suppose, but he got the points where it mattered.

I might just stay awake for the end of this if it doesn't go to 3 sets!

Come on Casper, don't lose the break now .

Yay! Well done Casper! And not too late.

Well done Casper. Seb seemed pretty out of sorts.

They have a power cut which brought everything to a standstill in the men’s but not the women’s

Just seen something about widespread power cuts across Spain and Portugal. Not sure how it manages to affect men but not women though!

Maybe the umpires did the line calls for those two matches. Everything is at a standstill now. Our WiFi went off at the same time which was weird!

The restaurant had plenty of candles on hand!

I wonder what happened.

Oh no that’s rubbish - I was just about to watch some tennis

It’s made it onto the BBC news so must be pretty serious - hope they manage to get it sorted out soon

Just seen footage of one lone man trying to direct the traffic in Madrid - don’t envy him!

I had to go, so had no idea about the power outage (which I always read as 'outrage')

That's annoying for all concerned.

I wondered why I had turned on to the Men-shik match again.

I expect I would be a bit outraged by the outage Raahh

It is very apt, Chessie

Such a strange situation!

I've just read that play is cancelled for the day. That will take some sorting.

Feli will have a headache.

It doesn’t look as if they’re starting any earlier in Madrid to make up for yesterday - some good matches to come

The tennis got quite a big mention on the news yesterday - some of the players couldn’t have showers after their matches - hope that Harriet Dart and her sensitive nose weren’t too offended! (If she is even there)

Joking aside it must have been pretty scary for everyone in Spain and Portugal - DH thinks we should get some extra supplies in - maybe I’ll hang out on the preppers threads

Hopefully there will be some play in Madrid today. It’s a bizarre situation but I guess not much different to a rain delay, which they will have planned for.

Since there wasn’t any tennis last night I watched some of Carlos’ Netflix show. I found it interesting but also sort of uncomfortable to see the dynamic between him and his team. I’m sure they genuinely care about him but the vibe was a bit like he was a race horse that they had backed, and now they want to get a return on their investment. Meanwhile Carlos wants to go partying in Ibiza like a normal 21 year old.

I’ve watched all of the Carlos documentary episodes now Ice - I thought it was just going to be a fluffy piece about him but some of it was quite dark

I wasn’t too keen on the dynamic between him and his manager and also surprisingly Juan Carlos Ferrero - I agree they seemed to treat Carlos like a commodity rather than a 21 year old - it made me feel a bit uncomfortable but I did find it fascinating as well

The third episode is worth watching to see Rafa getting very competitive over a game of Parcheesi (which looks sort of like ludo) at the olympics

Seeing the Olympic accommodation was also interesting - some messy bedroom and tiny cardboard beds! The rooms were so small that Rafa had to leave all of his equipment on the landing

That sounds hilarious about Rafa at the Olympics Fizzy, I’ve only watched the first two episodes so far. It was definitely a bit darker than I expected. All the hopes and ambitions of these grown men (and they are all men) piled on to a young person. It will be interesting to see how Carlos’ career develops and whether he sticks with the same team in the longer term. I can’t imagine that he’s going to be comfortable with that same dynamic when he’s 25. His mum seems really lovely.

Yes his Mum does seem lovely Ice - I also wonder how sustainable working with his current team is