Thank you and farewell

Thanks for joining me this morning, it's been great to dip my toes into the tennis world for a little bit and I'm grateful for everyone being here.

My man Mick Doyle is on deck this morning to blog the Australia v Oman clash in the T20 World Cup, while Dean Bilton will be around tonight for the AFL.

Also don't forget to tune into the ABC Sport Tennis Podcast with Catherine Murphy, John Millman, and John Alexander.

Thanks again and have a great day!

Semi-finals all sorted

So that result has us all sorted for the French Open semi-finals, and it's been an interesting run to here, particularly in the women's draw.

Gauff and Swiatek face-off tonight from 11pm (AEST) before Paolini and Andreeva just after midnight.

Men's times are yet to be decided but we'll have Zverev and Ruud, and Sinner and Alcaraz as the changing of the guard really takes full swing.

Praise for Alex

Agreed Chris. Awesome performance from the Demon and he's still young.

Excited to see what he's got ahead of him.

Zverev breaks back and claims the match

Alex de Minaur's French Open run is over.

He'll be disappointed to go down in straight sets, but the 25-year-old really took it up to the 27-year-old in patches and showed exactly why there's so much excitement about him.

Zverev now goes through to play Casper Ruud for a spot in the final, while the Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner match looks like it should be an absolute belter.

De Minaur breaks back! He's still alive!

It's difficult to figure out if the stadium is chanting 'Aussie' or 'Alex' or something similar in French that my very simplistic mind doesn't know, but one thing is clear - this crowd is behind Alex de Minaur.

He breaks back in stunning fashion and keeps things interesting! Real fighting spirit.

There's now a wave going around the crowd. Which is a bit odd.

De Minaur keeps his serve this time

The Australian doesn't drop a point this time and now Zverev is serving for the match.

Zverev holds after facing break point

The story of the morning for de Minaur.

He has the break point, but some wonderful movement from Zverev sees him chase a cheeky little one from de Minaur and forces it back to deuce.

He eventually takes advantage and then sees it out to keep his break away from the Australian.

On another note, this bloke in the crowd has kept my attention all morning. I'm no Parisian fashionista, but he does look like he should be at the T20 World Cup.

Zverev gets the break

It's going to be tough back from here.

De Minaur double faults and hands the German the break.

The Aussie looks tired. A couple of times it's looked like he's had a little limp. Hopefully he's not injured.

Zverev holds and de Minaur isn't happy with his box

It's the first time we've seen some angst from the Australian.

He's unhappy that his box has called for 'power' in his shots. He looks a little rattled at the moment.

De Minuar holds in a nervous one

He looked composed early but Zverev fights back to get it to deuce.

But the Australian is still moving well and uses that movement to get Zverev into awkward positions.

Crucial hold.