Your Call, 10.25

By Peter BodoPublished October 25, 2008

Larry's Half-Baked Theory of Evolution by Larry and Joyce Oates, of Benton City, Wash., won the first-place award in the sixth annual Baked, Mashed, or Fried art show at the Adam East Museum and Art Center in Moses Lake, Wash., Friday, Feb. 12, 1999. The entry shows three amphibian-looking potatoes coming out of the water, evolving into a couch potato. (AP Photo/Jeff T. Green) — © ASSOCIATED PRESS

Hi all. As most of you know, Pete is on holiday until 31st October. The tennis doesn't stop, however. Please treat this as your daily gathering-place for discussing the matches that are going on. You can use this thread to go off-topic too.

Today there are three sets of ATP semifinals taking place - in Lyon, Basel and St Petersburg. Three of the contenders for Shanghai spots - Gilles Simon and Jo-Wilfried-Tsonga in Lyon, and Juan Martin Del Potro in Basel - are in action; Simon and Robin Soderling are currently engaged in their first set. In Luxembourg, Elena Dementieva is currently facing Sorana Cirstea, having taken the first set; later Li Na will play Caroline Wozniacki for the other place in the final. In Linz, Vera Zvonareva has secured her appearance in the final with a straight-sets demolition of Marion Bartoli; Ana Ivanovic and Agniezska Radwanska will contend the other semifinal,

As always, enjoy today's tennis.

-- Rosangel Valenti*