The Gays and Tenis, Part 180 - Sunshine Double on to Miami

congrats to Jack!!! I hope he wins the whole thing!!!

She Hulk team or Andreeva team?

Draper team or Woon team?

BJD Team, to an existential degree!

Damn I misspelled "Tennis". I hang my head in shame. At least it's correct in Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian!

Shirtless Fils in motion. DAMN!

Are there any white ATP players with yellow skin at Indian Wells? Who will be such players at Miami?

R7 This is so deeply tedious.

She Hulk

Jack

R8 It totally is.

I would like to believe Daddy is a thoughtful gentle lover. But American boys tend to be very aggressive sexually.

Woon.

Makeup boy.

@ R6

Cap'n Jack!

From the ATP site: Carlos Alcaraz said that nerves and a preoccupation with the big game of Jack Draper were his undoing in his three-set semi-final loss to the British lefty

Was it preoccupation with Jack's big GAME or big something else?

Actually, I find it interesting that Carlos would be spooked by Jack's potential given that the latter has so rarely been in a position to live up to it.

sounds like Carlos isn't very tough mentally

Sorry if this was posted in the last thread, but Andy Roddick's interview with Rafa is fantastic. Andy is as good as it gets in the tennis interview/commentary game and Rafa really shares some great insights on his career.

Woon working out on Tennis Channel.

It's doubles match.

BJD flirting with the camera.

Andreeva immediately goes a break up in the final set. Things gon' get spicy!

BJD in a hurry! Takes the first set 6-2.

Yay! I’m so happy.

Jack must've done some serious visualizing last night and this morning. Ace. Ace. Ace. Ace.

BJD pounds the Brat into screaming submission. Looking like it will be an easy 2 & 2.

Jack Draper. You beautiful winner!

That was POWERFUL.

Jack Draper at the top will be great for tennis!

BJD, bishes

Fuck, NGL, Holgar is cute af!

I can't stand Holger, but this is a very nice speech. Credit to him.

So basically BJD is perfect.

The lad is objectively beautiful.

Jack's now ATP #7 - just 60 points off the Top 5 (Novaxx). I think he's entered the chat for a slam title.

Did Novaxx even play?

Djokovic got bounced early in the tournament. He’s out of gas.

Excited for Jack, love him and his hairy chest so much.

And I can't help but love me some smooth Rune. I'd eat that ass for hours.

On to Miami!

Novaxx had no victories in Indian Wells this year, losing to Botox in the second round.

How much did he win?

1.2 million dollars!

[quote]Novaxx had no victories in Indian Wells this year, losing to Botox in the second round

Botox Banana!

Van de Zandschlut!

I know Draper is objectively handsome, but I find other players sexier like Shapo, Woon and (hangs head in shame) RFC Zverev.

Shapo and Woon are forgivable...but the RFC?

The tennis paradise in me acknowledges the tennis paradise in you.

To each his own, R43--to me, your faves are about as sexy as slices of Wonder Bread. My top 3 would be Fils, Navone and FAA. Draper's model handsome, but it's more his humility, courtliness, and sense of humor that put him up there for me.

[quote] Fils, Navone and FAA.

I like the fact that R46 goes for non-white guys.

Humbert, Machac and Djere are also in my top 10, R47.

Who top 10 players after Sunshine Double part 1?

The new rankings, R49...

Thanks you, r50.

Jack did it! Yay! I'm so happy for him. It was so nice to see him beat the lying, cheating, homophobic brat.

R30 Rune is a disgusting homophobe. He is gross

R33 He's a model.

R37 Rune is a homophobe.

BJD

Cant fucking stand Jack Draper

However much I despise Novaxx, I much prefer gets a win ovet Draper

Over**

Littlw Miss Mira has put these gals on notice. Defeating Rybakiba, Siwatek and Sablenka back to back is quite a feat.

Mirra will be top 5 by the start of Clay Season if she remains healthy . I will not be surprised if she is nunber 1 by end of season

Also how the fuck is Jpeg ranked #4??

Mirra Andreeva has entered the chat

R57 It's OK, Holger. We get it!

[quote]Cant fucking stand Jack Draper

Well aren't you sour old thang.

Jack Draper isn't drop dead gorgeous but he doesn't have they typical inbreed look that many brits have LOL

He’s good looking…for a Brit.

His cooter itches, y’all.

Hating Jack Draper is like hating puppies. What unlikeable qualities does he even have?

He hasn’t won many tournaments—

A grand total of three, to be exact.

Anyone who ends a post with 'LOL' is a certified halfwit.

r72 only speaks emoji

Ben affleck--can't play smart. coz he looks dumb

Such a dumb dumb.

R73 is so inbred he spells it 'inbreed'.

I love BJD. He seems luscious, humble, gracious. Overcoming those injuries is a big deal.

Call us back when he makes a Slam final, even mixed doubles.

Apples and oranges--see N. Djokovic, likeability in direct disproportion to GOAT factor.

Who said anything about that asshole? I’m judging Draper on his own lack of merit, no one else’s. That’s what being judgmental is all about.

[quote] likeability in direct disproportion to GOAT factor.

I resemble that.

You're judging by accomplishment, R80, not congeniality.

Saw Fils play in person last week, he is beautiful.

this bears repeating

Any and all details would be greatly appreciated, R83.

I love Fils, but he could use some anger management. After the Medvedev match, he smashed his racket so hard that shards of it went flying far enough to hurt someone.

I felt bad for him, R85. He had the match on his racquet and let it slip away.

But yeah, he shouldn't make a habit of it.

Miami men's draw is out.

Notable first round matches:

Thompson v. Giron

Etcheverry v. Griekspoor

Struff v. ADF

Eubanks v. Opelka

Navone v. Sonego

Tien v. Fonseca

Borges v. Bergs

Nishikori v. Nishioka

Monfils v. Maroszan

Tien v Fonseca sounds GOOD

I want to be Big Jack's forever bottom. And for him to always tell me I'm the tightest he's ever felt.

You want him to lie?

R89 Jack screams bottom. Sorry to burst that bubble.

Daddy Fritz is all top, however.

I can see Daddy Fritz being into pegging.

Whimpers is the verb I think you’re looking for.

If Indian Wells is tennis paradise, what is the Miami Open?

Tenis paraíso

R89 Jack is a part time model. I'm sure he's been around plenty of gays and is probably gay friendly. Even though he says he doesn't like modeling, lol.

He doesn't seem to have an issue showing affection to other guys...

Jim Courier looking on there ;)

Based on rankings by the beginning of the French Open, if she continued playing like that, Mirra Andreeva is poised to be # 3 right at the start of the French Open, and if she continues playing this way will be #1 by the end of the year

Continues*

Gauff at #3 is less than 10k points below Andreeva

By the end of Miami, if she pkays like she did at Indiana W, Mira will be #3

Alicia Parks just pulled off quite the win against Gracheva despite a shitload of UEs. I was watching a bit of the match and, at 5-2 Gracheva in the second, I turned it. Parks had already lost the first set. When I turned back, Parks had won the second set in a tiebreak 7-6. She pulled off a win in the third!

Tennis heartthrob Ben Shelton 'hard launches' shock romance with USWNT gold medalist Trinity Rodman

Shelton's on-tour friends rushed to share their support with fellow Americans Coco Gauff and Frances Tiafoe flooding the comments.

'hard launchhhhh !!,' an excited Gauff, the World No 3 and Shelton's mixed doubles partner, wrote.

'We gram now,' Tiafoe added, alongside a series of side-eye emojis.

Meanwhile, Rodman, who is the daughter of NBA icon Dennis Rodman, commented, writing, 'Shooters shoot I guess.'

The couple first spoarked romance rumors earleir this month when fans became convinced that they were flirting over social media.

Shelton posted a TikTok video of him listening to GloRilla and Jorjiana's song, 'ILBB2,' which includes the lyrics, 'They say shooters shoot Duke Dennis whats up with you.'

Text appeared across the video which read, 'T****** wsp with u,' leading fans to believe he was referring to Rodman.

I thought Ben Shelton was gay. He has gay voice for days. Gay mannerisms too.

Soft butch

Haven't got the foggiest what any if that means, R105? Could you translate into 'old', please?

R208 His friends are giving him shit online about his new chick. Was it that hard?

Who would name a child 'Trinity'??

Why not 'Transubstantiation'?

Her ex was also named Trinity. True!

Their friends called them Six PAC

R109 what exactly are you nrying to say?

I’m so confused.

R113, that's just Shelton's "Butch" doppelganger. When I first saw Shelton, I thought of this little wooden guy.

This is so intimate. I've wondered about them for a while now.

Sounds horrid.

Doesn't that sound horrid, Richard?

r116, you and me both.

And Ben and Trinity couldn’t be more lavender if they tried. The first words that popped into my head when I heard were Rock Hudson and Secretary Lady.

[quote] Secretary Lady

I loved when she won the Triple Crown!

The business of tennis is blowing up right in front of you. Big change a’comin’

Popsicle goes pop with PTPA.

Giron of the Great Ass looks good.

No ass in pic. Sorry.

[quote]No ass in pic. Sorry

Boo! Hiss! ;-)

Kuerten, Ole' Grigor, Novaxx. Del Potro & Medvedev at the Lacoste party in Miami

Guga.

Guga.

out of shape, doughy Kyrgios is cunting up the court against Mackie

because of course

Dreamy Camilo Ugo Carabelli clings on against Tracey Austin;'s boy, Brandon Holt. We get to see ogle his hotness for another round.

If you’re ever on the floor playing with yourself I’m calling the cops

If you’re up tree fingering your hole

If you’re ever on patio exposing your hole

It’s friendship

Nice to see Kyrgios and his toxic masculinity back on court.

What is that about suing?

ugh

ugly Kyrgios over cutie Mackie

I’m naked

R132 = Ben Rothenberg

Why can't I see R132?

Boss Daddy goes sleeveless

Meh arms

Very meh arms

Fritz reminds me of Patrick Schwarzenegger or at least his White Lotus character.

Nope

Yea—not even close.

Closer to Yoda...

Coco did a thrashing and slashing of Sofia Kenin. Is this a sign that Coco Puffs is back on the up and up?

I feel like the top gals are not pulling their weight the past tournaments. She Hulk/ Rybot/ Iga as much as I don’t like her/ Coco- they've all been playing like trash

[quote] I feel like the top gals are not pulling their weight the past tournaments.

I’m available for coaching.

how could anyone hate this?

GOTFA falls to Pornstache 5-7 in the 3rd

Has the Pornstache ever tickled the Great Ass?

R145 there is nothing to like

Unsung Gabriel Diallo takes out Etcheverry with a second set bagel. As in Indian Wells, he'll face Fils again in a doubly callipygous second round match. The winner of that match will then face either ADF or Tiafoe.

Is Diallo callipygous? He's so thin. Fils most certainly is.

What do we think of Eliot Spizzirri? Lovely face, but balding very quickly...

Exhibit A, R150...

^^^^ gurl dat azz b BONY

He's filled out a bit since then.

I am so tired of Fonseca (mainly because of Brazilian very loud fans)

Fonseca team or Tien team?

Whats up with Rybot?

Perhaps there's something wrong with her circuits or gears?

Her relationship(s)?

I don't see Fonseca as the second coming. At least not yet.

I DID see it in: Rafa, Novak, Sinner. I KNEW the second I saw them as teenagers they'd be all time greats. No doubt in my mind.

I thought Carlos had a shot at all time great status , but I wasn't totally sure. So I was kinda wrong about him, since he's on his way there.

I guessed Murray would only be great, not all time great - I was right about that.

But I'm missing what everyone else is seeing in Fonseca. He's got a great forehand, but I just don't see the IQ just yet.

Big Four.

R160 I would mostly agree with him lacking tennis IQ, but he has some. I watched that match at IW when he lost to Jack Draper, and I was thoroughly impressed with a lot. BUT he's just not patient enough (yet?) to play with the big boys. Too many unforced errors by overcooking shots to make a winner. The best of the best, including Carlitos, are highly consistent in rallies and hit winners in the most opportune times. Remember: Carlos and Jannick weren't always like that. They used to spray balls all over the court, and sometimes still do. But not nearly to the extent Joao does.

Joao needs to learn to grind points, and resist trying to hit the winner when he gets tired.

Good to see Karen K putting the trash (Kyrgios) out - with a bagel.

And Munar takes Medvedev out in straight sets. What a lovely day!

Got overexcited and accidentally posted about C. Ugo's win in another thread.

Anyhoo... YAY!

The wins are coming thick and fast for me Special Boys! Monfils overcomes Lehecka in a 3-set thriller, and my boo Camilo Ugo Carabelli gets to his first Masters 1000 third round with a win over Michelsen.

[quote] YAY!

I’m so happy.

[quote] gets to his first Masters 1000 third round

1000 is 250 times 4.

Emma beat Emma!

How many matches had seen won since that US Open?

she's a mess

congrats to emma raducanu! I'm a fan.

Elffin team or Alcaraz (Garfia) team?

Both Goffin and Alcaraz have prominent neck moles. Goffin also has numerous moles on the back of his neck. Why don't they get them removed?

Who one?

Elf defeats Carlitos!

Goffin STUNS Carlitos! Played an absolute stunner!

Alcaraz.... what a disappointment. Change of coach needed.

Novack's violin is maybe the worst of all his try hard moves. God that guy just begs to be reviled.

Is Alex Michelson kinda hot? What do we know?

[quote] Is Alex Michelson kinda hot?

Not even "kinda".

Oh it was the guy he was playing Camilo. Hawt. (swoons)

Mateo Escobar, “D1 Tennis athlete”.

The Elfin Belgian!

there's magic in that old tree yet

Lol. Carlitos is so bad on HC.

So Wong, it's right!

Coleman Wong sends Ben Shelton packing to join Carlitos and Meddy in the Miami Flop Corner.

[quote] Miami Flop Corner

Flopos Mopsy!

Fritz has a different haircut and looks so hot.

Link please, r188.

He’s playing right now, R189; it’s on Tennis Channel.

Thank you, r190.

This guy isn't handsome or even cute. He looks like a dumb white guy with bad hygiene

Why "bad hygiene"?

Draper will play today.

He’s a Beverly Hillbilly!

Daddy Fritz advances.

His haircut doesn't look all that different to me. It's not extreme like when he went blond for a couple of weeks.

The Shelton v. Wong match was highly entertaining. Wong failed to serve out the match in the third set and Shelton got a bit cocky after he saved a couple match points, forcing a tiebreaker. But then Wong (ranked 128) clinched the match with a clutch serve at 6-5 in the tiebreaker.

Tennis Channel showed a WTA player named Baptiste. She's as big as a house! A townhouse!

Shelton really needs to start dialling back on the over-the-top celebrations - he's playing the world number 184 and reacting as if he'd just won Wimbledon after every damn point he wins.

It's obnoxious and fucking exhausting. I could cut him some slack initially but he's been on the tour for a couple of years now. Grow the fuck up, Ben!

I agree, r199. Shelton saved a couple match points so I’ll grant him some celebration for that but, come on, he should be ashamed the match was as close as it was, and then to lose!

Osaka in to the round of 16

R200 Yeah, it's not all celebration, it's just inappropriate and over-the-top celebration. I've often seen him roar after a mid-game (e.g. 30-15) unforced error by an opponent. Dude, you did nothing! You just look like a jerk.

Next to Djokovic and RFC (who I find sexy), Mopsy is among my least favorite players.

BJD comes back down to Earth against Mensik who was a serving machine, while Jack misfired pretty much all through the match.

Draper played terribly, couldn't read Mensik's serve at all (and he's normally pretty good against big servers).

I'm available for a nice long chat after my last broadcast if Big Jack is looking for a mentor to talk to so he doesn't get too down on himself after the letdown. It's important to cum I'm sorry come to veteran former players to be talked off a ledge that can drive a hot young player into a slump. And by hot I meant one coming off a hot streak. No, really I did.

There'a very little room left in the Flop Corner. I have a horrible feeling that it's all opening up for Novaxx.

Woon team or Opelka team?

ZaSu Pitts team or Wublev team?

Berretteami or Gaston team?

Demon team or Boo! team?

ADF team or Big Foe team?

Fonseca rolls over our UGOAT. This kid is pretty great.

Sum ting wong!

R209 he's good but the Brazilian fans are so annoying it makes me want to root against him

Why is Brazilian fan culture so psychotic? Were they this way during Carmen Miranda's heyday?

Rune's being a little bitch in the final set tie-break... turning the crowd against him.

Is his foundation on?

Yes, R212, it's a Brazillian thing, not at all a sports thing...

Rune loses to Opelka in the third-set tiebreak.

Rune joins the Flop pile to universal joy. Big Foot advances.

P.S. I always thought that 'Chaos & Whoring' would be a better national motto for Brasil than 'Order & Progress'

Venus getting some celebratory Chewbacca dick tonight

[quote] Rune joins the Flop pile to universal joy.

Will Flopos Zverev be similarly eliminated?

F. Zverev.

Rune remains a little bitch.

While we’re on the subject of obnoxious Brazilian fans can we also talk about any player who wins a point and then points to their ear as in “Cheer more loudly for me and let me hear it.” I find that completely obnoxious.

Yeah, most gestures I can deal with if they're done sparingly and on genuinely big points and/or great shots... but all the players who constantly fist pump, ear point, or generally beg for crowd reaction is just obnoxious.

And don't get me started on the racquet chucking/smashing which now seems to be almost universal, and seems to be pretty much ignored by umpires unless it's really extreme.

All the Indian Wells semi-finalists in the mens are now out of the tournament. No-one seems to be able to maintain any momentum from tournament to tournament this season... so far.

I find ADF unbelievably hot.

[quote] I find ADF unbelievably hot.

I previously haven't, but today he looks hot.

[quote]Novack's violin is maybe the worst of all his try hard moves. God that guy just begs to be reviled.

When a person shows you who they are ...

We need a DL name for Fonseca

The Fonz!

[quote]The Fonz!

I was thinking the same, Fonzie!

I love The Fonz! It’s perfect.

BTW my love for ADF goes all the way back to the days of his manbun.

How do we feel about Canada's OTHER thin, tall, biracial player - Gabriel Diallo. He's playing Fils right now. He played college tennis for Kentucky.

Zheng team or Townhouse team?

[quote]How do we feel about Canada's OTHER thin, tall, biracial player - Gabriel Diallo

His bony ass has already been discussed @ R153

We can agree to disagree about Diallo's gifts.

Sad ending to the match with Diallo injured, but nice moments between Fils and Diallo at the end with FIls helping Diallo gather his things after they gave each other a long hug.

I thought of The Fonz too right away for obvious reasons but dismissed it, To me he's Eddie Munster.

Joakim Noah was at Miami today, which made me think of his father - the tennis player Yannick Noah - who was gorgeous in his heyday.

I like Fonseca. He's all business on court. He was crushing his BH yesterday, hitting it harder than his FH. And that serve! The UGOAT could get no purchase on it.

the PP enjoyed Boss Daddy's match

Now that both Draper and Alcaraz are out I have no reason to watch Miami. Couldn't care less about the players left.

R238 - I dunno, there's still a fair sprinkling of hotties and entertaining players left in the draw: Legz+, Pornstache, the calligypian Fils, Musetti, Zizou, ODS Tommy, NSY Grigor, Goffin, and my sweet boo, Ugo Carabelli

Not-so-Young Grigor team or K. Hemsworth team?

Musettimi or FAA team?

Sebbie Korda team or Citybus team?

Nakashima team or Elf team?

Ugo team or "Nole" team?

Munar team or La Monf team?

Agreed R239, all of yours plus for me FAA, La Monf, Mensik, de Minaur, Tiafoe and Cerundulo.

Tennis ain't much fun if you only got a horse or two in the race.

Cerundolo*

Just in case we had forgotten how despicable he is.....Novaxx with RFK jr.

My favorite pick of Yannik Noah.

NSY Grigor outlasts Karen in a slugfest.

I need to amend my past at R160.

I watched the Fonseca match. Damn. His forehead is an A plus, but if that's how he hits his backhand? Consistently? It's over for everyone not named Sinner.

*post

Felix and Lorenzo going at it... would be even better if they were nude.

I thought Rune was the one with extra forehead.

[quote]I thought Rune was the one with extra forehead

Luca van Assche has an A plus forehead too

6.0^

R243 but of course. Was there any doubt Novaxx would be a MAGA? Filthy vile cunt pig.

Sebbie defeats Citybus.

Musetti defeats FAA.

NSY Grigor defeated K. Hemsworth.

You go, uGO!

I just recently discovered Caribeli (swoons and bats eyes)

Maybe stop swooning just long enough to learn his name correctly?

Keys keyed by young Filipina.

Why has that Noah jockstrap not been seen here before? A real pic?!

Of course Citybus called for a trainer down 6-7 3-5. Shades of changing his kit for 10 minutes after losing a set.

RFK Jr and Novaxx bonding over novaxxx.

Juan Martín del Potro showing some torso

Lore, bishes

Camilo looks dee-lish in those tight mauve shorts

R262 I was just about to post how short and tight his shorts are!

Hopefully pics to follow. I'm updating Getty images search frantically!

Pity about UGOat 2's tattoos.

Camilo Ugo moves ahead in the second set...

Butch Buchholz

Breaking: Machac/Legz+ cut his hair

[quote] Breaking: Machac/Legz+ cut his hair

That's a hair DON'T!

Camilo guarantees himself a tie-break. His flick lobs are driving Novaxx to distraction. Quite amusing to see.

BooUGO!

I loathe Novaxx with the red hot fire of a thousand suns. That violin thing…JFC.

Djokovic heads my top five most loathsome professional tennis players of all time. The others:

Jimmy Connors

Ilie Nastase

Martina Hingis

Irina Spirlea

Dishonorable Mention: Margaret Court

Guapooooo

ova, Anisim team or eva, Andre team?

Wuud team or Tabilo team?

Cinderello team or ODSD Tommy team?

Munar looks like a quiet, boyish Latino porn bottom who can take dick easier than it seems at first glance.

Drama with Anisimova!!!

[quote] Munar looks like a quiet, boyish Latino porn bottom who can take dick easier than it seems at first glance.

He looks like quiet, middle-aged Latino man.

Munar.

Wuud wins.

Kostyuk defeated Blinkova. Blink, and she was gone.

La Monf!!!

What happened with Anisimova

I love Cerundolo’s beautiful brown skin.

ODS Tommy's shorts seem a little shorter. Great legs. Though they're not as tight as Legz+

Tiafoe was wearing neon yellow shorts last night and they just made his bubble ass pop.

Anisimova stopped play while Andreeva was serving so she could get treatment for a blister. Andreeva was pissed.

[quote] Anisimova stopped play while Andreeva was serving so she could get treatment for a blister. Andreeva was pissed.

Aren't they the same person?

Yay! I'm so happy. Cerundolo won.

Fils faces Tiafoe tomorrow.

Amanda is a bit of a train wreck in spite of her win. She looks like she’s having a nervous breakdown in between points.

And what is with ODS Tommy’s whorish gf? She gives Daddy’s Morgan a run for the money which is hard to do. .

DL does not approve of that slut

Last Camilo (for now), I promise. Kissable.

that skank PP will not rest until ODS Tommy is dead in a ditch :-(

on a brighter note

Little Miss Mirra burnt out. Bummer

What is the ugly blob on Sab’s forearm?

We hope it’s not a mole.

I think it's just one of her trashy tattoos?

R298 This mole stuff is almost as boring as the yellow skin tedium.

Foe v. Fils.

"Fils fills Foe."

Fils nearly overdoes the on court pumped up jockbro thing as much as Shelton. Irritating.

Fils and Shelton should star in a jockbro gay porn. I'd say Fils is slightly less obnoxious than Shelton. He won't rip a huge "COOOME-OOON" when his opponent makes an unforced error at 15-15 early in the set. Shelton would do that.

Fils is so lovely

Fils is cute. I like his hair, but he's even hotter when it's shorter. More a bald fade with little on top. Maybe not hotter, but hot in a different way. He hasn't had it that way for a while. Attached pic really doesn't do it justice. I hope that's NOT a ball in this pocket. Lol

Shirtless Fils.

Coco Puffs is OUT

Oh man Coco has been losing quite a lot lately. If she continues this way by end of year she will be out of Top 10 because these girls are Hungry!

Fils has match points and blows the second set.

^^^^ yeah and he had a meltdown afterward, destroying a racquet

Team Fonz or team Demon?

LPSG has a whole thread devoted to Arthur. That second set was a heartbreaker.

Also the camera person was right behind shirtless Tiafoe in the second set changeover, and I do mean right behind.

^^^^ DAMM the man is FINE

Fils breaks to go ahead 4-2 in the third.

Tiafoe is so cringe and full of himself

How embarrassing he fucked up the racquet smash- lol

and Big Foe destroys a racquet

Big Foe ends the farce on a double fault.

Flop Tiafoe double-faults to hand the win to Fils.

Tough loss for Big Foe. He was up a break in the 3rd.

Big Foe has so many 'tough losses' I'm pretty sure we should be calling them 'routine' by now.

Tiafoe is very full of himself but his antics pale in comparison to Ben Shelton’s.

Demon team.

[quote] Flop Tiafoe

Flopos Foe

Demon Team

Geez those Brazilian fans are ridiculous. STFU.

Demon Team purely to shut the Brazilians up

Coincidentally with this win, Fils (new #16) pulls just ahead of Tiafoe (new #17). in the ATP rankings.

R327 being right behind Fils definitely isn't a bad position to be in

Along those lines, I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the deep in the third set long thigh rubdown, fully covered in camera closeup, that Fils got from the physio while "YMCA" blasted from the stadium speakers.

Now that I've discovered Camilo I'm gonna have to ask you thirsty bitches to back off. Move along toots!

Daddy Fritz defeated Shapo in the battle of the eye candy.

[quote] Tiafoe is very full of himself but his antics pale in comparison to Ben Shelton’s.

Apt observation.

I love Daddy's new wider, thicker physique.

RFC beat (see what I did there) Pornstache Thompson.

Tiafoe is undefeated in the first round of tournaments this year. And has not won a second round match (specifically HIS second round, accounting for byes).

You can actually have a decent life on tour at .500 - as long as you're playing a full year's worth of main draw tournaments (not qualifying and Challengers). But it's better to be .500 via, for example, a few first round losses, followed by a SF result, rather than losing in second match all the time.

Adding to my previous post, I think Tiafoe is reverting to mean. He's made 2 Slam SFs and a few more QFs. He's won 3 titles, made a Masters final, and been ranked in the Top 10. He's tennis middle age now; there's an established tennis generation below him now who are on their way up. I see him settling into a 20-45 player who can still have his moments, but just isn't at that next level consistently. I mean, that was basically his career thus far - I just don't see him making Slam SFs anymore. So more of the same up-and-down, but at a little lower level - the highs aren't quite as high, and the lows are a little lower.

Yay for Demon!

It seems a little early to be writing the coda to Tiafoe's career. He might follow the route of Wawrinka, whose best tennis was in his late 20s and early 30s.

De Minaur - Fonseca was 💥💥💥. Fonz has those powerful shots, but Demon’s got the moment and the guile.

Those Brazilian tears taste sweet. Go Demon!

Sleeveless Shapo practicing.

He was looking unusually red/pink in his match against Daddy.

^^^^ beautiful strokes

Wuud team or Cinderelo team?

La Monf team or Sebbie Korda team?

Daddy Fritz team or Walton team? (Who’s Walton?)

Musettimi or Novaxx team?

Demon team or Berrettimi?

RFC team or Fils team?

For pete's sake, Daddy Fritz is America's #1 player (and world #4) and Miami has yet to feature him on Stadium court. I know he's not a big personality or inspires the bizarre outsized passion of Fonseca, but this is rather insulting.

The Fonzie team. Oops. Sorry Brasilia.

Isn't the Monfils v Korda match a reply of Indian Wells or an earlier tournament? Monfils beat him then; hope he does the same today.

G.E.M.S. Life

Cerundolo looks hot today.

Fran bossing Casper so far. I'm just worried his dick will fall off before the end of the match - he's tugging it so often!

[quote] Cerundolo looks hot today

And humid too I’m sure!

Ugh! Fucking rain! Monfils match is in a rain delay.

I hate the rain delays too - especially having to listen to those Brazilian fans again. The only nice thing is knowing how devastated they’ll be at the end of the night.

And though I risk being accused of child porn I do have to say I’m enjoying The Fonz’s perky nips.

R352, he’s 18 years old.

Thankfully, Ruud can pick from among the THREE 250-level events starting on March 31!

Demon wardrobe adjustment

R331- Fritz is not eye candy

^^^^ de gustibus ...

As much as I don't like DeMenaur, I was hoping he won over Fonseca

[quote] Fritz is not eye candy

Is Shapo eye candy?

Are there any Brazilians left in the tournament?

Fran thumps Wuud

How Wuud!

dear God Linette's dress is so short you can nearly see her snatch

[quote] dear God Linette's dress is so short you can nearly see her snatch

Obviously trying to distract her opponent!

Musettimi (Lome) team

Linette’s service motion (especially prior to a second serve) is so unbelievably slow at first I thought it was an accidental network freeze frame.

How good is Cerundolo playing lately? I'm eager to see what he can do during the clay season.

Daddy is hot in a different way than Tommy Paul. Paul is very cute. Daddy is sexy. And horny which DL loves.

Objectively I know ODS Tommy is handsome, but there's nothing sexy about him to me. He seems generic. Daddy Fritz though is a bit unconventional looking but very sexy.

And you just know Daddy fucks like a jackrabbit.

R369 I thought I was the only one. I think Tommy is objectively handsome, but for some reason doesn't do it for me as much as Taylor Fritz. Not that I would kick either out of bed for eating crackers! I just want a pity fuck!

Fritz has the cocky, entitled rich American boy swag that can be hot.

I think the Demon is my new favorite. Even though he lost tonight I’ve loved watching him the last couple of days and he gets a gold star in my book for shutting up the Braziilians.

Instead of Fonz should we call him Fonso?

Is there anyone left (please GOD) who can take out Novax? 🙏🏼

R375 It's not looking good - Taylor can never get it over the line against Novax, and the RFC hasn't been firing since the Australian Open, and also has a tendency to crumble in the biggest matches.

Cerundolo seems to be on a tear right now, maybe he could pull out a surprise if he gets to the semis?

bye Lore :-(

Pourquoi pas?

mais ce mec est sexy!

The humidity in the Berrettini v. de Minaur match was off the charts. Toward the end, both players were drenched. Berrettini looked like he had gone swimming.

Whoa. Eula… whoa.

*Eala

OMG Upset of the year

OMFG, Swiatek completely fell apart against Eala. Serving to stay in the match, Iga couldn’t buy a first serve and made one unforced error after another, even wildly shanking a ground stroke. All credit to Eala for keeping the pressure on Swiatek.

Iga's going to have a full blown mental breakdown if she can't get her shit together. Bitch is wound so tight!

bodacious booty

Fils up a break on RFC in the 3rd

NE CHOKEZ PAS, ARTHUR!

DING DONG THE RFC IS DEAD. AGAIN!

[quote]Berrettini looked like he had gone swimming.

BerreTeami

[quote] DING DONG THE RFC IS DEAD. AGAIN

Flopos Zverev.

F. Zverev.

R359 yes and so is Berrintini but Fritz, NO

grrrrrr

[quote] BerreTeami

Beautiful brown skin at R390.

Fran wins the first set... which neither player seemed to want to win. UE's at critical points by both all the way through the set.

I had posted in an earlier thread that Djokovic seemed to be out of gas this year. His performance against Musetti showed him to be anything but. Surprising given his results so far this year.

R396, this is what “decline” is like for him. On any random day he can defeat anyone, but he can’t do it consistently.

R396 I suspect that will be his trajectory. He'll have a tourney or two where the old Novak is back. Nearly unbeatable. Followed by early losses that seemingly make no sense.

Anither lost for Cerundulo - damn

Can't stand Grigor

EALA! .EALA!

My man Arthur won, yay

R364 dont think Pao Pao is interested in Polish snatch

[quote] My man Arthur won, yay

I’m so happy.

Nice win for our NSY Grigor. Unfortunately if Novax gets through Korda (is there any question?) I don’t see Grigor getting through Novax. Would love LOVE to eat my words.

Grigor only got through that match with Fran through some major choking by Cerundolo. He's not looking in great physical shape - can't see him putting up any resistance to Novax, unfortunately.

NSY Grigor had to be carried off the court.

Does anyone here love JPeg? I’m honestly not sure how I feel about her. She always seems so…disgruntled.

Come on Jess!!!

R407 we all love JPeg! Seems like a down to earth gal

Is Rada chickening out for fear of losing or is this real?

Its humid for everyone in Miami

I want to service Grigor to relax him from the grueling match

Lets Go Jess!!!

Him, Jim at R412.

Dimitrov looked like he might've rolled or twisted his ankle during the third-set tiebreak against Cerundolo.

Raducanu has won a Slam and made a career out of flaming out in R1 and R2 while Pegula has never won a Slam despite hovering in and around the top 5 for what seems like a century.

serving up thiccness

scary

I wish Lacoste would get Arthur out of those potato sacks and back into these.

Martina tells Fils that his forehand is bigger than Nadal's.

J. peg is half asian,,,she doesn't look it lol

R418 i call it sexy not scary

R421 she dos look it

And no one knows more about finger length than Martina...

That stinks that Fils had less than a day to recover from the long match with Zverev, while Mensik had over three days of rest since his walkover with Machac. James Blake, WTF.

When does clay court season begin?

Is it that the gals have figured out Iga's game or is that since she stopped taking her steroids , her game has flopped?

Excited for Il Syringio 's return

Beauty and The Beast

Can anyone explain to me why the stadium is going WILD for Novax and pretty much ignoring the underdog AND American Korda?

Ugh. I think it’s over-might as well hand him the trophy now. Fuck.

I think Mensik is the best chance to take down Novaxx.

Yeah, them young 'uns seem to have no fear when confronted with Pure Evil!

au revoir, bel homme

I’m team whoever has the best chance of taking out Novax - whether Daddy or Mateo. By the way do we have a nickname for Mateo?

I think his nick name had something to do with boss, for obvious reasons; Was it bossytop? Or am I just dreaming....

Its not like taylor switz will go any further in this tournament

R431 we can only hope

Novaxx team or NSY Grigor team?

Mensik team or Daddy Fritz team?

NSY Grigor team Daddy team

But any of these guys will lose to Novax, as much as it pains me to admit.

NSY Grigor Team

Boss Daddy Team

Awwww

Matteo is soooo hot!!!

GO JESS! JPEG had a nice chat with the kid at the net. Very nice to see. Jess is always so gracious.

Iga oth...

Matteo is absolutely gorgeous! He and Draper bring the looks level of the tour to another level.

MATTEO yes, Draper no

Does ANYONE think our beloved NSY Grigor stands a hope in hell? Personally, as much as I would love to say yes, I fear the answer is absolutely no.

Bloodbath

Fritz and Mensik on serve in the fifth.

...or 3rd...

Bye T.

They used to do best of five in Miami.

I just have to comment on Daddy’s trashy gf Whorgan. I guess straight guys like that? She’s practically a drag queen. The lip fillers with 10 coats of lip gloss, the dyed hair, the spray tan. And taking selfies during the match. Jeez Daddy.

the PP in question

Daria Kasatkina will represent Australia from now on after her application for permanent residency was accepted.

^^^^ good for her

I suppose that sour old shar pei Margaret Court is spinning out of control on the news

Eala's incredible and unexpected run is over.

R456 It's because she lost the match.

She-Hulk team or JPeg team?

JPeg! USA! USA! USA!

Nick K. split with his gf it seems....after 4 years

Is this where we talk about Miami Open presented by Itaú?

Team JPeg! Let her win one, She-Hulk.

JPeg team.

Team She-Hulk!

She looks like the kinda gal who needs it big and often.

She-Hulk team.

Rain

If there is to be another James Bond movie, I hope the producers throw in some camp and cast She Hulk as the villain's henchman.

She-Hulk and JPeg in the world series of manly shoulders!

Venus embraces her inner granny

Granny V who still hasn’t officially retired.

Granny V vows to return to the tour once she's able to remember where she put her racquet.

[quote] Granny V vows to return to the tour once she's able to remember where she put her racquet.

Well it's too big to fit in a throat, so not there.

looks like She Hulk is giving J Peg a smackdown

She Hulk 5 and 2

Shehulk.

Heman.

She Hulk on the rampage! She now has a 3,000 point lead over Iga, which is good because is Iga is a drag.

[quote] is Iga is a drag

She-Hulk looks more like a drag.

Props to Jess for a generous speech.

Sabalenka seems like a good person with a good sense of humour. I like her. She's good for the sport.

Sabalenka is very good for the spot; Igor is very bad for the sport.

She-Hulk has earned her #1 spot.

Has she-hulk been drug tested?

What next tournaments?

Is Lloyd Glasspool blond or light brown? It seems to vary by picture.

R483, you can watch me play in the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship! It’s a 250.

[quote] Sabalenka seems like a good person with a good sense of humour.

To me she seems like an intellectually challenged narcissist. I hate her style of play—I think tennis is more interesting when it’s not just brute force and a shriek.

^^^^

I resemble that remark

Mensik team or Novaxx team?

Mensik/Never Novaxx Team

What is one thing you find physically attractive about Djokovic?

Novak has a pretty impressive bulge, I will give him that... but his face repulses me. Not so much the features themselves; more the facial expressions that constantly betray the dark, sneering narcissism inside.

Mensik 🤞🏼

What are the skin colors of individual ATP players?

R493 This is very boring. It's not funny.

It seems like there are many Sabalenka fans here but I'm not one of them. I do give her credit for improving her serve and for her imposing powerful ground strokes, but to me there’s a “mean girls” side to her that’s unappealing. Just my opinion.

When match starting?

It was supposed to be 3:00 (ET), which then got pushed back to 3:30. No updated time yet.

Thank you, r497.

R495 = tour mean girl Swiatek, bitter that she’s no longer flavor of the month.

Svee didn't earn her spot. She benefitted from Ash Barty's retirement.

LOL, 499! I actually dislike Swiatek even more than I do Sabalenka. I’m more of a fan of Keys and Gauff.

Is there hope that Novaxx has gotten sick or injured which is why the match hasn't started?

Rain delay

The ESPN website now lists the match as starting at 5:30, but another website says 5:55 pm, so who knows.

[quote]What is one thing you find physically attractive about Djokovic?

I thought he was pretty hawt when he was younger and beefier and before he became so great and crazy

It's doubles match?

Misery team

Is it still raining?

OMFG, they are going to finish the women’s doubles final and then have the men’s final.

Can’t they put the ladies on grandstand and do the men’s final on stadium? What is the matter with James Blake?

Good news, everyone! The doubles match is going to a third set.

More good news, here comes more rain.

Its on bitches!

Not yet

Please let Mensik humiliate Djoko

Nole has a sweet can, not too much, but there's a nice shelf there...

Now it’s on

Andy has gotten handsome.

Perhaps because he's retired and is no longer in misery. I'd be miserable around Nole though.

Have any of you ever stayed at Andy's and Kim Sears' hotel in Scotland? It would be cute if they named the four biggest rooms "The Big Four".

Andy always had great thighs and calves, though odd-looking knees, but now his face looks less like that of Butthead. Thus he's now cuter.

I don't get the pairing of Andy and Novaxx though. It's bizarre.

Yay! I'm so happy. Mensic first set in tie break.

Sir Andy's had quite the glow-up!

I hadn't seen Mensik play before the Fritz match. He's really impressive. He makes good decisions and doesn't get emotional.

C'mon Mensik, run that old fart right off his feets! C'mon!

Djoko resorts to high drama in the tie break and does his best staggering fall...

The same was with djoko.

Jakub!!!!

Woo hoo—-he’s gone!

Yay! I'm so happy.

r431 was correct:

[quote] I think Mensik is the best chance to take down Novaxx.

I had not seen Mensik play before this tournament and I’m so impressed with his composure along with his serve and groundstrokes. I can’t wait to see how he’ll match up against Alcaraz and Sinner.

Hold on to your mascot child!

Now #24.

Ding dong, D 'vic is dead!

Looks like Novaxx might have to swallow his pride and drop down to a 250 to get that 100th title.

Mensik seems like a good kid in this interview - humble and with quite a mature, dry sense of humor.

Just finished. OMFG. This is glorious.

And just like that, I must come out of hiding and resurface.

Sure, Novak won the war, but that doesn't mean I can't rejoice when he loses a battle or two.

@ R531

Is this where we talk about the Marrakech Open?

Oh what fantastic match this was betwen Novaxx and my new fave Jakub!! I was overjoyed to see Novaxx outplayed so drastically

So Coco is not playing Charleston. All the other girls are- Keys, Jpeg, Anisimova etc. Im heading there tomorrow, was hoping to see Coco in action

Coco gone loco. Nothing to miss there.

R542 = Pam Shriver

[quote] Is this where we talk about the Marrakech Open?

Is this where we talk about Grand Prix Hassan II?

I hope Djokovic doesn't win any titles this year.

R531. Totally agree. Jakub had an answer for almost everything that Djokovic tried . I havent seen a player lately match Novaxx's every move the way he did

If Novak doesn't get that 100th title before Sinner comes back and insists on focussing on bigger tournaments only, he might struggle to pick up any more tournament wins. The young, hungry players aren't intimidated by him in the same way as the Zverev/Tsitsipas/Fritz generation, and he doesn't seem to have the physical fortitude any more to string together 4 or 5 match wins in a row.

A 7-6, 7-6 scoreline doesn't every speak of anyone being outplayed drastically, but sure...

DL fave Garin showing some leg

Its obious that R549 didn't watch the match to see HiS fAvE collapsing from exhaustion.... STFU

He was also spared the disgusting sight of that gargantuan stye arising from Novaxx's eyelid like a malignant stalagmite, adding to the Cyclops effect that he's always had.

Djokovic’s loss was a sign of age and decline

Mensik showed off a serve that will be one of the most important weapons in men’s tennis for the next decade.

See also Mpeshi Perricard 's serve

For R549:

there was a shot that summed up Djokovic’s evening, it came with him serving at 3-4 in the second-set tiebreaker. Mensik had just hit what may have been his worst and most nervous shot of the night, a rushed backhand that landed in the middle of the net, and gave back a mini-break. Was it the lifeline Djokovic needed? On the next point, the two traded groundstrokes; the longer the rally went, the more likely it seemed Djokovic would win it. Instead, when he tried to up the pace on a forehand, he drilled it straight into the net.

Once again the lack of tennis knowledge on the tennis thread of the DL shouldn't suprise me as it's always a recurring theme. And of course the shrieking accusations that Djokovic must be my favorite...because I simply have the common sense and awareness of the game to recognize that a 7-6, 7-6 scoreline and the phrase "drastically outplayed" are completely contradictory. But you keep shrieking and name calling like a stunted adolescent. I would also assume you're the wit behind calling Ostapenko Peppa Pig. It's funny because she's fat! Right?

Is this where we talk about Family Circle Cup? Or Virginia Slims of South Carolina?

I don’t have a dog in this race but I agree that 2 tiebreakers doesn’t really constitute “a drastically outplayed” thesis. 2 tiebreakers is very competitive.

"Mensik showed off a serve that will be one of the most important weapons in men’s tennis for the next decade."

It always has been. The ability to get free points off serve (ace, error off the return), be in offensive position off the serve, and minimize any situation where you're not at least neutral off the serve, has always been a major factor.

The post was about his serve, not serving in general.

Cute as a bug's ear Mackie in a dogfight with Galan in Houston

Mackie wins!

Are ppl sad that Djokovic is old and tired?

Is this where we talk about Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships?

^^^^

yes, tho who that sponsor is I have no idea

It’s a large investment management firm in Houston, R565.

^ TY

It’s a front for the Judean Peoples’ Front! Or is it the Peoples’ Front of Judea?

[quote] It’s a front for the Judean Peoples’ Front! Or is it the Peoples’ Front of Judea?

?

You poor dear …

Aaaaah. Thank you, R570.

New thread for when this one is over:

Flayvah

Poor effort on the new thread title 👎🏼

Not even a photo that appears without clicking ….

Can someone create a better thread ?

[quote] Poor effort on the new thread title 👎🏼

[quote] Not even a photo that appears without clicking ….

[quote] Can someone create a better thread ?

This is sad that we have competing next threads. How is the second thread any better or worse than the first one? Both have barely any intro, and neither photo appears without clicking. Both feature repetitive obsessions who have little or no chance to make a dent in the current clay season. We're a small group who post here. It'd be nice if we at least could agree on something as basic as the next thread. But then again, this is the DL.

[quote] This is sad that we have competing next threads. How is the second thread any better or worse than the first one? It'd be nice if we at least could agree on something as basic as the next thread.

Posters asked for a new thread. They got one. Now they can select one or the other by posting in it.

what happened to his eye?

[quote] what happened to his eye?

Whose eye?

ODS Tommy gets a win of Garin

momentarily out of the talons of the blood sucking PP

R577 and R579 have really fucked it up now. What the hell did you think you were doing? Still no pic without clicking. You’re ruining tennis threads for everyone.

Mackie quads

Mackie booty

(McBooty?)

Here's a clip of group of francophone players (Mannarino, Gasquet, Chardy and Goffin) ragging on Machac's short shorts. Gasquet brings it up around the 18:50 mark on the linked video.

Well Gaydrian and Gasgay are no doubt turned on by it. Maybe the Elf is, too?

R584 and r585, and calves!

Quite a line up of hotties for the Bucharest semi-finals - Flava, Fucsovics, and Bosnian, Damir Dzumhur, who was up in the top 30 a few seasons back, dropped down significantly, but has recently climbed back into the top 100.

Jack Draper is the new face of Burberry

What do we think of Colton Smith? Never seen him before today. I don't need the tats, but he's not totally unfortunate looking.

....

Colto.

Woon.

Wuud.

Il Gingio.

Daddy Kiss My Fritz

Demon

Peppa Pig

She-Hulk