Andy Roddick: [scraping the last of his scrambled eggs onto the fork in the comfort of his own dining room] “what the hell?”

Mayar Sherif is through to the final in Lleida 6-2, 6-3.

Awaits Osorio or Siniakova.

Huge platform for UAE’s Al Qubaisi sisters. Really looking forward to this!

Felix Auger-Aliassime: “It's an interesting process. Yeah, now I'm in a Masters final. But the sport goes fast. I think every sport goes fast. I think the world goes fast in general😃. I think we hype up really quick and we forget really quick, as well, when bad things happen😃”

Felix: I'm climbing my way back & playing better & better. It's great I get a chance now to be in a final. I have stayed consistent with my desire to play & improve & not getting frustrated when times were getting tougher, so I'm happy that life or tennis is smiling at me again.

“Sorry for you Jiri You’ll be back” writes Felix Auger-Aliassime as Jiri Lehecka retires at 3-3, 1st set, sending him thru to a final v Rublev.

FAA’s route to final
Bt Nishioka in 3
Bt Mannarino in 2
2nd set ret. from Mensik
Bt Ruud in 2
WO from Sinner
1st set ret. from Lehecka

After making the third round in Madrid, Mayar Sherif drove to Lleida for the WTA 125 there, where she is through to the semi-finals, courtesy of a walkover from Emma Navarro today.

Faces wildcard Guiomar Maristany next.

Andrey Rublev: “Everyone has fears and it’s normal and if you try to hide and to say no, it’s b******. Because in the end everyone is nervous, everyone is feeling fears, it doesn’t matter in life or in sport… Fear is normal and it should be your friend.”

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Daniil Medvedev: “That was pretty fun from Pedro. I felt like it was a classy move… If I would do it, I would start collecting, five, 10, here and there. Not my thing to do it with one person. So I would collect many, if it would become a thing.”
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35 winners and just 13 unforced errors from Aryna Sabalenka, who gets her first straight-sets win of the tournament, 6-1, 6-4 over Mirra Andreeva to book a semi-final meeting with Elena Rybakina.

Andrey Rublev on why he was able to keep his cool today throughout the match:

'I had no energy and no power to do anything else besides just to focus on the game. I had no energy to complain today (smiling).'

Andrey Rublev recalls his win over Roger Federer in Cincy in 2019:

'I came to the tournament as an alternate because I forgot to enter...

'With one racquet I passed the qualie and the racquet was half broken, and I beat Wawrinka and I beat Roger...'

Since losing to Blinkova at AO in Jan, Rybakina has won all 12 deciding sets she has played. Clutch!

Madison Keys: For so long I was constantly trying to change my game to fit clay vs just playing tennis on clay, making some minor tweaks. I'm a fairly good natural mover on clay, so I think I finally just stopped fighting it & (I’m) really leaning into it & begrudgingly loving it

Nadal: Today is an emotional day. Unforgettable in terms of saying Goodbye Madrid, the place I received more love & support during all these years. But my career keeps going & I have my personal goals next couple of weeks & I wanna explore if I have any chance to achieve that.

Rafael Nadal Perera... Legend

Nadal: 'It's like this out. That's the problem with the machine, this is why it gets so frustrating.'

Daniil Medvedev on dubs with Tommy Paul:

'It’s experience, trying to get ready for Olympics a little bit, to try to get the idea of doubles a bit more into my head... I like watching it (doubles) to be honest, playing I like less...'