Madrid CC Day 6, Agotado

By Peter BodoPublished October 18, 2008

France's Gilles Simon (L) is congratulated by Spain's Rafael Nadal after he won their semi-final tennis match at the Madrid masters in Madrid on October 18, 2008. Simon won 3-6, 7-5, 7-6. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU (Photo credit should read PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP/Getty Images) — © AFP/Getty Images

Afternoon, all.

Agotado in Spanish means "exhausted." ATP tennis fans certainly are after two cracking matches, the second between Nadal and Gilles "that which does not kill me makes me stronger" Simon for my money the best three set match of the year.

Simon will take on one of the form players of the year, Andy Murray, who took out Roger Federer 7-5 in the third set of the first SF. We've had a mighty 1400+ comments on the first CC thread, so we'll allow it to run a hot bath with some soothing salts and start this new one.

Tennis talk and mildly off topic conversation is encouraged. Hope you enjoyed today's matches as much as I did, whoever you were cheering for.

-- Andrew Burton