The Gays and Tennis Part 102: second half of the fall season

schedule for today:

Cluj-Napoca:

Kontaveit vs. Peterson Kontaveit must win the title to get the last spot at the YEC

Halep vs. Kostyuk

Courmayeur:

Tauson vs. Samsonova

Paolini vs. Vekic

St. Petersburg:

Fritz vs. Struff

Cilic vs. van de Zandschulp

Vienna:

Zverev vs. Alcaraz

Sinner vs. Tiafoe

It's understable that Kostyuk felt that way about the US Open final, she was better than Raducanu and Fernández and she seemed destined to big things before stalling

[quote]Paris Masters starting next week.

Shapovalov has withdrawn (he seems to skip French tournaments?) and Murray received another wild card

[quote]St. Petersburg: Van de Zandschulp upsets Rublev 6-3 6-4

Botic is a (Russian) doll

I can't stand Tiafoe's on-court attitude. The crowd seems to eat it up, but he is just over-the-top and annoying as hell.

He’s another one who thinks he is there to entertain the crowd rather than win matches.

So pleased Tiafoe won...just to piss off you miserable bitches.

I can't believe how well Tiafoe is playing. I like the rapport he has with the crowd, and he does know that he is there to win.

I'd much rather watch an in-form Tiafoe than dial-tone Sinner.

Tiafoe played lights out in the last set and a half. Major props for not giving up when he was down 2-5 in the second. That was a great win.

Donna Vecic looks like she put on 20 Covid pounds.

I LOVED Tiafoe’s comeback! It was amazing to watch.

Paris Masters draw out:. Top 8 seeds have a bye. Overall it's a packed draw

Djokovic

Fucsovics vs. Fognini

Basilashvili vs. Mannarino

Monfils vs. Qualifier/LL

Norrie vs. Delbonis

Opelka vs. Krajinovic

Fritz vs. Sonego

Rublev

Tsitsipas

de Minaur vs. Harris

Djere vs. Qualifier/LL

RBA vs. Duckworth

FAA vs. Qualifier/LL

Murray vs. Qualifier/LL

Struff vs. Qualifier/LL

Hurkacz

Ruud

Evans vs. Bublik

Tiafoe vs. Qualifier/LL

Schwartzman vs. Millman

Dimitrov vs. Gasquet

Khachanov vs. Qualifier/LL

Lajovic vs. McDonald

Zverev

Sinner

Alcaraz vs. Herbert

Rinderknech vs. Qualifier/LL

PCB vs. Paire

Karatsev vs. Korda

Cilic vs. Davidovich Fokina

Ramos-Vinolas vs. Ivashka

Medvedev

Results today:

Cluj-Napoca:

Halep def. Kostyuk 6-0 6-1

Kontaveitt def. Peterson 6-3 6-2

Courmayeur:

Vekic def. Paolini 6-2 6-0

Tauson def. Samsonova 4-6 7-6(8) 6-4

St. Petersburg:

Cilic def. van de Zandschulp 6-3 6-3

Fritz def. Struff 5-7 6-1 6-3

Vienna:

Tiafoe upsets Sinner 3-6 7-5 6-2

Zverev def. Alcaraz 6-3 6-3

It seems Sinner didn't like Tiafoe's attitude, it's really rare on him talking about other player but he thought it was simply too much.

My problem with Tiafoe is that tomorrow he'll be trashed mercessly by Zverev.

R14 I'm not saying Zverev won't trash Tiafoe, but that's what the commentary before every single one of Taifoe's matches has been this week.

I'm a fan of Tiafoe. When he's playing well he can battle with the very best as he has speed, power and variety of shot. His 2 big downfalls are sometimes he chokes leads and the other is sometimes he gets so caught up in playing to the crowd he distracts himself and loses momentum. This week he's had ups and downs but managed to pull it together by the end of the match. He won't be able to have periods of inconsistency tomorrow unless Zverev has serving woes. Zverev has been pretty solid in that department this week

R14, Sinner could stand to take a page out of Tiafoe's book with a little more exuberance and expression. It's nice to see when Sinner smiles, but most of the time he seems robotic on court and his scowling-grimace fist pumps are unsightly.

R17 That stands to reason. I'm pretty sure his long time coach mentioned in an interview that he used Ivan Lendl as an example early on about on-court demeanor.

That's unfortunate, R18. Nobody liked Lendl.

R17 Between Sinner's coldness and Tiafoe's over the top antics there's a whole world

R19 That's true nobody liked Lendl even if he was way more likeable than a bufoon like Connors

I’m disappointed A. Zverev defeated the pockmarked Alcaraz.

I like Bercy

Bercy team.

do not like tiafoe's game or personality, but that ass of his is off the charts! oh lordy to see that naked in the locker room, strutting around, wet from a shower! ...what a gravity defying bubble butt on him! whew!

Domicakes team

I’m not a fan of Sinner and he’s not really Italian he’s Austrian

R26 = Matteo Berrettini not Jacopo Berrettini.

WTA's new starlet is Romanian Andreea Prisacariu

she must have gotten styling tips from Andreescu's mother

...or from Bethanie Mattek-Sands

R20, that's an awfully low bar. Very few players were less likeable than Connors.

R31 Yeah, right? I did the world a favor.

Tiafoe’s trolling the crowd for applause (in between lumbering/shuffling around the court after every point) is nauseating.

When does the Incredible Hulk girl play?

R34 The round robin WTA finals event in Guadalajara, Mexico. November 10-17th.

Sabalenka, Krejcikova, Pliskova, Sakkari, Swiatek, Muguruza and Badosa are going while the final spot will be either Kontaveit or Jabeur.

R35 Compelling lineup!

Meanwhile, Nadal has failed to qualify for the ATP Finals for the first time since 2004

R36 Yes, notably no Serena, Osaka, Barty, Kvitova, Azarenka, Kerber, etc. And only 4 singles GS titles shared between 3 of them.

Daddy Fritz Team

I love Tiafoe's game (well, outside of that weirdly huge round swing on the forehand) but I do find his weird crippled strut a bit over the top. He walks around like he has spina bifida from the previous point. These 'Hulk Hogan' type celebrations seem to be more of an American thing (I recall Coco Vandeweghe doing it a lot, and perhaps even Roddick), i'm not a massive fan either but they do get the crowd involved like its another sport, and I do prefer it to robotic sulky Sinner.

I never thought Cluj Napoca would be my most anticipated final of the week, but there's actually something at stake with Halep trying to extend her streak of winning a title every year (and the home pressure), and Kontaveit's YEC spot hinging on whether she wins or not.

R31 That's true but the crowd loved him, so it's not that surprising that crowds love someone like Kyrgios

I like Tiafie he is quickly becoming a crowd fave

Last days for the public to vote for the Hall of Fame selections this year. I chose Flavia Pennetta and Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Poor Daddy Fritz!

I want to comb his hair.

Final results:

Cluj-Napoca: Kontaveit def. Halep 6-2 6-3 for her 4th title of the year, 5th singles title overall and gets the last qualifying spot for the YEC knocking out Jabeur

Courmayeur:

Vekic def. Tauson 7-6(3) 6-2 for her 3rd singles title

St. Petersburg:

Cilic def. Fritz 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4 for his 2nd title of the year and 20th singles title overall

Vienna:

Zverev def. Tiafoe 7-5 6-4 for his 5th title of the year and 18th singles title overall

Paris Masters qualifiers and lucky losers placed:

(Q) Kecmanovic vs, (15) Monfils

(LL) Musetti vs. Djere

(Q) Mager vs. (9) FAA

(Q) Brooksby vs. WC Murray this should be interesting as they have a similar style of play

(Q) Paul vs. Struff

(Q) Giron vs. Tiafoe-battle of the 2 best asses and legs on tour!

(Q) Ymer vs. Khachanov

(Q) Gaston vs. WC Rinderknech

Damn Musetti versus Djere. Can't they play in jock-straps?

Some potentially compelling first rounds in Paris:

Brooksby vs Murray Karatsev vs Korda Fucovics vs Fognini

Team Brooksby!

Brooksby team

Seb Team or Aslan Team?

🦁 team.

Team Korda

I love looking at Karatsev's calves

they are pretty epic

Musetti's aren't bad either

Seb team.

Was that Zverev's girlfriend in his players box?

She looks too classy for him.

Team Misery

Team Korda

Team Fucs

[quote]She looks too classy for him.

Classy?

Misery team

Den team

Fucks team

HuGOAT Team!!!!

How could they have the WTA finals without Coco GOAT!?!?!

wow his new gf is 32 what is he-24?

btw someone asked if Mischa retired. No he's still playing challengers including 1 this week he just qualified for

All the three zverevs are banging her.

A. Zverev

Her face looks mannish in the photo at R59

Or maybe masculine is a better word? Maybe it's just the angle.

Brooksby | Korda | Fucs

R62 she actually did qualify with McNally for the doubles, but they elected not to play and are doing World Team Tennis and ITF tournaments (McNally) instead lol.

Fog's eyebrows make him look like Ming The Merciless. I swear they're getting pointier.

Kontaveit for the WTA year end win!

Jenson Brooksby had to withdraw from Paris because of an ab injury so Murray will play LL Dominik Koepfer instead

THE HuGOAT HAS LANDED! A passing-and-dropshot-palooza win over Rinderknech! He's the French Lil' Diego with add swashbuckle.

Djere and Musetti really having at it on court. Hopefully, they'll continue on afterwards back in the locker room.

Korda isn't bad looking when he takes off his hairband. Great match today.

Musetti is serving for the match.

Musetti wins!

So who tops and who bottoms?

I think Laslo starts out topping, partly due to Serbian macho pride , but as Lorenzo learns the ropes and gets more confident they'll soon start flipping. At least this is how it all goes down in my fantasy.

I just wanna watch.

R78, how about Italian macho pride?

Results today:

PCB def. Paire 6-3 6-4

Musetti def. Djere 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4

Koepfer def. Murray 6-4 5-7 7-6(9) Koepfer served for the match at 5-4 in the 2nd set. Murray had 7 match points in the 3rd set

Gaston def. Rinderknech 4-6 6-4 6-3

Mannarino def. Basilashvili 6-2 6-4

Bublik def. Evans 2-6 7-5 7-5

Norrie def. Delbonis 6-2 6-1

Korda upsets Karatsev 6-2 6(9)-7 7-6(5)

Fuscovics def. Fognini 6-1 6(6)-7 7-6(5)

Ivashka def. Ramos-Vinolas 6-3 7-6(2)

Lajovic def. McDonald 6-3 6-4

Murray is the new Granny Vee. He needs to retire rather than keep begging for wild cards all around the world only to lose first round to journeymen.

Is Misery now journeyman?

I have a new ATP crush. Zizou Bergs.

Zizou almost spilling his tea...

I thought Zizou was adorable last year in Antwerp.

Misery really shit the bed against Koepfer. The serving % and UE were really subpar. Hard to watch.

Misery could have been in top 100 by the end of this year, if he had played challenge circuit.

But he thinks he is too good for that. Also this was his fourteenth wild card this year..

Has our Hubie played yet?

BJK Cup Finals

Day 1 notable results:

Spain def. Slovakia 2-1

Czechia def. Germany 2-1 Kerber def. Krejcikova 6(5)-7 6-0 6-4 Vondrousova def. Petkovic 6-1 6-3

Canada def France 2-1

Belgium def. Belarus 2-1

Federation Cup

R89–our Hubie has a bye so won’t play until Wednesday or Thursday. He’ll play the winner of the DL’s Tommy Paul vs Struff which will be played Tuesday in Paris.

He has the Zi Zi Zou!

Well, Thiem is vaccinated

Stacked Carlos over PHH in 3. PHH has a rockin lean body but needs to lose the man-bun.

PHH used to be cute but now we just looks anorexic with horrible, horrible hair.

He has great legs, but yeah his face is way too cut.

I prefer Kecmanovic's legs, but he hasn't had a good year

Paris results today:

Giron def. Tiafoe 6(5)-7 6-4 6-3

Cilic def. Davidovich Fokina 6-3 6-4

Monfils def. Kecmanovic 4-6 7-5 6-3

Schwartzman def. Millman 7-6(2) 5-7 6-2

Dimitrov def. Gasquet 6-1 4-6 6-2

Popyrin def. de Minaur 6-0 6-3

Alcaraz def. Herbert 6(4)-7 7-6(2) 7-5

Fritz def. SOnego 3-6 6-2 6-3

Khachanov def. Ymer 6-4 7-5

Opelka def. Krajinovic 6-3 7-6(4)

Duckworth upsets RBA 6-4 5-7 7-6(4)

FAA def. Mager 4-6 6-4 6-1

Paul def. Struff 6-3 6-4

Djokovic Fucsovics 6-2 4-6 6-3

Ruud def. Bublik 6-4 6-0

BJK Cup day 2 results:

Slovakia def. USA 2-1

Switzerland def. Germany 3-0 including Bencic def. Kerber 5-7 6-2 6-2

Australia def. Belgium 2-1 including Sanders def. Mertens 3-6 7-6(5) 6-0

Russia def. Canada 3-0

Federation Cup.

I was on Millman team today though I like Lil’ Diego.

Fucsovics has a mole on his right temple that is otherwise not visible when his hair is not shaved as it is now.

This story is wild. Former doubles #1 and multiple slam winner (and grand slam semi finalist in singles) Peng Shuai has been sleeping with a very high ranking 70 year old [married] Chinese Communist Party official, at first it was an assault but it became something of a relationship or arrangement.

She exposed it in an emotional post on her Weibo (and there are photos on TennisForum of her wearing a 'Z' necklace in her matches for him). She is probably in a tonne of danger for blowing the whistle, I hope she is out of the country or else she may 'disappear' suddenly. It probably helps that the NYT has picked it up.

Many of the other Chinese players have not played a tournament this year outside of the Chinese National Games and Olympics (forced to stay within the country and train under their programs). Only about 4 players have begun to play tournaments now (Zhang Shuai actually played in the grass season while all the others were not allowed out at that point).

Ugh, 3-2-1 to when she 'disappears' like that other actress.

The HuGOAT takes out PCB. Just love watching this kid play - puts me in mind of Fabrice Santoro - wonderful hands and a big heart. Cherry on the cake is that this run at Bercy should take him to the Milan Finals over runty homophobe, Rune!

Norrie team or Opelka team?

Norrie Team (Hard Working Nice Guy Team)

Anyone but Opelka. Blech!

Alcaraz discombobulates HAL 9000.

What a match. Alcazar beats Sinner in two. Tennis Channel decided not to show the end and instead gives us shitty game between Stephens and someone else. Fuck you Tennis Channel!

Go Go Gaydrian! I thought his career was heading straight down the shitter after cruelly getting injured when up against Federer at Wimbledon. Good to see him close out the season is some decent form.

GEICO should signup Opelka for a major sponsorship deal.

Jandra.

Stacked Carlos

I'm not a fan on the beard of the HuGOAT.

Yes, I know goats have beards.

Ivashka needs a new hairdo

What with the above, and DavFok's recent on-court hair disasters, it's clear that many Top ATP Players need to be thinking about bringing stylists onto their teams in the off-season.

Daddy Fritz looked amazing today against Rublev. Daddy Fritz is growing on me a lot.

Medvedev’s mole is gone but it appears he has a small scar where the mole used to be. Ivashka has some visible neck moles.

Paris results today:

Medvedev def. Ivashka 7-5 6-4

Korda def. Cilic 6-2 6-4

Zverev def. Lajovic 6-3 7-6(5)

Giron upsets Schwartzman 7-6(2) 7-6(4) btw Courier is clearly a fan. Today he commented Marcos' quads are "stacked" and the biggest on tour lol

Monfils def. Mannarino 2-6 7-6(4) 6-2

Alcaraz upset Sinner 7-6(1) 7-5

Popyrin def. Tsitsipas 4-2 ret.

Dimitrov def. Khachanov 4-6 6-2 6-0

Norrie def. Opelka 6-3 6-4

Hurkacz def. Paul 7-5 7-6(4)

Fritz upsets Rublev 7-5 7-6(5)

Gaston upsets PCB 6(3)-7 6-4 7-5

Duckworth def. Musetti 6-3 3-6 6-3

Koepfer upsets FAA 6-3 7-5-

BJK Cup Finals day 4:

US def. Spain 2-1 including Stephens def. Parrizas Diaz 6-4 6-4 and Collins def. Sorribes Tormo 6-1 6-0

Russia def. France 2-1

Federation Cup

Why does K. Hemsworth (née Khachanov) always look like he is wearing foundation/makeup?

unfortunately Brooksby has an ab injury and has withdrawn from the #NextGen final. It's a real shame because the lineup is very good and I wanted to see all the best young players face off. Sinner, FAA, Alcaraz, Korda, Musetti, Nakashima are all qualified

Raquel Fritz team!

Norrie team or Fritz team?

Norrie team.

I find it weird Barty isn't playing the WTA finals despite qualifying in first place. It's a ton of prize money on offer; the most after the slams.

R128, Tennis Channel said something about returning to Australia and having to quarantine. I was half paying attention.

R129 She is vaccinated so I don't think quarantine is an issue. She said that she was exhausted and wasn't going to play any more tennis for a while. I suppose maybe it's for the best since in 2014 she took a hiatus from tennis, played cricket.. before returning to tennis in 2016, so she appears to somewhat easily get burnt out. Still given that there was $14m prize money for 8 players last year, it's no wonder that players like Jabeur and Kontaveit are so keen to get into the WTA finals.

[quote]Sinner, FAA, Alcaraz, Korda, Musetti, Nakashima are all qualified

Sinner & FAA won't play the NextGen Finals either. It looks like Cerundolo, Baez, Rune and maybe Gaston will be there instead

a clean-shaven Titsy with daddy Apostolos

Who is best Netgen?

Daddy Fritz rolls on

R132 It's scary how identical they are. Looks like the younger and older version of the same person.

Are we really calling Fritz 'daddy'? I know he has an actual kid, but he looks like a teenager - with greasy hair and sunken eyes (as if from playing video games all day). The kind that has Cheeto dust all over his fingers. Some of y'all need to raise your standards.

Please, please, please Young Grigor! Just hold it together for one more set and send that dodgy skank (Zverev, of course) packing.

A. Zverev?

Sorry R137. Nahgunnahappen.

Fritz's hair is NOT greasy.

It's quite lovely and wavy and thick and I would love to comb it for him.

Seb Korda is the first player I dan remember really, really liking as both a player and a person in a long ass time.

*can, stupid fucking fat fingers.

[quote] Seb Korda is the first player I dan remember really, really liking as both a player and a person in a long ass time.

His father certainly was not personable.

The HuGOAT reminds me of a French guy I dated in Paris in the early 90s. Short, intense, beautiful eyes... and as many tricks in bed as Hugo has on the tennis court.

That last set was unfuckingbelievable!

Paris results today:

Gaston def. Alcaraz 6-4 7-5 Alcaraz had a 5-1 lead in the second set

Medvedev def. Korda 4-6 6-1 6-3

Ruud def. Giron 6-2 6-1

Zverev def. Dimitrov 7-6(4) 6(3)-7 6-3

Fritz upsets Norrie 6-3 7-6(3)

Djokovic def. Monfils by walkover

Hurkacz def. Koepfer 4-6 7-5 6-2

Duckworth def. Popyrin 7-6(6) 6-4

BJK Cup day 5:

Switzerland def. Czechia 2-1 including Bencic def. Krejcikova 7-6(2) 6-4 and Vondrousova def. Golubic 6-4 6-2

Australia def. Belarus 2-1

Federation Cup

Is this where we talk about Billy Jean King Cup?

A. Zverev is looking very tanned.

Team Hubie | Fritz | Ruud | Gaston

Serena is on Jimmy Kimmel and said she's planning to play the AO

her hamstring is much better now

I wish she’d win and announce her retirement.

I just wish she'd announce her retirement.

I just came here to check and if there was any news about Serena on Kimmel and the DL did not disappoint. Thanks boys.

Is Seb Korda really a great person? He had a whole bunch of stuff in support of Trump on his twitter before his publicist got him to remove it. You can still see screenshots out there. I like his game, just not the headband lol. And it was a bit gross seeing how obsessed with him Tennis Channel got before he had any results at all to speak of, and really played up the father-son family dynamic angle. With nobody mentioning that his father took full on steroids throughout his career and quietly retired with a grand slam as soon as he was banned.

The Florida IMG tennis machine is working hard for him though, and I think he will be top 10 at some point. I also find it a bit odd that the father is parading all 3 children out there as successful athletes and using their success to get back in the limelight (he even caddied for one of his golfer daughters and was there for every photo op hahaha, a bit much).

Weird that Australia is in the SF without Barty and several other players.

[quote] You can still see screenshots out there.

Links please (not that I don't believe you).

R156 agreed and the preferred treatment he gets from US tennis media is annoying. Is Korda a promising talent? sure but he's quite entitled. He's been raised that way

[quote]He had a whole bunch of stuff in support of Trump on his twitter

"Sebi and Carlos are flops" (The HuGOAT)

Receipts or it didn't happen r156.

Adios, Carlos

This tweet says: [italic]'Not Seb Korda hastily liking Joe Biden’s tweets and unliking Trump’s 🤣 Too late kiddo, TT already took screenshots'[/talic]

TT = Tennis Twitter....the tweet doesn't contain screenshots though

R156 is right. I saw the screens on twitter. He had old likes on Trump's tweets and his PR machine told him to play the good democrat so on October 2020 he started to like some random Biden tweets and unliked Trump's but people screenshotted everything. LOL

I really despise the guy. No balls to stand up for his own ideas (good or evil) and it shows he's willing to sell his ideas to get more money and be more likable. A mental prostitue, basically. I don't know why people are so obsessed with him. He's already 21 and won... one 250 event? LMAO

So glad sweet, pigeon-toed, Hubie won and made it in to the ATP finals.

The Turin 8 are a study in contrasts: Uber assholes Djokovic, Medvedev, Tsitsipas and Zverev 1-4; super nice guys Rublev, Berrettini, Ruud and Hurkacz 5-8...

Happy for Hubi! All European/Russian line up in Turin

Seb Korda looks like he an old crone

Seb.

I'm increasingly convinced Our Hubie likes the homosex (or maybe does but hasn't quite realised it yet). He's just so damn nice and 'floppy'. My gaydar pings like a sonar whenever he's interviewed or shown off court.

Anyone else pigeon-toed: Me - “haha” 🤣 Hubie being pigeon-toed: Me - “aww” 😍

hopefully next year the top 8 won't be all Euros. It's better for tennis when various continents are represented.

[quote] It's better for tennis when various continents are represented.

I agree.

Gaston's game is really entertainning but the behaviour of the crowd in his matches is horrid

I love the way Gaston manages to come back every time he looks out. I'm pretty sure Medvedev's going to finish this off but it's so entertaining to watch.

God-Like Perfection Ruud Team or Derelict Man-Skank Zverev Team?

Ruud team, R176.

Much as I love Rudd, I refuse to watch if Zverev’s on court. He is beyond simply unlikeable.

Ruud team!

I shall forevermore think of A. Zverev as Der Manska.

I want to fuck Ruud but Sascha has more talent.

While Felix didn't make it into the final 8, he's still in the running for easiest on the eyes.

R182 he's Cruising the Tuilerie Gardens, I hope...

Is he referring to Milan?

Blue-Yellow = Sweden - so Stockholm

He and Sinner are skipping Milan for Stockholm.

Are they both doing it for points?

Could be, R187--they're both in contention to make the year-end top 10. Sinner has over 300 points dropping before the season is over, while Felix has no points to defend.

What's going on here?

that's really not the side of Rafa's that's interesting

Med - Sascha is an interesting match up. Ima say Sascha on current form.

Stockholm draw is out:

#1 Sinner bye

WC Murray vs. Qualifier

Paul vs. WC Leo Borg (yes Bjorn's son)

#5 Fritz vs. Qualifier

#4 Evans bye

McDonald vs. Davidovich Fokina

Ruusuvuori vs. Martinez

#8 Tiafoe vs. WC E. Ymer

#6 Bublik vs. Rinderknech

Gojowczyk vs. Giron

Qualifier vs. Qualifier

#3 Shapovalov bye

#7 Fucsovics vs. Mannarino

van de Zandschulp vs. Thompson

Krajinovic vs. Carballes Baena

#2 FAA bye

very interesting that all the seeds except Evans and Fucsovics are young guns

Alcaraz and Korda are the clear favourites on the next gen finals but with all the changes in the scoring you never know

Groups on the next gen finals:

Group A: Alcaraz, Nakashima, Cerundolo and Rune

Group B: Korda, Musetti, Baez and Gaston.

Alcaraz and Korda are the clear favourites, and the argentines are the clear outsiders (they played the whole season on clay)

COME ON HUBIE. END THE PSYCHO!

Alas, Hurkacz came so close to toppling the megalomaniac.

And Medvedev wins easily....

Watching Medvedev against Zverev feels like watching two wire people jumping at each other's lanky throat. If they had worn green, I might as well have said Kermit the Frog against Gonzo. Best watched when Miss Piggy, aka Mrs. Prissy Pant, noisily eats a snack purse the size of her hubby's tennis bag just nearby.

Felix channels MJ.

R199 Hubi's liked it, I see. Clearly appreciates Felix bringing the moves and the sexy.

not a Medvedev fan but glad he gave Zverev a much needed beatdown. Hoping he shows that form in the final too

Russia def. Switzerland to win BJK Cup

Russian Tennis Federation

Federation Cup

Shirtless Lil' Diego playing with dogs.

Shirtless Lil' Diego playing with dogs, video 2. From his girlfriend's Instagram account.

He seems quite controlling, and the dog at the end seems to give a look of "WTF?"

If this weak version of Djokovic keeps winning maybe we'll have to wait a lot more to watch new players winning GS on regular fashion.

I'm just hoping Djokovic and Zverev don't win the WTF

Linz draw is out

interesting to see Raducanu and Halep as the top 2 seeds. Collins is #3

most of the other players aren't highly ranked

Watched the Paris final today and now I think Medvedev is hot. I bet he has a nice cock.

Ruud is my number one, tho. Sexy boy.

poor Granny V's ranking has dropped to #314

Pierre Hugues Herber is also unvaccinated. Novak still won't committ to playing in Australia because he is opposed to mandates.

Justine Henin-Hatdwnne

Justine Henin-Hardenne

*Penile-Huges Sherbert

it's not like Herbert is a threat to win in singles so no one will care if he plays AO or not

Djokovic would be a real moron to skip a slam because he won't vaccinate himself. I hope all the slams require it next year

I find the anti-vaxxer thing so weird still. You just know that these athletes regularly pump themselves with a bunch of drugs and pills, legal or not. How many childhood vaccines have they already had? Yet a covid vaccine is beyond them. So strange - it's been made so political when it's really a preventative health thing. Sigh.

Anyone following the Next Gen Finals. Hoping the HuGOAT takes out Sebi MAGA.

Another early loss for Raducanu to someone ranked 106. I'm thinking more and more that it's looking like she's another fluke slam winner.

It's too soon. She is going to need a lot of time to adjust of what happened to her.

She was pretty far from top 100 when she won, there's a lot of experience needed to rise up on the ranking that she skipped.

But she needs a good coach as soon as possible or this could end badly

Nakashima defeated Cerundolo, Alcaraz defeated Rune, and right now Gaston is defeating Korda (which could be a slighly surprise)

Who is best Netgen?

[quote]But she needs a good coach as soon as possible or this could end badly

Looks like she's going to work with Kerber's fomer coach Torben Beltz

Musetti needed a MTO in Turin and ended up losing to Lil' Sebastián Báez

I hadn't seen Baez play before as he's mostly been a challenger clay court champ but he impressed today. He reminds me of Schwartzman. Not very tall but tenacious with a decent sized forehand

YEC group photo

Kontaveit, Muguruza, Sakkari, Sabalenka, Krejcikova, Pliskova, Swiatek, Badosa

Mugurutha looks nothing like she does on court. I'm not sure that's a good thing because she's attractive on court.

Krejcikova, yikes!

Pedro Martínez just lost to Tiafoe... The Spaniard is one beautiful hunk.

Does Swiatek not own a mirror? Yikes!!! Sabalenka looks more fem that I would have ever given her credit for. Looks like Pliskova put in her fembot chip.

Shee-vi-tek

Why is Swiatek wearing her dad's shoes? The doubles group photo looked much better. Hsieh Su-Wei surprisingly fabulous with a sexy black gown and dark lipstick. Lesbian Demi Schuurs in a tuxedo. Sam Prehistosur dressed better than when she was in the singles group photos all those years back.

Raducanu will need to do a lot of work since she basically took the elevator to winning a slam, and missed a lot of 'stairs' along the way. This is what the WTA tour is like though, losing to players outside the top 100 in small events when you are the favourite (lol). She's still only 18, but as much as she could be a great player, I also could envision her being another Iva Majoli, who never lived up to her early, unexepcted slam win as a teenager and got caught up in the jet-setting lifestyle, despite a few years in the top 10.

With Sinner's loss to Murray in Stockholm, FAA is assured a place in the year-end top 10 unless by some fluke one of the Milan final 8 is injured, Sinner steps in as the alternate and beats enough players to overtake Felix.

Sinner really imploded in the last weeks. That defeat against Tiafoe did a lot of damage.

To be fair he was not lucky with the draws, Alcaraz and Murray are not a walk in the park.

Felix needs to win the title to seal the reach of the top 10 with style

With Hubie, Matteo, Casper and now Felix we are FINALLY starting to get a decent number of hotties in the Top 10!

Musetti is gorgeous.

Musettimi.

Going 0-3 in round robin play at WTA Finals earns you 375 points, i.e. more than winning a WTA 250 title (280) or reaching a WTA 500 final (305) and close to reaching a Grand Slam quarterfinal (430).

(Going 0-3 in RR play at ATP Finals earns you... 0 points. As it should.

YEC day 1:

Pliskova def. Muguruza 4-6 6-2 7-6(6) both had chances to win and the tiebreak was a mess. Muguruza really struggles against Pliskova

Kontaveit def. Krejcikova 6-3 6-4

Well that was a real dogfight in Guadalajara tonight between Pliskbot and Mugu. Really fun match. Love a tight 3rd set TB. Mugu was her customary icicle at the handshake LOL I don’t think I’ve ever seen her be gracious or kind to ANYONE at the net when she loses.

R239 I actually thought that was one of her warmer handshakes LOL. The way she spent about 15 seconds looking at the umpire and deciding whether or not to shake hands was really funny. Such a muggy tiebreak, but an entertaining match as it got so close at the end. Probably best chance she'll ever get to beat Pliskova, I think her H2H is 2-9 now. The Mexican crowd were really rooting for her (she is Venezuelan by birth/heritage) so I hope she wins at least one RR match this week. Plus her game is a bit more exciting than Pliskova's etc.

Watching the Next Gen finals, I love how much these young guys use the whole court. Alcaraz, Musetti, Brooksby... one shot they are metres behind the baseline and the next ball is a touch volley. It reminds me of those great indoor matches between Sampras and Becker where they threw in short angles, net approaches, varying spins, slices, everything. I hope their generation steers us away from the boring baseliners and power grinding that permeates the modern slow-hard-court ATP.

Iga's shoes lol - my gaydar goes 'hmm' since lesbians love their sensible shoes. I vote for Muguruza as best dressed.

Alcaraz is pretty amazing to watch.

Musetti got rid of his awful man bun (i think that hairstyle is responsible of his bad results, the same for Davidovich Fokina).

If this was a normal tournament the only one with options to defeat Alcaraz could be Korda, but with this rules a surprise is easier

I can’t wait for Mugu and DL icon Fernandez to square off.

Kontaveit has the most momentum going into the finals. Imagine if she would win as a last minute number 8?

Dimitry Tursunov for coach of the year! And hottest male tennis player of all time.

Baez is going to complicate Korda's life.

Korda was on semis with all combinations is Baez didn't win in three sets, but if Baez wins in three sets, Musetti is in semifinals if he wins in three or four.

Anyway, i think Korda is going to defeat Musetti

r216 do you think these "hesitant" players might be worried about heart issues? Or what happened to Jeremy Chardy?

[quote] you think these "hesitant" players might be worried about heart issues?

A totally legitimate concern.

all young gun SF in Stockholm!

Tiafoe vs. Paul and FAA vs. Shapovalov

Team Tommy

Paul team

Korda looks like an old lesbian

Seb.

I think Korda is sexy in a way which is weird because he resembles his father who is sinfully ugly. I guess just the right combo of features makes all the difference.

She-hulk's boobs are sweating. Big wet patches. Not a good look, Nike.

YEC day 2 results:

Badosa def. Sabalenka 6-4 6-0

Sakkari def. Swiatek 6-2 6-4

WTF groups announced

Green Group

Djokovic Tsitsipas Rublev Ruud

Red Group

Medvedev Zverev Berrettini Hurkacz

I hope Big Sexy Berrettini doesn't go 0-3 lol

[quote] lol

LoL! :)

I think it is hilarious that the commentators always refer to Tommy Paul as "Tommy Paul" every single time. They never refer to him as just "Tommy" or "Paul" like they do with any other player throughout the match. Paul Annacone is the worst about doing it.

Is Tommy Paul related to Ru?

Every time I see Badosa I think of Sharapova.

I think PBG is better looking than Sharapova.

How's that r261? Badosa isn't a tall, gangly, insufferable wench.

a casual group shot from Turin

Rublev looks cute in that picture. Ruud is unremarkably basic.

Djokovic looks small compared to the rest of them.

Our Hubie is such cutie

Berretini looks the hottest in the picture! Woof woof.

What is happening with the ladies, Swiatek was crying on her match and Sabalenka cried at the press conference. They are overly sensitive in this tournament

fucking hate that awful scruff facial hair that Berrettini and some other players go with. They look much better either clean shaven or neat facial hair

another brain fart from Tiafoe. He was playing great, got too caught up in the moment again and blew it while serving for a straight set victory. Except for the forehand he's better than Paul but Paul was more disciplined

Tommy Paul just needs to get a haircut, shave and take off his shirt.

R272 agreed. One of the few men who looks worse with a beard (for me)

Does our Mugu swim in the lady pond?

R274 yeah, I know from a good source that Mugu was dating her physio some time ago

Hubie is reddit.com/r/aww worthy, such a sweetheart. I'll be crushed if it's discovered he is an asshole.

I think Ruud looks cute! Of course, I always think Ruud looks cute.

Ruud team

Tommy Paul is dumb as a bag of hair

They're all doing the blue steel look in that pic

Yep, it'll be a Dumbro vs Dumbo final in Stockholm, R280.

er, R279, that is.

At least he's smoking hot. I don't judge the dumb in a package like that.

[quote] Tommy Paul is dumb as a bag of hair

I haz nice blonde hair on my head and legs and iz not in a bag.

Shirtless K. Hemsworth.

A. Zverev grabbing his junk.

YEC day 3 results:

Muguruza def. Krejcikova 2-6 6-3 6-4 revenge for the USO match. Cold handshake. Muguruza was quite happy after match point lol

Kontaveit krushes Pliskova 6-4 6-0 first win over her

Kontaveit qualifies for the SF. The second spot is up for grabs.

Knoxville challenger:

QF:

Altmaier def. Sock 3-6 7-5 7-6(2)

This was a golden opportunity for FAA to win his first ATP title.

Sinner was out and Dennis is out of form.

And yet he still flopped.

He really need to fire both of his coaches.

Toni Nadal is one of them.

I think the problem with a lot of the younger top players of the last 16 years is that they get 1 great result, either a big title or a QF/SF/F and suddenly they get tons of endorsements and the star treatment at future tournaments. For some of them, this seems to cause them to take their foot off the gas and not be as hungry for more success. It used to be so hard to get a lot of money as a tennis player unless you were winning more than 1 big tournament each year. The prize money and endorsements have really grown since the late 90s

I do think Felix will eventually win a title in 2022 but yes he really blew a great chance this week.

I'm starting to find Zverev's trashiness hot. He's so sleazy seeming.

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