Day 13

Rio ruled out of World Cup. Are we surprised? Hell no. This is England and this is sport in a major event where we may have had a chance of actually doing quite well... so yes, naturally our captain gets injured in training six days before the world cup begins. Gotta love being British huh? Gerrard is going to be the captain. This is good, I think.

Two very compelling matches today at the French. Sod managed to scrape past Berdy 6-3 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-3. It was scrappy and painful to watch, with momentum switching every few seconds (or so it seemed) but brilliant all the same. There's nothing like a five-setter to get the juices flowing. I'm pleased for Sod, really pleased. He deserves it after that brilliant match against Fed and a hard-fought win today will do nothing to stem his belief that he can win this slam. A belief I share, as you know.

Nad will be his opponent in the final. He came through a much easier and better looking match against Austria's Jurgen Melzer who played great tennis but found himself up against a frighteningly unstoppable Nad. His record on clay this year is now 21-0 which is pretty damn scary. He has also won every game he's ever played at Roland Garros bar one. Scarier. But who did he lose that one to? One Robin Soderling. Interesting.

Tomorrow Stosur plays Schiavone.

Prediction: Stosur in three.

Sunday Nad plays Sod.

Prediction: Sod in an epic five.

Watched Roddy on Jonathon Ross tonight. By gum that man is dreamy.

I'll keep you blogged...