The Gays and Tennis Part 139 -- Another Week in Oz!

Thanks for the new thread Ms. OP! I was just about to write one but you beat me to the pop.

Those are definitely the questions we need answers to!

Here's Last DL Boyfriend Standing, Tommy Paul, for a gratuitous bit of eye-candy to set us on our merry way.

bye JJ :-(

Osteopenia is quite the character- looks like Queen Victoria, way out of shape, clocks every ball- when in she wins, questions the line calls of a computer system… I gather she is universally disliked by her peers.

Not Tommy- great guy and a total cupcake!

Thanks for the new thread, OP.

So Wolf has a fanboy? He may not be trailer trash, but he sure looks like it.

Good nutrition has given him some length of bone, R5.

Jethro Jasper Wolf

What can I say, R5. I like thicc mins.

R8 = Pam Shriver

Really sensational for Tommy Paul to beat RBA, wow. I just didn't think our Tommy had it in him. He's improved.

Thinking back to a chat I had last summer with a guy on Grindr who was a tennis player, said he saw Tommy naked in a locker room once and said he had a nice, big dick. So that's a lovely image.

Shelton is annoying, I agree, but fun for the game.

No one is beating Novak unless he gets injured. Wow--what a dismantling of Demon. Could Novak make a run at the calendar Slam again?

I think JJWolf would be quicker around the court (and would therefore win more matches) if he got a smaller, lighter crucifix to hang around his neck. Still, you can never make it too obvious you're a bible basher.

Three Americans in the quarters - and not even the top ranked ones - Fritz and Tiafoe. Not sure we have a future Slam Champ - but there’s a LOT of good Americans right now. Commentators seem to think Korda and Shelton are the best bet for future Slams - which doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be the most consistent tour players.

Watching Djokovic-Demon highlights. Holy Jesus, did Novak play well.

I love Shelton's energy and ebullience. Even if it's collegiate and over the top, it's all good spirited and he speaks intelligently about game strategy, etc.

K. Hemsworth team or Seb team?

Tsitsy team or Lehecka team?

Rublev team or “Nole” team?

Shelton team or Paul team?

Rybakina team or Peppa Pig team?

Pegula team or Azarenka team?

ova, Plisk team or Linette team?

Sabalenka team or Vekic team?

Novak could lose his left hand and still win this.

Ugh. He's so going to be the GOAT and I hate it!

If so, goatiest GOAT ever.

I am GOAT!

[quote]he saw Tommy naked in a locker room once and said he had a nice, big dick

Karen H Team or Seb Team?

Titsy Team or Czech guy Team?

Rybakina v Peppa is kinda 'Beauty and the Beast', isn't it?

At least comparatively.

Djokovic is always well dressed on the court.

His only redeeming quality, R24, other than tennis skills?

My biggest issue with Novaxx is that he has really FLAT ass.

:'-(

Like an aerial map of North Dakota

yeah, definitely old man ass

One of the Tennis Podcast hosts interviewed Ben Shelton after his win. Said, despite the kid giving multiple back-to-back interviews, he was unfailingly polite, firm handshake, gave long answers to have question. He was really impressed with how Ben carried himself in all his press duties.

Also, Ben said Tommy is the player who has most taken him under his wing.

Is Ben the United States-version of FAA?

R41, not even close. Ben wishes See, Ben is missing something Felix has, it's called Talent

FAA + Mrs. Howell's sugar beets

It's PorkyPiggy Time! So far Rybakina seems in control. Penko tends to sometimes go off the boil with over-hitting.

Petunia's mumu this Aussie Open isn't as tragic as they normally are.

I want to see Ostapenko hoist the winners trophy as the proudly rubenesque lades champion!

Osterpenko.

How can a tennis player be fat when she's running around all the time?

[quote] How can a tennis player be fat when she's running around all the time?

Don't interrupt. I'm having a snack.

Weight is said to be 80% diet, 20% exercise so she's clearly pigging out. It's pretty easy to still eat too much when being fit and exercising regularly.

Did Jelena Dokic eat Jelena Doric?

Omg, what is Jelena Dokic wearing? Hideous, she looks like a big green toad.

Peppa Pig out.

Ostapenko is kinda spoiled, but I still like her. Her facial expressions are Oscar worthy!

There is gonna be a half a dozen kangaroo burgers that will be paying the price for this loss and those "line calls".

Why is there an obese woman doing the post match interviews? Its uncomfortable to watch. Watching her interview Rybakina was like Lena Dunham interview Taylor Swift.

K. Hemsworth team or Seb team?

Hemsworth mostly because I irrationally don't like Alice repositioning her band all the time and he's pretty easy to look at.

[...]

R38 Do you post on the SDMB?

Break! Cmon K. Hemsworth, hold.

"Is Ben the United States-version of FAA?"

He's tall and biracial. So in that aspect he's the US FAA.

Korda-Hemsworth is pretty boring. It's like they're STILL feeling each other out. So Seb has a wrist injury?

I give Jelana Dokic's obesity a pass only because she was majorly abused by her father - like cruel torture - and ate to cope. Plus she stopped being a pro athlete, so there's that - not as many calories burned. She seems sweet.

K. Hemsworth ahead 2-0.

I think we might be looking at a Khachanov semi...

*giggles*

Yep, looks like Alice band's dream run is going to end, especially with that wrist injury.

"[R41], not even close. Ben wishes See, Ben is missing something Felix has, it's called Talent."

What ? They're three year and change apart, which is huge in tennis time. They both play incredibly straight forward games - not a lot of nuance. Big serves, big forehands. Shelton has gone from like No. 560 to No. 43 in a year. Felix really isn't that much more talented. Better looking, yes. More accomplished because he's been on tour longer, yes. But truly more talented? I doubt that. And I'm saying that as someone who knows that Ben is a nice person, yet he annoys the fuck out of me.

Seb walkover.

Karen's chest hair peeking out over the top of his colour is hot.

Boring matches today.

The "teams" have probably already been posted for today, but for Pegula, I'd suggest "Billionaire Girl's Club team".

Looks like Billionaire Girl is the fav against Azarenka. I think she'd give Rybakina more trouble in a semi-final - would keep the ball in play more so Rybakina would have to keep serving great since she has a better serve.

Or she could be Heineken Beer Girl. She really is so unassuming for a billionaire's daughter.

Felix (8/8/00) is just a couple of years older than Ben (10/9/02). It seems like more since Felix reached his first Challenger main draw eight years ago, and he's much more reserved and less demonstrative.

I like Pegula. She's married and I'm wondering what the husband's situation is.

From Wiki:

"In 2021, Pegula married Taylor Gahagen, a corporate executive for Pegula Sports and Entertainment and an animal philanthropist.

In August 2016, it was announced that Pegula and her sister would be opening a quick-serve restaurant called Healthy Scratch in LECOM Harborcenter, an ice hockey-themed mixed-use development owned by her parents in Buffalo, New York. The Healthy Scratch business was to be expanded to food truck service in 2017. In 2017, Pegula introduced her own skin-care line called Ready 24."

This all sounds so "rich girl." A husband who works for her parents; "animal philanthropist," restaurant, skin care line.

She's like bizarro, not a bitch, Shiv Roy.

R45, a half-dozen?

Bitch please. Maybe to start.

[quote] a half-dozen?

[quote] Bitch please. Maybe to start.

She calls 12 kangaroo burgers "sliders" because they slide right down.

Azarenka is playing so well - aggressive and accurate. Very enjoyable to watch so far but not good for poor Jess.

Big Noise From Lehecka Team or Citybus/Greek Asshole Team?

Shtefanosh Shitshipash.

Citybus for me. I just need someone to be ABD (Anyone But Djokovic) and maybe - not likely but maybe - he can be ABD.

Interesting stat there that Pegula stands significantly behind the baseline compared to Azarenka who on average actually is slightly in front of it. And when I see her come to the net which helps her finish off some points, I have a harder time imagining Pegula having the courage to do that either.

R71 yeah, it's that stage of the tournament where actual preferences go out the window and you have to back whoever might beat either of The Great Satans Of Tennis: either NoVaxxx, or Kuntios (if he's actually bothering to play)

OMG VIKA!

Pegula FLOPS massively!

Ostapenko. That’s attractive.

gotta love how Rod Laver always has a bunch of women surrounding him and sucking up to him.

I'm really starting to like Lehecka - he doesn't seem to be intimidated by anyone.

bye Peppa

St. Karen!

Didn't Tommy Paul spend time with Elton and his husband? I don't think Tommy is unaware of his appeal to gay men. Isn't his coach an once Courier love? I can still Brad Stine holding Jim's legs while he did sit ups.

Bruce Weber photographed Tommy. He'd have to be an idiot not to understand his appeal to gay men.

And it looks like this year's version of Tsitsipas is Dollface Tsitsipas. He's just too cute for words, and his love for Melbourne and Australia comes across as sincere (as opposed to Djokovic's declared love for anything, which always reeks of insincerity and opportunism).

I'm rooting for the Greek guy now.

Oh please. Still an asshole. Nearly took out a ballboy in a fit of petulance.

The Greek players love Australia because there's a massive Greek population, especially in Melbourne, to cheer them on.

Stef split

Pliskbot Team or Linette Team?

She-hulk Team or Vekic Team?

Our Tommy Team or Big Ben Team?

Ginge Pageboy Team or Novaxx Team?

Pliskbot Team

She-Hulk Team

Our Tommy Team

Ginge Pageboy Team

Indifferent

Indifferent

Tommy team because he’s more likely to beat Djokovic.

Rublev team because he’s more likely to beat Djokovic.

Thanks so very much for asking!

I'm not sure about the beating Novaxx thing. Sometimes I think it takes the cockiness of youth to take these guys down. Like Rune in Paris. Shelton has nothing to lose. Not that Tommy is old, but he's not a newcomer like Shelton. Anyway, I'd love to see Tommy take Novaxx out, just thinking out loud.

Linette defeats Pliskbot in straight sets.

Sabalenka advances. Who's the fat girl interviewing players post match?

Jelena Dokic - former world No. 4, ex WTA player.

I said earlier in this thread - I sort of excuse her obesity. Rough upbringing and a truly crazy, abusive father/coach. I don't know, but I'm betting she ate to cope and then she stopped playing and the weight gain probably spiraled. In her book she talks about nearly committing suicide. Upside is she's not isolating herself - that she's comfortable enough to be big and having people make comments, yet still be in public, tells me she's in an okay headspace. Given everything she's been through, she's probably not that worried about being fat. Not saying she wants to be fat, but just that she's suffered much much worse.

Thank you, R92.

R91 it's former pro Jelena Dokic who really porked up.

Sabalenka is moviestar hot. And kinda pouty. If she were American she would be raking in endorsements.

I've never watched Tommy Paul play outside of highlights. I don't know much about his game.

Tommy team or Ben team?

Am I the only American happy that Chris Fowler isnt on the announce team? He needs to talk too much and takes time away from the real tennis pros. And ESPN you suck for not putting the evening sessions on ESPN 2.

R98, Fowler was on last week. So awful.

Tommy Paul ahead 2 sets to 0.

If Tommy can keep hitting to Big Ben's misfiring backhand, he's got this.

Ass, Ass, Baby!

Holger Rune close up.

Rune abs and legs.

Tommy's SOOOOOOOOOO nice!

Makes a nice change from the brats and the psychos.

Dr 'Drey Team or No Lay Team?

Djokovic's shirt keeps making me think of the Croatian flag.

Already wiping the floor with Rublev.

I like Nole's kit. It's the only thing I do like about him.

Acting like a psycho even tho he's cruising.

Yeah, it's nice but he's Serbian? I could swear that I've seen similar designs on Croatian national teams. Lacoste not really thinking through things in my opinion.

This is a rout.

🤮

Moar, MOAR!

The McEnroe’s never STFU either, but at least John knows tennis.

[112] He knows tennis but that scratchy Nu Yawk voice is annoying.

Sablenka is hot stuff. Typical jock girl, have no idea how hot they are

I havent noticed Lizsha calling Novaxx Novaxsh

I wasn't going to post this because I didn't want to be redundant but look at these 2 pictures of 100 percent adorable Tommy who will have at least 60 percent of the crowd cheering for him.

Novak has a lot of enthusiastic fans (WHO HAVE NOTHING ELSE IN HISTORY TO CHEER ABOUT), but it's all been a little too easy. Tittypass will bring a fun Greek crowd for the final.

Which one do you want to see play, ATP honchos?

Novak's defense has been as good as I've ever seen it. Just getting to everything these guys can throw at him. Unreal.

Yep, I think the mot juste there is "unreal".

+ mendacity

TsiTsi actually has the game to beat Novak - if Novak happens to be a little off. But not the mentality.

Paul has no chance in hell. Still, god bless him and his hotness.

Our Tommy

Rybakina team or Azarenka team?

Linette team or Sabalenka team?

I don't feel particularly compelled.

Asharenka.

Shabalenka.

I'm not staying up until 2:30 am CST to watch these matches. I wouldn't for the men's semis either but they start at 9:30 pm CST.

[quote] I'm not staying up until 2:30 am CST to watch these matches.

Same here. I ain't watching dem bitches.

Rybakina is my fav so I'm on her team. I really hope she wins the whole thing - she has beaten Swiatek, Collins, Ostapenko so far.. I don't like either Sabalenka or Linette :S

Vika Team and Painting The Line(tt)s Team

DL fave Tommy is so cute. Some nasty queens tried to act like he was a frat dude bro but he's actually quite sweet. John McEnroe says he's a really nice, sweet kid and super respectful. By all accounts he's actually very unassuming and shy almost. Some DLers judged him as a frat boy.

Maybe this had something to do with it, R130.

He has very basic taste in women. Wasn't he dating an Instaho/Only fans chick before this one. Weird for a shy a guy.

Such a classy family, truly dedicated to democratic values and enlightened views!

The Novaxx apple really didn’t fall too far from the tree.

It's too bad that I like Azarenka as well and really enjoyed how she played in the QF. I wish this was the final.

Nasty DF as the first point for Rybakina but then she served three aces in a row. If she keeps serving like that....

Jelena Dokic in a fetching (genuinely) powder blue suit this time.

So happy for Sablenka . Hope she takes her first Grand slam in Australia

Another reason to hate Novak! will never be a fan. I hope he doesn't win!

I don't think Tommy is shy as much as super dense and doesn't know what to say. And in all fairness, he hasn't had to say much until now. But he sure is pretty. He comes across like he gets high a lot - even if he's not actually using.

TItsy Team or K. Hemsworth Team?

Novaxx Team or Our Tommy Team?

Titsy and Tommy-kins, all the way.

Karen & TomPaul

I want Tommy in my tushie Team If there's a miracle and Tommy beats NoVaxxx then Karen Team, if not, begrudging Greek Asshole Team.

Would be great if Tommy could outgun Novaxx but very, very unlikely. Novaxx looks to be in top form. As for the ladies I hope Rybakina comes through - I cannot stand the noise generated by Sabalenka. She seems to screech before, during and after hitting the ball.

I get Mary Woronov vibes from Sabalenka.

[quote]Meet Paige Lorenze, stunning girlfriend of US tennis star Tommy Paul

Quite big tits!

It’s hard. I hate Novak and Stafanos.

[quote] I want Tommy in my tushie Team If there's a miracle and Tommy beats NoVaxxx then Karen Team, if not, begrudging Greek Asshole Team.

I’m with R143. I normally don’t like Citybus, but he has a better chance of beating Djokovic. So I’m Tsitsy team tonight. Normally I’d be K. Hemsworth team. I’m Tommy Team in the other match.

Where is DjokerNole daddy tonight?

I hate Chris Fowler. Mute mode for me.

[quote] TItsy Team or K. Hemsworth Team?

[quote] Novaxx Team or Our Tommy Team?

Thanks very much for asking!

Bleh, not seeing anything that could trouble Djokovic so far in this match.

Tsitsipas has an expressive face and I like to watch him think. Plus he's hot.

Sweet Tommy all the way. R139 even if he is a bit dense. Lots of these commentators and captains he has worked with say he is very polite, respectful, and unassuming with good manners that you have to think he's a nice guy. J. McEnroe loves him cause he says he's a really good kid.

I don't think Tommy is as good looking as some say on DL. He looks plain and common to me, but I do hope he beats "Nole".

DL could only assume R155 looks like a movie star.

Citybus-K. Hemsworth goes into fourth set after K. Hemsworth wins third set 7-6.

[quote] DL could only assume R155 looks like a movie star.

I certainly do not. I do, however, find many of the other players sexier and better looking with a lot more spice. Tommy looks like a frat guy of the type that can be found on many U.S. college campuses. Objectively good looking but very common and plain, nothing interesting.

So how many games do we think Tommy can get off Djokovic? The average so far has been 8.4. Will you take the over or under?

Citybus through to final.

Come on TsiTsi!! Please find Jesus and defeat Satan aka Novaxx.

(Oh, and also please let you hot dad use my ass in whatever way he'd like.)

Thanks.

Djokovic's father won't be attending the match tonight. Such a tacky family.

I’m afraid Paul might end up with a breadstick and bagel combo.

I respect Novax, but his dad is the purest trash.

Agreed, R163. I refuse to even watch.

2 games in and I'm out.

NoVaxxx seems to get the luck even when he doesn't need it.

Tommy looks very tight, and not just in the good way.

Djoker lost his serve and now his leg hurts... allegedly.

5-5 - 4 straight games for Tommy.

DARE WE DREAM?

(probably not)

did anyone else see that - Djokovic appeared to inhale something from a squeezy plain white bottle. I expected him to drink from it but he didn't, he put the tip into his mouth and squeezed it while his head was down.

R170, it’s hard to say that was an inhale, you can squeeze gels or semi-solids that way.

R171 The bottle was a large plastic sports bottle type of bottle. No way was that gels or semi-solids. Looked like a big water bottle except with a tip at the end, like sauce bottles sometimes have. Very very odd.

Oh, and after that happened, he handed it over to a ball kid (probably so that she could hand it back over to his team although I didn't see that part. Ball kid seemed poised to cross the court at least instead of going behind him to refill it or throw it away).

bye Tommy :'-(

Titsy in flight

That’s Novaxx’s “magic potion”, as he calls it. He has been caught on camera breathing in the contents of a sports bottle at various tournaments, and he’s never answered questions posed directly at pressers on the contents he snorts.

My theory is that it’s some alternative shit that probably occupies some grey area between doping and non-doping and that he probably believes it helps improve his chakras or meridians, or maybe even realigns the planets so they don’t allow him to be weakened by 5G cell towers trying to give him Covid. He’s one smart cookie, after all.

[quote]My theory is that it’s some alternative shit that probably occupies some grey area between doping and non-doping and that he probably believes it helps improve his chakras or meridians, or maybe even realigns the planets so they don’t allow him to be weakened by 5G cell towers trying to give him Covid. He’s one smart cookie, after all.

I doubt it. I recall way back in the day a gif doing the rounds showing Serena with a bottle with visible fumes emanating from it (I wish I knew how to find it now). It's probably some kind of banned stimulant. Hence getting the ball kids to liaise with his team to get it when on court too instead of him simply taking it on court with him.

Another thing: check out these photos of Djokovic being handed a standard clear water bottle with pills taped onto it by his team while on court, assisted by ball kids again... so why is that happening whilst on court as well? Pills don't take up much room in a bag.

R177, I’ve seen Serena furtively using an inhaler, perhaps that’s what you’re thinking of. I think that for most aerosols to have a impact, you need a propellant.

R179 It definitely wasn't an inhaler. From what I remember it was a regular type of bottle with the top off and you could literally see fumes coming from it. One of the most insane things I've seen. I genuinely wish I could find it but I don't know how to.

This is me after 30 seconds of watching NoVaxxx on court =

Whatever it is that Novaxx ingests, no one’s buying that it’s above board.

He was born a cheat, and he’ll do whatever it takes to win.

So Tommy won 8 games - just slightly below average. Surprisingly not-so-Young Grigor has got the most games off Djokovic so far (13).

Each final airs at 3:30 AM EST. Ugh.

Big question: will getting up at t he crack of dawn be worth it for the men’s final? I’m not even going to bother asking the question for the women’s final.

Djokovic and Tsitsipas are two of the players I like least on the Tour, and two of the biggest cheaters, so definitely not going to bother watching the men's final. Better Tsitipas than Null to take it, though.

I haven't watched a single match this year. The whole tournament has felt like a 2-week long coronation of Djokovic 10th title. I won't watch the final either as I don't care for the players. And of course Tsitsipas is a headcase and would lose it from 6/2 6/2 5/1 30-0 (which is probably exactly where Djokovic wants to have him). Gah!

R186 why don't you and the Novak haters start following Donald Young in Pickleball? Probably a better fit for your pea sized brain.

We were waiting for you to turn up, r188 / Mr Mensa. Nobody thinks you’re stupid for liking Novaxx, but you just have to insult the intelligence of those who find him personally objectionable. Apples and trees = Novaxx fans and Novaxx.

I used to like Djokovic, R188, until he proved himself to be an unmitigated, irreparable, absolute POS per the link.

"LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME!!!!" *acts like a conceited, imperious POS* "WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME????" (Novak, rinse and repeat)

He's not worthy of our love.

is he doing poppers in order to feel da luv?

I'm not a fan of tommy, that gf is not even cute with all that make up. usually these whores are good looking until they remove the make up. his taste is questionable.

I am rooting for greek asshole for the first time ever. I hope he takes many toilet breaks!

What would happen if NoVaxx woke up with Covid tomorrow morning?

I'm hoping the Greek Asshole crowd rile NoVaxxx up so much he blows up and defaults or has aneurysm.

#BeKind

I think Titsy has the game to beat Novaxx.

The question is, does he have the head / nerves?

R197, Titsy has a brilliant game, except for that weak backhand and a tendency to lose focus at odd moments. During his match against Lehecka (or whatever his name is), he suddenly went utterly blank for a point or two. A more experienced player would have capitalized on that.

R196, at this point, crowd toxicity fuels Djokovic. It got him over the finish line against Thiem.

except for that weak backhand

His topspin BH is a good shot. He sometimes drops it short, but he doesn't miss a lot on it.

He should develop a good slice.

"Big question: will getting up at t he crack of dawn be worth it for the men’s final? I’m not even going to bother asking the question for the women’s final."

I think if you love tennis, yes. If you hate Novak (as I do) and don't want to see him win, then no.

Tsitsipas technically has the physical game to make it a nominally competitive match, even take a set, and an outside chance of winning. I don't think he'll get destroyed as many on Talk Tennis (a robust tennis forum) seem to think. But, I see a looks-fairly-competitive-on-paper type score, but Tsitsipas never really ever gets a big enough lead (or a lead at all) or comes close enough to five sets to ever make it seem like Novak isn't going to win. 7-6, 6-4, 7-5, or 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 or something for Novak.

Citybus REALLY needs a consistent, low, knifing slice (like Fed or Steffi Graf) to bide his time to find position for his forehand. He has that slappy, inconsistent, high arch topspin backhand and he only throws in slices intermittently. Novak will pick on that.

We can only hope that getting closer to the Nadal's Slam total and winning his favorite Slam after being banned gets to Novak mentally, like his dismal performance against Medvedev at the US Open when he was trying to close out the Grand Slam. But, I don't think that's likely.

R200, don’t mention “knifing”. It wounds.

Rybakina team or Sabalenka team?

(Or I don’t care team?)

^^ Haha, I suspect I'm the only one up and looking forward to the women's final.

The shock and awe final. Expect a lot of very short points. About 75% of points will probably be 0-4 shots.

Betting odds give Sabalenka the edge. She has an 0-3 HtH over Rybakina and is in good form (won the WTA Finals and then Adelaide this year). She has made 15 more errors than winners compared to 59 more for Rybakina on the way to the final.

In contrast, tennis fans seem to give Rybakina the edge. She will need to serve well which has statistically been better than Sabalenka's but it's probably primarily because she has already won a slam - Sabalenka's mentality is suspect on the biggest stages. Rybakina has beaten three former slam winners (Swiatek, Azarenka, Ostapenko) and one slam finalist (Collins) on her way to the final.

Isn't Novak supposed to be "injured"

As for who I want to win, anyone who manages to dodge being eaten like a ham sandwich by Ostaporko deserves it.

[quote] As for who I want to win, anyone who manages to dodge being eaten like a ham sandwich by Ostaporko deserves it.

Oh shit, sorry. I got the WTA Finals result wrong. It was actually Garcia who beat Sabalenka. Ok, so that just kind of reinforces how she is suspect in the biggest matches.

She-Beast Team!

I thin k she's due a slam, and she's actually quite charming in interviews.

She really is, R208. Very self-effacing and full of good humor.

I think Ryba will win, but I want Saba.

I don't actually, R209. It just made me think of the meltdowns going on over the past couple of weeks about the government allegedly 'coming for' people's gas stoves.

Is that OK with you? Do I need to run all my posts past you for pre-approval?

Sorry R209 - totally wrong thread! Someone - not you - just dissed me in it!

How many gay men are on Rybakina's team? (I doubt her coach is but the other dudes...)

Who are the gays you suspect are on Rybakina team, R212?

^ They’re European.

Sabalenka looking like she got bottomed for the first time.

Rybakina has a cute happy sort of a smile but she gives off slow vibes.

Aryna!!!!

Sabalenka looks so much more stressed than Ryby. Im taking Rybakina in 3.

Sabalenka played much better than Ryba in the 2nd set but only won 1/7 breakpoints.

This has been a great match Wish they forced the women to play best of five since they demand equal money.

Go Aryna! You got this girl

Congrats Saba. Great match!!

I cried . Finally Sab.

she hulk wins!

R223 Hate to admit it but I got a little teary too. I hate to unleash my inner Cristiano Ronaldo.

A really entertaining final. So stoked for The Hulkesse. She really held her nerve at the end.

Dear God my ears! Sabalenka tone it way down doll.

For me, today's match was the best of any women's Major final in recent history. Wow, Sabalenka had 51 winners to 28 unforced errors.

Yeah, it was very good. For aggressive hitters, 50-50 ratio of UEs to winners is good tennis. This is very good/great tennis. And Sabalenka historically can play great tennis and also play pitiful tennis after going off the rails. So this was a nice surprise.

Anyone missing Serena yet?

I am

She's gone, retried, and you're still trolling, R230. You miss her.

Retired.

I don't miss her at all

She Hulk!

Citybus team or "Nole" team?

Citybus

Reluctantly Citybus Team

What a depressing Final!

Rybakina and Sabalenka are both certain Hall of Fame inductees!

Peppa, Peppa, Peppa

Peppa Pig

Peppa Pig

Peppa Pig

Peppa Pig

Citybus! Citybus!

I don't miss Serena, but I do miss Ash Barty.

So today's match was a match between two baseline power players. OK, so it was clean. I miss the occasional slice, the unexpected net approach, the occasional offensive lob...

Will Margot Robbie be in Stephano's box tomorrow?

Easily the best women's final in a long, long time. Man, I was riveted!

So happy Saba won. I love a comeback story.

Also did anyone see her presser after? She really seems like a great gal.

DL fave Krejcikova wins the Women's Doubles!!!

No-one who screams/grunts like that is a nice person, let's get real. They do it deliberately as a hindrance.

hate novak's outfit

hate novak

He's been acting like an abusive psycho, staring and yelling at Goran a lot.

Djokovic 2-0.

FFS CITYBUS! He had him. He literally had him in that second set. Asshole's gonna asshole.

I have insomnia and I'm still not watching the men's final. That current score and the likely result is as depressing as the women's final was fun to watch.

R246 when the women do it it sounds like an amateur porn movie. When Novak does it its gross.

Bag taken off court with him. Did he get his magic potion?

Baaaaaaaaaaag.

Finally, he takes an opportunity!

Dame Edith Evans has questions...

The Novaxx haters always remind me of Doubt, when Amy Adams says, "You hate that he uses a ball point pen. You hate that he uses 3 lumps of sugar in his tea."

Subtext- It's not him, it's you.

3 lumps of sugar in his tea = PSYCHO CONFIRMED

No, it really is him.

We don't need your condescending subtext explanation any more than we need Djokovic's insufferable arrogance, R258. And your analogy would be apt if not for Djokovic's utter solipsism as in R190.

More JuJu Juice!

HE LITERALLY CAN'T FUNCTION WITHOUT IT!!!!

Doubt is a great movie; makes me want to see it again. But it's based on stuff that isn't real while we have actual reasons...

r261, Yeah this, massive eye roll times a billion, while stomping my feet.

Announcers: Citybus needs to take advantage while Novaxx is low.

Novaxx: 3 Love service games.

Please humor us then, R264. What is it that you like about Djokovic?

Oh wow, he's having a breakdown now.

No Doubt now.

GOAT!!!!

At this sad time for all civilised people, let us not forget EnzoGOAT!

More GOAT FACTS!

"Goat Eyes: Satanic ploy, or merely horrific crime against nature?

I demand that they reinstate his Wimbledon points.

Novaxx

I just got up and his win doesn't surprise me. Now he's tied with Nadal at 22 grand slam wins so he'll keep going to best him. I hoped that Stefanos would beat him but didn't think that would happen. I'll watch the replay of the match on the tennis channel today.

The women’s final was what Mary Carillo used to call Big Babe Tennis. My least favorite style of play. Each player stands on the baseline and bangs the &*#@ out of the ball. No style, no finesse, no touch. Just NO.

HOORAY FOR NOVAK!! All you pathetic, live in your mom's basement losers cry me a river. He doesn't need his Wimbledon points, and he is still no. 1. You fuckers would tar and feather him if you could. At some point, it's just mental illness. Prayers to you losers.

Titsipas just didn’t have the mental toughness - rather fragile actually. He needs to find a coach who is not his father. If he keeps dad he’ll always come up second best with the occasional solid performance.

Mildly interesting - Jelena and his kids weren't at the AO but his parents were for the first time in 15 years.

Their marriage seemed to be in trouble before Covid and then I noticed that their shared anti-vax sentiment seemed to bring them closer but it may be reverting now.

Boobs Out pointed to his penis when he won this time.

R279 Penis Pointing.

Will he go on Tucker Carlson and tell us about being a manly man? You know it's coming.

Christ on a bike...

I wonder why Nole was so agitated? Poor old VisciousFannyItch got quite the tongue lashing on a few occasions. He was so delighted at the end when Nole approached his box of supporters - I guess his salary is safe for a while yet. I would have bitch-slapped Nole into the middle of next month for directing that behaviour at me.

That in short is why I will never be Nole’s coach.

R281 Yes, it was particularly intense. I was thinking that there may be some backstory to that.

What a sad week. Two pro-Russian pieces of shit get to do a victory lap while Ukraine continues to be terrorized.

R278, I think it's safe to say that we're not going to see his parents--or at least his father--again. His original decision to banish them over a decade ago after they got out of hand was the right one.

The only thing Novaxx’s father can do to get back in his son’s good graces is join the Wagner Group and join the fight for Donbas.

And yet, R276, yours is the post that emanates strongly from multiple climes of the DSM-5.

r 283 . Virtue signaling brighter than the bat signal.

I hope Kyrgios is ready to play by The French Open. At this point, I think he's the only one who can beat him.

Today I learned that having no patience for Russian sympathizers is virtue signaling.

Novaxx is a phenomenal tennis player. He’s easily one of the greatest male players of all time.

He’s also a vile piece of shit.

Please show me one tiny bit of evidence of Sabalenka being pro-Putin.

A true GOAT is respected for his achievements, thereby taking Novaxx out of the conversation completely. No matter how he tries to frame it, he did try to cheat his way in to the Grand Slam last year in Australia. And just like any health professional will tell you, when the patient tells you one or two drinks a day, assume at least twice as much in reality.

R290, haters gonna hate

sad!

oh please why did he point to his penis? it's so small!

He was reminding people that despite his micro-penis that resembles a clitoris, he’s actually a man and he just won the men’s final.

I'm glad I didn't stay up for it. About what I expected. No true blow-out sets, but still comfortable for Novak. Not a fan of Djoker, but kudos to him. Incredible player.

R293, there’s a Spanish expression about how you achieve things: “head, heart and balls.” He pointed to his head and heart first. Alcarez recently got a tattoo with an abbreviated version of this expression.

Djokovic's head has grown big enough to draw attention away from the other three atrophied items.

Yeah, I hate Novak. It's not just his personality. I can't stand his boring game. (Unlike Fed, who I rooted agains, but marveled at.)

But he's the GOAT. Most slams, most masters 1000s, most weeks at number one, most year end number ones. Winning record against Rafa (barely) and Fed.

It's Novak, Rafa, Fed, in that order, now.

UGGGHHH.

R290, Sabalenko has long come across as quite likable. She and her team have a fun vibe.

Yes, she is on good terms with the President of Belarus but that’s likely just a function of being a sports star in her country.

Hell, I live in the US and, for four years, I wondered what my non-US colleagues thought of me as they followed the exploits of our corrupt despot.

R298 he's equal with Rafa on slams. Don't throw in the towel before you have to!

Let's face it, in this outfit Sabalenka is the Tanya McQuaid (White Lotus) of the WTA Tour. She's Gay Icon!

I prefer gay icons who don’t kowtow to murderous dictators.

[quote] Alcarez recently got a tattoo

Pity.

R302 Wtf are you talking about? Please show me one single shred of evidence.

I’m someone who was once targeted with malicious lies in my community (long story involving a nonprofit whose board i chaired).

I was stunned at the willingness of people to accept the word of a disgruntled (and deranged) former leader and not care about finding the truth. (You’ve no idea the extent of it.)

So I’m hoping we can be a little more careful in casting aspersions. You can write anything he lots will take it as gospel.

I don't love Sabalenka's game (I prefer finesse players, like Barty), but I gotta give the bitch credit. She went from serving double-digit double faults to the Oz title. She's very likeable in her interviews and she behaves herself on court.

Good for her.

R300, I'm realistic. Rafa just fell off the cliff. Happens to every major athlete. He can surely win another French. But that's it. And Novak has just about every other record and clearly is nowhere near the cliff.

So even if Rafa ends up tied or one ahead? Novak will still get GOAT status for everything else.

If Rafa was 34 instead of 36? He'd have a great shot. But reality is reality. Even if I hate it!

Rafael Matos from Brazil won the mixed doubles. I'd never heard of him until today. Good looking guy.

^ a blond lefty with great hair and a nice tummy

I'm in !

" I'm realistic. Rafa just fell off the cliff. Happens to every major athlete. He can surely win another French."

"Surely"? He was on his last legs starting at Wimbledon last year and he's never got back to normal. He could win the French again, but I don't think the chances are all that good. I was happy he got two Slams last year when it looked like he may finish with 20 Slams. I wonder how he approaches the year. Will he even bother with the late winter/spring hard court season or just try to recover and get in better shape and get ready for clay season in the hopes of adding another French?

Not a big Nadal guy here but I have to give it up to him. This guy has a will that I’ve never seen in sports. He can mentally will himself to push through anything. What a champion mindset.

That said, it appears he my have hit a wall that he can’t scale, but I’ve seen him pull him body out of the fire many times.

[quote]If Djokovic remains World No. 1 through the week of 20 February, he will tie Stefanie Graf's record for most weeks as World No. 1 in history (men and women) at 377. If the Serbian maintains top spot through the week of 27 February, he will break Graf's mark.

damm

Surprised that so many (or maybe it's one person) keep saying that Sabalenka is likeable. She gives me quite big 'bitch' vibes.

I take no prisoners.

But that's "vibes" R313. Yeah, she has resting bitch face on court, she's emotional, she has that huge grunt. But, if you listen to her off-court - in basically any interview or press conference, she actually is quite likeable.

R315 You know that saying - watch how people treat waitstaff to see what kind of person they are? Just basic reading of people.

So you've "read" her and confirmed she's an uber-bitch? I can't confirm she's not, but that seems like a massive jump unless you saw her treat people bad.

R317 Well, yeah, the way she treats ball boys and girls. I thought that was obvious. Especially since I linked to a video of an example of it.

R310, I think Rafa has earned a "surely" when discussing his chances at the FO. Whether he's in form or not. Old or not.

(I mean, I said he fell off the cliff. Why you'd nitpick the word surely is odd.)

R308, I also noticed Mateo. He's a dreamboat, isn't he? Those gorgeous eyes. He's what propelled me to watch his last two mixed doubles matches.

While searching for matches toward the end of AO, I discovered the #10 Japanese women's doubles team, and they were an absolute delight to watch, particularly their dynamic poaching. They were a delight to watch.

Sabs reminds me a bit of Ginny Wade, who really was a terror. She called ballgirls fat and slow, scowled at umpires, would mutter nasty comments to her opponent when they were both at net. I loved her. She was just as high strung as Sabs, and bore the burden of being England's best hope during the Open era at Wimbledon. Sabs is tame compared to Ginny. She's not a snoozy bore like Barty or Iga.

The UGOAT is finally starting to grow into his looks!

He's aight. I like the curly hair.

r312, and he didn't even need a fan to stab Rafa to do it.

R321, that's very interesting about Wade. I never heard she berated ball kids. She was a piece of work, for sure.

Tennis star Alexander Zverev will not face action from the ATP due to 'insufficient evidence' after investigation into allegations of domestic abuse levelled by his ex-girlfriend Olga Sharypova

Zverev gets away this time, but people like him tend to repeat this behavior and it becomes a pattern. So we'll see, but there is no way he gets off scot-free if it does happen again. Too much circumstantial evidence. It'll be like a really bad hair day for him.

Australia apparently doesn't like Djokovic either.

R328 as we all know, outside of The Cult, NoVaxxx is box office poison!

....

Who wants to watch a couple of miserable Eastern Europeans be rewarded for being shitheads? No. Thank. You.

The Ruud Boy does a spread for Vogue Scandinavia.

Thoughts?

[quote]Thoughts?

Too many items of clothing. FAR too many.

Our Tommy vaults into the top 20

The photographer did Ruud no favors. He looks 45 in some of those R332 pics.

R328 it's hysterical to be on tennis forums and watch Novak fans try and make it seem he's in Fed or Rafa's league popularity wise. He's just not. Sure, he's the GOAT. But Rafa is the main draw now. And he always be as long as he's playing. Just like Fed would be if he decided to play again.

You can't make people love you.

Especially when you're 10% Dr. Jekyll and 90% Dr. Hyde.

Mr. Hyde*

Saw giant CK ad featuring Carlos A. downtown. He's wearing just white briefs

Lord, r334, he sure doesn’t look all that bright, does he?

DjokerNole can make people love him simply by making the boobs put gesture.

R340, Paul’s interview after his loss to Novak sounded smart enough, though. He talked about his intended strategy (come to the net more, use more drop shots) and how Novak had thwarted that by keeping him pinned to the baseline. It was a bit more analytical than most post match interviews, which frequently involve hurt feelings.

^ plus he's purdy

It's hysterical to see the Fedalatio crowd delude themselves into thinking that the GOAT race is a popularity contest. Numbers don't matter in sports, it's about who loves you. HAHAHAHAHA.

The GOAT should be determined by whose wife wears a GOAT jumper to fashion week.

5 likes in 5 minutes means EVERYONE here agrees with me, me, me.

Or that you know how to like your own posts.

Our Tommy is going bald, bitches.

*sobs into handkerchief*

Watched the first episode of Break Point, the Netflix series.

Hated the focus on Kyrgios. He and the Kock are total assholes.

Andy Roderick doesn’t look so great. Why wouldn’t he shave before it?

[quote]Andy Roderick

Lol

Autocorrect. A scourge on us.

Sad, deluded, obese Mirka

Chuckling at R351

I love Andy. Now and forever.

^his mum

"Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has admitted assaulting an ex-girlfriend but avoided a criminal conviction.

The 27-year-old's guilty plea in a Canberra court came after his lawyers failed to have the charge dismissed on mental health grounds.

Mr Kyrgios pushed Chiara Passari onto the pavement during a row in Canberra in 2021, the court heard.

The magistrate called the incident "a single act of stupidity or frustration" when sparing him a criminal record.

Agreed facts tendered to the court say Mr Kyrgios pushed Ms Passari after after she stopped his car from driving away while they were arguing on 10 January 2021."

Nick Kyrgios - 'a single act of stupidity or frustration'

A SINGLE ACT? Unless you count his behaviour his entire life as 'a single act'...

OH MY SIDES!!!!!!!!

Late last year, I had a chance meeting with one of his visiting friends. They met via basketball, and they're at least close enough for him to have Kyrios's text information. I asked the friend a few questions, and the friend answered them for me. He said Kyrios is extremely competitive in basketball, has an explosive temper, enjoys his friends (his friend said he's overly generous to the point some take advantage of him, so he's very pleasantly surprised when a friend buys him a drink, for example). When I asked about the allegations, he made a face and suggested that he and another friend aren't certain of it, but, sadly, wouldn't be surprised.

So, in short, basically what many of us already surmised about him.

Iga will get 52 weeks at No.1, joining an exclusive club that features Evert, Navratilova, Graf, Seles, Hingis, Serena, Henin, and Barty.

R358 - total or consecutive - an entire year at No. 1?

Iga only gets that distinction because Barty had her name removed upon retirement.

Interesting, R60. Most players just stay on the computer rankings and they'll drop down in the rankings as points come off and aren't replenished.

R361 Henin asked to be removed from the rankings.

Tommy is such a cutie. Do we think he probably throws a mean fuck?

The way Henin ended her career after losing to Dinara Safina always felt fishy af. Just a week before the French Open where she was by far and large the favorite. But then again I may not be quite objective when it comes to JH(A) as I really started to actively loath her after she stole Amélie the opportunity to win her first grand slam title fair and square by retiring after being trashed by the Frenchwoman 6-1 and 2-0. I'm grateful the gods of tennis aligned these two women in the Wimbledon final six months later so that Amélie could eventually get her second (and last) grand slam title after actually beating JHA fair and square.

I agree. She was great to watch until she cheated Serena and was an obvious doper. I was hot for her coach, they had to be fucking. When she had a boyfriend they looked like a thruple.

Henin's husband never made sense to me. I think he must have been gay.

JHA? Don’t understand that. She was JHH for a while.

"@BenRothenberg

#AusOpen finals ratings way down, particularly on the men’s side, where Djokovic winning his 10th was “the least-watched men’s final in at least a decade” per @AustinKarp"

^^^ read, not good for tennis. Federer and Nadal a lot more popular and good for publicity.

I loved how much Henin irritated Serena

"Great session to end the practice week"

Oh, Hubie... hoping it was a flip-flop situation

R369, ratings for finals often reflect the perceived competitiveness of the match. I believe that the Nadal-Ruud FO final got much lower ratings compared to Djokovic-Tsitsipas FO final, and for good reason.

who's the dude with Hubie @ R371?

I don't know R373 - I'm desperately trying to find out!

This is the guy with Hubi and he's got Hubi all over his Instagram.

Novax is GOAT, but he is ugly as sin.

While Tsitsi, ooh Tsitsi is so handsome and sexy. I would like to come to him on Halloween, wearing Margot Robbie mask so he might think I was her and I would say that what I have in front is a strap on and we could throw a little Halloween party together.

How many slams would Novaxx have if he were American? 30? Roddick only won because of favorable scheduling. Novaxx was ALWAYS given the worst schedule, Fedal/Misery/Williams and Servebot American were always given a preference, based on popularity.

From the Guardian US OPEN 2003

-Roger Federer was an angry man - angry at losing in the fourth round of the US Open to David Nalbandian of Argentina, angry at missing the opportunity to become the world No1 and angry at the way the scheduling has overtly favoured Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick to the detriment of everybody else.

Agassi managed a two-day break before yesterday's quarter-finals and Roddick one. All the other six players faced the possibility of having to win four five-set matches on four successive days if they are to be crowned champion tomorrow.

good work R375!

OMG Hubie and Mateusz have been GAY LOVERS since 2013!

Stefanos might be cute… first he needs to shave and then cut that fucking hair.

The Jesus look works for lots of young guys but he’s not one of them.

The final wasn’t an exciting matchup. If an Alcaraz, FAA, Tiafoe or Murray had made a run to the finals, I think viewers would have found it.

I suspect most thought Novak’s win a foregone conclusion (and lots of people, including one of NYT’s tennis writers, dont bother watching first sets). If the match had heated up and people read twitter messages about how great it was, people would have tuned in.

Who wants to sit through 3 sets of a miserable, scowly, entitled, bug-eyed East European shouting at his box, only to be have to abide by his smug acceptance of the forgone winners accolades.

^ dafuq? who are you talking about?

TRIER, GER

RIJEKA, CRO

Hoobie team is PTPA.

"I loved how much Henin irritated Serena"

It was fairly mild irritation, thanks.

Good news for Halep, the banned substance came from a mislabeled supplement that she had no control over, now she has to prove she didn't know about it, which seems likely.

The drug rules are ridiculous. You can take methylphenidate, with a note from your Dr..

--Tennis reporter Rothenberg replied with: "Re: Adderall in tennis, one ATP player told me today he estimates 'half of top 100 is on it…maybe more.' And not because they have trouble focusing while doing their homework. Lots of cynicism about the TUE (exception) system within the locker room."

Slumping DL boyfriends Coric and Thiem in Davis Cup action today...

Someone needs to pin Porna down... and cut his goddamn hair!

No R372, Nadal Ruud in France was watched by 4.6 million viewers in 2022, while Djokovic-Tsitsipas the year before was watched by 4.4 million viewers in France even though the latter was the best TV rating in ten years.

R390, those are, as you say, the numbers in France. If you break down viewership country by country for each final you can get different results.

Aah, Tsitsi's melancholic face at R390. Would like to console him wearing Margot Robbie costume (though I might resemble more Sam Smith than Margot).

R391, no matter which way you slice it, Djokovic is box office poison outside of Serbia.

Not that I would have watched the Mens' final at 3:3 AM ET, but ESPN really fucked up with televising the entire AO! I know AUS is many hours ahead of the US but many really good matches didn't air live until 10:30 pm - 5 am. By the time the Tennis Channel aired the replays, we already knew who won.

Chat GPT picks Novaxx,Sampras,Fedal

Next Gen Future French Tennis Sex God, Arthur Fils, gets his first main ATP Tour win i regicidal victory over Grampy Gasquet in Montpelier!

^ And gets booed in the process for lèse majesté.

Tonight Fat Sock won a 3 hour and 36 minutes match in Dallas.

Fat Sock will probably have to pull out of his next match.

Tsitsipas shouldn't look melancholic; he's still gonna have a lot of those cafeteria trays in his trophy room unless of course he gets to meet guys from the lost gen in grand slam finals. TV diner on a tray tonight?

Novak is "only" 35 (remember when players were done by 30?) and he looks to be in fairly good health. I see a lot of people online predicting at least three more years of dominance and a career Slam total of between 26 and 30. At 35, the steep career drop could come at any time - the later the age the more steep and sudden the drop it is. But still, as much as I don't like him, I think he's really going to separate himself in terms of Slams in the immediate coming years.

R401, his endurance and stamina and final GS tally will no doubt depend on how many more magic potions he’ll be allowed to inhale on court.

I like Porna with longer hair. I'd like to use it to pull his head back as I plowed him doggy-style.

[quote]Djokovic with a career Slam total of between 26 and 30

I don't see it happening but I would love it to happen just to see the face of Prissy Pants not GOAT after all and the giant comfort food binges of Orka and all the Prissy fans who didn't take kindly to the fact that not only their hero was no longer the indisputable GOAT but only a co-GOAT but then ruthlessly relegated to third best and the length the fanboys are willing to go to make it appear he's still the best anyway because of a convenient rule they just added to meet criteria. For instance I hear a lot of whining (on some WareHouse tennis forum) that the last slam titles of Djokodal cannot possibly count as they were won during the lost gen era.

I think that whoever reaches 30 GS titles and above will be GOAT for a long long time.

Chat GPT for the ladies- Serena/Martina/Steffi/Chrissy/Monica

Chat GDL for Novaxx- Vile excrement, toxic, cheater, liar, fake, desperate, boring, Wagner mercenary, magic doper, excessive ball bouncer, ball point pen user, GOAT

I met Pauline Betz Addie at my old tennis club. Her son was our head pro, and she was terrific. Caught in a lost era when WWII curtailed her career. I asked her if she could have beaten Martina or Steffi (this was 1990ish), and she said sure. The racquets they used would only give them so much of an advantage. If you go this route, Lenglen beat Wills who beat Jacobs who beat Marble who beat Betz who beat Brough who beat Osborne duPont who beat Hart who beat Connolly who beat Fry who beat Gibson who beat Bueno who beat Smith Court who beat King who beat Evert who beat Navratilova who beat Graf who beat Serena. You can reverse it (add Mola Mallory in) to find she beat Lenglen, and eras are great, but it's the ball that counts.

Porna is taken. He was seen smooching with 13 years his senior Serbian plastic doll, singer and instahoe Kaja.

R406, I would bet most anything that Pauline Betz Addie could not beat Martina or Steffi. Wood rackets had major limitations and even if allowing for equipment technology, the athletes of today are leaps and bounds superior to her era (and preceding eras). I know it's not possible or maybe even fair, and mostly frustrating, that we can never see Chris Evert play Helen Wills. Serena play Hart. All sorts of matchups that sound wonderful.

A few days ago, my youtube feed suggested some videos that I followed of primarily Althea Gibson, Maureen Connolly, Louise Brough, and, I think Shirley Fry. These videos were not grainy, and several games were shown in I thought pretty good quality. From that 1952 to 1958 range, I THINK Gibson would have defeated Connolly. Making it more current, not only would today's top women pros like Swiatek and Jabeur wiped the court with Connolly, so too would Evert and Navratilova. Many others. In fact, given the transformation in physicality, I also think that the much lower ranked players of today, and even top college players would ALSO defeat Connolly (and Wills and Lengelen). DL makes a lot of fun of Taylor Townsend, but I'd definitely include her in the mix. If some can't wrap their minds around that, then say, Rybakina, Fernandez, Collins, even lower ranked players. I think this would also be true from several years prior.

I'm sure Betz Addie had great pride, and that served her well in her era, but Navratilova and Graf would have destroyed her. I recall watching a US Open final, I think 1993, and Alice Marble presented the trophies, and she graciously volunteered something along the lines that Graf and Sukova would "wipe the court with me."

Euch R407! Hot Tennis players and basic plastic hoes! A tale as old as time!

R408 here. I'm doing some fact checking, and I'm seeing that Marble died in 1990. I swear I saw her at the Open. Maybe it was someone else from her era, but somebody said something to that effect.

Interesting that ChatGPT would rank Steffi Graf behind Navratilova when the consensus is that in contemporary tennis Serena is number 1, ahead of Graf staying at number 2, ahead of Navratilova staying at number 3, and Chris just behind Navratilova at number 4.

The only reason for this ranking would be an asterisk next to Graf's name, named Monica. And I would tend to agree with it. You just have to look how close Fat Monica (the other one) stood behind the power games of the Williams sisters or Graf to know that she would have been able to beat them as Thin 'n' Thirsty Monica®.

ChatGPT keeps Margaret Court off the top 10 list.

The UGOAT had a nasty fall in Montpelier and had to withdraw. But OMG Foki has to be the most genuinely nice player on the tour. What a mensch.

Arthur Fils is on a rampage taking out the Tour Seniors in Montpelier: today was the victim was RBA.

Showing impressive bulge in celebration. We like that.

Very hot, Tsonga 2.0.

Is Fils a queen or just French?

Another Shapovaloss...

grrrr....

Those shorts are hideous!

Big Jack D being adorable.

[420] Did you read one of the comments? Kind of a turn-on: "He has a big future he is a massive kid. 6ft 4. Within 3 years once he gets his man strength he can be a force in tennis. He has all the physical attributes."

Translation: Jack just needs to whip out his girthy 10 inch uncut dong and one-by-one pound the ATP Top 40 into whimpering, drooling submission.

Vaccine-sceptic Novak Djokovic makes a last-ditch attempt to play at Indian Wells next month as he 'requests special permission to enter the US' with the Australian Open champion barred amid his ongoing refusal to take Covid jab

Septic? Spectacle? Scepter fool? Spectral? So many Null choices.

Big Jack D is so dreamy. (swoons)

Bublik goes mental

Bublik always strikes me as a slightly more amiable Kyrgios. So much talent wasted on antics and theatrics.

Not anything to do with today's players, but the Courier-Edberg 1991 USO final highlights was in my youtube feed (I watch a lot of past and present highlight clips). I then googled Courier to remember what year he won his Slams. And his Wiki page says he's been married since 2010 and has a kid? I had no idea.

Arthur Fils really is cute, and a nice ass. As with every young player who makes a run (and so far this is merely a SF run at 250 level tournament), it'll be interesting to see if it pans out and he has a consistent career, and at what level - Top 50, Top 20, Top 10, Slam champion - or if they have a journeyman career, or a bit of both.

[quote] Arthur Fils really is cute, and a nice ass.

Link please.

He sort of looks better to me in the video clips I've been watching. But still, I think he's cute/hot.

With faded hair - and I assume he's younger here.

Not as bulky as Tsonga. But he is only 18 so he could still get taller and broader.

If my perfectly in tact beautiful pink tight hole wasn't so nubile and new I would allow Jack's massive dong to TRY to penetrate me. He's so adorable.

Arthur Fils and his friend chilling!

Not sure what's going on here. Bulge, bunching, something else?

Wolf fits in so well in Dallas.

Thicc JJ takes down Big Fo in 3.

Daddy takes out Bootylicious Marcos in 3.

I think they have the caption wrong at R438. That's Giron.

^ no, hun

THIS is Giron

Marcos gams

I didn't realize he had shaved.

Macho Maxime slaps down The Brat, Tune, in Montpelier to face Il Gingio in the final.

Taaaaaaaylor Friiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitz.

Shapo with big, black mole.

Holger Rune legs.

250 Finals Sunday

Il Gingio Team or Maximussy Team?

UltraMAGA Servebot Team or Wu Tang Clan Team?

Joan Baez Team or Fed Express Coria Team?

Maximussy Team

Wu R U? Team

The Cuter Descamisado Team (I guess that's Coria?)

II Gingio won. Expected but bleh

Sinner gives me Sominex.

Happy Belinda beat that jerkwad.

Il Gingio is a big talent and seems like a nice guy. But he's definitely NOT hawt.

These threads are becoming embarrassing with the mole and leg hair obsession.

Hard disagree, R453. I'm here for Shapo's leg hair!

At least TrumpIsner lost

Isner's like an unkillable zombie.

Just when you think his ranking and form are in freefall he goes and gets to the final or even wins some random tournament, and continues to hang around like a bad smell in the Top 40 for yet another year.

As long as he can serve like he does, Isner will have a chance at match wins and small titles like Dallas. The rest of his game never was good enough to win Masters or Slams, and now he's even further from his peak. But that sort of serve - he can hang around for a long time. I'm sort of surprised he doesn't hook up with some mobile, great returner/volleyer and play doubles. Though, it's a lot of time and effort to play both singles and doubles; and he's already 37. If he wanted to JUST play doubles, he could probably do so until he's 43 with the right partner.

Why does Holger Rune always look as if he's wearing makeup on court? It's as if his face is caked with foundation while the rest of him is natural.

Hmmmm....

Rune's mom is the worst. In the tradition of difficult tennis parents + modern social media attention-whoring.

Shapo on display.

^^^^ love the lil bit of chest hair poking through

serena's ad during the superbowl was utter trash.

the bitch is shilling everything from migraine medicine to home gyms to breakfast cereals

R464, I'm sure she's been egged on by her leech of a husband. He's going to want quite the financial settlement when their marriage tanks.

Mmoh team or Kovacevic team?

Love him or hate him, isn't Serena's husband "something" - I thought he had a lot of his own money. Wiki says he co-founded Reddit. I'm not sure how Reddit makes money, but it's a big enough thing that I have to believe he has a ton of his own cash,.

Baby Borna at age 12: it's funny because you never would have guessed that the frail blond boy looking like a rodent would later turn into one of the most ruggedly handsome man on tour.

Chore-itch.

Serena’s husband is a billionaire.

Mmoh team, but I like both.

Mmoh will lose.

R470, Serena’s husband cashed out of Reddit in its very early stages. There’s no evidence that he’s a billionaire.

Shelton team or Giron of the awesome ass team?

Can't stand Shelton and his come on's. Asshole.

Dookie Booty Team.

R468 He was still a child. Prepubescent boys are fragile and delicate, even the ones who turn rugged when they grow up.

Cressy Vs Tim VR - booming battle of the bulging serve-volleying hunks.

Phwoar!

I don't see Coco's dad in Qatar, Mom, Agent and hot coach in the box. Did she cut him loose, and tell him to get a real job?

Mom Gauff is just as scowly and negative as the dad. Coco needs to tell both of them to get their own lives.

Coco really should get non-parent coaches and have her parents cut back on traveling with her. I get that she's their kid and they did so much to get her where she is, but it's time. First, the dad isn't a great coach. I know she has other coaches, but still - he's there and probably has opinions about everything. If she wants to get to another level she needs a full-time real coach who is independent of her dad. Second, I think she just needs some time away from her parents to learn independence. I'm not saying they should never go to tournaments, but they don't have to constantly be there. Maybe learning to fend for herself a little more will help her on court too. She has a baby brother - go raise him.

Also, if your parent is a coach or otherwise on staff as part of the player's entourage, then it can get dicey because you have to pay them. Not that it hasn't been done successfully, but there's just huge potential for tension. Coco was a minor when she started so I assume all the money runs through her parents. Now that she's 18 and as she gets older is she going to have her own opinion about "I don't want to pay you for this. Just be my parents"? The Dad seems to have altered his entire life to make his daughter a pro player, so is he going to expect a check, expect her to support him and mom for the rest of her career - no matter what role he is or isn't playing?

She needs to get a restraining order against her parents

I haven't heard of any abuse. Not that we necessarily would. But annoying and overbearing tennis parents are pretty normal, so restraining order seems like a jump unless they actually did something.

Mmoh defeats DL boyfriend Shapo at Delray Beach.

Why is Patrick McEnroe on CNN on a panel about George Santos?

I assume he grew up in that district and maybe is a voter there.

Carlitos back in action, takes out DL boyfriend Luscious Laslo in 3

*sigh*

Brat Rune retires after going 4-0 down against Dutch wildcard, Gijs Brouwer. Allegedly injured, but looked like he was probably faking it. The crowd were not at all happy.

He really is a little twerp. Contrast with Draper who soldiered on to the end against Rafa at the AO despite really bad cramping in the 4th set.

Jack needs to fuck some sense into Holger.

Euch. I don't want Jack's Prime English Pork Sword anywhere that runty skank's fartbox!

It'd probably be like dipping one's wick in vinegar and sulfuric acid.

Holger's creepy mom would probably insist on watching.

Lol. And she'd be obnoxious and criticizing the guy fucking Rune.

Holger has the looks and name for porn. "Rune My Hole Vol. 1."

[QUOTE] Rune My Hole

R494 The perfect DL soubriquet for him!

Mmoh looks just like musician Jon Batiste

Daddy Fritz team or Gomez team?

Shapo fist pump.

Might be more convincing with some actual wins.

Win or lose, Shapo is hawt.

che bello

Mussy's victim yesterday, Penis Packin' Pedro Cachin can get it every day of the week and twice on Sundays IMHO.

Would love to have witnessed Lorenzo and Pedro engaging in a dick-measuring contest in the locker room post match. They're both among the most 'blessed' players on the ATP Tour.

Madonna mia!

Ay Papi, ben pa ca.

You guys are so obsessed with Shapo's leg hair or Musetti's multi-moles or whatever that some gems are totally lost on the rest of us (I said gems, but @g.e.m.s.life is worth having a look too if you love pictures of domestic bliss and tiptoeing life after tennis).

Anyway, I just found out how much the camera loves Maxime Cressy. No he doesn't have blond leg hair like Shapo and no he doesn't have moles all over his face like Musetti but at least he has the cutest freckles. Add to this the diversity his idiosyncratic sense of playing brings to the game and the fact that i really miss another giant (JMDP) and transference onto Isner was just not an option (for so many reasons), so I say what's not to love and what's not to root for?

Couldn’t agree more, r505. Love seeing an all-out attacking player after so many years of the same baseline-hinged tennis (some of it sublimely good, mind you, but all of it almost invariably only simple variations on the same theme).

And, he’s gorgeous.

I love Cressy!

I just also find Shapo's leg hair very sexy and manly. I'm a homosexual, what can I say. To say I'm obsessed is absurd, R505. Let people have their fun.

Did Daddy win?

Daddy Fritz team or Mannarino sauce team?

Daddy of course!

I love Cressy too and he speaks French, bet the panties comes right off the minute he does.

I'm an equal opportunities ATP slut.

I'd happily bend the knee for Jack D, Tim VR, Lorenzo, Packin' Pedro, Lore, Tallon, Maxime, Casper, Porna, Big Mmoh, Grampy Gasquet, Cris Garin, Liam Broady, Arthur Fills, Ben Bonzi....

Cum one, cum all!

Alcaraz looks great with that pink top....and those nipples are perky!

OMG ^HAWT* Felix is falling apart faster than I can type 'hype' - I guess he won't be winning a lot this year. Maybe it's the pressure.

Cressy is handsome (and he looks much better w/o the beard). I tend to like guys who are thicc from the waist down, which is why I like looking at, e.g., Musseysettti.

Speaking of thicc from the waist down: may I present Rotterdam Semi-Finalist, Mr Tallon Griekspoor.

Popsicle has a meltdown.

Oh boohoohoo. Popsicle sacrificed his career and integrity to be NoVaxxx's Little Bitch Boy. Some of his Twitter posts praising Novak are downright vomit-worthy in their obsequiousness.

Enjoy obscurity along with that other Dumb Deplorable, Tennys Sandgren.

VP is coming to terms that you can spend a lot of time / effort and still not be good enough to be on the main tour. That feeling must suck.

[quote]I just don't wanna play tennis anymore

Vasek, call me

Perhaps Popsicle should just go back to playing doubles with Fat Sock.

Part of that phalanx of players all ego and anger on the court. Great fun to watch the players who love playing. The others like VP, not so much.

Popisil has made $7 million playing tennis, just prize money, not including endorsements, exo appearance fees, or anything else. If he doesn't want to play he should shut the fuck up and quit.

VP sure does seem to be all over the board personally and professionally. I know he won a late-season challenger last season. I think he was going to have Malek Jaziri be on his team as well. Seems wealthy enough to travel the globe. He used to talk about his extremely healthy diet (as I imagine most players have). He's had endorsements with some mushroom company, maybe maple syrup. He has had injuries.

He seems more fortunate than most players, but I think the post above about frustration is very accurate.

Iga is on a rampage lately.. won Qatar Open recently

Is she on the same roids as Halep?

Iga seems determined to be the next great tennis female player and nothing will stop her

Sinner team or Griekspoor team?

[quote] Sinner team or Griekspoor team?

I should've written "Il Gingio team or Griekspoor team??

I was Tallon-ted Team. Great match - much closer than I expected. This could be Griekspoor's breakout year. He's in great form so far.

The Octopus Vs Il Gingio should at least be an entertaining final.

Il Gingio Team

WTAF?

So that's why Carlos is so good. He's good 3 extra 'invisible' arms, R530!

And they call me 'The Octopus'!

Carlitos team or Viva Zapata team?

La Zapatera Prodigiosa -- Team

Carlos team because I'm happy he's back.

Whoever II Gingio is playing team, except Djokovic.

Alcaraz (Garfia) advances. Will meet Norrie in the Argentina final.

Cuddly Kecmanovic rolls past Albot to book his place in the Delray Beach Final where he'll meet Daddy or MacMac.

Daddy Fritz team or McDonald team?

Fritz

Daddy Fritz to Kecmanovic in the Delray Beach final.

Daddy Team

Finals today:

Rotterdam

Octopus Team or Il Gingio Team?

Buenos Aires:

Carlitos Team or Cuddly Ketamine Team

Delray Beach:

Daddy Team or Nozzle Team?

Choose wisely, Tennis DL!

Il Gingio Team

Kecmanothicc Team

Daddy Team

Miomir

WELCOME MATT Matteo Berrettini ‘dating stunning TV presenter and mother-of-one, 36, who was married to ex-Barcelona and Spurs ace’

matteo has terrible taste in women. he can do so much better!

What is it with most male tennis players and their basic bimbo taste in women?

Felix's girlfriend looks relatively 'unbimbo'. Then again, Felix generally seems to have more cultured tastes than most ATP dunderheads.

Carlitos team

Daddy Fritz team

Medvedev defeats Il Gingio.

Not a big Medvedev fan but at least his return to form - along with Carlitos coming back strong - means we might get some actual resistance to a NoVaxxx tsunami over the coming season.

In other news, Big Jack D pulls out of Doha with a leg injury. I'm getting concerned that he's turning into the male Emma Raducanu. Seems to be far too many injuries happening to him over the past 12 months. The LTA really needs to take a look at their coaching set-up as they really don't seem to be handling their young talents at all well.

"I'm getting concerned that he's turning into the male Emma Raducanu."

He wishes. For all of her non-performance, she managed to make her single title a Slam, which is fairly nuts. Draper may end up having a nice overall career, but he won't sniff a Slam.

Carlitos defeats Norrie.

After getting bageled in the first set, Kecmanothicc comes bark HARD at Daddy to taken the second 7-5.

Who will top who in the final set?

Daddy's take-back on this FH is a thing of beauty.

Daddy up a break in the 3rd

Daddy 6-2 in the 3rd!

Daddy Frtiz handily wins the third set.

I love when Daddy lifts his arms to hold up a trophy his pit hair peeks out. Slurp.

^ link pls!

DL icon Ostapenko is in action later today at the Dubai Open

Can someone explain Jelena's love for ethnic hair syles, braids and cornrows? Is this a thing in Latvia?

[quote] a Ostapenko tá parecendo a Peppa Pig 🐷 indo pra festa junina. 🔥

Ostapenko looks like Peppa Pig 🐷 heading to the June party.🔥

Fritz Pits

Awwww....

R565 Miaow-Miaow being so touchy-feely with his compadres is hotttttttt!

Cris Garin is slogging it out with Martinez in Rio. His white shorts are DRENCHED...

Ostapenko is my new fave Tennis person. She is so real, humble and DTE

yeah ok r568

Down To Eat?

No R570! Down to EARTH

Just Maxime being Movie Star Handsome

^ he looks like Kris Kringle with that beard

eye candy del giorno

Nick Kyrgios springs to the defence of Matteo Berretini after the Italian star was criticised by a tennis legend for caring too much about sponsors: 'For some of us, money is important'

Former two-time Grand Slam champion Nicola Pietrangeli blasted the young Italian after his surprise first-round defeat to Andy Murray at the Australian Open.

'He is handsome but his legs don't move the way they should on court,' the 89-year-old told Gazetta dello Sport.

The Italians haven't had a male Grand Slam champion since 1976 when Adriano Panatta won the French Open. Currently Jannik Sinner is their top ranked player.

Kyrgios, who previously was in a relationship with Berrettini's ex-girlfriend Ajla Tomljanovic, took to Twitter to defend Berrettini, arguing that he can do what he wants.

'Isn't it his choice to prioritise?' said Kyrgios.

'I can assure you this, he is making more bank than Sinner off the court and for some of us, money is important.'

Berrettini is very popular with advertisers and has his own clothing range with fashion giant Hugo Boss. He has also won over $10million in prize money from tennis.

Oh don't worry your vacant little head about it, Kuntios. By the time he's your age Sinner will have made many times your earnings in prize money and endorsements, and you will be living as a clownish footnote in the annals of Tennis History. A less successful Nastase.

...and Sinner will bore everyone as much as your precious not-HAWT Felix Ugly Allamess-eemer.

I'm not a particular fan of Sinner...or Felix come to that... just stating the inevitable.

Kyrgios is a joke and a clown, and the circus will quickly move on from him. Serious players who put in the hard work will ultimately reap the bigger rewards.

R577 loves to spew vitriol at anyone any time, R578.

DL icons She Hulk and Peppa Pig will be playing each other tomorrow at the Dubai Open

[quote] One year later, the same story, with Alcaraz welcoming the ball kids under his umbrella in Rio de Janeiro.

Can't you all shut the fuck up while I'm counting my millions?

I know his tattoos don't go down well with DL Seniors but I find that Alex Molcan is getting sexier with every passing tournament.

And his bulge is particularly perky in this match against Hugo Dellien in Rio

Djokovic has applied for an exemption to enter the US for Indian Wells and Miami without a vax.

Fucking pussy.

Little Richard to Novaxxx

Finally watched the Netflix doc. Daddy comes off like a decent guy. He's kinda sweet. Yet horny

How is it evident he's horny in the documentary?

He sired a child when he was 18. Its safe to say he's horny.

R588, I asked how it's evident he's horny in the documentary. It's evident he was horny outside the documentary.

Daddy likes to fuck. Let him be.

He's young, he should be enjoying himself.

[quote]Daddy likes to fuck. Let him be.

Hear, hear. I'm even willing to help!

Misery grinds out another 3-set win

werq that titanium hip

Misery team or Muller team?

Young hottie Arthur Fils is playing Gingio II today. Fils lost to Sinner a couple of weeks ago after having some set points in the first set.

Fellows that were in the mood Don't just stand there, let's get to it Strike a pose, there's nothing to it

Fils wins by a walkover. Haven't heard what's happened to Sinner.

Fils faces The Stanimal in the Semis. Beauty Vs The Beast,!

Christopher O'Connell; currently causing Medvedev as headache in Doha:

Hottie or Nottie? What say you, Judge Judys of DL?

HotHotHottie

Gingio II out because he's "exhausted." Apparently fever and unable to train as he wants. Fils with walkover to the QFs.