The Gays and Tennis: French Open 2022

I should've titled this Part 17.

Is Rune twink?

Wimbledon’s statement in response to actions by the ATP: it sounds strong until it gets to the end, where they murmur something about considering their “options.”

I have to think just how bad could Nadal's chronic foot injury be? It can't be THAT bad if he can play world class tennis for even 1 match, much less the matches and tournament he has played so far in 2022! Most of us think that such a foot injury would mean he couldn't even walk he would be in such pain! SO I guess his definition of chronic injury and pain must be different from all of us then?....

Sadly, Rafa will probably NEVER win another French Open.

They will forever put him in the same section of the draw as Novax and he can't seem to beat him.

Richard Gasquet is still so handsome and slutty. Yummy!

[quote] I have to think just how bad could Nadal's chronic foot injury be? It can't be THAT bad

Eet urt so mush!

No more the best on clay, bitches!

[quote] No more the best on clay, bitches!

"I am No More the Best on Clay"

Lyon:

Norrie team or Molcan team?

Geneva:

Sousa team or Ruud team?

Strasbourg:

Juvan team or Kerber team?

Rabat:

Trevisan team or Liu team?

I agree with barring the Russian players from Wimbledon, but also agree that points shouldn't be awarded. I think players will still play for money and prestige (it still counts as a "Slam" for the winner). If Med ends up as number 1 because of it, well, that's ok too. The main thing is that Russians hear that they're banned from Wimbledon.

[quote] we love an lgbt supporter beating a homophobe congrats!!! @norriee

Molcan team

Sousa team

Jivan team

Trevisan. Team

Is Wimbledon now exhibition tournament?

Thanks for the new thread OP. But keep the number of thread in order. I know it is a grandslam thread and many times in the past we don't use thread numbers in those.

However for the sake of continuity and a better streamline search, next time keep the thread numbers in the grandslam thread too

R2 Rune makes Chris Colfer looks straight.

[quote] Rune makes Chris Colfer looks straight.

Fag!

[quote] But keep the number of thread in order. I know it is a grandslam thread and many times in the past we don't use thread numbers in those. However for the sake of continuity and a better streamline search, next time keep the thread numbers in the grandslam thread too

R16, see R1.

Carlos Alcaraz is a total hottie!

Alcaraz team. :)

thanks for the new thread, OP

qualifiers have been placed

Casper and Joao would make purdy babies together.

It was a good decision from the ATP. If tomorrow my country invades another, what do I have to do with it as an individual citizen in millions? And getting banned just because I have a certain passport? It would have meant to ban all Americans from Wimbledon 2003 and on and many other times. Doesn't make sense.

Wimbledon is now basically a glorified exhibition like the old Olympics. Players will take part of course, but I suspect they won't put their heart into it, especially lower ranked men. The grass season is already so short, I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to farm points in hard and clay courts Challengers those two weeks.

R4, athletes get great pain meds. Remember Andy Murray quipping that he had more pills in him than Ozzy Osbourne? They must be able to get through at least one match flying on that stuff. But I doubt that anyone could play a whole tournament in that state; you'd still be aggravating your injury.

I find Norrie so handsome... too bad his body is meh...

Nice Guy Norrie outlasts Molcan and hoovers up another 250 in Lyon. He'll be back in the Top 10 after Wimbledon with Berretini dropping out with his big points loss.

Record heat Sunday at RG:

FAA, Alcaraz, Borna, Mmoh, Popyrin-Fog, Dimitrov-Giron, Diego, and Kokkinakis-ARV are all scheduled to play.

Ruud wins. Very good match.

Total chokefest from sousa the loser

Great match between Kerber and Juvan, very tight (3 tiebreaks) for Kerber to win Strasbourg. Can't imagine her winning many more tournaments. She's said that tennis isn't even in her top 3 priorities in life.

Ruud won today... after 3 hours. He isn't playing well lately. I wonder how he'll do in French Open.

Ruud even got a warning today from the umpire. That isn't normal for him, right?

[quote] Ruud even got a warning today from the umpire.

I didn't watch the first two sets (still asleep). For what did he get the warning? I did see the fat man get escorted out.

Saw a GIF of Ruud changing his shirt. He's surprisingly hairy, which is extremely hot.

Ruud is a top 10, playing a 250 the week before a GS is a big no, specially when you have such bad record on GS

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the umpire for the ruud/sousa match was quite hot! male model like and very snug pants with bulging crotch as he sat in his chair! nice!....

R34 I don't know. I just saw the highlights on the news. I think it was because he had a fit on court, he was basically just yelling at himself and swearing for playing bad, so the umpire gave him a warning.

[quote]Saw a GIF of Ruud changing his shirt. He's surprisingly hairy, which is extremely hot.

link, you cock-tease cunt

Here for you my fellow dataloungers: a lil' chart I've just put together showing the evolution of the number of players with a 2HBH in the top 20 versus the number of players with a 1HBH from 1970 (there were no player with a 2HBH in the top 20) to 2022 (i.e. current ranking showing that there are only three players left with a 1HBH, namely Titsy, Shopbottom, and Young Grigor). Have at it!

I wonder if it's b/c of the predominance of heavy topspin in the game these days. That's hard for a 1HBH to handle.

that is an interesting chart especially the period in the 90s and early 00s when the number of single to double handed backhands flip flop a few times

also interesting to note that while there aren't many in the top 10 currently, there are several in the top 100

I agree that Ruud has overplayed and it's probably why he seemed burnt out at the start of the clay season. There wasn't a need for him to play this week.

I love that Zverev is trapped in the top half with the 3 biggest contenders.

BTW any of the other Americans here...if you get the "YES" channel, which is a more obscure sports channel, they'll be having partial RG coverage. I assume they'll get more of the outer courts which during the first week of a slam can sometimes have the best matches. SOOOOOOO glad Tennis Channel gets main coverage instead of ESPN

Hilarious that Felix and Alcaraz are scheduled on Philippe-Chatrier while Zverev has to play second fiddle on Suzanne-Lenglen.

did I see correctly that odds makers put Djokovic, then Alcaraz, then Nadal, then Tsitsipas and then Ruud as the top 5 male contenders? So they're betting on Ruud over Zverev which is interesting

for the women's I think they put Swiatek, then Jabeur, then Halep, then Sakkari, then Sabalenka, then Badosa then Gauff

GAUFF? a odds contender?

I'm so glad RG started having its first day on Sunday

there are some potentially tough matches on day 1

Serves have gotten a lot bigger too, and the one handed backhand is just not nearly as effective on return. Especially kick serves.

Norrie won Lyon. He has now won every event in which he's been the top seed. Which is pretty good, I guess you can say he's a player who plays to his level and ranking (no wonder he's been able to keep his ranking up). Will be interesting to see him at Wimbledon with the home pressure, he doesn't seem like a fast court player.

FAA has a very easy draw till rd16 and even in the fourth round he would probably face an "injured" Nadal.

Day 1 starting NOW!!!!!!!!!

allons-y!!!!

Which seeds will be first round casualties? Aside from Muguruza?

R50 But clay is his worst surface

Krejcikova is coming in cold from an elbow injury so who knows

Thiem's come back is a faliure of epic proportions

Another comeback that is painful to watch is Lucas Puoille's. In almost two years he barely passed a few first rounds in countless tournaments, including Challengers. It's clear his elbow injury/surgery undermined his game. He'd be better off teaching tennis in an elite French country club rather than keep wasting money on his dead tour career.

eveb worse Poohey is not longer hawt :-(

even, fuck

Girthy Giron gets triple-breadsticked by Young Grigor!

At least Coric is fighting and now he is ahead in the score

JABEUR OUT!

wow, i wasn't expecting that

r25, Have you ever noticed how we never get specific information about medical treatments? Commentators will take the time to explain every logo the player is wearing but no one says "they're allowed 2 steroid/anti-inflammatory on a single body part 2 times a year." Or whatever the rule is. It's all very hush-hush.

Jabeur losing in the first rd is sooo disappointing after such a good clay court season.

Porna through in 4, and gets the first comeback win monkey off his back,

how in the hell does jabeur lose in the first round to anyone based on the past couple of months??? women tennis! enough said....

meanwhile off topic, but where is Serena? What is the official statement on her?

Felix two sets down and being totally outplayed by Peruvian qualifier, Varillas. A real popcorn first day at RG!

I love how Kanepi, who's almost 40, now basically exists on tour just to upset seeded players in Grand Slams and Master titles. lmao

Brooksby out, and done for good. Get a real coach idiot.

I remember Darren Cahill revealing that the first question Simona Halep asks when a GS draw comes out is 'Where is Kanepi?'

[quote] JABEUR OUT!

She was Onsuccessful.

Oh, no. Woz is back commentating on Tennis Channel. She’s terrible.

I was on Ons team.

FAA through, but it was a tough win for him.

Brooksby still learning how to play on clay.

Hot Argentine, Camilo Carabelli giving Aslan a beatdown. Hope he goes a lot further in the tournament.

I really hope Alcaraz lives up to the hype. He's the most exciting thing to happen in men's tennis in a long, long time. The Alcaraz-Djokovic-Nadal half is brutal. Zverev doesn't stand a chance against any of them except for maybe a hobbled Nadal. Nadal had to be disappointed to draw Djokovic in the quarters, especially given Djokovic has finally turned his season around on the clay and is the defending champ who took Nadal out in the semis last year. Hard to see that match, if it happens, as anything other than a grind, which won't help either one but especially Nadal if he truly is injured.

ADF goes out to cute Dutchie, Griekespoor, in another first day shock.

Which white male players have yellow skin?

Good win for FAA pulling it out in five over clay-court specialist Varillas.

The seeds are out of whack with clay, case in point way back when 1 and 2 seeds Edberg and Becker were knocked out by Bruguera and Ivanisevic in the first RG round. Seeding should factor in the surface. Otherwise it creates these lopsided draws.

[quote]Brooksby out, and done for good. Get a real coach idiot

Is his MAGA mom his coach?

Commentators are mentioning that Coco will win multiple majors while she’s struggling in the first round against a qualifier and her serve is off and forehand is iffy.

R82.. SO So sooo desperate for a American champion aren't they!

seems like they have selective amnesia forgetting all the great champions who were champions when they WERE teenagers!

from evert to austin to graf to seles to serena to venus to hingis and so on.... and those who had far greater results than Gauff as teenagers ala jaeger, capriati and so on..

Muguruza's case is very strange, it's not that she is playing bad, she starts all her matches playing pretty well but in the middle of the match she disconnects and doesn't come back. She has a lot of work to do to recover.

Felix was lucky, but he needs to be more careful and start to matches showing he is a top player

phew so glad Stephens ended her 5 match losing streak. She finally got her first clay win this season against a huge German linebacker. I'm surprised she was able to turn it around after a tough first set

disappointed with Jabeur and not shocked about Muguruza Kanepi is so tough in the early rounds

Yay for Coric!

Sakkari through comfortably

yes, I am watching coco right now.

She's gonna win the whole thing!

R86 = Ms. Fernandez's pencil

Coco won, and Leylah is trashing Mldenovic

Rafa will always be number one on clay and number one in my heart.

FAA doesn't have what it takes.

Porna looking Peak Porno

Ramos-Vinolas def. the Kokk in 4 sets

Karatsev chokes a 5-2 lead in the 5th set to lose to unheralded Carabelli with 8 double faults and a -28 differential on winners to errors.

That's harsh and too early to call, R90. Felix is only 21. While he's no Alcaraz, I think that he'll get a few Slams before he retires, along the lines of Rafter or Ashe or Smith. In the meantime it's nice to see someone with his intelligence, affability, professionalism, and cool cat demeanor on the Tour. Those qualities seem to be in short supply these days.

R93 I think I've fallen in love with Carabelli. He's absolutely my type. Add him to the list of DL Boyfriends!

I hate to say it, but A. Zverev looks good in his black kit.

R95 but the ugly arm tattoo...

DL bf Mmoh goes down in 3. He served for the third set too. We'll see what he can do on grass now. Hopefully he stays in Europe to play some grass challengers. His ranking is now high enough again to get into Wimbledon qualifying directly

Fernandez def. Mladenovic 6-0 7-5 Mladenovic served for the second set

R95 I'm not a fan of tattoos but that one looks OK to me. Would prefer him without but I could live with it.

[quote]Fernandez def. Mladenovic 6-0 7-5 Mladenovic

The French crowd booed Leylah because they wanted Mladonna to win

During this break in the RG action, a question for just down the road. Will Serena play at Wimbledon as she’s previously indicated?

R98, I was so hoping that maybe Mmoh could catch fire and get a win...any win...but the problem with him, far too often is he just doesn't CATCH fire. I mean, there's a fire in my loins when I watch him, but that's about it.

R103 he's definitely got the talent but he's a headcase. He had chances in that first set tiebreak too but wasn't clutch when it mattered. It has to be hard for him now to see players he grew up doing well. He won the prestigious Orange Bowl at the ages of 12 and 14. He reached a career high #2 in the junior rankings. He grew up with Fritz, Opelka, Tiafoe and Paul and has junior wins over Tsitsipas and Rublev. So a lot of the guys in the top 50 and even top 10 are guys he was once rivals with. I think his 2 biggest issues are mental and then being injury-prone. He's very fit, moves well and can hit the ball when he wants to. I'd like to see him be a bit more aggressive though. If he can stay healthy then I think he's due for some kind of breakthrough result by the end of the summer.

Day 1 seed upsets recap:

Men:

#25 ADF

#31 Brooksby

Women:

#6 Jabeur (and #2 betting favorite)

#10 Muguruza

Wow, Foki lost first round. Did not see that coming. Also thought Kokk might win a round.

Curious how Taylor Fritz will play.

Who plays on show court on Monday?

[bold] Monday Chatrier: [/bold]

Swiatek vs. Tsurenko

Krejcikova vs. Parry

Nadal vs. Thompson

Djokovic vs. Nishioka

[bold] Lenglen [/bold]

Osaka vs. Anisimova

Wawrinka vs Moutet

Kontaveit vs. Tomljanovic

Gasquet vs. Harris

R5

Rafa beat Novak in the final two years ago.

When does Horny Daddy Fritz play?

First match on Court 6, R110

Fritz is bisexual

[quote]Fernandez def. Mladenovic 6-0 7-5 Mladenovic served for the second set

Mladenovic lost that match 10 times. Each time in a different language though. Also I'm pretty sure she played the beard for our friend Thiem. She seems to be the kind more interested to play the beard to some flamboyancy with whom at least she can talk fashion and makeup than to have a clueless bro bf with whom she could discuss what actually. Cars?

Luvs me sum Daddy Fritz, hope he does well

Harris v Gas-gay could be a good one

AND Osaka is out

MARION! Magnifique in a purple caftan blowing about in the wind.

Does the French Open only have one roof? They are honestly still so ghetto. The entire tennis world is now forced to watch Krejcikova (playing like shit as it's her first match in months) thumping some poor hopeless local wildcard.

Ugh, I can't stand Krejcikova.

r117, Unless you're over 50 you have no idea what it used to be like before roofs, Doppler radar, ESPN 1-100 and internet. Only GS and major tournaments got tv time semis and finals but you could be preempted by HS football if you were in Texas or the match would be time delay or they would only show 1 semi.

On 4th of July you would plan your weekend around Wimbledon, turn on the TV and watch it rain for days at a time with NO idea when/if it would stop. Weather prediction was a total crap shoot.

There were bad calls all the time that made players go insane or just ruin the atmosphere for everyone.

When there was only ESPN, you could wait hours just to see tennis scores on the crawl. They didn't tell you what was coming up, like today, so you would watch an hour of basketball scores, the tennis scores would come on and they would cut to commercial. I used to travel on Sundays so I always missed finals and I'd be in my hotel room working, with ESPN playing for hours. You wouldn't even know who won tournament until a week later because tennis scores were only published on Sunday, if at all.

[quote] On 4th of July you would plan your weekend around Wimbledon, turn on the TV and watch it rain for days at a time with NO idea when/if it would stop. Weather prediction was a total crap shoot.

I remember this so well. My mom would even make strawberries and cream for 4th of July weekend.

I remember getting so so excited for breakfast at wimbledon on NBC back in the day....

Heck, i'm old enough to remember every week, back in the 70's and 80's the "virginia slims of wherever" being on CBS Live! wood rackets, indoor carpet, small intimate arenas.... evert, martina, court, king, goolagong, wade, casals, morozova, mehville, richey gunter, and so on... so much fun and so exciting, including the old WCT men's indoor carpet tour stops...

Well, Osaka didn't last long on her least favorite service. Did she skip the press conference?

Reilly Opelka lost too

Now Osaka is talking about skipping Wimbledon. She can't wait to get back on a hardcourt.

Wimbledon early rounds were on HBOnly when I was growing up. And you would have to sit through hours of rain delays because they couldn't leave the coverage.

More info on Daddy Fritz's potential bisexuality??. Since he's a horn dog I can maybe believe this. Also, did he ever experiment with his BFF and the DL's very own sweet Tommy Paul? These are the important things the DL really has to know.

I didn’t realize there are bi rumors about Daddy Fritz.

Anyone watching Cressy-Basilashvili?

Miss Asperger's is having conversations with herself again.

PEDal really should just shave his head at this point. He looks like a 70's serial killer from Oklahoma with that sparse, flatten, long hair.

Daddy Fritz wins!

What does Asperger possess?

R126 There aren't any bi rumors about Fritz. It's just wishful thinking on the part of R112

Gombos team or Cachin team?

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I can't believe Fokina lost😳😭

LOL Gauff getting a warning for coaching

I’m disappointed Stan was defeated.

Kontaveit now out... that now makes 3 of the top 6 out in the 1st round on the women's side. Compelling!

Naomi Osaka needs to retire and live a good life somewhere. She's a tennis mess.

10 WTA players could become the new No. 2 in rankings after RG. Compelling!

emma raducanu is through to 2nd round. don't think she will go far, she has that back issue. why even play? she should rest her back.

The WTA is a mess. Raducanu looked super happy just to win a 1st round match against someone barely ranked in the top 200. Andreescu also had a 3-setter against someone ranked 168. Not to mention that in-form Jabeur is out, and so on.

[quote] Jabeur is out, and so Ons.

Fixed that for you.

Don't worry gays! I and my forehead are still in it!

When does big penis Gasquet play?

He's playing right now R145 - against Lloyd Harris, who likely also has a big penis.

Playing now, R145, against Lloyd Harris.

^ Delish!

They just panned to Xavier Malisse: Lloyd's coach, who is giving very Hot Daddy vibes.

Raducanu’s opponent is a promising young player. Only 17. Too bad they had to meet in the first round.

Harris team or Gasquet team?

Garin team or Paul team?

Seb Korda team or Millman team?

Rinderknech team or Bublik team?

Nole team or Nishioka team?

wow Malisse is coaching Harris? What an unexpected pairing

Gasquet

Kerber coming back from the brink of defeat to dig out a marathon win days after her marathon Strasbourg final win

DL fave BODY Fucsovics with a comfortable win

Richie, Crissy, Johnny, Arty and Yoshi Teams!

OMG Stephens is FAT. Guess married life agrees with her.

Poor Nishioka against Djokovic. At least everyone in the WTA knows that they have a chance even if they're ranked 300. ;)

You guys have got me feeling nostalgic for the old NBC Wimbledon days. Here's the theme for you. Love it!

[bold] After Day 2 seed upsets recap [/bold]

ATP:

#17 Opelka

#25 ADF

#31 Brooksby

WTA:

#2 Krejcikova

#5 Kontaveit

#6 Jabeur

#10 Muguruza

#25 Samsonova

Chrissie used to get so cunty on NBC. I remember I think it was 97, the year Hingis won. They asked her one last time before the match started how she saw the match and who would win. Chrissie snaps "I don't know how many more times I can say this", but Hingis is better and will win" Enberg was speechless for a moment and you could hear the steam coming out of Chrissie's ears.

She was right.

Enberg was annoying as fuck so I don't blame her for snapping at him

[quote] You guys have got me feeling nostalgic for the old NBC Wimbledon days. Here's the theme for you. Love it!

I used to get so excited the first time I’d hear that when the tournament began. In the last years that NBC had Wimbledon they stopped playing it before the finals.

Too bad it wasn't the '99 FO instead with a serving of crow for Chrissie.

I’ve always thought Evert is usually just trying to be playful and people are things she’s being bitchy.

Raducanu's opponent was up a set and a break and got nervy. To Raducanu's credit, she went through that opening, but she was thoroughly outclassed until that point.

Looking forward to Tsitsipas vs Musetti tomorrow night

^ yum

I expect TItsy will win, but it will be a pretty match.

Popsicle.

Hubie, Humbert, Ruud, Djere,Tiafoe, Garin, Sonego, PCB, Joao and Tsonga are also all in action tomorrow.

^ he got some more booty on him

Popsicle and Sock should get back together (again)!

Popsicle is getting thickkkkkkk

he's thick in the head too

Why couldn't France have banned the unvaccinated Djokovic like Australia did.

[quote] he's thick in the head too

I has thick hair too.

There are basically no covid restrictions in Europe now, no? R174

Shapovalov is going to really hate it if he loses to Rune

There was a shot of spectators at the Medvedev match and one man was clutching his boyfriend’s arm. Which one of you?

gritty Shapo

Shitty Shapo. Another first round exit.

If the rumors I'm reading about on Twitter are correct, we're all going to have to find a new forum--period--to bitch not just about our tennis guys, but anything. The Tweet read that tomorrow, Wednesday, DL will make the announcement that it's closing down at the end of this month. One week! I've already saved some non-tennis threads to peruse in the future. Fuuuuck.

R181.. how will we KNOW where to go beforehand if DL is gone forever??

[quote] gritty Shapo

It looks like he’s trying to remember the capital of Canada.

I refuse to pay to watch tennis so I end up listening with this cute Aussie, Cam Williams. He's funny and interacts with the chat. He also calls out stuff happening in the stands. He called out FAA's twin sister for being totally bored in Rome and he calls out the cameramen for perving on fans which is still very common.

Tsonga is playing a match he can be proud of! Especially if it's to be his last...

I'm so sad I won't be able to see his phat ass on live television any more after this. I'm going to savour this moment!

Tiafoe team or Bonsai team?

Bonza Bonzi and Gaston The Musketeer Teams!

R181 there was a thread here too I thought it was posted by a troll…

R181 WHAT!?

R189 I can only find this on Twitter

Here’s the thread about DL’s “closure”.

I think this is fake news DL is not going anywhere.

That backtostonewall site is notrious for spreading fake news.

That TC announcer for the Tiafoe match could not be more annoying. Is that Patrick Mouratoglou?

So sad that Jo pulled that injury just after he broke in the 4th set. It really looked like he could've stretched it out to a final set.

Such an exciting, charismatic player. He'll be genuinely greatly missed.

omg are you serious?!

DL is closing down?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who was the hottie sitting next to Gauff’s father in the stands?

The thing about the WTA is you can be watching some innocuous match between two complete scrubs (like the upcoming Buzarnescu vs Brengle), and two weeks later the winner of that match is walking away with the slam. It is that random. I honestly wonder if even Iga's powers are enough to break the spell of the WTA messiness. The rest of the seeds are dropping like flies, it's certainly opening up to be her best opportunity to win a 2nd slam.

Musetteami or Tsitsy team?

Future Superman Musetti Team! I really think he can do this!

bye Tommy :-(

What no comment on Runes’s recent homophobic rant on the Chalkenger circuit? I won’t miss DL. I post a CB lot of the time to counter the bile and lies. It’s kind of depressing to see so much of it and my stubborn resistance is perhaps a way of countering what I see as self destructive behavior. At times posters rip into people I actually know or have known. I’ve gone off Facebook for the same reason. Maybe I’ll be calmer without DL, lol.

How about telling us about it and posting a source so we can all rip him to shreds?

Is it another incident or are we still talking about the one time?

We discussed Rune's outburst at length at the time, and it's been brought up many times since. Sorry we don't 'perform' for you, Charlie, whenever you deign to stop by.

The bar couldn't be set much lower than deliberating between Rune and Sloppo. Rune is obnoxious on court and comes across as just another tennis brat with a large sense of entitlement.

On a brighter note, happy to see both Giorgi and Petkovic through to the second round. Two of my old WTA favorites...

R181 here. Yes, the person who linked the Stonewall story is what I was referring to. I have no idea about Stonewall's reputation, so if this is tabloid, then I apologize. I guess we'll know tomorrow.

Rune--stupid slur said in the moment, but not really too different than when I used to chastise myself for a weak shot. I say, give him the benefit of the doubt--for now--on that, primarily because to overreact makes us look like our panties are bunched. Instead, I have seen lots of bratty incidents on the court, so let's ridicule him for that.

Great match going on between Demon and Gaston.

4-4 in the final set.

Crowd going bananas.

I just watched Alcaraz news conference in English, good for him, and yes, he's only 18 but still I've know people with Down's syndrome who were more articulate. He's a fine specimen but no one knows how he will perform when he's on center court with millions of dollars on the line and someone in the stands calls his mother a whore or a paparazzo snaps his father with a stripper. Honestly, do you think he's ever read a book in his life? Maybe that's a plus.

Yesterday.

Hu....GOAT in 5!!!!!!!

OUIIIIIIII!!!!!!

Here’s what I was talking about re Rune.

Yes, as stated above we discussed it at length at the time, 11 months ago. Should we be discussing it every day?

Watching Tsonga's last match and seeing him cry make me weepy! RG really celebrated him today. They brought out all his previous coaches, Monfils, his siblings, parents, and wife and kids. The crowd remained standing through his last point. Too bad about his shoulder injury.

He will be missed.

Two of my favourites: Gasquet and Gaston came through today. Hoping Musetti can make it a triple!

Hubie needs to lose the turtleneck undershirts. They completely kill his sex appeal!

R208 It's not that easy to be articulate when you are not talking in your mother language

Big penis Gasquet wins! Yum!

Speaking of big penises: Simon Vs. PCB means that there is potentially a good 18 inches bouncing around on Court Simonne Mathieu right now!

Poor Tommy needs a hug R200

Tsitsipas has one of the easiest draws ever and he is tanking against Musetti

R220, I believe that, in technical terms, Tsitsipas is “fucking up” rather than “tanking.”

Shitsypas is "shitting the bed"

Tsitsipas reminds me of Dementieva. He really does know how to sink his own ship. Great champions and higer seeds are expected to breeze through the first rounds.

Did Nadal lose already?

I didn’t even know the French Open had started.

R220 Musetti is a tough first rd. He only plays really great on clay. After this match it would get much easier for Tsitsipas if he can manage a win today.

Who is the tragic painted-eyebrows creature in Musetti's box?

Musetti please don’t disappoint me…!

I want to march on court right now and pull down Musetti's pants and rim him and swallow his load.

[quote] Shitsypas is "shitting the bed"

R222 = Lizsha

Rune is like fernandez... bratty on the court and thinks their shit don't stink.. rune already has claimed he wants to be and will be number #1 in the world....

going to miss tsonga on the court..... so handsome, such a winning smile and you know he is packing from the front and the back! whew to have seen that au natural in the locker room! his wife is stunningly beautiful and his kids were be stunners when they are grown too!

OMG Gilles Simon somehow managed to get that over the line. He looked totally dead on his feet for the last 2 sets.

Lovely speech after the match where he said how much he was in spired by Jo Willy's performance earlier today.

greek asshole won.

Big Dick vs Big Dick (PCB vs Simon)

Tsonga is 1 of the most talented players not to win a slam. If he hadn't been so injury-prone I think he very well could have gotten at least 1. I'll never forget his 2014 Rogers Cup phenomenal form when he defeated Djokovic, Murray and Federer to win the title. Very few instances of non-big 4 defeating multiple big 4 members at the same tournament.

R223 I wouldn't compare Tsitsipas to Dementieva as the thing that stopped her from winning slams was an atrocious second serve. She had a mix of technical and mental issues. With Tsitsipas and many others (like Sabalenka) it's mostly mental.

[bold] Round 1 completed. Seed upsets recap [/bold]

[bold] ATP-7 seeds [/bold]

#14 Shapovalov

#16 PCB

#17 Opelka

#19 de Minaur

#25 ADF

#30 Paul

#31 Brooksby

[bold] WTA-5 seeds [/bold]

#2 Krejcikova

#5 Kontaveit

#6 Jabeur

#10 Muguruza

#25 Samsonova

Too many pit bull mixes at Shapo Shelter.

Shapo's taste in dogs is on par with his taste in music and politicians.

^ that's a dumb comment

I volunteer at a dog shelter and 50%+ of the dogs surrendered or rescued from horrible/abusive situations are pitts or pitt mixes.

Did you expect them to be toy poodles or bichon frises?

Me, too, R238. And the DLers don’t read so wouldn’t have seen the results of a recent study that should that breeds do not have demonstrable differences in behavior.

Back to tennis… Lindsay Davenport, during the Raducanu match, discussed Emma’s coaching carousel.

Lindsay said what coach is going to want to sign on to work with someone who is likely to dump them in a few weeks/months?And when you see that, weeks after she wins a major out of the blue, she dumps her coach, it tells you it doesn’t matter what you help her accomplish.

The coach she had at the US Open was always a temporary coach just for that tournament, to be fair. He did not want to be a full time coach on the WTA and has a kid he wants to train.

Well it looks like she's gonna be on the next flight to Heathrow, so....

Daddy Fritz in action, bishes

would love to know which of the male players are the most exhibitionistic in the locker room... walking around nude all the time, for a long time, even chubbing up sometimes and so on... and which players are the biggest prudes?...

Flopos flopping massively (so far) against Baez. We love to see it!

Félix!

[quote] Flopos flopping massively (so far) against Baez.

Yay! I’m so happy. F. Zverev.

ATPhotplayers on Instagram is one of us.

And that's a specious comment, R238/R239. Obviously that's not the expectation, but his Instagram emphasizes that breed. And perhaps you missed the vein of bitchy humor that DL is supposed to be about. I applaud that he has a cause dedicated to rescuing animals. My own rescued dogs are St. Bernards, who get along very well with my cats. I'll just leave these statistics here.

i see, so at this point we are going to be blaming Shapo for the entire historic Pitbull saga.

[quote] i see, so at this point we are going to be blaming Shapo for the entire historic Pitbull saga.

No we are not. Shapo is probably so ignorant that he thinks pit bulls are named after Brad Pitt.

R249, reading quality sources might expand your uninformed mind. I’m someone who works for rescues so I. pretty sure I know a bit more than the average person.

I provided you with statistics, R252. You're providing me with your experiences and a Washington Post article that still factors in a 9 percent behavioral variation by breed. I've also had experience working for rescues and have a niece who was badly mauled by a pit bull when she was visiting a friend and did nothing to set the dog off. Insulting me isn't helping your case.

Your stats are dubiously sourced. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

What's dubious about this source, R254?

Andrey Rublev on wild French Open outburst: ‘I lost my mind’

Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev said he “lost [his] mind’ during an “unprofessional” outburst Tuesday in the first round of the French Open.

The world No. 7 viciously spiked the ball against a courtside chair after dropping the first set of his opening round match against South Korea’s Kwon Soon-woo.

The ball bounced off the court and knocked the hat off the head of a nearby groundsman when it flew through the air.

“I lost my mind for a moment, and of course I regret what I did. It’s unacceptable to hit the way the ball I hit it,” said Rublev.

“Better if I just hit the racket on the seat, because the ball can affect someone. This is unprofessional from my side, and hopefully I will never do it again.”

Rublev — who received a warning for his behavior — went on to edge past Kwon Soon-woo, registering a 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win.

Rublev’s outburst also included the tennis pro slamming his water bottle off the court, which drew “oohs” from the crowd at Roland Garros in Paris.

Tim Henman, a British retired pro tennis player, said players need to take responsiblity for their emotions on the court.

“We have seen probably a little bit too much frustration that is almost endangering other people on the court,” Henman said on EuroSport. “The code of conduct has to be followed, the players have to be responsible for their actions.

“When you see a player break a racquet, you’re not going to condone it, but it’s not affecting anything else. When you start hitting balls around, it can get dangerous for others. We saw [Alexander] Zverev hitting the umpire’s chair [at the ATP 500 Mexican Open], it’s not a good look for the sport. You don’t want to be hitting balls in anger and hitting ball kids, that can be an expensive mistake, as I found out in 1995,” he said.

Henman was disqualified in the first round at Wimbledon Championships in 1995, after he accidentally smacked a ball at the ball girl.

The current ranked world No. 1 Novak Djokovic was disqualified from the US Open in 2020, when he angrily swiped at a ball, which hit a line judge in the throat.

Carlos is in trouble

OMG ARV is serving for the match

Huge penis Gasquet is on! Fingers cross!

I’m team not Garfia, for no other reason than to disrupt his coronation and the media narrative that’s building up.

R260 I'm kind of with you, but am torn as I think he might be the only player capable of stopping NoVaxxx.

Alcaraz onto the 5th set. His opponent is really hating himself for letting this slip away.

I had no idea that ARV had it in him. He just might take this…

Poor Porna. Got spanked hard by Dimitrov.

Big penis Gasquet isn't doing well. Sad. I hate his handsomeness will be leaving soon. All the younger players are FUG. Sad.

Gasquet stopped being handsome a decade ago

^ Nah.

Ramos played wonderfully, used every inch of the court but choked too many times and HOW THE FUCK can you even THINK of doing three consecutive smashes with a SLICE?! Stupid strategy. Very poor from Alcaraz to raise his arms in glory on a missed volley from the opponent.

Alcaraz wins in five. An incredible match.

Still Sexy Gasquet Team

#4 seed Sakkari out.

Kvitova out

R256 I'm so sick of these new up and coming players. They're ALL assholes. Rublev, Zverev, Rune etc. The list is long. RIP tennis when these guys take over. Nobody will want to watch.

Alcaraz was trending worldwide on twitter after that match.

Alcaraz is great but he's another new male player suffering from fug. Yikes!

I think Alcaraz is cute. After he grows out of acne and gets some minor dental work he’ll be a stunner

Zverev is closer to 30 than 20, hardly up and coming, R273. I hope he follows the Kyrgios/Tomic trajectory. Rune is an anomaly. Rublev is Jekyll-Hyde, very nice off the court and takes out his anger on inanimate objects at least. FAA, Alcaraz, Ruud, Sinner, de Minaur, SebK, Baez, and Kecmanovic are almost always gentlemen on the court, especially compared to megalomaniac Djokovic. With the exception of Rune, I'm looking forward to the new breed currently under 23.

R268, I hate it when players fist-pump after an opponent’s error, and Alcarez kept doing that. Considering that he was littering that court with his own UEs, it was particularly tacky.

Alcaraz wasn't doing anything that Nadal didn't do. Nadal has had numerous marathon match wins thanks to terrible errors by his opponent and he was pumping that fist, vamos-ing and raising the arms at the end. So Alcaraz doesn't deserve any more criticism than that

Goodbye big penis Gasquet!

Gasquet is old, weathered and was never hot. His face was cute when he was younger that's it

^nah

disappointed that Zverev survived but glad Baez tested him. We're about to see if Zverev's stamina has improved at slams. In the past, early round struggles sapped his energy by the second week so he'd be ripe for an upset.

solid win for the talented Nakashima

not shocked that Fritz was upset because he's not good on clay

Bencic straight setting Andreescu is a surprise.

Stephens with a consecutive win! Her win over Cirstea is her first top 30 victory in ages

Mad Moutet has beautiful blue eyes.

I work at Shapo Shelter. I am a Pit Specialist.

The black cat is cute though, I hope he finds a good home. (I admit that I don't like pit bulls either.)

Gasquet looks like he has a nice penis, so who cares if he's weathered and old these days?

From the Mens Tennis forums,

[Quote] Gasquet, Richard – Nadal’s contemporary, and one groupie who has had the company of both insists that the Frenchman has a distinct edge in the sack. Obsessed with blowjobs.

Giggle.

JFC, why anyone would dump on someone for funding an animal shelter is beyond me.

Pointless bitchery, indeed.

Nobody was dumping on Shapo for that. It was about all the pit bull pics.

Easy straight sets win for Felix! Hope he goes deep .. in this tournament. And inside me!

Sad that Daddy F lost.

Impressed that Sebi took out Gasgay so easily. Gasgay has been playing well.

Bencic took Bianca to the woodshed, didn't she? I'd think Bianca's game would translate better to clay.

Bianca is weird. It's like she had 1 great season but then constantly took a lot of time off and now she's pretty much out of contending the top titles even though I think she has more talent and ability than most. I'd love to know what's really going on with her. It doesn't seem normal.

I'm afraid she might not have both oars in the water all the time...

Bianca is fat. Plus I think she's content with the money and lifestyle now. no need to work hard anymore.

This is fat?

Who are you, Daniela Hantuchova?

Some of you queens need to get a life and get laid, goddamn.

Rafa,'s injury never comes up when he is winning. It always comes up at a very convenient time.

Well I think Johnny Mac often said that injuries hurt more when you're losing...

[bold] First half of second round completed. Seed upsets recap [/bold]

[bold] ATP-8 seeds [/bold]

#13 Fritz

#14 Shapovalov

#16 PCB

#17 Opelka

#19 de Minaur

#25 ADF

#30 Paul

#31 Brooksby

[bold] WTA-9 seeds [/bold]

#2 Krejcikova

#4 Sakkari

#5 Kontaveit

#6 Jabeur

#10 Muguruza

#12 Raducanu

#25 Samsonova

#26 Cirstea

#32 Kvitova

Ostapenko vs. Cornet and Giorgi vs. Putintseva have bitchfest marathon written all over them lol can't wait for those matches tomorrow

so many of the mins were hawt, its a damm shame

Tamara is the only 2021 semifinalist who managed to reach 3rd round.

R303 and it's only because she got a walkover from Sherif. She's been in dire form this year too.

Aside from the bitchiness and shade (loved Pliskova calling out Osaka's potential Wimbledon withdrawal as fake) it genuinely feels like this is the lowest the WTA has ever been.

R298.. amazing isn't it.. that rafa can play with a extremely painful injury that is "chronic" and comes and goes? hmm, for the other 99.9% of the population a so so painful chronic foot injury means we CAN NOT EVEN WALK! but yet he can play 2, 3, 4 hour 3 out of 5 set matches on slow red clay world class tennis? LOL!... so basically any chronic injury in his mind is because he's not 100%, only 95 to 99%?!...

Uhm, just a wild guess, but maybe Rafa and his medical advisors evaluate the foot injury from the perspective of an elite competition athlete on a gruelling and unforgiving, almost year-round, match schedule.

R306.. you're right, but for everyone else we think any chronic foot injury if it's that bad you can't walk, you certainly can't play world class tennis!... So maybe Nadal and his team need to tell everyone and explain that it's NOT that bad, just bad to play world class tennis? Then again, if HE CAN still play world class tennis, just how bad can it really be??....

Do we know if he gets and is allowed cortisone or painkiller shots for a match?..

same thing back when he played wawrinka at the aussie open final... his alleged back issue! I'm sorry but if you're back is REALLY that bad, you can't even move! And yet Nadal was still playing 2 more sets and it even got better?.. SO yes, once again, I call overblown....

[quote] so many of the mins were hawt, its a damm shame

R302 = Pam Shriver

Alcaraz has a visible neck mole.

Carlos needs to get rid of his unibrow,

Krejcikova is POZ

As long as Nadal plays I will be rooting for him. Greatness.

ESL will not be deterred from his hatred of Nadal.

R311, why can’t it be Djokovid?

Whenever Rafa loses a match he doesn't talk about his chronic foot injury in terms of competing in an elite tournament.

He categorically says that his injury is so bad that some days he can barely walk. That what he said in Rome and Madrid..

And let's not even talk about his stress riv fracture injury which he got in Indianwells which was not only healed in six weeks but he was completely fit to compete in Madrid.

Be prepared for reemergence if Nadal's injury during the QD ( against Nole) or in the final (against Stef)

Rive Gauche.

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lmfao that's hilarious that they hate each other

I'd love for them to play first round at Wimbledon but Tomic's ranking is too low to get in directly to qualifying. I doubt they'd give him a WC at this point

At least we can all agree that these two, Kyrgios and Tomic, in that order (sorry Bernard!), deserve each other.

Girls! Girls! What's all this fighting? You're both odious attention-seeking pieces of shit!

[quote]that's hilarious that they hate each other

Well, everyone hates Tomic so that part isn't surprising...

Elf Team or Tiafoe Team?

Ruud is playing against a Finnish guy right now. The finn is playing really well.

Ruud won! Yay!

If Sonego shaved that goatee and put on 25 lbs of muscle he'd be a walking erotic dream. I bet he's a great fuck with all that energy and pump he has.

Elf team.

Stoked that my Little People came through today: HuGOAT Gaston and Elf Goffin.

Is Halep injured?

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[quote] Is Halep injured?

Help Halep!

Poor Patrick Morgoboogaloo.

Everything Morgoboogooloo touches dies!

Tsitsipas has discovered the over-exaggerated arm pump and is massively milking it. Worse than that five-headed Canadian girl. Ugh.

He's really struggling against an unknown Czech qualifier. Delicious

Ostapenko's outfit is the funniest thing I've seen in a while. She looks like a chubby adult in a doll's dress for some kind of fetish porno. The ruffles and hideous color / design makes it special.

I finally figured out who Caroline Wozniacki reminds me of -- her voice, that is -- KIM NOVAK!

Right!?

R335, I’ll never get that out of my head now!

Great match between Tsitsipas and Kolar, a nail biter. Stefanos lives on!

[pointing at cross-section of redwood tree]

"There I was born... and there I died."

Caroline's voice has absolutely no life to it. She always sounds so bored. I bet she's lazy in bed too.

That Ostapenko outfit! Somewhere in Paris there is a naked sofa.

Cornet’s nose has to be an overzealous nose job, right?

[quote] Cornet’s nose has to be an overzealous nose job, right?

King of the Dead from Lord of the Rings.

French Cornet so happy to win while Ostapenko put her fingers to her ears to block out the crowd cheering. Love it.

Osteporker looks like a Cabbage Patch Kid with a racket

Don’t know if people saw but one of the female Ukrainian players in her press conference earlier in the tourney said that only a few players had offered any words of support at all since the invasion.

Pretty embarrassing. A little humanity goes a long way.

WTAF is this? The new reason top players lose is mental health issues?

Man up, you soft cunts.

She panicked at the realization that her new coach is an asshole.

What the hell was Ostapenko wearing? Scraps from a clown outfit? It was hideous.

[bold] Second round completed. Final upset seeds recap. These are the seeds who failed to reach the seed vs. seed rounds [/bold]

[bold] ATP-11 seeds [/bold]

#13 Fritz

#14 Shapovalov

#16 PCB

#17 Opelka

#19 de Minaur

#22 Basilashvili

#24 Tiafoe

#25 ADF

#29 Evans

#30 Paul

#31 Brooksby

[bold] WTA-14 seeds [/bold]

#2 Krejcikova

#4 Sakkari

#5 Kontaveit

#6 Jabeur

#8 Pliskova

#9 Collins

#10 Muguruza

#12 Raducanu

#13 Ostapenko

#19 Halep

#25 Samsonova

#26 Cirstea

#30 Alexandrova

#32 Kvitova

How did this not get Begu defaulted? She at should have been forced to wear Ostapenko's raggedy clown costume for the rest of the tournament.

yeah in other cases that has resulted in automatic default

the French crowd is insane lol at 1 point in the Keys-Garcia match, Keys had to get help untangling her necklace from her hair. The crowd started booing.

Ostapenko: 🙉🙉🙉

R352 I understand them wanting someone from France to win but the crowd is so awful to any player against their players. They take it to a ridiculous level. More so than any other major with their countries players.

I could never stan Oysterpancake because of her bad sportsmanship (and she always asks for every ball mark to be checked on clay). But she has such an entertaining, clownish, pantomime quality. She's like a cartoon version of a tennis player. From her hilarious facial expressions, to her outrageously bad outfits, to her combination of incredible winners and insane errors that land outside of the stadium. The WTA needs her.

I wanted to see her take it to Iga in the next round but it was not to be. Only 3 WTA top ten players making it out of the second round is embarrassing.

I miss my boyfriend Tommy Paul already. On behalf of DL I'm offering to run a train for him and Daddy Fritz to make them feel better. But Tommy has to stay to cuddle after.

Ostapenko: 🙄🙉

[quote] She's like a cartoon version of a tennis player.

I’s muppet version of a tennis player.

What you call embarrassing, we call compelling!

R356, Tommy is still in doubles with Mackie McDonald. They're playing on Friday,

yeah I was really looking forward to a rematch of the 2017 RG final between Ostapenko and Halep. Instead they both lost

the way Ostapenko was putting her hands over her ears to defy the crowd towards the end of the match was cracking me up

I wonder how Kyrgios would have behaved against a French player at RG

[quote]Tommy is still in doubles with Mackie McDonald

Now THAT is a hot ticket! Can I play, too?!

Lil' Diego absolutely pulverises Young Grigor in straight sets.

Grigor just never got going after 2 easy wins in the previous rounds.

What did you just tell me, Gillou? I've somehow lost my train of thought...

Good win for Gauff over Kanepi. Bitchy Fernandez keeps rolling.

(wet) dream team

Berreteami.

Who here wrote that Sloane was fat? Watching her now and she looks great.

Mackie's LEGS, slurp

Isner team or Zapata Miralles team?

A. Zverev team or Nakashima team?

Norrie team or K. Hemsworth team?

Seb Korda team or Alcaraz (Garfia) team?

Do players slut around France during tournaments?

I wouldn't know.

Cook spoon?

Is this Parry chick lez? She's butchtastic.

Why do French fans love Isner? Are these LePen voters?

Isner is two Napoleons long.

Viva Zapata, Let's Go Brandon, Nice Guy Norrie, and Alcopops Teams

Felix is into the round of 16 in straight sets over Krajinovic. Next, stop Nadal?

Great! Isner out! I have to say, I find big-nosed Zapata Miralles to be hot.

Flopos pigeons.

[quote]I find big-nosed Zapata Miralles to be hot.

Tis a rock!. . .a peak!. . .a cape! a cape, forsooth! 'tis a peninsular!

You know what they say about outsized proboscuses.

Why are all the American boys wearing such loud, flashy colors?

Speaking of wet dreams...

Rafa has a tough QF against Felix. But he's actually looking better than I thought he would.

Novak is cruising. I don't see anyone stopping him. Not even my Rafa. Which is painful to admit.

Sebastian Baez proposed to me!! Otherwise, none of your business, bitches.

R384 I always hoped Tommy Haas was a big slut when he was on tour.

These adidas hieroglyphics shirts won’t age well when we look back at footage.

Why don’t they stick to predominately white at all tournaments or at least the majors? Bright colors and graphics are gaudy.

Korda has lezface

Cameron and Karen going at it hammer and tongs into a 4th. Good match.

Today was a trying day at Shapo Shelter. With it being a holiday weekend, many decided to take the day off. So we were short staffed. Guess who was left to do the cleaning and sanitizing of the pens? Yup. You guessed it. I shudder to think how many more would’ve taken the day off were Shapo still in contention at the French.

I like white for Wimbledon but also enjoy seeing the players unleash their wilder fashion choices. Makes for some laughs.

That Hydrogen shirt is something. It has retro tattoos on it. When I first saw it I looked it up to see if it really was a real tennis clothing sponsor shirt.

Did Felix have someone ejected from the stands? It wasn’t clear from the streaming site I was watching. Did anyone see it? Thanks

R395 I'd like to see Felix ejaculate something from his cock.

[quote] Do players slut around France during tournaments?

Yes

Stacked Carlos routined Korda 4, 4 and 2.

For R395...

Alcaraz won! Yay!

I think many of them will be going to the Champions League Final tomorrow.

Koda didn't even play that badly. I think Alcaraz had a bit of luck, especially in that last game in the third set. But overall he was better. He played with more variation. I swear Koda's serve saved him several times.

[quote] Alcaraz won! Yay!

I’m so happy

coco is gonna win this!

No surprise Cam again flopped in a grandslam.

Si, Rafa!!

impressive that low-ranked Zapata Miralles could break the massive Isner serve 5 times with 14 break points overall. In general it's hard for those outside the top 50 to get more than a couple chances in a match. Often times they don't get any chances.

Speaking of serves, FAA is on fire with 16 aces today against Krajinovic. I was surprised he was able to win in straight sets

Schwartzman put a beating on Dimitrov lol

Stephens looked quite solid today against Parry whose style of play reminded me of Suarez Navarro

Azarenka blew yet another chance to go deep in a slam, losing in 3 hour 19 minute match 3rd set tiebreak to the tenacious Teichmann

Sasnovich continues her good form and upsets Kerber

Fernandez really out-toughed Bencic

Korda didn’t even take a set? I was hoping for a closer match… didn’t he beat Carlito on clay this season?

Carlo!

Korda didn't play too badly. He needs a bigger serve, more steady forehand and to improve those volleys though. Alcaraz is just a level above him now

Where are all the DL boyfriends?

So happy for Schwartzman. He is so hot and easily beat Dimitrov in 3. Yay!

Yesterday was great for me. Can't stand eastern Europe and Russia taking over tennis. I always root against the asshole players and players from homophobic countries. That's why it's great that the Spanish armada is winning. The players are not assholes, like so many other players, and Spain is probably the most gay friendly country in Europe. Zapata and Alcaraz are through. Nadal is through. And hottie Schwartzman from Argentina managed to win against Dimitrov! Yay!

It's always great when asshole Isner loses. Thank you Zapata. You will be forever in our hearts.

Young Grigor and Tommy Paul are out.

surprised there were no comments about Stepanek being part of Korda's team now

What happened here? Did Alcaraz admit to coaching?

R416 I watched the entire Korda-Alcaraz match yesterday. Korda didn't play bad at all. His serve is insane and he actually did manage to win quite a few difficult points. The second set was the closest one. Unfortubately he looked kinda tired in the third. He made several mistakes and at the same time Alcaraz improved and had luck on his side. Several balls ended up touching the top of the net then bounced on Korda's side. Of course those balls were impossible for Korda to return.

Lol at the Norwegian commentator on Eurosport just now saying don't be surprised if the Fench crowd will cheer on double faults! Fucking hell. Is the French crowd the worst in the world?

McDonald by far 1 of the cutest guys on tour

Shaking my head at Eurosport deciding this women's match is the one to show. This is one of the worst matches I have ever seen. Granted, I don't watch much women's tennis because it fucking sucks. But if THIS is the quality of women's matches I am not missing out on much. Jeanjean is barely winning points. She got a bagel in the first set and looks like she might be bageled again in the second. Even the worst men's match is better to watch than this shit. On the men's side even the qualifiers are showing up and winning matches, meanwhile on the women's side the qualifiers are bageled🤦

Mackie and Tommy Paul should play their matches in jockstraps and tennis shoes and nothing else.

THAT would boost dubs ratings!

Iga's psychologist pings my gaydar big time. I'm a little fascinated that she has a psych full time on her team but hey, it's working.

R423 I've heard rumours from the tennis gays on Twitter that they are a bit more than friends, lol.

I can't believe Begu and Jeolian [WC] were playing for a forth round slot? and now Begu's QF spot is against Pegula or Zidansek? I've seen Henin commentating, honestly they should just give her a wildcard to the final against Iga. They'd sell more tickets.

R424 I uh, was wondering that but had nothing to back it up with other than they seem a little emotionally co-dependent. Wouldn't be shocked but who knows.

Iga lost her two breaks advantage, but probably it's good for her to be tested now and not on the last rounds

Keckmanovic vs Medvedev. Two players from homophobic shithole countries. Impossible to root for either one.

What xenophobic rubbish. Most of us judge players by what they do and say, not where they come from.

Medvedev: "Are there gays on the Tour? Well, if someone does not come out we will never know, at most this is something that a tennis player's best friend will know and only he knows what he is going through. I think every ATP initiative in defence of this is an excellent thing and can make every tennis player who is experiencing this feel safe."

I know there is a poster who loves shapo's hairy legs. I'm noticing Rublev also has blonde hairy legs...

I want Tommy Paul to make love to me quite deeply. I hope he's a slut

Rublev def. Garin in 4 sets, finishing the 4th with an epic tiebreaker. Fantastic match, and Garin's forehand was giving me a hard on.

Also, is this the gif of the tournament so far?

Totally gratuitous Jack Draper who will shortly be coming out top play on the grass.

Easy win for Medvedev.

Alize Cornet retires 0-6 0-3…

Didn't know Medvedev is fluent in French.

He lives in Monte Carlo, r435.

R435 He's lived in France since he was a kid.

Thx, R428.

Haters gonna hate.

American Billionaire heiress is having an easy time. She's gonna win this match no problem.

[quote] I'm noticing Rublev also has blonde hairy legs...

Isn’t he a ginger?

R419.. yes, the french crowd is always the rudest, at least among the 4 slams!

R420... mcdonald is a cutie for sure and i love his calves, muscular and sexy...

R408... yes, korda upset alcaraz at the monte carlo tournament in 3 close sets... carlos played awful and korda just played steady to win...

Novak Djokovic offers help to Boris Becker in prison

After his comfortable third-round victory at the French Open, world No 1 Novak Djokovic took time to express concern for Boris Becker – his former coach and mentor – and to reveal that he has been in touch with Becker’s son Noah to offer assistance.

Becker spent three seasons working on Djokovic’s support staff, from 2014 to 2016. In that time, he helped transform his client’s reputation from a shaky closer-out of tournaments into a cold-eyed winner.

The two men have remained in close touch ever since, and Djokovic described himself as “heartbroken” when the news first broke of Becker’s two-and-a-half-year jail sentence for concealing assets.

On Friday night, the subject came up again after Djokovic’s routine 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Aljaz Bedene, the Slovenian who spent a couple of years playing under the British flag but has now reverted to his original nationality.

Asked about the Becker situation, Djokovic replied, “Even when we stopped working, our relationship kept going in a right way. I have been in touch with one of his sons, Noah, and asking if there is something that I could do.”

Although Djokovic is due in London next month to defend his Wimbledon title, he will probably not be able to visit Becker, who was recently moved from the Category B prison at Wandsworth in south London to a more relaxed environment in Huntercombe, Oxfordshire.

This is thought to be a sign that Becker will shortly be deported to Germany – an experience that Djokovic himself encountered in Australia four months ago, albeit in very different circumstances.

“It's terrible,” said Djokovic. “I'm just very sad that someone I know so well, and of course someone that is a legend of our sport, is going through what he's going through. It's been only less than a month. We know how long he has to be there. So I just hope that he will stay healthy and strong.”

Djokovic was in talkative mood on Friday after his frictionless progress into the second week of this tournament, where he is due to play Diego Schwartzman – the 15th seed from Argentina – on Sunday.

The match against Bedene was so incident-free that a variety of other subjects surfaced at his post-match press conference, including the presence of former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in the crowd. “It positively affected me,” Djokovic said. “I had even more motivation to perform.”

And then there was the prickly issue of Australia, the nation where Djokovic has won nine of his 20 major titles. In January, he had his Australian visa cancelled in a row over his refusal to be vaccinated against Covid. This automatically triggered a three-year ban from re-entering the country, although there are hopes that Anthony Albanese’s new Labor government could waive the penalty.

“In terms of the government, yes, I heard the news,” said Djokovic in relation to last weekend’s Australian election. “But I don't know anything about whether my visa is going to be reinstated or whether I'm going to be allowed to come back to Australia.

“I don't hold any grudges,” he added. “Look, you know, it was what it was. If I have an opportunity to go back to Australia and play a place where I made the biggest success in my career on grand slam, I would love to come back.”

Some inexplicable scheduling at Roland Garros on Friday meant that Djokovic and his old rival Rafael Nadal occupied very similar timeslots on the two main stadia, even though they are the tournament’s two biggest draw cards.

Nadal also swept past his third-round opponent, Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands, in double-quick time to earn a crack at ninth seed Felix Auger Aliassime on Sunday.

This is an fascinating draw because Nadal’s uncle Toni has been coaching Auger Aliassime, a 21-year-old Canadian, for a little over a year. The two players haven’t faced off on a tennis court in that time, which gives an extra level of intrigue to their first encounter since 2019.

“I already talked with Toni after my match,” said Nadal after despatching van der Zandschulp by a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 scoreline. “I know you guys are gonna ask the question, but for me it's very simple. He's my uncle. I don't think he will be able to want me to lose, without a doubt, but he's a professional and he's with another player.

“I don't know what's gonna happen, if he's gonna stay in the box or not, but I don't care. I have zero problem with that. So it's not a story at all for me.”

The French crowd proving DL's point: Alize Cornet retired on Phillip Chatrier against Zheng Qinwen and they booed her off the court (in what may be her last French Open ever). Yikes.

Zheng and Giorgi both producing amazing tennis and Iga struggled today with Kovinic. I think one of them could be licking their lips at an upset, perhaps Zheng who plays her in the next round.

shiseido.

Ymer team or Tsitsy team?

Elf team or Hubie team?

Ruud team or Sonego team?

Rune team or Gaston team?

Man, those Adidas graphic shirts like the one Tsitsipas is wearing today are just hideous.

R417, the idea that Alcaraz is going coached during matches is absurd. Have you watched his coach during the match? I’ve never seen a more stoic coach. No hand gestures or facial movements that a closeup can capture let alone a player see from the court.

Pissypants steamrolling poor Ymer

Hubie hammered Elf. The men's matches (with the exception of Rublev-Garin) have been pretty pedestrian so far. Hoping for fireworks later with Gaston-Rune.

Hugo Gaston doing his famous impression of Diana from 'V'

God, Casper's looking delicious today.

My boyfriend Ruud is in some trouble. Hope he pulls it out. (He can cum inside me tho, to be clear.)

And many of us love Shapo's furry legs, not just one of us!

Nadal is at the Champions League final. they showed in on screen. He has a match early tomorrow...

fucking NBC with their desperate attempts to get people to pay for Peacock. They're going to do this same shit on Sunday and Monday too, monopolizing tennis coverage in the later hours of the day but if the matches run too late they'll move it to Peacock and Tennis Channel won't be able to show replay until the evening.

I refuse to pay for Peacock

glad to see Cilic demolish annoying Simon to end his career. PCB should be ashamed he lost to him here

nice clutch win today for Keys in a third set tiebreak over big server/hitter Rybakina

what happened with Badosa?

Giorgi wow really destroyed Sabalenka after the first set

Simon has that huge dick, tho

Jesus Christ, what did Simon ever do to you, R456?

Yikes... Ruud squeaked out a win... barely. How the fuck can he almost lose to a 30-something ranked Italian?! Seriously, Sonego didn't even play that well. Ruud was just shit. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy he won, but he needs to play A LOT better than this if he wants to reach the QF.

R454 Nadal is a huge Real Madrid fan. I agree with you, maybe it's a bad idea to watch the final, especially because I think Liverpool will win.

Ruud is not ready to win a slam at this point. He seemed to be peaking in Miami as hardcourts are clearly not his best surface but he's been quite inconsistent during the whole clay season.

He gets a ton of topspin on his shots which help on clay but his backhand is quite attackable

he better not claim injury if he loses after going out the night before a match instead of resting

R461 Did you see his netplay? Absolutely horrendous. It was cringy. Like... so so so bad. Ugh.

I need some slamless #1 on the men's tour à la WTA for some ranking drama.

Medvedev could have made it last year on a few occasions most notably had he reached the Roland Garros final and not winning it. This year Zverev would have become the new slamless no. 1 by winning both Rome and Madrid.

it seems less likely to happen now with Alcaraz unless he chokes in a slam final. He seems like he's got the mentality to keep winning

Tsitsipas, Zverev, Rublev and Ruud all play a lot of tournaments so 1 of them could pull off the slamless #1 feat at some point

I'm sure Rios would love not to be the only one with that dubious distinction on the ATP side

yes I agree, I fucking refused to pay for Peacock. They have done the same for soccer games from England. I just watch the highlights on youtube after the match is over.

[quote] I fucking refused to pay for Peacock.

[quote] I refuse to pay for Peacock

How about for Pocock?

Rune is bratty but damn he's talented and plays so well. Clean, hard hitting, all court player, nice schemes, light years away from the robotic style of Medvedev, Sinner or the pushing baby-Misery (aka Brooksby).

I'm really interested in the Tsitsipas-Rune match on Monday. I think that could go the distance

Gaston running out of Gas.

This is the problem when players like Ymir and Gaston overachieve in the early rounds… it leaves us with uncompetitive matches mid-tournament.

Totally agree, R471. Fun to see competitive matches and upsets early on in R1 and R2, but then R3 and R4 are often really flat. Then in the QFs, it picks up again. I was thinking about this very thing this morning, how often it seems to happen in Slams.

[quote] nice clutch win today for Keys

I’ve never understood this jargonistic use of “clutch” in tennis. Could someone please explain?

TIA

R473, clutch is coming through when the pressure is at its most intense.

Rafa, Novak and Fed are all considered clutch. While they make errors (like any other tennis player), they tend to NOT make errors at those crucial moments in a match when the match depends on coming through. Break points. A tough volley. In a tiebreak. They don't wilt.

It's why they all have 20 slams (at least) and other great players don't.

Got it, thanks r474. I could never work out whether I was supposed to be concentrating on the semantics of clutch as in a car’s clutch, or the verb to clutch, as in grip and hold on to something. It’s actually closer to what they do in a clutch, i.e. a tight or critical situation. Thanks for helping to clear that up.

I did watch the rest of today's matches on Peacock... SO that's the good news and it's NOT that expensive a month either... The bad news? i had to listen to john mcenroe and mary carillo yap, yap, yap and yap some more, because they haven't got the memo that 1) it's not about them anymore and 2) their opinions are just that opinions, not fact....

Well it's really McEnroe, Mary doesn't say a heck of a lot anymore.

I actually like Mac, R476.

Yes, he yaps. But I usually find him interesting. It's Chris Fowler and his arrogant asshole rants that drive me crazy when ESPN has coverage. At least Mac has earned his arrogance.

It’s on Peacock Premium, so you have to pay, but tomorrow’s matches should be well worth it

R478 I've so enjoyed not having to hear from asshole Fowler during RG. Thank goodness he's not on Tennis Channel or ESPN

I HATE how he ruins the 3 other slams. For whatever reason he always gets to commentate the biggest matches of the tournament

*Thank goodness he's not on Tennis Channel or NBC

correction lol

He really is the worst, isn't he R480? He talks over everyone. Totally plays favorites (he wants to have Fed's child). Never shuts up. So annoying.

(Of course, because I have major issues, I find him unnervingly attractive. I'd present hole in about five seconds. I love cockiness. Plus it might finally shut him up.)

I’m delighted by the Kasatkinaissance we’ve been witnessing this year. I’ve always loved her game but obviously been chronically let down by her 50mph serve.

Has Tommy Paul gotten naked yet?

AGREE, Fowler is the worst! Does ESPN pay him by word? I remember him a couple of years ago having the gall and audacity to try to argue about stroke production with Chris Evert live on air! WTF! WHAT A DOUCHEBAG! He's enough of one he should be on Fox "news"!...

AND he looks really really old for his age I might add! Like a decade older! wrinkles and crow's feet galore!

Mike Tirico is awful as well... constantly yapping as well and throwing out countless facts and info stats to fill up airtime because he knows diddly squat about tennis current or past....

“Nole” team or Lil’ Diego team?

A. Zverev team or B.(iba) Zapata team?

FAA team or Nadal team?

K. Hemsworth team or Alcaraz (Garfia) team?

Diego

A. Z

Nadal

K. H

Trevisan team or Snatchovich team?

Leylah team or ova, Anisim team?

Mertens team or Coco team?

Teichmann team or Sloane team?

I want Sloane to win the whole thing. I like her chill vibe. She never gets super upset if someone beats her but we all know she can beat anyone at any time. She's like a Jennifer Capriati.

Boobs team

Sasha team

FAA team

Alcaraz team

Sasnovich team

Amanda team

Mertens team

Jill team

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I have a feeling that Fernandez is going to win.

Im getting a Sloane vibe. She's always so whatever. But i liked her movement in that match. Someone said she was fat but she was moving beautifully.

I kinda think Coco will get to the finals. But no one can stop Iga.

Sloane îs gonna straight set Coco. Sloane gets hit at the most random times

Si, Rafa!!

Shapo and his blond leg hair up close and personal with his trainer.

Uh Oh, Iga loses the first set to the Chinese player

500 on the paywalled thread!

Vamos, Rafa!!!