The Gays and Tennis Part 158 -- Dump Truck Edition

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Thanks for the new thread OP. Great choice of cover eye-candy..

What happened to 157?

Never mind…figured it out.

157

156.2

Peppa!

Rasputin lost to Sinner

I said never mind!

It was great to see Sinner beat Medvedev. Maybe he's ready to live up to expectations.

Hell of a match between Swiatek and Caroline Garcia - Rybakina/Sabalenka later - Shanghai heating up!

* oops I mean Beijing, not Shanghai

The Brat goes down in flames to Nakashima - 6-0, 6-2.

At this point, surely he would be better taking some time out and sorting out whatever physical /mental stuff is going on? Can't stand the asshole but this is just embarrassing l.

Not nearly as embarrassing as some of the crap Logz has pulled on court before. Good to see Nakashima lnock him out so hard.

knock*

Could the Brat be the male Eugenie 6Ouchard of 2023? Did Chrissie pencil him into grand slam finals?

Oink oink. Peppa has definitely slimmed down a lot though.

There a lot of tennis hotties. I still find it strange that not a single professional male tennis player has been out while playing. I know Jan-Michael Gambill came out, but I'm pretty sure it was after he retired.

I know people say it's because they're scared of losing sponsorships, or playing in homophobic countries, but there have been plenty of out lesbians in tennis who've got on fine. Take Martina Navratilova for instance, who was out many years ago when the world was a lot less accepting than it is now.

It's not a team sport, so you don't really have to worry about jibes from team members and tennis seems too classy to have hooligans yelling slurs from the stands. I know it definitely wouldn't be accepted at the likes of Wimbledon, for example.

Ben Rothenberg said that if a top male player came out now, sponsors would be very positive. Big sponsors like Nike support Pride now, they look to appeal to younger people.

It seems that they just aren't brave enough.

No look at me! I married.

Felix out early again, this time to Fucksabitch

R21 then I’m a bitch

well TBH I'd be happy to be his bitch, too

Rybot beats the Dave Portnoy fan!

Saffiulin thumps Ratface 6-3 6-1

Good to see so much trash getting taken out today!

I thought there were supposed to be pics of dumptruck asses in this thread?

Is this where we talk about open dumptruck asses?

Not yet

here's Ruby bumping Fils's dump truck bussy

an oldie but a goodie

All of DL's supposedly hot players are plain AF

Fritz??

JJ wolf?!?!

Roddick?!?!?

Shelton?!?!?!?!?!?!?

You all have poor taste or are all blind

It depends on your criteria, R31. Roddick had a great behind, Shelton has a tight body and his face might be called jolie laide.

Who's on your hot list?

A young Vilas

Those biceps on his playing fist…er hand.

Thems real legz…screw that lame Dane.

Vilas was a sexy beast. Young Vilas and Borg...just gorgeous (Borg needs the hair, though, when the hair is short you realize he is about a centimeter from being a cyclops his eyes are so close together.)

Victor Pecci, who took out Vilas and Connors in the '79 French Open and a set off of Borg in the final, wasn't bad either. I wonder if the earring in his right ear meant anything.

Feli was callipygian back in the day

de acuerdo!

Rico

The final of the China Open is going to be Swiatek-Samsonova.

Swiatek destroyed Gauff and now has a HtH of 7-1 over Gauff.

Samsonova beat Rybot and now has a HtH of 4-0 over Rybakina.

Some players can't seem to handle certain players well and sometimes it seems random. (Coco must be very grateful to Peppa who has another random-seeming 4-0 HtH over Swiatek and beat her in the USO.)

Rybot did all this deconstructing of Sabalenka 's game, only to lose horribly to a relatively unknown player?? So fucking inconsistent.

I was so looking forward to a Rybot vs Iga Final, dammit!

Hope this Final will be Samsnova's turn to be victorious, over Iga!

R40, i would hardly call a 6-3,6-2 result a destruction.

Also, did you forget Coco beat Iga in Cincinnati? What names you think she couldn't have repeated that at USO? After all it was the summer of Coco

[quote]i would hardly call a 6-3,6-2 result a destruction. Also, did you forget Coco beat Iga in Cincinnati? What names you think she couldn't have repeated that at USO? After all it was the summer of Coco

I was actually wrong and Iga actually has an 8-1 HtH over Coco now. I don't understand your second point - the USO was only last MONTH and Coco still can't beat Iga beyond one fluke game despite it being 'the summer of Coco'? Some players just seem to have their kryptonite or nemesis.

Is Sinner kryptonite for Medvedev?

Djoke for everbody?

Mopsy over an in-from Safiullin in 3

Fils over Foki 2 and 5

Fran outmuscles Marton in 3 tight, sexy sets.

Iga is a better returner than Rybot, a better mover, has more rally tolerance. I think she should get this final over Samsonova but let's see.

Korda beat Medvedev in 2!

That first set was the stuff of nightmares from Swiatek. One winner, zero unforced errors, over quickly.

Iga wins her sixth WTA1000 tournament. She's still just 22-years-old - but she does need to win more slams other than Roland Garros so I want to see more of that.

(And, reminder that DL fave Peppa Pig, of all people, has a 4-0 HtH over Iga.)

Swiatek played like it was a practice session (didn't remove her long sleeves or break a sweat) and beat the hell out of her.

Kasatkina's Tokyo video was posted yesterday. The Pavlyuchenkova interview is worth watching and the segment with Rybakina's cameo was cute.

I love Pavlychenkova!

Iga probably won't ever let these 2 interview her .because shes scared that hese 2 gay gals' ,lez detector would send off red alert alarm bells

Cant stand Iga. I hope she bows out early in the WTA finals

Why do you hate Iga, R55? She seems pretty harmless, especially when she's crying about trolls in her pressers. Have a heart.

[quote]Iga probably won't ever let these 2 interview her

Kasatkina's lobbying her for an interview; I think she will eventually do one. They share awkward, self-deprecating senses of humor. Swiatek's handlers just need to back off a bit and let her learn to have fun with her peers.

Our Tommy over Fils 6-4 in the 3rd

au revoir, Arthur

So great to see Lil Diego finally have a good tournament.

Comes back from a break down in the third set to defeat Daddy.

Thanks for that, r60. I actually stopped watching when Diego went a break down in the third, convinced that was that. Glad he beat Fritz.

Alcaraz has not been himself since Cincinnati, that match with Novaxx and the shenanigans Novaxx pulled, really did a number on our dear Carlos.

Evans pushing Alcaraz in Shanghai and taking a set off him at the US Open isn't too strange when all his best results have been on hard courts. Any other surface, though, and Carlos would trounce him.

I'm glad a new thread has been started because I hated seeing that ugly, old homophobe, Margaret Court, show up in the DL feed.

The UGOAT takes down another Top Tenner. Good win over Tsitsipas - Ugo really came back at him after dropping his service late in the third set.

Back to the drawing board for Stef.

Humbert is surging while Rune and Tstsipas are in freefall, and I'm loving every minute of it.

What did Novak do in Cincinnati? Rune and Sissie are nice to look at but not very likable.

[quote]What did Novak do in Cincinnati?

Entier first set with Carlos, Novak on court performing one of his go-to schticks 'bird with a broken wing'; moving like he hasn't slept in a week, then bingo, he's back in full flight for the second set after his magic potion.

He really is the worst, r68. Loathsome creature.

Nice to see that the players in the Shanghai round of 16 are all good guys, not a bad apple in the bunch.

Cute Casper Team or Marzipan Team?

Cinderello Team or Sebi Team?

Il Gingio Team or Mopsy Team?

Hubie Team or ZZ Team?

Dan Evans looking fetching

Hurkacz played doubles with Shelton! (just lost though, to Hijikata and Norrie)

I'll go with Ruud, Korda, Shelton, Zhang (just because he should win in his home country)

Venus Williams is surprisingly reversing her retirement from playing doubles tennis to partner three-time Grand Slam finalist Ons Jabeur. The 14-time women's doubles champion has not played alongside anyone for over a year since Serena retired from the sport after the 2022 US Open.

She also received a wildcard for singles as well.

This is for the Jasmin Open in Tunisia.

So Venus and Ons are playing an exhibition. Let's not kid ourselves it's anything else.

Is this where we talk about Jasmin Open?

What about the Zhengzhou Open? Is this where we talk aboutnit?

Well... that really is the icing on the cake for Marzipan!

Breaks Casper at the back end of the final set to take the win!

Marzipan!

R18 pretty sure Jan Mike never officially came out, and he seems to have gone back 'in' as all mentions of his bf Malek have stopped on social media. Not sure they are still together, but since Jan Mike got a more regular gig at TC he has gone relatively silent.

Stefanos never seems to learn anything from these losses.

Every time it’s like he’s stunned that they happened because in his mind he’s a slam contender.

It’s really odd.

bye Casper :-(

Finally, signs of life from Big, Bouncy Sexy Bastard,, Tim Van Rijthoven! Hopefully he'll be strutting his stuff on the tour next season.

Aww Jannik.

In celebration of his 21st birthday, Ben mops up Yawnnik in a squeaker.

Mopsy, bishes!

Hubie squeaks by ZZ in a 3rd set TB

Woobie Wublev tomorrow and I'm so worried! He's in a bit of a slump. My emo curly ginger better pull it out! And I wish he would, you know what I mean, nudge nudge....

I 'think' I like his opponent Tommy Paul though. But did we decide he was MAGA?

Tommy and Reilly Opelka participated in LA protest marches against the George Floyd killing. Probably not a MAGAt.

Glad to hear that R89. Now if he'd stop wearing that backwards baseball cap, we'd be good. He's kinda cute.

Our Tommy

moar

Jarry-curl Team or Lil Diego Team?

UGOAT Team or Wolfman Team?

Carlitos Team or (not so) Young Grigor Team?

Our Tommy Team or Ruby Team?

‘Lil Diego team (I do like Jarry too though)

Humbert Humbert team

Alcaraz (Garfia) team

Wublev team

Thanks so very much for asking!

Go Diego!

HH gets my vote (love the Humbert Humbert)

Carlitos

Emo

Not so young Grigor.

This is the so-called dump truck thread. This is Mateo Escobar. Is he in any way an actual tennis player? He has “an” Onlyfans.

Reportedly Mateo was the second-ranked player in Mexico in 2019 and is currently giving tennis lessons at Wilton Manors.

The UGOAT is on fire. Slaughters the Wolfman 6-1, 6-2, firing out 38 winners in the process.

^ Damm!

Jarry over Lil Diego in 3

bye, Wolfman

Rafa to compete at 2024 AO.

Xisca of course is too busy at the bank and will remain in Mallorca.

Young Grigor takes Carlitos into a third set. He has the momentum after breaking twice in the second.

[quote]Young Grigor

Old Grigor. It's time to re-evaluate. Tennis age is cruel.

Wow, Dimitrov beat Alcaraz, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4. Did anyone watch the match? I'm wondering how Dimitrov won. Was he playing in the zone, or did Alcaraz have an off day? Or maybe a combination of both?

Hi r105. I was distractedly watching the last set while I was at work, and it looked like Dimitrov was in superlative form and Alcaraz was having an off day. The commentators seemed to be saying more or less the same thing.

What few rallies I saw were actually quite breathtaking—Alcaraz, even on an off day, is not going to give any less than 100%, but Dimitrov wasn't having that today.

R105, my take: Dimitrov had a good game plan and was very aggressive. When Alcaraz isn’t in charge, when he has to be reactive, he’s noticeably less happy and makes more mistakes.

R107, I believe that's how Sinner beat Alcaraz recently, by being extra aggressive and keeping Alcaraz more on his back foot. Of course, so much easier said than done, but that seems to be the game plan to use against Alcaraz

Yikes, I know that Ostapenko can be extremely hot or cold, but wow. After all, it wasn't too long ago that she beat Swiatek at the U.S. Open.

I just wasn't feeling it today, and who cares, I am a slam winner lest you forget! You may bow down now.

Loving the quarter final line up in this tournament

You could make a decent case for Rublev, Shelton, Dimitrov, Korda, Humbert, Jarry, or Hubie winning the whole thing. Marozsan would be the only genuine 'shock'. It's genuinely wide open.

Will our dear Carlos ever win another GS or even make it to the finals of any ATP event ever again? Since that cincinnati finals against Novaxx, Carlos has been on a downward spiral.

I fear that match really fucked him up

Come weep with me, past hope, past cure, past help.

My Woobie has lost.

* past care

R113 Rublev won today.

R112, I think another factor is all the surge in media hype after Alcaraz won Wimbledon. Some people were already proclaiming that he stood a chance of breaking Djokovic's record of 24 GS titles. Of course Alcaraz is hugely talented and unbelievably mature for his age, but he's won only two GSs to date so I think it was way, way too premature to be talking about breaking Djokovic's record. I wonder now if all that media hype was adding too much pressure on him. After all, he's still so young, only 20 years old.

[quote]Will our dear Carlos ever win another GS or even make it to the finals of any ATP event ever again? Since that cincinnati finals against Novaxx, Carlos has been on a downward spiral. I fear that match really fucked him up

Nah, I would take how players perform in tournaments outside of slams with a big pinch of salt. Top players are often paid large sums simply to appear but don't necessarily want to play - and therefore may not be as competitive or 'on' as they would be in a slam.

Ruby ripping a FH

damm, gurl!

@ R111

I like it, too. No Novaxx, no Med, no Carlitos. Has anyone left won a Masters except for Hubie?

Young Grigor has won Cincinnati and the YEC.

Hubie Team or Marzipan Team?

Sebi Team or Mopsy Team?

R115 so sorry about the Rublev mistake - but Yay! (sorry Tommmy)

So I'll declare for the QFs: Rublev, Hurkacz, Shelton, and Jarry - go Chile!

Of the top ten, nine played at Shanghai and eight are out already! Zverev, Rune, Medvedev, Ruud, Tsitsipas, Fritz, Sinner, and Alcaraz. Only our Woobie Ruby is left! We love you, Andrey!

Is this where we talk about the totally underwhelming nature of the fall Asia swing tour?

^It was so meh

What’s the next swing for us to talk about?

Oceania

Where can I watch the Jasmin Open?

Naomi

Naomi, Rafa and Wozniacki have announced they will all participate in AO

I worry that Rafa will get his ass handed to him all next season and regret the comeback. I say retire after RG, and hold your head high.

There's the WTA Finals October 29. These players have qualified: Sabalenka, Swiatek, Gauff, Rybakina, Pegula, Vondrousova, Muchova, Jabeur.

Then the ATP Finals November 12. So far these players have qualified: Alcaraz, Djokovic, Medvedev, Sinner. 4 to be decided.

R126 there's a mini EuroCarpet Swing in the run up to the finals: Stockholm, Antwerp, Vienna, Basel, climaxing in Paris Bercy.

Hubie over Marzipan in 3

Men’s naked tennis needs to become a thing.

Mopsy over Sebi 12-10 in the first set TB

Seb team

Sebastian Korda - such a cool name, like a spy in the movies.

But the odd pale aqua outfit? and the schoolgirl's headband?

Just weird. And has a sister named Nelly. Don't know what to think about him. But he's 6 ft 5. So there's that. Family?

bye Mopsy :-(

a nice moment

r138, really? His father was a pinch faced, AO 1998 winner and number 2 in the world. Awful to look at, almost as bad as Lendl.

(not so) Young Grigor Team or Jarry-curl Team?

Ruby Team or UGOAT Team?

Petr Korda was very unfortunate looking. Sebastian is a stunner in comparison to his father.

Young Grigor -- he's won more 1000-level tournaments than anyone left in the draw!

Jarry team

Wublev team

Thanks so very much for asking!

"Petr Korda tested positive for doping in July 1998 at Wimbledon, and was banned from September 1999 for 12 months" wikipedia

So how come Simona Halep gets 4 years?

1998- A fabulous year for tennis.

AO Korda d. Rios, FO Moya (Alcaraz coach) d. Corretia WSampras d. Ivanisovic (Novaxx coach) , USO Rafter d. Phillapousis

AO Hingas d. Lesbian icon Conchita Martinez, FO ASVicario d. Seles, USODavenport d. Hingas. And most importantly, Jana Novatna d. Tauziat, at Wimbledon, much to the relief/joy of the entire tennis world. RIP Jana.

I loved Conchita for not "coming out", she just made out with women publicly and let the rest of the world deal with it.

Barbora Krejicova often citesnthenkate Jana as a she- ro of hers. Barbora is lez right?

^cites the late

They’re all lesbians! All of them! Why any of them need to “come out” is beyond me!

When New Jack Swing start?

YG and UGOAT Teams

Bonne question, merci de la poser!

[quote]They’re all lesbians! All of them!

Yes but the best looking lesbian of them all is and will always be Sebastian Korda.

God shorter hair on Seb and he'd be so good looking. I know he wears the headband because it was one of his golfer sister's - yeah that sounds weird - but he is doing it as some tribute to her.

Where is Jensen Brooksby? Is he suspended?

^ yes

Ruby in straights (as it were) over the UGOAT

About Seb's headband, did his sister die? or is just a general tribute because... he's weird?

Yay emo woobie Ruby!! He puts little snippets from his winning matches in his Instagram stories. Awww. (or maybe they all do - he's the only player I follow)

Both Seb's sisters are LPGA pro's. One is the Olympic champ from 2020. And both are alive.

My wuby wublev

What does the pro possess?

Hubie clinically disposes of Korda to reach the Final. He's having a bit of a late season charge

If he wins the final he's within touching distance of making the ATP Finals - especially considering that Daddy and The Brat are flopping hard atm.

Sadly, Hubie isn't hawt.

No, but he's sweet, charming, flirtacious, and quirky, which is nice change from the arrogant jocks from around the world that represent most of the ATP. He could be the first player to come out in the future. Fingers crossed.

^ do you really think he's gay? any receipts?

Will agree to disagree with you on that, R163. Hubi is adorable.

Hoo-bie is on the PTPA executive committee.

Every rose has its thorns.

Hubie is a turn off. He looks like he dribbles

yes, he's cute, but he's not hawt, R166

YMMV

as the girls say, "he's tennis hot, but not real world hot"

How sweet is this? Grigor and Andrey kissing at the net.

My wuby, wublev, love him

So the final with Rublev and Hurkacz starts at 4:30 am Eastern?

Challenger Hottie Alert!:

Belgium's Joris De Loore

Awww.

I hope Ruby and Grigor become and item!

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Hoobie.

Wublev didn't look too pleased at the ceremony. I was on Wublev team.

Rotcher Federer was there sitting on a throne.

Tough loss for Ruby.

Where's Grigor to kiss him and make it all better?

looks like Roger's lo mein left him a little gassy

Happy Monday, everyone!

Pornstache Thompson dumps out Ratface in Round 1 in Japan!

Coverboy Marcos 'Dump Truck' Giron in a first set TB against Nishioka

Dump Truck takes the 1st set 16-14 TB

some eye candy that isn't about the back

All eye candy about Giron of the great ass should be from the back.

Big Jack assumes the position for Demon

Daddy smacks down Cute Cam

My God, Cameron Norrie's backhand is so hideous: he strikes it with two hands but the hands don't pivot, it feels like both hands are locked in a cast and he's just moving the cast somehow. OTOH I think the best looking backhand right now, might be Seb Korda's: he strikes it like it was done in the late 90s early noughties. Smooth yet powerfull, almost flat with a tiny bit of spin for security, gorgeous follow through.

Tiafoe has had a really disappointing fall swing.

Losing to Karasev in the first round? Not something that should be happening if he is, as he likes to think, a grand slam contender.

Perhaps he is not as big a foe as he thinks?

Dump Truck Team or Cute Casper Team?

Mopsy Team or Pornstache Team?

Well, I imagine Foe will dig deep to test himself. This wasn’t the year he expected for himself after the 2022 USO.

He wants to contend at majors. He’s got a lot of competitive fire.

Next year will be determinative.

Is he going to be the guy who occasionally makes a thrilling run or is he something more?

[quote]Is he going to be the guy who occasionally makes a thrilling run or is he something more?

I like him, he's endearing - but the former imo.

I’m torn between Giron of the Great Ass and Casper teams. I love Giron’s ass and Casper’s overall look. I prefer Casper’s game though. He is the King of the ATP 250s after all.

Ponstache Thompson team. I’m not a fan of Mopsy.

^ curious why you don't like Mopsy?

....

I'm not sure Shelton has what it takes to be a consistent player with longevity

Daddy looks hot as fuck in r188

Given that this is the Asian swing, sometimes when I glance at Daddy Fritz out of the corner of my eye, I think he looks east Asian.

He's too tall for that. j/k

If Daddy Fritz had a website, what would be the url? GoDaddy.com is taken.

FAA into the Quarterfinals of the Japan Open! Go Felix!!

I'm also rooting for Daddy, of course, and Tommy, Casper, and Mopsy to get to the QFs. Tiafoe and Hurkacz already out of the running.

It's a pretty wild scramble out of the top 3. Or really out of the top 1. Retire Djoko. You and your "tonics" have it wrapped up. Aren't you bored?

Not R195 but I dislike Mopsy because he's an annoying, boorish fratboy asshole.

He just turned 21 about a week ago. Maybe time, and a lot of defeats, will wear down the boorish rough edges. Same with smartass Rune.

Maybe they will - a few others have in the past have matured out of bratishness - but in the meantime I will happily root against them! No matter the shapeliness of their quads, or how ripped their abs are.

Dump Truck over Casper 3 and 4

Tommy over Mackie 4 and 2

I don't hold Shelton's brashness against him since he always does it with a positive spirit.

More than can be said for Rune, Ratface, Novaxx and that ilk.

Mopsy defeats Pornstache.

ugh, Novaxx, just the mention of his name....

I liked Shelton. He wants to win. If only I detected that competitive fire in players like Fritz.

Isn't the whole Mopsy family through and through MAGA?

Mopsy!

Carlitos out of Basel next week - citing 2 injuries. His end of season's turning into a bit of a car crash.

Someone said that Mopsy followed Candace Owens on IG at one time but I'm wondering if he did automatic follow backs and then realized the error of his ways. Because it doesn't get much worse than CO.

he also followed Vivek Ramaswamy so I doubt it.

Can we rlly judge people’s political views by who they follow?

Many people used to follow Trump so they could see what insane thing he was saying.

you gurls who follow players' twitter accounts bemuse me

he's a likely dumb 20 year old, who cares?

The Rune Brat loses again. This time to the thicc dreaminess that is Kecmanovic.

Love it when the men sort out the boys on court!

Demon Team or Lil Diego Team?

Aslan Team or ZZZ Team?

Lil Diego Team. His late season renaissance is giving all the feels.

Aslan "Thunder Calves" Team

‘Lil Diego team (though I like Minotaur/Hitlerstache as well).

I don’t know much about Aslan 🦁 and less about ZZZ, but I do like his initials. Based on that insightful tennis analysis, I’ll go with ZZZ team.

Thanks so very much for asking!

Aslan has great legz, it must be said

Aslan is 30 but could pass for 50. Has a Bond villain face. Nice thicc bod though.

He belongs in the hot Jewish men thread too.

in, Gar team or in, Popyr team?

Speaking of dump trucks here is fat Sock playing golf.

Click to enlarge.

Brat/Legz face.

Click to enlarge.

Kyrgios no longer has ranking points as a result of inactivity.

Why can't they just ban someone like Novaxx? Rafa is coming back, so he must be physically ok. Roger should be allowed to return, also, possibly because of his age, they could give byes that put him into the quarters of tournaments. That seems to be something they are doing with the WTA.

R230 It grinds my gears that the lazy bum will get Wildcards galore once he emerges from his latest year-long bender, and decides he needs to bump back up his bank balance..

R231, you're not very bright, are you?

Boom-Boom Boris Becker is taking on the role of Coach to Rune.

Two trainwrecks colliding springs to mind... at least it won't be dull!

Well Boom-Boom can certainly use the scratch, what with all those tax troubles and time in the clink.

Yikes. Oddly, they seem like a good pairing.

Demon is on a tear

Boom-Boom also had great legz back in the day

Boris, winner of the aging badly competition.

Bring back 70s/80s tennis shorts! Fucking Agassi ruined everything!

^^^^

20-year old Shintaro Mochizuki STUNS Daddy by winning - after he was being bageled in the first set, and being a break down in the 3rd.

Daddy loses in a 3rd set TB to some Japanese qualifier.

WTF, Daddy?

curse of the poison pussy

Adorkable weirdo, Karatsev, makes short shrift of Triple Z. He's having one of *those* weeks when he goes on a tear.

Footage of Aslan apparently experiencing the taste of water for the very first time....

[quote] curse of the poison pussy

His girlfriend or his mother?

R245, I can't stand the sight of him

Did Daddy do enough to qualify for the ATP Finals?

R248 Not yet. He's about 100 points behind Rune (8th).

Given Rune's current abysmal form, Daddy should do it. But that whole bunch - Fritz, Ruud, Hubie, Tommy - all seem to be falling over each other to fuck up at the last minute. If Tommy and Demon manage to take the title in Japan they are right in the mix.

Karastev is hideous

Now, that's just hurtful, R250. Luckily, Wuby is there to kiss it better.

Brat/Legz and Eubanks play with their balls.

Mini magician, Hugo Gaston wins a thriller against Struff in Antwerp.

Amazing first point of the final tie-break. Gaston was flat on his bottom at the back of the court while putting up a desperate lob. Struff scrambled to get the ball back, with Gaston just about getting to his feet to lunge a winner past Struff.

Here's the point, if anyone's interested.

It was more a sliced drop shot than a passing winner... which is actually even more impressive!

Yeah it was a short slice. Great improvisation to win the point!

Mopsy Team or Tommy Team?

FAA Team or Dump Truck Team?

Demon Team or Alan Team?

Popyrin Team or Unknown Japanese Guy Team?

erm, Aslan, not Alan

R257 among my circle we use 'Alan' as a code word for 'anal'...

FAA! Please have a good tourney. Get up, Felix - we love you!

And I'll go for Tommy, Demon & Popyrin - go Aussies!

nice, R259!

^ oh, fuck that was for 258

[quote] among my circle we use 'Alan' as a code word for 'anal'...

“Circle” being the operative word.

Is there anyone more adorable than Rublev, R251?

Wublev.

Wublev team.

Paul team.

Giron of the Great Ass team.

Minotaur/Hitlerstache team.

Unknown Japanese guy team (At least his parents know him).

MopFAADemonPop, please.

Mopsy takes down Tommy in straights.

Dumpers dumps on Felix. He's having quite the week.

Was watching a bit of Shelton-Paul - they hit the crap out of the ball, and Shelton's serve omg. And refreshingly, Shelton doesn't grunt when he hits the ball, or at least not much. Was that always a thing? I watched many years ago (Borg-McEnroe era) and I don't remember it.

Anyhow, my heart breaks for FAA, and to a lesser extent, Fritz. Oh well, there will always be ups and down - and headcases. Don't know what's going on with them. It's like Fritz and Tiafoe are in a contest to see who can drop in the rankings the fastest. Bye bye ATP finals, Daddy.

So the 6'5" Popyrin is playing the 5'9" Japanese guy - the announcer called him a "giant killer" when he took down Fritz. Can he pull off the SF in his home country? Interesting. And he's such a cute little pocket rocket.

'The Jesus' was smiling on Aslan today, as he demolishes The Demon in straight sets.

Mopsy!

back it up

Pipsqueak has killed his second giant! Up against Aslan tomorrow. Wow!

Mochizuki beats Popyrin!

Absolutely love this guy. He's like a ray of sunshine on court - just oozes positivity.

Credit to Shelton, he’s backing up his USO performance. He’s been better this fall than any of the other Americans.

Felix needs to end his season, take a few weeks off perhaps, and get back to working with his (hopefully new) coach.

37 year old Gael Monfils just took out Mannarino and heads to the SFs in Stockholm. He's married to Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina and they have a baby daughter. (just your daily human interest story)

are you the 'she has a baby?' troll

R277, THIS IS BRAND NEW INFORMATION!

Dump Truck Team or Mopsy Team?

Unknown Japanese Guy Team or Aslan Team?

[quote]It's like Fritz and Tiafoe are in a contest to see who can drop in the rankings the fastest.

Hold my beer…

Mmmmmmmopsy

Dump Team

Mochizuki Team

Mmmmmmopsy

Mochizuki Mopsy - would love to see the Japanese take it all!

Osaka and that ugly rapper who looks like her brother have split up - they only had a baby in July.

Giron has an amazing ass.

I bet Daddy throws the best fuck of all of them. Paul looks like the dumb too eager to please. Daddy looks selfish and horny. Which can be hot.

[quote] Osaka and that ugly rapper who looks like her brother have split up - they only had a baby in July.

The biggest headcase in tennis? Or is that Kyrgios?

Godzuki Team!

Mopsy!

Will play Aslan for the title.

bye Dump Truck :-(

Osaka really does seem nutz. She's reportedly training again to come back.

Girl doesn't know what she wants.

Fils takes out Tsitsipas in two tie-breakers! I love this guy.

I want to eat out at Giron's buffet.

Tsitsipas can’t beat the beat of the generation before him, and now he’s showing he can’t beat the guys younger than him.

But keep sticking with pop as your coach!

Was the Asian Swing always so long??? When will it end, its boring, my faves are skipping it!!

SInce this is the DT edition, my top 5: Fils, Shang, Tiafoe, Ramos-Vinolas, and Mmoh. Honorable mention to Mackie, Nishikori, Tomic and Struff.

It's over, R297. Tokyo is the end. On to indoor season now.

Will everyone get bedbugs at Bercy?

R292 he could probably get it

r294, He's the opposite of a DLer, he's a teenager but he could pass for 40.

Shelton won. 7-5, 6-1

Tinkerbelle Fils Team or Bubbles Team?

Fils team

fils, Mon team or Kotov team?

Feeling the Mon/Fils teams.

Tinkerbelle???

R306 - just because the pose he's in in the attached pic reminded me of Tinkerbelle!

That’s Shelton’s first title. His rise has been steady.

Do we think Shelton might be the real deal? Two hardcourt Slam semis and a smaller title is really impressive.

I don't know. I just don't see him having a big time career.

Shelton needs weapons beyond his inconsistent serve.

He’s already acquire god at the net. And he had a strong overhead.

*quite good

I’m not sure when he acquired god🤷🏻‍♂️

I read it as "a choir god" and thought of gospel music.

When carpet swing start?

Good Luck, his next opponent is Sinner

And the next opponent for Fils is Medvedev.

La Monf becomes one of only four players over age 37 to take a Tour title since 1990. Federer was the last to achieve this feat four years ago in Basel.

Casper manspreading and serving bulge.

What a Mensch!

No bulge

Bulge?

Austrian, Filip Milosic, currently tussling Norrie in Vienna, has a very nice bottom.

Fight me.

Etcheverry team or Seb team?

Well R321 the challenge is seeing his ass when it isn’t visible in the pic. His forearm is right nice.

So Very Etcheverry Team!

I had a friend with the last name Etcheverry - he killed himself.

Debbie Downer has entered the chat!

R325, was he Argentinian?

Tomas Martin wins so I don't imagine he'll top himself tonight.

Stan the Man ass.

Wawrinka ass.

Big Foe proving to be his won worst enemy - his horrible end of season continues with a retirement against Evil Evo in Austria.

Well, damn I totally effed that one up - It was Evans that retired while leading 4-1 in the first set!

R331, gosh, smh

Rune's game has really gone down the gutter

Rune's Mom is asking ATP to appeal to 'social media' to stop trolling her son.

The fragrant Mama Rune should appeal to her son to stop being such an unlikeable bitch.

Deal with a problem at source!

Rune blew a break lead in one set with Carlos in the Wimbledon qf and he's not been the same since. What's he won - 3 matches since then? I didn't see this coming. Becker can whip him up.

So the girls' WTA final is set, with Muchova withdrawing: 1 Sabalenka; 2 Swiatek; 3 Gauff; 4 Rybakina; 5 Pegula; 6 Jabeur; 7 Vondrousova; 8 Sakkari (subs Krejciova and Keys)

I'll go for Rybakina and Swiatek in the final - with Rybakina winning! (probably just wishful thinking)

R329 - I see Wawrinka, but I sure don't see any ass worth noticing.

Benny Paire getting very excited in tight, tight blue shorts...

Unfortunately Domicakes lost to Tsitsy today and at his home tournament. The year of discontent for Thiem continues.

Poor Maddie Keys has lost two of her round robin matches already.

This is for the WTA Elite Trophy which is for the 2nd tier of top players. The groups are:

Krejcikova, Linette, Kasatkina

Haddad Maia, Keys, Garcia

Peppa Pig, Zheng, Vekic

Zhu (WC), Kudermetova, Samsonova.

Winner of each goes to the semifinals. Keys can only progress now if Garcia beats Haddad Maia in 2 sets and then it comes down to number of games won/lost.

No, scratch the last bit, I think Keys is out completely (am a bit confused).

r335 whilst agreeing with you perhaps the problem is that Mama Rune is a prize cunt herself and has merely passed on her talents to junior?

When do the top gals play in the WTA Finals?

Next week, R344.

La Monf is on an eleventh-hour career tear, knocking out Altmaier in straights 6-4, 6-4 in Vienna.

U-Goat Humbert squeaks out a third-set tiebreak win over Giron in Basel.

Sad to see Giron of the great ass out again.

Sinner's physiotherapist - Giacomo Naldi - is cute.

Sinner still strikes me as The Boy Who Fell to Earth. On the court there is just something not quite of this world about him, as if he's channeled through aliens with sinister intent. The odd movement and expression seems synthetic somehow.

It’s because he’s a ginge!

Entertaining match between Sinner and Shelton today, with Sinner winning 7-6(2), 7-5. Sinner is only a year older than Shelton but, in my opinion, plays with so much more maturity and composure.

Also loks way older r350.

Sinner is strange looking

Sinner is too scrawny. Somebody give him a sandwich.

Panino!

Shelton was never going to win that match, having flown in from Tokyo and dealing with the jet lag.

I loved how Shelton grinned during the handshake moment - and I think hugged Sinner, or patted him on the chest, whatever, he was very sweet. Awww.

Mopsy!

Misery just went down to TME 6-2 in the 3rd

R357 that was a real slugfest. TME just ground Misery down in the second and third sets. Some amazing winners from the pair of them

Fils out to Med

auf wiedersehen

They should use 3D printers instead of people to make these statues. They’d look more like the person portrayed.

Oops. Wrong thread. I meant that for The Rock wax figure thread.

Very soon since I'm playing in gay Paree next week, R359.

we all do it occasionally, R361

Loving the English translation of the link in R362: "Arthur Fils (who benefits from the packages of Borna Coric and Denis Shapovalov)"

Twinkalicious Arnaldi assumes the pose!

Isn't he flexible!?

Kasatkina wins her group (wins over Krejcikova and Linette) to go through to the semis of the WTA Elite Trophy.

Brava Daria. I always liked this little tomboy . Good for her

500s update:

Taylor and Tommy doing everything they can NOT to qualify for the ATP Finals. They FLOP to Sevchenko and Porna G respectively.

The UGOAT dispatches Jarry, and Machac on the verge of drving Citybus off the road (leading 4-1 in the final set)

Barely turned that Bus around!

R368 She's a good kid. A Paralympic tennis player posted about how she paid for their expenses when they couldn't afford to play. The prize money for this tournament is good (the winner will get over half a million dollars) so I'd definitely like someone like Kasatkina to take it.

What to look out for next:

The winner of the Garcia-Haddad Maia match goes through to the semifinals.

Same with the winner of the Zheng-Peppa match.

Samsonova-Kudermetova - if Samsonova wins, she's through. If Kudermetova wins, Chinese wild card Lin Zhu is through.

Legz over Lil Sebastian 6 and 1

Med takes out (no so) Young Grigor 6-4 in the 3rd

Rune is on the up and up. I'm glad

Why? Rune is so unlikeable. Rublev's polar opposite.

b/c Rune is hawt

Ruby is very likeable, ITA - but he's not hawt

R374, I like Rune in top form because he is one of the few who can beat Novaxx

That's like being served Spam instead of head cheese.

Haha, oh boy. Kudermetova was down 2-5 15-40 in the final set and started crying (really). And then went on to win 5-7. She doesn't go through to the semifinals (wild card Lin Zhu does) but she does win an extra $50,000.

Haddad Maia also beat Garcia. Peppa P v. Zheng is coming up which hopefully will be good.

Haddad Maia beat Garcia?? I'm surprised

Tasty Tallon G strings together 5 points in a row in the tie-break to steal the first set from Hubie.

Is Hubie going to be the latest player in the chasing pack to decide he really doesn't want to play the ATP Finals?

Woon

Wublev

Gironass.

Genuine question: are Chinese athletes allowed to keep their prize money? Just wondering what it's like since it's nominally a communist country.

Zheng beats Porky Penko and goes through.

The top seeds (Kasatkina and Zheng) get assigned their opponents (Haddad Maia and Zhu) randomly.

Medwed Small Cat beats K. Hemsworth.

@ 382

a thing of beauty is a joy forever

UGOAT Team or Stricker Team?

Porna G Team or Stiff Citybus Team?

I am watching Gojo vs. Tsitipas and Dojo should be on the DL radar more often. He is one sexy mf.

FAA is on the up and up

R388 absolutely!

R390 and that drenched t-shirt and those shorts..... it is doing something to me. NGL

Unfortunately, Gojo has lost the first set (in a TB)

R383. Genuine answer: yes. With provisos here and there if they were part of a government training program.

Remember, as to economic matters—earned income, investments, taxes—CHINA “follows” the modern Western capitalist model.

Stiff outlasts the gorgous Gojo, while The UGOAT overcomes a nervy second set to smash Stricker off the court in the 3rd.

Amazon Prime commentator just said that Holger's mum said to her that he used to dress up as his favourite players when he was a little boy.

I imagine that his Martina Hingis was quite uncanny...

Fourhead does Fivehead....

This Brat/Boris thing is really working out.

DAMN IT TO HELL!

Our sweet little thread idol, emo Woobie: “I need to improve. Yes, because I’m, how do you call this, completely an abuser to myself, “ Rublev admits when we discuss self-esteem issues. “At 17, I was more asshole, but I was at least more kind to myself. At that time, I was nicer to myself but not that nice to others. Then some situations in my life, they teach me and they open my eyes from a difference point of the view. And I realized many things.”

VeryItchy strikes back in the second set. This truly is a battle of Good Vs Evil!

[quote] I’m, how do you call this, completely an abuser to myself

He was a self abuser?

Onan removes Ratface.

R400, he has admitted to self-harming. He once injured his hand striking a wall.

Wublev

Wublev team

Tiafoe team or Il Gingio team?

Legz!

Il Gingio over Big Foe 3 and 4

Hubert Hurkacz plays Ugo Humbert tomorrow

LOL

Hubert Humbert

[...]

Why does everyone have on a white dress except Iga?

Oops forgot the link.

Because she's a whore!

Jezebel!

[...]

Iga's come dressed as a Handmaid and the rest as hookers. Wild!

It's that time of the month for her. Lesbians like to know that kind of thing.

Med Team or Titsy Team?

Ruby Team or Il Gingio Team?

Legz Team or FAA Team?

Hubert Team or Humbert Team?

I actually rather like it. There's a certain artistry to it. The women all in white except for one in red which makes the photo 'pop'. I do want to know if there was co-ordination or not though.

Club Med Team

Wuby Team

FAA Team

UGOAT Team

Спасибо за вопрос!

Aren’t Wublev and Il Gingio the same person?

R420 they both have ginger hair. That's about it for similarities - physical or otherwise.

Wuby's a volcanic emo hot mess, Il Ginge is Mr Spock.

Wublev team (though I like both)

Humbert Humbert team

FAA team (Brat/Legz team for the eye candy)

Thanks so very much for asking!

Nail-biting final set between Hubie and Ugo - a couple of breaks each and 5-5...

Hubie prevails in the tie-break. Great match.

I see Legz is wearing his makeup again.

Does the damn Brat ever stop WHINING? Imagine having to deal with that every day?

Meanwhile, Felix calmly puts Baby back in his stroller.

Brat barely got a whimper out before Felix tossed him in the trash.

Good for Felix. I think his won/loss for the year is just about 500. I can see him getting a few round of 16's at majors next year. He's so HAWT!!

What does 16 possess?

I think Felix will have a better year in 2024. Keep in mind he's still in his early 20s and has already reached the USO semis, the Wimby and AO quarters, and took Nadal to five sets at RG.

poor Ruby

gurl is strung tight as a madolin

Med Team or Il Gingio Team?

FAA Team or Hubie Team?

Il Gingio team

FAA team

Il Gingio Team Hubie Team - I want him to turf out the Brat from the ATP Finals, but would be equally happy with a Felix win: good to have him back in form.

Photo at r411 - Why is Coco Puffs dressed like that??

Who is the girl wearing the ho dress?

Ons looks GAWG!

R411 Vondrousova is the ho. Iga is the outcast (didn't get together with the other gals to coordinate - she's supposed to text one of the head girls and see what's up but she doesn't have their numbers - sad).

The one who looks most like Caitlyn (from a distance, of course) = Aryna. And I say that with love! Whack those serves in and wipe 'em out girl!

For me, I'd give the pageant crown to Elena Rybakina with Iga as runner up. Probably Ons as Miss Congeniality.

Who won Best National Costume?

The only dress I really like is Ons Jabeur's. So lovely. I have no idea if it's representative of Tunisian fashion. Nice girl, but she's the least pretty (imho). But who cares when you've got a fabulous gown?

FAA for evah!

FAA for evAA.

Haddad Maia takes out Zheng 7-6 7-6 for the biggest title of her career.

Now it's on to the A-list. The two groups in Cancun are:

She-Hulk, Rybot, Pegula, Sakkari

Swiatek, Gauff, Jabeur, Vondrousova (poor Gauff's face when Swiatek was drawn in her group!)

Sabalenka looks like she just stepped out of a tranny Christmas porn flic.

Iga looks like she's wearing a big red sock.

Ons's dress is nice. I also like Rybakina's dress.

I barely watch WTA and only watch GS finals but the photo is sad/tragic klunky, bad hair and makeup, and those shoes. Who needs to see that mess? Fire the editor. There were so many other better pictures.

Carlos and Novaxx practice, live.

Eeewww, I hope Carlitos bathed in clorox after practicing with Novaxx.

Medwed small cat team or Il Gingio team?

Ima say Il Gingio Team

b/c I want him to be a contendah

Il Gingio per favore!

Il Gingio and Meddy are exhausting to watch..... The endless, astonishing, rallies go on forever.

I love rallies.

Both FAA and Il Gingio come through.

So happy for Felix to rescue his season - we need non-assholes to be competitive!

FELIX wins!!!!!

My Man Felix!

[...]

Ya era hora!

Il Gingio and Med

Felix really needed this.I thought he should have pulled the plug on the season a while ago but this was a perfect note to go out on.

I was a FAAs baby.

We still have Paris and Metz before Felix ends his season, R457.

God, the tennis season never ends, does it?

I agree, R460. I think it should last from January until the US Open in September. No Asian swing and no indoor carpet season. Have Davis Cup and Federation Cup (Not BJK Cup) and the year-end championships after the season.

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I love tennis, but an off-season builds anticipation.

Tennis never goes away. It’s like a Jehovah’s Witness neighbor.

I force myself to stop watching at the end of the Open until Oz -- I cut the sports package.

I need the time away from it, and it's the holidays etc.

I just drop in and out as I feel like it. I like following the slams plus the occasional big tournament outside of them.

Get Up Maria! We love you!

She Hulk is on a rampage , just bulldozing poor Sakkari

Why doesn't Carlos learn that Novax is not his friend?

Really r468, Novaxx is a snake, fucking with Carlos mentally with his schmoozey hammy disingenuous 'friendliness'. Is his coach not on to this? Carlos is like a lovable golden retriever, just a big naive smile on his pretty face. Juan Carlos needs to keep a close eye on this.

Ons really doesn't need to be wearing dresses. No one asks for that.

Mid-November through early January is more than enough of a tennis off-season for me.

remember that shit Novaxx pulled on Carlos in Cincy - the whole bird with a broken wing in the first set to get Carlos thinking he he had the whole thing wrapped up and so Carlos starts playing over-confidently and makes stupid errors after that? And then Novaxx drinks some of his special potion and chants to the silly little battery he wears taped to his chest, ands bingo, he's got Carlos dumbfounded. God I despise Novaxx's eastern european ethics.

[quote] Ons really doesn't need to be wearing dresses. No one asks for that.

She needs to wear a burka, bitches!

Coco And Pegula really know how to blow a lead

I couldn't have said it any better r472.

Can't stand the guy

Cincinatti was a match that hinged on 3 points not a broken wing and magic potions or Gypsy curses. LOL. Margaret Court is the REAL GOAT! Anyway even though he's the GOAT, he's not the most beloved so HAHAHA. I don't even care BOO HOO. I'm going to write Carlos a letter to tell him the real truth about Novaxx. I'm going to send him my entire Burn Book that I've documented for 10 years.

A great way to start a Monday morning.

Kamikaze ADF overcomes Shelton in Paris. Good win for him.

bye Mopsy :-(

Misery team or Minotaur/Hitlerstache team?

Demon Team!

Demon!

Misery needs to a hold of himself. He's becoming a champion racquet smasher. Not a good look.

The Cancun facilities are a shit show

The ATP wouldn’t allow this to happen

Murray, after today's loss, is 0-6 against him. There have been some very close matches between the two.

It's got to be a mind fuck. He's beaten Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, all the greats, past grand slam champ, all of it, and he can not, can not, can't be De Minauer, a very competent top player. No shame, but I imagine his own head games are amazing in this matchup.

Tennis is about match-ups.

I remember when Graf was unbeatable, this barely 5' chick from South Africa or somewhere (Coetzer?), who never won a major, was a human backboard and had Graf's number.

Daddy over Lil Sebastian 1 and 4

Grampy Gasquet rallying from 2-5 down against Tommy in the final set has the Parisian crowd in raptures. Bless him.

Tommy serving for it for the second time...

OMG Gasquet breaks again to make it all square at 5-5.

Drama!

Why couldn't Gasgay ever compete like this at the French?!

“I'm happy that I was able to stay focused tonight, overcome the conditions, and play well,” the world No. 1 wrote after a 6-0, 6-1 demolition of No. 8 seed Maria Sakkari. “I have to say though that I am very disappointed with the WTA and the experience so far at the WTA Finals. As I said in my press conference tonight, as a player I really feel disrespected by the WTA. I think most of us do. This is not the level of organization we expect for the Finals.

“To be honest, I don't feel safe moving on this court a lot of the time, the bounce is not consistent at all, and we weren't able to practice on this court until yesterday for the first time. It's just not acceptable to me with so much on the line and so much at stake.”

6-5 Gasquet...

damm, gurl!

Our Tommy!

It's gonna take 37 year old Gasquet a long time to get over this loss after being so far ahead.

Mon dieu. Je le regrette tellement.

^ tant piss, hon

Stan team/Wawrinka team or Thiem team/Domicakes team?

Domicakes Thiem

Hmm. I don't think either of them would win a beauty pageant so I'll go for Grampa Stan - he doesn't have too many matches left in him so he needs it NOW more than dopey Thiem. And here he is with a Seb Korda-style schoolgirl's headband. Sheesh.

SheHulk has a mouth on her doesn't she, love this gal, just tells it like it is.

Domicakes and Stan in a third set.

The Athletic:

[quote]The discussions in China culminated with a three-page, single-spaced letter sent on October 5 and signed by Sabalenka and 20 other leading players, including Elena Rybakina and Marketa Vondrousova, the last two Wimbledon champions, and Ons Jabeur, a three-time Grand Slam finalist. The players requested immediate consideration of their needs for higher pay, a more flexible schedule that is more physically and mentally sustainable, expanded childcare and official representation on the WTA Players Council from their own, independent player organization, the nascent Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), which Novak Djokovic co-founded in 2020.

[quote]Paula Wolecka, a spokesperson for Iga Swiatek, the world No 2, and four-time Grand Slam champion, confirmed Monday that Swiatek had sent her own letter to the WTA leadership, and was part of a “united front here in wishing for a real change.”

Domicakes and Stan are 5-5 in the third.

Domicakes wins.

Arthur and Mopsy in Paris...

Oh lord what agonizing losses for the old guys Gasquet and Wawrinka. They need to go out and cry in each other's beers tonight - or each other's arms?

Why not make it a Misery threesome? Or add Adrian for a big four?

[...]

Tommy does not appear to be given his support of causes and other players.

I don't know about Fritz, but he doesn't seem to be to me.

Domicakes!

The actor who played the douchebag quarterback on Golden Girls bears more than a passing resemblance to Fritz… not only in looks but attitude.

Grampy Gasquet announces that he'll retire at next year's Roland Garros. I will really miss him. He perhaps never achieved his potential, but he has a beautiful, unique game and perhaps the most stylish one-handed backhand in history.

Cocaine kisses aside, he's also one of the nicest, most sporting players of the modern era - you can tell that in his final years he's just played for a genuine love of the game, without the torture of trying to regain past glories that's come with Murray.

Here's a reminder of Gasquet in his twinky prime.

^ ITA, he has been a joy to watch, such a stylish player

plus, he's one of gurls, right?

R512 I thought so for a long while, but he seems to have had the same (very beautiful) girlfriend for the past few years.

Daniel Altmaier - currently leading Fils by a set - has a had a haircut. He looks so much sexier!

UGOAT Team or Dump Truck Team?

Giron of the Great Ass team.

Yet another of the Old Timers marches to the top of the hill only to crumble at the summit.

Sexy Cinderello breaks Parisian hearts by beating La Monf 7-5 in the final set.

Bublik team or Jarry team?

Safiullin team or Alcaraz (Garfia) team?

Nishioka team or Wublev team?

Carlos, ohh Carlos

Carlos is trying really hard in the tail end of the season to snatch year end number 2 out of the jaws of year end number 1. Wake up young man!

au revoir, Marcos :-(

omg Safiullin is thumping Carlitos, 6-3 5-3

The DJ is slipping and playing Electric Light Orchestra's "Last Train to London" but the ATP Finals are no longer in London, sweetie, they're in Turin now: Or maybe there is no song named "Last Train to Turin".

Carlitos out to Safiullin 3 and 4

Saffiullin played so tight tonight, but let's be honest, Carlitos has looked pretty mid since Wimbledon. Hope he can sort himself out in the off season. If he falls by the wayside NoVaxx could be dominating til he's 40...

Losing to Medvedev at the US Open was certainly not disgraceful, if disappointing, nor was it to lose at the hands of Sinner, but then to lose at the hands of (not so) Young Grigor and now journeyman Saffiullin? It looks like Carlos insists on maintaining Nadal's legacy of going out with a wimp at the tail end of the season.

[quote] au revoir, Marcos :-(

I hate to see him leave, but love seeing him walk away.

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Muriel hates the DailyFail

Muriel is 100% right to. I don't know why people keep giving that rancid far right trash clicks (I say this as a Brit - I know what the Daily Mail is). There are better links, why not use them? But it's strange because that's an old article, from mid 2022..? not sure why it's been dredged up.

Novaxx and Thiccmanovic in dubs

I'm watching the wta finals and the conditions look bad. First of all, the heat and humidity is insane so the players are sweating buckets and look out of it, and secondly, the court was hastily constructed and looks uneven so there are some bad bounces.

There have been quite a few bagels and breadsticks. Jabeur, Vondrousova and Sakkari don't look competitive at all.

^^ read earlier in the thread …we know

Sheesh Pegula don't hurt our She Hulk

Fillers matter.

A vwry much in form CocoPuffs thrashed an always lazy Ons

Marketa has wrist injury and Iga Forehead is full of tricks

Maria's game has been meh for a while

So let's calm down on blaming the conditions

I wasn't blaming the conditions - after all, all the players have the *same* conditions to deal with.

Take a look at the center court and reply back

[quote]Take a look at the center court and reply back

The baseline visibly looks uneven. It's actually quite shocking.

She Hulk is a beast

R531 - Thiccmanovic totally floats my boat - yeah, I know he has poor skin - but he just exudes a very masculine presence on court.

I hear you, 541. He is kinda sexy.

I wish DL bf and smoldering Serb Laslo Djere would make a deep run.

Shelton's hair is SO dumb. I CANNOT get beyond it.

Mopsy

Young Grigor with the dreaded 5-2 lead in the final set over Meddy.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT...?

Zverev fines in a German court

....aaaaand Young Grigor loses his serve, serving for the match at 5-3...

Pegula-Sakkari is going to be a dead rubber because Pegula is through and Sakkari out regardless. So they will mostly be playing for the money ($198,000 plus 125 ranking points for each round-robin win).

I really wonder how the psychology of that works. I did notice that Kudermetova was super keen to win her dead rubber match for the money last week but would top players - especially heiress Pegula - care less about winning a dead rubber match for the money? Maybe the competitiveness kicks in too.

He hold his nerve in the tie-break to get it done. One of the best matches of the year!

Whew, Dimitrov needed seven match points but he finally closes the match against Medvedev in the third-set tiebreaker.

Hubie wins and is homing in on Rune's 8th spot like the Darfur Orphan on a tasty taco!

[quote] SheHulk has a mouth on her doesn't she, love this gal, just tells it like it is.

I hope she’ll have as much of a mouth on her to protest against the WTA tour finals going to Saudi Arabia next year. Rumour has it (see the latest issue of the Tennis Podcast) that Cancun was agreed on at the last minute after the powers that be backtracked after facing huge opposition within the WTA (Navratilova and Evert on the front line). Apparently they were ready to take the WTA finals to Saudi Arabia this year.

I suspect, though, that Sabalenka wouldn’t be so vocally against the move if it comes to that. Moolah is moolah, after all, which is the only thing professional athletes should be interested in. Not politics, not wars, just money.

Titsy over Felix in straights

Sad for Felix.

[quote]I suspect, though, that Sabalenka wouldn’t be so vocally against the move if it comes to that. Moolah is moolah, after all, which is the only thing professional athletes should be interested in. Not politics, not wars, just money.

I agree about Sabalenka - my take on her is that she'll be about the money first and foremost. However, I think it's a little sad to only care about money. There is a lot more to human life than just that. I myself have refused to do certain things out of conscience even though I could have made a lot of money from it.

UGOAT Team or Ratfaced Psycho Team

Fran gets the better of Casper in straight sets.

Nice exchange at the net, with Fran giving Casper a playful butt-slap!

The slap is audible!

Fran, you saucy little minx!

^ git it, gurl!

Sascha takes out the UGOAT 7-5 in the 3rd set TB

[quote] DANIIL MEDVEDEV APPEARS TO SHOW PARIS CROWD MIDDLE FINGER AFTER BOOS IN LOSS TO GRIGOR DIMITROV - 'I CHECKED MY NAILS'

LOL

He is NOT one of their FANS!

Yikes, Coco is getting hammered by Swiatek, getting bageled in the first set, ugh.

That's the fifth bagel (in seven matches) at the WTA Finals so far.

If Swiatek wins the match her HtH will be 9-1 against Gauff, getting into Serena-Sharapova style territory (20-3). It's not over yet but Gauff is giving her too many high balls. As a clay-courter Swiatek loves those, you can't give her time.

Coco choke-o

What a disappointing end to the ATP season with nearly all of my faves gone before the Paris round of 16. Turin will be the usual assortment of psychos, space aliens and prima donnas, other than Alcaraz, Rublev and maybe Meddy. Hubi will need a miracle to displace Brat. Heavy sigh.

Iga wins. Gauff kept competitive in the second set but then painfully DF-ed three times in a row when serving for the set. Threw her racket in frustration, looked like she wanted to cry.

Cancun conditions still don't look good with wind to contend with now.

Sinner and McDonald are still in the first set (on serve) and it is already one am. The winner plays at 3pm, I believe. This is ridiculous.

Aww Coco Puffs

Sinner has lost the first set. I am sure he is exhausted after Vienna

Vondrousova is eliminated so now it's between Jabeur and Gauff.

Tomorrow it's the winner of the Sabalenka-Rybakina match who goes through.

It's too bad we can't have both Rybot and She Hulk going through , and remaining in the competition . I need anyone to win but Iga

They need to dump the round robin format. I know it robs the tourney of at least seeing the stars 3 times, but the lack of effort/year end strain really shows in the poor play.

back 'er up!

Legz marches on

new thread here when this one maxes out

Personality aside, what do we think?

This made me laugh. Djokovic went to the Penko School of Fashion.

Il Gingio withdraws from Paris following his ridici 3am finish last night. Our next Coverboy, Demon gets a bye to the Quarters.

r579 he did withdraw.

Thanks for the new thread, OP at R576.

Domicakes

Mopsy

Brat.

Legz.

She Hulk

Peppa Pig

A. Zverev

Small cat

FAA.

Shapo

Daddy Fritz

Il Gingio

RIP Thread!

Wublev

Peppa!

Dumptruck

Cootermetova

Svee-I-tek

Popsicle

Gas-GAY

New thread. Thanks, OP.