The Gays and Tennis Part 157 -- it's ALL about ....

thank you OP for the new thread!

Is Sabalenka gay? She reminds me a bit of Amélie Mauresmo.

They’re all gay!

Or is Sabalenka fucking that blond kinda-hottie in her box? As it were.

dayum

Naomi Osaka returns to the US Open to join mental health forum with Michael Phelps - two months after the birth of her baby girl

^ link pls

Naomi Osaka makes US Open return, presides over mental health forum with Michael Phelps

The two champion athletes were joined by United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy; for Osaka, it was her first trip back to Flushing Meadows since she went on maternity leave in 2022.

Naomi Osaka has 'itch' to compete, plans busy '24 schedule

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka said she has the "itch" to compete, although her return to the WTA Tour won't come until 2024.

Osaka, 25, gave birth to her first child, daughter Shai, in July, but has already resumed training with an eye on next year.

"I'm doing a lot, which I think shocks a lot of people," Osaka told ESPN at the U.S. Open on Wednesday. "But for me, I was kind of training during the pregnancy, too, so it's not hard on my body at all."

Osaka, who has been open about her struggles with mental health, was at the U.S. Open to speak on a panel along with former Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps. She also took time to watch some of the action at Flushing Meadows.

"I've been watching matches and I've kind of wished that I was playing, too," she said. "But I'm in this position now, and I'm very grateful. I really love my daughter a lot, but I think that it really fueled a fire in me."

That fire has led to a busy schedule for Osaka, who plans to be at the first major of 2024 at the Australian Open in January. Osaka won the title in Melbourne in 2019 and 2021, but the former No. 1-ranked player in the world has modest expectations upon her return to competition.

"It's definitely way more tournaments than I used to play, so I think some people will be happy with that," she said. "It's because I realized that I don't know how the beginning of the year is going to go for me. I don't know how the level of play, and I think that I have to kind of ease into it.

"So at the very least, I'm going to set myself up for a very good end of the year."

Osaka said she has watched the success several players have had recently in their returns after becoming mothers, and she's inspired to compete with Shai watching.

"It would be cool if she was proud of me," Osaka said. "And I also just want her to be old enough to see me playing on the court and being, 'Wow, that's my mom!' "

Did Cher loan her that wig?!?

It's too bad Venus didn't have a child early on in her career as she could have been the first grandmother on tour.

Do we know that Venus likes the peen?

R12, yes, she's had boyfriends in the past. She fucked her bodyguard if my memory serves.

R12, see R3.

Love the pic, OP. Let's go Coco Puffs!

Photo at R5, oh my word. She Hulk is bigger than me!

ova, Vondrous team or Keys (Tippy Turtle) team?

[quote] I've been watching matches and I've kind of wished that I was playing, too," she said. "But I'm in this position now, and I'm very grateful. I really love my daughter a lot, but I think that it really fueled a fire in me."

Yasss! Comeback Kween

Alcaraz (Garfia) team or A. Zverev team?

She-Hulk pings as straight to me (she's quite girly off court) and has an older bf anyway.

Kerber is coming back next year as well.

Alcaraz Team

Keys Team

Kerber's game was already declining even before she left

Sablenka - That's jock girl vibes not lezzie vibes

Wow Madison I'm impressed

Osaka can barely speak without uming and ahing and twirling her hair about her fingers. She’s pretty and doll-like, but has none of Sabatini’s sophistication or intellect.

If Keys can hold her nerve, there's no reason she shouldn't win easily against an injured Vondrousova. As irritating as it's been to watch ESPN ignore her throughout the tournament, maybe it's also been beneficial to her for all the pressure to be placed on others.

Am I mistaken in thinking g Naomi is a tennis player and not a supermodel?

R25, Gabriella Sabitini also has 1 Grand Slam singles title and Osaka has 4!

The men's game is so boring at the USO this year with no Rafa/Nick

Or Rune the early exit of the likes of Tsisipas and Berrettini

Wune.

Keys is flopping

I like all the foreign gals but just can't warm up to Marketa V.

Hownis Barbora Krejicova ranked so high for someone who could barely make it pass the first round in Grand Slams this year

Headcase Madison Quease is tanking as expected

All this on-court coaching has to be reined in. These are 'professional athletes' for godssakes.

why am I not getting a thread header in this thread? I can't even add this thread to my watched list.

I’m surprised to actually like the chew coaching rules.

Before, some teams had signals. So it was really unfair.

Now, they don’t have the opportunity to give them extensive coaching but can shouts a couple things for them to take or ignore.

I wasn't expecting this outcome

Could we see an All American Finals ?

Keys did a great job of keeping control of herself in the more challenging moments of the second set and confirmed in the Stubbs interview afterward that she had no idea what Bjorn was telling her to do (because the crowd noise drowned him out).

She also slipped up and said "shit," which you're not supposed to say live on basic cable in the States, which makes her the people's champion.

Exclusive first look at Keys after her win:

R37 that means you have blocked the OP at some point

Can I unblock the OP?

I cannot look at Keys. she is just too ugly!!!!!!!!!!! fix that teeth!

I don’t care for Garfia or Zverev, so this match is a bit of a Sophie’s Choice for me. I wish there was like an Andrea Yates’ Choice, but I suppose one of them has to win.

R44, there's an 'Ignore' button on the menu at the top of the screen. Click on the black 'x' next to the appropriate poster (or thread, if you accidentally blocked the thread rather than OP) and it should restore what was being ignored.

Zverev looks wrecked.

I can't blame him after that marathon match on Monday night, but he could store his gear in those bags under his eyes.

Hownis team.

it's muggy out there.

NYC is in the middle of heatwave. it's gonna rain this weekend.

R51, is it a tropical heat wave?

[quote] Keys did a great job of keeping control of herself in the more challenging moments of the second set and confirmed in the Stubbs interview afterward that she had no idea what Bjorn was telling her to do (because the crowd noise drowned him out).

Is her coach Bjorn Borg?

I know he IS a dick but do we think Zverez HAS a big dick? Never see much (any) bulge.......

I really hate you R42.

R54, looks tiny. No bulge, no movemebt down there. Judging by his anger issues I bet it's super tiny. Like mini baby peen

Team Ratface or Team Pockmarks?

Pockmarks team

Zverev looks discouraged

FINISH HIM CARLOS!

Ethan Quinn, so-called “New player to watch”, has a medium-sized black mole on the right side of his neck as evidenced in a Prudential commercial. We’d rather not watch him with that thing barring our view.

Good, Carlitos, good. Kill him. Kill him now.

C'mon Carlos, time to dismember him.

R54 Would you still do him though? 😆 Not like he's a bad looking guy

Whoa this match is a let down. I was expecting an exciting match not the blowout unfolding here rn

This heat wave is making me tired, c'mon Carlos.

I scared that Carlos might get sick before the Final

My man!

Such a beautiful bod, not a tatt in sight.

Aggghhhh, Carlos stay away from Patrick McEnroe, he's a disease vector!

His face looks like it hurts. I know; I was also walloped by acne at 19/20.

Get that poor boy some Retin-A.

Kind of offputting to hear Alcaraz suck up to Zverev so much.

Some enterprising dermatologist needs to take a tube of Retin-A and a cheese grater to that poor Spaniard’s face.

Seems inevitable to me that Gauff and Garfia are about to be crowned queen and king of this Open!

Is this where we talk about Narragansette Pier Open?

[quote] Some enterprising dermatologist needs to take a tube of Retin-A and a cheese grater to that poor Spaniard’s face.

Carlitos, call me. I know a guy.

Coco Puffs team or ova, Much team?

Keys (Tippy Turtle) team or She Hulk team?

It's Muchova all the way for me - I just like her game.

Carlos is brilliant- I was at the match this evening. He stays healthy and he’s a player for the ages. He hits winners off winners. His knowledge of court position and attack is peerless. He has no weakness. If he plays like he played tonight, he will beat Medvedev and then Djokovic. As the match went on he was blasting Zverevs 130 mph serve back at will. He’s extraordinary.

Carlos consecutively beating three of the biggest villains in the sport (though Meddy's grown on me) would bring back some shine to this lackluster men's USO, and it'd be a nice big feather in the Alcaraz cap.

R79 you really do glean so much more about a player's talent seeing them live.

Tippy Team

ova, Much Team

I gotta say I was impressed by Tippy last night. She controlled her power game. Tattoo Lady wasn't even in the same league of power with Tippy and was scrambling just to get balls back. It's been 6 years or so since Tippy made the final here. I wouldn't mind seeing her walk away with the trophy. Over-bite and all. If she can hold it together for two more matches.

Tippy because I love underdogs and American interest will boost tennis.

Coco Puffs same reason.

I don't like coco, coz I don't like it when they try to shove them down our throats. Too much hype, she doesn't deserve it

Muchova Team. I like her game, her personality.

And she doesn't ram Fucking Jesus down our throats when she wins.

Coco all the way

She Hulk Team

Coo Coo Team

Tippy Team

She Hulk for sure. She might be the most likable female tennis star since Venus. She's so funny, warm and confident, and self effacing.

The exact opposite from what you'd expect watching her play, which is pure aggression, power and (oddly enough) mental fragility.

I haven't followed tennis much since COVID, but I like what I've seen of Sabalenka this tournament. I think She Hulk wins the final.

They're going to be sweating their butts off tonight.

Armenian match fixer who masterminded the biggest illegal betting ring in tennis and 'made $9m in just two years' before being jailed says he is 'proud' of corrupting more than 180 players and paying them to throw matches

Link, r92?

R93, I’m not R92, but I’m feeling helpful. This is from the WaPo.

PARIS (AP) — The crooked tennis players knew him as “Maestro.” To European investigators, the Armenian based in Belgium is emerging as the suspected ringleader of an organized gambling syndicate suspected of fixing hundreds of matches and paying off more than 100 players from around Europe.

As Roger Federer and other stars at the top of tennis compete in the Australian Open, players far lower down the sport’s food chain are being questioned this week by police in France on suspicion of fixing matches for Grigor Sargsyan, 28-year-old known as the Maestro, investigators said. Sargsyan is being held in a Belgian jail.

The picture emerging from months of digging by police working across Europe is of a massive match-fixing scheme, organized via encrypted messaging, involving dozens of low-ranked players in small tournaments with little prize money. Police say Sargsyan employed mules, people hired for a few euros (dollars) to place bets for the syndicate that were small enough to slip under the radar of gambling watchdogs.

Sources close to the investigation, all speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss details publicly, said four French players were in police custody on Wednesday and at least one of them told investigators that he fixed around two dozen matches for Sargsyan.

They named the players as Jules Okala, 21; Mick Lescure, 25; Yannick Thivant, 31; and Jerome Inzerillo, 28. None operated in the highest spheres of tennis. The career-best singles ranking of any of them was 354, reached by Inzerillo in 2012. The arrests of Okala and Lescure were first reported Wednesday by French sports newspaper L’Equipe.

A dozen or more other French players are expected to be questioned in coming weeks. An investigator said France was one of the countries “hardest hit” by the syndicate, which targeted lower-level pro tournaments. Okala and Lescure were detained before they were to play in a modest tournament in Bressuire, western France, this week that offers a total of $15,000 in prize money.

Investigators have also questioned players in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Slovakia, and Bulgaria and are looking to question others, including both players and managers, in the United States, Chile and Egypt.

In all, more than 100 players are suspected of having worked with the syndicate, fixing matches, sets or games in exchange for payments of 500 to 3,000 euros ($570 to $3,400).

“The impression we’re getting is that it is very commonplace,” one official told The Associated Press. Another said several hundred matches are thought to have been fixed.

Investigators fear that players used by the syndicate could suck others into the scheme and could go on to infect bigger tournaments if they climb higher in the rankings.

“In time, they could be managers of other new players or trainers so we have to get them out of the system, or they could corrupt others in a few years,” one official told The Associated Press.

Sargsyan was swept up in a wave of arrests in Belgium last June and faces organized crime, match fixing, money laundering and forgery charges. A suspected banker for the syndicate also faces money laundering and organized crime charges, while four others are being investigated for illegal gambling and finding mules, who are thought to have been paid for placing modest bets for the syndicate on matches that it fixed.

Because the bets were small, the risk of detection was “almost zero,” but the profits could still be considerable if many bets were placed, one official said.

Still unclear is whether the Belgium-based syndicate was linked to another match-fixing and gambling operation, also involving Armenians, unraveled in Spain . Spanish police last week announced that 28 professional tennis players, including one who participated in last year’s U.S. Open, were linked to that ring, taking bribes to fix results that the group bet on using fake identities.

Why are the major tournaments all so stingy when it comes to posting video content on their websites? It’s damn near impossible to find full matches let alone extended highlights unless you catch it live on ESPN or pay for some idiotic streaming service like Disney+. There’s a ton of matches in the early rounds I’d love to have been able to watch, but (a) I work and (b) they happen concurrently and aren’t even all aired on TV.

Predictions on the first women's semifinal?

They're showing the ladies pre game warm ups- Coco Puffs and Moohova are catching balls, while Big Sab is doing leg curls with a dumbell in one hand , and another curled up in her leg pulling one a pole with the other...sheesh

R97, I want Coco but I fear Muchova will take it. She destroyed Crusteaceans.

I fear Big Sab may choke. Keys has the crowd and seems hungrier

She Hulk is a monster

Is Muchova a lesbian? She pings

Mucus is already shitting the bed.

Bouchard joining the pickleball tour (there is one?).

A huge hole is left in women’s tennis.

Come on Muchopuffs, let’s support our gal

I'd like to see at least one good semifinal. JFC.

Stupid commentators, Moohova's shyness is causing her to lose they say

Is this girl finds her game, Coco better watch out

[quote] her leg pulling one a pole with the other

Does that Pole happen to be Svee-i-tek?

[quote] Is Muchova a lesbian?

How many times do I have to tell you - they all are! All of them!

[quote] Bouchard joining the pickleball tour (there is one?). A huge hole is left in women’s tennis.

Will the pencil need to be sharpened?

Well well we'll, we've got a match

Young protesters. Likely climate change or trans, to an audience that is probably on the correct side of both issues. These protesters never show up at right leaning or Republican events.

Coco ate some fruit on her break, yum.

They're pRoTeStiNg

Cock go sit down girl. Take a break. Stop wasting your energy

Coco^^**

If these idiots make Coco lose this match I will wring their necks

Drag his ass out!

but wait, pRotEStoR-bOy looks sorta hawt.

So what the hell is going on?

I am one of those that has Spectrum so can't really watch. But there's some sort of delay?

Someone post when they start again

R123, you might want to sign up for a free trial with YouTube Tv or Fubo TV. We don’t know when the Disney-Spectrum feud will end, it seems serious.

I hate the entertainment world right now.

Can't watch new TV or movies because of rich producer assholes.

Can't watch ESPN because of rich billionaire CEO assholes

Can't even watch tennis online because of entitled assholes (or whoever is doing this).

I don't think professional tennis will ever recover from this!

They just announced the protester glued his feet to the cement floor.

They’re back and about to do their five minute warm up.

47 mins since last point.

Great, now we'll be back to having body searches at events.

R107, they didn’t say that.

They were alluding to nature of the USO… a loud spectacle. It’s an environment that certain players thrive in and others (e.g., Swiatek) don’t.

I'd bet money that the three protesters have never voted in their lives.

I am as pro environment as one can possibly be.

But do these morons think this shit works? No one ever sees something like this and then goes, "Hmmm. The person who glued themselves to the floor is totally right. Gonna start recycling now! Thanks person who disrupted the Open!"

The protestors:

Yup, R134. That's exactly what I thought they'd look like.

I agree with their cause but rattling these two players and ruining everyone’s good time doesn’t build sympathy for their cause.

The delay took the air out of the match.

I disagree at least Mucus isn't totally shitting the bed now

This break sure didn't help Coco who is now flopping

#CocoFlop

Well both Coco and Muchova seem to be trying to get through on their B game tonight, and are wanting to save their A game for the Final...

Ok, pull Mucus off the court.

Mooohova is coming on aggressive

Almost there CocoPuffs

Muchova's a train-wreck tonight; wonder what the backstory is because she's been excellent up until today

I suspect Moihova is injured. That sleeve is covering up something broken

Oh Coco.

Come on!!!!

tennis elbow

Match point after the double fault was Coco's chance to close out this match. But she fucked up

Muchova at the net is dangerous

Ooooh we have a comeback and Chrissie can't stand it

Wow Muchova is ALIVE

Maggie the Cat is ALIVE

The jingoism from Chris is hard to listen to

The protesters have stated their boundaries: a manifesto.

Yes CocoPuffs is in the Finals!!!

That was an amazing game

Yeah, baby!

CocoGOAT.

So proud of Coco. She's come a long way

COCO

Man, Brad Gilbert really earns his coin, doesn't he?

Coco was all but washed up just a few months ago. Now she's in the Open final.

Amazing.

By the hair of her chinny-chin chin!

I love you, R152.

Ooooh Man Hands is PRESSED.

You just know that She-Hulk is thinking about her woeful SF record at slams (she has lost 4/5 of them). I can almost physically see it.

I expect that as usual, Maddy’s going to find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

This really is Coco Goat’s tournament to lose. If Sabalenka makes it through to the final, she will totally psych herself out playing against the new and improved Serena. And Keys’ record in semis and finals is also… not great.

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Reading the scoreline ,I think my eyes are deceiving me. 5-0 with Keys ahead of She Hulk??

[quote] She-Hulk implossioned!

I wouldn't like to meet She-Hulk in a dark alley.

MARY!

She Hulk is over hitting ting , over playing, over grunting

Sablenka is in danger. Madison is hungry

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She Hulks hormone treatments need tweaking apparently

[quote] Why the fuck did this match start so late?

Protests disrupted the match. See posts above.

This is very entertaining! What WILL all of you DL tennis twats (with your overly precious nicknames & weird "insider" language) DO if Keys continues to STOMP all over Screamy Sabalenka??

Sabalenka is straight, right?

[quote] What WILL all of you DL tennis twats (with your overly precious nicknames & weird "insider" language) DO if Keys continues to STOMP all over Screamy Sabalenka??

We'll just post that Tippy Turtle trampled She-Hulk.

Sabalenka's bf. Belarusian ex-ice hockey player who is 42 and has 3 children from a previous relationship.

[...]

Go Big Sab!

I thought Keys had it, but she got nervous at the end of the second set while trying to close it out.

[...]

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Keys is toast

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Sablenka will annihilate Keys in the 3rd test

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Keys is collapsing. She was so close.

Third set is gonna be Sabalenka 6-0

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Keys blew the second set, but she's stayed in the third. I thought Sabs might run away with it.

Sabs fitness coach is daddy hot.

Does Lindsey Davenport just take an Uber back to her hotel, or what’s the deal? Does she have the money that she’d have a private car waiting outside Armstrong for her for like six hours?

Lindsay Davenport has a lot of money, yes.

The Big D lives the glamorous life...the flossy, flossy

LOL, Big Sable thought she won it at 7 points, forgetting this a 10-point final set tiebreaker.

Everything about her is just really unhinged.

She-Hulk outlast Tippy Turtle.

Keys should retire immediately.

Unhinged is a good word to describe Sablenka .

Oh, well. Crap. Not the first time I was wrong, and certainly won't be the last.

Why are there so many empty seats for SF matches with US players?

Because we are not one of their faaaaaaaaaans!

She Hulk's hockey man is daddy hot, R180. And so is she in normal clothes!

It's weird. She's KD Lang level lezzie when she's playing, but seems totally straight when she's not.

She totally messes with my lez dar.

Lots of female players look kind of masculine when they're playing but off court in normal settings look more demure and feminine, especially if they don't have their hair tied up.

A. Zverev/Carlitos affection.

Woobie Rublev in January on Instagram:

I know Im depressive and always have been thinking about life and death for too much, but before my days will end I will keep fighting for what I believe, what I love and who I love.

Well fuck R209. If I didn't love Woovie already, now I adore him.

I can't ever resist an emo depressive.

I really want to like Coco, but she does nothing for me. I find Sabalenka more endearing.

And I hope that Shelton's green audacity carries him to a victory today.

Mopsy Team or Novaxx Team?

Med Team or Carlitos Team?

I'm hoping Mopsy's brashness winds up Novaxx so much that he goes Full Psycho and the match ends in murder-suicide... Team

Carlitos Team

Please accept my deepest gratitude for allowing me this opportunity to express my preferences!

[quote]I'm hoping Mopsy's brashness winds up Novaxx so much that he goes Full Psycho and the match ends in murder-suicide

LOL

ABD (anybody but Djoko)

Carlitos, though I'm close to neutral. The wry octupus is amusing.

Mopsy team

Carlitos team

Thanks so very much for asking! The

Pondering Rubie's Instagram post - why would he need to fight for 'who' I love, unless... ?

Looking through his gram, no girlfriend pix - a few pix with guys I'm not sure of, but assume they're trainers, friends, etc., but who knows. Not many posts.

At one time, he supposedly had a girlfriend (teen years?) Is the Sun a piece of junk (info on her at link)

R209 what exactly is Wublev trying to say there? Is he coming out? I always liked him

I support Coco because well " USA " and all of that as well I mean look at her, she is trying so hard, just a kid who wants it so bad. BUT deep down I want Sablenka to win

Does anyone speak Belarusian? What was SheHulk screaming at her box? Gosh she is scary

Sabalenka was endearing during her comeback last night.

Agtee r221, that was a comeback for the ages. Sablenka gained some new fans. Eye of thr tiger indeed

A lot of the top comments are supportive of the protestors.

Coco Gauff on the protestors:

[quote]“I believe in climate change. I don’t know exactly what they were protesting.. I 100% believe there are things we could do better. Would I prefer it not happening in my match? 100%. It is what it is.. moments like this are history defining moments. I wasn’t pissed at the protesters. I always speak about preaching what you believe in. It was done in a peaceful way. I can’t get too mad at it.. if that’s what they felt they needed to do to get their voices heard I can’t really get upset at it.”

R224, I'm sure CocoPuffs would be singing a different tune had she lost. Love her though

What is the story about Lindsay Davenport and money about?

Doesn't Big D come from money?

I’ll avoid any match involving Sabalenka - the noise is damnable.

She grew up well off. She made a lot of $ playing tennis.

Her husband grew up well off. He made gobs of $ after playing tennis.

Whoa. Poor Maddie breaks down after losing to Sabs.

I'd be crying if I were Madison. She was so close to winning.

Aww poor thing

Yeah. It has to be a really tough loss of Keys.

erm, FOR Keys

Does anyone else think Mopsy will pull off the upset?

No (but one can hope).

R235, I sense that he will

I hope you're right, r237!

Sexy Joe Salisbury wins the dubs final with Rajeev Ram - 3rd time in a row!

Good. Get off the court. There's a big storm cloud heading to NYC. They're going to have to close the roof.

MARY r240!!

OK, Mopsy @ R240. Cool your jets!

The Incredible Hulk girl isn't lez??? I just assumed she was very very lez

She's not lesbian, she's just Belarussian.

Caught the ending of last night's match

SHE HULK is a BEAST!

Is Bai Ling on the roof?

The storm’s a comin’! Auntie ‘Em, Uncle Henry! Where are you?!

Let's go, Mopsy!!!

Hope Ben can push Novak a bit.

Hope Ben can push Novak into his indignant-insane-imperial-queen-scarecrow-bugged-out-eyes look

no picture required, we all know it....

Hope Ben can beat Novaxx.

Surprisingly Bennis making Novaxx look like an old man

Damn, Novak is running circles around Ben so far

Charlize is there looking gorgeous.

FLOPsy!

Benjamin Shelton Vs. Benjamin Button. Like there ever was a match between these two 🤦‍♀️

Flopsy is (currently) Shapo 2.0.

Power pulsing from every pore, but very inconsistent and erratic. Shot selection is baffling at times.

He needs an update from that annoying nickname queen. >>Floppenheimer

Well, that`s said and done. Now we might as well expect Carlos to get the heebee jeebee`s and watch Novak continue his cakewalk to the trophy completely unchallenged.

Novak doing a number on Shelton I am even embrassed for him

Not only did Djokovic silence Shelton, he silenced Shelton's box as well.

Shelton has too much of an ego, too much bravado. He needed that humbling lesson from Novaxx

Meanwhile... this is Bernard Tomic's current reality

*gulp*

Poor Ben looks like he might cry

Charlize always looks so lesbionic

Benjamin Dover

I have a small Bennis!

God, I loathe Novaxx

What are those scars on Flopsy’s shoulder? Is he a keloid queen like our Maddy Keys?

I sense the Belarussian tank will steamroll CocoPuffs

God, they're both heinous.

Why is Ben celebrating?

Because he no longer has to look across the net at the demented scarecrow.

Novaxx will have a meltdown if he loses this set

Oh wait. I snarked too soon.

Djokovic must have all of this tennis shirts specifically tailored,

[quote]What are those scars on Flopsy’s shoulder?

cupping marks

google it

Ben Shelton is such a douche and he followed Candace Owens and Vivek Ramaswamy on social media until this week.

Cmon Mopsy!

oh fuck off R478

you just gotta hate, don't you

278 that is

And you know he only unfollowed these two at the insistence of his publicists due to the scrutiny following his path to the SF at the US Open. Just like Tennys Ultra-MAGA Sandgren hastily deleted five years worth of racist, conspiracy-loving tweets just before he reached the QF at the Australian Open once again due to heightened scrutiny. Yuk.

I'll give Djokovic this, no matter how hot it is he still looks impeccably groomed.

"Ben Shelton is such a douche and he followed Candace Owens and Vivek Ramaswamy on social media until this week. "

I don't know this for sure, and they could be wonderful people, but his mom and dad strike me as closet super religious, judgy, conservative types. It's known that they're religious, as many people are, but I'm talking beyond basic "I believe in God and I go to church."

Oh boy , Novaxx rubbed salt in the wound by mimicking Ben's celebratory gestures. Ben looked pissed!

OMG that was frosty at the net.

Novaxx totally taking the piss out of Ben with the telephone hang-up gesture. I kind of enjoyed it in a 'watching two terrible people hate each other' kind of a way.

@282

life's too short to hate

Carlos is the only one who can beat him.

Novak's playlist

Meanwhile on Young Grigor's playlist...

Honestly, Ben's cupping bruises are more asthetically pleasing than Vondersova's tattoos

Ben at 20 has an excuse for youthful exuberance and going over the top a bit. Novaxx pushing 40 is just a bitter old goat who can't stand being anywhere other than the spotlight.

R284 there are many millions of Black Americans who fit that bill and vote Democratic election after election. Faith-based social conservatism and supporting progressive social equality are not mutually exclusive. Ask any Democrat in South Carolina. etc. etc.

bye Mopsy :-(

“Fiscally liberal/socially conservative” was a punchline on 30 Rock, but I think it’s more pervasive than the opposite. Go to any church in Harlem.

For the most part, people who describe themselves as socially liberal/fiscally conservative are typically full of shit . Those who aren’t full of shit still all vote republican.

R295 gets his political and social historical analysis from a long-cancelled sitcom. FWT’sW.. 🫣

Why is every ESPN Tale of the Tape (matchup rankings) almost a dead heat?

[quote] He needs an update from that annoying nickname queen. >>Floppenheimer

When A. Zverev had a rough patch several years ago we called him Flopos or F. Zverev.

I'm surprised it's not raining there. New England has been having steady thunderstorms since around 3:00 PM.

If the commentators could get their tongues any farther up Garfia’s ass it would turn into a French kiss

I'm torn, I like both Alcaraz and Meddy. But I suppose Alcaraz can give Satan more trouble on Sunday.

My TV has just told me that Carlos prefers to be called Carlitos or.. Charlie? I wasn't expecting that.

For a second I thought we had another climate protest underway

Is Carlos Catalan or standard issue Spanish?

Carlos -- like Nadal and Federer -- is a joy to watch.

I find no pleasure watching Djokovic play.

"Carlos is a masculine given name, and is the Maltese, Portuguese and Spanish variant of the English name Charles, from the Germanic Carl."

Carlos is amazingly fast.

I'd be enjoying this a lot more if the thunder wasn't so loud that it's shaking the house, I kid you not. Very distracting. I like seeing Carlos challenged but he'll just up his game more I bet.

Carlos, pull thyself together man!

Has anyone been to Murcia, Spain, where Alcaraz is from? Looks beautiful. But it's Spain, SO many places are beautiful.

Agreed, R305--Alcaraz is the song we can't help but dance to. Djokovic is Rhoda Penmark.

Small cat

I think Carnitas can still click it into a higher gear, even if it takes him five sets. Daniil is already playing at capacity.

Medvedev is classy, not celebrating points and kicking Carlos while he's down.

Whoever has the best chance of beating the joker is who I want to win

Julianna Marguiles' husband pings when he claps

So many celebs at this match

VAMOS CARRRRRRLOS!

Juan Carlos has some nice guns, surprised actually

Medvedev will tire faster than Carlos.

My sharpener is in the shop.

¡Dámelo, Carlitos!

Charlize looking extremely lesbian tonight

[quote]Charlize looking extremely lesbian tonight

uh no, more like every straight guy's wet dream actually

Why is Carlitos fucking up so badly? Is he tired?

That's redundant, R324.

Please save us from a Manson v. Raskolnikov final.

Breadstick.

Carlos isn't showing the maturity to get himself out of a psychological hole, victim to his own disappointment about the first set

What pisses me off. Med does all this then to lose to Novaxx, in 3 sets

How so R324?I see a baseball cap and little makeup. That turns on straight guys?

Carlos needs to pull a Sablenka

I think she prefers to be called Charliztos.

Straight guys love a girl that can be totally stunning arm candy on the one hand, and then just as easily flip the script to be their best bud at the game, except even better, cause their best bud is stunning even in a ball cap and can get down with the score

My take is regardless of who wins this semi, Novaxx will wipe the court with them on Sunday.

R323 is not R265.

Daniil channeling Nadal with all the wedgie and beanbag picking

Speaking of which, I think Carlos is seriously packin'

It doesn't even feel like Carlos is playing his best Tennis but Med has shown all his cards

We KNOW Carlos is packing. We've seem the random bulge pics from various positions.

Med is running out of gas

I feel kinda bad for Med since the crowd is obviously cheering more for the bright, shiny, new thing.

That first set let Carlos down

ESPN commentators are DESTROYED..

A bigger surprise than Medvedev's victory is Mary Joe Fernandez's decision to dress like Nicki Grant from "Big Love."

Fuck this Bond villain.

Meveded deserves praise, he played the better match.

Med is playing better than he did 2 years ago when he beat Novaxx and Novaxx has not been at his best lately, I predict a Med win in 3 sets

Back to Barcelona for you Mr Alcaraz. No #1. No US Open.

Go choke on Putin's dick and fall out a window, Medvedev!

Carlos will be around for a long time. He'll probably analyze where he went wrong and make sure he doesn't do it again.

R351 He was beaten by a better player. No shame in that.

Carlos is clearly the future, but it's not to like Med. He's funny and quite bright. His game is weird and unorthodox, but it's effective.

I think Novak will wipe the floor with him, sadly. But who knows? He did it once.

Coco team or She-Hulk team?

[quote] As a kid growing up I always learned that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. - Mopsy

Yeah, that was a good comment from Ben.

Djokovic is pathetic either way. Either rubbing it in when playing an American in the US or genuinely copying it because he thought it was cool.

Djokovic is pure, unadulterated faeces.

And a supreme cunt.

I'm not watching those cunts in the final.

I hope they give each other Covid and suffer greatly.

Djokovic has been derivative from the start with his unfunny imitations of Nadal and Fed, who could smell a rat from a mile away and took an immediate dislike. The stolen Kuerten heart in the Roland Garros clay, the stolen mike to butcher the Beastie Boys, of course he'd relish stealing Ben's celebration. Novaxx at his core is a seething snake with a black hole of an ego. I hope Medvedev holds Creatina hostage Sunday.

Hey, cunts are people, too!

Novak's a big cunt. Mopsy's a little cunt. Case closed.

I've often rooted against and sneered at Novak for many reasons. Some of those reasons include I'm a huge FED fan and am vested in records (and all things FED fans are), his whole COVID performance, and then throw in some superficial reasons, some of which are mentioned on these threads. But...I gotta say, a lot of his tennis through the years has been absolutely scintillating. When he did that phone thing to Shelton, I studied it for a few moments, read various Twitter reactions, and then went with my gut: I LOVED it. I think Ben is a very engaging young man, and I hope he's not a devotee of Candace and other right wingers, so I can't quite pinpoint why I loved Novak doing what he did.

The only reason I can come up with is I disagree with Ben that the winner can celebrate in any way he or she sees fit--I think there's a fine line between genuine happiness and trailer park shit. I don't like that he did that to Frances, his presumed buddy, and I understand it's some Georgia Bulldog thing, but that's got to stop. He was no subtle angel toward Novak during that match, and in his presser, he emphasized that Novak was number two, so he is capable of shade. I might snap out of it, but for now, I'm saluting Novak for giving it back to Ben.

r292 gets it

Why isn't anyone concerned about the optics of a Russian and a Belarusian winning the US Open titles?

And what would you like someone to do about that?

I think Novak is a total cunt, but the hand wringing online (I'm talking beyond DL) about the phone gesture is just ridiculous. I get it, it's what people do now - they see something and react to it online - but still. It's all inconsequential - Novak's gestures, Ben's gestures. They're not killing anyone; no one will be scarred for life from the gestures. It's sports, which always involves some level of jawing, flexing, obnoxious behavior. Not everyone of course, but always someone.

Italy’s _Repubblica_ newspaper online just published an interview with Stakhovsky, who joined the Ukraine army after war was declared about a year ago. He is not having any of it as far as Sabalenka is concerned. Here are a few choice words from the interview:

[quote]Let's talk about tennis. What do you think of Sabalenka, the new world number one?

[quote]“I know many will disagree, but as a human being she doesn't deserve it. As a tennis player maybe she does, because tennis is an extremely upright sport. But she lacks morality, charisma. Knowing what’s right and what isn’t? It's very simple in life. She’s very pragmatic, she’s safe because the WTA makes sure she doesn't have to answer complicated questions. But she openly and publicly supported the Belarusian president Lukashenko. She also [backed him] when he repressed dissent [in 2020, ed]. What am I supposed to think?”

[quote]But it was before the Russian invasion.

[quote]“Belarus is a part of this war, but she never said that she was sorry or that she condemned the invasion. She says she’s pro peace. Well, f***, we’re all for peace, aren’t we? Or do you think I'm happy here killing Russian soldiers? Hardly, but what choice do we have? Either we kill them or they will kill us in our own home.”

[quote]Sabalenka said she no longer supports Lukashenko, or the war. What else can she do?

[quote]“She said it because it was the only way she could avoid the controversy. I don't really believe her. This is how things are: when she has children, these children will grow up and at some point they will ask her questions. Mom, what did you do to stop the war in Ukraine? I didn't do anything, she will say. I kept playing, making money and I didn't give a damn about the people being slaughtered. I didn't do anything, even though I had a huge platform to change things.”

One more thing from the _Repubblica_ interview:

[quote]Ukrainian players no longer shake hands with Russian players at the end of the game. Does this have any effect on anything?

[quote]“It's not just about honor. Not shaking his hands is the bare minimum to show our rejection. Going back to Sabalenka and her moral code, even though she knows that no Ukrainian will shake her hand, she still goes to the net. She makes herself out to be the good guy as far as the audience is concerned, and Ukrainians start booing from the stands. It's pathetic. But the point is that we really shouldn't be competing with them at all.”

Carlitos shirtless modelling.

I don't know where she hulk lives but I believe russian asshole lives in Monaco

Yay! Pickle ball. I'm so happy.

I'm so nervous for Coco

Oh my ! R370

R369 I love when Big Sab does that. Fuck these Ukranian players. Sab is not a soldier!

Agree with R363. I despise Novaxx but I love what he did to Ben

What R370 said. I hope Med repeats what he did I 2021. I want to see Novaxx cry again Also , Novaxx looks like the biggest asshole behind closed doors.

[quote] hope Medvedev holds Creatina hostage Sunday.

This!!

Sabalenka's mother didn't talk to her for a week after she got her hideous tattoo? DLers will be able to relate!

She Hulk comes out swinging.

Oh great another bed shitter

The classy US Open crowd wildly applauding unforced errors.

It's quite a sight to see Brad Gilbert this nervous. It's clear he genuinely loves Gauff.

Nicole Kidman’s immobile face in attendance.

Nicole freshly prepped for her role as an alien.

[quote] Nicole Kidman’s immobile face in attendance.

Is her husband Keith Urban there?

They didn’t show him. Probably didn’t know which hairpiece to wear under the roof.

She Hulk.

Яна халк

Can Coco come back?

I would love to see Martina N. commentate at all the majors

Diane Keaton in the house!

Will be shocked if gayle isn’t there.

michelle obama not there?

[quote] Diane Keaton in the house!

Well la di da. La di da.

International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Andy Roddick in da house.

Russian cheater Maria S also in the house!

[quote] Russian cheater Maria S also in the house!

With brown hair.

… and sunglasses that could pay to rebuild Maui.

And a terrible, terrible heart condition.

I think the disgraced former USTA head Katrina Adams is there.

Monica Seles and Tracy Austin Holt, best known as mother of Brandon Holt.

Stunning turnaround.

This is now a match!

African-American Charlize Theron again.

[quote]Probably didn’t know which hairpiece to wear under the roof.

Speaking of which, don't ever mention her use of wigs when speaking with Nicole Kidman or she'll hang up on you. And it's probably because it hits too close to home for her. The last time I saw her without a hairpiece was probably eight years ago and I immediately understood why she relies on wigs to look good. I wouldn't be surprised if she's bald by now. It's androgenetic but it doesn't look like the male pattern as the hair loss is diffuse in women. For some reason Rafael Nadal hair loss is also diffuse: this is the reason why the transplant didn't work in the long term.

I like ben shelton. He's gained a fan in me. I like spunk and attitude! Great future!!!

I hate spunk.

The She-Hulk is frazzled.

I like Mopsy, too. He's young and enthusiastic and has a great smile. And guns. And he's hawt. He's what the French call joli-laid.

She Hulk is a beast!

shehulkus belarusius

I think Nicole Kidman is confused as she thought she was going to NYFW.

Who is the Chris Pine-looking guy next to Brad Gilbert?

R404, you rock

R413, her other coach, Pere Riba.

Cocoa Puffs is steamrolling the She Hulk in the 3rd

This is beautiful to see. It would have been so horrible and sad if the beast steam rolled Coco.

R413, her main coach.

Nicole is in her Sunday best. All over dressed Why is she like that?

All other celebs are so casually dressed. Even Dianne Keaton managed to look casual compared to Nicole

Nicole goes to bed like that, complete with wig and full face.

Thank you, R415 and R418.

[quote] Nicole goes to bed like that, complete with wig and full face.

I did not like Heath Ledger in his role as "Joker".

The beast is trying the old 'get the trainer on' to try to disrupt momentum.

Is She Hulk getting her pussy massaged?!

“Injury” timeout to try to freeze Coco

Now She Hulk is getting a puss rub down.

[quote] The beast is trying the old 'get the trainer on' to try to disrupt momentum.

Try the old "go the toilet"!

[quote] Now She Hulk is getting a puss rub down.

They all do!

GAMESMANSHIP.

[quote] She's a junior champion, and I think that helped her get into the pros.

Insightful commentary from Chris Evert, the World's Worst Tennis Commentator.

Chris Evert is so boring that her tits ran off.

McEnroe should do the women’s matches, too.

Let's go CocoPuffs, you got this!

Ugh. Chrissie is dull as dishwater and Johnny Mac's schtick is old.

New balls, please!

LOL

Sabalenka tried a drop shot and it landed in the bottom of the net. Touch isn't her thing.

A Spike Lee joint.

CocoGOAT on her first step to GOAThood.

She Hulk needs to develop some variety in her game. It's bash the shit out of the ball. That's it.

COCOA PUFFS!

Sissy-poss.

I'm crying!!! COCO!!!!!!

COCOPUFFFFFFSSSS!

Wonderful!

Beej looks like a genius.

Gotta love Brad Gilbert…on a live mic: I’m so fuckin’ proud of you!

They allow Negroes to play and be spectators at the West Side Tennis Club? I believe I met Althea Gibson once but may have mistook her for one of the help.

Her first grand slam win and she did it at home, double greatness.

Chris Evert is fucking brain dead.

Coco Goat is on the fast track to surpassing all of Serena’s records!

Wow, they wheel out BJK for everything.

[quote] Coco Goat is on the fast track to surpassing all of Serena’s records!

But not mine.

[quote] Wow, they wheel out BJK for everything.

It's her house.

She Hulk in Brucilla Banner mode.

Guys, She Hulk is a mess!

Coco engineered an amazing turnaround. That is so impressive.

Very gracious.

Little Cat team or "Nole" team?

Billie kicks ass. She really does. She’s done so much for the sport and for women generally.

The Original 9!

It's Saint Billie Jean King these days.

Coco reads DL comments that her dad should no longer coach her.

oh great, now it's gonna be coco this and coco that, so sick of it already.

[quote] oh great, now it's gonna be coco this and coco that, so sick of it already.

We told you it's the summer of Coco. Accept it.

My partner asked why did she put that big watch on, right before the ceremony?! I said just wait…39 seconds later we see Rolex’s new “congrats coco” ad. Not a minúteme wasted 👀

look at the damn OP post

She also had to put on a t-shirt for New Balance right after the ceremony. The PR people were all over it. Not a minute wasted there too.

putting on a watch is nothing new. all the men do it too. Don't you guys watch tennis?!

next year, she won't be so lucky. Osaka will be back!

Good. I like Osaka.

R469 is Ben Rothenberg

[quote] I like Osaka

I like, um, like me, you know.

R467 missing the point as always…

As anyone might infer, my partner does not watch it much but I watch it all the time. Hence he wondered about her watch, and why I told him to just wait and watch.

Watch your manners.

I’m watching you 👀

Did Gauff's parents finally crack a smile?

Yes, her mom even went nuts. I don't think I've seen her like that before. So dour usually.

As always everyone attacks and questions black excellence

i wonder how the father feels. the min they get rid of you, she wins a slam lol

[quote] lol

LoL! :)

R476, they really make him sit far away, don’t they?

r475, I'm not attacking, I'm just wondering how her parents benefited from Affimative Action and which poor country club white girl's opportunity she stole. That's all.

Osaka is a punchline at this pont. If she wins another major, I’ll eat my hat.

On the other hand, if Barty returned from retirement, she would dominate.

R477 How old are you? Coco is 19 and uses lol quite a lot in her tweets.

So proud of Coco. She did it! Didn't think she had it in her

R480, I'm still surprised Barty retired and I wish she would return to tennis.

Hopefully being a mother will toughen Osaka up and we won't be subjected to her nerves and crying all the time.

Where’s the Serena Jehovah troll? I half-expected some DL idiot to drag Coco for daring to mention her faith.

From what I’ve seen of her in recent pressers, Osaka is waaay out of shape physically to be a real contender. Even if motherhood has burnished some of the edges off her mental nonsense, she’s unlikely able to pull off any big victories.

Did Coco thank her mother?

Yes. The very first thank you.

GOATs don’t suffer fools, they don’t owe gratitude to anybody.

Osaka looks like she's special needs.

Swiatek has been winning tournament after tournament doing an inferior Barty impersonation. It’s really a shame that Ash retired so early (relatively), but you’ve got to respect her taking her exit when she was at the top of her game. In contrast to e.g. Granny Vee crashing out in R1 midway into her 40s.

[quote]GOATs don’t suffer fools, they don’t owe gratitude to anybody.

GOAT. Singular.

[quote] GOATs don’t suffer fools, they don’t owe gratitude to anybody.

GOAT. Singular.

Coco' s celebratory speech

Coco actually did it!! It all kind of all unfolded in slow motion for me. I was day drinking at a bar and watching the match with friends. Totally buzzed throughout, I watched the match morph from Sabs winning the first set into Coco coming back to even it, and then Coco taking control in the third and not letting up. There was a point when Coco missed a moderate chance at getting to 5-1, instead of 4-2 in the third and I thought Sabs still had a chance to come back. But Coco locked it down and is now a Slam champ. Big Kudos.

This now makes ELEVEN active WTA players who have won one slam (Coco, Peppa Pig, She-Hulk, Stephens, Wozniacki, Andreescu, Kenin, Krejcikova, Raducanu, Rybakina, Vondrousova).

With this win Coco is uniting the country. Everyone is singing one tune USA! And congratulating CocoPuffs. FroM MAGA land and beyond.

R496 MARY!

Sure, Jan r496.

FOX "News" has the story at the very bottom of their homepage, in small print, while the lead story, in huge, bold letters, is: "Dem candidate claims 'unqualified' Whites have high-paying jobs Blacks need 'a PhD' to get" and a picture of that Black candidate.

Among the others sports stories FOX decided to highlight far above Coco's win: "Trump tailgates before Iowa-Iowa State game, crowd goes crazy as he enters stadium"

[quote]crowd goes crazy as he enters stadium

birds of a feather

It’s doubles match.

Reading US Weekly of celebs attending USO women's Final. Has there ever been a tennis match with SO MANY celebs in attendance??

Nice pic OP. Coco did it!

Jane Goody once attended a Tim Henman match at Queen’s Club.

R502–yes. Many, many times. Don’t be so naive.

Jade Goody?

She must've got lost on the way to East Angular...

Pre-match query:

Little Cat team or "Nole" team?

Why do they always perform America the Beautiful instead of The Star-Spangled Banner?

I hate this patriotic bullshit.

It’s a fucking tennis match. We don’t need soldiers or court-sized flags.

(At least they finally got rid of the 9/11 stuff.)

Little Cat.

I am GOAT.

Just a happy little blast from the past, hoping Meddy follows suit.

Blahst from the pahst.

I’m a fan of blue but Novak’s outfit looks dated.

did you see the video of she hulk smashing her racket after her loss? lol

Rasputin

[quote] lol

LoL! :)

6'6" Medvedev is "little cat"? I know I should probably understand this - but I don't.

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I like blue too

It's small cat.

Ohhhh - ok. Thanks R521. I'll try harder to keep up.

Christie Brinkley is the men's final version of Nicole Kidman.

Christie is looking harsh. (The director spared us Trudie Styler.)

R515. It's why I love She Hulk. Wished she had done this on court. I was waiting for her to trash the plate too but alas...

[quote] (The director spared us Trudie Styler.)

Unfortunately they showed her sitting by Stink. Those lips are 95 percent silicone.

She's a freak show.

Trudie has been melting for years.

Trudie Styler looks cartoonish; I hope they show her again.

[quote] Trudie Styler looks cartoonish

She's just drawn that way.

All right, all right, all right.

I think McConaughy is a Djokovic fan, they showed him clapping and saying "allright."

He’s sitting in his box, so yes.

Figures McConaughy would be in the Novaxx box ... both are supreme @'s

@ the hole? Or assholes?!

Leo Di Caprio doesn't look too pleased

What does the @ possess?

Sara Gilbert is not pleased with Leo

I loathe Djokovic and his stupidity and antivaxx bullshit. Actively rooting for him to lose.

And yet my dick still wants me to kneel in front of him and lick his sweaty balls.

*shame*

SHAME!

I kinda like Daria, Med's wife. She manages to be attractive even with that schoolmarm hairdo and that mole.

Jelena, Novaxx's wife, is built like a paper clip.

Is Med getting killed? (Can't watch)

Djokovic is ugly in every way. The only thing I want to do to his balls is kick them into a career-ending default.

[quote] and that mole

We do not concur. Imagine Medwed having to kiss that.

God, this final's boring!

R545 = Domicakes and A. Zverev

Med has a nice ass. A nice body from the waist down.

Novaxx's equally assholish father is there.

Hope Novaxx goes imperious angry insane scarecrow at some point.

Med is playing better in the 2nd. Tight set so far.

r542, Med is playing tight, not getting 'slaughtered' but unforced errors

McConaughy looking ROUGH.

omg that rally was insane!

Novaxx pandering ... here we go

SOMEONE BRING THAT MAN CREATINAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

Has Novaxx resorted to his poppers yet?

Medvedev can't stop grabbing his prick and crack. He looks like he stinks.

Oh look Med is pulling his I'm outta gas charade ... was it Cincy he pulled that shit on Carlos?

^ that should be Novaxx, not Medvedev

He is looking gassed.

Who, r560? Tito or Rasputin?

Novaxx, R561

Med still looks pretty fresh

Thanks, r562. I'm not able to watch the match but am following the score online

At least Meddy has hauled himself back into this, and is now playing well. The match was looking like a total bust until the middle of the second set.

[quote]He is looking gassed.

he is 'performing' gassed.

Novaxx's mother is going to have a nervous breakdown.

Second set tiebreak.

new thread for when this one runs out

Runs in the family, R566.

Med needs to win this TB

Thank you, R568.

r570 = Chris Evert

My new drag name south of the border will be Creatina!

This SUCKS!

Does Med even HAVE a decent slice??

I can give Med a quick lesson.

[quote] and I am the reigning U.S. Open champion. - Small Cat

Nicole Kidman accompanied by Keith Urban today.

Still GOAT.

I feel nothing.

Do these celebs even watch tennis or just show up at the finals?

Gross

I know Johnny Carson was genuinely into tennis, he went to Wimbledon for the two weeks every year and played recreationally.

Why does International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Andy Roddick sometimes look like he has hair and other times like he's bald(ing)? He certainly doesn't wear a wig.

He looked hot.

More self-aggrandizement with him and the entire team wearing their '24' sweaters.

Wrong thread.

Did "Nole" do boobs out?

R586, like CoCo and her Rolex, that is not a new thing in tennis. I seem to recall Fed walking into court with his current number of wins (13? 14?) on his jacket in bright gold.

Medvedev is the more handsome of the two

You're correct, R590, but that's not saying much.

Shit. Christopher O'Connell took the joker to four sets in the second round.

oh well... you've done it all, djerk. Go away!

She Hulk

Peppa Pig

Minotaur

Misery

Domicakes

A. Zverev

Seb

New thread.

In 2024 Pukovic ODs on Creatina and is stripped of his titles.

We didn't even know we were competing for number of titles won! But you do you Novak...

Novak obviously gets zero respect from the lot of fat, bloated losers on the DL. Do any of you play tennis? Compete at anything on a high level, other than silly insults? Jealousy gets you what? Go bow at the altar of Fed and the butt picker, and remember all their wonderful moments. And then count....to 24, and eat shit.