The Gays and Tennis -- Part 23

[quote] ot a single top 100 player has come out. Ever. It’s been Big Bill Tilden and Von Cramm, then only rumours and innuendo.

the retired former top 100 who came out last year...the one we don't recall the name...Brian something?

Brian Vahaly.

True, r1 and r2, and he’s now a happily married man. But, unlike our sisters on the WTA tour, ain’t nobody ever come out while still playing and in the top 100.

Thanks, OP!

And it's true: our gay sisters have WAY more balls.

R4, I disagree

Monfils just beat Mia Farrow in Qatar

Gotta love Gael

poor Genie suffered a buttocks injury at the Hopman Cup

"My arse hurts," Bouchard said after the match.

[quote]Former world No.5 Eugenie Bouchard hopes her Australian Open campaign won't be derailed by a buttocks injury

Simon has won in Pune

So 2 French titles this week

what does Pune smell like?

R11, like Jennifer Capriati's snatch.

^ garlic and yeast?

Halep won Shenzhen and Svitolina won Brisbane.

Kerber is a pathetic closet case tho. But she's not really relevant anymore I suppose.

Svitolina appears to be a strong WTA talent, but she seems so fucking DULL. I've said it before, but the WTA seems to be trending the way of the LPGA, with players that have technical strengths, but are utterly lacking in any personality.

Quick...name a Top Ten golfer on the LPGA Tour.

r15 She doesn't have a boyfriend though, and she never presented a boyfriend to the media before, if she is lesbian, she isn't very closeted, and an important reason why she didn't do well after her Grand Slam wins is that she doesn't have a boyfriend and isn't very closeted, difficult to market.

I don't think Kerber is lesbian. Just a standard German woman.

I think she's lovely.

R15 - uh? What has her not having a boyfriend to do with her not doing well? I mean, I sort of get the marketing thing (even though I also wouldn't say it has to do with her not having a bf - she's simply not very good at the whole thing, is very awkward, doesn't have much of a personality etc). Anyway, her playing shit tennis after her great year has nothing to do with her having no bf. IDK whether she's closeted or not tho, she always claimed she was looking for a dude but that it was hard lol.

Kerber is probably a virgin. She had a lesbian as a physio last year - really good one, too - but then suddenly got rid.

Oh, she's no virgin.

R21 probably. that's also why she's so goddamn tense all the time. She need to get laid.

Goerges def. Wozniacki for the Auckland title and strengthens her winning record against her

Kiki Mladenovic lost again -- and to someone ranked 350!!

How embarrassing for the WTA that her losing streak (14!) is higher than her current singles ranking (11). Do Courtney and Ben want to chime in and defend this?

R25, She was not feeling well I think

R25 it was due to the heat in Sydney, over 40°C, probably hotter on the court.

So Kyrgios dumps Trumptard Harrison 4 and 2 in the Brisbane final. Good to see!

The Eurosport commentators said something about there being a bit of history between the two, but didn't specify any further. Has anyone got any idea what the spat between Kyrgios and Harrison might have been about?

Kyrgios' play was too sexy for Harrison.

R28 Harrison commented on the Kyrgios/Wawrinka incident from a couple years ago when Kyrgios said during the match that Kokkinakis had sex with Vekic. Harrison said Wawrinka should have punched out Kyrgios for that comment.

Nick K is so delightful to watch when he is on . Only Gramps I enjoy more .

This is so refreshing after watching more than a decade of Nadal, Misery and Nole

14 match wins in a row for Julia Goerges.

14 defeats in a row for Kristina Mladenovic

Kerber played really well in the Hopman Cup, lesbian or not, it will be exciting to see her in AO.

I read something about the tension between Nick and Ryan. Nick acknowledged there probably was tension, and in their only previous match, he said, Harrison only got about six games or something. WHAT a dish! I was hoping to be awake to watch the match, but I didn't. I just now checked the scores, and Nick won, losing only six games! WOW! I bet Harrison punched through a wall or two. Can you imagine the pressure--you've just barely escaped the round before against a local future 18yo star, and then, you read about how your next opponent is already discrediting your skill. You fire yourself up, and then repeat your total game effort. Harrison has got to be pissed!

Oh thank God ESL has found this thread. I wouldn’t know what to think about Andy Murray or any other player for that matter without his profound, incessant yap.

Good to see that Misery fanboys also have found this thread

Unfortunately for them they have to wait at least for a month to fawn over their woke Misery

What's the latest on Margaret Court? (Sorry, I haven't followed tennis since the U.S. Open.) Any players saying they won't play on her court at the Aussie Open?

[quote] Any players saying they won't play on her court at the Aussie Open?

Why would any player say something like that ? Just because she opposed gay marriage?That would be counter productive

R37, it wouldn't be counterproductive if a lot of players protested, resulting in the court being renamed after Evonne Goolagong or someone else.

Kyrgios was way out bounds during that match, R29, and then he showed what a huge douche he can be when he tried to minimize the whole thing with insolence and no apology in the press conference afterward. A lot of people would've liked to have seen him punched in the face. Harrison's smug Trumpsterism is even worse. I skipped the match since I didn't want to see either of them win.

....

R37 has been living under a rock, apparently—it's not just about gay marriage, r37. Court has become the spokesperson for the most virulent of antigay positions in Australia. She is boycotting Qantas because the CEO took a pro-yes stance on the recent postal-vote on marriage equality, and is now threatening to leave the conservative Liberal party because it didn't stand behind Tony Abbott and his repressive view of homosexuality (and "religious liberty", which is alt-right shorthand for "licence to discriminate", and conversion therapy). But even worse is that she had nothing but the vilest of things to say about Dellacqua and her children with partner Amanda Judd in an open letter to a national newspaper. A recent cherry-on-the-cake is her assertion that transgenderism is the work of the devil, and that while she was on tour the big ole lezzies would lure the younger girls to their parties to seduce them and turn them into lesbians—and this is still happening, she says: the gays "are coming after our young ones."

There was talk of trying to get the name of the Margaret Court Arena changed, but Tennis Australia are mum on the issue and probably waiting to see how much of a reaction from players and fans the question will generate before making any moves. I think that most players with very strong views on the matter are probably working behind the scenes to avoid being put on the arena for their matches. After the pretty unpleasant climate during the marriage equality debate, I think most people just want to let the 60+% yeses speak for themselves and let the whole situation cool down.

I notice that Court was sitting in the front row for the Hopman Cup finals yesterday, and was mentioned twice in passing by the Western Australian premier, Labour's Mark McGowan, who backed marriage equality and formally and officially apologised to anyone convicted over homosexual acts under older draconian laws in Western Australia. I think the sense of this is that hatchets have been buried, but that Court is on a short lease—things stay as they are (i.e., she can continue to be styled "Margaret Court, the greatest tennis player Australia has ever produced"), unless she decides to come out with more incendiary remarks.

Thanks for the update, r41. Much appreciated.

I hope Kerber makes a comeback. Sure she is a pusher but I kind of like her.

[quote]that while she was on tour the big ole lezzies would lure the younger girls to their parties to seduce them and turn them into lesbians

Oh, now, this is awkward... um, how should I put this?

[R43] I think she has made modifications in her game recently - she attacks earlier instead of being defensive and looking for a counter-punch opportunity. It might be she realizes she is getting to old to just run after these balls and be on the defensive side, look how it drains players like Rafa or Murray.

That's an interesting observation , r45. I hope she can continue that more aggressive play at the Aussie Open, especially when a match gets tight and the natural inclination is to retreat to your comfort zone.

Any German posters? What's up with Boris Becker's son being the target of so much hate from the right wing party in Germany? Just because he's half black?

Noah Rubin won the challenger in New Caledonia and the trophy is a black, ribbed dildo (or at least that's how it looks).

So now Margaret Court has decided *she's* boycotting the Australian Open.

She not happy with the backlash, apparently. But she doesn't hate the gays. Apparently.

Becker's 2 older sons are both handsome. A shame neither plays tennis

Here's the story, r47. It appears it's not so much that he's a specific target for racist cunts in Germany, but that racist cunts have now got a party whose members have been given free rein to tweet racist shit wherever and whenever. They've been elected by "the people," after all.

Sound familiar?

I guess, R49, that Margaret Court is as vile as ever. Yes, it's "childish" for gays to want the right to marry. What a miserable c*nt!

The latest on Margaret Court is that she's still a bigoted cunt.

Stephens loses 63 60 to Giorgi

Bouchard loses 64 63 to Sabalenka

So apparently Sascha hit Nick on the mouth then gave him a cuddle to apologize.

And he is self-aware...

Full video . Gaygor was also there. HE was Sasha partner

Thresome

Britain's Andy Murray has had hip surgery in Melbourne and says he hopes to be playing again in time for this summer's grass-court season.

Poor Andy.

Sascha took Dimitrov with him to Melbourne and Kokkinakis is making fun of his plane photos, haha

Grigor and Lleyton holding hands and walking away as Sascha was making sure Nick was alive

Gays watching tennis

Only one out three in that on-court threesome was attractive. Too bad.

Sabalenka is going to be top 20 if she keeps playing this way and stays healthy. She can hit the ball hard on both sides and big serves too. Her movement is not amazing but decent for her size.

R64, I agree, but her grunting is as criminal as Azarenka's and Maria's.

R65 yes I agree. Her grunt actually sounds like Sharapova's when she's not shrieking. I saw the highlights of her final last fall against Sharapova. Sabalenka was ahead in both sets but got tight. If she didn't get tight she was going to win that. I wouldn't be surprised if she wins Hobart this week and none of the top seeds will want to draw her early at the AO

Why did Misery have surgery in Oz?

I knew Sloane was too lazy to keep it going.

^ hopefully she'll turn it on in Melbourne

R67, NHS crisis.

Kerber vs. Safarova was a decent match yesterday. They had a lot of quality rallies.

18 year old Alex De Minaur continues to impress. He comfortably defeated Verdasco just now.

Good to hear, r72. I’ve heard good things about him, but never seen him play. What’s his style? Strengths and weaknesses?

He's not very tall. I think he's no more than 5'11. He's very aggressive and hard-hitting on his groundstrokes. He had some nice rallies last week against Mmoh and then Harrison. Verdasco was very frustrated at how consistent De Minaur was today. I think his serve is decent for his height.

Tsitsipas loses to Lacko (I forgot Lacko is still around)

Donaldson easily beats Simon

On women side Radwanska beats Konta

So now Marion Bartoli recognizes that she did not lose the weight because of a virus; she lost all the weight because her then boyfriend was bullying her for being fat. "He was an absolute douchebag." DL sleuths knew there was a rat all along!

Marion always brings the cray.

Another interesting fact re de Minaur, r74—according to the ATP he was born in Sydney, but resides in Alicante, Spain. Most Oz players who are “stationed” abroad tend to be in the States (usually Florida, though Rafter opted for Bermuda, IIRC). Wonder what the deal is there?

R78

From an article about published last year:

"The son of a Spanish mother and Uruguayan father, De Minaur was born in Sydney but moved to Spain at five. He spent eight years in Alicante, in Spain, before returning to Australia as a 13-year-old, recently returning to Spain when his parents' Sydney restaurant closed."

Thanks, r79. Nobody does research and fact checking better than the DL! We should all get into sleuthing—collectively, I reckon we’d be unbeatable!

It's just after noon here, EST, and the Aussie qualifying draws are out. Some of my (and other DL faves) are playing today, including Groth, Rubin, Popsicle, Paul...other mega hotties as well. Sadly, too, there's the chance that some of these very favorites, unless in main draw doubles (like Groth), could be sent packing by our mid-week if they lose early. So often as I follow the ATP minor leagues and the Grand Slam qualies, so many players I've never heard of, or at least next to never, can surprise our "name" qualie stars, so it's no given that Popsicle or Rubin or Mmoh (HOT!) will make it through even the opening qualifying round.

When does Marion return ?

wondering how Pospisil did today ... he of the giant cock ...

Sabalenka Aryna defeated top seed in Hobart

Where is Tursunov? I heard that he did a little bit of coaching last year. Is he still playing?

Every time Sabalenka grunts, I want to scream #MeToo. I feel violated everytime I watch her and hear her screams.

R85, his ranking's very low so no direct entry or even qualifying for him anymore. I think he's been coaching Elena Vesnina.

Tursunov's allotment of protected ranking entries is up so he couldn't get in, only to withdraw from his first round match and collect his prize money.

Rubin and Mmoh already out in 1st round of qualies. Rubin got absolutely spanked. Wonder what happened there. Pospisil just won.

Surprised, and kind of pleased, to see that Tomic actually entered the qualifying draw.

Sock loses to Gojowczyk

Querrey loses to Vesely

Johnson loses to Bautista

Inser loses to Chung

And DelPo easily beats Shapovalov

And little Camila Giorgi just ousted Kvitova in Sydney.

Groth is out as well.

Damm the American men got torched.

Gorgi can turn it on when she wants too. I thought Sam Groth retired?

[quote]I thought Sam Groth retired?

This was his last singles match. He'll play doubles at the Australian Open with Lleyton Hewitt & mixed doubles with Sam Stosur and retire after that.

I didn't know Serena was that friendly with Wawrinka and Djokovic but they've gifted her with some baby clothing.

Marion was supposed to come back for the Miami Open in March but then she says that she's 6 to 7 kilos overweight and Monica Seles texted her that "slow and steady wins the race" so she'll only come back when she's rid of the unwanted pounds. She likely will get wild cards at the FO and Wimbledon.

Garbine Muguruza withdraws from Sydney citing right thigh injury. Her second pullout already this year (cramps in Brisbane).

Muguruza had five injury retirements last year.

Taylor Fritz needs to take lessons from Muguruza on how to properly pull out.

Laughing my ass off at 98.

What's this I've been hearing about people having trouble with Sexstream?

My sports channel is gong to broadcast Aussie open live draw ceremony . It is going to start in less than half hour.

Lets hope Nadal will face Nole in round 4. Nole is in great form.

He totally destroyed Domi's ass yesterday

2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko is now being represented by IMG and agent Max Eisenbud (Sharapova, Li, Sock).

Keys too.

the main draws are out. I don't like the draws.

[quote] He totally destroyed Domi's ass yesterday

The image.

De Monsur is a real deal

So Nole has recovered from his 'personal problems'? Is he still hanging with that loon Pepe Imaz?

His name is actually DE MINAUR. oops

Twink Minaur topped daddy Lopez's luscious ass .

In porn I generally like other way around but in tennis I will take it since tennis really needs fresh blood

ESL, it sure looks as if Minaur is the real deal.

Draws are out. Nadal has a cake draw early on.

I have to say those plugs are working for him. He looks as sexy as ever.

It's no wonder that Serena is skipping the Aussie Open this year.

Ugh, Nadal with an yet another easy draw and Federer with a nightmare draw. If Nadal wins another Grand Slam because people roll over or he doesn't have to beat anyone ranked over #28 in the world, I'll vomit. At least last year, they both had fairly similar draws.

What about Djokovic? I didn’t watch him destroy Thiem’s famous ass. Is he good enough to win another AO?

Grigor also has a pretty soft draw, with qualifiers for the first two rounds. That should leave him relatively rested for a potential match against Kyrgios or maybe Tsonga in the 4th round.

Time will tell if Roger has a "nightmare" draw, R113. Stan can be on fire or wilt. Novak's elbow and lack of fire have been huge weaknesses. Del Potro or Querry may pose a threat. We'll see.

I just saw that Halep and Wozniacki are seeded 1 and 2. Is this the first time that the top two seeds at a Major had never won a Major?

I didn't see the match, r114, but the 6-1, 6-4 score was certainly impressive, given that it was Djokovic's first match since Wimbledon.

Nadal has had the easiest early round draws of any long-term top player. Really it's insane. He very rarely draws anyone before round 3 who could threaten him. Federer has a soft draw in the opening rounds too though he might have a bit of a tussle against Struff.

Halep's draw is rough.

r117, no it is not. For three of the four slams in 2011, Wozniacki was the number one seed, with Vera Zvonareva as the 2nd seed. There have likely been more.

It will be interesting how deep Djokovic goes....

Australian Open thread:

[quote] R121 It will be interesting how deep Djokovic goes....

Why is everyone looking at me?

Strangely I have never noticed that how cute RBA is and how beautiful Robia HAase is

Haase is very hot. That curly hair is irresistible.

Radwanska will drop out of top 30 for the first time since 2007.

R36. What you trying to say? That she will officially become a journey woman ?

I meant R126

Wow, r120, I had completely forgotten about Zvonareva. Hard to believe she was once the #2 woman.

Yikes, in next week's rankings, Bouchard will fall out of the top 100 for the first time in five years.

Zvonareva is still playing. Lost in the first round of AO qualifying. So did Schnyder.

we're finally getting a young gun final! De Minaur vs. Medvedev for the Sydney title. Whoever wins will be a first time titlist.

Any betters on DL ? how much money bookies paid to Fog when he was leading 6/2,3/1 ,40/40 at Daniel's serve . He lost 9 out of 11 games after that .Medvedev was struggling physically too due to heat Total implosion by Fog.

Something similar happed in 2nd semifinal against Paire/Alex too though not that bizarre

James Blake is the new tournament director at the Miami Open.

Verdasco getting massage

Is that Felix Mantilla sitting next to Lleyton Hewett at the De Minaur–Medvedev final in Sydney? It sure looks like him...

Somebody up-thread said that De Minaur is the real deal. Even if he loses this final (and I don’t think he will), he really is the real deal. The way he pulled Paire apart last night, along with Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez, was worthy of someone much older and more experienced. I am truly impressed.

R136, he’s really top drawer. Well he is.

Medvedev-De Minaur is as compelling as the WTA. And Medvedev is chocking like a random WTA player

Medvedev is not going to the net even if they push him with a gun

He breaks again. Also because De Minaur went immediately down 0-40. Then deuce. And then Med breaks after one of these rallies with De Minaur running everywhere and Medvedeva too afraid to push a definitive ball.

Now let's see if he can close

Last time he served for match, he went down 0--40

He takes the first point after one of the usual rallies. And then two winning services

3 match points

Medvedev wins.

[quote]Medvedev is chocking like a random WTA player

Oh dear.

*choking

I don't want him dead. Same for the random WTA player

The minotaur is slayed.

Little Glorie!

MErtens won two titles today[both singles and doubles]in Hobart. Last week she also performed well . She has been slow but steady rise for past 18 months

Ok, serious question—why are almost all the Gays and Tennis threads now greyed and crossed out? This is also true for the new Australian Open thread. My settings are at “asbestos eyes,” so that can’t be it. What’s more, I’m actually the OP for quite a few of these threads, so I certainly haven’t F&Fed them. Is this Muriel’s doing, or is there a concerted effort to make these threads disappear? And if so, why on earth would that be?? I really do find this unfathomable.

OP, What are asbestos eyes? Is that some special setting for creating threads?

Bautista Agut def. Del Potro in 3 sets for the Auckland title

Kerber def. Barty for Sidney

Hooray for RBA!

R146, the threads look fine to me, no grey, no cross-outs...?

If crossed/greyed out, I assume OP has been flagged enough times either by you or by a number of other posters.

[quote] And if so, why on earth would that be??

I don't want to sound homophobic or ageist and God in my heart knows I am not but But I think there are lot of gays on the DL especially Elder gays who are extremely lonely and frustrated with their lives

DL for them is probably the only outlet to communicate socially and channel their emotions[positively or negatively]

That is why you see so many DLers behave in extra sensitive and extra cunty. manner They have absolutely zero tolerance level of slightly different views. I don't think they behave in such an aggressive manner in their real lives.

So don't even try to psychoanalyze those queens who have FFed your threads[including this one].You can never predict what triggers them or what small comment made their head explode so they FFed this thread

It is very much possible that the people who FFing these tennis threads may not be visitors of these threads. They may be FF just to vent their frustration on other threads,

It is just guess and sorry for my bad English

Ok, r152, maybe. I still think it’s odd, though.

So Kerber wins in Sydney. She was already pretty solid with Zverev. She good again now? Who pulled the stick out of her ass?

OMG Casper Ruud did it! He qualified for the first round. It might not sound like a big deal to you guys, but it's huge. Norway is such a tiny tennis country, it's awesome to see someone actually do well.

Tremendous! Is Ruud looking to immigrate?

11-9 in the fifth for Ruud over the yummy Halys. He moves to the second round to play Diego Schwartzman (winnable if Casper cuts down on the errors).

R157, there’s a special AO thread. Link @r122.

Diego Schwartzman also had 11/9 in 5th set in his 1st round match

Both Domi and Kiki playing now at the same time . Their match started exactly at same time . . Who will loose first ?By the way Theim's opponent is equally yummy

Popsicle won a Challenger in Rennes and will now be ranked #85

Taylor Fritz won the Newport challenger.

Nishikori is playing the Dallas challenger this week. In an interesting twist of fate, his first round opponent is the same guy he just lost to in the first round of the Newport challenger. So either Kei will redeem himself or be completely humiliated.

I want some Pouille kisses too!

[quote]Popsicle won a Challenger in Rennes and will now be ranked #85

The ATP tour is so bizarre Dominic! Now look at the WTA tour: I have lost 15 matches in a row and now, for the first time, I'm stepping into the top 10! I think I can make the top 5 after 20 lost matches in a row.

Are Domi and Kiki getting married? Or is she just using him to learn German?

haha

Nishikori redeemed himself by winning today in straight sets. He did get broken one time though

Kei Pond!

Kiki starts her defense of her title in St. Petersburg today against Cibulkova...good luck!

Sekstream site is not working. is it working for somebody else ?

Sexstream

Kiki actually won her match against the other Domi(nica)! ..and Genie won 2 matches in Taipei

Sekastream seems to be working for me

It must be a case of her feeling confident on a certain court. Some players can be a in a huge slump and then magically play better when they return to a tournament they've previously done well at

Is that WTA Taiwan tournament played in some high school gym or some low-rent convention center. Sad!

They look like red chili peppers.

Petra being Petra won her match against Begu 6/3,1/6.6/1.

I am glad I am not a fan of her. Rooting for her must be like playing Russian roulette

Is Petra a Nabataean?

Boris Becker too has arrived for Germany vs Australia tie . When he was young he rarely played Davis cup

I love Petra. She is a very nice person, and I enjoy watching her when her game is on. Such effortless power.

Fog gonna Fog

So I was watching the match between Yafan Wang and Genie Douchard and Genie was actually playing decent.

At 4/5 when she was serving to stay in 1st set I went to wash some dishes, prepare some quick snacks and checked out final set tiebreaker between Seppi/Sugita match. All of it took less than 25 minutes probably and when I returned boom!

douchard had already lost the match 4/6, 0/6

My boyfriend loves me and thinks I'm beautiful" -- Mladenovic.

This news article is Russian so use Google translate

^ I hope a house falls on her

Petra or Ostepenko?

Both are very talented and very mercurial .

2 wins in a row for Mladenovic.

Kasatkina upsets #1 and AO champ Wozniacki

Kvitova destroys Ostapenko

Day 1 of Davis Cup

France-Netherlands 1-1 (Mannarino lost easily to De Bekker. Gasquet won the other rubber)

Japan - Italy 1-1

Spain-Great Britain 1-1 (Bautista lost to Norrie)

Australia-Germany 1-1 (Zverev taken to 5th set by de Minaur)

Kazakhstan - Switzerland 2-0

Croatia-Canada 1-1

Serbia-USA 0-2

Belgium-Hungary 2-0

The US Davis Cup team looks like a casting call for a Dumb and Dumber remake.

lmao how the fuck did Bautista Agut lose to a no-name Brit? I mean I've never heard of that guy before ever.

DL will like this: Coric topped Pospisil today

^ would pay to see that

Shapovalov & Porna

I still think Shapovalov looks like a feminine version of Kate Makarova.

He looks like Martina Navratilova in that pic.

R193, Yes back in t he Judy Nelson era.

Martina was still really butch looking when she was with Rita Mae Brown, right?

Petra in finals . Both players played a very high quality tennis .

St. Petersburg final will be Kvitova vs. defending champ Mladenovic

tomorrow in Davis Cup the 2 highlight matches (for me at least) will be Kyrgios vs. Zverev and Coric vs. Shapovalov

Porna v Shapo is great eye candy. Whose showing it, TC?

Whose = Who's

Blondes have more fun.

Monfils seems like a fun guy. He's got a lot of personality it's too bad he's such a stupid player. He's a great athlete and capable of hitting with power or touch but prefers to play the role of counter puncher. He's 1 of the biggest ATP underachievers in history.

[quote]He's 1 of the biggest ATP underachievers in history.

Totally agree, R201.

R202 Gasquet has a beautiful backhand and nice net skills but his serve is inconsistent, his forehand can break down (weird technique), he's not the best mover and was never super fit. Monfils has more weapons but chooses to be passive

LOLl. Sasha kicked Nick Krygois'ass

Davis Cup - Group IV

KYRGYZSTAN - TAJIKISTAN 3-0

tKirill KISTANOV-tShakhrom UMAROV 60 60

tEvgeniy BABAK-tFs ODINAEV 60 60

tEvgeniy BABAK /Kirill KISTANOV-tFirdavs ODINAEV /Shakhrom UMAROV 60 60

SINGAPORE - TAJIKISTAN 3-0

Hao Yuan NG-tAzamat MUKHUDINOV 60 60

tShaheed ALAM-tShakhrom UMAROV 60 60

tRoy HOBBS /Jensen HUI-tAzamat MUKHUDINOV /Shakhrom UMAROV 60 60

BARHAIN -TAJIKISTAN 3-0

tAli DAWANI-tFiruz MUKHIDINOV 60 60

tYusuf QAED -Firdavs ODINAEV 60 60

Hasan ABDULNABI /Ali DAWANI -tAzamat MUKHUDINOV /Firdavs ODINAEV 60 60

GUAM - TAJIKISTAN 3-0

tMason CALDWELL-tShakhrom UMAROV 60 60

Jean Pierre HUYNH-Firdavs ODINAEV 60 60

Mason CALDWELL /Jean Pierre HUYNH -Azamat MUKHUDINOV /Shakhrom UMAROV 60 60

But they won a game against Mongolia.

This new British guy look like a real deal to me. Lets hope he doesn't fizzles out after this week

and last but not least

TURKMENISTAN- TAJIKISTAN 3-0

Atlymyrat GURBANOV-Firuz MUKHIDINOV 60 60

Yuriy ROGUSSKIY-Firdavs ODINAEV 60 60

Atlymyrat GURBANOV / Yuriy ROGUSSKIY - Firuz MUKHIDINOV/Firdavs ODINAEV 60 60

KYRGYZSTAN TAJIKISTAN 3-0

Kirill KISTANOV-Shakhrom UMAROV 60 60

Evgeniy BABAK-Firdavs ODINAEV 60 60

Evgeniy BABAK / Kirill KISTANOV Firdavs ODINAEV/Shakhrom UMAROV 60 60

In the match against Yusuf Qaed from Barhain they got only 5 points in 2 sets.

[quote]This new British guy look like a real deal to me. Lets hope he doesn't fizzles out after this week

Norrie?

He's been around, mostly building up his ranking on the Challenger circuit. Last year, he won a few Challenger titles, started playing in some Tour level events, and won his first match at a Slam when Tursunov retired (again).

"and won his first match at a Slam when Tursunov retired (again)."

That was at the US Open.

This Coric-Shapovalov match should be sponsored by Bel Ami.

Go Shopgirl!

Porna is playing really well today . I hope I am not jinxing him . He should finish the match in three . Shap is dangerous . If the match goes beyond three there is very little hope for Porna as Shaplovo is mentally very tough

Porna has won

Belgium and Spain also through

Someone, please, rescue France from Mannarino who has just got broken while serving for the match

Don't worry I will rescue France from Mannarino

Haase wins the tie break of the 4th. They go into the 5th set. Thankfully we have the tiebreak. Or they will finish tomorrow on 18-16 after getting broken 10 times each

Kiki lost heavely to Kvitova but Domi just posted how proud he is of her.

Love is blind.

Mannarino wins 75

France qualifies for QF

Gambill too had a "girlfriend" hot model when he was Thiem's age.

Coric was in good form this weekend

There is a new ATP 250 tournament .

It will start in NYC next week]tomorrow].

NYC generally doesn't host such small tournament

EIGHT Davis Cup first-round ties. ZERO live 5th rubbers.

The New York event relocated from Memphis.

Remember back in the 80s when about half of the ATP and WTA tours were in the US? Philly, Chicago, Indianapolis, San Fran, San Diego, etc.

🎶 it’s tennis night in America 🎶

R222 it's not tomorrow. It starts a week from tomorrow. There actually used to be a small tournament on Long Island ahead of the USO btw

Watching some of the old WTA videos on youtube I am struck by how many tournaments were in the US and not just in California or Florida but also flyover territory. Yet the seats were always full. Now the WTA has to resort to China and Tashkent with half-empty or totally empty stadiums.

R224, Pete Sampras noticed loss of interest in tennis among American sports fans during late 90s . He was playings some masters tournament in Europe and reached final of that . During the press conference only one American press reporter was there . He told that "everyone either watches basketball or [American]football these days".

And that was era when Pete,Agassi , Chang, Todd Martin were in Top ten tennis players . No one paid any attention to poor JMG and these days players like Ryan Harrison, and Steve Johnson are getting highlighted by McEnroe. Poor JMG would have been tennis star had he played in this era ..

So you can understand why organizers are not getting big sponsors to host big tournaments in USA

Good leaders are key to any profession. US Davis Cup Team Captain Jim Courier shares what personal attributes have helped to make his team successful.

Young Grigor

Why does the USTA keep employing Courier? He's won one Davis Cup in the last 10 years. All the other federations replace their captains every couple years.

R231 maybe none of the other former top male players want the gig? I mean Patrick McEnroe only got his positions because of his brother's name. I'm sure Justin Gimmelstob would love to be Davis Cup captain but he was a journeyman, even more so than Patrick.

I’ve never stobbed a gimmel. :(

I think there'd be plenty who'd want the job - Blake, Roddick, Fish, Ginepri. It's just Courier has been totally mediocre but still has a job. I guess this is a consquence of no one caring much about tennis in the US anymore.

Anyone know the story behind why Dimitrov is not playing in Sofia this week? The tournament was only moved there because of Grigor's success.

I think it's because of a shoulder injury R235

Or, R232/R234...they could hire a college coach or someone with the actual experience and skills to help players win matches. But, what do I know? Let's totally keep hiring overrated former pro players.

Meanwhile, Stevie Johnson gives me total 70s fuckbud realness. I would...anytime...anyplace.

R237, I used to think that about Stevie quite a bit. He has a rocking bod and all, but there's a Dudley-Do-Right-Goody-Goody-Twoshoes aspect of him that has sort of cooled my jets. He'd be a hot neighbor to have, the bro who washes his car shirtless kind of thing. Politics aside and all, my favorite hot Americans of late are Harrison, Rubin, Mmoh, maybe Tiafoe. And Kudla.

My list would delete Super Mario Johnson and vacant-eyed, milk-fed, corn-bred, brain-dead generic Trumpster Harrison, R238. Added to the list would be DJ Thomas, Ernesto Escobedo, Tommy Paul, and Mackenzie McDonald.

Oh, yes, forgot about Paul and Escobedo.

Nishikori won the Dallas challenger yesterday. He's rounding back into better form

I love quirky tennis stats. 3-time defending Quito champ Estrella Burgos (he only has 3 titles btw) just defeated Bellucci for the 4th time. All 4 times they've played have been in Quito, en route to Estrella Burgos winning the title. This is the only time they played in the first round though.

Kudla is very cute.

R243, is he Kudly too?

Estrella Burgos has a really slutty tattoo.

Fed cup this week

Is this where we talk about Fed Cup?

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Vasile Dîncu, former Deputy Prime Minster of Romania, calls Simona Halep not having a clothing sponsor an "injustice and insult" to her and asks 3 million Romanians who watched #ausopen18 final to send 1 euro each to crowdfund their "great champion.

while that is unfair, Venus hasn't (unless something changed and I missed it) had a clothing deal since over 10 years ago. She then came up with her own clothing line and has been dressing herself since.

Meanwhile a proven cheater like Sharapova never got dropped from Nike even though she hasn't won a slam since 2014. In 2007, Serena won the AO with a threat from Nike that they would drop her if her results didn't start to pick up. Before that, her last slam was at the 2005 AO.

Go figure. Endorsements certainly aren't fair.

That's great news about Nishikori, r241. He seems like one of the nicer guys on the tour.

Simon is so cute

Considering Sharapova and the Pink Horror inflicted on at us last month at the AO, what better time to boycott Nike?

Ohh God Dustn brown retired when he was leading 7/6. 5/2 against French man Mahut. This must one of the most heart breaking retirement of recent time

sad

Montpelier indoor center tennis court is just beautiful but court no 1 is too noisy . I don't know how players play on that court with consistent noise comes from adjacent practice courts

Dustin Brown is another super underachiever (not to mention very handsome). He is pretty limited to success on grass, indoor and faster outdoor hardcourts but when he's on, he can beat almost anyone (2-0 vs. Nadal). His biggest problem is he never got good enough coaching and sponsorship when he was younger and tactically he can be stupid. He's got a great first serve, forehand, speed and touch. His backhand can go off but he can also hit winners on that side. He's just inconsistent and like today, makes stupid decisions. When you're very close to victory, it's not a good idea to go for a showy, risky shot. The behind-the-back shot is flashy and looks easy but it can be rough on the back muscles.

*looks easy but obviously it's not and can be rough on the back muscles. Hopefully he didn't tear anything and it's just a strain

Federer is taking a wild card into next week’s tournament in Rotterdam, where he will have the chance to reclaim the no. 1 ranking for the first time in more than five years

R258 Talk about vulturing!

Any Misery news? I miss his thighs.

[QUOTE] Any Misery news? I miss his thighs.

They're currently wrapped around my neck, but thanks for checking in!

bad idea. he will injured due to exertion

Savchenko/Massot will skate in the Team Event.

Is it true that Canada will use Seguin/Bilodeau for the FS?

wrong sport/thread R263 😉

I miss Andy’s thighs too.

The camera work at Montpelier is so exceptional! Almost all the guys look so hot. Maybe the French are just better looking or something. Can’t put my finger on it. Anyone know why?

Another vote for Misery's thighs. Please come back!

Montpellier 2R: Dzumhur def. Bemelmans 7-5 6-4 11 of first 14 games in this match were breaks of serve.

PCB lost his first match against a very low rankef player in Chile clay court tournament

Yummy Popsicle, Mmoh, and Rubin doing well in challengers this week.

Lots of hot guys in the challengers, yet the cameras are so far away from them, especially during changeovers.

R270, perhaps the cameramen are trying to protect us by not getting too close to save us from being blinded and melted by Popsicle’s beauty?

Those blasted cameramen again.

We've speculated before on here why that is: heteros, player requests due to modesty, USTA prudes...Whatever the reason, I think that they should realize that even though we at DL in this thread love tennis, tennis is often still a niche sport, and the hot players need to sell the game.

Only the hot MEN players, though.

R272 outfits should automatically go back to shorter shorts and men should wear tank tops like the women do.

[quote] Only the hot MEN players, though.

Totally agree!

With required tank top removal at every changeover or else it's a point penalty.

And, thanks Pammy for your support. We need an insider like you...but settle down!

Serena only scheduled for playing doubles (with Lauren Davis, not her sister) at the Fed Cup this weekend.

Noah Rubin. Yum.

^ nice nips

That traitor Garcia again missed the Fed cup

Hingis is also present at Czech /Swiss tie. What she is doing there? I thought she retired?

Hingis skank may be retired but can still be a cougar on the hunt for fresh meat.

CSN won her fed cup match against Italy

Martina is looking for a new man. She trades partners as much as her namesake.

wow twice in the same week on the men's tour, a player retired after being close to victory. Dustin Brown did earlier this week and today it was Tsonga. He was up 6-1 5-5 when he ran down a drop shot and injured himself in the process against Pouille.

Doha draw out! Potential grudge match between Sharapova and Wozniacki could happen in round 3!

R283, I'd say the original Martina trades partners on the average of biannually whereas M2 trades hourly.

Why don't Nando retires and become full time instagram whore?

Poohey

[quote] CSN won her fed cup match against Italy

I thought he competed in Davis Cup?

Is this where we talk about Roger’s Fed Cup?

Gasquet won today, I'll be dammed. He's so lovely.

Rotterdam (with Fed, now) is shaping up to be a big tournament! A big one before Indian Wells.

Nando was so hot when he was young.

Venus won her first match of the season against Rus today in Fed Cup. The place was sold out. Vandeweghe almost lost to Hogenkamp but turned it around in 3.

In Sofia tomorrow, a journeyman will win his first singles title. Basic upset Wawrinka in straight sets and will face Copil in the final.

In Montpelier it will be lucky Pouille vs. Gasquet.

And in Quito Carballes Baena vs Romos Vinolas

R295, Who??? Please translate too.

Alien vs Alien, Ryan.

Popsicle is in another Challenger final, this one in Hungary.

So Gasquet gets a pizza as a runner up?

Pouille is so sexy! Both he and Gasquet have great asses!!

so glad Gasquet the vulture lost. It's time for the younger ATP players to win multiple titles

Gasquet's whole career has amounted to winning meaningless ATP 250s in France. Nice to see he's passed that off to Pouille now.

Serena looks as big as a house. Venus looks fabulous however.

Yes, I noticed that, too, r303. Her arse is humongous!!

why is a man playing the double for Netherlands in Fed Cup?

Poohey gots da booty!

Go away ESL @r305.

Kerber has a gf? SInce when??

Ben getting attacked on twitter for calling Serena's doubles play uninspiring.

R309 And Courtney calls out Ben for not acknowledging that Demi Schuurs has already won two doubles titles this year and, hence, making this result a foregone conclusion.

Serena's troll army and now her agent are piling on poor Ben.

Getting popcorn, r309.

Serena's agent said Ben is only interested in gossip. Which is totally true.

Popsicle won the challenger.

Kerber's been outed? Is this news? Did we know or only suspect?

R314, I believe that earlier on this very thread someone said that Kerber was gay.

^ that was a bad haircut for Fed. Made his face look fatter than Meerks.

Serena really played badly in doubles today but it was her first non-exhibition match since winning the 2017 AO title. She played an exhibition against Ostapenko at the beginning of this year and lost in 3 sets. She needs to lose a bit of weight. Before her pregnancy, Serena was at her fittest since her 2002-3 domination of the game. Still, critics need to lay off her. She's in her late 30s, just had a baby and has had a host of health problems including those clots several years ago.

[quote] Made his face look fatter than Meerks.

That’s quite an accomplishment.

R314 I'm not sure who this person is, doesn't seem to be anyone relevant, so Kerber hasn't officially been outed, I guess. I've always suspected she was either gay or extremely uptight/repressed. She's 30 and claimed she never had a relationship.

Kerber had a gay (female) physio up until recently and then kicked her out. She now ONLY has men around her. She's desperate to keep that closet intact.

[quote]So Gasquet gets a pizza as a runner up?

that trophy did look....interesting

[quote]Still, critics need to lay off her.

This assumes that what everyone has been saying (she was slow off the mark, and very rusty to say the least) was gratuitous or nasty. It wasn’t. It was merely stating fact, and no one was putting any of her greatness, or the fact that she *will* eventually get back to better, if not peak, form, in doubt.

Serena stans (now that *is* me being nasty) need to chill a bit. It’s not lèse majesté to say she’s not currently at her best. Or are do we have to say that Sunday’s doubles performance was the best performance *ever* by a 36-year-old former number one five months after giving birth in life-threatening conditions? Because that’s true too, you know.

Sheesh.

One of my favorite tournament ABN Amro Rotterdam has started today. I just love watching this indoor tournament. so much great tennis every year. Place your bet for the winner here. My bet is on Gramps

Zverev playing in Rotterdam and Melo is watching. Are they ever apart? ;)

Wow, r324, Roger’s half has him pitted against Khachanov, then probably Wawrinka, then Zverev. That’s hard!,

lmao Sharapova sliced to death by junk baller Niculescu. Bye!

I wanted to ask the same question, R325, haha, but thought I was the only one who cared. They may also face each other in doubles if Mischa and Sascha win their match tomorrow.

Cool, I hope it's televised if that happens (the doubles match-up)

And hah, I'm totally low-key fascinated by this Zverev-Melo thing... If they were actually having some sort of a relationship beyond just friends, wouldn't they be trying to hide it better? OTOH, for a friendship it is a little odd - to make such a devoted friend so suddenly who is at all your matches and even travels with you to places where he is not himself playing (Milan)? (But hey, odd things do happen sometimes.)

Didn't know they had a couple name and all lol

Yes, I hope so too, R329!

I agree with you. If there were more to it you'd expect them to hide it...unless it's some reverse psychology thing, hiding in plain sight.

Marcelo was in Monaco with Sascha a few days ago, and he generally seems to have been adopted by the family.

Haha, yes, R330! Here Melo looks like he is attending Mischa's birthday as part of the family/team

Zverev was trying to hook up with girls on Tinder last year while playing in Indian Wells.

Going back to his game -he seems a tad defensive, or was it just Ferrer's intense style that makes it looks this way? I thought some of the shots which were clear winners had loads of spin for a finishing shot that opponent has no way of reaching and Zverev had loads of time to prepare. Looks like the performance in January influenced his confidence and he's more risk averse. On the other hand his games has gained in terms of variety comparing to just a month ago. I thing the timings of drop shots improved as well as preparation shot before approaching the net. But he cannot loose so many of his service games, he won't get a chance of jumping back with better players.

💗 Junkulescu

^ lol

Wow. Amazing story from Ben on how a fake Macedonian tennis player fooled the BBC, Martina, Serena, Addidas and most of Tennis twitter with his sob story, Serena/Venus fandom and left-wing politics.

I knew those blurry shirtless selfies, pro-Serena, anti-Trump twitter posts were too good to be true, but the intended audience was so gullible they ate it up. I guess people really do see what they need and want to believe.

That little Darko bitch got verified by twitter and everything. And some dumb Mexican tournament (the ATP 250 in Los Cabos) even promised him a Wild Card and uploaded a fake video of him supposedly playing.

wow I was watching Frances Tiafoe play his opening match in New York today. He was playing a guy making his pro tournament debut...Sebastian Korda. Korda as in the son of Petr Korda, the 1996 AO winner who later got banned for life from the sport for doping. Sebastian plays for the US though, as the Korda family moved from Czech Republic.

1998 AO *

What happened on court between Trumpster Ryan Harrison and Donald Young?

The Tennis Channel now has Kevin Frazier hosting TC Live (the daily recap show). That's a good get for them.

R341 apparently it was just Harrison being his typical deplorable self. He regularly gets into it with his opponents in the same way Roddick used to. It "fires him up" to play better.

Does anyone know what's going on with ESPN's tennis coverage? The "scores" page will show a few scores, but most only show the character (a sideways triangle) marking who won -- but no set scores. It's been going on for a while now.

R343 I use this to follow live scores. Just enable flash and it should work for you

R341, probably something dumb and racist.

Exactly that, r345. Deplorables will always out themselves—and deny any wrongdoing, just like their Orange and Russian overlords.

More info @ link.

We all know that Melo wants to fuck Sasha's big,plump, juicy ass

I fully believe Donald Young. Harrison frequently insults his opponents to fire himself up. In Australia earlier this year he called 1 opponent a "German motherfucker" and a "piece of shit". He also got into a shouting match with Dudi Sela and inserted himself into the Kyrgios/Kokkinakis/Wawrinka drama. He's a real deplorable piece of shit.

It's not official yet but someone on twitter tweeted that Harrison said something like "that's what all you black people do" after Young yelled "c'mon!" to pump himself up. As if most players of any background don't pump themselves up? The ATP is reviewing any available audio/video and I'm sure they'll talk to the chair umpire

[quote] We all know that Melo wants to fuck Sasha's big,plump, juicy ass

His ass is relatively flat especially compared to those of Thiem and Sock.

I'm no fan of Donald Young, but Harrison has repeatedly proven himself to be one of the biggest douchebags in the ATP. If his game were just half as big as his mouth, he would have been in the top 10 years ago.

Nobody has mentioned DL Faves Genie & Sloane are headlining the next Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Edition? I'm disappointed.

Those rocks look uncomfortable.

Sloane is so pretty

R353, Bouchard can’t even win at a swimsuit issue.

So what have Ryan Harrison and his beautiful ass been up to lately?

Escobedo vs. McDonald was a good match tonight.

Escobedo's legs and butt :)

I winder what Harrison has to say about Escobedo playing for the US of A...

At Long Island, Steve Johnson doublefaults to lose to Adrian Menendez-Maceiras after having 2 MPs at 5-2 in 3rd set + triple MP in 3rd set tiebreak

Nishikori vs. Rubin was also a fun match. I love when both players are really fast

Wawrinka lost to #259 Tallon Griekspoor!

I saw that match, r361. Griekspoor played out of his mind—but Wawrinka only turned up for about the first third of the match. By the third set, Wawrinka was spraying his backhand wide and long, and barely put any effort into his serving.

We might well be witnessing Wawrinka's autumn sonata, here.

So what is Sascha doing here ;)?

Let's hope in many of these years

as she has won too many matches in the last 2 weeks, Kiki is back at losing. 63 63 to Anna Blinkova

Ostapenko loses to Buzarnescu

]quote]will_1077@domithiem don’t let Adidas make you guys be a professional brand. Your brand would be much better if you were the first ‘Out and Proud’ gay tennis player. Then you can be honest about your BF! ❤️🤸🏾‍♂️

R364. Someone has posted this comment on your post. I wonder will Domi delete this comment?

I thinking trying to out someone on social media is in bad taste 👬

Zverev has lost to Seppi. Yes, Seppi

And apparently Marcelo wasn't there today. Coincidence? I think not.

Gramps.

Zverev apparently couldn't handle playing a guy with similar hair to his

Isner lost to lourneyman Albot

Are there any DL trolls who would find A. Zverev attractive? He has bad skin and is tall and lanky.

Some people on DL have found Jamie Murray and Kevin Anderson to be total hunks, so yes there are probably many who find emaciated giraffe Sascha Z. hot.

Meanwhile, in Rotterdam, Roger is going all out—he really wants that No. 1 spot back.

so come Monday, old man Federer will be back to #1 again, the oldest ATP player ever. Of course he fucking cried again after winning today. The other ATP players should really be ashamed of themselves, letting a man who's not far from 40 DOMINATE the sport for the past year. He's barely lost. I really don't want to ever hear WTA critics complain again if Serena can return to her winning ways.

So ironic when the marginalized marginalize because others don't have their specific taste.

R375, Yes, I hate when people mock my devotion to Isner and Federico Delbonnis.

[quote]I really don't want to ever hear WTA critics complain again if Serena can return to her winning ways.

Hardly the same thing. The complaints about the WTA haven’t been that Serena is still winning at almost forty, but that most WTA matches are boring to watch. That, thankfully has somewhat changed over the past two months or so, with some incredible matches at this year’s AO. In fact, this year’s women’s AO was more interesting than the men’s tourney.

Fed couldn't be bothered to play Davis Cup for his country, but when it's for HIM he had no prob taking a wildcard for Rotterdam to get no. 1. He's so unselfish that way. What a fraud and a phony. I'd like him more if his arrogance was out in the open, but he doesn't want to be hated, just adored.

Wow, r378, stop with the day job already and get out your 10-cents-a-pop psych booth! You’re obviously a very gifted psychologist and subtle reader of character.

Get ready for final Sunday!

In Doha, a resurgent Kvitova (won St. Petersburg and defeated Radwanska, Svitolina and Wozniacki en route to this final) will take on Muguruza

In Rotterdam, can Dimitrov give Federer his first loss of the season? or will the old man continue to win almost everything again this year?

In New York, Anderson will face Querrey.

In Buenos Aires, Thiem will take on surprise finalist Bedene

[quote]...but he doesn't want to be hated, just adored.

Yeah, R378, why can't he be like the rest of us who want to be hated?

[quote] but he doesn't want to be hated, just adored.

It happens to the best of us.

What’s the status of the Ryan Harrison/Donald Young lovers’ Querrel?

The ATP ruled in Harrison's favor...who knows though. It's not like Donald Young goes around accusing other players of racist comments and he's been on tour for over 10 years. There's no audio for the public to hear either, just going on the word of others. All we know is Harrison has said ignorant things to other players, including this year.

Here's an article with an interview with the ballboy at the Harrison-Young match.

My guess (speculation only) is that Young either inferred something from Harrison's remarks, or misheard him entirely. Young has not been the kind of guy to claim racism before. But Harrison was quick to say watch the tape, it never happened (as opposed to trying to come up with a lame excuse about something he may have said).

Oops! Forgot the link.

So happy for Petra . Now she is back in top 10. So well deserved spot. 13 straight wins in last 3 weeks. I think she should withdraw from next week WTA Premiere 470 in Dubai

I was one hour late in starting the match between Roger and Grigor. By the time I started Roger had already won the match. During the trophy ceremony, commentators were telling that Grigor was not feeling well. What exactly happened to him? Anybody saw the match? Was Grigor lethargic or was Gramps killed it?

"Ruff, ruff, ruff."

I wonder if anyone will stop Federer during the Indian Wells/Miami double (that he won last year...)

[quote] What exactly happened to him?

Perhaps young Grigor was exhausted from exerting himself unduly the night before. One can only fantas...er...imagine.

Dani V. wore Grigor out last night.

[quote]Was Grigor lethargic or was Gramps killed it?

In the first three games of the match they were [italic]both[/italic] killing it. Dimitrov even seemed to have the edge over Federer, who seemed just a little tighter than usual. Then when Federer eased into overdrive, Dimitrov just collapsed. There seemed no rhyme nor reason to it—perhaps there was something wrong with him, but if there was then it only flared up after the first few games. There were still some spectacular rallies, but it was clear from about 4-2 in the first that Dimitrov was destined to be holding aloft the runner-up trophy.

Rooting for Anderson over Gumpster today...

as expected Thiem won in Buenos Aires

Osaka crushed, killed and destroyed Kiki in Dubai tournament

Osaka’s got game! She may be one to watch his year

Compelling, R397?

Super compelling!

Osaka has a lot of power. She needs to get in better shape and improve her consistency though. I thought she would have won a title by now. I'll be shocked if she doesn't this year

How Thiem has changed, the good days of the brieflines and the closeness with his male friend

r401, Thats what power of a pussy does to you

Shapovalov in pink defeats Karlovic. Impressive for a young guy to handle that monster's serve

young dilf Fritz also pretty in pink tonight! and fashionable headband to go with his slightly longer than usual locks

young dilf Fritz def. Querrey in a third set tiebreak!

I’m watching the Fognini–Sandgren match in Rio de Janeiro. My god, Sandgren is revolting to watch, but Fognini, though pocket-size gorgeous, is the most unappealing on-court presence since the vile Ilie Nastase.

Can they both lose, please?

lol Fognini won 7-6(6) in the third over Sandgren

Monfils is now 3-0 lifetime over Cilic

Shapovalov def. Donaldson in 3 close sets to set up an intriguing match against Fritz who took out old man Youzhny

In Dubai the semis are Muguruza vs. Kasatkina and Kerber vs. Svitolina

Sandgren's politics are revolting yes but he actually plays an enjoyable style of tennis.

Fognini complained about the courts after the match and said he'd rather be playing elsewhere. He's stuck playing another event (indoor clay - I didn't know that was a thing??) in Brazil again next week.

R407 they're rare. The WTA has the indoor clay Stuttgart event. The men's and women's challenger circuits might have a few more but the pro tours just have 1 each for ATP and WTA

20 minutes ago, Tennis Channel cut to a match in progress. One player was sporting a fairly firm erection. They didn't stay on the match for more than 5 minutes, if that. I have no idea who he is (I just remember light grey shorts), and I'm hoping they cut back to the match.

R409, is Jim Courier behind the camera?

oh Mary, Genie won her lawsuit against the USTA

Oh Gawd. She will become even more insufferable

It's Genie's first victory in months.

All the USTA should do is show Genie's results before the concussion. She got double bageled by Alison Van Utuvyanck for god's sake.

Jared Donaldson - one of the nice guys, says please and thank to the ball boy/girl everytime.

R413 lol

Now you see why my pencil was wrong?

Ever since Fernando Gonzalez retired, there is no hairier player on tour than Del Potro.

[quote] Ever since Fernando Gonzalez retired, there is no hairier player on tour than Del Potro.

Baghdatis is very hairy in person, but I don’t know which one is hairier.

wow Tiafoe upset Del Potro

Wow does that mean Genie - who plays a TON of exhos before tournaments - will have to give any money back if she starts winning now?

What happened to Wiliam Bouchard? He is competently out of media limelight for past couple of years. Earlier he use to tag along where his sis use to go

I have it on good authority that William got himself a boyfriend. But i wont divulge his name, only his initials: FG.

Genie getting a 10-15 million dollar settlement from the USTA for her concussion. That's more than all the prize money she's earned so far.

So I guess no prize money increase at the US Open this year because Genie ate it all.

[quote] So I guess no prize money increase at the US Open this year because Genie ate it all.

She ate it ALL!? Cunt.

For once Ben and Courtney’s podcast is actually good. Mind you, it’s on Bouchard’s law suit, so Courtney, as an acritical WTA shill [italic]and[/italic] stooge, isn’t on it, which goes a long way to making it much better than usual. And Ben has a couple of moments where he gives in to his natural urges and makes a couple of bitchy, queeny comments about the USTA and their cleaning regimen as well as the WTA. His guest, some journo who knows his law suits and knows his legal strategy, actually reckons Bouchard is likely to get something in the 30 to 40 million dollar range. That’s serious money, that is.

American court are ridiculous .. Activist Judge can bankrupt any company or institution in frivolous litigation

Verdasco is now 3-0 vs. Thiem. Thiem has trouble handling Verdasco's topspin despite hitting with a lot of spin himself

Shapovalov def. Fritz 7-5 6-4

Go Shopbottom!

Svitolina defends her Dubai title over Kasatkina

Verdasco def. Fognini to meet Schwartzman in the Rio final

Tiafoe finishes his match against Chung then defeats Shapovalov to meet Gojowczyk in the Delray Beach final

Pouille will play for the title against Khachanov who def. Berdych in Marseilles

Cibulkova will play Van Uytvanck for the Budapest title

Tiafoe!

go Big Red!

Zverev has broken up with Ferrero.

Van is so beautiful

R432 not surprising. He hasn't done well with him this year

I'm not as convinced in the future success as Zverev as I once was.

He seems to have leveled off, and will soon be defending big points from last year. What I once thought was someone rising up the ranks because of an effective and improving game, now seems to me to have been rising up the ranks because of injuries and inactivity to a bunch of the top players: Djokovic, Murray, Wawrinka, Nishikori... even players like Goffin, Del Porto, Raonic and Tsonga have missed chunks of the last 12 months, where they might very well be ahead of Zverev if they had played the full year.

Sasha new coach is Boris BEcker. Part time though

Sasha has to learn how to hit a forehand again. It’s become a glaring weakness

I suspect Sasha will finish this year in the top 20, probably between 15- 20

People call him Alexander Slone Zverev for a reason these days

sometimes after having a breakout season, a player will slump for part or even most of the next year.

CSN's brother is gay and a very effeminate one at that

AVU is playing really well against Cibulkova . I hope she will maintain her level and win this final

Khachanov def. Pouille 7-5 3-6 7-5 to pick up his second title. Good week for him

so happy for Tiafoe! It's nice to see a non-deplorable American male winning again. He's the youngest American male to win a title at age 20 since Roddick won his first at 19. Hopefully this will propel Tiafoe to the next level and he can start being in the mix at bigger events

Lil Diego swept Verdasco for the Rio title

The stands are totally empty in Dubai. The ATP has a major problem.

the crowd wasn't too big for the new NYC event either last week

So Domi's favorite view was Sascha? Marcelo - who is there - won't be happy, haha.

So Rafa complains constantly over the last 6 months that there are too many hardcourt tournaments and this has caused him injuries. Yet, this week he's playing a hardcourt tournament.

R448 appearance fees make pain go away and he wants practice for Indian Wells and Miami.

R448, Rafa is nothing if not venal.

Davis cup collapse is complete

Why do you say that, r451?

R452 there's a proposal to transform the Davis Cup into a one-week, one-location, 18-nation event at the end of the season

ITF totally "sold "Davis cup to ATP

with Davis Cup abolishment there are exactly three extra weeks for those 10-day long Madrid, Rome and Shanghai

The project of a new competition is carried by Novak Djokovic and ... Gérard Piqué. (L'Equipe) Piqué and Djokovic, w/ support from a Chinese promoter,

Anyone ever noticed Norbert Gombos? Probably not, since he's only ever been bubbling under the top 100. Is it me or is it hot in here?

Coric straight sets Gasquet. yay!

Thanks, r453!

Dimi is not gonna get any tonight. To his credit Malek Jaziri played out of his mind in the third set.

so Dimitrov blew a chance at a decent-sized title. He was the top seed and there's no Federer or Nadal in the draw. Pouille is now the highest ranked player left.

Only the French seem to care about Davis Cup anymore. That's a problem.

I'd prefer keeping the current format but playing it only once every three years. Holding Davis Cup every year reduces its impact and turns it into a pedestrian, run of the mill affair. It was totally stupid that they held a Davis Cup in an Olympic year for instance.

But these current changes are in essence just a money grab.

The Dubai event is ghastly. Empty stands and a turgid roster of players.

My biggest tennis player supporter ate a bagel and lost to a very dark-skinned opponent whose name Dutra Silva sounds suspiciously like he could be an illegal immigrant. Sad.

Covfefe! I obviously meant terrific tennis player Tennys Sandgren.

Another SILENT BAN? Rafa's out of Acapulco and possibly Indian Wells and Miami. /:

Nadal has just withdrawn from Acapulco citing his ongoing hip issue

Sloane Stephens def. Parmentier 6-4 6-0 her first win since winning the USO.

Yes, Sloane! She looked better in Under Armor though.

Escobedo def. Sock

Ebden def. Querrey

Schwartzman def. Verdasco again (he just beat him for the Rio title the other day too)

Sock is the new Nalbandian.

RBA should try to come inside baseline. At least some time

Has anyone been listening to the Tennis Abstract podcast by Jeff Sackmann and Carl Bialek? I'm giving it a go, although I'm a little mixed on it right now. They need to upgrade a bit, as every other episode seems to have some audio challenges. And since the angle to the podcast (as well as the Tennis Abstract website) is focused on data, number-crunching, etc., the hosts would be better served not to talk about which players they're rooting for. You start to wonder if that colors their analysis.

I did find it interesting that in their latest episode, they used the word "compelling" to describe Elena Svitolina, and suggested she may be a more dynamic personality at No. 1 as compared to Halep or Wozniacki. I've seen a few Svitolina matches and I get nothing from her. The game and personality put me to sleep. And when I find someone a bit dull compared to Halep or Wozniacki...we'll, that's not saying much.

lol another crazy Sloane match...She lost a tight first set 5-7. Her opponent Rus served for the match in the second set, then had match points in the tiebreak but Sloane pulled it out with a winner. Then Rus collapsed in the third set and Sloane won it with a bagel.

When you realize Kiki is your significant other and not Feli Lopez.

When Verdasco changes his shirt on court...

R462 = Gloria Upson

Quarters in Dubai

Coric- Bautista Agut

Jaziri-Tsitsipas

Sugita-Pouille

Krajinovic- Donskoy

Nando

Poohey

What’s wrong with Nando’s skin at R478?

Bautista def Coric 76 64

and Jaziri def Tsitsipas 63 in the third

Nole

With that ridiculous hairstyle and his spare tire around the middle, Baghdatis is now the sumo wrestler of the ATP.

Today Jajri and Lucas played rally exciting [but error ridden] match

Verdasco is still hot but he's not as hot as he was from 2009 to 2011, his physical peak. He's a bit less muscular now and of course older-looking

Two interesting matches tomorrow in Acapulco: Thiem-Del Potro and Chung-Anderson.

R486 those are today, not tomorrow

true, forgot about the timezones ;)

What’s this tie break thing in MSG? Williams sisters are playing. Oh and Marion Bartoli too.

Delpo team.

Thiem team.

Domi is useless . Even a declining ferru gave Delpo a superb fight last night. Delpo was tired but still Domi is not able to take advantage of it

Del Potro just owns Thiem's ass. 4-0 baby

He's playing Zverev in semi-finals. Looking at how Zverev has played so far, Delpo should get his places in finals quite easily.

[quote]What’s this tie break thing in MSG?

Tie Break Tens apparently is a one-night event where they play a 10-point tiebreaker and the winner advances to the next round. It's pretty random they asked Daniela Hantuchova, didn't she retire?

So Sascha said Ferrero disrespected his team, which he could not accept, and wanted to change his personality and discipline him and that was not going to happen. I like them both but think their personalities just don't match.

Kiki loses 62 62 to Lesia Tsurenko this week

Sloane ousted by Stefanie Voegele in a three set match

R436, Not sure what JC ferrror exactly said about that team but on twitter rumors are circulating that Juan Carlos made some off color remark about Sasha and Melo

having said that I think Sasha should stop washing his dirty linen in public . There was no need to tell reason of their split to press . Players and coaches part their ways all the time due to differences . No need to tell the reason in press conference .

I think Sasha has an attitude problem

Interesting. You know the thought had occurred to me, R498! Do you have a link?

To clarify, I thought Ferrero could see Melo as a distraction for Sascha in some way.

I agree . R501. I highly doubt that JCF will say anything disrespectful to Sasha's team or his personal relationship with anybody including Melo . Because as far as I remember JCF was extremely cool during his playing days and never got in any altercation[not any I know off] with umpires or players in his younger days . So I highly doubt that now when he has become older and most probably wiser would say some stupid things .

Most probably JCF scolded Sasha to concentrate on matches and avoid distraction and that distraction doesn't necessarily meant Melo. But we have seen that Sasha has a short temper so he took in other way . I think you must have noticed that he has habit of getting in fight with umpire and line judges

Yes, R502, it would surprise me too. Maybe something was lost in translation between them.

Were people on Twitter not using names because I couldn't find anything. Where would they get that idea though?

Thank God Lucas won and Thank God I am not a Lucas fan other wise I would have a heart attack . He always does this . When the last time he won a match convincingly? He always had to drag the match no matter whon he plays[ No 1 or No 200]

Filip K and his hot daddy coach seems like a real deal . Good Bye Nole . It may be possible that Tennis fans may actually like this Serb with him trying too hard

without"

Nadal OUT of Indian Wells and Miami. Will try to comeback for the clay season.

Grand slams won without facing any player ranked in the top 4 at the time of playing:

Federer 9

Nadal 3

Murray 1

Djokovic 0

Ferrero was known to be an asshole behind the scenes and a lot of tournament directors/execs didn't like him so I could see him saying something that Zverev wouldn't like.

Wawrinka is out of Indian Wells and Miami with ongoing knee issues

R508 - Could it be that higher longevity means you just have more chances of winning GS without facing anyone from top 4? I see that you're trying to point out that Federer has had some luck, but on the other hand he's been in the top higher that any of those guys, so the chance are other guys would score higher had they been in the tour for so long as he is. Do you have these numbers broken by the type of the tournament - it seems to me that in Wimbledon might be the case in which a lot of players struggling on other surfaces might go unusually deep (those very tall guys with super fast serve).

I don't like Satcha and his weird relationship with Melo either.

Why R511? I quite like it ;)

I love aSasha and Melo friendship. I know nothing sexual going on between . but still they are cute

Satcha is such a petulant brat.

petulant is the perfect word for him. He'll need to grow up if he wants to be a slam champ. He's also a few weeks away from having to start defending some real points.

Del Potro played pretty well today

Apparently Ferrero told a Spanish newspaper that Zverev's discipline was lacking, he would frequently be 20-30 minutes late for practice.

This does not look good for Sasha - in all materials from 2016 and early 2017 everyone was praising his discipline and focus (Kyrgios actually said we wished he had been more like him) - it looks like early success and praise has done more damage than good. Maybe the fact that he's got his ass kicked couple of times will do some good to him.

Who are these two guys with Domi and Kiki?

Roy Sarut de Valk and Luka Mladenovic, I think, R518.

I think this part about Sascha in the linked comment makes a lot of good points

"The picture the media painted (not sure if it could be trusted) is that Mischa was a "project", to which his parents applied their rigorous Soviet approach and "worked on" until he almost broke. But with Sascha they allegedly learned their lesson and let him develop more organically. What I pick from them (again, nothing but my personal take, could be wrong) is that Mischa had never been anything super special, nor been raised to think he was. Sascha, OTOH, is treated as some sort of one in a century prodigy - definitely by the press, but also possibly by his parents. And that, along with his inflated ranking, gets to him. His expectations of himself are quite unrealistic and he takes every loss extremely personally. His salty pressers, his on court demeanor, now this - everything signals he's confused and hurting. Which is really not his fault. There aren't many 20 years olds who have a perfectly clear, delusion free perception. It's natural to be confused under the circumstances. But that's where I'd like to see his parents step in and bring him back to Earth, manage his expectations better and help to clear some of the confusion he's experiencing. I don't see that. Either they are not doing it right, or he's really that dense. I am not ready to believe in the latter yet."

R520 Could be true - his brother in many interviews dating 2-3 years ago always said he would be the best in the world and in the recent one he said that for him he's already number 1, which is delusional on many levels. I hope he will not turn out as another case of a bright, promising guy who was messed up by their parents.

yes that is interesting that Ferrero said Zverev was frequently late for practice. I was watching the Tennis Channel for the Del Potro/Zverev match and James Blake said he first saw Zverev when he was about 15 down in Florida for a junior tournament. He said he was impressed with how hard he worked-Zverev would hit with his parents, his peers and adult tennis players-he just wanted to hit as often as he could on court.

Bautista Agut is the 2018 Dubai champ, defeating Pouille in straight sets

Yes, I hope so too, R521.

Isn't that obvious? The only thing Sasha needs is womanly love. Ask my husband to be!

R522, interesting, thanks. Maybe with Ferrero it was a bit of rebellion, as Ferrero wanted him to show less emotion.

Hey R525, Only think in which "your husband to be" is interested is your hot ass brother . That above picture was so obvious . He never looked so happy in any of the pics with you

It seems like Bautista Agut is no longer a DL fave since he confirmed his heterosexuality.

Thankfully Bautista stopped Pouille and his lucky draws that almost outnumber Errani's (in her glory days).

In the last few weeks, 6'6 Chilean Nicolas Jarry has really gained momentum. He reached a QF in Ecuador, the SF in Rio last week and now the final in Sao Paulo today. Obviously he's got a good serve. I'm curious to see if he'll be a factor during the Indian Wells/Miami double and then the Euro clay season

I guess I need to bring my ear plugs to IW this year.

Britney has better volleys then Zverev.

Who is Chase Urban? He’s cute.

R518, one is Kiki's brother, who had the same gap tooth that she did before she got it fixed.

So basically all the seeded ladies are hoping to avoid landmines Serena, Sharapova and Azarenka in their opening round. It would suck to have a bye and then draw 1 of those 3.

I don't know if there are any dangerous male floaters at the moment who could knock out the top 10

Del Potro def. Anderson for the Acapulco title

New ATP Top 10 on Monday

1. Federer

2. Nadal

3. Cilic

4. Dimitrov

5. Zverev

6. Thiem

7. Goffin

8. Del Potro

9. Anderson

10. Sock

Why did Andreas Seppi and his wife move to Boulder, Colorado? How random.

Do they have pot in Italy?

Nole.

What’s Muguruza doing at the Oscars?

topless Thiem in Indian Wells

wow the ladies' qualifying draw is stacked!

2-time slam finalist and former #2 Zvonareva (who's making her comeback after having a baby)

RG winner and former #4 Schiavone (who changeed her mind about retiring)

USO finalist Vinci

Wimbledon finalist Lisicki

Petkovic

The ladies' main draw and men's qualifying due out later today. I think the men's main will be tomorrow

Yet, little Ms. Genie got a WC direct into the main draw.

Part of Genie's settlement is that she gets a BYE to the semis of every US tournament she enters.

Venus vs. Serena in round three

the ladies' draw has quite a few good early round matches

How's this for a section? Muguruza and Radwanska for a third round with unseeded Bouchard, Sharapova and Osaka potentially in the way of that.

Azarenka will play Watson and then seed Stephens

Alison Van Utvanck is now out.

Thanks for the news, but Outsports.

men's main is out. Federer could definitely win it again this year. Thiem is his QF? lol Thiem sucks on hard.

Ladies' qualifiers of note: Zvonareva, Wickmayer, Niculescu, Hsieh and Townsend

men's qualies just started today

Comment on Tennis Channel about Taylor Townhouse: “Taylor with a ton of talent.”

Tehe

Is Noah Rubin a...(whispers) Jew?

I was convinced that, of all DL threads, The Gays and Tennis series was immune to infiltration by alt-right scum, both domestic and of Russian import. And then along comes r551 to prove me wrong.

R551? Fuck off, and don’t come back.

Naomi Osaka outhits Sharapova 6-4 6-4 Sharapova now on a 3 match losing streak (Kerber, Niculescu, Osaka) ! I don't think that's happened in her career before.

Tournament favorite Bouchard upset by little Sachia Vickery!

teen phenom Felix Auger-Aliassime qualifies for the men's main draw.

day 1 of men's first round starts tomorrow. Day 2 of ladies' round 1

I saw the Osaka–Sharapova match, r553, and was very impressed with O’s calm, determined, unwavering strategy to take it to Sharapova. She never left that baseline, and refused to be bullied. Sharapova eventually looked completely impotent, with no idea of what to do. It was almost sad to see that plan B seemed entirely to consist of raising the decibels with every screech.

I can’t see this post-Meldonium Sharapova being a contender for any of the bigger tournaments, let alone the GSs. And the more she loses, the more likely it is that people will stop seeing her current slump as an example of underperforming and will start thinking of her stellar career as an example of over performing, logically because of (technically legal) chemical enhancement.

She’s done.

R554 Naomi's form this year has been much better and steadier as she began working with sexy Sascha Bajin.

I do think Sharapova has lost something in her game since she stopped doping. It's also interesting to note that her 3 match losing streak is to 3 different styles of players. Kerber is a grinder/counter puncher, Niculescu is a junk baller and Osaka is a power hitter.

Ooh, Felix - I hope his next match is televised. I think he was supposed to be more promising than Shapovalov. And was very popular among his fellow juniors, Shapo included.

Serena or Zarina?

comeback queens Serena and Azarenka both advance

deplorable Harrison bounced by Delbonis!

young guns Coric, Shapovalov, Tsitsipas and Fritz all win

DL fave Puig wins

Zvonareva loses to countrywoman Vikhlyantseva

Special thanks to Delbonis and his wonky serve, then, r558!!!

As for Coric, the camera lingered on him for almost the entire change of ends at the tournament he was playing last week, and I swear what I saw screamed barely-repressed MARY! The slightly limp wrists, the chapstick applied just so, the dainty little pinky sticking out as he pursed his lips to sip from his bottle of water... He is literally swoon-worthy!

To be fair, I think R551 was going for humor more than anti-Semitism. Poking fun at how, decades ago, people were afraid to say the word Jew (or Black, or homosexual) out loud.

Off-topic: anti-Semitism could be reflective of alt-right or alt-left. Louis Farrakhan, anyone?

too bad hot non-deplorables Noah Rubin and Michael Mmoh are flopping right now. I was hoping they could crack the top 100 but their form is poor at the moment

Serena is not yet fit, but looked healthier than I thought she might.

Azarenka looked very lean and fit -- better than she looked before the baby. I can't believe her psycho/greedy ex has been using their child to interfere with her career.

for those who haven't watched yet, the courts are playing very slow. I was surprised how many times Harrison and Delbonis broke each other. It was unusual for a men's match and Harrison has a decent first serve. I expect the clay courters to like the conditions. Impatient big hitters will likely be in trouble

Taylor Fritz is a hot boy! I wonder where he will go in the game? I don’t see anything that remarkable, but he does seem to be a heady player.

Collapse of Garbine from 6/2, 3/1 up against Sashia V was pathetic

Garbine actually led 6-2 3-0 40-0 before a) losing the plot and b) Vickery really stepping up.

Congrats to Sachia!

Sharapova and Groenevled have parted ways

Vickery is quite scrappy and these slower courts really suit her style. Muguruza is still unstable.

Other key results of the day:

Escobedo won a duel of young guns as he defeated Tiafoe

17 year old phenom Felix Auger-Aliassime def. Pospisil and becomes first male player born in 2000 to win a Masters match. It was his first main draw win of any kind too

young Alex De Minaur wins a super clutch match over Struff 3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(5)

Monfils wins

Halep defeats the lesser Pliskova twin

Mladenovic def. Stosur

young Vondrousova def. Konta

Sabalenka upsets Kuznetsova

Ostapenko def. Bencic in battle of young players

Osaka knocks out Radwanska

Kvitova wins marathon over pesky Putintseva

16 year-old Anisimova def. Pavlyuchenkova

Anisimova seems very promising. Very nice game.

And I'm definitely becoming a fan of Osaka.

[quote] And I'm definitely becoming a fan of Osaka.

I've never been to her.

There was a ridiculously bad line call in the De Minaur vs Struff match, with no overrule from the umpire.

Minotaur

Why do all the Aussie guys have hunchbacks? Kyrgios, Kokk and De Minaur need to visit a chiropractor.

Genie's losing off the court now too (other than that gigantic USTA settlement). Her agent dumped her, so did her racket sponsor while her other endorsement deals ended, too. She's been reduced to endorsing cyptocurrencies. Nike will soon end supplying her with a unique outfit of her own (and they've been paying her $0 for a while now).

Finally, someone worked up the nerve to ask Serena about her TUE history. She said she's never tested positive and has always had exemptions.

there a lot of potentially good matches today...can't wait

Why the hell Domi has started grunting ?

ESL, he's now in the WTA.

Enough with these Colgate commercials! Tiredness of seeing that blonde country singer I’ve never heard of bouncing back and forth!

Wow, r575.

Ben, you in danger, gurl!

I think Fog has got some serious mental issues . Flavia should consult a psychiatrist immediately

Madison Keys needs a check-up from the neck up.

Shapovalov loses to Cuevas

I love that blond fur on Shapovalov's legs. Yum.

Martina is looking for a new man. She trades partners as much as her namesake.

The name "Martina" means "she who cannot keep her pants on".

Serena vs. Venus is on for Monday

Grigor looking pretty in pink

That pink is a bit much.

Where is young Grigor? Why don't I see him?

he's playing Verdasco right now, Jimbo

Courier is calling the match

[quote] Martina is looking for a new man

Aren’t we all.

Yes, it's well documented how horribly slutty Martina Hingis is.

Wozniacki has won Indian Wells without hitting a single ace.

haha king feddy has to finish his match today. I'm shocked the weather gods dared to interrupt him

After his 2/6.2/6 loss to Roger I knew Grigor would be in trouble . I knew that Roger had done some kind of number om him . Same thing happened to Misery for a small phase after Roger easily defeated him in Aussie open final in 2010 . Roger has ability to do this kind of number on other players, completely dismantling their confidence . Gaygor is on three match losing streak now

hahaha deplorable Isner loses again! he's now 2-6 for the year. He had 4-3 0-40 lead on Monfils in the third set, couldn't get the break. Then had match point at 5-4 30-40 couldn't get the break. He gets broken at 15-40 in the next game and Monfils serves it out

Anisimova upsets Kvitova pretty comfortably

Pouille loses to Bhambri

As was only to be expected, Ben (of Ben and Courtney fame) is being mercilessly dragged on Twitter for having incorrectly characterised Serena’s response to a question about her TUEs as “heated.” The remarkable thing about this particular dragging is that it’s coming relentlessly from the Serena Army, the SJWs, and, wait for it, the Trumpsters. The latter are in no way interested in sticking up for Serena, obviously, but in tearing into a NYT journo for having mischaracterised someone without having actually been present during the original exchange. A field day for those interested in scoring one against The Liberal Media.

I suspect nothing short of a word in his defence from Serena is going to save his arse in terms of The Army and the SJWs. His goose is looking almost cooked.

New thread. At link.

nole!