The Gays & Tennis Part 50 Post-AO swing

Montpellier results:

M Ymer def. Sinner 6-3 6-4

FAA def. Dzumhur 6-7(5) 6-2 6-2

I think this is Dzumhur getting a massage

he is hot yes

I love his feisty on-court attitude too. Competitive but not a jerk

kudos to 18 year old Brandon Nakashima. In Dallas challenger he defeated Ryan Harrison yesterday and today Bernard Tomic both in straight sets

Extra kudos to Nakashima for getting rid of two bad attitudes.

Congrats to FAA today too in a nice comeback after Dumzhur took the first set. Let's hope this bodes well for the rest of the season.

Dzumhur*

Ymer is doing good for past few weeks

Ypir, first Muslim supermodel in the 70s.

Is Nole now number 1?

Our Borna doing porn

He is, R9.

What a revolting person Margaret Court is.

[quote]"I’d never go to another nation, whatever I thought of a person, I would never say, ‘Hey, you should take their name off a building, or off an arena, or a tennis centre’. I would never do that,” Court said. “I think that was very, very wrong."

she says about Navratilova and McEnroe's attempt to get the MC arena renamed. She didn't, though, think it was a problem to say that she thought South Africa was handling its racial issues well under apartheid.

What an evil piece of work she is.

Not a fan of her but befitting replay by MSC to hypocrite like John Mac and Martina N.

Not a fan of her but befitting replay by MSC to hypocrite like John Mac and Martina N.

Why are Navratilova and McEnroe hypocrites, r14?

I play around with defending Djokovic, but if you come after Martina I SWEAR I will cutabitch, DL style, and post 300 reasons why you're wrong.

Ugo Humbert won a tournament and lost in the first round of the next two, nextgen style

I'm with you R16.

Saint Martina!

R16 Start typing bitch I'm expecting to see the 300 reasons by tomorrow.

1. #Yeasssqueeen .

2. #SlayMargretcourt

3.Martina, you go gurl

4. # FuckMargretcourt. #FuckTrump

5. #MartinaPersisted

R19, wait until R14 explains himself in English. I can’t make out what he’s getting at.

ohhh please R21, , You perfectly understood, what I wrote.

Why "you people" pretend so much?

Doubles specialist Abigail Spears has been banned for doping.

Is she journeywoman?

Abigail Soears is 38, so she may as well call it a career.

I think Spears was known for being powerful

Her hate has made her powerful.

Montpellier:

Barrere def. DimitFLOP 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 lots of breaks of serve in this

Anyone else get the feeling we’re being trolled by the anti-Martina poster at r14?

Montpellier

Pospisil def. Shapovalov 6-2 6-3

Shapo be dumb.

Yes, R29, hard to fathom that level of obtuseness otherwise.

Bellucci looks like quite a mouthful.

Corentin Moutet should have asked for a wild card in Montpelier or should have played in Pune. He would have been 3rd seed in Pune. His game is suited for faster court. There is no point for him to go for South American clay court swing

Corentin Moutet should have asked for a wild card in Montpelier or should have played in Pune. He would have been 3rd seed in Pune. His game is suited for faster court. There is no point for him to go for South American clay court swing

did pospisil show his massive cock?

Pella called Moutet impolite after their match. It's not the first time their matches are heated.

Moutet reminds me of Cantona, outside court he seems a nice guy who loves poetry, but on court he is rude.

Moutet won their match 67 75 63

You guys can directly watch all the challenger directly from offcila ATP website free of cost. Currently DL favorite Mimoh is playing

You guys can directly watch all the challenger directly from offcila ATP website free of cost. Currently DL favorite Mimoh is playing

Thanks, R39, looks like Mmoh is headed out of the tournament unfortunately.

Pune:

#174 30 year old Roberto Marcora def. #1 seed Paire 6-4 6-4

Poon.

Moutet published a tweet responding to Pella's comments. Weel, that was the theory because he really didn't answer anything at all and seems to link a good performace with being a jerk on court

Fed Cup:

Sara Sorribes def Naomi Osaka 60 63.

Naomi ended in tears after being defeated very clearly. Sorribes used the slice and variety and the japanese made a lot of unforced errors.

Right now is pretty clear that Osaka is not the same without Bajin

She should be ashamed of herself

Novak's dad said it was unbelievable that the australian crowd didn't cheer for Nole in the final.

I know with all the Federer hysteria but crowds used to root for the underdog

But that particular underdog is called Novak Djokovic, r46. Only die-hard Serbian nationalists would root for him. He’s one of the most unpleasant players I’ve ever watched, and I’ve been watching since the end of Laver’s reign.

Osaka's worst surface is clay though. She certainly shouldn't have lost to that player and by that score but Naomi seems to be a hard court specialist actually then grass then clay

R47: In this case he was clearly the favourite so it's easy to understand they root for Thiem.

R48: That doesn't explain how she lose against someone as Sorribes (I recognize she played very smart today) winning only three games. Unless she changes a lot her chances against CSN are not very high either

To R47's point, my tennis GJOATs since 1970, ATP round of 16:

Connors

Nastase

D. Medevev

Djokovic

Kyrgios

Agassi

McEnroe

Tarango

Koubek

Hewitt

Nalbandian

Troicki

Rusedski

A. Zverev

Fognini

Gilbert

Addendum, on-court behavior only...

Not surprised by Osaka bad performance in Fed cup. Patriotism was never her strong suit

Pospisil accepted the SE in Rotterdam and was drawn against Journeyman Medvedev in the first round.

Except, r50/r51, every one of those you list at least owned their arseholery. Djokovic adds an extra layer of obscene pandering to his nastiness. You want to rant at ball kids? Fine. You want to get pissed at an umpire because they told you you’d gone over time on your serve? Great. But then stop it with the boobs shit, and do NOT use someone else’s death to score pity points from the public.

R50 how can you not include Roddick on your list? He was such an entitled jerk at times

R54 nailed it.

Yes R55 is also right Roddick was a disgrace to America

look up "tennis fights" on youtube lol there are I think about 5 different videos. Some of them are quite something.

R53: Medvedev better be ready, Pospisil is playing well again

Osaka didn't play her match against CSN. Spain is going to win way easier than expected (well, before Osaka debacle, Spain seemed the clear underdog playing without Muguruza)

R55/R56, I tended to focus on Roddick's more redeeming qualities. But he at least deserves a dishonorable mention.

I enjoyed watching Andy

Was ATP livescore app also developed by that Shadow company that botched Iowa caucuses? Rotterdam qualies currently underway but no such event could be found.

Roddick had a weird body and ass.

R54, I see Djokovic as a contradictory, and somewhat self-destructive person. It it fully possible for him to do, and mean, all of the things that you describe. Indeed, of all of the people who spoke about Bryant at the AO, Djokovic seemed to be the only one who had been friends with him.

The Djokovic hate here is ridiculous. He had an interview talking about Kobe Bryant being his friend and mentor the day BEFORE he died. And some here think he is using him to score pity points. If anyone is doing that it's Nick Kyrgios.

[R65] From what you wrote it's now perfectly clear that Novak set up Kobe's helicopter crash! #PureEvil

Novak is difficult to like, and he's made his own bed in that respect.

Kobe met with a lot of the top tennis players though, not just Djokovic

R50, I'd add Tomic to that list, but I'm not sure whom to remove, maybe Agassi?

Pune final set:

Vesely vs. Gerasimov

Montpellier:

Pospisil upsets Goffin 6-3 1-6 7-5

final is Monfils vs. Pospisil

Outside the court Djokovic is perfectly likeable and way more interesting than Roger and Rafa, his problem is his on court behaviour. He used to withdraw when he was losing when he was young, he still throws raquets when things are not going his way, his temper tamtrums are epic, and so on. And the fact that he clearly wants to be liked doesn't help either

St. Petersburg:

Zvonareva wins comeback match after her latest injury. She's down to #474 but def. Gasparyan 6-2 6-2 in 1st round of qualifying

New York main draw is out. Sock got a WC lmao

Buenos Aires draw is out. Many here would be quite excited to watch if #4 and #5 seeds Coric and Garin meet in the QF

There are some interesting first rounds in Rotterdam: Medvedev vs Pospisil, Dimitrov vs Shapovalov and Tsitsipas vs Hurkacz

R69, I'd take Gilbert out before Agassi. I've always given Tomic a get out of jail free card because of his nightmare father, but some of his antics definitely have put him in the running.

Popsicle the tripod: "I'm getting back in the right direction".

Yep, and the only way is up my butt.

This is weird?

Vasek is so beautiful. One of the most good looking guys on tour

I hope Borna can start doing better. He's 1-9 in his last 10 matches...

Cordoba final set:

Schwartzman vs. Garin

I hope Borna starts a porn career, STAT.

Pune: Vesely def. Gerasimov 7-6(2) 5-7 6-3 for his 2nd career singles title

Montpellier: Monfils def. Pospisil 7-5 6-3 for his 9th career singles title and 3rd at the event

St. Petersburg draw is out. It's actually similar to who was there last year. Sharapova did not take a WC this year though.

Svitolina is the top seed at Hua Hin and obviously looking to find some form

Serena loses her first Fed Cup singles match ever.

Cordoba final:

Garin def. Schwartzman 2-6 6-4 6-0 it's Garin's 3rd title. He won his 1st 2 last year.

Borna's bros are hot.

The blind one on the right could lose a bit of weight.

No surprise JMG liked that post at R87

I think he and Malec have an open relationship

No surprise JMG liked that post at R87

I think he and Malec have an open relationship

Rotterdam:

Dimitrov def. Shapovalov 6-3 7-6(3) Grigor even managed to save all break points against him

Good for young Grigor!

New York:

Johnson def. Sandgren in 3rd set tiebreak. Johnson's 1st main draw win of the year.

Noah Rubin lost to a claycourt in the qualifying round 6-3, 6-1. Yet he always want more money

[quote] Noah Rubin lost to a claycourt

?

New York:

Giron def. Sock 6-3 6-4

Sock is still unranked! He has been since November.

Jack Sock should just go be a doubles specialist, or become a head pro at a club in Newport Beach.

Rothenberg was dragging Sock on twitter earlier today. Evidently he was right.

R97 what was he saying?

That he isn't a draw, that he's a big loser who hasn't won a match in a year and doesn't deserve wild cards. Nothing but the truth.

Compelling, R99.

I'm so happy that Sandgren and Sock lost. Trumpers deserve nothing nice.

Birthday cake for the birthday boy

Note that Danil M is not wearing undiesin this video under his sweatpants

Maria is doing more for the environment than Greata

In other doper news, Farah has been found guilty but not banned.

Three little comments:

R102—I really hope he’s a grower, because he certainly ain’t no shower;

R103—she is so full of shit I’m surprised anyone could be bothered signing her up for this sort of campaign. There must be some point at which her sponsors realise she’s actually toxic;

R104—As the “It was my grandmother!” worked, why not go the guilty but not banned route?

[quote] There must be some point at which her sponsors realise she’s actually toxic;

Well not literally toxic any longer.

Rotterdam:

Rublev def. Basilashvili 6-2 6-3

Khachanov def. Fognini 6-3 6-3

FAA def. Struff 6-3 1-6 6-3

Bedene def. Paire 6-2 6-4

Tsitsipas def. Hurkacz 6-7(2) 6-3 6-1 Stefanos was down a set and a break before turning it around

St. Petersburg

Kuznetsova def. Brady 6-3 6-1

Ferro def. Garcia 7-5 3-6 6-3

Alexandrova def. Kasatkina 6-4 3-6 6-4

Van Uytvanck def. Mladenovic 6-4 6-1

NY:

Thompson def. Karlovic 6-3 7-6(2)

Koepfer def. Schnur 6-4 6-3 Schnur was last year's runner-up and will drop far in the rankings

Is that Gimelstob in the video at R102? That suit is ridiculous.

Yeng team or Anderson team?

Hi Serena at R105! You just can’t accept that Sharapova will always be more popular than you. Build a bridge and get over it.

Hahaha, r110. I appreciate your sense of humour, but I’m no fan of SWilliams, either. In my perfect little world, Serena gets her just comeuppance by having her own “supplement” use divulged. I’m an equal-opportunities antidoper.

Pospisil is on the verge of defeating Medvedev

Popsicle team.

JMG and Malek are exclusive to one another. Where do you queens get your info?

Popsicle wins! That maple syrup is working.

I think we'll going to have another Tsitsipas-FAA

FAA is a journey man

FAA is a journey man

Is he clay specialist?

Coric loses yet again in Buenos Aires.

Evans upsetting Khachanov who loves playing indoors is an upset too

He needs to take brake and not play untill Indian wells same for Danil, FAA. STefano, Nole, Shobbbottom, And Domi

He needs to take brake and not play untill Indian wells same for Danil, FAA. STefano, Nole, Shobbbottom, And Domi

FAA is doing well this week so far

Karen Hemsworth

Shobbbottom

The porcine Milos Raonic.

Kwon upsets Raonic in 3 !

Marcos Giron collapse is complete

Jast saw Raonic's result in New York. Which made me realize how long it has been since he last won a title. It's staggering, even taking into account all his injury woes.To put it in perspective...

When Milos won his last to-date title, none of Shapovalov, AdM, Tsitsipas, Humbert, Tiafoe, Rublev, Zverev, Hurkacz, Fritz, Opelka, Coric, Medvedev, Berrettini, Khachanov, Garin, Djere, Sonego, Jarry, Nishioka, Kyrgios, Edmund, Pouille had won a title yet.

They have since won 63.

Jast saw Raonic's result in New York. Which made me realize how long it has been since he last won a title. It's staggering, even taking into account all his injury woes.To put it in perspective...

When Milos won his last to-date title, none of Shapovalov, AdM, Tsitsipas, Humbert, Tiafoe, Rublev, Zverev, Hurkacz, Fritz, Opelka, Coric, Medvedev, Berrettini, Khachanov, Garin, Djere, Sonego, Jarry, Nishioka, Kyrgios, Edmund, Pouille had won a title yet.

They have since won 63.

R92.... weird how johnson beats sandgren?! i mean i'm glad that nutjob sandgren lost don't get me wrong, i just meant it's weird in that federer destroyed johnson at the recent aussie without breaking a sweat and yet, barely won and rightfully should have lost to sandgren saving 7 match points and now only a couple weeks later johnson can and did beat sandgren? HUH?... weird... then again federer was NOT 100% against sandgren or novak for that matter..

Sandgren only play well in one continent

Aljaz Bedene Stefanos Tsitsipas collapse is complete!!

Aljaz Bedene was tough as nail today

Aljaz Bedene Stefanos Tsitsipas collapse is complete!!

Aljaz Bedene was tough as nail today

Lots of upsets so far. Watching some new guys should be interesting.

R116, it'll be FAA-Bedene instead since Bedene upset Tsitsipas 7-5, 6-4 today. Sinner also took out Goffin 7-6, 7-5.

And little Jannick Sinner downed David Goffin. Rotterdam is full of surprises.

Begin the Bedene.

IFHH

Gilou bulging like it's nobody's business except it's mine. This is insane.

All bulge, no play...

Don Bulge

Rotterdam draw really fell apart. Monfils and Rublev are the favorites now though of course Sinner and FAA are very dangerous. It'd be a shock if Krajinovic or Bedene won the title

Popsicle melted.

Sinner is like Medusa - he just looks and someone and they die.

Sinner is like Medusa - he just looks at someone and they die.

Pornstache

NYC:

Thompson def. Isner in 3

Isner collapse is complete

when will we get some new Pospisil pics, shirtless, bulge, so forth?

Little Diego again won a match because he opnnet totally crumbled when he was near victory

alexzverev123 Happy Valentine’s Day. Hope everyone can find the person that they are happiest with because I finally did

Liked by Domi Thiem 👸🏽👸🏽

Is Borna spending Valentine's Day with Bruna?

R153, Somehow I read your post as

"Is Borna pounding Bruna on Valentine's Day?"

I am not joking. Thats exactly what I read on my first glance

R145: He is not the most handsome young player, but i don't think he is ugly, and he seems a pretty nice guy (which is a nice change after so many spoiled brats)

[quote] he seems a pretty nice guy (which is a nice change after so many spoiled brats)

He does indeed. Sinner is growing on me.

He lost against PCB in the third set tie break.

I think Sinner is going to progress a lot this year unless he starts showing his girlfriend on instagram, that seems the kiss of death for a young tennis player

Biden is toast. FAA is playing really well tonight..

What, is Biden throwing in the towel on the presidency and becoming a tennis professional??!

Grigor and Domi are flirting on Instagram...in case anyone is interested, haha.

Evans meltdown in the 1st set against Monfils was hilarious

no one heard a let but you Danny boy!

R160: That can't be true. Domi promised on a recent interview that there'll be a girlfriend cheering for him in his box in a future

Haha, R162...he actually said "eine Freundin" as far as I saw which could just be a female friend :D. But check their posts for yourself and give me your objective verdict!!

R163: My german is not good enough (well, i basically can say my age or to be totally honest the age i had when i studied german for a couple of months long time ago).

I read about the interview on a spanish blog and i swear they are not good with translations (not good at all).

Anyway my post was an attempt (and a fail) at being sarcastic. The only openly gay player in the last twenty years had a girlfriend when he was on tour

Oh, don't worry, R164, I got that you were joking, I was just playing along :D. I don't actually seriously think Domi, Grigor or anyone else is about to come out, I'm just having fun with their comments!

wow at Svitolina going out to Hibino 6-4 6-2

Ryan Harrison and Jack Sock received WC for Delray Beach. The draw features Kyrgios vs Paul, Tiafoe vs Sandgren in R1.

well Sock did draw Albot. That's 1 of the more winnable matches but Albot can be tricky. If Sock doesn't win here it's time to stop gifting him WCs. His bod y this week in Long Island still looked flabby. If I didn't know he was a tennis player I'd have no idea he's a professional athlete. He doesn't seem to be in shape at all

NY:

Jung def. defending champ Opelka 5-7 6-4 6-4

Puig! is attempting a comeback.

Just like yesterday, Little diego again won just because his opponent has an epic chooke . He wins 5-% of match like this

Dubai draw is out!

pretty tough field with a bunch of good first round matches

oh and the return of Clijsters! She drew Bertens

Rotterdam final gonna be fun! We're getting Monfils vs. FAA

Buenos Aires final will be Ruud vs. LL P Sousa Londero served for the match but Ruud came back. Sousa got a walkover from Schwartzman

St. Petersburg final will be Bertens and Rybakina

Rio draw is out with Domi back in action

Kecmanovic rocking a nice bulge in some ugly Nike shorts in his match right now.

R174: First atp main draw for Carlos Alcaraz, and a good bunch of next gen players on the draw

NY Open final will be:

Edmund vs. Seppi

no one saw that combo coming

or cares to watch.

lol harsh but true

I hope Kyle wins it. He is hot.

FAA will look even hotter in a few years when he gains weight, muscles and becomes a fully mature man. great looking sexy young man already..

krajinovic in his loss to monfils.. was showing underwear and underwear "panty lines" in his white shorts as he served! nice... best though in recent history was berretini at the u..s open and his blue bikini underwear clearly shown under his wet from sweat white shorts! it was like soft porn! lol!...

He is a nice guy, but the noise he makes everytime he hits the ball is annoying as hell

Marseille update:

OUT: Krajinovic

IN: Lucky Loser (will be drawn)

Cilic will play against a Q or LL.

Marseille update:

OUT: Krajinovic

IN: Lucky Loser (will be drawn)

Cilic will play against a Q or LL.

Considering the opponent, Kimberley may actually win her first round match.

Would be hilarious. Tragic but hilarious.

Considering the opponent, Kimberley may actually win her first round match.

Would be hilarious. Tragic but hilarious.

[quote] Cilic will play against a Q or LL.

Who is better: Qualifier or Lucky Loser?

Cutie Casper won his first title.

In Dubai Bertens pulled out and Muguruza is bumped up to seed #9 so she now plays Clijsters

In Dubai Bertens pulled out and Muguruza is bumped up to seed #9 so she now plays Clijsters

happy for Ruud

I feel for FAA. Eventually he's going to win a title. Monfils' defense is hard to combat. FAA felt overwhelmed at how many balls kept coming back hence all the errors

Gabi still most beautiful woman ever on WTA. Here she is with Casper Rude during Trophy ceremony.

She is 50

maybe this shouldn't come as a shock but Indian Wells owner Larry Ellison is a big Trump supporter

a lot of his employees are upset about his intention to hold a fundraiser

Indianwells is one of the best run ATP Master 1000 tournament. So much better organised than Miami . I don't know why.

R192, you’re not wrong there. She is absolutely stunning still. I wonder if Argentina has cottoned on to the fact that she’s a dyke?

Sabatini is a beautiful woman but I don't know if she's the most. Ivanovic and Stephens are quite stunning themselves

Best player (by ranking) by age. It's not totally accurate because right now Shapo has better ranking than De Miñaur

what was it that ted tinling said about describing sabatini? "looks like marilyn monroe, walks like john wayne" i believe was the quote..

Gabi is not a lesbian. Just because she is not married does not mean she is a lesbian. She dated ton of big Latin American male celebrities. Not to mention Jim Courier .

Jim Courier himself admitted this during 2017 AO final that he dated Gabi during early 90s

R199—a literal translation of a La Semana newspaper article from July 2009:

[quote]Gabriela has her reason to say goodbye so soon. Her life has been complicated on a personal level. She discovered that the media was publishing intimate secrets that her entourage didn't like and she couldn't control the situation. The solution was "bye, bye to tennis". Gabriela has quit the sport and fame to live a quiet life with her friend, a physiotherapist of the WTA. With her retirement Gaby claims to have the right of privacy. No more paparazzis following her every step. No more inventions from the Argentine press to simulate something that is not true. No more boyfriends that don't exist. Not anymore.

Cum grano salis, but interesting nonetheless.

When someone mentions Courier dating Sabatini all I can think is strap-on.

[quote] In Dubai Bertens pulled out

With what? The blunt end of a broom stick?

R201..all i can think of when i think of courier and sabatini is, damn she has bad taste! she could get ANY truly stunning handsome sexy great bodied guy NOT in tennis but the world and she wanted that? must have been jim's manners and personality that sealed the deal (sarcasm)..

New career highs on ATP Top 100

14. Rublev

25. Garín

31. Evans

34. Rude

68. Sinner

71. Duckworth

R199: Courier is not the best example of heterosexuality himself, but i don't think Gaby is a lesbian

How many sets will fat Kim win?

Anyone else interested in Kim Clijsters comeback? Oh R206 is!!!

*games

So far Kim is struggling on serve. She looks big but not as big as she has in the practice photos, and she's still a pretty strong ballstriker. Muguruza isn't exactly in her Melbourne form though.

Gaby was one of the better looking players in her day, but there are a few knockouts since her time. Alize Lim isn't exactly slam winning material but she's still probably the most beautiful.

I'm a Duckworth fan, have been. He's a stud.

Jesus whoever is here posting that Gaby is not a lesbian is absolutely delusional. Everyone knows Sabatini is a lesbian I don’t think she even hides it - just has never released a statement

Also - her walk on court was about as butch as they come. Think Barty.

I'll have to check highlights later but wow Clijsters was able to take Muguruza to a tiebreak in the 2nd set. If she stays healthy and gets fitter she'll be at least top 30 by Wimbledon, if not sooner

Kim has exactly the kind of game that'll cause trouble to half of the wta. So yes, once she is fit, she'll spank some asses on the circuit

I saw part of an interview Clijsters did for BBC this past weekend. Obviously she still has that competitive fire but 1 of the biggest reasons why she decided to return is that she spoke to the WTA CEO about the rules and they're convenient for her. As a former slam champ/#1, she has an unlimited amount of WCs available for her. She can also pick and choose to play whenever and wherever she wants. She doesn't have to play a certain number of events so it won't interfere with her mothering duties.

Given her tournament choices during her first comeback I expect her to heavily focus on North American hardcourts, some big events internationally and grass. She feels she gets hurt on clay so I wouldn't be surprised if she just played 1 tuneup then RG or even skipping it completely.

Clijsters mentioned that she was impressed and inspired by Halep's Wimbledon win over Serena. I bet Clijsters is dreaming of that title herself. I mean don't forget the year before Kerber won it.

I hope she beats Serena in a GS.

I only saw about ten minutes of the Clijsters–Muguruza match, and it was mainly KimC committing really atrocious double faults. I didn’t think she would eventually push Muguruza to a second-set tiebreak. Losing that breaker 8–6 implies that she was that close to taking the number 9 seed to a third set. That is truly jaw-dropping stuff.

I only saw about ten minutes of the Clijsters–Muguruza match, and it was mainly KimC committing really atrocious double faults. I didn’t think she would eventually push Muguruza to a second-set tiebreak. Losing that breaker 8–6 implies that she was that close to taking the number 9 seed to a third set. That is truly jaw-dropping stuff.

I only saw about ten minutes of the Clijsters–Muguruza match, and it was mainly KimC committing really atrocious double faults. I didn’t think she would eventually push Muguruza to a second-set tiebreak. Losing that breaker 8–6 implies that she was that close to taking the number 9 seed to a third set. That is truly jaw-dropping stuff.

I’m not a Serena fan, but like McEnroe and Navratilova, I want her to win two more majors and retire.

R219, Not going to happen

I want Serena to at least tie Court. Court is so despicable. Even if half her slam titles weren't really top tier level competition, Court gets to brag she's the best (though the rest of us know better). Serena equaling that and even passing would put the nail in that witch's claim.

Unfortunately Serena has gotten so nervy since her comeback though. If she doesn't do it this year it's hard to see her doing it at all.

This years Wimbledon and us open are her last real chances I think.

oh another thing I remember from the Clijsters interview:

3 of the younger top players she named as ones she most wants to play are Halep, Andreescu and Osaka. She didn't play Halep before and obviously the other 2 were too young last time she was on tour.

today of course was also her first time playing Muguruza

and there's a pic from when Kenin was very young posing with Clijsters

I give Justine Hénin sans Hardenne 3 months till she announces her comeback. You know she won't resist the call of the Kim.

[quote] Even if half her slam titles weren't really top tier level competition

She wasn’t top drawer.

You know, I never understood what exactly a cute guy like Pierre Hardenne saw in Christine? May it was her coarseness he was attracted to .

I was never a fan of her personality but it'd be fun if Henin decided to come back too haha.

Lots of drama in the Fokina/Wild match...

Fok that.

Alcaraz has the same sort of explosive baseline game and expression as Coric did at 16.

I think in the long run Holger Rune and Martin Damm will have a better careers than Alcaraz.

I searched about Alcaraz in wikipedia. Not much info. Has he won any junior grandlslam? I know there is no correlation between juior and main ATP tour but still . He is only 16. He has a pretty decent game. He should have won a junior grand slam or two

They have an hak in on clay in Rio ATP-500. I think that is good movie

wow amazing clutch performance from Alcaraz

Sweet couple

R235, They are really close. Disturbingly close.

I think Bruna has snatched Momma Andreescu's wig.

LOL @Svitolina!! It seems she doesn't care about tennis anymore. She only wants one thing.

Bencic Belinda is currently No. 4 in the the world .

So much depth

R232: He only played two GS juniors.

Winning junior GS means absolutely nothing. Peliwo won three and he never was top 100.

The truth is Carlos always did way better with the pros than with juniors. There are a lot of very talented players born in 2003.

But i don't think Damm will be better than him. Martin is the typical american with a big serve and a big forehand, but i can't see nothing special in him. Mochizuki on the other hand is a very talented player, but he'll need time to develop his game because he is not tall. I like Rune a lot.

Alcaraz has an advantage anyway, his attitude on court is very good, he never surrenders. Maybe that's the reason his results on the pro tour are way better than anyone of his age

Is MArtin Damn is son of former Czech player Martin Damn. He played in 90s

Is MArtin Damn is son of former Czech player Martin Damn. He played in 90s

Yes, there are a bunch of sons of tennis players right now. Casper Ruud surpased his father this week, and there's Sebastian Korda too

Fokina lost to a much lower ranked player despite having triple match points.

Meanwhile Croia's brother Coria won match despite being two match point down against Moutet.

I love Moutet's game but he should not play on clay. His game is better suited for fast indoor

Fokina lost to a much lower ranked player despite having triple match points.

Meanwhile Croia's brother Coria won match despite being two match point down against Moutet.

I love Moutet's game but he should not play on clay. His game is better suited for fast indoor

Coric and Hemsworth need to take some time off

Seyboth Wild was the US Open junior champion a couple of years ago. It's curious that only Felix made it till now. Kuhn was supposed to be big too, but he is having a lot of trouble. When he plays well he is superior to most of his rivals on the challenger level but he seems to struggle a lot with his confidence. Molleker was injured last year and he seems not fully recovered yet

Fokina is very talented but he is a Kyrgios/Bublik type of player, he seems to think too much of making hot shots when he should think on winning the match. I read people comparing the totally opposite attitude on court in comparission with Alcaraz. I doubt Fokina will be in the top 100 by Roland Garros. He had a very good opportunity in Rio but he wastesd it

Fokina is already top 100

Fokina is already top 100

Fokina is top 100 now, but he defends the Estoril semifinals and in the year he only won one match. And he lost a good bunch of matches against lower ranked players.

Unless something changes he won't be top 100 by the time of Roland Garros (and he is not good at qualifications on GS)

Bratty Bencic loses in the opening round of Dubai, a title she was defending. Thinking there'll be a lot of top 10 movement in the WTA rankings this year.

2 questions for all the experts on tennis:

1) why is it that the typical male american player ALWAYS ALWAYS has the big serve, the big forehand and NOTHING else? guess it all started with toddick, but one could go back even further to the likes of jimmy arias! i guess agassi was the only exception...

2) why aren't their ANY indoor carpet tournaments anymore on the men's or women's tour? why? the surface would be so so much easier on the player's body.. to play indoors and yet hardcourts seems like a oxymoron...

The recent tennis podcast with Marion Bartoli was very interesting. She finally admitted to all those problems we've been talking about.

Delray Beach update:

OUT: Edmund

IN: Kozlov (LL, will play against Humbert)

Krueger would have got the spot if he had signed in

What problems did Bartoli admit to for those of us that don’t fuck w podcasts?

An eating disorder. Like we all didn't know what it was.

R252: The truth is it was the opposite, carpet is not good on the body. And of course there's a tendency to make the courts slower, it seems most tennis fans are not fond of ace after ace after ace.

And even there's a lot of exceptions, it's true that the typical american players is exactly that, big serve and big forehand, and little more. On the juniors side, Martin Damm fits that mold, but i don't think Toby Kodat is exactly that way (and he has a one hand backhand).

I watched Sinner's match, and the way still makes a lot of unforced error but he makes winners without any effort, once he adjust his game he is going to be terrific

Toddick

Tod Dick

Delray Beach:

top seed Kyrgios has withdrawn with a wrist injury and replaced by Galan

It could be argued the stereotypical American player comes from the college system. No other country has that. Players are taught to just have one weapon and that'll get them the scholarship. I can't think of another country with such a system that produces such one-dimensional players who are so aggressively boring.

Sofia Kenin collapse is complete

I saw the second set of Muguruza vs. Clijsters. There were several points which were higher quality than the AO final. i still can't believe Kenin is a slam champ but Muguruza may have been a bit injured there.

R257.. soft carpet is HARDER on the player's body then hard courts? i.e. concrete, asphalt, etcetera.? granted the soft carpet is laid down over a hard surface but still one would think it's easier on the player's bodies as well as it being played indoors and not under the hot sun.....

the carpet surface COULD be slowed down or made faster depending just like other courts as well.

R263: The number of injuries on carpet season was high, i think it was one of the reasons they decided not play in carpet anymore

Finally Borna is going to win a match.

It was about time

Londero is a solid opponent too. He's a shotmaker but not very powerful.

[quote] The number of injuries on carpet season

It’s always carpet season in the WTA. Always!

Margaret at R268, you were very skilled on carpet too back in the day, weren't you?

When you and BJ bumped uglies did Rosie, Martina and Wendy get jealous? Did you and Wendy ever play doubles, if you know what I mean?

When will Pampers Shriver make a comeback and win a singles Grand Slam? She still would be a major contender at the French Open if she played this year.

There's a gorgeous line judge in Marseille in the Bedene - Hemsworth match. So much eye candy in a single match!

anyone ever notice how most of the male and female players have gorgeous men in their entourage/team?

anyone ever notice that when they scan the crowd, their is ALWAYS a few gorgeous men in the stands?

getting back to why there is no carpet tournaments indoors anymore, if their were alot of injuries why? was the carpet "sticky" or "slippery" or "too soft" or what?.. personally i never heard or read of alot of injuries on the men's or women's indoor circuits back in the 70's and 80's..

Domi's injured

[quote] There's a gorgeous line judge in Marseille in the Bedene - Hemsworth match

Tehe. Karen Hemsworth.

R273, what’s his injury?

Delray: unranked Sock finally wins a match. 3rd set tiebreak over defending champ Albot

I hope Domicakes didn’t injure his glutes.

R277 I volunteer to massage them.

R278.. i volunteer to do a prostate exam on him! make that ass tremble, shake, quiver uncontrollably until he unloads on himself....

I don't know if it's the pressure but FAA don't give future goat vibes at all. He seems to be suffering all the time on court. He has the talent, but i don't know if he has all the rest needed to be a champion

FAA is already in the top 20 rankings and has been a finalist at tournaments. He just needs to get over the hurdle of winning a title and then I think he'll relax. Most players his age can only dream of getting into the top 100 and winning matches on the pro tour level

It took Federer a while to get into his groove.

Wawrinka wasn't even a contender for important titles until his late 20s

True, but he is not Wawrinka. He is supposed to be the next big thing and i just can't see it. Stan always was a player who can do the best and the worst, nobody expected him to win a GS but he found some stability with maturity

Nobody deny Felix is a good player and he'll be better, but i don't think he'll be the dominant player in a near future

Keep in mind that Felix is still only 19. How many other players had achieved as much (top 20 within a couple of weeks of his 19th birthday, 4 ATP finals at level 250 or higher, semifinalist at an ATP 1000, semifinalist at another ATP 500, 4 Challenger titles, qualified for a Challenger at 14) at Felix's age without eventually making it into the top ATP echelon (say top 5)?

I predict top 10 in 2020 for Felix, and top 5 next year.

speaking of wawrinka, is there anything more thrilling to see on a tennis court when he turns into stanimal and is unbeatable?!...unfortunately he's the "male mandlikova" (minus the surly attitude).. can beat anyone anywhere anytime when he's on and is unbeatable but yet can almost lose to anyone too....

he IS already though hall of fame worthy.. 3 grand slams, olympic doubles gold medal and switzerland davis cup champion..

R282, FAA will probably be the perfect opposite of Wawrinka: a classically handsome man with a consistent, rational style of play. No wild, feral craziness for him.

R282.. i would hardly call FAA a "consistent style of play" player right now... in fact, most of the time he loses it's because of his OWN unforced errors and double faults at key moments of a match. i will say FAA is a a good looking young man and in about 5 to 10 years from now when he has become a fully grown man with some much needed heft and muscle to him he'll be sexy as hell! would love to see him and others in that time span bring back the super short shorts to tennis! lol!..

wawrinka isn't classically handsome but he's a good looking guy with great eyes despite his pock marked face and of course he has one of the best asses and best abs in all of tennis..

Nonetheless Felix is becoming more consistent and less prone to mental lapses, as evidenced by his win today over Travaglia despite being down two match points.

Felix is also unlikely ever to point to his head in smirking self-professed genius.

R286, I thought that was Stan faux shooting himself.

[quote] he IS already though hall of fame worthy.. 3 grand slams

He’s three times hall of fame worth!

R287... stan's famous "pointing to the head" has never been considered by ANYONE as "look how great i am, i'm a genius" mentality! it's a symbol to his coach and listening to his coach that he should use his head to win matches, it's the same as giving a thumbs up to his coach, nothing more...

FAA is still young, will see how and what he turns out to be on court...

Damn, Sock has gotten fat.

R291, what does his ass look like now?

we're nearing the 300 mark now so I'm posting a link to the next thread in the event this one gets payrolled again

hopefully it will stay open but the pattern seems to be around 300.

Sock's ass has doubled in size. So has his gut. He looks like he should be in his basement playing video games and drinking a 6-pack.

[quote] Sock's ass has doubled in size.

Not in a good way I take it?

impressive 2 wins by 18 year old Brandon Nakashima this week in Delray. he straight setted Vesely Monday and today Norrie

FAA is certainly very good for his age, but a lot of posters here get over excited about him because of his twinky looks (we already have a slew of jealous posts saying that it's the girlfriend's fault he's losing matches,, even though these posters are probably 4x his age and he would never go for them). He will obviously get better, but he's an absolute mess under pressure in most matches and his serve deserts him on important points way too often.

Even when he made that Miami SF he only beat two top 20 players, slumping Coric and Basilashvili who hit himself off the court. His great breakthrough tournaments on clay were against VERY depleted fields, and when he made the Stuttgart final it was off the back of a walkover from Raonic and a huge choke from MP up by Dustin Brown.

Until he made the final in Rotterdam this week he was 8 wins to 13 losses since WIMBLEDON (some of those wins coming against scrubs like #423 Pervolarakis). Those are awful numbers for anyone, no matter what age. Today he barely survived Stefano Travaglia, 28 year old Italian journeyman with a CHR of #74.

I'm not saying he won't be a great player, but give him time. He has to defend a lot of points coming up and will likely have a drop in the rankings, which might take the pressure off a bit I hope.

Jesus fucking christ just pay the goddamn 2 dollars already.

I have to admit, if there's no Fed or Rafa? I tend to not watch. Nole is great, but he's irritating. No new players have sparked an interest for me. And I was a kid during the Pete and Andre days. So I am fine with new blood.

"Over excited", R297? FAA has stats that warrant excitement to alleviate the deathly boredom from watching the same three men dominate the sport over the last decade and a half. Granted, Nadal, Federer and Djokovic are all worthy of their many accolades, but I'm tired of seeing their old bags of tricks over and over, no matter how technically sound and strategically brilliant.

FAA will likely reach two or three more finals before the US Open, surpassing all but Nadal and Djokovic for most finals reached before age 20. He has several other equally impressive records already. On the flip side, there's his absymal GS record, in part due to his injuries (hoping that he doesn't go the way of Del Potro), and his not infrequent losses to lower-ranked players.

However, it's not his "twinky looks" that set him apart, and your remark about anyone looking at him as a personal prospect is laughable (as if). What distinguishes him is that he carries a professional tennis demeanor in the tradition of Laver and Ashe, and he is similarly intelligent, cultured, and self-deprecating while still maintaining a quiet sense of humor. That's very different from many of the tennis brats around his age. Fortunately the likes of Medvedev, Kyrgios, and Zverev are being increasingly overshadowed by FAA, de Minaur, Sinner, Ruud, Humbert and Kecmanovic. Let's hope the trend continues.

Fed's out of the French. So that's Rafa's for sure.

R301 in no universe was Fed ever Rafa's main competition at the French.

bump for some Pospisil pics

Sad news if true that Chrissie's sister Jeanne passed away today? Apparently Rosie Casals posted on her FB account.

False FB post about Jeanne Evert dying. Apologies.