TENNIS thread- The Asian swing limps to a humid close- let's chuck away the ice towels and head to Europe.

[Raahh]

Via a couple of Exhibitions in Saudi Arabia.

Thread was coming to an end (if I can work out how to link it!).

Vamos ADF!

ADF finally gets the set.

Come on Lorenzo!

He played so well yesterday, too.

Well done Sascha

sigh.

Well done Sascha- shame for Lorenzo.

(But I wouldn't want him thrashed by Jannik).

Good start in the second set for ADF- hopefully this set will be quicker.

I think Ugo is starting to feel it now , as the match gets longer.

He might want to see the match out though (there have been so many retirements!).

Oh my. Now Ugo has retired.

Poor ADF- he's got to a final , thanks to the retirement of Casper and now Ugo.

Well done ADF. Sorry to see another retirement.

The clocks confused me a bit this morning (well, I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep, and then fell asleep at 5 am and woke up 'late' except it wasn't late...).

The dog was confused too.

Only good thing, is I have an ancient car- a Yaris, that is very simple in many ways. Except when it comes to changing the time. It's a hidden button. so hidden that in 9 years of owning it, twice a year, I forget how to do it.
So - in March I rebelled - and didn't bother. And have spent 6 months with my clock an hour out.
So , now- it's right

It's the small things that keep me going. .

Anyway- VAMOS ADF! I really hope he can win later- he really deserves a title , it would be a great end to his year. (Fonseca will be tricky though).

I'm not as fussed about Vienna, really. It might be a reasonable match, if Sascha can get a look in. Or Jannik could just storm through it. I don't mind who wins that one, either way.

Raahh

DS2 went out last night and woke me up coming in at either 2 or 3am slightly worse for wear - I was then awake for about 2 hours so I’m not really feeling the benefit of my extra hour in bed!

it always takes me about a week to recover from the clocks changing - no one else here seems to have the same problem - I’ve kept my non digital watch at the ‘real’ time so that I can gradually adjust - at least you’ll know the proper time when you’re driving for the next six months Raahh

I will just keep an eye on the finals this afternoon - will be interesting to see how Jannik gets on after his recent injuries/retirements

I thought this match was starting later (see, the clocks are messing me up).

I'm surprised to see the scoreline so far. But good for Sascha.

I'm now very sad that Lorenzo didn't make the final, since Jannik is not himself at all.

I didn’t realise it was on yet either. What’s up with Jannik?

Jannik definitely looks off, he’s hobbling and not striking his forehand as consistently as usual.

I still wouldn’t be surprised if he wins.

No- there's still time for sets 2 and 3 to be a total white wash!

It's been a more interesting match than I was expecting so far, this one.

First set Sascha.

Come on Sascha!

Ugh

The sound is behind the picture on my telly which is annoying me

Looks like this set is going the way I expected to see the first one go.

Long Levers!

they come in handy

Sascha is making Jannik work for it