The Gays and Tennis Part 94: Week One of the US Open

Warning to those of you who are foolish enough to look at OP's link: it's a horrific sight best left unseen and almost impossible to unsee.

Previous thread.

No tits out celebration from Novak tonight. The crowd cheered loudly for Rune at times.

yes, they were all cheering for the kid.

Thanks OP for the new thread!

You're welcome, R4.

Which white male players have yellow skin?

Fattie Bianca annoys me

That hairband Bianca always wears on her arm looks so stupid.

De Minaur looks a lot better without the Hitler mustache.

My goodness this porky chick is loud as fuck

Carnage in the first round among the men's seeded players with twelve defeated--that's over twice as many as last year...maybe a GS record?

Why Hubi is selling himself short and playing doubles?

He should save his physical and mental strength for singles only.

Bianca has that stupid thing on her arm, I think it's more like a elastic plastic key ring, I had something similar. she removed the metal part. It hinders blood circulation. She got so quite fat and she went to Tao night club just a couple of days ago. obviously not taking US Open seriously...

It's a telephone line-style hair band. She looks like a kid playing dress up. No taste. She also ties her shirts up.

yes, I saw that she tied up her shirt, to make herself look even fatter.

Can anybody clear this up for me: how many of the men's US players are right-wing Trumpers? Obviously, I know about the infamous John Isner and Tennys Sandgren. But what about Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, who I've also heard are right-wing Trumpers? I assume Reilly Opelka is not since he's dating Venus, ditto for Tiafoe. Does anybody know the lowdown on these guys?

Tommy Paul went to the Floyd protests with Opelka last summer.

Tommy Paul has posted some VERy questionable shit on Instagram, stuff that would lead one to believe he's a typical rich white kid from a Republican family who believes the same garbage daddy did.

Was glad to see Bibi pull it out tonight against Golubitch. I really do like watching her play - she just needs match play and some confidence.

R17, who the fuck cares?

Post a comment worth reading about tennis. Or at least a hot pic.

Novak is hot. Classy last night.

Cressy needs to breed me.

Interesting to see so many other players pile onto Tsitsipas over his breaks. Its clearly making him unpopular. Will he learn quickly enough to repair his image, instead of just bleating about keeping to the rules?

I like you, R23. You're a real tennis fan like me!

[quote] I assume Reilly Opelka is not since he's dating Venus

I don't think they're actually dating

Moutet has pretty nice thighs:

I just assume most of these people are right winged.

Tommy Paul lost. His gf is some really whorish "model" with big tits. lots of filter and plastic surgery...

Even the foreign ones...they move to tax havens like Monaco...they obviously don't believe in paying taxes for the good of society.

Reily is ugly anyways...I am not into facial hair

There were rumors of Venus and Reilly.

Venus Williams rumored to be dating fellow tennis star Reilly Opelka

Venus Williams is scoring off the court.

The 40-year-old tennis star is rumored to be dating fellow tennis player Reilly Opelka, who stands 6 feet 11. The 23-year-old ATP player is a junior Wimbledon champion and Red Bull ambassador.

Neither Williams nor Opelka has confirmed they’re an item, but fans have noticed they’ve been spending time together through various social media posts. Additionally, Williams has been dropping flirty comments under some of Opelka’s Instagram photos, including a few red heart emojis under a post he shared on May 7.

First, the two practiced together in April at Ibis Golf and Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Williams’ tennis coach, Eric Hechtman, shared a video of the pair hitting balls at the club.

At the time, Opelka said his session with Williams “was a lot of fun!”

On May 6, Hechtman shared a collage of Instagram photos indicating that he traveled to Rome with Williams and Opelka, whom he credited for being the group’s tour guide.

The last photo in his post featured Williams and Opelka sporting matching plaid outfits while exploring what appeared to be an Italian museum.

Williams, who has been playing in Europe over the last few weeks, has been documenting her travels on Instagram. She’s been enjoying Italian wine and food, as well as a few tennis-related events. However, Opelka hasn’t been featured in any of her posts.

The ATP player hasn’t posted Williams to his social media, either.

R23 = Pamela Howard Shriver

Reilly is hideous but I don't think he is a Trumper

Osaka is through to round 3, Danilovic had to withdraw for medical reasons.

What Is Stefanos Tsitsipas Doing in the Bathroom During His Matches?

Andy Murray says his Monday opponent employs stall tactics too often. Reilly Opelka says Tsitsipas is probably changing his socks.

By Ben Rothenberg Published Aug. 31, 2021Updated Sept. 1, 2021, 7:37 a.m. ET

It wasn’t his opponent’s dazzling foot speed or the velocity of his serve that Andy Murray was still dwelling on a day after his match. The statistic that stuck with Murray, the 2012 U.S. Open champion, was how long his opponent, Stefanos Tsitsipas, took during his off-court breaks.

“Fact of the day. It takes Stefanos Tsitipas twice as long to go the bathroom as it takes Jeff Bazos to fly into space. Interesting,” Murray posted to Twitter on Tuesday morning, misspelling both the name of his opponent and the Amazon billionaire, but adding emojis of a toilet and a rocket ship for clarity.

On Monday, the third-seeded Tsitsipas had defeated Murray 2-6, 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a match that turned early in the fifth set following an off-court break by Tsitsipas. Though two off-court breaks are allowed by the rules during best-of-five-sets matches, Murray was incensed when he saw Tsitsipas leaving the court after the fourth set, which Tsitsipas had won.

“Why are they allowed to do this?” Murray asked chair umpire Nico Helwerth with exasperation. “Why?”

Murray, 34, sat on his bench in Arthur Ashe Stadium, changed his shirt, draped an ice towel over his neck and hydrated, repeatedly glancing toward the court entrance. After a few minutes of sitting and bouncing his legs, Murray rose and wandered behind the baseline, bouncing a ball and hitting it gently against the video wall behind the court.

“What’s your opinion on this?” Murray asked Helwerth. “You’re umpiring the match. Give me an opinion: you think it’s good?” Murray then asked Grand Slam supervisor Gerry Armstrong, “You think this is OK, what’s happening?”

When Tsitsipas finally returned more than seven minutes after the last point had been played, he went to his bench, then walked to a cooler to get a bottle of water. He then sat down on his bench, and Murray shouted “Get up! What’s going on, get up!”

When the fans began to boo, Murray pumped his arms to encourage them.

Murray, still steamed, dropped his serve in the following game, and Tsitsipas held onto that break advantage the rest of the set. Murray said he had been prepared for Tsitsipas to take long breaks if the match wasn’t going his way, for which he believed Tsitsipas had a reputation.

“It’s just disappointing because I feel it influenced the outcome of the match,” Murray said. “I’m not saying I necessarily win that match, for sure, but it had influence on what was happening after those breaks. I rate him a lot. I think he’s a brilliant player. I think he’s great for the game. But I have zero time for that stuff at all, and I lost respect for him.”

Told of Murray’s comments, Tsitsipas, 23, said he hoped to speak to him directly.

“If there’s something that he has to tell me, we should speak, the two of us, to understand what went wrong,” Tsitsipas said. “I don’t think I broke any rules. I played by the guidelines, how everything is.

“I don’t know how my opponent feels when I’m out there playing the match; it’s not really my priority,” Tsitsipas added. “As far as I’m playing by the rules and sticking to what the ATP says is fair, then the rest is fine.”

Tsitsipas said his time off the court had simply been “the amount of time it takes for me to change my clothes and to walk back to the court.”

Acknowledging that players are often accused of abusing bathroom break or medical timeout rules to change the momentum of the match, Murray said he and other members of the player council had discussed rule changes that might make gamesmanship more difficult.

“If everyone else feels like that’s totally cool and there’s no issue with it, then maybe I’m the one being unreasonable,” Murray said. “But I think it’s nonsense. And he knows it, as well.”

In a statement, the United States Tennis Association said it “regards pace of play as an important issue in our sport,” citing its past implementation of visible serve clocks and warm-up clocks in recent years. “We need to continue to review and explore potential adjustments to the rules, whether for bathroom breaks/change of attire or other areas, that can positively impact the pace of play for our fans and ensure the fairness and integrity of the game,” the statement said.

Though tennis players are generally loath to weigh in on each other’s controversies, several couldn’t resist.

“Andy is right!” Milos Raonic, a Canadian who is missing the U.S. Open with a right leg injury, posted to Twitter on Monday night.

Asked after his first-round win on Tuesday if he felt Novak Djokovic was the favorite to win the U.S. Open, Alexander Zverev managed to fit in a dig at Tsitsipas in his answer.

“I think Stefanos can play well if he doesn’t go to the moon and back for a toilet break, that will also help,” Zverev said with a grin.

Zverev had previously leveled accusations of his own at Tsitsipas during their semifinal match at the Western & Southern Open in August, accusing him of using a mobile phone off court to illegally communicate about tactics with his coach and father, Apostolos.

Zverev reiterated his suspicions on Tuesday. “He’s gone for 10-plus minutes; his dad is texting on the phone,” Zverev said. “He comes out, and all of a sudden his tactic completely changed. It’s not just me but everybody saw it. The whole game plan changes. I’m like, either it’s a very magical place he goes to, or there is communication there.

“But I also don’t want to disrespect him,” Zverev added. “He is a great player.”

Tsitsipas denied cheating on Monday.

“I have never in my career done that; I don’t know what kind of imagination it takes to go to that point,” Tsitsipas said. “That’s not something I want to take seriously because it’s absolutely ridiculous to be thinking about that.”

Tsitsipas received support from the American player Reilly Opelka, who also took a lengthy break during his first-round win.

“We’re hydrating a lot; we have to use the bathroom,” Opelka said. “To change — my socks, shoes, my inserts in my shoes, shorts, shirt, everything, the whole nine yards, hat — it takes five, six minutes.

“If people don’t understand that, then clearly they’ve never spent a day in the life of a professional athlete or come close to it,” Opelka said.

Murray, who has spent most of his days in the life of a professional athlete, ended his news conference by saying that it was a shame that a five-hour match between two top players was eclipsed by stall tactics.

“I’m sitting in here after a match like that against one of the best players in the world, and rather than talking about how fantastic he is, how good he is for the game, how great it was for me that I was able to put on a performance like that after everything that’s gone on the last four years, I’m sitting in here talking about bathroom breaks and medical timeouts and delays in matches,” Murray said. “That’s rubbish. I don’t think that that’s right.”

Tommy, Taylor and Reilly when they were kids

The way they have to drink after every game, wipe themselves with a towel after every point, play gamesmanship by calling a trainer or spending a long time in the bathroom when they're losing.. umpires need to start deducting points from them when they do that and I bet that'll stop it. 1 point deducted for every minute they spend longer in the bathroom or something like that.

Staying hydrated I think has gone way overboard. They are sweating buckets these days. I don't think that much is necessary but I'm not a sports scientist. Anyone know if it really does help?

R36 And Taylor would be a father just 4 or 5 years after this pic was taken.

Humidity was 82% during some of the matches.

No surprise they are sweating buckets.

R40, the extreme sweating happens at virtually every tournament. It's because they constantly drink too much water.

Halep easy over Kucova 6-3 6-1

Muguruza def. Petkovic 6-4 6-2

Jabeur destroys Osorio Serrano 6-0 6-1

Is Grammatikopoulou a DL Grammar Nazi?

[quote]Grammatikopoulou

Alphabet Soup 2.0 !

Dan Evans has suddenly perked up after the rain delay. A few toots of The Colombian Marching Powder? His all-white tennis kit hides a multitude of sins!

Pedro Martinez is giving Rublev a tough battle. They're tied a set apiece after the first two went to tiebreakers.

I um have an um like a new commercial with um butterflies. I like um to like to um get paid and then um play shy. Will you like um like me?

Who's the idiot ESPN commentator with the flat American accent spouting misinformation on court 17?

Without even turning on the TV to check, I am willing to bet it's Paul Anacone. He's the worst.

It's cool today, not hot and quite windy

not humid at all.

My partner called me Tennis Karen, but these are the most vulgar crowds I've ever witnessed. NYC is trash.

holy shit that Zapata Miralles is a SCREAMER. Not sure why it's so common with Spanish players

Pretty sure it's Chris Fowler, R49. He's godawful.

Rublev is through...he wears like fucking 4 or 5 chains.

R27 Aren't Americans bound to pay American taxes even if they reside abroad?

I can't believe fellow DLs are overlooking Dutch cutie Botic Van Der Zandschulp. I set my eyes on him back at Wimbledon when he gave Chicken Legs a hard time. And now he's up two sets against Ruud.

yes, US citizens have to report foreign income and bank accounts if you have more than 10k in them.

damn hot Giron about to lose to trashy Evans

Amen about Fowler, R54. I hate that ESPN has most Slam coverage because I'm forced to listen to him. He argued as usual with Brad Gilbert, who really knows his tennis facts, and John McEnroe, a 7 time Slam winner. Shut the fuck up, Fowler, and let the experts do their jobs! He does always defer to Chris Evert, though. I think he had a crush on her when he was younger or something.

Fowler is no doubt the worst sportscaster in history. How dare he keep acting like he knows as much or more than all-time great players and coaches. I hate him

Azarenka def. Paolini 6-3 7-6(1)

Popyrin def. Dimitrov 7-6(4) 7-6(4) 4-0 ret. I think #nextgen has officially passed Dimitrov by. Just about every time he plays the good players of the young generation he loses. He's about to enter Gasquet status of losing his seeding and drawing top names at future slams

Speaking of undiscovered cuties, Alex Moltan who's just about finishing off Nakashima is a hot young blond thing.

Russian asshole is through

Alcaraz won

Felix is doing better today and Bautista is suddenly playing well again after not so good recent results

Chris McKendry is the one I can't stand. She is a boot licker

Alcaraz def. Rinderknech 7-6(6) 4-6 6-1 6-4 solid follow up win after upsetting Norrie on Monday

Molcan def. Nakashima 6-3 3-6 1-6 6-2 6-4 disappointing for very cute Nakashima after his good USO series run including 2 victories over Isner but he's made lots of progress

Van de Zandschulp upsets Ruud 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 surprising given Van de Zandschulp's record but not too much because Ruud is a clay specialist

another hot guy goes down today Laaksonen upsets Garin 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2 6-4

Kasatkina def. Vondrousova 3-6 6-4 6-4

Medvedev has a really cake draw right now

Ruud is still in Pliskobot 2014 mode. Great success on tour, but massive choker at Slams. Happy for my beloved Botic.

THE YOUNG'UNS ARE GOING DOWN QUICKER THAN A WHORE'S DRAWERS TODAY!

hottest ass/legs on tour Tiafoe is up 2 quick sets on Pella. keep going!

Who is best Netgen?

WTF? Why is OP's post grayed out? Who are the cunts who keep getting our tennis threads closed or pay walled?

my favorites are Darren Cahill, Tracy Austin-she has a great eye and sees things that the others didn't see, and John Mac is always amusing no matter what the subject. I love Martina but she talks too much.

Trungelliti lost today wearing an adorable shirt with a big sheep on the back. Totally adorable.

Here's McEnroe's take on the cheating scandal from 2019.

R76, what have you got against me and my pencil?

OMG Moltan's thighs

*faints*

FAA's legs are quickly becoming a fan favorite

All the water is necessary to prevent cramps.

bye, tommy

I'll miss you

We lost our Tommy and Young Grigor today DL. Sigh

Sloane Stephens looked pretty great against Gauff tonight.

These morons can not even build a proper roof over Armstrong stadium.

They spend more than 100 millions on this shit?

But what else can you expect from people like Katrina Adams

[quote] We lost our Tommy and Young Grigor today DL.

COVID deaths?

Stephens played quite well and I'm glad as I always root for her but Gauff hit too many balls to Sloane's favored forehand side. I know we're all armchair experts here but I do play (about 4.5 level). I know some of the best players and coaches in the world use the strategy of hitting to their opponents' strength first in hopes of a getting a weak reply so they'll have an even better follow up shot to his/her weaker wing but that tactic did not work for Coco tonight. She would hit good shots to Sloane's forehand and Sloane just absorbed it and took charge of the point. She really should have targeted the backhand side more.

It's a big FU though from Sloane to all the experts who thought Coco would wipe the court with her. It was the reverse instead

R84 yes it's pretty embarrassing. Not sure why they left ANY open space on the side of the court with the roof closed? Surely everyone involved in designing the roof knows that the USO is held during potential hurricane seasons and that sometimes like today the storms work their way up the east coast. Pathetic that with the roof closed it still got wet at all

Tornadoes are not common in NYC. This is an extreme event.

Sloane is in awesome physical shape right now. She’s lean and looks pretty jacked. She’s clearly been doing a lot of weight training. She may well lose in the next round, but for the time being, I think she’s shaken off her “Sloth Stephens” nickname.

lol Brad Gilbert is sitting courtside and said daddy Tsitsipas just ran over to talk to him for about 6 minutes talking to him about Stefanos' bathroom break controversies. He said the reason why it takes him so long is because he's completely changing all his clothes and he's not sitting on the toilet for 10 minutes. He's also mad at the ATP for not defending his son lol

do we buy it?

Is Mary Joe in a coma with Coco losing? When is the tennis media, or at least the crew on ESPN going to admit that Coco is overhyped? She's a good player but she has a lot of things to work on in her game before she's going to be challenging for Slams.

wow 4-4 in the 1st set tiebreak between Anderson and Schwartzman and they're having problems again with the court getting wet. Pathetic

R88, it is not just tornado. A strong wind during the heavy rain can cause during of rain water inside the stadium.

All it takes few water drops on the court to disrupt the play.

So even under the normal rainy day with a strong wind it could have happened.

I am surprised this did not happened during today afternoon matches.

Young Grigor.

is that true???? R always spent more time with men than women. It’s an open secret. Tio was always fine with it because “girls are a distraction” / “bring drama” but Xisc rarely has. I think there was a bit of a thing where he was quite openly fucking around, when her family on the island thought badly of it, so she went to work/study abroad for a year (?) and Rs PR guy (who I think he fucks?) leaked stories about Xisc fucking around but it all came to nothing. She maintained a comfortable position at his Dad’s business, but she’s competent, has a real degree in business admin and speaks several languages. But she’s rarely ever traveled with him. That’s the arrangement. Tio mostly liked her as long as she caused no drama whatsoever. R used to (still does?) pick up guys (his own age and a bit younger, nothing shady) in Miami, they’d go to dinner with his team. Rs Dad would be there with his various “secretaries”, it’s why his parents separated, I think one got pregnant on the mainland. Wonder how that problem was solved. There are stories about him. He used to be intimidated by his father and respected Tio more even though he worked him so hard, because the results were amazing. His father is a playboy and borderline “waste management”, has many interesting connections. There was that tax scandal that got sanitized. Those kids are very well mannered and decent to come from that kind of family but it’s different from Italy or the mainland. Kids from those sort of families don’t work and are trash. The Ndl clan raise their children with decent values besides the whole philandering borderline m@f!@ thing. Very respectable.

Fed is gay as fuck. He had a thing with Vav over years and several Arabs. He has to maintain his image and does love his wife, who sees women, but he’s gay. This is an open secret.

ESPN needs to pull Mary Joe from the Coco matches. She’s not anywhere near impartial.

How about an analyst who dares to question the quality of her coaching?

r95, a fascinating life rich with delusion

They also need to quit interviewing Patrick Mouratoglou. Are they going to give equal time to the coaches of other players?

Armstrong is swamped! fucking ridiculous

This is more rain than that weak Henri the other week! And gusty winds too

Anderson vs. Schwartzman has been moved to Ashe after Tsitsipas wins

Kerber vs. Kalinina canceled and moved to the day tomorrow

Rafa has many quirks and is OCD. Who the fuck knows who or what he fucks.

I'm surprised he hasn't put a bun in his wife's oven yet. Usually the spanish people squeeze out babies right after marriage and one after another...

Greek cheat's daddy is trying to restore his son's rep. too bad it's too late.

it's been raining cats and dogs. really pouring for hours. this is definitely tropical storm.

To be fair, US Open has always been very hot.

Novak must be very happy with the cool weather forecast.

I am reminded that Adrian Mannarino is hot as hell.

majority of responses on greek cheat's insta is all toilet jokes. He will never hear the end of it. serves him right.

someone said Grigor was never the same after getting covid.

And Tsitsy got booed for yet another long toilet break. He's not breaking the rules but he is an asshole.

R108 he must not be young, healthy and strong like me!

Was Tsitsy daddy texting during break?

he wouldn't be that stupid to text or use his phone at a slam.

his mommy there? is she also a tennis coach? she could be giving him advice from another location. but i highly doubt they would dare cheat at a slam.

Tsitsy is shameless.

Tsitsy on Alcaraz, his next opponent:

[quote] I'm going to try and, you know, face him the same way I've been facing my opponents the last couple of rounds.

By taking a long bathroom break!

is there going to be play tomorrow? Parts of NY and NJ are getting FLOODED

Interesting information R95

Rain is supposed to stop early morning. When I last checked it said sunny at 11 am

low 70s tomorrow. not that humid. great conditions for the older players.

Nobody ever shook Sunny.

Always bet against loser Anderson.

He will find a way to lose the match.

who is vav in R95 's post

Wavrinka

Wawrinka rather.

Damn, Ruud lost. I love him. He's hot.

lmao press going in on Tsitsipas again and he's getting quite pissed about it

his pressers are going to be fun viewing the whole tournament

i love it, I hope it fuck him up mentally lol

they were quick to upload this press conference lol

every match he does this it's going to come up in the post-match presser. He's still defiant

From the transcript at R128:

[quote] Q. Just to change the subject a little bit. I wanted to ask you about a really great initiative at the US Open today, which is Pride Day. There have been a number of openly gay players on the WTA Tour over the years, but that's not been the case on the ATP Tour. As someone who has been part of that tour for quite a few years now, do you think the culture of the tour is such that it would be a safe space for someone to come out?

[quote] STEFANOS TSITSIPAS: I think so. They would be supported, for sure. I don't know how it is in other sports. I see no reason, for example, a tour like the ATP not to accept something like this.

Murray is a mess on twitter lol

Petros took a jibe at Murray

Is Mary Joe Fernandez on suicide watch following CoCo GOAT's loss to Sloane? What will she talk about now? No Gramps Fed, no CoCo 🐐, no Pampers Shriver to pick a fight with....

Murray has tried numerous stalling tactics over the last decade and a half to disrupt his opponents, so this cunt can stop acting so high and mighty. Titsy may be a cheat (and he likely is) but Misery is full of shit and a whining cheat too.

Murray is coming off like a little bitch, IMO. He needs to shut up now.

The top 4 in the men's rankings now are the most obnoxious top 4 ever. And considering some of their predecessors, that's some piss poor company.

I'm just loving the drama. My Roger would NEVER!

[quote] I'm just loving the drama. [bold] Fuck me! [/bold] My Roger would NEVER!

Fixed that for you to state the obvious, Meerkat.

Murray is just being an unofficial players' spokesman - clearly most of the other pros back him. Hardly anyone's piped up to support Tsitsy.

Alex Molcan

Don't love the tats but the rest of the package works.

US Open site says play 'will not begin before noon' on all courts. They must have some cleaning up to do.

USA Open, joo gots some cleanin up to do.

Does Bianca scream and grunt a second or two after having hit her shots? I watched her 1R match and her screaming seemed like a deliberate distraction tactic because it seemed to happen after she had played the shot already.

All players who scream, grunt and moan should be penalized points and games. Starting with Azarenka and Misery.

People cant get there. Subway service is delayed/suspended all over the place. Many highways are closed, especially Westchester. Look at this live traffic map. Red minus signs are road closures.

This was a totally predictable event after last months deluge. The city should have called an emergency and told everyone to be home by 4pm or something.

R94 OMG that is quite a prominent bulge.

Guido Pella wore a rainbow wristband for Pride Day

record rainfall in central park last night, over 7 inches.

Which means it was really four inches, right, R146?

a lot of basements were flooded in queens, 8 people died in the city from the storm. I wonder if the tennis center is affected. some parts of queens are ok.

right now it's sunny, not a cloud in the sky and only 68 F.

[quote] a lot of basements were flooded in queens

A lot of queens in flooded basements were flooded on DL.

I'm rooting for shapo today and also for Barty!

Musetteami or Opelka team?

Musseti team

Musetti needs to beat Opelka and then sit on my face.

rooting for both Canadians tonight; Shapo and Andreescu

R102 You don't seem to know a thing about Spain. The percentages of children by couple is really low in Spain and people tend to marry later in life (not as late as Rafa but not far from him). The Spain you are describing doesn't exist for more than 40 years (unles the couple are members of the Opus day)

I've done some in-depth research on the Maxime Cressy bulge: I think we're talking about a girthy 8-9. inches We're in Gilles Simon-esque territory.

he has 2 brothers.

Emma Raducanu produces another assured display to breeze past Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai in straight sets and reach the third round at the US Open

She will now face world No 41 Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain, who recently beat Ash Barty at the Olympics.

the UK has their new female player after the fizzling out of Robson and the wonkiness of Konta

Doesn't look good for Musetti.

Opelka looks terrible with that beard. I saw a pic of him without and he looked a million times better.

The camera just lingered on a homeless bum-looking guy in the crowd watching Berretini/Moutet. I had to do a double take to be sure it wasn't Benny Paire.

is that bum his Berretini's super fan? He owns a restaurant in the east village.

Berrettini's superfan has big stalker energy.

Berrenttini looks good in blue, I also dig Novak's blue outfit the other night. matches the court.

Brad Gilbert is so obnoxious to listen to.

If Tsitsipas is smart he'll skip bathroom toilets in the following matches (or if he'll do they'll be short), he is damaging his image for no reason (and he behaves bad enough on court to end being the new atp villain and i doubt he'll enjoy being booed by the crowd)

Cheatypiss is a pretty arrogant character: I could see him digging in his heels and carrying on doing it so as not be seen to 'losing face'. I agree with you R168 that the smart thing to do would be to quietly cut them down or out completely. Not sure his character will let him do that.

I’m increasingly thinking Medvedev takes the title. He’s looking petty invincible.

Alexandra Stevenson dresses absolutely horrid.

The only satisfaction in seeing Medvedev take the title would be in denying Djokovic #21.

yes. she can't dress for shit.

Maybe Pam can give Alexandra some styling tips

I'm starting to really like Reilly Opelka. His interview on ESPN was great. You know he just likes to have fun and joke around. It makes sense that people say he's one of the funniest guys on tour.

Zverev won really easy and he is clearly an alternative to Djokovic here

Hubie's having a wobble. Hold me!

R175 yes very likable personality

I'm glad Djokovic and Zverev are on the same side of the draw

I think this is definitely the best Zverev has ever played. Him and Medvedev look great on court. It probably wont matter with how clutch Djokovic is unfortunately.

I think Medvedev and Zverev have a real shot, esp Medvedev. Zverev--I'm not sure about the mental toughness, but Medvedev is a killer. Djoker is in real trouble. Opelka is my dark horse.

And Hurkacz is failing again at a GS

Cressy was bulging nicely today. Too bad he lost.

Why has Jordan Thompson come disguised as SuperMario?

Karatsev and Pornstache Johnson into a 5th!

Team Pornstache

Jesus, Pam looks like a blowsy drag queen in R174.

Poor Hubie. 😢 Why couldn't it have been the dickhead Zverev losing instead?

Oops it's Pornstache Thompson

whatevs

Maybe Tsitsipas has IBS.

I'm guessing it's exocrine pancreatic insufficiency

I wonder what kind of stress-relief activity a man can do while locked in a bathroom for 7 or 8 minutes; hmmmm.....

Zverev is playing quite well, he could win.

Guido Pella's gf got the vaccine today at walgreens.

novak looks great in blue

would be better in darker blue

I can't stand his voice and fake humility.

My favorite vibe at the US Open is the late afternoon when the show courts are done for the day and we're on outer courts with Brad Gilbert and Jason Goodall commentating. Brad really knows the young players, esp the Americans, and you can feel his passion for their games. Jason, too, is so knowledgeable.

Novaxx would look best in a blackout.

Griekspoor is hot. Thick legs.

Can't decide if Taylor Fritz is hot or not. Been trying to figure that out for a long time. Maybe if he were a little hairier.

Taylor has very sad eyes

[quote] Can't decide if Taylor Fritz is hot or not.

He looks like someone I know who is a douche, so it’s rather hard to find him attractive with that association.

Brooksby is a screamer

Cake walk for novak

That Applebee's commercial on ESPN+ has got to be among the worst ever.

Fritz was a very horny teen. Didn't he knock up a girlfriend when he was like 18?

lol Djokovic has hecklers in this match

And boobs out !

Is R201 Cames Jourier?

From what I read, he married the girl, she had the baby and is now divorced. Not sure if she was already pregnant when they got married.

Sock is back

Taylor Fritz married, had a kid, divorced, and hooked up with a new IG model all by the age of 23.

If you put Shapovalov in a ponytail wig and a magenta tank top, I couldn’t pick him out of a lineup of Angie Kerbers

Shapo's blonde leg hair is particularly lovely tonight.

He certainly cleans up well. The GF is doing good things for him. Love his cockiness. Be a hell of a top I'll bet.

Mangie is quite butch

Man, Fritz really blew it. Is Brooksby a good guy or is he really Trumpy?

Nova XX spare me the boobs out

Pliskova escapes another close match. Anisimova served at 5-2 in the 3rd set tiebreak but couldn't close it. Match could have gone either way

yes, I thought she was gonna win...

a number of great matches lined up for Friday can't wait

They should’ve kicked out the fans who were heckling Djokovic and making noise during serves and points.

Good job by Pliskova today who lost in the afternoon to Kvitolina and then showed great courage in coming back again at night to beat Mandlikisimova. Wait, I am confused. If she lost already why did she play again? And it was another good match from the German blonde player Graf who seems to be playing with her left hand now. Odd.

Anyway it is too confusing keeping track of who's beating who. I don't think it matters who wins the early rounds anyway because the final is going to be me against Martina as usual unless Tracy beats Martina in the semis again.

Is my first hub Jimmy winning in the men's event? I saw the other Jim C, staring at Bjorn and constantly licking his lips. I wonder if Jim might be, well, you know, how do I put this, suffering from, er, what's the correct way to say this, chapped lips. I should lend him the Vaseline that Pam and Tracy smear on the camera lens when they are being filmed.

guess who?

DL fave Mama Andreescu is BACK, bitches!

Let the fabulosity reign!

R223, I thought that was Fran Drescher at first 😂

she looks so much like her mother!

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^I bet the heckler was one of the unhinged Djokovic haters here on DL.

taylor fritz remind of a young robert taylor in the eyes, but maybe that is just me....

add alot of muscle to taylor and he could be sexy..

we all so so need to have matteo start wearing the blue bikini underwear under white shorts that caused "cough cough" quite a stir a couple of years ago when those shorts became wet with sweat and see thru! and by stir i mean both men and women including the male commentators in the booth!...

I dont give a shit about Djokovic winning all 4 majors but its messed up to intentionally shout to throw him off. Plus it actual has the opposite effect with him. He often seems to focus more and play better when the crowd heckles him.

Roger Federer's wife used to do that too lol

All the WTA Top 20 players who played have reached the third round.

Only Sofia Kenin and Jennifer Brady couldn't do it. Both of them had withdrawn before the first round.

So none of Top 20 Wta players loses in the first two rounds. This has never happened before.

That is some consistently shown by WTA.

Poor Sloane. She has the draw from hell. Stephens, the 2017 champ, has to play Kerber, the 2016 champ, in the third round in order to get a possible shot at Osaka, the 2018 and 2020 champ, in the fourth round. This is after she already beat the 2017 runner-up in the first round and the legendary Coco GOAT in the second round.

Ugh Help annoys me to hit heaven

Compare that to the mad scramble on the men's side, R231, with over half of the seeded men gone by the third round. It's still consistent near the top (unfortunately), but the rest of the structure has collapsed.

GOATjowczyk (and his frosted tips and steel blue eyes) will take down NoVaxxx in the Final! You read it first here!

[quote]I bet the heckler was one of the unhinged Djokovic haters here on DL.

But we're not unhinged, r227.

Hating NoVaxxx with the power of a thousand suns is rational, logical and RIGHT!

Halep def. Rybakina 7-6(11) 4-6 6-3

Good for Halep. Given her size, she doesn’t have the serve or other weapons of other champions but she’s a smart player.

I’m on Help team.

The adidas dress on Muguruza is so ugly, the color is not flattering.

The Nike kits for this tournament are HIDEOUS, especially the women's dresses. They look like they should be manning a hot dog stand.

Krejcikova def. Rakhimova 6-4 6-2

Muguruza def. Azarenka 6-4 3-6 6-2

Carlos is hot.

Stefano is not.

Please please please dump the Greek Cottage Queen out, Carlos!

Wow, 3-0 with two breaks for Alcaraz.

I thought it would be a three set win for Tsitsipas but maybe it'll be way more interesting

Lock the freaking bathroom and throw the key in the ocean!!

That's it! Stuff Pissypants' head down the toilet and flush, Carlos!

Gilbert just talks and talks and talks and then talks some more. My God he's exhausting.

Alvarez looks a fetus

yes, the nike outfits for women aren't that great. But the men is OK. the top Carlos is wearing costs 70 or 80 bucks, I can't remember, I was in the store yesterday and touched it, very nice. They are selling the Nadal top with the V-neck, it's also very nice, for 100 bucks.

6-3, Carlos won the first set. I thought he was going to choke after losing his serve, but nope

Stefanos must be freaking out inside, i bet he's looking to his box for coaching.

There were messages from Daddy in his shoes!

carlos still has acne!

We will find out whether Tsispants is a bullshitter or not when they are at the 3rd set and if he wins it, whether he takes that break or wants to keep up his momentum and play on.

R255 = Cheatypas searching for a silver lining!

Carlos looks like they shaved a young neanderthal and put a racquet in his hand.

r241, I disagree completely. I hate the Nike one that Halep and Kvitova are wearing.

it's not humid at all today. very nice conditions. his shorts won't be soaked.

The navy blue one from nike is not bad, the one emma is wearing.

Is he not prepared for how good Carlos is? Tsitsy could get blown off the court in 3.

Tsitsi passed.

Stefanos is so weak mentally. He ain't winning a slam anytime soon.

I bet he's gonna lose coz he didn't take a toilet break LOL. no extra coaching from daddy

I like Brad Gilbert he’s a lot of fun

DL lost all its tennis boyfriends in the first week. :(

I thought Sloane looked very fetching in her Nike outfit

[quote]They are selling the Nadal top with the V-neck, it's also very nice, for 100 bucks.

Which one is it? Do you have a link? Or is it on the USO website?

Weak mind, weak bladder!

You can buy it online. they have it in 6 colors.

I hope Alcaraz wins but damn the way he's playing I wish he had drawn Djokovic instead.

Is it just me or, when you see Carlos in a close-up, does he have some random grey hairs?

R273, I saw that too

he does look to be graying

I never thought I'd see 3 tennis players (Djokovic, Coric and Alcaraz) all with the same weird hair pattern. They'd all look much better if they styled it better

His daddy was definitely saying something to him.

Oh my. Tittiepaste is fucking loathsome.

Tsitsipas screaming Vamos is really low

Titsi is the most hated man at the US Open.

Tsitsipas is a total malaka...

Fuck you to the Brad Gilbert and Novak haters. You are lowly 3.0 players at best.

Is Pissypas more hated than Novak now?

In other news.... Dirty Dan Evans / Popyrin is a great match: more ups and downs than an upsydownsy thing!

[quote] Please please please dump the Greek Cottage Queen

What’s a cottage queen?

Here you go R285

[quote] Alvarez looks a fetus

Because he’s so young or because he looks misshapen?

Thank you, R286. I should have connected cottage to cottaging right away.

Tsitsipas yelling "vamos" is actually not surprising. He tends to do that in the language of his opponent. When he played that crazy USO match against Coric, he was yelling "ajmo!" to try and get in Coric's head which of course backfired and Borna went on to win

Stephens up 7-5 on Kerber

It's not that surprising... because he's a cunt.

r283, nope.

I want tsitsy to win the 3rd cause I need to see him take his break after he wins the set.

ugh poor Popyrin blew a 2 sets to 0 lead.

Evans is through

We know he will take the toilet break if he losses.

Credit to Evans, tho, he played great tennis the last 3 sets. I know his on court (and off court) demeanour sucks but he has a great game - pulls stunning passing shots and lobs out of nothing.

Can we discuss what the ball kids are wearing? Does Ralph Lauren thinks that’s positive brand exposure? Beyond fucking ugly.

Tsitsipas just got a warning for coaching. He is so going to lose this set and take a bathroom break and the crowd will go nuts.

Oh my God, if Alcaraz can pull off this breaker and Cheaty pulls the bathroom break the boos will never end.

off he goes to bathroom. Crowd boos. I really want him to lose this match but I wanted him to win that set to see if he would take the break, when he had momentum

Eurosport commentators are being SCATHING. They're dredging up EVERYTHING - all the violations, all the breaks - they just called it 'The Greatest Hits Of Tsitsipas'

Alcaraz is hot even with that bad skin.

I'm firmly behind this kid after the fall and the tweener shot.

only 4 1/2 minute bathroom break this time

"Good looking, great game, so why aren't the crowd more supportive of him?" - Courier

Molcan and Lil Diego would make a cute couple. I could see them being all goofy together at the beach and shit.

Tsitsipas got a coaching warning

Sloane is so frustrating to watch sometimes

I'm embarrassed to admit that I'm getting turned on watching Carlos' on court treatment. That is a hot torso and legs.

R283, my guesstimate of current DL level of loathing, active ATP:

1) Djokovic

2) A. Zverev

3) Medvedev

4) Tsitsipas

5) Isner

6) Steadfast camps still against Murray, Federer, Nadal

7) Paire

8) Rune

9) Shapovalov

10) Fognini

11) No longer factors but still loathed: Kyrgios, Sandgren, Stakhovsky, Tomic

Great work R310. I think maybe I'd switch around Zverev and Tsitsipas given that it's been a while since Zverev's done anything really shitty on court (off court is another matter), and the Tsitsipas fuckery is the shiny new object.

Botic just switched his brain off and got broken by Bagnis. Hope he turnes this around. I really like his deep, loopy defensive forehand with a not finished motion.

Stephens' level has dropped since the first set while Kerber has raised hers

the doctor gave carlos a pill, which he dropped and then picked up from the ground and ate it.

goodbye stephens...

Kerber def. Stephens 5-7 6-2 6-3

real disappointing for Sloane given the h2h and how the match started but Kerber played well.

Carlos should have taken a bathroom break after the 4th set.

Yes, R317, for at least 30 minutes since Tsitsipas insists there's no time limit on the bathroom breaks.

whatever happens, this kid has a bright future.

[quote] Can we discuss what the ball kids are wearing?

I’d rather discuss what they’re not wearing.

Is Sabalenka lez?

she's dating a man. according to her social media.

looking forward to Sabalenka vs. Collins! It's sure to be a real screamer

R323, we’ll be tired of all the winning.

Domicakes’ birthday.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck....

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Tsitsy out!

Wow, Alcaraz wins, despite Titsy's ridiculous medical timeouts and bathroom break after dropping the third set.

Karma can be so beautiful.

Alcaraz v Djokovic in the final?

I used to like Tsitsy. It’s a pity he’s become such an ass.

I told y'all bitches!

Regarding the list at R310, why is Shapo loathed? Sure he’s dumb as his blond leg hair, but has he done anything loathsome beyond his atrocious “music”?

I’d watch Alacaraz’s matches just for those feathery drop shots.

Could be this, R334.

[301] 'The Greatest Shits Of Tsitsipas'

—Anonymou

Shitsypants!

Thanks, R336. I had forgotten about his Russophilia and Putin devotion.

Shitshypash.

Ewe that's really weird. Fuck that guy then. He's probably a sociopath and dumb as a doornail.

Team Fernandez

The fawning over this totally fake bitch is vomit inducing.

Felis is sexy AF in black tonight.

I love how Pammy and Chrissie were wondering why Naomi put that dress on as if they couldn't tell she was obviously insecure with the roll of flab that was sticking out of that unfortunately fitting first attempt at an outfit.

Check out young Leylah Fernandez hanging tough with Miss Whisper-Coo Osaka!

I'm glad she put on a dress - that outfit and accompanying flab was hideous. Nike really have been making ugly clothes as of late.

Omg Osaka is melting down.

if that had been me, I would have been dq'ed by now

hitting a racket off the court twice then later hitting a ball out of the stands!

i told you guys, Osaka got fat, now she's losing.

she ain't fit as fuck like some poster said.

bet she's gonna cry at her presser after the match

that is specially made for her by nike. she probably told nike what she liked etc.

another 18 year old upsetting the adults today lol

has anyone in the press or commentators even mentioned Djokovic's violent meltdown last year that resulted in him being defaulted? So far all I've heard about is the possibility of the Nole calendar slam. Wonder why they haven't made a bigger deal of it. He got off pretty easy. It was only mentioned briefly at the AO

FAA doing FAA type shit again. He goes up 2 sets and up an early break then loses the 3rd set 6-4. Hopefully he won't have another AO-like failure

[quote]I'm embarrassed to admit that I'm getting turned on watching Carlos' on court treatment. That is a hot torso and legs

It's ok, Jim

It is great watching Osaka implode. One. More. Game. Please.

Brilliant win for young Leylah.

On a serious note, it seems to me that Osaka doesn't really want to play tennis. It's why she didn't play the FO and Wimbledon, while her body language was so lacklustre and negative compared to Leylah, who was ultra focused and pumped.

Hawt dude in the Fernandez camp with the glasses - we're getting bulge shots atm

for when this thread is paywalled in the coming hours, here's the next thread

Fernandez is a good young player but this was a real mental implosion by Osaka. She looked so comfortable about to serve at 6-5 in the 2nd and all of a sudden she gets broken, gets pissed then loses the tiebreak quickly and loses her opening service game of the 3rd set. She was unable to break Fernandez in the 3rd

Thank you, R360.

Naomi needs a straight jacket. She is unbalanced. Her meltdown shows signs of psychosis. There are not enough butterflies to help her.

How did she get so fat?

[quote]Osaka's three losses this summer all came against lefties (Vondrousova, Teichmann, Fernandez). Lefties still represent a pretty small minority of the WTA, but facing them is something Osaka clearly needs to work on, tactically or otherwise.

Can someone who knows tennis explain how come some people have a hard time playing left handers?

The spin on the ball can be different when lefties hit it (compared to righties), R365.

Naomi has only won 8 matches since January, and all kinds of bad losses to folks who she should not lose to. Yet. she is signed endorsements that far outweigh what Serena would have been offered.

And the serves go away from them out wide also. Also, there is confusion to whether you are hitting to their forehand or backhand because the majority of the players are right handed and that's what they all have all become accustomed to.

R365, most players, of course, are right-handed. Left-handed players are used to playing against them. The reverse, though, isn’t true—a right-handed player has to make more adjustments against a left-handed player than a left-handed player has to make against a right-handed player.

[quote] Lefties still represent a pretty small minority of the WTA

Small minority? They all are!

Wait. I thought you said lezzies.

Felix!!

Sabalenka reminds of that Warhol star Mary Woronov.