The Gays & Tennis part 46 Down Under in Australia!

luv u OP

Just... felt compelled to start yet another thread? It’s not difficult enough to get tennis-related talk on here, so you wanted to create moving targets?

R2 I made this in anticipation of the current one being payrolled. I wasn't suggesting posters start posting here yet but it's available for when the other is inevitably payrolled. You're welcome

Does anyone know any free sites showing AO? There used to be a fairly reliable Ukranian or Russian site.

Thank you OP for providing the link to the AO as opposed to the customary 'jinx' photos - while I love the DL perspective on the tennis players, I like to preview on draws/results in advance of reading the thread comments.

Hottie Farah is in trouble.....I got another thing from Colombian meat!

"On Tuesday, doubles No. 1 Robert Farah announced that he tested positive for the banned substance boldenone—he believes the result was due to Colombian meat—"

^ damm

Apparently the smoke is really bad in Melbourne. Unhealthy bad.

the other thread has just been payrolled

Awesome job OP. Your tenacity is admirable, you were probably a baseliner!

OP =

notable day 1 qualie results:

Bouchard def. X. You 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1

Kudla def. Tomic 7-6(4) 6-3

Jung def. Young 6-4 6-7(8) 6-1

Gulbis def. Cressy 6-3 6-3

Wickmayer def. Perez 7-6(7) 6-1

Krstin def. Klizan 6-3 6-2

Govortsova def. Myers 7-5 7-5

Viola def. Kuhn 4-6 6-3 3-1 ret.

Stakhovsky def. Rola 7-6(3) 6-4

Gibbs def. Bucso 6-0 2-6 7-5

Rogers def. Barthel 6-4 6-0

Federico Coria (younger brother by 10 years of Guillermo) def. Ramanathan 4-6 6-4 6-1

Niculescu def. Kalinina 7-6(5) 6-3

Rosol def. Lamasine 6-4 6-3

Why the fuck bother payrolling a tennis thread? There are about ten of us. LEAVE US IN PEACE

Yes, I’ve wondered the same thing, r12. Of all the threads to paywall...

Who's uglier: Querrey or Rublev?

The payrolling of threads seems to be based on frequency of posts over a number of days. If you max out a thread in 3-4 days you won't have to worry. If you have steady posting for a while, it seems to get payrolled

so maybe we should just post and finish these threads in less than a week to avoid it?

[quote]The payrolling of threads

Oh, dear

qualifying update:

Moriya def. Rubin 7-6(3) 7-5

omg Collins is SO VOCAL in her match against Kenin. Do they not like each other? Kenin looks pissed

can't wait for the handshake

Tomic couldn't get past the 1st round of qualies. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Bernie and Genie were made for each other.

Rally for relief

Two of my favorites cuties already are out--Rubin and Kwiatkowski. Damn. I need them to keep their rankings above a certain level so I can at least see them on the futures circuit.

R18 the handshake was bad! Collins is known to put on this ridiculous fake grunt at times. It's not just that it's loud, it's that it shows up so randomly. At least others will exaggerate it when they're hitting on the run, or hitting a bigger shot... hers is just randomly loud to rattle her opponent.

That's a shame about all the doping scandals. I wonder some times if (like in Meldonia's case) they keep taking it almost as a sign of hubris to the ITF and WADA. Like daring them 'go on, you won't ban me.' These players know that the tennis federations will do anything possible to pretend it's a clean sport. I'm sure they already cover up a LOT for the big names, just because it would be a bad look and bad for business in general.

Farah is such a hottie. Dumb question but does this mean CABAL (his partner) has to forfeit all the prize money and rankings points too? That would be beyond unfair.

Other results:

Vondrousova beats Rodionova 6-0 6-0. How the fuck did Sloane get smashed by her, and Marketa (who hasn't played in 7 months) doesn't lose a game? Vondrousova has won her last 18 games in a row though, so maybe she's in good form. Her QF is a rematch of last year's RG final against Barty.

Vekic def. Sakkari in 3. She will face Yastremska in the QF.

Bencic def. Goerges in 2 tiebreak sets. She will face Collins in the QF (battle of the bitches).

Sabalenka def. Pera in straights. She will face Halep in the QF.

Angie Kerber retires while down against Princess Dayana Yastremska. Unsure if she just couldn't be bothered going through with it (she's retired a few times at 5-0 and MP down) or if she's actually injured.

In Hobart, Muguruza def. Jabeur (who choked on MP) in three sets. Not exactly finding form but at least finding wins.

Roberta Vinci got a makeover and a job at Eurosport! Coming for Marion Bartoli's crooked, alcohol-soaked wig.

Shapo team or Popsicle team?

hm, that's tough R25. Popsicle for his huge cock but Shapo for his blonde furry legs.

But that's just me.

R16 Did you or did you not accurately assimilate the meaning of my statement? I’m typing with one thumb on a small screen. GFY.

Sabalenka swats Halep away 6-4 6-2

Isner won 2 TBs again. So boring.

Humbert def. Shapovalov 7-5 6-4 ends with Shapo double fault

Play suspended due to rain in Hobart.

Why cant it rain in Bush fire area ? for few nights

Aus open is going to be live in few minuites of facebook live

2 AM EST . Join in live

Cute twink De Minaur is out of AO beause of the injury from ATP Cup.

Tough opener for defending champion AusOpen Novak Djokovic, opening against Jan-Lennard Struff, who had a great 2019

1. Rough draw for Frances Tiafoe as he defends quarterfinal points from AusOpen last year, opening against No .4 Daniil Medvedev.

#1 Nadal could play Thiem (or maybe Kevin Anderson) in the quarters, Khachanov or Kyrgios in R16.

Federer/ Noleis in same half

Potential QF

Nadal/Thiem

Nole/Stef

Roger/Berratani

Danil /Sasha

Get fucked Nadal! No more easy draw for you.

Potential Round 4

Nadal / Karen Hemsworth

Nole / Little Diego

Roger /Shopbottom

Medvedev/ Stan Wawrinka(this can be an electric match )

Thiem/ Gael Monfils

Stefano/ RBA( Repeat of their last year quarter final)

Sasha /Little David

Mattero/Fabio

Medvedev/ Jo-wilfried Tsonga

Stan Wawrinka/John Isner

Goffin/ Rublev

Sasha Zverev/ Basilashvili

Nadal/PCB

Nick Kyrgios/ Karen Hemsworth

Gael/ FAA

Thiem/ Taylor Fritz

Nole/ Daniel Evans(infrom player)

Diego/ Dusan

RBa/Paire

Stefano/ Milos Raonic

Roger/ Hubert Hukcoz(poland)

Deniis Shapalov/ Young Grigor

Fabio Fog/ Guido Pella

Mateo/ Bora Coric

1. Nadal / PCB

That is Potential Round 3 match

Easy #17 GS for Djokovic.

Interesting Round one matches

Nole/ Jan Leanard Struff

Medvedev-Tiafoe

Popyrin-Tsonga

Querrey-Coric

Opelka-Fognini

Cilic-Moutet

Schwartzman-Harris

López-Bautista

Lajovic-Edmund

Interesting Round one matches

Nole/ Jan Leanard Struff

Medvedev-Tiafoe

Popyrin-Tsonga

Querrey-Coric

Opelka-Fognini

Cilic-Moutet

Schwartzman-Harris

López-Bautista

Lajovic-Edmund

Tennis Australia pulling ALL the strings so Federer and Barty can win. She has the softest section you could ever imagine.

Also a bit odd that ALL the black players are in the same section. Serena, Osaka, Sloane, Gauff, Venus, with Maddy Keys in that same section as well. And they've stitched up Venus and given her Call Me Coco in the first round once again, probably to play up the age difference and call it an upset. Poor Granny Vee can't catch a break... is she even healthy right now?

America's Sweetheart Danielle Collins is in terrifyingly good form at the moment. I fear she may be in for another SF run. In only 5 matches she has already handed out SIX breadstick or bagel sets. Swatting away scrappy players like Kenin, Svitolina, Putin and Bencic like flies.

Do the rules allow for Granny V to play in a mobility scooter?

Again a very horrible and cringworthy interview by Naomi Osaka during female draw ceremony. Offcourse dorks like Ben Rotherberg, Jose Morgado, Tumrani Carol and their fellow travelers loved that interview.

i hope Serene take out Osaka 's fake awkward ass in the quarterfinal

R45 She would slay the wheelchair doubles at Wimbledon!

JJ Wolf advanced to the 2nd round of AO qualies.

She should retire gracefully .

Actually AO organizers did her a favor by rigging the draw.

Losing to a fast rising superstar who is also a fellow American in the first round is comparatively respectable than losing to a random ova

@ R48

Is he in the market for a coach?

meh not thrilled with either draw

not horrific but could have been much better

Surprised the news about Farah's suspension hasn't gained more traction in the media.

R52: Doubles players are not that popular, no even between tennis fans.

Nadal recognized he never broke a raquet on court. He must be the only one

I don't remember Martina or Chris breaking a raquet. Did they?

R54: I don't think breaking raquets were that prominent in the past, and even less in the wta

R54, I think Martina has said she once went through multiple matches--maybe an entire tournament--using one racquet.

didn't it take longer to string wooden rackets? or they didn't have those rapid stringing machines? so it would have been dumb to purposely break equipment

Trigger warning: They used sheep guts to string the rackets! I used to play tennis, but I had to give it up because I'm a vegetarian. Too bad, because I was good enough to turn pro.

Damn. I was hoping to see JL Struff for at least two matches. I have the biggest crush on him since I saw him play at Indian Wells.

We’ll see how well DL’s sweetheart DCollins is playing when she comes up against Our Ashley later on today.

Agree about Stuff, R59. Sorry to see JJ Woolf lost narrowly to Trungletti.

Nadal has yet another cake draw.

Naomi is gonna spank Serena in the QF.

What a shame about Farah :(

Good win by Lloyd Harris in three sets over David Wheaton lookalike Tommy Paul. Harris is now into his first ATP final. That match was very easy on the eyes.

AO Q2: Trevisan def. Bouchard 6-4 6-3

I like to fantasize that Struff will pull it off over Djokovic.

Monday schedule

RLA Osaka, Serena, Federer day Barty, Djokovic night

MCA Shapovalov, Kvitova, Venus day Tsitsipas, Stephens night

Melbourne Arena Berrettini, Wozniacki, Dimitrov, Stosur

Paire having a meltdown now

broke a racket purposely on set point and knew he'd get a point penalty to lose the set. Acting like Kyrgios

I think he is gay

Confident Collins won first set against overrated Barty. Can she keep this up ?

Nice hug from Paire to that young twink at the end of the match . WTA players can learn a thing or two from ATP players

Women are petty.

Barty def. Collins 3-6 6-1 7-6(5)

Putting Sloane Stephens on a show court? In a night session? The organisers make it very clear sometimes that they don't watch womens tennis, or at least haven't watched her play in the last two years. That is going to be a slog for the crowd.

Did anybody else see DL fave Collins today? She was.... something else. I am not joking when I say this wasn't even her worst behaviour in the match. It's not just that she's abrasive, there's something also bizarre about her movement and demeanour?

Beauty v. Beast: FAA just won a blazing tiebreak against Rublev; third set coming up.

Rublev is more repulsive than Medusa.

And in news that will shock no one, Rafa and Roger (and probably most other Big Names) are whores, or at least their PR teams are.

That Moët shit was hilarious!

Harris (South Africa) vs. Paul (U.S.) has some nice eye candy. Harris looks great in his shorts. Paul looks built, but could use some tighter clothes.

Indeed, R79...

Rublev is gonna be top 10 this year if he avoids injury.

R81, He needs to play less and plan his schedule carefully

Tommy Paul is shaggable.

Wow, Rublev and Medvedev on the Russian forefront of the AT...

WHET Karen K? Did he die?

Probably i was the only one but i was rooting for Rublev.

And i'm happy Humbert is in his first final

I'd like to see Humbert and Harris win their first titles but they're not the favorites

I will say Humbert was impressive in getting revenge over Isner for his Newport choke last year. Quite the shotmaker

Adelaide will be Yastremska vs. Barty. Yastremska is now 3-0 vs. Sabalenka

Hobart will be Rybakina vs. S. Zhang

I was surprised when Humbert played so bad at the nextgen finals, but curiously he was the only one who won against Sinner, and he won quite easily

I have never heard of Elene Rybkina before 2020 . And now she came from nowhere and is ranked 30 in the world

The man in Paire's box is super hot. He can't be his coach since he is very young

Hobart:

Rybakina def. S. Zhang 7-6(7) 6-3 to win her 2nd title. She won her first last year

typical French choke from Humbert while serving for the match at 5-3

meanwhile Paire has had another temper tantrum. Such a diva

That's two finals in two weeks for Rybakina, and she ends with her 2nd title. Couldn't have asked for a better start to the year, but hopefully she has some gas left for the AO. She seems like a nice girl and has big shots for her age.

R77 I love these exposés. The part about Federer and the Moet had me laughing, I must have missed that when it first came out. There really is so, so, so much money in tennis. Yet none of it is trickling down to the players outside the top 100.

Humbert is the first 1st time ATP winner of 2020. I hope we see a lot more 1st timers on the ATP this year. The last few years we've seen so many new WTA winners

He finally puts Paire away 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(5)

Paire did hug him. They're apparently friends

Terrific final at Adelaide. Match was very tense not to mention it had all the dive antics of Paire

But there was nice hug at the end.

Happy for ugo . I always confuse Ugo humbert and Hubert Hukaaz from Poland. They are both young cute white twinks

R93, that’s apparently what’s behind a lot of the murky goings-on in the ATP Players’ Council, disputes over $$.

Ugo is sucha fine man . Except his teeth everything is perfect about him

Even if Benoit can go psycho, I enjoy him.

Adelaide final:

Barty def. Yastremska 6-2 7-5

Sascha Bajin is doing well with Yastremska. I think she's going to be a big factor this year but she was too inconsistent today.

Collins is a huge asshole. Barty seemed more pleased than usual after beating her.

Barty is a vulture . She is worse number 1 than Jelena Jankovic I know she will not go beyond Quaterfinal in AO open despite being handed an easy draw

Barty won Roland Garros, the use of vulture in Barty's case is beyond ridiculous.

Some people seem to get too used to big hitters and can handle a player who use her brain on court.

Bajin has a lot of work to do with Yastremska. She has the potential to be use, but she is the kind of player who hit first and think after, which is not exactly the bets combination. If he is able to make her have a game plan beyond hitting to ball harder she'll be huge in no time

Adelaide:

Rublev blasts Harris 6-3 6-0

2 titles in 2 weeks. look out if he's not tired at the AO

He was barely challenged this two weeks. He had two tough matches against Evans and Felix, but two very easy ones and had a bye on first round. And last week he won all his matches in two sets and only Moutet on the second set give him a fight.

If he wins easily the first round, he'll be perfectly ok

JM Gambill with Mary Carillo

To be fair, Barty won RG kind of by accident. Clay remains her worst surface, before that run she had only ever won two matches there, each five years apart, and on her way to the title she only had to face a single top 20 player (messy Madison Keys). Even she looked embarrassed and confused after the win and specifically brought up Sam Stosur, an actual Aussie clay specialist who was consistently a threat there.

I think she's a great player, with an awesome personality and deserves her #1 ranking (I mean she won the YEC, was the only one to make the 2nd week at all four slams, and had the most top 10 wins last year). But she doesn't have a 'second gear' when she needs it. And despite that rather lucky RG run, I still don't think of her as a big match slam player exactly. She still gets a bit passive and defensive, her game is a little bit toothless at times and the serve bails her out a lot.

Yastremska is much better against players who feed her a lot of pace.

New career highs on ATP Top 100:

16. Rublev

31. Hurkacz

32. Evans

43. Humbert

72. Harris

74. Travaglia

New career highs on ATP Top 100:

16. Rublev

31. Hurkacz

32. Evans

43. Humbert

72. Harris

74. Travaglia

Rublev is the first player since Hrbaty in 2004 to win two titles in the first two weeks of the season.

New career highs on WTA Top 100:

21. Yastremska

26. Rybakina

Donskoy, Gunneswaran and Kovalik won the Australian Open Lucky Loser draw against Giustino and Milojevic.

Their first round matches:

Donskoy-Verdasco

Gunneswaran-Ito

Kovalik-Carreno Busta

Donskoy, Gunneswaran and Kovalik won the Australian Open Lucky Loser draw against Giustino and Milojevic.

Their first round matches:

Donskoy-Verdasco

Gunneswaran-Ito

Kovalik-Carreno Busta

Qualifiers placed:

Eubanks-Gojowczyk

Vilella Martinez-Khachanov

Gulbis-Auger-Aliassime

Griekspoor-Fritz

Ivashka-Anderson

Martinez-Koepfer

Tabilo-Galan

Benchetrit-Sugita

Trungelliti-Sandgren

Safwat-Barrere

Purcell-Sinner

Novak-Hurkacz

Halys-Krajinovic

Gombos-Davidovich Fokina

Ash Barty has a BOYfriend? Golfer named Kissick. I thought she was OUT???

R114 yes, contrary to what some think, she is in fact not a lesbian.

Ohh please Sam Stousor also has boyfriend not too long ago . Do not fall for their lesbian lies

R116 = Margaret Court

Actually not a lot of WTA players are publicly out

R114: No, she is not a lesbian

R116: And Sam Stosur has a girlfriend for quite some time. I don't know if she had a boyfriend but that was ages ago

And yes, there's no so many openly lesbian players, but way more than the big fat zero of openly gay players on atp

Here is the bottom line and cold hard truth. Lesbian tennis players do not lose much in terms of sponsorship or admiration from the tennis fans that a gay male tennis player would, unless they are really abrasive like Martina Navratilova.

I am not saying that there is zero lesbian-phobia in the tennis world. Yes there are still tennis fans even in the first world who hate lesbians but I think a big majority of fans would welcome and lap up to a lesbian tennis player if she just dolls herself up a little bit

For a gay male tennis player, it would be a disaster That is a reason why even retired American player like JMG are afraid to openly come out

“Abrasive”, r119??!!

GFY.

Sorry but no.

I understand not wanting to come out for a less than friendly enviroment, or having to deal with the fans or simply that it puts you on the spotlilght for not the right reasons (with a lot of added pressure), but i have serious doubts that coming out will affect sponsors. Even more, i think if a young and promising player comes out he will receive a lot of sponsorship

I can understand why someone wouldn't come out because of the huge focus and pressure it would out them under. I don't believe it would affect them financially in any way, the opposite in fact - companies would be tripping over themselves to sign them up. But that wouldn't be the case everywhere in the world.

If say a Top 10 player were to come out tomorrow they could make a fortune as they're already successful. Someone lower-ranked still with something to prove wouldn't have it as easy.

It's a complex issue. Part of me thinks "why the fuck hasn't JMG come out publicly - he's already practically out on instagram etc" but also accept he's still active in tennis and doesn't "need" the extra attention it would bring. It's easy for us to judge JMG etc but we're really just armchair fans.

Ugo Humbert is a cutie pie. You know that thing's gotta be thick and uncut.

Sam Stosur is out of the closet since recently. And yes Ash Barty has a boyfriend but I don’t think it would matter if she didn’t, she has huge endorsement deals now, with Jaguar, Vegemite and a watch company, to name just a few. It’s amusing to see posters on here still underestimating Ash. She doesn’t grunt like a banshee or break racquets so some people think she’s a pushover. Not so.

Who the hell has designed GUI of AO open website ?

JMG is basically out. He just hasn't given an interview to officially announce it. Maybe he just doesn't want to.

R125: All GS websites are horrid

Looking forward to Denis vs Marton tonight

Sumit Nagal (you may remember him taking a set off Roger at the at the US Open) didn't qualify for the AO unfortunately. But he has to be one of the most underrated hotties on the tour.

And Carlos Alcaraz won his second itf 15k of the year. He will be near top 400 after this. He has a wc for the Río MD and for the Miami qualification (advantages of having Juan Carlos Ferrero as coach)

College wrestling instead of tennis on ESPN...

I always order espn+ for AO, Wimbledon and US Open...and cancel right after they end.

R130 it's on espn2

also you can watch certain matches on espn's site. Some are free others are espn+ only

kudos to John McEnroe for pleading with the rest of the ATP tour for someone new to fucking win the AO lol he's 1 of the few commentators who isn't always rooting for the big 3

There are four main show courts RL, MSC, Melbourne arena and 1573. What is the significance of 1573 here?

Also the new court no 3 is very beautiful.

1573 is a Chinese alcohol brand. They sponsor the tournament so they get a court named after their product. And some people say the US Open is overly commercialized.

Ohh thanks for the info R135

Ohh thanks for the info R135

Australian Open update:

OUT: Albot

IN: Giustino (LL, will play against Raonic)

R35 Well, that's relief. For a minute there I thought it referred to the number of lesbians on the premises.

Upsets brewing already: Shapo down a set to Fucsovics, Borna down a set and a break to Squidward.

Poor Borna...

Evans also down a set and break

openly lesbian Johanna Larsson already lost to rank 97 Paula Badosa 6-1,6-0 in less than an hour and she would get $90,000

[quote]Poor Borna...

2 sets down to Querrey now...

All american Sweat her Sofia Kenin won and= easy match and so does Julio Geogres from Germany and do dores Naomi Osaka

[quote] Julio Geogres

I love him

Bouzkova was 1 of the tougher unseeded opponents. Osaka did well to win in straight sets. I think Bouzkova will be top 30 by the end of the year

La Borna OUT to Querrey already!

and Coric is the first seed of either draw to fall. Not surprising given his form but still a bad result. Yes Querrey can be tough when he's playing well but Coric has been a mess

Borna such a flop...

Borna is useless. His ranking is gonna drop a lot after this. He owes his gay fans a sex tape.

Serena is set to unveil another terrifying outfit . . .

Borna just pushes. He pushes harder than Taylor Townsend trying to get to the front of the line at Golden Corral.

loving Serena's lavender color scheme

[quote]Serena is set to unveil another terrifying outfit . . .

will it be a purple mumu?

Berrettini off to a sexy start. Just finished his practice session against some random Aussie WC jobber

Shapovalov goes down an early break in the 3rd set, tosses his racket and the umpire warns him. Shapovalov complains "I can do whatever the hell I want. I didn't break it" so he doesn't think he should get a warning. It was the third time Shapovalov threw his racket though so finally the umpire had enough

Shapo screaming at the umpire

Serena bakes a bagel for Potapova 1st set 19 minutes

Potapova has beaten Kerber last year btw

Pella, Martic, S Zheng all through

unseeded upset: Berankis crushes RCB

Fucsovics now up double break in the 3rd set against Shapovalov. Looking like Shapo gonna have to go 5 if he is to win this.

Fucsovics wins 3rd set 6-1 after Shapo double fault. What a mess but Marton is playing some solid tennis

Will Shapo show up or go home?

Will Shapo grow up or go home?

Serena through 6-0 6-3

I don't know how it happened but Youzhny has aged very well. He doesn't look any different than 10 years ago

Come on, Marton!

holy shit I never knew Fucsovics had so much touch and shot making ability. I've seen him play a bunch of times these last 5 years but he never played like this. Just awesome

and Fucsovics tops Shapovalov in 4 sets. Denis joins Borna in the young benched players section

Has Nike borrowed from Laura Ashley for the men's outfits? What the hell are Sinner and Halys wearing?

Martina's doopleganger lost already.

Bummed I won't be seeing Denis' hairy blond legs for the rest of the fortnight. I think I heard he was in the doubles draw too, but I doubt we'll be seeing any of that.

Crackhead D.Evans won after he was down 2 sets.

the very entertaining Nishioka def. Djere in 4

Cirstea upsets Strycova in 2

So sad to see Coric, Djere and McDonald out already...

Opelka up 2 sets on Fognini

Play suspended on the outer courts due to rain. Matches closest to completion:

Raonic leads Giustino, 6-2 6-1 5-2*;

Sinner leads Purcell, 7-6 6-2 4-4;

Opelka leads Fognini, 6-3 7-6 1-0*;

Garin leads Travaglia, 6-4 6-3 1-1;

Riske leads Wang Yafan, 7-6.

Rain was expected for pretty much all day, so the fact that they have finished 17 of the 50 outside courts matches already isn't too bad.

Normally iI really gets very pissed due to rain during a tennis tournament especially if it is during early rounds because it completely wrecks the schedule and put the lower-ranked players at disadvantage. However, I hope that today there is huge rain for next 4-5 hours.

Normally i I really gets very pissed due to rain during a tennis tournament especially if it is during early rounds because it completely wrecks the schedule and put the lower-ranked players at disadvantage. However, I hope that today there is huge rain for next 4-5 hours.

Those animals in the Bush fire area really need rain. Their entire habitat has been destroyed

They will probably have time to put one more match on Laver Arena before the night session.

Dimitrov's outfit.

at least there are 3 roofed courts

Sinkova is such a drama queen

Tuesday schedule

RLA Pliskova, Sharapova, Nadal day Medvedev, Kerber night

They could schdule one more match at RLA day session but they did not

Venus vs. Coco now

poor Venus. I'm assuming this is her last year on tour. She's lost some of her power and speed these last 6-7 years and the newer players are getting better and better

Coco was too solid for her. Some nervy moments from both but also plenty of great points.

Coco just handed Venus her ass. Surely it’s time for Venus to retire.

Dimitrov def. Londero in 4 some fun points in this match too

Has the AO already had its “special ceremony” for the 50th anniversary of the Old Crone’s CYGS?

Love seeing Putin ass-kisser Shapo lose. Almost makes up for FUG deplorable Querey winning.

Serena looks great. But she needs to lose that floaty skirt that makes her look HUGE.

Johnny Mac and Fowler should just lube up and present to Fed. They're so in love with him. Sorry, Nole and Rafa are better.

Is Fed's draw full of qualifiers and the unranked as usual?

After winning the first set, Tsureko completely forgot how to play tennis

Tsitsipas pretty easy win

I feel for Dennis Shopbottom. But he needs to monitor his schedule.

After the ATP Cup, he had enough match practice. There was no need to go to Auckland to play an ATP-250 tournament.

He had a great run in the last three months in Bercy, Davis cup and ATP Cup. But he wasted that momentum by playing too much. A total 1 week of rest after the ATP Cup would have allowed him to be at his peak during AO but he behaved like a journeyman/vulture and simply got too greedy for ATP points/appearance fees

These young gun needs to prioritize their result on Grand slams and Grand slams only. The rest of the ATP tournaments should be only the means or ladder for the Grand slams.

Otherwise, big three will continue to win all the Grand slams at least for the next two years

Borna owes us a sex tap with Djere, Mary!

Sissypants looked in great form. He is obviously a bit embarrassed by these Greek hooligan soccer fans lol.

Kvitova also was quite scary in her match.

I'm convinced Dan Evans is doping.

I hope Fogna can come back tomorrow when play resumes but I doubt it. He's too short to be able to do anything against the Opelka serve.

Sloth Stephens actually looks awake for once.

Venus was terrible in her match. I know she's still nursing an injury and had to pull out of BOTH warm up events, but some of her backhand errors were dreadful.

The organisers are cruel for using her name and legend status to hype younger players though. Here is Federer with Craig Tiley probably making sure he gets the cushiest quarter of the draw.

I was just looking at JMG's record. Even though he only won 3 small titles in singles, he was runner-up at a Masters, made a slam QF and beat almost every top player he faced at least 1 time except for a couple guys like Ferrero. JMG seemed like an underachiever. Now he did hit with both hands on both groundstrokes and he's on the taller side so he didn't have great movement but still....

R196 JMG is still well-known in tennis fan circles and still active in tennis. Him coming out would be huge news that I suppose he's decided he doesn't need as he has a pretty good life already.

Apart from with hardcore fans, the reaction to Brian Vahaly's coming out was "Brian Who?".

BTW Good for World No. 1 Ashley Barty to not allow Tsurenko have 6 times as many Top 20 wins at slams as herself

AusOpen 2018 R1: Zhang d. Stephens 2-6, 7-6, 6-2

AusOpen 2020 R1: Zhang d. Stephens 2-6, 7-5, 6-2

Sloane served for the match today and was two points away.

In 2018 she also served for the match.

Borna has completely lost it...no confidence in his game. Sex tape stat!

R199 At least Zhang will do more with the draw than Sloth will.

On another note, the womens draw is already opening up for some debut slam QFalists I think. Just because of the way the seeds were spread out.

I wish Borna wasn't so shy. He's got a good sense of humour, but surely he must know we wanna see more skin!

One of the ATP "gold badge" umpires (Gialuca Moscarella) dismissed. During the Florence challenger tournament in October 2019 he harrassed a ball girl during the match between Pedro Sousa and Enrico Dalla Valle. He was caught telling her:

“You are fantastic. Very sexy. Are you ok? It’s hot. Do you feel hot? Physically or emotionally?”

As he was tired to referee the match, at one point, he told Sousa (while the other one was having a toilet break) "“Stay focused. Come on. 2 minutes and it’s over. The match should be 6-1 6-1 and you had 45 break points. Focus please,”

Sharapova will fall to around 366 if she loses tonight.

disappointing choke from Sloane. In the first set and a half she actually was playing a pretty good level of tennis. She was mixing in counter punching with good shot making. When she served for the match she got very tentative though and Zhang was able to gain momentum.

Now Sloane is on a 4 match losing streak, with of course 3 straight losses this season

Shapo and Borna are such disappointments.

OTOH, Titsy looked good, served well, moves well, covers the net well and really wants it. Plus he's now got a rack in the back.

Sloane shows she's on the good side at least

R197: Vahaly's career was short and he never was a top 50 player. JMG peak was at 14 and he was a consistent player for a good bunch of years. He was known for his unique style

R207 ... I know?

R208: If you don't you should know. JMG was a very entertaining player

If I have to hear Pam Shriver verbally masturbate to Coco ad nauseum I might just combust! There is something about Pam that just bugs, she has never found a frau bandwagon she wasn't willing to jump on.

Today they started early all the match on the outside courts. At 10:30 local time

which is the right thing to do. I wish the other slams would do this when rain interrupts early round play

Fokina is wasting a golden opportunity to win a grand slam match. He could not have wished an easier first round opponent

Wow Dayana Y. already won he r match 6-1, 6-1

Konta is out in straights

Woz's last match might very well be her next one. Yastremska can hit her off the court and through her defense.

Mladenovic's brother is hot

R217, There was rumor that he and Domi were secretly dating

In the other news AVU also lost after Sam Stosur and J Larson(SWE)

The cocky way Fognini struts around court makes me laugh but also gives off Big Dick Energy (BDE). That is counteracted however but his frequent bitchfests during matches and shit stirring with umpires, linesmen and even opponents so I'm not sure

I think we can agree that he's a Dick.

Cilic and Bencic both threw in straights

Jabeur handed Konta her ass in the second set. Impressive play from her.

*both through

lol

anyone else hear Dani Vallverdu is whoring himself out again?

he's still working with Wawrinka but he's now also a consultant for Pliskova

I thought it was cute, R221.

ugh Domi is wearing white shorts but he's now wearing compression shorts...

God but I like Fognini's chutzpah.

Vekic first set 6-3 over Sharapova

Take my energy Maria the real QUEEN!

The 2nd best thing about Domicakes (1st being his nice tokhes) is his amazing footwork. Especially when he's setting up on a backhand. My college coach used to berate me for my bad footwork. 25 years later I now geek out over it.

The only thing Maria is queen of is Meldonia

New Thiem video. Lots of close up of his bubble butt.

Keys routs Kasatkina again

lmfao Fognini with the epic comeback over giant Opelka 3-6 6-7(3) 6-4 6-3 7(10)-6(5)

remember at the AO it's a special tiebreak 1st to 10 points or by 2

*special final set tiebreak only

Millman def. Humbert in 4 sets

another young gun out

Vekic looks like a slightly prettier Dokic.

Dokic could be her older sister or cousin.

Vekic looks like a slightly prettier Dokic.

Dokic could be her older sister or cousin.

Sakkari and Sinner are through comfortably

Schwartzman dismisses Harris quickly

Davidovich Fokina wins in 5

RBA straight sets Lopez

Hurkacz def. Novak in 5 after being 2 sets down

Raonic wins easily

Paire wins in 5

Sharapova heading to the airport.

Vekic def. Sharapova 6-3 6-4

just like how Wawrinka dominates Dimitrov, Stan's ex gf dominated Grigor's ex gf

Maria nearly out of the top 400 now.

I'd like to see Stan dominate Grigor.

FAA vs. Gulbis now

FAA's shirt is similar to Serena's purple dotted dress

DL fave Garin wins in straights

Lajovic tough straight set win over Edmund

Rafa playing in short white shorts...

FAA served for the 1st set at 5-4 but donated the break back then lost the set 5-7 by going too many times to the Gulbis backhand. Gulbis' backhand is 1 of the very best on tour while his forehand is very wonky. Not sure what the strategy is there

Who told Thiem that dye job was a good idea?

FAA takes the 2nd set 6-4. His last 2 service games of the set he had to come back from 0-40

FAA is overrated shitty player. He should thanks his star thta he is playing that Latvian loon Gulbis

Go Gulbis!

Wednesday schedule

RLA Kvitova, Barty, Djokovic day Serena, Federer night

MCA Osaka, Wozniacki, Dimitrov day Fognini, Keys night

Millman, Polmans and now Thompson. It's been a good day for the Australians with many still to play.

How the hell Grigor is consistently playing in show courts ?

Nadal easy win over his clay courter opponent

Thiem straight set over Mannarino

Thompson surprisingly easy win over Bublik

Ostapenko straight sets Samsonova

Aussie WC Polmans surprising 5 set win over Kukushkin

M Ymer with a slam win!

Khachanov wins in 4 over a no-name

Mmoh continues his hot form 6-1 6-4 6-4 win over Andujar

1st slam main draw win

Wawrinka def. Dzumhur in 4 tough sets

disappointing inconsistency and poor strategy from FAA. Gulbis played a decent level and got more comfortable as he was able to hit a lot of backhands.

Anisimova is out

Is she still dating Nick Krygois ?

Tomljanovic destroys Sevastova 6-1 6-1

Muguruza wins a bizarre match over Rogers 0-6 6-1 6-0

Medvedev looks cute with his hair cut

Jesus, Tiafoe is just dumb. He’s made dumb shot after dumb shot every chance he has a chance to lead. By the time he learns his choices are doing him in, he will be too old for the game.

Frances looks really cute in the pink. It's a good color for him.

Impressed he could win the 2nd set. Medvedev's forehand is letting him down

Classic Tiafoe. Dumb when it counts.

R247 I did.

Tiafoe is a dumb player

Tiawful really squandered so many chances and leads today.

Having said that I expected him to do a lot worse considering his form the last 11 months. A good showing for him that he can work on. And it was nice to see that booty again.

Does anybody feel like most of the courts are playing slow? Or at least like the ball is 'sticking' a lot to the surface?

Grigor rewards his gay fans.

R267, the surface is said to be grittier and slower than last year’s.

r266/r267—I don't remember where I read or heard it, but this year's AO is actually faster than the USO *and* Wimbledon.

I read that too R270 but it was probably on DL

Interesting. Wimbledon last year was like a mud court though. It felt like a repeat of Roland Garros, the grass was long and slippery and even big serves weren't moving through it with that much speed.

At the AO this year it might be more that it's sticking and gritty rather than actually slow (due to the minerals put in it - meaning it could change by the end of the fortnight with a bit of wear).

Because the few players i've seen to hit THROUGH it are the hard flat bashers (Kvitova, Kyrgios, Maddy Keys, Basilashvili, Yastremska, Bublik). Players who hit with more topspin look like their ball is going extremely slow after it bounces - this applies to most of the ATP, but even bigger hitters like say Serena or Federer look as though they're hitting at half pace.

Vasek Popsil lost to 41 year old Ivo Karlovic

So Dennis, FAA and now Vasek all out . Only botonic is there and he is not exactly Candida

Andreescu has been on the pro tour for about one year, plays half a schedule or less, and has a body made of glass, and even then her worst results are better than the rest of Canada's best results.

They would be wise to focus on marketing her instead of the likes of Genie/Shapo/FAA who will never be reliable to perform up to their potential...

'Just let me win a Grand Slam, you heartless monsters,' says Sascha to fellow players.

no more Popsicle :-(

R275 I love The Tennis Podcast. Catherine, especially, is a delight and so different from her day job presenting on Amazon Prime.

Vasek "tripod" Pospisil is done. Shoot. Love him.

[quote]Khachanov wins in 4 over a no-name

it was Vilella Martínez (?)

Karen looked hot. Grigor looked silly.

Karen and Borna are in major slumps. Bel Ami anyone?

Some good-looking matches tomorrow:

Titsy/Kohli

J Thompson/Fog

Tommy Paul/Grigor

Tomorrow is today.

DL will be sad to hear CSN has announced this is her last year on tour

SUPER windy conditions today. It'll be tough for big-swinging players. Compact strokes are best which is why Agassi always did well on such days

[quote]DL will be sad to hear CSN has announced this is her last year on tour

But she won the 1st set against Sabalenka!

Osaka straight sets Zheng. She went down 2-4 in the 2nd set before winning the last 4 games

Kvitova tough straight win over Badosa

Tsitsipas gets walkover from Kohlschreiber

Kenin easy win

Kontaveit easy win

Zhang easy win

Swiateak and Pavlyuchenkova also straight set winners today

Townsend def. Pegula 6-4 7-6(5) nice hug at the end between the 2

Keznetsova cause little upset yesterday by beating French open ruunner up with a very long name

Vondrousova....only 1 letter more than Kuznetsova ;)

I think this will be Wozniacki's last match.

Goerges wins tough 3 setter over Martic

CSN upsets Sabalenka in 2 tiebreaks

Sabaenka is bigger Grand Slam flop than FAA

Note that this was only first round and not 2nd round

Good on Woz for coming back in that first set!

Jesus Christ !!

Coco Gauff now playing on Melbourne Arena, the third-tier stadium.

Big barn. But amazingly, it's the worst main draw singles court assignment Gauff has gotten at a Slam in her *career*.

Wimbledon:

Court 1

Court 1

Centre

Court 1

US Open:

Armstrong

Armstrong

Ashe

#AusOpen

MCA

Isn't she repped by Fed's team?

Yes, but it has nothing do with her court Schedule

Gauff seems like a really nice kid, but the relentless media fawning makes me want her to lose. Kenin is seeded 14 and you barely hear anything about her.

Don't let media hype hate(I know you don't exactly hate her) a nice kid. It not her fault .Media is using her for their own benefit . They don't care about her . if she crashes and burn tomorrow . they will forget her immediately and will move on to next thing. That is how they roll . Always need a "star" to sell their shitty overpriced product .

Best way to deal with these things is to not sway positively or negatively by the media

Good point. But I do hate that she's started with the obnoxious "Come on!!" after every point she wins. I don't recall her doing that last year.

Chrissie just told Pam that she should've retired at 16.

Sad to see Berrettini out. At least Sandgren and Querrey face off in the 3rd round so that we'll be rid of one of them.

Does anyone else think Querrey looks like Buttigieg's unfortunate younger brother?

Queery always reminds me of the Phantom of the Opera...the one from the 1930's

It's CocoMania!!! CooCoo for Coco!! I hope she loses.

CoCo G doesn't even compare to 15 year old Andrea Jaeger's 1980 season. Jaegs beat all the greats except Evert that year, made the Wimbledon quarters and US Open semis. Gauff is not likely to EVER be a top ten player. Her game is basic. Her annoying parents will end up being HATED and it will affect her.