The Gays and Tennis Part 153 - To the Hardcourts and U.S. Open

Thanks for the thread, OP. The tennis threads are generally fun and enjoyable.

Zverev faces Brazilian Monteiro in a few hours in Sweden. Wonder if the abuse charge will have him shook?

[quote] Alexander Zverev faces new assault allegation after penalty order reportedly sought in Berlin

[quote] RTL first reported that the latest accusation made against the German is by ex Brenda Patea, the mother of their daughter.

[quote] Wonder if the abuse charge will have him shook?

Shook like his girlfriends?

[quote] "Going to hell for this, what a nasty woman" - Tennis fans call for sanctions against Amarissa Kiara Toth after Hungarian's antics against Zhang Shuai

[quote] "This is blatant racism; this keeps getting worse" - Hungarian Open organizers blaming Zhang Shuai for line call controversy leaves tennis fans vexed

Pretty sure Ilie Nastase also erased a ball mark on clay once when playing either McEnroe or Connors. He was a cunt, too.

It was übercunt Connors who erased the mark in the '77 US Open semis on green clay against Barazzutti. Connors ran over to Barazzutti's side of the court and rubbed out the mark before the umpire could even take a look at it.

Oh, right. Good sleuthing!

ShapoLoon(s) prepare for a meltdown!

The big dumb lug's gotten engaged!

That's wonderful news, congratulations to them both!

Iz Shapo getting muhrried??

Felix loves Ryan Gosling.

Ryan Goaling

Awww. I'm happy for Shapo.

And happy for his fiancee who gets to enjoy all that blond leg hair. And more.

Rubie is such a cutie!

Take Zverev down tomorrow, Rubie! And make the Swedish Open semis.

R1 must be new here.

Happy for our Shapo!

's-Hertogenbosch

I'm watching Daddy and Big foe in LA this weekend. Jealous bitches?

What is the event, R20. An exo?

Yes, UTS

Cool, R22. I looked it up. Seems like a lot of fun.

Rublev beat Zverev, 6-2 6-3. Trounced him! Yay!! On to the quarterfinals, baby Rubie! (against Argentine Cerundolo)

* oops, the semifinals not the quarters. I get so confused about what comes after "Round of 16"

Round of 8

Round of 4

Round of 2

My sweet duice de leche, Pedro Cachin, makes his first ATP semi final in Gstaad.

He's bundled out Taro Daniel, RBA, and Jaume Munar so far this week.

Hoping he can get past Psycho Serb, Medjedovic tomorrow.

What makes Serbs harder core crazy than Russians - a high bar already?

I love it that the DL has a Ruby stan.

Is Medjedovic psycho by default due to his megalomaniac mentor? I'm not findings any reports of questionable episodes from Medjed. Also it seems like the other Serbs in the top 250 (Djere, Kecmanovic, Lajovic, Krajinovic) are quite nice, other than Old Scarecrow.

R27 here. Medjedovic isn't really psycho - I guess I like alliteration - he's just very, very intense.

R29, TWO Ruby stans, at least! I love that Bweahing little Russian ging!

How many best friends does Wublev have? He played Karen a few months back and mentioned he was his bestie, last year I believe he said the same about Medvedev and earlier this week he said Alexander was also his bestie?

Ruud vs Rublev

Team Rublev!

Ruud is a flop.

Rublev team

Ruud team

[quote] How many best friends does Wublev have?

Is he friends with Sinner, or IS he Sinner?

Is this where we talk about Infosys Hall of Fame Open?

GAYdrian through to the Final in Newport, taking out fellow Frenchie, The UGOAT.

If GAYdrian wins the final he's back up into the Top 30... for the first time since 2018. He's having a seriously impressive year!

Gaydrian Team

Omg. International Tennis Hall of Fame induction ceremony now on Tennis Channel. Wheelchair player being inducted now. One other person being inducted.

Why the fuck am *I* not in it?!?

Isner lost to a guy ranked 190. Johnny must be distracted by the GOP clown car primary race.

Omg. Both inductees are wheelchair athletes this year. Have standards sunk that low, so to speak? Goran, you should be in it!

^ yawn

I wonder if Granny Vee will win a few titles in wheelchair.

Have you been inspired by these two remarkable members of the class of 2023?

I like Brett but he really needs to lay off the Krispy Kremes.

I miss the year they inducted the Original Nine.

Everyone loves Rubie! To be fair, he does seem like a super nice guy and easy to get along with. I think Rubie, Meddy and Karen are all good buds. Rubie was the godfather of Meddy's daughter and Karen was at the baptism in Moscow, as well and it didn't look like there was a lot of people attending, so...I like all three, though, Meddy is my favorite because he seems so adorably tortured (but also a genuinely nice guy).

I'm a Small Cat fan too!

Aslam is Ruby's one true love.

Andrey loves nothing better than making him feel awkward.

This Netflix documentary (Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate) is not only a fascinating and eye-opening watch, but spends a lot of time von Cramm who, along with Big Bill Tilden, Brian Vahaly, Jan-Michael Vincent and a couple of other retired players (according to some lists Bobby Blair and Francisco Rodríguez), is all we have in terms of gay male tennis players (yes, our pantheon of officially out gay players is a very small one).

Some of the period tennis footage is great, and shows players who would be truly incredible players today if they had the same equipment and training regimen of this generation's players.

One of the many heart-breaking moments in the documentary is when von Cramm, having survived persecution in Nazi Germany under paragraph 175, tries to have his record expunged in postwar Germany, only to have post-Nazi judges confirm his criminal record—paragraph 175 was left on German books until 1994—meaning he could resume competing only in countries where a visa wasn't required.

[quote]who, along with Big Bill Tilden, Brian Vahaly, Jan-Michael Vincent

LOL!

Laugh if you will, but Vincent had a wicked backhand when he was drunk.

Mi Pedro did it!

First time ATP Champion in Gstaad!

I LOVE HIM SO MUSHHHH!!!

Major Pedro Dollface Puppy Moment!

Dollface post.

Michelsen team or Mannarino team?

What do we know about TC's Geoff Chivetzer? Cute guy, snarky. Gay???

Here's his "an" Instagram.

GAYdrian Team til I'm blue in the face!

Rublev won, yay

I'm so happy.

Boring.

GAYme, set and match to GAYdrian.

3rd ATP Title and up to 27 in the live rankings.

The Second Coming Of GAYdrian!

Gaydrian, bishes!

Do we have a shirtless Rublev? Is he hairy? His arms and legs are hairy.

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Qinwen has a lot of potential. I'm excited to see what she has to offer

Why did so many of the players at Swedish Open/Bastad/Nordea Open look orange?

Radiation

Novak withdraws from Toronto citing fatigue.

Novak will be busy doing his magic voodoo in preparation for US open

It has been very clear for quite some time that Novaxxx has no time to lose for lesser tournaments. And that now includes Masters 1000. He skips a lot of them under various pretexts and when he does show up, you'd better get used to see him losing early, including against journeymen. This year he won the Aus Open, the French Open and was runner up at SW19. Now, if you look at the othe tournaments, he only played Dubai (lost in the semis), Monte-Carlo where he lost in R16, played in his hometown tournament where you would think he would be more motivated to go deep but still only played two rounds, then Rome where Rune took him out in the QF, then played RG and Wimbledon back to back two grand slam tournament and of course he made it all the way to the finals, one of which he won. And now he's skipping Toronto citing fatigue, but I guess lack of motivation might be a better way to qualify what he goes through or he needs more time to bounce back from the loss at the hands of his main rival.

On the other hand I wouldn't be entirely stunned if Alcaraz pulls a Steffi Graf next year with all four grand slams and make it golden at the Olympic games. I don't think the other new gen players have anything on him at least in BO5.

I’m going to Dubai!

[quote] Petra Kvitova weds Jiri Vanek in the Czech Republic

[quote] The two-time Wimbledon champion announced their nuptials on social media.

J.P.V.K. Life!

Alcaraz is probably on PEDs.

There’s a greater probability that you are talking through your ass.

Petra is a tall bitch

I hope Crlos and Novaxx meet in the finals of US Open and Carlos beats him badly ... even worse than the Wimbledon beat down

"Alcaraz is probably on PEDs."

Oh, wow, a PED accusation. That's never been before - in tennis or in other sports.

Jiri Vanek is a merkin!!!

Why would we want to see Djokovic in the USO finals? Fatigue indeed. The audience's.

Ruud, Rubie, and a puppy!! Dollface.

Dollface post.

Is this where we talk about Mubadala Citi DC Open? If so, Shapo will miss it because he's still recovering from a knee injury.

I love that Rublev's hair is basically styled like every teenage girl in the late 1970s

Ben Shelton is obnoxious.

He is. But he's generally well-liked off-court; a nice guy. I really think it's because of college tennis, which he played for two or three years. High level D1 team matches are super bro-y obnoxious with tons of fist pumps and chattering and huge outcries to teammates on other courts. I think he's just so used to being super outwardly emotional.

“Nole” actually looks like he has a bit of ass in the first pic. He doesn’t look as skeletal as he did a few years ago.

I thought Bratty Blow-Hard Ben Shelton was going to blow everyone once we got to the hard court season... Oops.

*off court.

FFS!

I love how Jimmy Arias basically saying if there's a rally situation, Shelton would lose it. How did he blow that match?

"I thought Bratty Blow-Hard Ben Shelton was going to blow everyone once we got to the hard court season... Oops."

People got too excited after he made the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, only his second main draw of a Slam. His dad was a decent pro, and he progressed quickly. His freshman year at Florida, he played No. 5 or 6, and clinched the team title for the Gators. Sophomore year he climbed all the way to No. 1 in the lineup and won the NCAA singles title. Plus, he was doing well in Challengers (the AAA of tennis) - winning a few in succession - and plugging away earning a Top 100 ranking which enabled auto entry into Slams. And after all that, he makes a Slam QF at age 20, and shows off a few big weapons while doing so. So I get why people were excited. But, you could see that while he has potential, his game isn't anything remarkable for a pro, and there's still a LONG way to go in terms of game development. His post-AO season is about what I'd expect. He has ATP-tour level wins here and there in the first and/or second rounds of tournaments. But he hasn't really done much. He's now playing main draws all the time and seeing that there's a lot of guys with potential and weapons - and a big percentage of those guys aren't even the players who are noted as possible future Slam contenders, but just expected to have solid careers.

Good thing for Shelton is that a Slam QF got him so many points and so high in the rankings that he can play tour-level tournaments without qualifying at least through the 2024 AO. He really can't drop that far in the rankings until after the 2024 AO. And since he's not defending many points until then, he can still add points the remainder of this year as a bolster against all the points he'll lose if he doesn't equal or better his AO quarterfinal in 2024.

But as of right now he's struggling. Being a top junior, a top college player doesn't matter now. It's just a whole other world where there's so many good and hungry guys. He has to get his big result at the AO out of his head (if he hasn't already) and just grind and keep on working on his game.

R97 in other words, another Coco Gauff situation. Hyped to hell, whether he's ready or not.

"in other words, another Coco Gauff situation. Hyped to hell, whether he's ready or not."

Not totally the same, R98. Gauff was hyped pre-result. I guess beating Venus at Wimbledon is a "result," but it was an early round and Venus was well past her prime. She did go on to actually win tour-level tournaments and made a Slam final and earned a Top 10 ranking - things that generally deserve hype when a player is young. But she hasn't beat a lot of top players and the issues with her game are clear.

Something you have to realize about the Gauff hype. It's generally limited to ESPN and Tennis Channel commentators. International commentators are far less impressed. They recognize she's young and has done some noteworthy things, but they're not pressing her as the next great thing in tennis. Why is there still ESPN and TC hype? Tony Godsick. Coco is represented by Tony Godsick (tennis super agent and MJF's husband). Formerly of IMG, and now president of Federer's management group Team8. He's selling a product He has a lot of influence in the tennis world. Management can urge commentators to talk up clients; Godsick can certainly influence if Coco's matches are featured on TV and what court and what time she plays - not always, but in many instances. Even so, the ESPN/TC commentators are, more than before, voicing criticisms of Coco's game along with praise. The hype is fading.

Shelton is also represented by Team8, so that may be one reason for some hype. But I watch a lot of tennis and while of course Shelton's AO quarterfinal got noticed and people were talking about him, there's not really equivalent level of general hype compared to Gauff - especially after this last few months of super meh results. He's mentioned but there's not anywhere near as much pumping him up as the next great thing. He's just one of many young players with "potential."

I thought even Mary Jo has made recent comments about Coco needing to address her forehand.

I haven’t heard the same level of hype recently.

Listened to agent Max Eisenbud talking about client Emma Raducanu on the Tennis Podcast.

He conceded she will likely go through her career dumping her coaches every few months. When Catherine, I think it was, asked whether that might cause some coaches to avoid stepping into that, Max admitted that was probably true.

WHET to DL fave Taylor Flop..err Fritz?

I think he was playing in some exhibition match yesterday.

Emma who?

Emma "My only title is a Slam and I'm now ranked 125" Radacanu.

Slams are what matter!

Fils and Musetti advance to the Quarters in Hamburg.

Hopefully they'll have Hot Sex together to celebrate!

I was premature with Lorenzo. He won the set, not the match!

^always shooting your wad too fast!

Eubanks beat Nakashima in three sets late last night.

Stretch is on fire! Good to see him sustain his Wimbledon form. Looks like he should be seeded for the US Open.

Cutie Daniel Altmaier follows up his big Roland Garros win over Sinner, with a pasting of Rublev in Cologne (6-2, 6-2).

Yeah, Chris is up to 29 in the live rankings. Don’t think he’s defending any significant points between now and the Open, so he has a chance to move up.

DL boyfriend on the side Rublev won

Hello, Lore

....

Daddy on Tennis Channel.

Nishikori team or Shang team?

Brat/Legz magazine layout.

I love Daddy. I love knowing he's a horny little shit.

Daddy

Fils! Ghosts Casper 6-0, 6-4 to reach the Hamburg semis.

Great ,I can't stand Casper

Why not, R121?

It's hard for me to not be cynical about that. How hard did Ruud try? I know from reading books about tennis that top players get paid to play 'lesser' tournaments but don't want to play them so they'll maybe tank them or make excuses.

Did you watch the match, R123? Fils is playing some phenomenal tennis and has reached a new level at only 19.

Ruud comes of as a pussy. His blow off of Wimbledon, his wimpy performances against Nadal and Djokovic make me think he is a mental midget. He is cute, though.

Lovely Laslo

Daddy takes out Special K in straights

You bitches don't need to be mean to sweet innocent Casper

I prefer Holger Rune

I don't think Casper deliberately would blow a 250 . They are where he has traditionally gained a lot of his ranking points. He had a slow start to the year so he's scrambling to get enough points to make the ATP Finals.

Great to see the UGOAT back on 2021 form. He played a consistently good match to take out The Demon.

who services Daddy? His horniness turns me on.

Fils team or A. Zverev team?

Guess.

Daddy Fritz team or Wolf team?

Daddy takes down Wolfman in straights

Wawrinka team/Stan team or Sonego team?

Wonder what the temperature on the court in Atlanta is today. Don't die, daddy!

^ 95 degrees

JFC!

[quote]Wawrinka team/Stan team or Sonego team?

Bi-Lo Team

Florida trained players would have an advantage in the Atlanta conditions (don't know where daddy trains though)

Stan looks middle-aged-dad-perv chunky. He's always been thick waisted and blocky and never ripped ripped. This "my metabolism is slowing and I'm drinking more" body is sort of rest stop hook-up hot.

Stan is built like and American football player, not a tennis player.

I get he may not have a "traditional" tennis body, but do people need a traditional tennis body? He's won three Slams and had an excellent career.

^ for sure they don't! Stan is proof. So is DL fave Ostapenko. It's just that the dynamics of the sport favor lithe players with strong legs.

Re-watching the Alcaraz/Novaxx Wimbledon match. What a delight!

Lovely Laslo Team or Lovely Laslo Team?

R143, I agree and which is why I think it's so funny he has such a 'girly' looking service motion.

Vukic team or Humbert Humbert team?

Rotcher is such an es-hole.

I'm glad to see Vukic with a nice result and chance for a title. I've had my eye on him, among many, for quite some time. He's pretty easy on them eyes too.

R143, Stan is barrel chested. He is solid as a rock and essentially unchanged physically his entire career. He is as fit as anyone in the game.

Djere team or A. Zverev team?

That was a long victory speech from Zverev.

sit on my face

“Young” Grigor shirtless video.

R153, but he used to be slimmer I don't deny that he's fit or that that's his body type, buy he's added some weight.

Popyrin team or Stan team/Wawrinka team?

STANIMAL TEAM!

What tournament is on now?

Daddy's on in 20 mins.

Wawrinka really is the male Ostapenko. Look at these ugly clothes! Not to mention the chunky body - has he always been like that or is it because he's 38?

R158- nope- he’s the same. Same weight. Exactly, 178#

R163 If you mean "Has Stan always been a sexy, masculine mofo", then yes. Yes, he has!

[quote] What tournament is on now?

Croatia Open

Atlanta Open

Daddy Fritz team or Vucik team?

Oops - Vukic team

Popyrin defeats Stan the Man.

Daddy Team

R157 (swoons and goes for smelling salts)

Vukic and Daddy Fritz head into a third set.

Stan cried again during the tropy ceremony in Umag.

You are such an es-hole, R174.

Daddy gonna serve for the trophy

Daddy Fritz wins.

DADDY!

Go Daddy!

Fritz triumphs in Atlanta.

Puig!

Taaaaylor Friiiiiiiiiiiiiitz.

Andrescu is not back to the winning ways I thought she was at .

Forfeiting 7 match points!? Girl bye

Monfils team or Frat Angel team?

Was Jensen Brooksby offering commentary on TC? I thought he was in doping trouble.

What do we think of Mopsy's new kit?

We need to see the new kit from the back to give a full opinion.

Ben is a flop

The Azarenka/Svitolina match was like a showcase of everything wrong with the WTA. There were a total of 22 games in the match and there were 17 breaks of serve. WTF?

Flopsy

Jen Brady with a commanding win in her first match back on the main tour.

Good for her. She’s been through it with injuries.

Coco has hired a new coach, and informed her father to be a fan, and if he can't handle that, to get a job and stay away from tournaments. Good for her asserting herself.

Are you serious, R192? That would be great.

"What do we think of Mopsy's new kit?"

I know it's expensive ON clothing, but it looks like a kit thrown together off the TJ Maxx "active wear" rack. Simple clothing is fine, not every kit has to be like those bold (many thought ugly) designs at the AO this year. But Mopsy's new kit is bland and boring.

I didn't know until to day that his dad resigned at U Florida to be Ben's full-time coach. I think that's a mistake.

Brad Gilbert is bring roadtested as her new coach

*being

@ R194

I hate, loathe, detest and abhor long compression shorts under short tennis shorts. It offends my taste and the gay tennis gods.

More Mmoh please

Tiafoe looking ass-tastic tonight in his new turquoise kit. Mmoh just doesn't do it for me. He's not unattractive but I just don't think he's sexy. Nice bod though.

Pacheco (Mendez) team or Jarry team?

Gojo team or Garin team?

I can't possibly pick between the two sweaty, big-thighed, big-dicked Gods, R201

I bought my sister and I tix to the US Open this September. We're going early in the tournament and don't really care who we see. I've just always wanted to go.

Great news, R203. Day or night session?

R203 when I lived in London I used to get ground (general) tickets every year on one of the first three days of Wimbledon. Over the years I got to see virtually all the players I've followed, and seen some fantastically competitive matches. You'll have a great time, I'm sure.

R203, we are in the nosebleed section but will have full view of the court. We're going the first Saturday at Noon.

^ you should go into Ashe if only just to see the court and the building. But you will find much better views and good matches if you go to the outside courts, including the new Grandstand, Court 17, and Armstrong. Also, don't miss the Practice Courts! I saw Rafa there last year pretty close.

a lil eye candy, this thread needs some

Thank you, R208.

LEGZ

AZZ

A busted face that could stop clocks! Hideous!

^ who is looking at his face??

That confection is full of venom.

Real eye candy "After this match is over, I'm gonna fuck your ass..."

Poor hawt Felix going down the tubes again. He is literally shaking, he's so nervous to play. He's got the ball numerous times, after tossing it up to serve.

Murray acting annoying per usual.

Felix flops again. Beaten by World #99 Watanuki.

He's got to defend a lot of points in the last quarter of the year. If he doesn't turn things around quickly, he's dropping like a stone!

I wonder if Uncle Toni has buyer's remorse.

Props to Domicakes for coming back in Kitzbuhel after dumping the first set 1-6!

Thiem team.

Domicakes team.

Misery thru over Nakashima in a tight two-setter

Coco came through with a solid win, to start her dig with Gilbert. No sign of her parents, thank God! The cute, younger coach had his ears chewed off by Gilbert, who seemed to be jawing to him all through Coco's match. Whatever works.

So Brad Gilbert is really Coco's coach. Wild.

Gilbert got Agassi and Roddick to no. 1, and he had to endure that Brit Brat Murray was, in his late teens. He gets the game, but he may get on Coco's - or her parents' nerves - before he is effective. Steffi Graf despised him, and got Cahill in for Agassi. The irony being Cahill and Gilbert are genuinely close.

Why did Steve despise him?

Steffi not Steve.

Daddy Fritz team or Svajda team?

Ride or die Daddy !!

And nothing else matters.

Norrie team or Kovacevic team?

Dump on Felix to your heart full of unwashed socks' content. I'd still take him over putrid Rune any day.

Report: Aleksandar Kovacevic has one large black mole on the left side of his back and a smaller one on the right side.

"Dump on Felix to your heart full of unwashed socks' content. I'd still take him over putrid Rune any day."

These are our only choices?

Gilbert never stops talking, hustling...and Steffi is German.

American Aleksandar Kovacevic defeaed Norrie in Cabo. He seems to have a friendly personality based on his post-match interview.

Isner team or Tsitsy team?

If it were possible, I would very much like for both Isner and Tsitsipas to lose.

I’m with you, r233, but would prefer a Citybus victory. He’s marginally less despicable.

R234 Hopefully on-form Jarry will dispatch him in the next round.

Daddy v Misery is the night cap today, bishes

some Wolf man thiccness

Laslo routines Pedro in Kitzbuhel 6-4, 6-2.

Especially with that godawful mullet, Wolf looks like the TT poster child for Appalachian inbreeding.

Thiem team or Rinderknech team?

Team Thiem.

Thicc Wolf Man over Mmoh in straights.

Are those snakes coming out of Wolf's head?

Always Thiem team/Domicakes team.

JJ is no hillbilly, lol. He went to Cincinnati Country Day, the most expensive private school in the state. He looked very different about five years ago, skinny, shorter with short hair. I think the mullet is a joke. His family's legacy covers all different sports.

JJ Wolf looks like someone who’d give their arsehole a good old scratch then sniff their finger.

I think he’s repulsive.

^ maybe it smells good

some do, you know

Yeah, he plays up the hair as sort of a joke. Not that he's massively handsome without it, but he knows it's getting a reaction.

Los Cabos

Koepfer team or Kovacevic team?

Minotaur/Hitlerstache team or Our Tommy team?

Tsitsy/Citybus team or Harry team?

Chore-itch team or Ivashka team?

Austrian Open aka Generali Open Kitzbuhel

Etcheverry team or Baez team?

Dere team or Thiem team/Domicakes team?

I wondered why Tommy Paul was playing Cabo, rather than D.C., and I'll bet it's to appease the skanky gf. He under performs in regular tour events, and needs to win a tournament. Hope that happens, though he's struggling against the Demon.

Legz.

Handsome, Humble, Wholesome, Non-Asshole Etcheverry Team

Gracias por preguntarme!

Ilya Ivashka in hot pink leopard print shorts in Los Cabos is 'a look', for sure!

Porna looking studly in conservative shades of block blue.

And Hydrogen death rattle skulls complete Ilya's demise in a routined rollover to dashing Borna, 6-3, 6-4.

Watch for Murray's tired poor old guy shtick today, as he'll have to beat Fritz, then play a qf today because of the rain in DC. I can hear the bones creaking....

Crocodile in Costa Rica devours HAWT Soccer Player

damn, damn, DAMN

^ oops, I'm lost

Mopsy and Mackie into the dubs semis!

Eubanks had his magical Mallorca and Wimbledon run, but seems to be regressing a bit - just in how he plays, his missed shots, and his attitude. He did win two matches in Atlanta, and one in DC, so he's not cratering by any means - it's too early to tell. But can he continue to have results consistent with what he's done this year or is going to slowly revert back to his jourmeyman status. Good thing for him is that he has a year or more to figure it out since he doesn't have a lot of points to defend for a while and his ranking can't drop that far until then.

That Thiem match was exhausting to watch but the results were worth it!

The DC event is so badly organized. Instead of scheduling the Tiafoe-Shang match earlier on another court, they've set it on stadium court after the Murray-Fritz match that's being played now. How is the winner of the Tiafoe-Shang match supposed to have any gas left in his tank to play late tonight? Good luck with that.

Misery's going to have to finish this match in a wheelchair. He still has great legs, tho.

Daddy gets the break in the 3rd

"The DC event is so badly organized. Instead of scheduling the Tiafoe-Shang match earlier on another court, they've set it on stadium court after the Murray-Fritz match that's being played now. How is the winner of the Tiafoe-Shang match supposed to have any gas left in his tank to play late tonight? Good luck with that. "

Given the short timeline, it's because they're trying to keep the next round opponents on a fairly similar trajectory. Fritz-Murray winer plays Thompson (who beat Eubanks in a match that was held over). Thompson was nearly finished or had finished before Fritz and Murray played. Tiafoe-Shang plays the winner of Evans-Shevchenko. That started after Thompson Eubanks and match just finished. Players will be gassed no doubt if they have to play twice. But I think they're trying to make sure the opponents who play each other next are somewhat similarly gassed based on start times - though they obviously can't control length of the match.

There's no great way to do it unless you just use all the courts and have marquee matchups on outer courts. A week-long tourney doesn't have a ton of room to maneuver if they lost a day. That's why they'll send players out so late if they can - just to finish that days' matches so they can be on track the next day.

Daddy serves it out from 0-40!

Daddy, bishes!

Yes, they should have used court 4 to schedule those round of 16 matches earlier, R263. That would have evened it out a bit better.

Tiafoe does have some mental and physical training for this situation. When he won Houston earlier this year, he had a bye in the first round and then it basically rained all week until the weekend. He played 4 matches in two days to win the title. That sort of sucks, but at least he knows he can pull that sort of schedule out.

Playing one match a day is a luxury for pro tennis players. All of these men are used to playing multiple matches in a day from juniors/college. Also, all of them are fit enough to play at least two best of three set matches in a day.

That's a good point (R267). Before they were pros, all of these players played multiple times per day in juniors. And I'd think a lot have faced that situation as pros at random times. It's not ideal, but it shouldn't be THAT big of a deal every once and a while - especially when it's just best of 3 sets.

Bencic looked terrible and Coco looked great tonight!

Coco crushes BB. Wow.

Yes Daddy!

Sebi Baez goes ape on Domicakes ass in the Kitzbuhel final: 6-3, 6-1

poor Domicakes :-(

at least he made it to the final

[quote] Domicakes ass

That's redundant!

Tsitsy/Citybus team or Chore-itch team?

Washington Open (Citi Open)

Daddy Fritz team or Griekspoor team?

"Young" Grigor team or Evans team?

That bus already left the station, R275.

[quote] That bus already left the station

Oops! Was looking at last night's score. I meant:

Tsitsy.Citybus team or Minotaur/Hitlerstache team?

Daddy and Young Grigor Teams

Crackhead Dan and Tallon-ted Teams!

Daddy for the title!

Congratulations, Coco!

I don't think anyone can top Tallon Griekspoor as a name. It sounds like a name from the Roman Empire or Harry Potter

Thanasi Kokkinakis can give Tallon Griekspoor a run in the name sweepstakes

The Kokk

wow, I just saw Carlo's new hair cut. very cute!

[quote] wow, I just saw Carlo's new hair cut

Yeah. A bit shorter.

Well played, R287

Ruud shirtless video.

Citybus wins.

can't wait for US Open!

When start U.S.A. Open?

Shirtless Tsitsy.

Which one of you DL Tennis Bitches did this?

Sounds like Coco’s new coaching arrangement is paying off. (BG is just a consultant. She has a full-time, non-parent coach.)

Oh, Daddy!

There's an on-going joke on tennisforum that Sakkari only has one WTA250 tournament title to her name (Rabat) despite having a career high ranking of no. 3.

I would still give Coco the edge but we'll see!

We’ll seeeeeeee!

Mopsy and Mackie in the dubs final!

Sakkari team or Gauff team?

Ruud is very, very sexy.

Chav Evo Team or Tallon G Team?

Griekspoor team.

Coco just played lights out all week.

If her serve holds up like this? Not even her wonky forehand will stop her from winning a slam or three.

Swiatek has a 7-0 record over Gauff so the real test will be when she hits the top top players.

The DC tournament owners must have been thrilled to get a Griekspoor-Evans final for an ATP 500 event.

Evans is really unfortunate-looking.

R302 Standard English, please. TIA

Serena:

[quote] First I'd like to thank my father god

Coco:

[quote] First I'd like to thank my god Jehovah

Why do they do this? Religion is a private matter.

Cod isn’t a Jehovah’s Witness. Try again.

[quote] Cod isn’t a Jehovah’s Witness

Stop fishing for W&W.

Coco. (Autocorrect.)

Evans wins.

R309 go away now, bigot.

Penko bumping uglies with Kasatkina.

Peppa. Peppa Pig.

Evans may not be particularly likeable, but, man, he's got a beautiful game to watch when he's on.

Evans isn't a chav.

Evans is the very definition of chavitude, r318. That’s a plus, though. The real problem with Evans is that he’s a racist cunt.

Whenever I see Evans, I think of Dr. Evil.

Wasn't Brad Gilbert Sinner's coach a few months back?

Talk about a need for equal prize money - at the Canadian Open the winner of the men's draw gets 1 million in prize money, while on the women's side it is 450k. So uneven

^ that must have something to do with the popularity of each tour, doesn't it?

maybe outside the DL, no one wants to see Peppa bumping pussies with Daria

Agree r323, there is something to be said about Women's game tickets starting as low as $15.00. The cheapest ticket is 55.00 for a men's match

"Talk about a need for equal prize money - at the Canadian Open the winner of the men's draw gets 1 million in prize money, while on the women's side it is 450k. So uneven."

It's because the Canadian Open for men and women are separate ATP and WTA events. Each your has its own financials and own sponsors and women have less. Even combined events like Indian Wells, Miami, DC, essentially two separate tournaments held at the same site at the same time. There may be some common sponsors for the co-tournaments but the funding for prize money beyond that is generated by each tour independently and the WTA has less money. And the WTA almost always pays less than the ATP for their independent events. The money just isn't there.

The Slams, in contrast, are not co-ATP/WTA tournaments, but single tournaments with mens and womens divisions run by the ITF (International Tennis Federation), not by the WTA and ATP.

There was a huge gap in prize money at Washington DC - a relatively new combined event for the same reason. But, it seems like they're working on it. There's more combined events than ever, and, again, while they're ATP/WTA co-events and each tour has their own financials, sponsors, etc., a combined event allows tournament organizers to entice sponsors and investors to give money to the specific tournament which the tournament can then decide to distribute more equally. But not all the money overlaps and it's still an uphill battle.

I want to thank you, DL Tennis Mavens, for starting threads like this for non-Slam tournaments.

I didn't watch most non-Slam events because I didn't recognize many names, especially in the early rounds. A lot of them have some really obscure players. But since watching more non-Slams, I now know those "obscure" players.

For the poster who asked, my tickets are for Arthur Ashe Stadium. We will walk around the grounds, though.

Is anyone watching the 2023 National Bank Open on Tennis Channel? I had about 3 straight minutes of no commentating. You could still hear their sneakers on the court. It was like they set up cameras but decided against analysts!

Is this where we talk about National Bank Open?

Cute Canadian, Alexis Galarneau, currently playing Fran Cerundolo.

Can we swap him for flopping Pospisil, please?

He is adorable [r329] and he is fighting in the third set vs. a very handsome cerundolo.

R330 I was really hoping for an open-mouthed kiss at the net!

Fran was lucky to win that. His head went down in the third set and he won it more because Galarneau ran out of steam, rather than Fran getting his game together.

Musetti has a new haircut!

much better than the Samurai 'do

bend over, I'll drive!

Looks like Jenny Brady is back after a long hiatus. She takes out Peppa Pig. Oink ! The scoreline is, of course, 7-6 0-6 7-6.

Popsicle team or Arnaldi team?

PTPA Popsicle out.

Arnaldi has a large grayish-black mole on the right side of his neck.

poor Milos

he'll NEVER be a DL boyfriend now

No talk of the Venus/Keys debacle? Madison blew - literally choked - on her 1st dozen mp's. What was with V's red lipstick? She looked like Clarabelle The Cow.

R340, I had no words while watching that match! V looked like a woman from a local retirement community who wandered into a tennis tournament. The lipstick didn't match the dress and what the hell was that pink yarn in hair?? I think Madison was mesmerized by how slowly V was running and returning serves. It fucked with her timing. Or she didn't want to be that young whippersnapper who made Granny V run and break a hip.

Tiafoe out against Raonic. I think T has been playing too much. Same for Eubanks who got beat by Monfils who looked like he'd just finished mowing the lawn and decided to enter a tennis tournament. Although both matches featured quite a few tie breakers.

R340, I had no words while watching that match! V looked like a woman from a local retirement community who wandered into a tennis tournament. The lipstick didn't match the dress and what the hell was that pink yarn in hair?? I think Madison was mesmerized by how slowly V was running and returning serves. It fucked with her timing. Or she didn't want to be that young whippersnapper who made Granny V run and break a hip.

Tiafoe out against Raonic. I think T has been playing too much. Same for Eubanks who got beat by Monfils who looked like he'd just finished mowing the lawn and decided to enter a tennis tournament. Although both matches featured quite a few tie breakers.

R340, I had no words while watching that match! V looked like a woman from a local retirement community who wandered into a tennis tournament. The lipstick didn't match the dress and what the hell was that pink yarn in hair?? I think Madison was mesmerized by how slowly V was running and returning serves. It fucked with her timing. Or she didn't want to be that young whippersnapper who made Granny V run and break a hip.

Tiafoe out against Raonic. I think T has been playing too much. Same for Eubanks who got beat by Monfils who looked like he'd just finished mowing the lawn and decided to enter a tennis tournament. Although both matches featured quite a few tie breakers.

Damn! Double posting again! What is up with DL??

[quote] I had no words

You had sufficient, R341-R344.

The porcine Milos Raonic.

I will always love Vasek and his tripod. But his best days are behind him.

Giron of the Maximus Gluteus bundles out the ever-disappointing Ruuuuuuuuuuuuusuuuuuuuuu.......uuuuvuori in straights (2 tie-breaks)

R345, something is going on with my computer. I would type a post check the name box and hit Post. Then I'd get a message an error message so I'd try again. After 30 seconds, both posts would show up. In this case, I tried twice after the original post and all three appeared. I should take this magic show to Vegas!

Wozniacki out of retirement and playing in this tournament. She just won her first match. Andy moving on as well.

Great win for the UGOAT over Jarry - 6 months ago he would have folded after being broken back in the final set. Not now: he's really playing with some self-belief. He seems to be really gelling with Jeremy Chardy coaching him

I am surprised at how empty the stands are in Toronto. There is hardly anyone. Are tickets very expensive?

Slightly off topic, but I’ve been wondering for a while now why the WTA has (apparently) completely given up on Peng Shuai? I know the ATP only ever made slightly “me too”noises when the WTA withdrew all their tournaments from China, and the PTPA made nary a squeak, but now the WTA is holding tournies in China again.

Doesn’t it matter any more to the WTA that one of their players has been disappeared?

She hasn't been disappeared - she's come out and said that everything's fine... now of course, we know she is probably under pressure to do that but I figure the WTA realises that there isn't anything more they can do.. they made their protest.

Matteo Berrettini with a pretty good description of depression: “I experienced too many mental & physical tears.. the darkness seems to have no end, it swallows you. Instead of standing still & catching your breath, you dig yourself an abyss… I tried to find myself. The dark gave me space to do it”

Pam Shriver was the only commentator who was asking about Peng. TC/ESPN pretty much respects its corporate instincts too much to care about human rights.

No commnets on Sunshine Wozniacki returning? Super boring match which is her style.

Agree with everything g r341,r342 and r343 said

V needs to get rod of that hair and what was up with the lipstick??? V needs to retire

Monfils always looks so dirty

Shocked that Tiafoe lost to Donny Osmond

What has happened to FAA?????

Andrescu currently struggling against sour face Giorgi

New Hot Canadian Dialo just won in straight sets against Evans

Is Purcell sleeping in the bus station every night? Rifling through the dumpster behind the laundromat plucking out rags to wear on the court?

Andreescu absolutely flailing in the second set.

She(Andreescu) is INJURED again.

Bianca is a drama queen

What has happened to Felix?! Losing to a no name and on his birthday too

Funeral march playing for both Felix and Andreescu

Popsicle should have used his home tournament for the end of his playing days and retired to a round of applause.

Andrescu 's losing streak I can understand because she was a flash in the pan who got lucky against an out of shape and over confident Serena in 2019 HOWEVER, FAA's slide to the bottom of the barrel , certainly doesn't make sense

Andreescu was very dominant in 2019 - winning IW, Montreal and the US Open. Most of her losses that year were walkovers or withdrawing during the match. Her rise was very abrupt and her fall to mediocrity was very quick too. But almost all these recent one-slam winners (Kenin, Stephens, Ostapenko, Raducanu) have had big fall offs as well.

R363=Angelique Kerber

Andreescu won most of her big matches in three sets, she was never dominating any opponents, the way Serena did or Sabalenka can do when she doesn't choke. Andreescu was squeaking through tough matches and wins like that are always a matter of confidence and when you've had some bad losses the confidence goes away. Hence, Andreescu right now. She needs to get some momentum going again which comes from a lot of match play (she's been injured a lot) and some clutcch wins.

[quote] Is Purcell sleeping in the bus station every night? Rifling through the dumpster behind the laundromat plucking out rags to wear on the court?

Who looks trashier: Max Purcell or J.J. Wolf?

Max Purcell is one sexy (if you like pornstars from the 70's) man.

Felix has been having knee problems for a while.

But the knee it’s going to get better if he doesn’t rest it.

Canadian black boy no have heart.

Casper goes all Viking on our asses. Hot!

The outfits on some of the players make me miss Wimbledon and it's all-white attire requirement. The men in particular look like they went to the Salvation Army or Goodwill for something to wear.

A lot of the stuff they have to wear is pretty ugly. I read one of the historic players (Lea Pericoli) talking about how she liked the days before sponsors because she had a lot of fun with making beautiful dresses and going on court fully made up. I googled her and they are rather lovely - plus fit well. Of course, she may have been a special case but I think only people like Federer, Sharapova got really nice designed stuff if they have a sponsor. Nowadays there's a lot of glo-bright synthetic sports material that doesn't necessarily fit well.

Casper is so so very much underwhelming

^would drop to her knees with her mouth open in a heartbeat if Casper asked her suck

The worst part is when two players with the same clothing sponsor play a match together.

They often have identical outfits and it’s hard to tell who is who.

Only if Rublev and I’ll Gingio are playing each other.

I'd let Casper destroy my mussy.

Yes, I would.

R377 research Ted Tinling. He would have loved DL. He was a bitchy old queen who loved the superstars, but still would dress all the great players on the 70's Virginia Slims tour. He made great dresses for BJK, Casals, Wade, you name it.

I love tennis history.

[quote]Despite Tinling's youth, Lenglen's father asked him if he would umpire one of her upcoming matches. He became her personal umpire for two years in between a short career as a player himself.

Can you imagine a player having their own personal umpire nowadays? The conflict of interest??

But his fashion credentials are A1 -

[quote] He also designed dresses for almost all of the great female players throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. His dresses were worn by the Wimbledon ladies' champion throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The last Wimbledon champion to wear a Tinling creation was Martina Navratilova in 1979 when she wore his designs to triumph in both the singles and doubles events. In 1983, Billie Jean King wore a Tinling dress in a final for the last time, when she reached the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles final. The last Tinling dress worn at Wimbledon was by Rosemary Casals in 1984, when she lost in the first round. Although he only ever designed dresses for Chris Evert's Federation & Wightman Cup appearances, he designed her wedding dress when she married John Lloyd in 1979.

Teddy

That makes me all tingly.

Ben Flopton goes against Alcaraz this evening

They better not redirect LaGuardia flight traffic over my neighborhood for this crap.

Big Kokk Vs Mussy-etti - that's got to be at least 16 inches in total flopping around on Court 4 atm...

Mackenzie McDonald defeated Wublev.

La Monf takes the first set off Citybus.

NOW FINISH HIM!

R391 = Palpatine

CITYBUS IS DETROYED!!!!

Yay! I’m so happy.

What is ADF sprinkling on his cereal this week?

He beat JJ Wolf 6-0, 6-2; and now Rat-Face Zverev 6-1, 6-2.

He's not messing around!

Mackie grrrr

Legz v Quadzilla is going to be asstastic!

Daddy over the Ugoat in 3

Wow Il Gingio is demolishing Lovely Matteo after a tight first set.

Would do Carlitos six ways to Sunday. I am besotted.

Hung like a mutherfucker

Can’t Laylah ever win in straight sets?!—but a quality win just now.

Leylah

Leylah

Leylah Annie

Seb Korda team or Vukic team?

Paul team or Cerundolo team?

Alcaraz (Garfia) team it Shelton/Mopsy team?

Giron of the great ass team or Brat/Legz team?

She Hulk is flopping in the second set against Martic

My Wublev lost

"@CocoGauff

I sign autographs as myself but occasionally I am somehow also signing as Sloane, Venus, Serena, Taylor, Alycia, and yesterday I got Leylah for the first time lollll."

"@chris_eubanks96

I got called Monfils twice in DC lol"

MommaRune looking a bit worse for the wear! I wonder if Holger is a bit embarrassed that his Mom goes everywhere with him.

Green suits Legz.

Some guys at the Legz/Giron of the Great Ass match keep yelling "Hoooool-ger". Very annoying.

Mom and Max Factor keep my powder dry.

PCB, Cilic, Kyrgios, and Jack Draper fall out the top 100 this week.

[quote] Mom and Max Factor keep my powder dry.

Why does Rune wear makeup on court?

Giron of the Great Ass defeats the Brat.

Buns tops legs.

The Brat's season is turning in to quite the Flopfest!

He may struggle to reach the ATP Finals if this form continues - he's got the 1000 points from Paris to defend.

sweaty Legz

Quadzilla ass

R419 we'd rather ogle the WINNER, thank you!

Mopsy tummy

So tiresome…lame ass pics over and over again. Lame ass names over and over again. Will the two of you who make all of these posts please just get a room of your own. Thank you, and good night.

^ just block me you controlling cunt

Unclench R424. I'm not telling you not to post - apologies if it came across that way. Just balancing things out. If you're going to stan for The Brat, you're going to get pushback!

I stan for anyone I think is hawt and/or very engaging to watch (or just amusing, like Peppa). That includes many of other players.

R426 then we're all cool. Let's all join hands for a rousing chorus of Kumbaya!*

* I will never not shitpost about The Brat, tho.

All so repetitive and unoriginal… we get you like a body part …you’ve made yourself redundant.

Whenever I see those posts it's obvious to me that the posters aren't getting laid.

I'm voting for keeping the body part pics, captions, and the names. Can it get ridiculous, sure. But big deal.

The prissy queen constantly complaining about a little fun doesn't not need to join the thread if she's so triggered by the harmless banter.

Girls, girls, some decorum, PLEASE!

You know who's hot and gets no love?

That hot bear-of-a-man Mr. R. Bopanna, that's who.

Every time I see a Rune, Fritz, Giron, Paul, Fucsovics, Karatsev, Djokovic, Musetti, Tsitsipas, Zverev, Shapo or Wolf stan post, I just roll my eyes and move on.

The day when a KygrosLoon emerges from the dark recesses of DL is when I will draw a line... but until then, players play on!

So who do YOU like, R434? Evans? Peppa?

R436 I'm not someone who has likely been sex-starved for decades and lust after inaccessible celebs as a result, so I wouldn't know...

LOL

if it consoles you somehow to think I'm sex-starved, have at

I'm also 600 lbs and I live in my mother's basement, fused to the couch

Is Iga picking her butt too like her Tennis hero Nadal?

I've noticed on quite a few matches Iga removing wedges

R434 types very very effeminate

Whatever, R440? Care to elaborate?

That's ironic, R440, considering all of your stans are "Daddy", etc.

No and no, R436. Mackie, Tiafoe, Umbert, Alcaraz, FAA, Coric, Hubi, PCB, Fils, Monfils, Djere, Mmoh, Shelton, PCB, Popyrin, Shang, Eubanks. Petkovic, Svitolina, Stephens, Sabalenka, Kvitova, Azarenka. My likes are many more than my dislikes.

Kyrgios officially pulls out of both Cincinati and the US Open. Just retire already!

Lorenzo, Mateo , Fabio but Jannick?

Mussetti, Berrettini Foigni but Sinner??

Crazy Fokker doing crazy things. Brilliant for 5 games, terrible for 3 games. Rinse and repeat. But gets it over the line against Casper in a final set tb.

[quote]My likes are many more than my dislikes.

As are mine. But I take particular delight in them when they are hawt.

Med takes out Lore 4 and 4

:-(

:-(

Demon is driving Daddy to distraction.

Demon is a great counter-puncher.

Demon demolishes Fritzie.

Damn! Daddy couldn't hit through him and didn't have a plan B.

Paul team or Giron of the great ass team?

Alcaraz (Garfia) team or Hubie team?

Misery team or Il Gingio team?

Paul vs. Giron. Hottie vs. Hottie.

Surprised nobody mentioned sakarri and sour face Collins on court verbal fight

"Collins returned Sakkari’s serve, which had been called out, but the No. 8 ranked tennis pro then smacked the ball out of bounds into the crowd. She held out her hand as a gesture of apology, but Collins was already fired up over the act of unsportsmanlike behavior.

"Did you just see that?" Collins said to the chair umpire. "Did you see what happened?"

Sakkari responded back that the ball "didn’t hit anyone," but Collins was not interested in any explanation.

"Shut your mouth. Shut your mouth," Collins demanded.

The two continued to exchange words before the umpire signaled for both of them to move on."

Sakarri should have replied with " you shut your mouth"

Bitch face Collins would not have tried this with any other player .

R457, why do you think she tried it with Sakarri?

Collins would fit in Datalounge.

Murray withdraws.

Why, R460?

Glad to see Fritz 's downward spiral continues

Gauff bagels Wimbledon winner Marketa

saw this on reddit - Miranda Cosgrove talking about what dating a tennis player was like. It's almost certainly Taylor Fritz.

r461 - Abdominal injury

Thank you, R465.

Shocker, R464. Turns out Fritzie Silverspoon is a brain-dead douchebag.

LOL on Fritz. For a rich kid, he has seemingly learned zero about life, responsibility. I don't think his many times married mother is like that. What happened to the Mexican Mama he impregnated and dumped? Oh, the stories she could tell...

JFC listening to that shrill beyotch @ 464 broke my ear drums.

R468 that slutty mom is a member of the May family of Macy's Dept Store fortune

There’s no Macy’s fortune…it’s a public company with very little, if any, ownership interest held by a tangential relative of an old chain acquired many years ago.

Grandma Fritz and I have spent tragic small fortunes on our faces.

Is Daddy Fritz Jewish?

Big Mac Team or Meet The Fokker Team?

R473 why do you even care that his mother’s great grandfather was German-Jewish?

Sabalenka is dangerously close to being out of this tournament. 6-7, 6-4 and currently down 3-5 in the third. I just turned it on and she's double-faulted twice in this set!

Why does Sabalenka moan until her ball hits the court on the opponent's side?! She's worse than Shriekapova was.

Um she already lost…

I posted that before Sabalenka lost, R478.

Kvitova just lost to Bencic who turned her ankle in an early game. Kvitova even went over with a bag of ice for ankle. Now, Bencic has to play again later today.

Why is there not rest days for this tournament? Guaff and Pegula are about to play. The winner of that match will play again today. Bencic and Samsonova (who just beat Sabalenka) will also play later today. I don't think it's due to rain because the men are also playing every day.

Real ding-donger going on between Demon and Medvedex.

Alex has just stolen the first set in the tie-break.

Coco puffs out in the first set…now she chokes?—against her partner?

And Demon wins!

Will the shocks never end in Toronto?

Pegula's celebratory gestures after winning a points are quite subdued , Coco Puffs'oth are very exuberant

Don't like DeMenaur

Coco stops puffin and is headed towards a third set.

R479, Regular one week tour events do not allow for 'rest days' after Thursday. Traditional model is first three (or two) rounds over M-Th, Q, SF, F on Friday, Saturday, Sunday. This has been the way it has been for...ever? This is why if it rains at an outdoor event late in the week, two matches a day. Again, it is only on the pro tour that tennis players are generally not required to play more than one match a day. Professional tennis players should be more than capable of playing two, best of three matches in a day. They are getting paid very well, after all.

Demon is flexible

Because he can genuflect? So can Catholic orphans in Darfur. Do better, and skip the dull nickname.

^ you dumb cunt, that's his nickname on the ATP tour

Pegula has a husband?? I always thought she was lez

🤭

R489 do you play in the ATP tour? Do you work on the ATP tour?

Coco go go

@ 492

I listen to the commentators, cunt.

be gone

Grow up

Thanks, R486. This is my first time watching these tournaments. I usually watch the 4 majors.

Coco no go.

Clearly, the new support from outside the family is helping. Much better in the last couple of weeks.

bye Mackie :-(

Billionaire heiress who drinks Heineken beats Gauff. Not mad, she isn't no. 4 in the world for nothing and is down to earth. Pegula is solid and doesn't choke despite not having elite weapons. Gauff is a good top 20 player but the hype isn't really justified beyond that.

I think Pegula is very likable. She could have relied on her father's billions and done nothing with her life. Instead, she became an excellent pro tennis player and has no attitude.

^Agree…whereas D Collins still has a MAJOR chip on her shoulder, despite rubbing elbows with the Old Aristocracy of UVA (and actually getting her BA degree).

Mackie

*sigh*

Is the big titted slut traveling with our sweet innocent Tommy Paul this week?

She is, r103.

Fuck boi v. Fuck boi

[quote] ^Agree…whereas D Collins still has a MAJOR chip on her shoulder, despite rubbing elbows with the Old Aristocracy of UVA (and actually getting her BA degree

What does this mean?

She grew up poor…she went the NCAA path, instead of straight from jrs. to to the tour…she won 2 collegiate titles for the most old-style elitist of Southern state universities…she actually has a worthwhile college degree, which is rare at her level of tennis…yet she’s still a total jerk.

What do do mean what does it mean?

Periodic reminder that I chatted once on Grindr with a guy who worked behind the scenes in pro tennis and told me that Tommy Paul had a big, hairy dick. Lovely to picture.

Paul team or Alcaraz (Garfia) team?

Monfils team or Il Gingio team?

Bencic team or Samsonova team?

Kasatkina team or Rybakina team?

Paul wins. Carlitos smiles at Tommy when they shake hands.

Il Gingio wins.

Besides ADF, the remaining four are about as exciting as a dial tone.

Well, we'll have another new Masters 1000 winner this week.

I guess Sinner has the edge, but you could easily see any of the four making it - especially with Sinner looking shaky, so far at the sharp end of big tournaments. Personally, I'd like to see ADF or Demon take it. Both consistently hard workers who deserve a big pay day.

I would love for Demon to take it. Is he a journeyman? I would also be happy with Paul or ADF. I do not care much about Sinner.

Our Tommy trail

Demon Team or Foki Team?

Il Gingio Team or Our Tommy Team?

Daredevil Foki Team and Our Tommy Team.

A small part of me kind of wants Il Gingio to get the Masters Monkey off his back, but my heart belongs to Foki. I want him to win the whole damn thing.

Thank you AWFULLY much for asking!

I like both Minotaur and ADF, so it's hard for me to chose.

Il Gingio team.

I’d like a De Minaur/Sinner final, with Sinner coming out on top (though I think he really might be a bottom).

Svee-i-tek team or Pegula team?

Rybakina team or ova, Samson team?

Paul deMinaur Swiatek Rybakina - all based on looks. Not fond of blonds and redheads, and the others, well, it's obvs.

Tommy's hairy stomach was sopping wet last night. Delicioso.

Well done —Jessica.

I predict a non-Swiatek women’s champ at the US Open. Too many others playing great tennis at the moment.

PEGULA!!!!!!

Iga got PEGGED!

Minotaur/Hitlerstache advances to final in Rogers Cup.

Fokina could not possibly have played worse. My god.

Happy Pegula came through. She is so easy to root for her. Such a hard worker. I hope she wins tomorrow. Though I think if Ryba gets through, it's hers to win.

Foki had one of his Fuki up days. That was painful to watch. Happy for Demon - he looks very dialled in this week.

Yes, Foki really shat the bed.

Let’s hope for a better second semi.

That rybakina/Kasatkina match was really something, epic!

It was R532! I caught most of the the third set. Super exciting. I have to admit it: I love watching Ryba play.

She reminds me of Graf in comportment and I love that. Pegula is a bit like that too. They just get to work.

Billionaire Girl's Club beats Iga Panface!!

Team Billiionaress

Billionairess team

Tommy is in pain. Terrible pain.

I thought Brad Gilbert and Darren Cahill were the same person

Are these 2 women Tommy Paul's girlfriends?

Il Gingio defeats Paul. Despite an apparent medical issue early in the second set, Paul gave Il Gingio some struggle late in the second.

Legz.

Big Jack D returns at a low-key Challenger in Winnipeg next week.

Enjoy him while he lasts!

bye, Tommy

enjoy the poison pussy :-(

....

Earlier, I mentioned Felix’s knee problem. In his post-loss presser, he claimed he’s fully fit.

R545, just not mentally. Typical mental midget stuff because of expectation. Carlos is the only young guy who has not experienced it, yet with his first defense of a slam coming up, the knives will be out for him.

Rybakina team or ova, Samson team?

Fee-males now in the third set.

Is this where we talk about Western & Southern Open?

ova, Samson wins.

Il Gingio team or Minotaur/Hitlerstache team?

Demon Team.

He's such a hard worker, and I admire him for bucking the trend choosing a non-poisonous pussy girlfriend in the lovely, natural Katie Boulter

The Happy Couple

Eva Braun Boulter

I would also like DeMinaur to win (not hopeful though)

I like both Mussolini and Hitler, so I'm indifferent.

Il Gingio wins first set.

R556 = DJT

Il Ginggio wins with baby crying in background.

Sorry - Gingio.

I hate Sinner, but well done. His first Masters 1000.

Why do you hate him, R561?

"Hate" might be too strong. I don't like him and don't root for him. It's based on nothing, like how someone might judge a celeb they've never met. He seems like a perfectly pleasant person. I don't know.

Sinner needed this win, he's fallen behind his two peers: Alcaraz and Rune over the last year and needed to step it up a notch, though to be fair, DeMinaur did a lot of the dirty work for him this week, similar to Jabeur clearing the way for Vondrousova at Wimbledon.

Darren Cahill must be feeling pretty good about life tonight!

I feel sorry for Samsonova who had to win a three setter only a couple hours before the final but Billionaire girl should have won it either way. She beat Iga, after all.

Il Gingio.

He's no Fabio Fognini!

Sinner should have been tapped for this Mona Lisa contest, though Rublev came close.

Some tantalizing doubles teams in Cincy this week: Mackie and Tiafoe, Tsitsipas and ADF, FAA and Mannarino, both Lorenzos, Eubanks and Shelton, F. Cerundulo and Etcheverry, Zverev and Melo are back together again (for better or worse) and even Djokovic making it a blue moon.

A Zverev?

The one who likes to beat women and attack umpires.

Why are so many top singles players suddenly playing more doubles in the past year or two? A large subset of top singles guys playing doubles had largely gone out of style in the 1990s. Granted, most still don't do it at Slams, but I've been surprised at all the top 20-30 players in doubles at regular tour events.

Easy money?

Doubles can be useful for net practice, lobs and cross court shots and it's a bit more fun and relaxed - I don't think the top players need money unless possibly the tournament is giving them a special appearance fee to play doubles (I wonder if that may be the case here since a surprising number are playing doubles..)

2 of my faves won

Go Pegula! Go Sinner!

Some of these fans are nutty.

The weather looks awful for Cincinnati today - high chance of rain all day.

Venus is on court right now and it's raining.

Felix is back, bébés!

Really solid win over Matteo - he really asserted himself in the last 2 sets. You could see his confidence start flooding back the longer the match went on.

Are felix and Mateo no long besties? A very frosty handshake at the net.

Weren't they besties hanging out in the Rome sunsets with their respective girlfriends as a foursome a few years ago?

Does Venus have a lip bleed?,

Felix got a lousy draw… Matteo is a tough out. But this should boost his confidence.

Felix and Matteo were chummiest of chums by the look of the pic in the link, R581. Makes you wonder what went down among the four of them.

Legz and Woz

new thread

From Cincy to New Jark -- so many questions to answer!

Will Carlitos defend his title?

Can Jpeg carry her winning form over to Queens?

Speaking of Queens, will (not so) Young Grigor make a deep run this year? Do we miss Rafa?

Will Novaxx get a boob job?

Will Daddy or Our Tommy ditch the poison's p's and earn Gran Slam success?

Will Peppa win the New York crowds over with her haute couture and soft features?

Will Legz wear even shorter shorts? Will he grow some leg hair?

Will Granny Vee make it past the first round? Will they let her on the grounds?

Legz.

Brat.

Svee.

Peppa. Peppa Pig.

A. Zverev.

Thanks to OP of new thread.