Just in time to save Schwartzman's sllde this set.
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Anyone been watching Cilic - DelPo? Rain delay in the middle of a tie break is a bummer.
Such an annoying rain break. All that Rafa momentum gone now. Just hope he comes back and doesn't go passive again.
Doesn't look like they'll be back today. Rafa should wrap things up pretty quickly tomorrow but it's pretty shitty for Cilic and Delpo, hard to see the winner doing much in the semis with such a quick turnaround.
Yeah, you'd think that'll be Schwartzman's chances gone.
Play suspended until tomorrow?
They're going to restart in around 7 mins time. Thee's some sunshine coming! Finally some decent conditions for Nadal. Really hope he takes advantage and can take this set and hopefully the next before the next break.
Also the quality in the Cilic Del Po match looks so poor. Just full of errors.
Also the quality in the Cilic Del Po match looks so poor. Just full of errors.
Players expected on court in 6 mins.
I take it they're not out yet because my stream is people discussing smelly cheese.
Edit: Il y aura pas tennis ce soir.
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Play cancelled for the day. Both matches will resume tomorrow now. Ugh.
3 matches in 4 days for whoever reaches the final from these 4.
3 matches in 4 days for whoever reaches the final from these 4.
Advantage Thiem
Forceast for Friday-Sunday doesn’t look great too.
Worse thing about RG is the weather. Won't be shocked to see a Monday final this time though.
Interesting thread on Cecchinato’s alleged match fixing for those who haven’t read about it.
That's some pretty diabolical stuff. Hope it doesn't plague him down the road if he happens to win at RG.
He should be banned for life in my opinion. Can’t believe he got off due to a technicality.
One of the things I find most interesting is that, from what I can tell, there is no precedent for clawing back the prize money he has earned in the interim, if indeed they are still looking at his case. So, in the unlikely event that he went on to win this tournament, he'd be around €2.2m better off. Admittedly, he'd probably lose it all betting on Reggina to beat Foggia, but still...
I've been checking the forecast everyday and the one positive is that the forecasts haven't been so accurate so far. It's pretty much said heavy rain the day before play each day but it's not been as bad in reality. Fingers crossed it's fine.
Right now I just want shit loads of sunshine and low humidity at 12 PM local time tomorrow.
Bah, it's done. If he wins 3 games from now on, it'll be a lot.
Yeah, so it’s looking like you get one chance to win v Nadal here and Schwartzman’s is gone. You need the perfect storm and to hit the lines all day and hope Nadal doesn’t just hit the ball through you.
Sun out today, humidity lower and Rafa playing much better. One set away. Diego is gettin back into this though so an early break would be nice.
Del Potro was having argument with a person in the crowd because he shouted out during his serve.
Thiems short advantage of rest has gone because this is more like a practice session for Nadal.
Seems Cilic has imploded. From having two points to go up a double break, he's now trying to break to stay in the third, at 5-3
Del Potro through. He wasn't all that great, though and rather relied upon a lot of unforced errors from Cilic. He really could have done with the extra day of rest for the semi, too.
This is absolutely class by Halep. Another half an hour of this standard and the match will be over.
Impressive from Halep so far. Mugaruza came into this in top form and is being dispatched with fairly easily.
We might not have had any top players in the last decade, but we're the undisputed kings of wheelchair tennis it seems.
Esther Vergeer won like 500 matches in a row putting down a 14 year win streak or something.
Esther Vergeer won like 500 matches in a row putting down a 14 year win streak or something.
Mugaruza is actually playing relatively well. Halep is just on a completely different level right now.
It's usually around this time that Halep throws in a few iffy games. It'll be interesting to see if Muguruza can knock her out of her stride.
Really hope Halep goes on to win it. I'm convinced if it wasn't for the Kerber match taking so much out of her she would have won the AO.
Good performance from Halep. Would like to see her face off against Sloan Stephens in the final.
Stephens starting to pull away now in the 2nd.
I wonder if Stephens will go another 5 months without winning a match if she wins this slam, as she did after the US last year?
I hope Halep goes onto win it. Third time lucky in a Roland Garros final.
Stephens will be #3 in the rankings if she wins on Saturday. Two out of three slams (plus winning in Miami) ain't bad at all.
Rafa's reactions while playing the point
Nadal's error count and BPs faced was pretty poor today. I think he faced around 20 or so BP? Last time I remember someone having that many was when Federer converted like 1 of 17 or something against Rafa here in 07 or 08.
Anyway, the Del Po Cilic match was really low on quality. Some quite shocking errors from Cilic through the match. I hope Thiem can just lose somehow tomorrow
Anyway, the Del Po Cilic match was really low on quality. Some quite shocking errors from Cilic through the match. I hope Thiem can just lose somehow tomorrow
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