TENNIS: all to clay for

[JaneJeffer]

sorry

I think he uses his middle name Daniel or Dani. What were his parents thinking?

Yes I bet he did learn a few things from Djok!

I still haven’t seen much tennis - these 2 week masters seem to be all or nothing and I don’t seem to see as much tennis as with the week long ones - just watching a bit of Grigor now

Kyrgios is delulu - hopefully he won’t get a WC for Queens or Wimbledon - I’m looking forward to going to Wimbledon but I had an awful thought that I might end up seeing Djok or Kyrgios (or both! )

yes Adolfo possibly not the best name

Sky does my head in with its constant moving around matches!

Grigor going for the old clay camouflage outfit

Baby Fed shot there

Not sure what is flying around on Grigor's court- but it looks like it's snowing .

I will be really annoyed if Kyrgios gets a WC for Wimbedon.

There are so many really good upcoming young players . They make a big thing about prioritising Brits- I hope they stick to that, and worthy retiring players, loads of those to choose from this year. Not under unachieving domestic abusive has-beens.

Hope Stef can get his act together

Jasmine has lost the first set- she hasn't had great results lately- and will be going into Rome as defending champion, so will want to buck that trend.

Jane not started well for Stef, has it? I hope he can turn it around.

Score watching in a very hot car.

Jasmine doing much better in set 2.
Bit soon to tell for Stef.

Might be nearly the end of the road for Grigor.

Well done Dani

Grigor played some lovely shots

He’s very nice

Come on Stef FFS!

I've just got in, I see Stef has squeaked the second set.
Looking better now for Jasminebut some good drop shots in this game from Laura.

Well done Jasmine.

Well done Stef- but you did that the hard way.

That was a bit stressful! Well done Stef!

I enjoyed that little tour around the Madrid Open stadium from Feli - always nice to see the players restaurant

Think I’ll give the Lumberjerk match a miss - he walked on court with what looked like a pink shopping bag

Just saw the end of a good comeback from Merida - he was playing Trungelliti who I vaguely remember driving to a tournament with his mum or granny because he couldn’t afford the air fare

Hope Stef can start a career comeback.

I hate to see him struggling but he stuck with it today so that should help his confidence a bit

Lore is playing Hubi.

Robbie has already mentioned the altitude.

Bingo

The way they talk about the altitude in Madrid always makes me think it’s half way up a mountain!

Nice to see a bit of Lore - wish he’d bring the sexy dentist kit back though - this one’s a bit boring

This kit is a bit dull. Although he would look good in a bin bag.

Looks like Hubi is finding his feet a bit in this match after a shaky start. I like both of them, but do want Lorenzo to win , I think.

The schedule in Madrid (given it's an extended tournament) is so odd.
Casper is defending champion- and still isn't playing until tomorrow. Tricky opener against Munar , too.