The Gays and Tennis Part 145 - 2023 Clay Court Season Cont.

Done, OP. Thanks for creating the new thread. Below is the prior thread.

Shapo’s birthday.

Which white male players have yellow skin?

Team USA & Team Austria both looked ridiculous in their 'formal wear' at the Billie Jean King Cup

I think I'd rather wear the dirndl.

Collins had the right idea, covering that up with a jacket. Coco looks good. Kenin... please pull your shoulders back (and down). Terrible posture on that girl.

Pegula looks profoundly uncomfortable. And who can blame her. Those dresses are awful.

Il Gingio Grissinis The Brat straight up the wazoo in Set 1!

Rublev's regular running his fingers through his hair when being interviewed is adorable.

Why are they making the women do that?

R9 It's the patriarchy.

Are the denim jackets a protest?

R10 Catherine is it true you're having an affair with Matt?

R12 I find the implications of podcast co-hosts engaging in consensual sexual relations disturbing.

[quote]Are the denim jackets a protest?

coy Danielle Collins didn't want to show her dirty pillows

The American girls look like they are going to Prom while the Austrian fraus look like they borrowed their dresses from the Austria exhibit at Disney Epcot.

R12, I’m pretty sure Matt bats for our team.

delicious DRAMA!!!

I fucking HOPE Medvedev and Zverev play at least 3 more times this year! Check out this post-match mess! see next post for more

more!

delicious

I do like how catty this new ATP generation is. They're providing far more drama than the WTA in this regard. Poor Jelena Ostapenko has to do all the heavy lifting.

Imagine locking Tsitsipas, Zverev, Medvedev, Rune, and Kyrgios in a room together.

It's the original next gen.

The younger ones seem way more polite. Felix is classy, Alcaraz and Sinner seems to really like each other and even Rune has a good relationship with the younger guys

[quote]Rublev's regular running his fingers through his hair when being interviewed is adorable

Here he is for R8

Rublev looks fine at some angles while at others he looks like the Chucky doll.

Zverev: so charming and fair! #TeamMed

The Brat's letting the second set slip away is resorting to all sorts of antics - rushing one service point then time-wasting the next, shushing the crowd. Generally being a dick.

as someone who doesn't like Medvedev or Zverev, I'm loving their hatred of each other. Let's hope Zverev wins the next match they play with more cattiness afterwards

Throw in Djokovic too, R21, and the psychodrama would never end.

Well, the Danish brat wins. Sad for Sinner. I hope Rublev wins but I doubt it (even with the time advantage)

Sinner's making a bit of a habit of crumbling when it counts. The Brat definitely raised his level, but Jannick's serve disintegrated in that 3rd set. Another one that gets away.

The Brat is very good when it counts. He is relentless, aggressive and bratty. And I thought he had broken up with Mouratoglou...

Sinner nearly blew it with Alcaraz at the Miami Open even though Alcaraz had bad cramping and couldn't move around at all. Sinner can't close.

I'm really here for Rune's pointy nipples. I wanna see more.

I was so ready for an all Ginger final. Instead we have Ginger and the Gorilla.

A blond baby-faced Gorilla. And a ginger with fluffy hair like a woman from the 1960s.

Sadly we lost the cute ones but Rublev gives funny interviews.

Danish eldergays supporting the Brat in Monte Carlo

lol @ the difference in handshakes

Sinner was about as pissed as I've ever seen him due to Rune intentionally trying to him during the match during and even after points

meanwhile Rublev must be Mr. Congeniality. Everyone seems to want to fuck him. First Dimitrov earlier this week rubbing his hair now Fritz giving an extra chest/stomach rubdown. We cameras in those lockerrooms!

*trying to hit him during and after points

It looks like there's not much love lost between Rune and just about any other player on the tour. He's repulsive.

I love Rune. Enough of the boring pussy boyz. None of them are above gamesmanship. None of them.

What happened to Felix AA? He's fading out of the top 20, he's soooo bad this year.

The Canadian takeover of tennis that some delusional Canadian journalist predicted a few years ago never came about.

Felix is currently #7 and hasn't been out of the top 20 for a couple of years, R40. Nice try, though.

Why is Rune called “Gorilla”?

I wish Alcaraz and Rune had been 5 years older. They would have ended the nauseating and beyond tiresome reign of Nadal and Djokovic.

Rune is a cute twink but yeah there's too much brat - he doesn't seem to get along with anyone but Novak and maybe Kyrgios. Great company.

Rublev is adorable and I find him most attractive when he's upset on the court or joking off of it. Also in one of the shorts, he went on endlessly about how he laughed at a failed Medvedev fake-shot, until he was crying on the floor with his abs hurting.

I think that now Nadal and Djokovic will not win any more grand slams. Nadal is semi-retired and Djoko is starting to show his age.

Coco swims in the lady pond right?

I want to see Zverev reacting to Rune's antics hopefully very soon

he might go full on psycho again and get himself banned

Do players usually have a plateful of food with them for the press interview? At least he didn't chew too much while speaking.

So similar to Djokovic here – psychopath who talks in platitudes

he's just so comfortable with himself lol

[quote] this where we talk about the Billie Jean King Cup?

Federation Cup!

[quote] lol

LoL! :)

I like the mix of characters at the top now. There's something for everyone and all moods.

I like Rune. He reminds me of a Danish guy I dated for a while back in the 90s. He actually looks a lot like him. Or at least a lot like the way I remember him today. And his name, as things would have it, was actually Holger. Sweet Holger whose fair skin would turn red as a beetroot at the slightest evocation of what I would do to him when we'd be back home. Not that he was opposing, au contraire. Or was it Helge? Yes, I think it was Helge. Helge with his eyes as blue as the Baltic sea and a huge fan of Mariah Carey. I must have heard "Can't Stop Loving You" at least a thousand times at his place. Or was it Harald? Anyway, it started with an H and we had a lot of fun while it lasted but it was a long distance relationship with all the ramifications and temptations that come with it. I'm rooting for Rune in the final in the name of a Danish boy whose name started also started with an H. And because I like brats and their strong demonstrative character.

So you've had sweet H and you get rancid H now.

2 masters 1000 is a bit too much for someone like Rune who didn't really win that much, but it shows that he really gets there when there's an oportunity unlike Sinner who seems unable to win when it matters (even if i think right now the italian is a way better player than the danish)

R40 but rune is boring

Rune DOES seem to get along with several players. He and Fritz, doubles partners, seemed very content together. Again, as I stated in the last thread, we don't know the real dynamics of the players and their relationships. They call each other out in Madrid. In Brussels, they're practicing together sharing a joke and an energy drink.

Rune is a bit bratty, still, but he'll grow out of it. Probably. Maybe. If not, so what. I adore Alcaraz, everything about him, but he's one of a kind.

Rune is anything but boring. When the crowd got under his skin, he played better. He's a STAR. Sinner is going to be an also-ran, like Titsy and Zverev. Museti is the one whose potential is high. He probably needs better coaching.

R59 So Djoko is not boring according to you?

Thank God for Andrey!

Get back in your buggy you bawling Baby Brat!

RUBLEV!!!!

So great to see Rublev win humbly and to be overcome in the emotion of the moment.

If Rune does achieve tennis greatness, it'll probably be in the same vein of tennis infamy as Connors, Nastase or McEnroe. Or maybe he'll reverse his early tennis brat ways like Federer did (but Roger was never as bratty as Holger).

Interesting stat re Sinner in the link...

BWEH!

Sounds like the brat was dealing with cramping.

Cramping of the brain

Poor Grigor was mugged in Barcelona. He fell prey to a brazen robbery that saw his high-end Bianchet watch, valued at a staggering 70,000 euros, snatched right off his wrist.

While the robbers remain unidentified and the stolen watch yet to be recovered, authorities suspect the involvement of professional Neapolitan thieves, who may have descended upon Barcelona to capitalize on the influx of tourists drawn by the high-profile tennis tournament.

Poor Grigor, deprived of a ridiculously ostentatious piece of conspicuous consumption. A casualty of the Monte Carlo bubble, utterly oblivious of the hoi polloi.

One of the robbers was said to have come close enough to close the wing mirror of the Bulgarian’s car, prompting him to roll down the window and stick his hand out to fix it. And his £62k Bianchet brand watch was ripped off his wrist in the process.

Clutch the pearls, what a sneaky thing to do

Feel terrible I was not around to help poor young Grigor through this terrible ordeal. Does anyone have intel where he might be staying now? Alone? I mean I assume he's alone. What a traumatizing experience that must've been. It might've made him skeptical of people right now.

Woon

Wooblev

[quote] "Being from country that I am and getting so much international support, it means a lot"

[quote] Russian Andrey Rublev, who has made his anti-war views clear, in the Monte Carlo trophy ceremony after winning the title.

What brand of makeup does Rune use?

[bold] this week's events [/bold]

[bold] the boutique WTA 500 tourney that likes to pretend it's a 1000 level in Stuttgart [/bold]

Swiatek, Sabalenka, Jabeur, Garcia are the top 4 with byes

#5 Gauff opens against tough but slumping Kudermetova

#6 Rybakina opens against big hitter Niemeier

#7 Kasatkina opens against Badosa

#8 Sakkari faces Pliskova

Ostapenko vs. Raducanu!!!!!!!!!!

Krejcikova vs. Samsonova

Vekic vs. Alexandrova

Haddad Maia, Potapova, Zheng, Parks, Maria all playing too

Kvitova withdrew due to foot injury

[bold] Barcelona 500 [/bold]

top 16 get byes-Alcaraz, Tsitsipas, Ruud, Sinner, Tiafoe, Khachanov, Norrie, de Minaur, Musetti, ADF, Dimitrov, Evans, RBA, Shapovalov, Cerundolo, Nishioka

Bublik vs. Ruusuvuori

rising Etcheverry vs. WC old man Andujar

McDonald vs. Shelton

Goffin vs. WC old man Lopez

Schwartzman vs. Wu

the first time I think on ATP main tour since the Russian invasion of Ukraine we have Ukrainian vs. Russian. Krutykh vs. Kotov

Ivashka, Zapata Miralles, WC old man Verdasco, Jarry all playing too

[bold] ATP 250 Munich [/bold]

top 4 get byes Rune, Fritz, Zverev, Van de Zandschulp

#5 Baez vs. Otte

#6 Sonego vs. Halys

#7 Carballes Baena vs. Giron

#8 Huesler vs. Edmond

Karatsev vs. Altmaier

Thiem vs. Lestienne

Garin, Humbert, Fucsovics, Struff all playing too

[bold] ATP 250 Banja Luka [/bold]

debut event in Bosnia-Herzegovina this too is run by the Djokovic family

top 4 get byes-Djokovic, Rublev, badly slumping Coric, Kecmanovic

Wawrinka vs. Van Assche

Krajinovic vs. Lajovic

#6 Lehecka vs. Monfils

#7 Gasquet. #8 Barrere, Molcan, Djere, Gaston all playing

former top 50 Dzumhur gets a WC

DL wants Tommy Paul. What's the story?

I bet Rublev pulls out of Bosnia.

He should to save energy for more important events.

Rublev-Rune was a disappointing match. Too many errors from both players. Rune looked to be struggling physically. It was mainly who was going to be the first to make an error.

Not sure if r77 got r76 joke

Puppy Stan lost :(

Big Jack D gratuitous dollface Insta post.

Liked by Tommy Paul.

THEY ARE CLEARLY HAVING A GAY AFFAIR

R81, the dog and Jack are having a gay affair?

R82 TOMMY AND BIG JACK D, YOU HEATHEN!

R81 that's a very HAWT mental picture. I got a woody.

^ no surprise there

[quote]Rising Etcheverry vs. WC old man Andujar

I think Andujar played the last match of his career, he was interviewed on court and got all emotional

Sloane was at the carnival in Jamaica wearing next to nothing

Sloth.

she has the most beautiful face on tour. She looks great. I just wish she'd get her career back on track. I hope she can muster another slam but that seems very unlikely. No one in the top 50 should ever get double bageled by inconsistent Giorgi

She done.

She's getting too much dick to care about tennis

I think the prettiest female tennis player now is Rybakina.

Prettiest men, for me: Fritz and Zverev.

I'm probably forgetting somebody.

[quote] Prettiest men, for me: Fritz and Zverev.

Pretty like girls or boys?

I guess a bit girlish with the pretty eyes. I thought about adding Berretini, googled him, and got a sort of "cave man" vibe, which is a bit off putting. But I wouldn't kick him out of bed. Maybe make him shave.

Shapo in one of his birthdaypics with David Ferrer.

Another Shapo birthday pic.

(I meant to write "birthday pics" at R93).

wow Wawrinka is 19 years 10 months older than his first round conqueror

Adios Andjuar

Matteo would have to hide those legs to get consideration for prettiest.

Much needed win for Lil' Diego who's ranking is headed straight down the shitter this week - outside the Top 70!

Cutie Casper Ruud doing his best Al Pacino impression in the first set against Shelton in Barcelona.

Hmmm. Sorry. R99 should have been "Robert De Niro impression". I always get those two confused.

Speaking of pretty players - my beautiful boo, Packin' Pedro Cachin advances to the next round in Barcelona.

Such kissable lips.

R99, he looks like a young Eli Wallace to me in that pic, but I do see the De Niro resemblance too b

Elf team or Feli team?

[quote]Ostapenko vs. Raducanu!!!!!!!!!!

Not even remotely competitive.

But it is compelling, R104.

R105 more entertaining than seeing Ruud stink up 2 major finals last year

Ruud is certainly 1 of the least compelling tennis stories in years

Is this where we talk about Mutua Madrid Open?

DL needs Big Jack D and Tommy videos. Please and thank you.

DL faves Luscious Laslo and Porna split sets in a tight match in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

grrr

^ oops, it looks like a 2nd set TB

[quote]Is this where we talk about Mutua Madrid Open?

It is! Wawrinka and Thiem have received wild cards

French teenage sensation, Luca Van ASSche, steals the first set against NoVaxxx in a tie-break.

The Joker's moaning about the state of the court. Boo hoo hoo.

He’s complaining about the state of the court when it’s his family’s tournament? That’s the “Nole” equivalent of “eet hurts so mush”.

R113 I'm not exactly shocked that he would be happy to throw his own brother under the bus!

Citybus, R114?

Porna loses ... again

Speaking of Porna, do any of you like/prefer the longer hair on him?

By Jove, I'm torn that Luca Van ASSsche's gorgeous blue eyes sit just under that giant fivehead. Oh well, taking a set off Novaxx in their first encounter, while Novaxx plays at home is nothing to sneeze at. Meanwhile he's the best ranked player under 19, just ahead of fellow Frenchman Arthur Fils. Which brings the question: why are the French players so consistently good juniors and then fail to live up to the expectations they set as youngers? Anyone remembers when that Spanish guy, Nadal, was supposed to be Gasquet's second fiddle? Nah, me neither.

Maxime Cressy is gay! he went instagram offical with Priscilla Hon, Asian tennis nobody player.

Maxime Cressy is gay! he went instagram offical with Priscilla Hon, Asian tennis nobody player.

Women in Stuttgart - Pliscova beat Sakkari, which I guess is an upset. Can't wait to see if Ostapenko wipes Jabeur off the court like she did Raducanu, in less than hour. Scroll down just a little at the link to see Pinko's lovely outfit. She's hilarious.

Ons is through.

I actually don’t know Ostapenko is heavy. She has a big build with childbearing hips.

Coric is on quite a losing streak. Damn but I LOVE the longer hair!

go Coco! third set tiebreak win over Kudermetova!

Meh, not sure what to do with Borna's new look: long hair, emaciated, shaggy. Maybe that's the look that sister-wife Bruna likes the most, so who are we to tell him how he looks best? But he's no Samson and the long hair certainly does not help his results: 7W-7L in 2023 is not exactly impressive for a former No. 1 in the junior rankings and meanwhile our boy is already 26 year old and the best he has to show for it is a quarter final at the US Open in 2020.

Alcaraz looked good the other day. I caught some of the Luca Van Assche match against Djokovic. Alcaraz seemed more impressive at 18 than Luca does. Time will tell. Plus French players aren't known for their mental toughness. An above poster listed several French players who were supposed to make it big that never did.

I like the longer hair on Porna. I also like the beard.

I love him to present hole.

Lore back in action

Ostapenko is heavy, R122. She is a large girl. Big through the hips. Roomy.

Dear God.

The heavy brow and low forehead make poor Carlitos look like something out of the Paleolithic era.

I say it with love.

Alcaraz needs to shave his head and trim his eyebrows.

He needs to shave the craters on his face.

Can someone tell us if we can see any DL boyfriends this week?

R132, in Barcelona Young Grigor, Shapo, Musetti and K. Hemsworth play.

For you Shapo blond leg hair fans.

More Shapo blond leg hair.

Yet More Shapo blond leg hair.

Del Potro doin' some grooming

Groomer!

Nadal out of Madrid..... will he go to Rome and...... Roland Garros? On verra!

Nadal: "The injury still hasn't healed and I can't do the necessary work in order to compete. I was training but now a few days ago we decided to change course a bit, do a different treatment and see if things improve in order to be ready for what comes next."

Did Rafa fail another drug test? Is that the 'other treatment'?

Maybe Rafa is transitioning now, as Merri has decided she's a dyke.

I can't see Nadal going to Roland Garros this year. Even if he does, I don't see him getting to the semis or finals. His statement makes it clear he's not been able to really train. Hopefully someone other than Nadal or Djokovic wins RG this year.

ugh cannot stand the obnoxious underwhelming unimpressive Potapova but this seems to be her year

Xisha, R142!

Alcaraz (Garfia) team or RBA team?

Alcaraz I want him back at #1

I want him to dominate the clay season

Musetti def. Norrie in 3

Tsitsipas def. Shapovalov easily

Garin! good win over Sonego

O'Connell upsets Zverev??? wtf losing to a journeyman Aussie ON CLAY is a really horrible result. I don't like Zverev but wow

Poor CoCo. NuBalance, Barilla must all be worried now!

Coco Collapse

A frisky Fran Cerundolo flummoxes Casper with his fizzing forehand, and is through to the Quarters in Barcelona.

^ isn't that a backhand?

JFC look at Mopsy's physique

Mopsy's bod is bangin'. Tho, unfortunately he's a bit of a 'bag job' at the moment. Hopefully he'll grow into his facial features in time.,

this was a cute moment

Shelton seems like a decent guy. Rooting for him. Hard to project his ceiling just yet.

Battaglia degli Italiani: Musetteami or Il Gingio team

Minotaur/Hitlerstache team or Tsitsy team/Citybus team?

Batalla de los españoles; Alcaraz (Garfia) team or ADF team?

Falkland Islands War: Cerundolo team or Evans team?

Lorenzo Team, Minotaur Team, ADF Team, Frisky Francisco Team

Gracias por preguntar!

Il Gingio pulls out of his match against Lorenzo citing fatigue.

Well, for eye-candy reasons alone, I'm glad to see Musseyti advance...

Who's the chick with Ruby??

NoVaxxx goes down in flames in straights to Lajovic, of all people. Normally his fellow Serbs bend over and spread their cheeks. 2 straight tournaments where he's been very unimpressive.

R161, the elbow injury may be more of a problem than he’s let on.

Null for Nole!!

Going down to a fellow Serb immediately makes me think it was orchestrated.

I believe the orchestration is called Old Man Tennis. He's not getting past 22 Slams.

Domicakes

Daddy tummy

Vandy Zandy

Thiem team

Domicakes team

Patrick McEnroe on CNN again tonight this time discussing gun violence. Just the expert voice needed on this topic.

Yes Daddy!

Parche finally kicks the bucket. His name will forever be tied to the asterisk next to Graf’s 22 Grand Slams.

Djokovic has withdrawn from Madrid.

Great match going on between Citybus and Mussy-etti. Two close sets and now going into the decider. Lorenzo (who's looking like more and more like Superman every day) with the slight momentum.

Daddy out defeated by Van De Zandshlut.

Ciao, Lore :-(

Legz breezes through to another final

No-Legz breezes through another final.

^ You're terrible, Muriel!

Carlitos through.

Is this where we talk about Srpska Open?

Is this where we talk about Banja Luka Open?

Дали овде зборуваме за Србија опен?

more Lore eye-candy

Alcaraz (Garfia) team or Tsitsy/Citybus team?

Lajovic team or Rublev team?

Brat team or van de Zandschlut team?

Tsitsy Rublev Brat - because Tsitsy's cuter and I don't know the others.

And our ladies in Stuttgart - Swiatek vs Sabalenka.

I'll go with Swiatek - she's cuter.

Ladies? They both look and walk like lesbians.

I am indifferent between Svee-i-tek team and Sabalenka team.

Alcaraz, Dutch Slut, and Lajovic Teams!

Dank je wel!

Iga thinks the women are more popular than the men. LOL. TC showed a total of 10 minutes of women's coverage Saturday, complicated by Jabeur's injury. Mark Petchy, the irritating British announcer, was left alone for 5 hours and it was excoriating. Where is Jan Mike? Jimmy Arias, who is snarky and unafraid to call out shit players, would have been a good foil for anyone.

Titsy Team

Ruby Team

Legz Team

Now Sinner's withdrawn from Madrid.

Swiatek v Sabalenka is very high quality.

Strange about Sinner...

He is tired and needs a break.

With The Brat it's just one DRAMA after another in this match. Don't know how Sand Slut's keeping any focus.

I know, r196, right? Did you catch the Brat muttering “Fuck off!” under his breath to van de Zandschulp when van de Z won a particularly long rally? He really is the pits.

R197 Jill Craybas doing the commentary for Amazon Prime -who I usually like - is totally soft-soaping Rune's behaviour. It's cringe worthy.

Rarely have I felt more dejected after a final.

I liked Sabalenka miming smashing Swiatek's new Porsche's window in with her runner-up trophy.

She's good fun.

The Madrid draws are taking forever to post!

Yay! Pickleball finals from Newport (California). Is that where the International Pickleball Hall of Fame is located? Tennis Channel promised pickleball's finest. Who will we see? Fat Sock? Deplorable Isner?

Why doesn't Brat curse in Danish and no one would know what he's saying?

Did a week get bumped from the schedule, or is something pushed back? Now, Madrid and Rome are 2 week events like Miami and IW. It seems like Wimbledon is starting later, on July 3rd.

Legz

Fegz

I enjoy watching Rune play, I admire his tenacity and his fight, esp at such a young age!

So admirable!

I read somewhere that Rafa hated to lose more than he loved to win. I get that vibe from Rune, too.

But Nadal does it without expressing hatred for his opponent.

^ I think 'hatred' is too strong a word

The Barcelona trophy ceremony is so overdone as are so many ceremonies nowadays. The Eastern European ones led the way, and now its spreading.

No all time great has more excuses for losing than Nadal. That's hardly sporting. He has his team diminish his losses by spreading the word, like when Courier intimated Djoker's 2021 win in the semis was tainted because he saw Rafa back at the hotel, limping.

Okay, then R211, let's just say that Rune expresses a degree of animosity that causes typically nice guys like Ruud and Wawrinka to become antagonistic.

I enjoyed Aryna smashing the ball near Iga's face. What was the purpose of Iga running to the net?? To intimidate Aryna. Loved Aryna's response

Aryna came across really well today. The match was very high quality despite the scoreline and she was funny post-match. She should be a DL fave.

I love those big 6 foot girls like Aryna - but does anybody else think she has a mannish face? That's something I keep noticing in Russian and Eastern European women - mannish faces and big upper arm muscles. Do you think they take testosterone or something? Maybe if you start it early enough, you'd be more likely to make to 6 foot tall.

There's a reason she's known as She-Hulk on DL.

Sabalenka and Rybakina are bringing back BIG BABE tennis!

Somebody had to step up when Serena stepped down as the hulktress!

Tsitsipas chose the OHBH when he was 8 years old because he was a huge fan of Sampras and Federer. I guess this choice is going to substantially impede his career and will see him end up with many more trays than cups in his trophy room. He just lost five finals in a row. And he's standing 0-10 in 500 tournaments. That backhand is so bad it's really hurting him: bad return of serve, bad slice, no DTL worthy of mention, no inside out at all, most of them landing in the service boxes. And shank after shank after shank. Bad, bad, bad. Probably the worst backhand in top 5 level tennis since... Yannick Noah?

Ohbh?

one-handed backhand.

Yeah, I'm bemused by his inability to hit a good slice. He has good hands at net. He has a decent drop shot (doesn't he?) Most club players 4.0 an higher have a better slice.

Ons Jabeur has pulled out of Madrid.

Nice vid of our Tommy in Puco.

Sweet, cute and kinda dumb.

Fritz revealed he only sleeps in silk boxers. Fucking HAWT. That big dick flopping around. No wonder he's horny all the time!

How do I find the Fritz episode?

Oh and have you ever known someone with a flag wallet (who says he likes everything with an American flag) who wasn't MAGA?

Ons has been such a disappointment since losing Wimbledon and US Open.

I believe her lack of confidence is undermining her game

Her association with the PTPA and it’s deplorable members doesn’t help.

I know nothing about Tommy Paul's political affiliation but the girlfriend is beyond trashtastic, the kind of overly done plastic beauty that never goes out before her face is perfectly contoured and the hair extensions blend seamlessly with the hair. You see a lot of that around Mar-a-Lago, so not a good sign. I don't like her.

Maybe I'm just jealous. But at least I'm ready in 20 minutes.

I'm taking that back: Paige Lorenzo's father is an orthopedic surgeon and her mother works is an executive at Yale School of Medicine. That doesn't sound like white trash at all. And somehow the daughter ends up being an overly made up and over-manicured ho who specializes in dating famous people. What went wrong in her education?

Thanks for the video, r226.

The world now knows that Paul is a moron, a pretty moron, but still a moron.

[quote]have you ever known someone with a flag wallet (who says he likes everything with an American flag) who wasn't MAGA

Why is so imperative for you, R228, to find some reason to hate?

Sad.

More Lore eye candy

cuz he's beautiful

“It’s” should have been “its”.

[quote] the kind of overly done plastic beauty that never goes out before her face is perfectly contoured and the hair extensions blend seamlessly with the hair.

Sounds hot!

Awe R226 he's cute. He's an athlete of course he's no brain surgeon but he comes across sweet.

Who's more intelligent - Tommy or Shapo, and what are the reasons for your selection?

Raducanu withdraws from Madrid. Also she's now dropped out of the Top 100.

Just watched Alex Molçan being interviewed after his first round win. Such a sweet, well-spoken and charming young guy.

He's not much discussed here - he;'s fairly low-profile - but I think he merits elevation to DL Boyfriend status!

Paire and Matteo Arnaldi just had the longest embrace at the net that I've ever seen, then continued with a sideways hug all the way back to the umpire's chair.

R240. A one hit wonder . Flash in the pan

The full version....

Grampy Gasquet in the pink: he gives 17-year old Spanish hotshot whippersnapper Landaluce a right royal spanking in Madrid: 6-2, 6-1.

Dick Gasket aint done quite yet!

Wawrinka has a real big booty.

He beat Cressy and now faces Rublev. Good luck, grampa.

Raducanu's uncooperative press conference was iconic.

She has the ego of a number one in the world while ranked 100-ish... What has the world come to?

Domicakes beat albino Edmunds 4 and 1

Marco Cecchinato (who was kind of The Berrettini before Berrettini was The Berrettini) dumps out Fucks-a-bitch in straights!

On the Madrid dubs roster tomorrow, Felix & Shapo are set to play Cabal & Farah, and it's Fritz & Tiafoe vs. Tommy Paul & Norrie.

Misery out.

Not sorry.

He still has great legs, though.

Domicakes FH

Ruud team or Arnaldi team?

Stan team/Wawrinka team or Rublev team?

Hubbie team or Gasquet team?

Alcaraz (Garfia) team or Ruusuvuori team?

ADF team or ARV team?

(Seb) Korda team or Grenier team?

Bublik team or Brat team?

RCB team or A. Zverev team?

On Tennis Channel tonight a commentator said "Thiem and his team". Secret Datalounger? It wasn't Cames.

Rublev has apparently given birth to a Medevdev spawn.

Cute Casper Team (even though it looks like he's going down)

Ruby Team

Legz Team

U-boat Team

And Arnaldi routines Ruud 6-3, 6-4. Sadly we got no long embrace at the net à la Paire.

Wait, so Humbert and Hurkacz are alternating U-Boats?

No, Ruuusuuuvuuuori is the U-boat

Ruud out, Molçan out, Musetti a set down...

Utter carnage for The DL Boyfriends!

We still have a cute Italian in the mix though. Arnaldi is adorable.

And these two...

Alcaraz could be Crying At The Discotheque tonight. He loses the first set to the Flying Finn, Russuovori, 6-2!

Legz through a tough match against Bublik.

He has grit.

Stop trying top make The Brat happen.

We hate Scrappy Don't.

^ he's happening, hun

however much you don't like him

He ain't happening on here.

Semantics, happening as in a rising player we want to get behind vs. a talented brat whose impudent face we'd like to punch.

Shapo and Felix won in dubs against Farah and Cabal, last year's finalists.

Oh and Daddy and Big Foe beat Tommy and Cute Cam 10-8 in the TB!

Sad for Stan Wawrinka. Such a nice ass departing.

R231 DL never likes any of his bimbo girlfriends. Or Daddy's.

Or Fat Sock’s bimbo wife.

Surprised all these top singles guys are playing doubles.

So our local Cincy tv news stations did a story that the Western & Southern is going to expand to a 2 week, 96 player draw next year, so I guess ALL super nine's - at least the outdoor ones - are doing this? Are tournaments disappearing from the schedule because of this? Oh, and totally stupid - Cincy is adding a pickle ball event, along with new courts, for the future.

What is Cincy now, a 56?

What does the super nine possess?

Is this where we talk about Western & Southern Open?

I list all the men's matches for today, but though I ask, I don't expect you to answer for every match which "team" you support.

Lehecka team or Shevchenko team?

Struff team or Shelton team?

Vavassori team or Daniil team?

FAA team or Lajovic team?

Karatsev team or van de Zandschlut team?

Paul team or Safiullin team?

Minotaur/Hitlerstache team or Cecchinato team?

Viva Zapata team or Evans team?

Daddy Fritz team or O'Connell team?

Garin team or Kecmanovic team?

Baez team or Giron of the Great Ass team?

Etcheverry team or Tia(Foe) team?

Shapo team or Zhang team?

Cerundolo team or Cachin team?

Watanuki team or Norrie team?

Thiem team or Tsitsy (Citybus) team?

Cincy is 56 men and women for this year. It's not as much fun to go to, as it was in the early 80's. You could wander around, talk to players. Connors and Lendl surprisingly, were always accessible. McEnroe would have a limo waiting, and I once chased him to it, he refused autograph requests. Bud Collins signed his tennis encyclopedia to me, asked what club I played at, and he knew our head pro- then it was Gary Addie (Pauline Betz's son). I get the Seles stabbing changed things, and people like Fed and Nadal needed protection because they did get mobbed. The women's event is always 2nd class, unless Serena, Venus or Sharapova were playing. I get the Coco hype, there is desperation for a US lady to be #1. The visible strains on her, definitely from her asshole parents, is sad to see.

I get the feeling Coco has peaked already.

[quote]The visible strains on her, definitely from her asshole parents, is sad to see.

Have they learn nothing from previous failed experiences?

Mopsy and Scruff split sets. Good match!

Med advances in straights.

Glad Struff won. Mopsy needs to tone it the fuck down. We're not deaf.

Poor whiny Felix chokes again. How is he still top 10? Lajovic is fierce and for real.

Garin's playing Miomir: so much delicious thicness on display. I'm in my Happy Place.

Felix, Emma and Coco. Hmm. What do these three have in common?

Coco's FH was a disaster. Damm. Somebody needs to fix that shot.

Coco needs to do what Pektovic recommended, and just be offensive minded. Who cares if you miss, put the fear in your opponent. And yes, send your father HOME. Tell him to get a job, or go gamble or spend the day at Hooter's. Stay away from her matches. You want to look at your box and believe they are behind you, and there's no way Coco feels that.

I don't think it's always an advantage to have a bye - which the top 32 seeds do here. I get that better players are sometimes going deep the week before and the rest is welcome. Also, for smaller, one-week tournaments that are paying appearance fees - part of the appeal might be "you don't need to be here until Wednesday." But, still, I don't always think it works to the player's advantage. Madrid started on Wednesday (the main draw). Any seeded player had to wait through one or two days of first-round play to learn their opponent. If a seeded player is on the bottom half of the draw (like Foe or Fritz), they don't play their first match until today. So, the seeded player hasn't played a match for the first three days while they'll square off against a player with a match under their belt - and at a Masters it's almost always going to be a decent player.

Coco always had a somewhat janky forehand - both swing mechanics and footwork. But a structurally janky shot can be overcome if a player actually believes in it. Not every player will have "academy strokes." But she doesn't seem to believe right now. It's getting in her head and she's doubting. A team rebuild might be the best thing. I've said it before - her dad deserves credit; he's got her this far, which is a pretty damn high level. But, not only for her tennis, but for her personal maturity, her parents should step back. Don't attend some tournaments, let Coco and a non-parent coach go alone sometimes. I know it's all arm-chair coaching, but Coco seems at a crossroads, even if she is very young.

She definitely is. I feel bad. She seems nice.

Taaylor Friiiiiiiiiiiiiitz.

Shapo wins first set 7-6 against Zhang.

Domicakes and Citybus on the court.

FLOPOVALOV: "I FLOP LONGER AND HARDER THAN ANY OTHER MAN ON THE ATP TOUR!"

Thiem and Citybus one set each, 1-1, 40-40 in the third set.

Tsitsipas's backhand is just so bad.

For you Shapo blond leg hair fans.

Great match between Citybus and Domicakes. Great to see Domi playing back at this level. Praying he can push it over the line in this tie-break.

Hopefully Thiem loses.

Citybus through. Sad for Domicakes.

How can you not like Domicakes?!

What a match between Tsisipas and Thiem! My fave won.

Is that Garcia's girlfriend in the player's box?

Sad for Domicakes, I was hoping he'd pull out the win.

How is Shapo losing so much?

Because he's wildly inconsistent and can't not make a ton of errors.

yeah but he's hawt and he likes animals

[quote] How is Shapo losing so much?

Shapo be dumb.

yeah but he's hawt and he likes animals

Flag-lovin' country music fan Tommy Paul done lost today in the second round - to a Russian whose career high is #82.

Ain't it a shame?

Is Tommy Paul a MAGAt? He sure looks like one

^ receipts or STFU

Just saw on Tennis Channel that the Brat turned 20 today.

R313/R314, receipts to the contrary. Paul joined Opelka at a protest against the killing of George Floyd. 3rd paragraph past the Arthur Ashe pic.

Arnaldi team or Munar team?

K. Hemsworth team or RBA team?

Nishioka team or Rublev team?

Grenier team or A. Zverev team?

Hubie team or Chore-itch team?

Altmaier team or Hanfmann team?

Alcaraz (Garfia) team or Young Grigor team?

ADF team or Brat team?

Was Rune a late-in-life baby?

There's some DLers that think every American player is MAGA. Most young people are not MAGA,

Is Daddy Fritz MAGA? There are indications he isn't.

I don't think either is MAGA

They will be eventually, but not now.

Nothing to do with just being American - but I've always associated being obsessed with the American flag (and Tommy showed up his American-flag wallet and said he loved everything with flags on it) -- I mean, every guy I've known who was like that was MAGA.

And I think country music, which he loves, is popular with MAGAs but most other men his age (25) were into rock or rap - my experience anyway.

Glad to hear that may not be true in this case. (Tommy joining the George Floyd protest)

Who is the blond guy in Sabalenka's box?

He looks Danish or Dutch.

[quote]There's some DLers that think every American player is MAGA.

nasty old cunts who look for the negative in everything

they haven't been fucked in 30 years, if ever

Carlitos and young Grigor arrive on court.

Is it "Hue-bee" or "Hoo-bee"?

It's been bugging for months, but the penny's finally dropped. With his new mullet Porna is slowly morphing into 80s Aussie idol Pat Cash!

[quote]Is it "Hue-bee" or "Hoo-bee"?

Phonetically his name is pronounced 'Who-beart' in Polish.

Who, as in 'who' is that? Bear as in Grizzly 'bear', and then pronounce the 't' at the end of 'bear'.

WhoBearT

I don't like when Grigor wears dark shorts and I can't see his man panties.

A casual "Days of Our Lives" reference from Courier, who must secretly enjoy speculation about his sexuality.

What was the reference, R332?

It was around the time Alcaraz was either broken or broke back early in the second set. Courier started to say the opportunity was slipping through his hands and made a "Like sands through the hourglass, these are the days of Alcaraz's life" remark. Shortly thereafter he apologized and said it was a '70s TV reference that tennis viewers and his co-commentator were unlikely to understand.

Thank you, R334.

The Brat being an utter, utter dick yet again. ADF had a line dispute, and the Umpire had been called. Just before he arrives Rune goes and scrubs the mark out.

Rune now bitching to Bernades about the crowd.

Bernades is like "You made your bed, lie in it"

I hope the call was made against Rune after he scrubbed out the mark. This one thing has turnt me into a hater. I don't think even McEnroe would do such an appalling thing. That's cheating! They should call the match at that point, imo.

ADF team or Brat team?

ADF wins and punches Rune in the face team

This RuBitch needs finishing school.

ADF stuffs the Brat in the tie-break 7-1... and surprise, surprise Bratty's called the Trainer for an alleged 'wrist problem': same script every match.

[quote] surprise Bratty's called the Trainer for an alleged 'wrist problem'

"Eet hurts so mush!" in Danish:

[quote] Det gør så ondt.

Except for the white shoes, socks and cap, the Brat seems to match the red clay form head to toe.

ADF has some small to medium-sized moles on his face and neck. The more you know...

More "inappropriate language" from Rune and a warning.

Nice shot of the Brat's abdomen.

Third set for ADF and the Brat.

ADF's head's gone down. I can't see him pulling it back. God damn it!

ADF breaks back in the third and holds serve for 2-1.

ADF defeats the Brat in a third-set tie break.

It was hard being on ADF team today.

ADF takes it in the third-set tiebreak!

YES!

ADF leaves The Brat sprawling in the clay. Karma at last.

Rune IS a brat, but I love having him around - both for the bratiness and his game. I like a full array of characters.

Rune fills the character void left in the demise of Günter Parche.

ADF has bigger legs than Brat!

"This week on Who Bratted Better? Holger Rune v. Martina Hingis!"

Rune is might be more of an overall asshole, while Hingis was just genuinely petulant. But Rune doesn't have anything like Martina's 1999 French Open final meltdown - yet.

Does Pegula enjoy being pegged?

And coincidentally Rune looks like he got a face graft from Hingis.

Pegula does the pegging to her husband.

I meant "generally" petulant, not "genuinely." Though that works too.

Pegula looks mighty butch for a straight. I was surprised to learn she has a husband. She is the most butch female player currently.

Rune is the deal, deal with it haters. You people are pathetic.

Pegula doesn't strike me as butch, just a pedestrian looking straight chick. I always forget she's part Korean.

Thanks, Ma Rune/R362. We know exactly what the deal is, taken from the same page as Kyrgios, Connors, and Nastase. I'd add McEnroe, but he's way more intelligent than the other four.

Surprising, to me anyway, to see a Scandinavian act like such an asshole.

They need to make room for Rune on their top ten rudest player list (five Aussies? and only one woman). Didn't know about Koellerer, banned for match-fixing. The list is worst first:

Kyrgios, McEnroe, Nastase, Connors, Tomic, Matosevic, Koellerer, Hewitt, Roddick, Hingis

Rune departed the stadium to the loudest chorus of catcalls and whistles that I've ever heard.

Roddick? I know he wasn't an angel but I don't remember top tier brattiness.

Speaking of Roddick, he was on Tennis Channel yesterday (from his home as usual), and he looked so tanned that he looked very ethnic, very different appearing from his playing days.

damm

Mopsy looks like a prize fighter

Mopsy is more of a brat than Rune. That shrieking is annoying.

That's ridiculous. Shelton has never pulled any of the crap that Rune has. Not even remotely comparable.

Busy morning in Madrid:

Medvedev is stretched to 3 sets by his Russian BFF Safulin; Struff outmuscles Lajovic in 3 tight sets; and my sweet Argentinian Disney Prince, Pedro Cachin, breadsticks Big Foe in the first set.

Lucky Foe, as Pedro is packing in the breadstick department.

Victorious Pedro being adorbs

I love watching Rune play, wow. What a fighter. The brat in him is connected to his inner fight.

And how great a season is Struff having!? Fantastic player. And hot hairy chest.

R374. I think he is adorable and so handsome.

Roger with fat cunt at the Met Gala

R377 = Brooklyn Decker Roddick

Roddick and Decker....they look horrible.

I was surprised Zhang beat Norrie.

Serena Williams!!!

Roger's date is cute, but she no smiles?

She only smiles when she sees Peeps or a buffet.

His date? Isn't that his wife Mirka?

And my god, that Easter Bunny costume she's wearing is almost as bad as Chrissy Teigan's monstrosity.

She looks like a well fed flamingo

[quote] She looks like a well fed flamingo

She looks like the type to be well fed on flamingo.

"Mopsy is more of a brat than Rune. That shrieking is annoying."

His super boisterous "go bro" fist pumping and "come on" and team interaction can be annoying. If you've ever seen a college tennis match, you'd understand where he gets that from - it's ALL that and then some in college team matches.

While I often find it annoying, Shelton never goes further than that - he doesn't direct animosity towards opponents or towards the chair and doesn't get pissy or stunt-y. And he seems to be one of the nicest guys when it's over - always willing to genuinely congratulate his opponent.

Clever play on words from Cames Jourier:

[quote] Big serve there from Cachin. He's hoping to "cash in" here in the second set tie-break.

Rune really is the pits.

Oh, and Serena is apparently pregnant again.

R390 You mean she was pregnant before??

Pregnant again? Serena's already had a baby? Well, she kept that quiet!

Ruby drops the first set to KK in a TB :-(

Daniel Altamaier: currently whooping Jaume Munar's ass in Madrid - hottie or nottie?

He gives me Domicakes vibes.

Aslan Karatsev (the original LEGZ )- after 18 months of mega-flopping everywhere - is on an absolute rampage in Madrid.

Currently Blasting Medvedev off the court.

matteo was at the Met Gala! super hot!

yeah Alsan has some gams

Carlitos…yowza!

I know it is extremely hard to keep the focus when your opponent is injured or cramping like ADF but Coric has been a mess, making error after error when all he needs to do is keep the ball in play. He's 27 now and his career so far did not live up to the expectations he set for himself as a junior.

Unless you're a professional tennis player r399 no, you don't know. Glad Coric won and hope he's not injured.

R398 and Carlitos's win dumps Slasher Zverev out of the Top 20.

DOUBLE YOWZA!

Daddy Fritz team or Zhang team?

Struggle team or Cachin team?

Viva Zapata team or Tsitsy/Citybus team?

She-Hulk Sabalenka shot the Sherif, but she did not shoot the deputy.

Anyone else find that the Arantxa Sanchez Vicario stadium to be quite ugly to look at as far as tennis courts goes? It makes me claustrophobic. Maybe I'm just spoiled as the tournament is more or less sandwiched between the Monte Carlo Master 1000 and its Monte-Carlo Country Club with a view on the Mediterranean Sea to die for and the Rome Master 1000 with its lavish Foro Italico.

Daddy Team. Packin' Pedro Team, Viva Zapata Team

Cheers for caring!

Yeah, R404; I've never liked the Madrid set up. Not that it REALLY matters, but there are much better tennis stadiums/facilities.

From the outside the entire area of the Madrid tennis campus is visually impressive. The actual main stadium though seems lacking.

City Bus or Barnaby, Look at Them Shoe

ZHANG DOWNS FRAILER TITZ!

Oh Daddy!

:-(

Wow Scruff is into the quarters. Good for him. Wasn't he a lucky loser? Or just a qualifier?

Useless non Madrid, but tennis fact. Found out from a YT podcast that Renee Richards was exposed as a trans by Tucker Carlson's then reporter father, Richard, in LaJolla in 1976.

Great factoid, R412.

Carlitos shirtless.

Raducanu's having wrist and ankle surgery so is out for at least the rest of the summer.

Guess we are going to miss her first-round appearances for a while.

Emma "at least I got my Slam" Radacanu. Would she be the first player in tennis history whose only title was a Slam?

Emma Raducanu is ruled OUT of Wimbledon AND the French Open with the former US Open champion needing surgery on BOTH of her wrists due to a 'recurring injury'

I was attacked for having too much sex and injuring my Barcelona footballer husband... and now it's happening again! TV presenter Melissa Satta hits back at trolls over her relationship with tennis ace Matteo Berrettini

The girlfriend of tennis star Matteo Berrettini has taken a swipe at trolls who blame their relationship for his injury woes.

Former Maxim model Satta, 37, was previously married to ex-Barcelona midfielder Kevin Prince-Boateng.

'Even there they attacked me saying that we had too much sex and that was the cause of his physical problems.

'[The injury Berrettini has] is an injury in the same place as the one in 2021, when I didn't know him. But in any case - do I really have to answer to these people?'

Berrettini himself has come out to totally rubbish the claims that his ills are anything to do with their relationship.

Speaking ahea of the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 event last month, Berrettini said: 'I cannot conceive how a relationship can allow you not to do your job, but people talk.

'We live in the era of social media, where everyone can say anything and it seems to me as if general education has been lost. In the end, however, I am happy, this is what matters.'

Berrettini, the former world No 6, has seen his world ranking tumble and he is currently on a tennis break.

He attended the Met Gala on Monday without Satta but her social media activity has her tagged in various other events across New York City.

Berrettini, runner-up at Wimbledon in 2021, wore an all-black tuxedo set, paired with a bow tie, all designed by Boss, one of his sponsors.

The Italian has not played since pulling out of the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters through injury.

Satta looks like Tomljanovic but with much larger breasts, which somehow seems insulting to both women.

Satta is 37yrs old! she's fucking old!

First round byes need to go.

Altmeier, ranked 98, replaced Carrsno Busta (I think it was) in the draw so inherited his bye.

That’s insane.

Miss Satta, we're very glad that both your Barcelona footballer husband and tennis hottie Matteo Berrettini could get their injury healed with a shot of penicillin.

Porna looks really different with the long hair.

(He’s trouncing Altmaier.)

Just NUTS that Coric is going to be a semi-finalist. Clay court tennis, man.

Porna, bishes

It’s nuts that Porna’s ranking is so high. He’s been coasting off that surprise Cincinnati title.

This run will help ensure his ranking doesn’t drop like a stone in August when the Cincinnati points go off.

he sure is purdy

Not feeling Porna - from a looks perspective. The short hair was better.

Anyone who has a big result and is coasting on that result will feel the pain the next year if they don't repeat that performance or come close.

grrrr

ZZ Team or A. LEGZ Team?

Little Greek Man Team or She-hulk Team?

Scruff Team or Titsy Team?

IGA Team or Cootermetova Team?

I am indifferent between Zhang and Aslan 🦁.

I am also indifferent between Sakkari and Sabalenka though She-Hulk’s personality has been growing on me.

Scruff team.

Svee-i-tek team.

I forgot to write “Thanks so very much for asking!”

^ it's so nice to experience good manners now and again

My cooter itches, y’all.

Never pan-faced bore Swiatek for me.

Though she'll probably have the last laugh with 10+ Slams.

Zhang, She-Hulk, Stefanos and Iga are my picks for tomorrow, though I like all of their opponents as well (minus Kudermetova).

I have a big soft spot for Aslan - and not just for the HUGE - he's such an adorkable weirdo. Watching his facial expressions is comedy gold.

Here';s Aslan apparently experiencing drinking water fir the first time.

Juan Martin del Potro confirmed that he would like to play at least one last match this year at the US Open. Given that he won the title in 2009 and given his huge popularity among tennis aficionadi, I don't see how the US Open can say no to that request. However it will depend on how his knee behaves while ramping up the training into the summer.

Meanwhile he was seen on a tennis court with Gaby Sabatini, one of the most beautiful women you'll ever see on a tennis court. She's 51 now and is still hasn't found the man of her dream. I hope Young Grigor's agent takes notice and makes this relationship happen, so that everyone can think Young Grigor is a lucky dude and that Gaby is a cougar totally set on younger men.

DelPo never married either, did he?

Our Big Jack D is determined not succumb to typical 'Britface' premature-ageing. He slathers on the SPF 50 to maintain his creamy smooth skin!

Now get back on the tennis court your big hunk o' spunk!

R440 He was caught in a phone sex scandal a while back. With a woman, sadly.

^^^^^

*sigh*

nice profile of ZZZ

Aslan: The THICCNESS is REAL!

Those poor shorts are STRAINING!

HE-BEAST Struff mugs Citybus in the first set tie-break SHOCKER!

damn, Gaby Sabatini looks great for 51!

I love seeing Carlitos in those CK underwear ads.

Gaby is gay, right?

STRUFF STUFFS STIFF STEF!

Scruff!

Carlitos massage.

^ his obliques are huge

his lats are pretty big, too

Titsy and Scruff was a great match. Both had 2x winners to UE. Scruff showed clutch serving and bludgeoned the ball from the baseline. He also kept his nerve.

Apostolos seriously needs to STFU or fuck off.

Maybe he could go and coach Mopsy and they could create jointly a sonic boom on Centre Court at Wimbledon.

adidas has such ugly outfits!

Hawt R442

Nadal's pulled out of Rome. RG looking in doubt.

Carlos easily beat mulleted Porna.

r443 are you saying Delpo is gay? Surely too handsome to be wasted on the gals?

Lucky Loser Struff makes it to the final. Happy for him.

Yeah, props to Scruff. Really ballsy stuff.

bye Prona

Scruff Team or Carlitos Team?

IGA Team or She-hulk Team?

R449- Yep Sabatini is lez

Would love for She-Hulk to win. Good for the budding rivalry.

Carlitos.

HE-BEAST and SHE-HULK Teams!

Merci de m'avoir posé la question!

^Il n'y a pas de quoi!

Carlitos team

Probably She-Hulk team but wouldn’t mind if Svee-i-tell won either.

Thanks so very much for asking!

Tell = tek

It would be huge if Scruff would win!

This is way late but in the who do you want section, I think it should be something like

Carlos Klein v. The Right Struff.

So depressed about Rafa. I knew this day was coming. But alas. Here it is.

I was stunned Rafa didn’t retire at Roland Garros last year. Hard to see him continuing on, but he’s managed to surprise over and over.

Just continuing.

She- Hulk all the way

[quote][R443] are you saying Delpo is gay?

I am not saying that he's gay. I am not even implying it. If 5% of the population is gay, I would put the odds of him being gay at 5%. Now if you had asked about Young Grigor, I would put the odds at 80%, based on a dating story that looks like it was all dreamed up in an agent office with a string of professional beards. I also never believed he was with Sharapova based on the story that he was acting nice and goofy with the other players when she wasn't around him to suddenly become subdued and tense the minute she would show up around the players lounge. You cannot ignore either that his favorite music acts are Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Madonna. No, seriously, he said that in an interview. The reps must have been scrambling to make sure that rock and rap were also his favorite genres. And then there was at least a picture of him, that I unfortunately can no longer find on the net, where he was lying down near a fireplace and everything about him in this picture was screaming "I'm the ultimate seductor". However conventional distribution of roles, even in today's more tolerant Western society, assigns to women the power of seduction and to men the power to be seduced. This made me think that Young Grigor was not abiding by the convention, but reverting them. Which, surprise!, mostly happens in the LGBT community, where someone can be a seductor in a given context and the person being seduced in another context. The fact that my spell-checker insists on substituting "seductress" for each occurrence of "seductor" is quite apt at showing the division of roles in the game of seduction.

When I posted the bygone photo of Grigor by the fireplace, someone responded to my post that you cannot take pictures in overly suggestive, sexually inviting poses and pretend to be heterosexual. Maybe the analysis was shared by Young Grigor's reps and that's why the picture has been taken down across the Internet.

Shapo pulls out of Rome.

THE SHE-HULK PREVAILS! Great match!

Sabs is a blast. Iga is icy, Sabs heavy fave for Wimby, doubt she will win Paris. Sabs reminds me of how manic and fun Ginny Wade was,

Amanda Anisimova announces indefinite break

NEW YORK — The WTA Tour says Amanda Anisimova plans to take an indefinite break from tennis, citing burnout and concerns for her mental health.

“I’ve really been struggling with my mental health and burnout since the summer of 2022,” the former world No. 21 American wrote on Instagram. “It’s become unbearable being at tennis tournaments. At this point, my priority is my mental well-being and taking a break for some time. I’ve worked as hard as I could to push through it. I will miss being out there, and I appreciate all the continuous support.”

Anisimova, now 21, reached the 2019 French Open semifinals after beating reigning champion Simona Halep at age 17 – the youngest woman to get that far at a major since 2006.

But later that year, just prior to the U.S. Open, her father and longtime coach Konstantin died at age 52 from a heart attack.

Anisimova reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon a year ago, upsetting Coco Gauff. She twice reached the fourth round of the Australian Open and beat defending champion Naomi Osaka at the 2022 event in Melbourne.

Anisimova, a winner of two WTA singles titles, gave no timetable for her return. Currently ranked No. 46, she lost in the first round of the Madrid Open last week to Arantxa Rus and was 3-8 in match results for the season.

Sounds to hear that about Anisimova but it’s but clear things haven’t been right for her.

Hope the break is what she needs.

her father and longtime coach Konstantin died at age 52 from a heart attack

damm, that's rough

R460 To be fair, 8-10 years ago he wouldn't ever ping to me. But now I'm starting to suspect if he could be at least bi. He gives me vibes of the kind of guy who wouldn't have any issues getting seduced by another man.

Alcaraz (Garfia) team or Struff team?

Alcaraz in a romp

HE-HULK STRUFF TEAM

DANKE FUR FRAGEN!

Struff Struff Struff

In other news, in the two Challenger Finals today, Misery romps away with it over Our Tommy after losing the first set, and The UGOAT bests Djere in a marathon.

R487, wouldn’t that just be “HULK STRUFF TEAM”?

Cames Jourier:

[quote] Not sure who that handsome fellow is

On TC before the match, they showed a phot of J-L without his hat. Let’s say he should keep the cap on.

J-L?

Jan-Lennard.

Jan-Lennard

Scruff Team

Thank you so very much for answering, R494/R495.

In the pic he gave up howdy doody vibes.

R490 I'm just riffing on us calling Sabalenka 'SHE-BEAST' and 'SHE-HULK'. But yeah, you could say it's tautological.

R498, I realize that. I’m just riffing on the trans and pronoun obsession.

R491 It's Pedro Alonso, the actor from Money Heist.

Yes, R500. Later someone fed Cames the information as to who he was and he in turn informed the audience, apologizing for his ignorance.

One set all.

Second great final in 2 days. Very impressed with how Struff has handled this match so far. He's not even been serving well and has managed to keep Carlitos under pressure all the way through.

This third set should be very interesting.

Looks like Struff has no intention of rolling over (even though I’d do it in a heartbeat for Carlitos).

I've also been very impressed by Struff. Was surprised to learn he's never won a title - it feels like he's been around forever.

Wow Struff's aggression is intimidating Carlos. Struff could win Wimbledon this year. Is he in a love relationship with his loud coach? Something very intense going on there.

R506 I'd love to see that dynamic - Dominant Top Struff meets Power Bottom Marvin.

I’d love it if Struff won just so we could see him and his coach hug and make out on pista Rafael Nadal.

Don’t drain the pista!

Elite’s Miguel Bernardeau is also in the audience.

Carlitos prevails.

Struggling had a great tournament. Before I change my view of him I want to see him build on this.

He was indeed struggling.

Struff… damned autocorrect.

Alcaraz is very lucky that Struff couldn’t hit a first serve to save his life today.

Will Carlos blow off Rome? He could move ahead of Novak, and be top seed for Paris if he plays. Novak is struggling on clay, and if his shoulder is hurting, no way is he beating these guys.

I'm sure his team will decide based entirely on how playing Rome impact's his chances at Roland Garros. There is no week between the end of Rome and the start of Roland Garros as there has been in the past. I'm sure Carlos and his team expect him to go deep in Rome, so that's less recovery time for RG. There really needs to be a week between with non-mandatory 250s for players who want additional clay matches

Struff has many noticeable small- to medium-sized moles on his neck.

This has been The Gays and Tennis mole flash update. Until next time this is the…

I retract the "no week off" part of my post at R517. There is a week off between Rome and the French Open.

Under the DL boyfriend radar might very well be current number 38, Bernabe Zapata Mirrelles.

Coco Gauff tweet about not being allowed to speak at the Doubles ceremony has really sparked a heated discussion on Twitter. Feliciano, and the whole organization, have really fucked up, apparently.

The shitty way she played, Coco should be happy she didn't have to speak, unless it was to apologize to her partner for ball hogging.

#FelicianoCancellation was trending on Twitter for most of yesterday.

Some of them were quite amusing

R523 Has there been any gay rumours on Feliciano Lopez? He has such a GayFace to me.

There were because he was attractive and fit. I thought it was confirmed that he was actually a straight horndog.

I thought Feli and Verdasco were a thing for a while. 'Gay for each other.' They were always together and would sit in the players box for each other's matches.

Hi guys, it's Fernando. I just wanted to let you know that I can be gay 4 pay if you have the money. Never a fiasco in bed! Call me.

Some speculated Robredo was gay because some of his mannerisms were a little gay. But it turns out he was just Spanish.

I always liked to visualize Robredo running a train for Feli and Verdasco.

New thread linked below. Thanks OP of new thread.

Verdasco has always been a piece of shit