Draper is so frustrating to watch sometimes the momentum is on his side and the errors just start repeating themselves when he needs to keep it up.

Meh. Well done Ruud. Draper made too many errors in that third set and just lost control of it even with a couple of good saves preventing a total wipeout.

agree, very frustrating, especially against Ruud, who is mediocre at best

and who has been losing against anyone in recent times

Tommy Paul says he has been "grinding" to reclaim his repossessed truck after reaching the semi-finals of the Italian Open.

The American 11th seed beat Poland's Hubert Hurkacz 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 to secure a place in the last four in Rome for the second consecutive year.

The 27-year-old prevailed despite telling reporters he had endured a "stressful week" off the court.

"On court everything has been going pretty well," said Paul. "Off court, a little bit of a stressful week.

"I got my truck repossessed. I missed a couple of payments and they took my truck from my house this week. I've been grinding to get my truck back. If you know me, that's my baby.

"I'm excited to get it back. I had to win a couple of matches so I could pay that off."

Paul said he had to pay $1,000 (£752) to secure the vehicle's return.

The former Australian Open semi-finalist is already guaranteed prize money of about £245,000 this fortnight.

He will face world number one Jannik Sinner in the last four on Friday.

Grinding shame tennis players aren't paid well eh...

Another good win for Emma Raducanu, beating a top 20 player, Kasatkina, 6-1 6-3 in Strasbourg.

On 19/05/2025 at 18:45, King Rollo said:

Another good win for Emma Raducanu, beating a top 20 player, Kasatkina, 6-1 6-3 in Strasbourg.

Didn't see the match, but the stats look a little crazy with Kasatkina being broken in every one of her service games!

Been some encouraging results this clay court season, fingers crossed for a decent draw at the French Open to help it continue.

French Open Men's Singles:

Odds: (Coral)

C.Alcaraz 5-4f

J.Sinner 9-5

A.Zverev 14-1

N.Djokovic 14-1

C.Ruud 20-1

J.Draper 25-1

L.Musetti 25-1

A.Fils 50-1

F.Cerundolo 50-1

H.Rune 50-1

J.Fonseca 50-1

S.Tsitspias 50-1

A.De Minaur 80-1

D.Medvedev 80-1

J.Mensik 80-1

A.Rublev 100-1

French Open Women's Singles:

Odds: (Coral)

A.Sabalenka 23-10f

I.Swaitek 3-1

C.Gauff 13-2

M.Andreeva 7-1

J.Paolini 12-1

Q.Zheng 20-1

E.Svitolina 25-1

E.Rybakina 28-1

J.Ostapenko 28-1

M.Keys 40-1

J.Pegula 50-1

P.Badosa 50-1

D.Collins 66-1

D.Shnaider 66-1

E.Raducanu 66-1

E.Navarro 66-1

M.Kostyuk 66-1

K.Muchova 80-1

N.Osaka 80-1

A.Anisimova 100-1

A.Eala 100-1

That's a big upset, Cameron Norrie beating Medvedev in the first round. It looked unlikely when he lost the third and fourth sets and went a break down in the final set but he kept going.

Good win after losing the 3rd and 4th

Wow Medvedev is absolutely done...

Get in Norrie

Hoping Draper gets a comfortable round 1 win

Brilliant to see Cam Norrie and Jacob Fearnley both through to the third round, where they will face each other to guarantee that one is making it to the fourth round! (where they will most likely come up against Djokovic, but still a great result for whichever gets that far)

Jack Draper's path to the quarters has cleared nicely with the other seeds in his section now all out..

And Draper makes it 3 into round 3

Draper through to 4th round in straight sets

Sinner also looking in destructive form!

Unfortunately, Norrie and Draper both knocked out today.

A bit of a shock to see Lois Boisson, ranked at 361, going through to the quarter finals.

Yeah some mad shocks

I was following the Draper score and the bloody site said he’d broken back to level 5-5 in the 4th……liars!

Jack what you playing at man bring it on the grass x

I guess he should in theory as clay is his weakest surface