French Open.

[hibeg]

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If Djokovic wins it's definitely on for a 1am finish at least.

Or 2am where I am. 😅

[Sir David Gray]

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Or 2am where I am. 😅

True!

[Sir David Gray]

Djokovic breaks to go 2-0 up in the fourth set.

[Sir David Gray]

Nadal breaks back and he's back on serve at 4-5 down!

[Sir David Gray]

Fourth set tiebreak as the match goes beyond 4 hours!

[Sir David Gray]

Nadal wins 6-2 4-6 6-2 7-6 and will play Sascha Zverev in the semi finals.

Great performance overall by Nadal and he'll now be very confident of winning an unbelievable 14th French Open title on Sunday.

[DaveF]

As I said earlier, his routines are irritating to watch but he is truly world class and the ultimate competitor. A great win and should - if the body holds up - win the tournament.

[Sir David Gray]

Iga Swiatek has just won her 33rd match in a row to reach the semi finals of the French Open and now has the longest winning streak in women's tennis for 9 years.

She still has some way to go to beat the all-time record though, this was set by Martina Navratilova who won an incredible 74 matches in a row back in 1984!

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Iga Swiatek has just won her 33rd match in a row to reach the semi finals of the French Open and now has the longest winning streak in women's tennis for 9 years.

She still has some way to go to beat the all-time record though, this was set by Martina Navratilova who won an incredible 74 matches in a row back in 1984!

As I said in the initial post on the thread she is basically in a class of her own at the moment. Can’t see anyone stopping her from winning her second French Open ( famous last words )
I think she has to reach 41 wins to get into the all time top ten which would be an incredible achievement in this era.
Incidentally Martina has 3 other unbeaten runs in the top 10. 40 odd and 2 others in the 50s. She didn’t lose many matches in the 1980s

[Sir David Gray]

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As I said in the initial post on the thread she is basically in a class of her own at the moment. Can’t see anyone stopping her from winning her second French Open ( famous last words )
I think she has to reach 41 wins to get into the all time top ten which would be an incredible achievement in this era.
Incidentally Martina has 3 other unbeaten runs in the top 10. 40 odd and 2 others in the 50s. She didn’t lose many matches in the 1980s

Correct.

Top 10 longest winning streaks in women's tennis is;

1 - Martina Navratilova - 74 (1984)
2 - Steffi Graf - 66 (1990)
3 - Martina Navratilova - 58 (1987)
4 - Margaret Court - 57 (1972)
5 - Chris Evert - 55 (1974)
6 - Martina Navratilova - 54 (1984)
7 - Steffi Graf - 46 (1988)
8 - Steffi Graf - 45 (1987)
9 - Chris Evert - 41 (1976)
10 - Martina Navratilova - 41 (1982)

Shocked that Serena Williams doesn't feature in there at all.

[Sir David Gray]

Marin Cilic beats Andrey Rublev in five sets earlier tonight, Cilic was two sets to one up but Rublev won the fourth set to take it into a decider and Cilic won it in a tiebreak.

He'll play the winner of Casper Ruud and Holger Rune who are playing just now, Ruud leading two sets to one.

[Sir David Gray]

Casper Ruud gets through to the semis to play Marin Cilic.

Ruud's not someone I've seen much of before this tournament but I like what I've seen and heard of him both on and off the court.

Semi finals;

Nadal v Zverev
Ruud v Cilic

Really hope it's a Nadal v Ruud final.

[Sir David Gray]

Win number 34 in a row for Swiatek as she gets to the French Open final.

[Sir David Gray]

Swiatek will play Coco Gauff in the final.

[Sir David Gray]

Zverev with an early break v Nadal.

He leads 4-2 in the first set.

[Sir David Gray]

Nadal breaks back - 4-4.

[Sir David Gray]

Anyone else watching this?

Absolutely phenomenal from Rafael Nadal as he comes back from 6-2 down in the first set tiebreak to win it!

Simply outstanding.

[Sir David Gray]

Nadal breaks at the start of the second set - 1-0.

[OldEast]

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Anyone else watching this?

Absolutely phenomenal from Rafael Nadal as he comes back from 6-2 down in the first set tiebreak to win it!

Simply outstanding.

Great player but I can't watch him. Too many twitches and tweaks

[Sir David Gray]

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Great player but I can't watch him. Too many twitches and tweaks

Absolutely love watching him, some of his shot making defies belief.

[HibbyAndy]

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Great player but I can't watch him. Too many twitches and tweaks

His will to win is unbelievable and shot making is second to none , BUT i can't stand the guy , His ritual at every single point on serve gets on my tits !!! He's slower than a snail serving .

[HibbyAndy]

Zverez 4-2 in the 2nd set , Breaks Nadal 3 times on the trot

[Sir David Gray]

Nadal breaks back 3-4 on serve.

[Sir David Gray]

Nadal breaks back again to prolong the second set.

Nadal serving at 4-5.

[Sir David Gray]

5-5

[Sir David Gray]

Match time hits 3 hours long and the second set's not even finished!

[HibbyAndy]

Zverez falls and screaming in agony

[Sir David Gray]

And just like that the match could be over as Zverev goes down whilst playing a shot and is helped into a wheelchair for an injury timeout.

[HibbyAndy]

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And just like that the match could be over as Zverev goes down whilst playing a shot and is helped into a wheelchair for an injury timeout.

No danger is he playing when he comes back . He was actually screaming on the ground

[Sir David Gray]

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No danger is he playing when he comes back . He was actually screaming on the ground

Yeah he's done, they've just shown a replay and it looks horrible.

Think he's done some serious damage to his ankle.

Such a shame.