The Gays and Tennis Part 69: post-AO swing into Miami!

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Thanks for the thread, OP.

[quote]Move over Casper Ruud....there's a new Norwegian on tour!

Holger Rune is from Denmark

wow that's a questionable fashion decision

Rublev is through to the Doha SF without playing a match (1st round bye + 2 walkovers)

Here's an old picture of him with short hair, he looks a little like Willem Dafoe

The Rune-Paire is the result you get when one of the players want to win and take the opportunity (Rune already jumped almost 100 positions on the ranking) and the other player don't give a fuck.

Humbert's afro is a little distracting

Not as distracting as Rune's whatever you call that. Reminds me of Pippi Longstocking.

Fed looked old and slow in his loss against Basil today.

R3 thanks for the correction.

R7 Yes, Rune was very experimental with his hair yesterday but Humbert's curly hair appeared out of nowhere

Muguruza defeated Sabalenka again, and again it was a tough match (Muguruza had pretty tough draws in all her tournaments this year). Gauff lost against Teichmann

Holger Rune's mom reveals the reason behind his hairstyle:

[italic]"All hairdressers have been closed since December in Denmark, and on tournaments we are only allowed to go from the site to the hotel - so we used rubber bands from face masks in his hair to take it away from the face"[/italic]

he has to be careful the bands don't pull his hair out

it would suck to be bald before you're 21

a statement from Paire on Instagram:

He really is a spoiled little diva. It's not "bla bla bla". He is lucky to be able to carry on with his job while millions are out of work and millions unable to afford food, home etc

for him to blame his outbursts on dealing with covid restrictions on the tennis circuit is completely tone deaf and absurd.

I hope he drops out of the top 100. His forehand has always sucked anyway

R13, I sometimes wonder if an erratic player like Paire is involved in gambling or match-fixing. He's the perfect player for that: no one questions it when he tanks a set, or a whole match.

Mrs. Jack Sock. Should she go work at Fox News?

Stan abs.

Is Rafa playing Miami? Anybody know?

Andy Murray has a fourth child. These breeders...

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Sock's wife looks like a tranny.

[quote]Sock's wife looks like a tranny

She was Miss North Carolina in 2019! Jack Sock/Nasty is playing a Challenger in St. Petersburg this week (Russia, not Florida) but just lost in the QF

A. Zverev is also a daddy now

I'm always shocked when I see Stan's abs. He always looks slightly pudgy under his shirts.

Sinners GF. A beard? i cannot believe he could choose such girl.

[quote] Sock's wife looks like a tranny.

Sinner’s girlfriend at R24 looks more like one.

STAN has the abs and body of a rugby player NOT tennis player... that is why at his very very best he's unbeatable because he LITERALLY bullies and beats down everyone with his power....

nadal has pulled out of miami due to his recurrent back issues? uh huh....

federer lost after having a match point... guess we can't expect too much after no tournaments for 14 months....

Does Mrs. Sock dance at The Cheetah?

Poor Kim now has five children to look after.

[quote]nNadal has pulled out of Miami due to his recurrent back issues? uh huh....

Not Miami, Dubai

[quote]Poor Kim now has five children to look after

Did you steal that from Liam Brody? ;)

R29 I did.

R28, you should’ve signed as Liam.

RBA's winner to defeat Rublev was DREAMY!

[quote]RBA's winner to defeat Rublev was DREAMY!

you can watch it here:

I am happy for RBA. Now, I hope he wins because I don't care for wife-beater Basilashvili or Fritz

Fed has joined Nadal in pulling out of Dubai. He's still got his serve and volley, but against Basil he looked old and slow. I bet he will retire this year.

Maybe Roger didn't get his 12 hours of sleep

Well, Stan was still in town.

doesn't sock's wife REEK of scam artist, gold digger, using him! because gosh knows sock doesn't have ANYTHING else going for him except his bank account!....

R26 Wawrinka is not nearly muscular enough to play rugby, especially his upper body. He has no chest or arms

Muguruza's good form continues this week and she's into the final against out-of-nowhere Krejcikova

[quote] sock doesn't have ANYTHING else going for him except his bank account!...

His ass. That’s the only good thing about his body or face.

R40 But to be fair Kejcikova is playing really well.

Rune lost against Delbonis, but great week for him

LOL at Judy R28 still clinging to the "Big Four" myth. Misery was never part of any such group. Gramps, Pedal and Chokerbitch were always in a league of their own with Misery in the next rung down along with Stan. The Brit media were always full of shit claiming that Misery was as good as the Big Three.

But that doesn't change the fact that Murray was the only player capable of being number one during the big 3 domination (and not a numbe one like Pliskova, he was number one because for a while he was clearly the best player out there). He had a bad balance at GS finals, but he reached a good amount of them and won a lot of big titles.

Stan is not even close Murray and he even said that on interviews

And Tsitsipas lost to Herbert.

I can't wait for the next child prodigy to rise and prevent this next gen guys to win GS after the big 3 retirement

R44 Stan is beter player, no doubt about that. And he had to beat No1 every time when he won gsfinals. not like Murray.

*better

Yea right, r46, even Stan has acknowledged Murray as his superior.

R48 Of course he did. jesus. What he was supposed to say. "No , I am better"? We don't know what he really thinks actually

On paper Murray is better, He got more titles. But comparing them at their peaks, Stan is better.

Stan team/Wawrinka team or Misery team?

Stan's career is not even close of Murray's career.

Stan is great from time to time but way more irregular player

R52 I just said it. He is not consistent, but that doesnt change the fact that he is the better one when they are on.

Miz, who's been in 9 GS finals vs. Stan's 4. Murray has won 46 ATP titles vs. Wawrinka's 16, and he's been in 68 ATP finals vs. Stan's 30. Murray is 12-9 in their head to head. Also throw in Murray's two Olympic golds plus a year-end championship.

And to Mr. Condescending at R49, Wawrinka is emphatic about Murray being the better player. He's not hemming and hawing about it or qualifying it in the egotistical way that someone like Djokovic would with his false platitudes.

Correction, Murray with 11 GS finals.

R54 So Murray lost 8 GS finals, stan only 1 ;)

Stan said what he was supposed to say,he is nice a guy( in the media at least).

[quote]Stan said what he was supposed to say,he is nice a guy

He's a cry baby!

Work out with Felix...

Wawrinka's peak level is higher than Murray's. Murray has been much more consistently a top player though. Wawrinka didn't start winning and threatening to win big titles until his late 20s. Until that point, Wawrinka was just another top 50 player whose forehand would break down at key moments. He tightened that up (it still fails him in the matches he loses but not as much) and got fitter.

Now that Wawrinka is into his mid 30s it seems like he's hit a wall and struggling so I'm not sure how much more of a factor he'll be.

I was never a fan of Murray's game but I like him more off court. It's a shame he needed hip surgery. I hope he can recover his level somewhat.

Who has the better ass, legs and/or face - Stan or Misery?

R59 Exactly, I think he achieved a lot anyway with such late peaking.

Unfortunately this is likely to be the last year that we see Stan, Murray or Fed in the ATP. That wall they've hit looks pretty solid.

I hope Djokovic hits a wall soon. Unfortunately hes probably at least 4 years off from a big letdown.

I hope Djokovic hits an actual wall.

Misery has had a better career than Stan but in the overall context of their standing in the game he's in the B-minus league with Stan or Cames Jourier.

A+ Gramps, Pedal, Novaxx, Laver, Sampy

A Borg

B+ Lendl, McEnroe, Connors, Wilander

B Edberg, Becker, Rosewall

B- Misery, Stan, Cames, Vilas, Newk

I love Stan, but he was no where near as good as Murray in their primes. Murray won more overall titles, more masters, has a YE number one, and has played in more GS finals.

R65? WTF?

Grades for Agassi, Guga, Emerson, Ashe, Budge, Pancho Gonzales, R65? My grandfather played with Gonzales, said he served so hard that he knocked the racket right out of his hand.

I'll redo R65 (Open Era only):

A+: Rafa, Fed, Novak, Laver

A: Pete, Borg

B+: Connors, Mac, Agassi, Llendl

B: Edberg, Becker, Wilander, Rosewall

B-: Vilas, Courier, Nastase, Ashe, Murray

The rest of the best: Stan, Hewitt, Kuerten

There is zero doubt that Pete Sampras belongs in the A+ group. That isn't even close.

I STILL THINK sampras is the greatest fast court player of all time.... give him today's rackets and string technology! he would be downright scary! i also think he is or at least one of the greatest ATHLETES tennis has ever seen! no one has his leaping ability vertical when hitting a overhead, he also has perhaps the best RUNNING forehand i've ever seen...

Compelling moment now: Bouchard second set tie break!

Bouchard wins the match!

Bouchard into the Guadalajara final. This will be her 8th final. So far her record is 1-6 in finals. Her last final, she lost in a third set tiebreak to Tig in Istanbul last September

[quote] Bouchard into the Guadalajara final

I was right.

Pencil, do you smell of Chrissy Pussy? We know where you have been?

R71, Pete is great no doubt. But his utter lack of anything of note on clay was his downfall. It's not like he lost a few close French finals. Or even reached a French final.

Plus, the big three have more masters and overall titles too. I think only Rafa has less weeks at number one. Pete just isn't in their category stats wise. And, yeah, the game is more than stats, but when it's so far out of reach? By just about every metric? And they played in very close eras time wise (unlike Laver)?

Hard to look past those things.

Fed, Rafa, and Nole can win on any surface. Though, like Pete, they dominate on one surface in particular.

Darth Shagassi at R65, you won some titles but you are penalized for marrying Stabbi. All your titles and all of Stabbi's titles belong to Our Goddess Szeles Monika of Novi Sad.

Wilander belongs in the B+ group with Lendl, Connors and McEnroe. Gugu was an overrated, phony-as-hell, clay specialist who doesn't belong in any conversation about all time greats.

In the name of the Father, the Daughter and the Holy Groundstrokes, ahhh eeeee......

Will Young Grigor be competing in Miami?

Ginger daddy James at R79, you are drooling. Go back home to your "wife".

[quote] Fed, Rafa, and Nole can win on any surface. Though, like Pete, they dominate on one surface in particular.

Give 'em 90's rackets, strings and the faster grass courts from Wimbledon like they used to have and the baseline grinders like Novaxxx or Pedal wouldn't stand a chance against the best net rushers like Sampras. They are able to win on all surfaces now because every fucking surface has been slowed down and the monstrous modern rackets and strings have made it almost impossible to serve and volley constantly even on grass, for fuck's sake.

If they had sped up clay in Pete's day like they slowed down grass in the last two decades, Sampy might have won a French Open too.

Tommy Paul is perfect.

R81 Federer could compete with Sampras on fastest courts without a problem with the big difference he is way better player on clay

Hearing rumours Sabalenka is pregnant.

I had always heard or read that SAMPRAS simply didn't put much effort to winning on clay, at the french... he played it because it was a grand slam and ONLY for that reason, he was ALWAYS concentrating pretty much year round on wimbledon and then the u.s. open...

i believe the general consensus was this as well as if sampras had truly worked hard and concentrated on winning a french title (to the extent of ignoring his favorite tournament wimbledon only 2 weeks later, but preparation for that 1 single slam weeks in advance), he had the talent to do so...

Sorry but no.

Sampras was simply not good enough at clay and at that time there were a good bunch of pretty good clay players.

We are not talking about Federer or Nole who reached the final a lot of times (even without their title they were clearly able to win the tournament), Sampras lost in the first round a lot of times, and reached semifinals only one time. (the year the court was way faster than usual).

Garin BULGING in Santiago

Bitch from Spain won.

R84 who's the daddy?

Wow, a sports thread on DL with almost no gay content, what a bore.

Muguruza wins her first title in two years at the 1000 event in Dubai.

She looks primed to win another slam soon, maybe Wimbledon?

R91 There are no gays in atp, don't you know?

R91 if she keeps this form up and hopefully doesn't get injured, she'll be a threat to win any tournament.

This is her biggest title since 2017 Cincinnati

R82 I agree about Tommy Paul. He has a star's name, looks and if he could only stop choking big matches he could be the American no. 1.

he's a deplorable too

Tommy paul is so hot. Like Tomic, His girlfriend has an OnlyFans.

Sorribes Tormo is your 2021 Guadalajara champion

Bouchard is now 1-7 in finals.

She even hit a ball out of the stands and then smashed her racket today. I've never seen her so out of control emotionally.

She's been living in Las Vegas and working with Gil Reyes, Agassi's old trainer lately

As I posted in the previous thread, I LOVE Genie, but she's got a poor record and I'm still wondering why she is given many, many chances to fail.

Stick a fork in her, she's done, bitches.

Didn't Genie earn more in the USTA case than she ever did on court?

R99, those slip and fall cases can be very lucrative.

angry Genie!

If only Genie had fallen on the pencil she could have taken the world's worst tennis commentator to the cleaners instead. Does Chrissy pay alimony to her five (or is it six?) ex husbands? How can she afford it? Didn't she blow all her winnings on alcohol and coke?

Genie had a very good season when she was young which make her the next best thing for a while (the fact that she was pretty helped a bit).

The problem is her personality is awful and she never played that well again (well, the problem is that her level became worse and worse).

She is a very marketable player when she plays well and keep her mouth shut

Tommy Paul needs to sit on my face.

Chris is excellent. Far from the best commentator, but far from the worst. I know it's a DL meme, but...it never, ever, ever was accurate, let alone funny.

Clijsters pulls out of Miami and Charleston.

Mommy Kimmy is just going to embarrass herself with this comeback.

Speaking of moms, Taylor Townsend gave birth to a son (Adyn Aubrey).

Damn, Dennis Novak is hot as hell (apart from the tragic tattoos, of course). Why doesn't he get more attention and love here?

[quote] Taylor Townsend gave birth to a son (Adyn Aubrey)

Is it a great, big fat baby?

[quote] Why doesn't he get more attention and love here?

Because he is journeyman (He's also Thiem's BFF)

Is he clay specialist?

R112 This is so boring.

R113 Agreed

DL fave Garin snaps his losing streak to win on home soil 6-4 6(3)-7 7-5 It's his 5th title

poor Bagnis was crying a bit during the ceremony as he's 31 and this is the final final he reached.

*first final he ever reached

Garin needs to be in consideration when discussing the best ass on tour. He's up there with Thiem and Tsitsy.

this week's draws are out

Monterrey for the ladies seems like almost anyone in the draw could win. The seeds aren't in the best of form except for Guadalajara champ Sorribes Tormo.

St. Petersburg has a stronger field which is surprising given how much father away from Miami it is. I'll be interested to see Kasatkina vs. new Dane wonder Tauson in the first round

Dubai has a very decent field, most of the Doha list and some of the players who had been in France the last couple weeks as well. Main draw is already underway as 2021's surprise Karatsev picked up a win over Gerasimov and Nishikori took down giant Opelka

Acapulco has a nice draw too. Tsitsipas after playing 2 weeks in France is the top seed and he has drawn spoiled temperamental diva Paire in the opening round. New father A. Zverev is #2 seed. There are a number of potentially nice first round matches, even between unseeded players.

Daniil makes it to world number two with his title today. Good for him!

R117 - in that pic, he's got a great ass, but looks like he's 40! I had to do a Google search to find out that he was actually a very cute 20-something.

[R117] Garin's got a party going on front and back. I think I might be in love.

GARIN'S ass looked great today in his finals win...

when he walked each cheek and ass crease was outlined in his shorts! and when he bent over during a changeover it was very very nice! nice enough to get flamboyant talking head bret haber to shut out for a few moments...

Great, R119--now we have two of the biggest jerks in the ATP atop the rankings. Debatable, but seems to me that hasn't happened since the days of Connors/McEnroe and Connors/Nastase.

Garin is adorbs and when he won his bulge was magnificent

NOW is the time to bring back short shorts for the men! if not that, how about some spandex shorts!....imagine spandex/nylon see thru shorts (like in football) where you see ass skin underneath (including for those who still wear jockstraps, the straps of their jock as well as ass skin! lol!)..

i know, i know, but i can dream can't i?

Is he journeyman?

On the tennis threads why are “Is he journeyman?”and “Is he clay specialist?” memes?

It's because our resident Spanish (?) poster usually omits articles ([italic]he is top player[/italic])

Nadal is clay specialist.

[quote] Nadal is clay specialist.

He is.

Nadal is not GOAT.

[quote] It's because our resident Spanish (?) poster usually omits articles (he is top player)

I think that started with ESL who was Eastern European (Slav) and eventually banned from DL for racist comments. ESL was a redtagged poster.

[quote] ESL was a redtagged poster.

ESL was redtagged poster.

Kokkinakis has ridiculous big dick energy and possibly the best nipples on tour.

Look at Karatsev's calves at 3:01. He is sexy.

I'm shocked to learn that Genie has a fan other than Chrissie's pencil.

R129 Who has more GS outside clay than Becker or Edberg

R128 Maybe because Garin is not spanish but chilean

haha! sexy stud Fucsovics with a come-from-behind win over Pospisil. Pospisil was up 6-2 4-1 when it turned around

Marton wins 2-6 7-5 6-4 he really wore him down

Who is sexier and why - Fucksovics or Popsicle?

Popsicle. The hairy chest and the third leg.

"Tripod"

Fucksovic. Eyes. Bone structure. Body. HUNGarian.

Fucsovics is way hotter. Better looking, MUCH better body

Both of them look like aging members of Hitler Youth.

Pospisil lis like a plain popsicle. Fuscovics looks like a centerfold.

Popsicle seems more focussed on shilling products on his Instagram than playing tennis

Pospisil all the way. The fur, the huge legs, the tripod.

Guns!

[quote] the huge legs

Popsicle has huge legs?

Popsicle’s rashy cheeks are disturbing.

Fucsovics is pretty damn perfect...

R144 he's trying to get every dollar he can. I mean it's not like he's winning many singles matches. He's never won a title

not that he has enough followers to be a big social media influencer

A. Zverev team or Alcaraz team?

FAA tried to choke against Sandgren for the second time (as he did last summer) but fortunately closed it out in 2 sets.

Is Zverev going to wear sleeveless all year long? He really shouldn't be. There are at least 20 other players who should be sleeveless though

Carlos Alcaraz is cute. Definitely team Carlos over that idiot Zverev.

Carlos does have bad skin currently, but I'm sure that goes along with being 17.

A. Zverev wins.

I think Alcaraz definitely has potential. He puts a lot of work on his groundies and is a great mover

Team Fucksabitch or Team PCBulging?

Did you hear there was a rumor on austrian forums a couple of days ago that Roger hit on Domi's gf at a players party?

In Doha, lol

Gramps hit on Domi's girlfriend? Is his marriage in trouble? Is Mirka stuffing her face with donuts and cookies while Gramps turns into a sleazy old man, hitting on the girlfriends of younger players?

[quote]Is Rafa playing Miami? Anybody know?

He just announced he won't be playing Miami after all because he 'needs to fully recover and get ready for the clay court season'

Of course Nadal is dropping out of tournaments to be better rested for the French Open since it's the only slam he can win now.

Who won the US Open last year? ^^^

R162, poor Thiem, they forget so soon.

Especially when Thiem plays as forgettably as he did in his loss to Harris today in Dubai. Harris looked good though.

Stephens is in the worst slump we've ever seen from a top player. Losing to Kucova 2-6 2-6 is just an embarrassment.

This is Stephens' third straight year starting off in garbage form. I think she's going to retire if she doesn't turn things around by the clay season.

i can buy Fed lusting after FAA - probably reminds him a bit of the Arab boys he likes to 'practice'with.

R165 Is she a "top player" though? Even after her US Open win she's never really been described as one.

She's won 7 WTA titles in her entire career. Muguruza has won 8 and has had a similar drop off in form in recent years, but Muguruza is still considered dangerous and a "top player". Stephens has never really had that air about her.

[quote] Stephens is in the worst slump we've ever seen from a top player.

[quote] This is Stephens' third straight year starting off in garbage form

Sloth.

R167 briefly. She first made noise with that 2013 AO SF and then backed it up with a Wimbledon QF run.

Then in 2014 her form fell off

In 2015 she started off poorly but won her first title in DC.

In 2016 she won 3 titles including Charleston before suffering a foot injury that required surgery.

Then in 2017 just a few months after returning to the tour, she wins the USO

In 2018 she won Miami and reached the RG, Rogers Cup and YEC finals. She was just a few games away from being a 2-time slam champ.

Since 2019 she has been in horrific form though

if you saw the match today, Sloane was missing put-away shots and even multiple neutral rally balls. For whatever reason her footwork is unbelievably bad. Even on a bad day she should be able to beat players outside the top 50.

The form she's in now would probably result in her losing in the opening rounds of challengers, ITFs, junior and college tennis. It's pretty inexplicable why she can't maintain a consistently top 20 level with all her abilities. When she's in form, her forehand is a weapon, she moves well, solid serve and can volley. Right now she can't seem to even set up for rally shots.

Is that a bad thing, R166?

R166 FFA is Domi's boyfriend?

Is Sloan top player?

Acapulco

Musetti put on a real show upsetting Schwartzman. Definitely his best hardcourt result so far

Tiafoe survived a tough one from young Nakashima.

Tsitsipas swept kween Paire off the court

big calved Raonic straight sets Paul

Feli looking even more gorgeous than ever in tight red shorts, with one leg pulled up to the base of his groin (for some unknown reason). i hope he plays on FOREVER.

Slow-ane Stephens is lazy, pure and simple. Wastes her power. Oh, and stupid.

Musetti is filling out nicely. Dude is looking HAWT.

I hope Tsitsipas destroys Isner. Destroys. Humbles. Humiliates. I'd love that.

R167 Muguruza had some erratic years, but she generally rises her level at big events and everybody knows that when she is motivated she is someone to be fear.

Stephen is a natural shotmaking, she has a lot of talent but she seems not focused most of the times. She could be a contender for the big titles but the truth is she barely played her best a couple of times at GS.

It seems Bublik mocked Sinner's dedication, he said something like he only knows to play tennis and at his age he used to go out and drink some bears.

I hope he doesn't hear what Musetti said because Lorenzo even said he doesn't have time for a girlfriend because tennis is all that matter for him right now

And even i follow tennis i don't have that much interest in players lives, so it was a suprise reading some interviews to young players how many times they are questioned about their love life.

I remember interviews with Carlos Alcaraz and Carlos Gimeno Valero being quetioned directly if they had a girlfriend (i think both were minors at the time of the interview). Both skipped the question.

I don't think the direct approach is the best in these cases (if you want them to tell you something)

[quote] big calved Raonic

It should be “porcine Raonic”.

Former Top 20 players today at the Biella (Italy) Challenger:

[bold]R1[/bold]

SEPPI def. SOCK 46 63 63

POUILLE def. Halys 62 76

[bold]R2[/bold]

Bourgue def. TOMIC 63 62

Sounds like Bublik is headed toward TomicLand of Challengers, OnlyFans, and sour grapes. He'll never even break the top 20.

Meanwhile Sinner had a good win over RBA in Dubai today 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.

R183 lmao at Sock

Monterrey is now without any star power!

Following Stephens' woeful exit, Bouchard lost to Lin Zhu 5-7 6-7

Fernandez is the only one left in the draw that the crowd will care about

wawinkas box in doha

Djere team or A. Zverev (wife beater) team?

Which white male players have yellow skin?

Has A. Zverev ever presented any evidence in a match that he has a penis? He's never had a hint of a package in his shorts. Is he a 6' 6" giant with a micropenis?

R190 matches his micro-arm muscles

Do any of you think A. Zverev is sexy?

R192, no.

that 19 year old Italian kid...what a huge mole on his chin! very distracting.

A. Zverev can be handsome when he's dressed up. I don't think he's sexy though.

Fucsovics oozes sex.

Fucsovics

Marton is hot as hell. He looks like the world's sexiest cyborg.

[quote] Marton is hot as hell. He looks like the world's sexiest cyborg.

Tomorrow belongs to him.

To each his own--Aryan androids leave me cold.

Has Cames Jourier been lusting after Marton too? Or does he have eyes only for Grigor?

Marton needs to destroy my hole. PCB/Coric/Tommy Paul can destroy my other hole.

interesting

Can anyone make sense of the ATP ranking system's new changes? It's all askew. For example, players get to keep their Monte Carlo 2019 points until Monte Carlo 2022 even though Monte Carlo is being played this year, yet players will lose their 2019 Miami points after Miami 2021. Fognini keeps his 1,000 Monte Carlo points from 2019 for three years even though he's been playing nowhere near that level ever since...

What are you people smoking? The top three hottest players (in no particular order) are Fognini, Berrettini and Khachanov.

Nope, no, and nyet

Titsy and his burgeoning ass took down big John 2 and 3.

Isner looks like the wind's been taken out of his sails with the derailing of Trump train.

Is Reilly Opelka one of the "good" American players?

Top ten hottest players in no particular order: Fognini, Berretini, Tsitsipas, Gaygor, Paul, Garin, Tsonga, Lopez, Fuscovics, Chardy.

Ruud's done it again. If you remember he seemed to quit in the AO match despite not being gravely hurt.

Today he walked out on court against Zverev and then immediately gave a walkover citing a wrist issue. They didn't even play a point. I didn't see if they started the warmup or not but it seemed right after he walked out. Very odd

Isner is an asshole.

wow this Musetti does it again

3 set win over Schwartzman

3rd set tiebreak win over Tiafoe after being down earlier in the set 0-3 30-40

straight set win over Dimitrov just now with a brutal 2nd set that took 7 match points

Does Dimitrov need a shoulder?

Yes great tight match with Musetti taking out our Young Grigor in two tight sets. And Titsy ousts Felix in 3 good sets. It’s all happening in Acapulco kids.

Isner blocked me on twitter.

R215 why?

FAAABS

Musetti is a hottie even with that big ol mole or birthmark on his chin.

Felix needs help, the mental block when he plays the important points of the matches is too obvious. He is playing well but he is not going to win anything if he is not able to overcome that.

Musetti is right now the youngest top 100

Lorenzo appears to be the real deal. He is very entertaining to watch.

Hot Harris, having a Cinderella week as well...

Lloyd Harris isn't hot.

To each his own, R222, but "hot" in the sense of being at the forefront of this week's players' achievements, he most definitely is.

Aussie Open Semi-Finalist finally ends Rublev's streak of ATP 500 wins. Seriously Alpha calves on this guy!

Djokovic pulls out of Miami.

Oh dear. How sad. Never mind.

I didn't even notice, R225!

Well, Miami this year looks more like a atp 500 than a masters 1000.

Anyway, the big three doesn't dominate outside the GS for a good while

Karatsev is so sexy.

The big 3 are only playing for the grand slams right now. They save their energy for them and that helps them win them. I'm honestly excited to watch Miami without Djokovic boobing out all over the place.

The Big 3 is a misnomer these days. Federer isn't a real contender any more. He might have one more Wimbledon title in him, but not at the level he demonstrated in his short-lived return.

R231 your right. At the grand slams it's really just the big 2. And Nadal only at the French.

lol Djokovic cited covid restrictions as his reason for pulling out of Miami. Nadal, Federer, Thiem and Wawrinka are also out. Nadal says he still has back issues but we know he'll be perfect for clay. Thiem and Wawrinka want to practice for clay too

it's a bummer but at least the young top players will all be there.

I'm thrilled that Dubai will see a first time title winner. Harris has really exceeded expectations this week with most of his wins. Karatsev is the clear favorite though. He has some serious power and is up there with Rublev, SInner and Thiem as 1 of the hardest hitters in the game. I want to see Karatsev take on Nadal and Djokovic as he gets more comfortable on the pro tour. I think Karastev could be hell to play on grass

Miami WC list:

MEN’S MAIN DRAW WILDCARDS

Carlos Alcaraz

Jack Draper

Hugo Gaston

Michael Mmoh

Andy Murray

WOMEN’S MAIN DRAW WILDCARDS

Anna Kalinskaya

Ana Konjuh

Storm Sanders

Katrina Scott

Mayar Sharif

Xiyu Wang

Xinyu Wang

MEN’S QUALIFYING WILDCARDS

Ulises Blanch

Christopher Eubanks

Toby Kodat

Shintaro Mochizuki

Emilio Nava

WOMEN’S QUALIFYING WILDCARDS

Hailey Baptiste

Olga Danilovic

Alexandra Eala

Linda Fruhvirtova

Robin Montgomery

Whitney Osuigwe

Koepfer looks like he is in a wet t-shirt and shorts contest in Acupulco. It's hot. Well, he's hot.

Koepfer is adorable.

Tracy Austin is approximately 1,000 times better at commentating than Chris Evert.

Andy will be the only member of the big 4 in Miami!

Is there word if young Grigor will be in Miami? I just wonder how many top players are cumming...i mean coming. Thats all.

[quote] Tracy Austin is approximately 1,000 times better at commentating than Chris Evert.

But Chrissy is sexier with a hotter bod and I bet she is better in bed than Tracy.

Did we decide if Chrissy or Hingis was the bigger tennis slut?

Has daddy JSC ever been linked to any guys? I have heard lots of gay rumors but never anything specific. Have no guys ever claimed to have had sex with him?

Wasn't he "close" friends with Chris Woodruff. Woodie as he's known to the older American players.

Murray with another WC. Embarrassing.

r243, Chris Woodruff is the only one rumored about. I was wondering how come no other guys have ever claimed to have had sex with Cames. Is he so deep in the closet that he has never fooled around with any other guys?

R244 Why embarrassing? Even if he's nowhere near his best he's still a big name, a draw for spectators and can still give the depleted field a run for its money. Isn't he practically the biggest name left in the tournament?

R245 JMG and JC were fucking for deffo.

Yeah I don’t agree that Andy getting a WC to Miami is somehow embarrassing. IMO He’s earned the right to come back and see if he can recover his form. And agree he’s a big draw as one of the Top Four - so the tournaments can market him and gain a lot by doing so. I just think he deserves the WCs as much as anyone else.

Wimbledon will be WCing Granny V before we know it.

LOL at Misery fans still clinging to the Big Four myth.

Cames Jourier likes what he likes. He likes them younger and he likes them Bulgarian and Hungarian.

R249 How is the Big Four a myth? The Big Three is without doubt but also a separate idea. The Big Four did exist for a time - no-one's suggesting Murray is up there with the Three in terms of achievements, but he's well ahead of anyone else and for a time was consistently getting in their way.

The Big Five was a thing for a while, and that's where the real rabid argument is.

R244 Frankly of all the wc Murray and Alcaraz are the ones i thought nobody will question. Andy is a 3 GS champion and a top player for more than a decade.

It's way more difficult to explain why Shintaro Mochizuki received a wc (apart of the IMG deal). Yes he is a former junior number 1 and Wimbledon champion, but the truth is he is not winning at a itf 15k level right now, so totally wasted wc. At least Kodat is american and he is doing better than Mochizuki right now

R247 Gambill was way too hot for Courier

R252 to be honest, the way everyone seems to be pulling out of Miami I don't think we can criticise any of their WC choices. They need all the help they can get.

[quote] And agree he’s a big draw as one of the Top Four

Bless you.

R187 The girl in Rotterdam looked different.

Lion calves is killing long-haired Harris right now. Up a set and a break. He's having a great season so far.

Harris's hair is just tragic.

You just know Karatsev is the kind of guy who would give you a pounding of your life.

R257 And then throw you off a roof top afterward! Phwoar!

Looks like we run the full range of taste on this board. Maybe it's a top vs. bottom thing. Karatsev repulses me, while I'd like to give Harris the pounding of his life.

[quote]Harris's hair is just tragic.

How dare you!

Harris has a banging bod, and is growing into his face - if that's a thing. Think he could be seriously hot in a few years (with a haircut). Karatsev oozes BDA.

I love Karatsev's quiet dominant alpha top energy.

Karatsev is russian and he was investigated for match fixing, i don't know but something tells me he is not gay friendly.

Anyway, he has a lot of merit. he made an impact at Australia and now is proving the hype was not wrong

R263, Karatsev has an interesting background, he grew up in Israel, so I don’t know how closed-minded he might be.

And Harris has great hair but and awful haircut. I'm not a fan of Tsitsipas Jesuscrhist superstar look, but his haircut is way better than Harris'

R209..i would also include ANDUJAR among your top 10 of handsomest players..

Harris capped works.

My 10 are quirkier: FAA, PCB, Hurkacz, Monfils, J. Sousa, Hoang, Djere, Mmoh, Harris and McDonald

R263 I won't be surprised if >90% of challenger/futures players who don't have wealthy daddies to support their career are/were involved in match fixing. I personally don't have a problem with it since tennis is a very expensive sports. I would hate to see poor people get locked out from competing just because they don't have a privileged background. If losing a few challenger matches on purpose means they can have the money to cover their expenses for another year then go for it until ATP actually do more to support lower ranked players.

Ok - finals in Acapulco on TC now.

Team Sasha or Team Titsy?

I’d like to see Titsy but am hoping for a good match. Who’s serve will fall apart first?

lmfao Zverev just completely missed an overhead. Didn't make contact with the ball. Fucking hilarious

team Tsitsipas. With all the negative drama and rumors about Zverev I could never cheer for him. Stefanos has won their last 5 matches too

Ooof that was a rough first 3 games for Sasha. Yikes. The TsitsipASS is looking excellent in white shorts. It’s magnificent.

Team Titsy all the way!

Tsitsipas is showing power, speed and great variety in this match. Zverev doesn't know what to do against that and is feeling the pressure

R272 lol Tsitsipas' father said he was eager to come to Acapulco and playing the last 2 weeks in cold, indoor Europe depressed him

Titsy team or A. Zverev team?

Which white make players have yellow skin?

Here at DL we seem to be Team Titsy.

That's a great picture of him in R272. Just need to somehow wipe out those two ugly grey boxes.

Good for Sasha. He bullied his way back into the set and Titsy just doubled on break point. 😎

wow inexplicably Tsitsipas started falling apart after almost tripping at 4-1 and break point on Zverev's serve

now Zverev is up 6-4

This second set is TIGHT. 😎

yucky result

Tsitsipas has turned into a headcase too

Zverev won despite numerous double faults

Ok that trophy in Acapulco is heinous.

Heinous trophy for a heinous human.

Did anyone noticed the short-shorts Tsitsipas‘a father was wearing when they walked in together?

There's absolutely no one of the young players who showed signs of being mentally strong

The younger players are all such mental midgets that Novaxxx will still be winning his 18th Australian Open title and Pedal his 23rd Roland Garros title a decade from now. Gramps will come out of retirement to win a 9th Wimbledon one year when Novaxxx is injured.

Judy will still be moaning Andy's name while pleasuring herself and yelling "Big Four. My lover is part of the Big Four. He is one of the GOATS, is my sweetheart." every once in a while like a deranged Stepford robot with a Scots accent.

Granny Vee will be losing in the first round of qualifiers, Kenin Kardenne and Gauff will be bitching about the arrogant young new kid on the block, Olympia Ohanian, who has been proclaiming that she is already the GOAT even before playing a tour match. Chrissy will be putting the pencil down temporarily to marry her 12th husband before divorcing him three weeks later after finding him in a menage a trois with Margaret Court and Pam Shriver.

Poor Titsy. I bet his hole needs some love right now.

I don't get the appeal of Tsitsipas. He is too feminine and pretentious.

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R288 Maybe but at least he has a personality. Not that the personality is likeable but at least he has one.

The problem with Roger and Rafa is that everybody noticed that they were treated better by the press and they never shared an oppinion and that's the standard now.

You don't need to behave like Kyrgios or Paire, but the truth is most players seem to not have anything interesting to say

With Covid raging and the South Beach lockdown, it doesn’t look good for the Miami tournament. Attendance keeps getting more and more restricted.

Why do Russians put on these ridiculous performance spectacles at sporting events?

R288, can you given examples/clips of Tsitsipas being feminine and pretentious. I don’t see that at all. I’ve seen some of his off-court Instagrams from when he travels, as well as some other videos of him, and he seems like one of the nicest down-to-earth players. Other than his long hair, I don’t see that he’s feminine.

Serena pulls out of Miami.

Is Serena pregnant again?

Her bi husband wants another child?

Serena's husband is bi? I've never heard that gossip before.

R297 Yes, Serena Williams husband is bisexual and has had male lovers but Serena does not care. They both got a good deal with each other and they are not going to screw it up.

R298, now that you say it, it seems plausible, but I, too, had never heard that before.

Isn't Serena a super-religious Jehovah's Witness? I find it hard to believe she'd be OK with a bisexual husband who has male lovers on the side?

R300 Well, maybe she is superreligious but she is the one who said that she felt like a gay man in a woman body.

People can say a lot of things about Serena, but an homophobe is is not

There have been bi rumours about everyone Serena's ever been linked with, though I think that's more to do with people deciding they'd have to be into men to be into her. It's a bit shitty.

Well, at least Grigor rumours had nothing to do with Serena

Isn't Grigor going out with some oligarch's daughter? That doesn't sound like the kind of situation one would want to get into if it was just bearding and he's hardly on the poverty line.

R304 Dunno, all of his relationships seem so fake. Maybe he is not gay/bi but he is fame whore for sure.

R304 I don't think he is bearding, i just say the rumours about him doesn't have anything to do with Serena because they were previous to him dating Serena.

[quote]Is Serena pregnant again?

She said she had to withdraw because of recent oral surgery (?)

Are they doing any COVID testing or protocols for this swing through the Americas? It seems like there was no testing down in South America or in Acapulco and now players arrive in Miami from Europe and elsewhere and immediately start practicing and going to nightclubs and restuarants. Benoit Paire was eating at the Waffle House!!!

[italic]Players will not have to quarantine in the same way as they did at the Australian Open, with the United States not asking people to stay in a specific hotel. Players will be tested on arrival and must then quarantine in their hotel room until they receive a negative result. Players will then be tested four days after their first test. In order to try to limit potential exposure to the virus, players will have to move only between their hotel and the tournament site.[/italic]

R300 I don't know but I know she is ok with multiple abortions of her sister.

R310 wtf???

R310, which sister? The really fat one who used to attend her matches?

R312 Venus Williams, she has had lovers and has gotten pregnant multiple times.

Venus isn't lez? I always assumed she swam the warm waters of the lady pond.

R313 No-one's ever claimed Venus is some kind of sinless virgin, but you're just making shit up now.

R215 No, I have my sources, but ok, you don't have to believe me.

R316 Who fucking cares if a woman has an abortion? This is a decent thread about tennis players. Don't bring your bullshit in here.

R317 = Chrissie Everett

An abortion, Michael. Just like our marriage is an abortion. Something that's unholy and evil. I didn't want your son, Michael! I wouldn't bring another one of you sons into this world! It was an abortion, Michael! It was a son Michael! A son! And I had it killed because this must all end!

I know now that it's over. I knew it then. There would be no way, Michael. No way you could ever forgive me not with this Sicilian thing that's been going on for 2,000 years!

R317 A decent thread? This is a gossip site, frau.

In my home!

In my bedroom! Where my wife sleeps!

Where my children come and play with their toys.

In my home.

Miami qualification draws are out

plenty o f names DL will know a mix of formerly decent players, journeymen/women and young newcomers

lmfao Mischa Zverev and Mattek-Sands getting WCs tournament directors seem to love them for some reason

Everyone loves me....even Danielle Rose Collins

Benoit Paire: "Tennis is not my priority at the moment." That would explain him eating at the Waffle House, R308.

Paire is a moron. If his ranking drops too low he'll never get WCs at this point. Tournament directors must hate him. He's now admitting he tanks matches so he can have more free time around the city of an event? I can't stand him

Ladies draw is out

Barty and Osaka top 2 seeds.

some interesting first matches, notably

Venus vs. Diyas

Mladenovic vs. Collins in a clash of DL faves! I can't wait for the racket tap at the end of the match

Stephens vs. a qualifier...let's see if Sloane will finally get a win this season

draw below

men's comes out sometime Monday. Qualies matches start Monday morning

R300 hun the way Daddy Cames speaks he doesn't seem to wanna be on top of young Grigor. I think he wants under.

[quote] Venus isn't lez? I always assumed she swam the warm waters of the lady pond.

Evil! Filth! If Venus is indeed that thing you accuse her of being God has well and truly punished her by making her a perennial runner-up to her God-fearing heterosexual sister. Oh Lord! When will you rescue women's tennis from the evil clutches of the Billy John Drag King and NavROTilover clique? Whatever happened to real women who looked like women and submitted to their husbands? Like the elegant and beautiful Chrissy Evert?

Now if you'll excuse us, Wendy Turnbull and I need to get out of these clothes and soak in the tub while we read our Bibles.

Looking forward to Mladonna v Collins.

BITCHFIGHT!

You'd THINK that Paire would realize he's not a draw, and can't rake in big bucks from exhibitions. I can't see him generating any off-court income. I wonder if he'll realize that he only has a slim timeline to generate serious bucks, not just for now, but his future. Right? Is he just that far gone already?

[quote] This is a decent thread about tennis players.

This is a good thread, a positive thread.

What is Granny V wearing in her hair in Miami? Did Olympia do her hair?

Oops. And Granny’s out in first round. Embarrassing loss to Diyas who caught her toss at least 50 times in the 2nd set...

Does she have dementia? WTF is she doing?

Pospisil is being a whiny little bitch in his 1st round Miami match against McDonald. Just smashed his racket against the ground, got a warning for racket abuse and then stomped on his racket and completely demolished it, which got him a point penalty. After that he called the umpire a "fucking asshole" and threatened to sue the ATP. First set, McDonald.

Pospisil is not being a whiny little bitch. He's pissed because for decades and decades and decades the players have wanted more say (and more $$) from the tour, as all male pros in other major sports do, and he tried to make a little headway on the issue and Gaudenzi ripped him a new asshole about it. He's justifiably angry and his anger is spilling out on the court. He called Gaudenzi a fucking asshole, not the umpire, R336. And he just won the second set.

I don't know why he and Novak even bother. They stuck their necks out and just get shit on by everyone. So leave it alone, I say. The men can let guys like Gaudenzi pretend to fix the tour, when in fact nothing will change at all. And Rafa and Roger want these changes too, but they're happy to let others take the heat.

No matter how angry he is, that's no excuse to take it out on the umpire.

r333, I always look forward to see what Venus is wearing, she's had some stunning outfits over the years but that thing on her head is hideous. At first, I thought it was some anti-plastic, eco statement because I thought it was recycled trash bags. Up close, it looks like rope which most people would not want wrapped around their head, for various reasons.

The rest looks like a Junior Miss ice skating outfit. Weird.

BTW Who does she fuck? She said she would never marry because her husband would control the money but that could mean I'm a lesbian in the closet. Has she ever publicly been linked with anyone? Gaby Sabatini? Queen Latifah?

So has Muriel finally managed to kill the Gays and Tennis threads? I can’t keep the threads in my Watched list any more, and like most once loyal posters am sick of looking it up every time I want to contribute.

Has anyone ever understood why Muriel hates tennis so much? Is she the Queen Mother and Elizabeth Windsor in disguise, or just part of their cabal?

I've wondered that too. I can't imagine what would be so offensive about tennis when there are umpteen many more obvious threads that could offend at any given time.

Suggestions for alternative tennis chats, R340 0r anyone else?

Ridiculous that we have to rally with DL about something so truly tame.

Curiously now, this one and the part 70 are not paywalled.

But Muriel behaviour with the tennis threads is absurd anyway

Agree---I comment on the threads but they don't save in my watched thread list! I'm constantly searching for them!

R343, eliminate a number of your “watched” threads, and you will be able to save this thread. We can only watch a limited number of threads now.

R342, I entered "The Gays and Tennis Part 70" and it doesn't show.

I pay my stinkin' monthly fee and I still can't find anything.

This is asinine--the whole paywalling and blocking...toward what end? A measly few bucks, if that? Sheer bitchiness?

R345, agreed that the thread watch and the search function on DL is a disaster. There's no logic to it regardless of how many threads are set to be watched. Tennis threads though are usually the first to drop off the watch list for me too. I tried to post the link but it's "not allowed". Google: tennis part 70 datalounge. It should come up for you.

That worked, R346. Thank you for your assistance. Fuck this shit that required me to have to do so.