NOLEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nole needs to keep the rallies o Nadal's serve as long as possible, and competely juice him out.

All nadull fans have gone on hiding.

Bravo Nole

This match must continue now!

BTW, where IS everyone ?

Tenez is not watching. All nadull fans have their own thread.

NOLE, WHAT A GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

Why not?

Tsk tsk tsk poor nadull and his fans. Nadull cry baby throwing out toys off pram.

Tsk tsk tsk poor nadull and his fans. Nadull cry baby throwing out toys off pram.

This is what you call ballsy tennis, the titanium sort!

Shame the match has been suspended, I hope it resumes very soon, Nadal is on the ropes.

At least HB is getting a little bit of drama. SFs must have been disappointing. But he may not get to see the ending today.

Oh, I forgot HB was there, great, really look forward to him coming back, did he write from there?

According to RG website match supposed to resume at 7 PM (BST)

came back after dinner out side. Good the match isn't over as yet.

14 breaks of serves in 3 sets and 3 games

It's clay, innit

1pm Paris time tomorrow match will resume. Good sleep to both players.

Play cancelled for today. Match to resume at noon tomorrow.

I actually managed to watch a bit of it between 2 BBQ chops and rain and the conds were awfully slow. Honestly it's ridiculous to play tennis with such slow balls on clay. But the funny thing is that Djoko was coming back strong and as expected, Nadal's shots were landing shorter and shorter as the match went on.

I really think that rain break saved Nadal. Nadal would not have won the 5th set. Now with a night's rest Nadal will have a good chance to recover and finish the match tomorrow. He is extremely lucky as we know.

NITB - Hope you had a great time. Good to have you back.

Hi Ten!
I had a smashing time, cooking in 36 degrees yesterday...
Nice to be back in the cool for a change.

Gutted the match had to be suspended as Nadal was finished.
He'll recharge his duracell batteries overnight.
Still, Nole should be able to maintain the break lead and take the match into the 5th set.
Recharged Nadull will be hard to compete with, but I'd like to believe that Nole has gone back in his head with the drubbing he gave him once he shook off the nerves and juiced out Nadull's slam fitness.
Again, really annoyed the match ended when it did.

Lucky you....Though I am glad our holidays are still ahead of us.

Yes It's quite interesting and impressive that despite Nadal leading 2 sets to love, Djoko did not give up like anyone else woudl have done. He might not be as fit as last year I woudl still have fancied him to win that one in 5 sets today. He was once again the fresher after 3 sets.

"Djoko did not give up like anyone else woudl have done."

That's the key. Nadal banks on others doing it. You are dead right about his energy expanding style of play. He cannot last longer than 3 sets blasting that forehand with horsepower.
He looked eerie powering his way through the first two sets.
Nole had the nerves he needed to shake off first and I hope they don't return tomorrow as he won't have any time room for error with Nadal recharging those "energy" levels .
Nole must win that 4th set and it's a great blessing he's a break up.
The match is completely open now.