The Gays and Tennis Part 162 - The Australian Open Finals

We can finally enjoy an Aussie Open final in peace.

Ding dong Djoko is dead.

Beefcake of the moment, though OP's dedication to Giron is noteworthy.

Il GINGIO!

At 2-2 in the 5th set, Zverev cracks and misses some routine shots to get broken. Will be interesting to see if he can recover from that.

God! I could stare at his butt all day long...

Hurray!

Nothing like a hot man rearranging his junk 😜

From the last thread:

[quote]So grating to have Chris Fowler there year after year. I'd mute whenever he speaks if I could do so effectively.

Did anyone catch his Instagram clip about relocating his meditative pre-work ritual to the park after a man in a Speedo tried to befriend him at the sauna? I gave him a little shit in the comments, replying that he's quite straight if he doesn't realize friendly almost-naked men are also at the park. He replied good-naturedly but claimed to be clueless about such activities.

Ewwww, as if!

SMALL CAT TEAM.

So happy to see Djoko's creatina fumes let him down.

I'm for Jannik.

Yay Jannik won

[quote] Yay Jannik won

I’m so happy.

The last time an Australian Open men's final did not include Novaxx, Nadal or Federer was Safin vs. Hewitt in 2005

Why does lleyton look like a lesbian? Could pass for Martina's sister.

[quote]Why does lleyton look like a lesbian? Could pass for Martina's sister

Well, Martina turns girls into gays too. I read it in the paper

Amazing old newspaper there, R16. Margaret Court really was a cunt.

Also, love the 'Martina and pal Judy' caption. They still could not openly out people then as today.

This loss is going to be bitter for Zverev. He's choked a GS final and a semi. That's gonna fuck him up.

[quote]He's choked a GS final and a semi.

Not to mention Olga and Brenda.

Yeah I know I was gonna make a joke about it R19, but I decided it wasn't funny.

R5 OMFG - it’s heavenly

Zheng team or She-Hulk team?

Is that even a serious question? Our SHE-ro, DL icon, She- Hulk of course

More time now for him to spend in the water and absorb oxygen through osmosis. I hope he doesn’t know how to swim.

Who has the best ass - Thiem, Nadal, Giron or some other player?

R25 how dare you even ask that question.

My vote from the current crop is for Fils.

I can’t even describe the absolute, sheer joy I felt this morning when I saw that the arrogant one had lost.

What a thrilling moment. I couldn’t stay awake last night but seeing the results this morning was fan-fucking-tastic.

Are any of you staying up to watch the girls play?

I'll try to because I do not have work tomorrow but I am certain I will all asleep right before it starts

[quote] I am certain I will all asleep right before it starts

Or once it starts.

I must be the only person who wants Zheng to win (I do not like She-Hulk) but I expect She-Hulk to win. She's something like 85% likely to win going from the pre-match odds. Think she'd have to fuck it up not to win because I can't see what Zheng has to beat her.

Is Alcaraz coming out with Nassib beside him?

You have to pet the donkey

[quote] Is Alcaraz coming out with Nassib beside him?

The Carlitos/Nassib pic from the last thread.

Alcaraz has always longed to me

pinged*

What do you think of Britain’s Lloyd Glasspool, doubles specialist? I think he’s quite good looking but looks older than his age.

I think he's lovely. He's 30 - 28 in this pic - not sure where you're getting that he looks older than his age. Looks typical late 20s/early 30s to me.

No, r32, you’re not the only one. I’m also rooting for Zheng. Her game is slightly more “articulated” than Sabalenka’s—I find it a lot more watchable.

I'm hoping for a Zheng win. She seems like a sweet person, and I tend to root for the underdog.

Sabalenka has a better serve, hits harder and a better forehand. Zheng better movement and better mental strength but she had three setters against three players in the tournament (and they were not strong players) while Sabalenka has not dropped a set plus has played seeds. A lot depends on how Sabalenka plays and whether she chokes.

And, r42, a lot depends on how Zheng’s forehand holds up. And that, unfortunately, is not looking good.

The only other time they have played was the US Open QFs which Sabalenka won 6-1 6-4.

Well, that was a damp squib if ever there was one.

I feel so bad for Zheng. She had no chance. But she was SO lovely in her acceptance speech. I was quite charmed.

Saba is now the best player on the tour. At least on hard courts. When she serves like she did this entire tourney? She can't be beat.

Sinner has no personality and plays boring tennis. Yes, I'm a hater. Deal with it.

The only tennis player I like is Alcaraz. Too bad he's in a slump. Oh well... at least I won't have to watch tennis anymore.

R47 I used to think Sinner was bland, but having listened to him in interviews over the past year he's really grown on me: he's grounded, humble, with a quite dry self-deprecating sense of humour. I'm probably never going to be fan, but out of the current top 10, I find him pretty likeable in comparison to most.

Wow you bitches are hard to please.

R49, I’m with you and would take Sinner any day over the more colorful, brash young players like Rune, Shelton, et al.

I want to console the Italian doubles finalists.

I also want to celebrate with the doubles champs.

I've watched a lot of the doubles this past week because I haven't had the energy to stay awake for singles. There are so many hot doubles specialists.

Uber-sexy bear Bopanna wins his first major doubles title! He's been chasing that for 20 years!

With palm-fronds waving, and in her unique sartorial splendor, our Queen of the Baltics, the esteemed Jelena Ostapenko, will be alighting the court in short order to challenge for the Women's dubs trophy.

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Unrecognizable?? Sampras looks not much different than he did when he retired twenty years ago, when he was already going bald.

Dem ‘brows bro🥸

That women's final sucked. Blink, and it was over.

Yeah Pete doesn't look much different from when he retired. He still looks like he just fell out of a tree.

Yeah, he looks like how I would think a 52-year-old Sampras would look. He looks like he's still in shape - a lot of other people would have got fat.

We can't all age gracefully like sexpot Pam

He hasn't wanted anything to do with the game since he retired, has he? He doesn't compete in 'legends' events or commentate or coach. He just walked away kinda like Seles. Even Steffi and Andre are more involved.

Bond girl Pam.

[quote] Even Steffi and Andre are more involved.

They became so involved they got married!

AA, at least I don't look like Don Rickles playing pickleball.

Happy for Sabalenka. I didn't stay up/get up for the match. I like Zheng, but I didn't think it was going to be much drama. I had got up to watch Sabs-Coco, an I'll stay up or get up to watch Sinner-Med.

Il Gingio has owned Small Cat the last three times they played. He's also fresher. He's got to be the favorite tomorrow.

Sampras turns up every now and again. He was present for the Medvedev-Djokovic US Open final, for example.

If Sinner wins this, given that even Novaxx is on his way out, I wonder whether he can take on the mantle and win a bunch of slams along with Alcaraz.

Is Sinner adopted? His brother looks nothing like him, and looks Asian

Sinner is the one who looks like his parents, so I doubt it. Perhaps the brother is the one who was adopted, the mother had a secret affair or genes are just strange!

They were raised in Sexten (!), Italy

[quote] Is Sinner adopted? His brother looks nothing like him, and looks Asian

A Reddit thread about it. The Berrettini brothers also don't look alike.

The Berrettini brothers I can get but the Sinner siblings are definitely off.

Sinner could have been a skiier - "he was one of Italy's top junior skiers from eight to twelve years old, winning a national championship in giant slalom at age eight and earning a national runner-up at the age of twelve". There's a lot more money in tennis though.

My theory remains that Sinner is extraterrestrial.

[quote] My theory remains that Sinner is extraterrestrial.

He is indeed Cumberbatchian.

I just thought of another option - Sinner's brother looks like alternatively he could have Italian genes - the olive skin tone and dark hair - from a parent (both of Sinner's parents are ethnically German). So possibly he is a child from a previous relationship before Sinner's parents got together.

Or maybe they were both adopted.

Nah, Sinner looks like the spawn of his parents.

The blonde Berrettini should swap places with the dark haired sinner

[quote] The blonde Berrettini should swap places with the dark haired sinner

Berressinni.

I’m rooting for giant-killer Sinner in the final.

😬😬

Il Gingio team or Small Cat team?

When Sunshine Double start?

Indian Wells starts early March. First round on March 6 with qualifying for a few days before.

Sinner for Sinner here

Medvedev plays a storming first set, breaking Sinner twice. A tactical masterclass. Jannik's looking Ng shell-shocked.

God. Med destroyed him in that first set. I had a feeling.

First, Med has played in five finals against Rafa and Novak each time. He finally is free of both. And is motivated to finally win his second.

Second, Sinner just took out Goliath and is in his first slam. A letdown was almost inevitable.

I like both so don't care who ends up winning. But I'm not surprised by this result so far.

Sinner is certainly NOT giving us the Finals we deserve!!

Booo

Thank god he took a set. Didn't want another damp squib final.

I still remember watching that crazy Med-Nadal AO final where it looked like Med was going to win being up two sets and something like a break so I'm not ruling out something nuts like that happening again.

R91 I keep thinking about that too. Obviously, Sinner isn't Rafa. But who knows?

As to the match itself, Sinner finally showed up. End of the third he started to look like the Sinner who just beat Novaxx.

I'm thinking that Med gets a bit tired - he has a very labor intensive style of playing and isn't hitting as hard, a bit more pushing now.

FIFTH SET. Oh my god. And you have to give Sinner the edge for it but we'll see.

Sinner levels up and has the momentum.

Could be a thrilling 5th set!

At the outset of the match I was rooting for Sinner. But now I’m torn because I don’t want Medvedev to lose another Aussie final after being up by two sets. According to Chris Fowler, no one has ever lost two Major finals (let alone two Aussie finals) after being up by two sets.

I really think this is because Med gets a bit tired and loses a bit of focus too. Who's NoVaxx's drug dealer?

SINNER BREAKS! Small Cat crumbling.

And now it’s 5–2!!

Forza Jannik! You can do this!

TENSION - 30:30 5-3...

Go jannik

Jannnnniiikkkkkkkk

SINNER MEDVEDEVS MEDVEDEV!!!!!!

IL GINGIO!!!!

Darren Cahill duz it again

that woman kissing her carrot soft toy before match point was amusing.

The crowd booed the Australian PM

To be fair, it was a very small portion of the crowd.

Just for shits (but also because it really has finally come about).

Rasputin!

I take that back at R90

Hot slab of meatballs

DLers rejoice that the Open was won by a Sinner.

Heartbroken for Medvedev. He just ran out of gas.

Thrilled for Sinner's first Slam title,

This is how tennis should be; no Djokovics stinking up the joint, making everyone feel bad all the time.

Hurray!!!!

Kudos sinner. Poor Med, but kudos to him too. Another AO loss from two sets ahead. Sucks that AO is over - it's when The Gays and Tennis does its best work.

[quote] Sucks that AO is over - it's when The Gays and Tennis does its best work.

It's the happy slam!

In Challenger News, Swiss Mister, Leandro Riedi proudly displays prominent peen to celebrate defeating Porna in the final at the BW Open.

Oops, sorry, wrong link!

Sinner sort of looks like Howdy Doody, or a young Opie.

Holy crap, what a comeback. I woke up in the middle of the night to pee and saw the tv for a minute. I saw that the damn ruskie was up two sets and thought, “oh well” and went back to sleep.

I’m genuinely surprised and happy at the outcome.

Hey there; hold up! I played today too you know! You can NEVER trust hawk-eye! Its a conspiracy! Against me!

What / when is the next talk worthy tournament before RG?

The Sunshine Double will take up the entire month of March.

Glamour Queen!

Peppa is the #1 seed at the WTA tournament in Linz, which starts tomorrow

[quote] Peppa is the #1 seed at the WTA tournament in Linz, which starts tomorrow

Is this where we talk about Upper Austria Ladies Linz?

No. Only Upper Austria Lady Lens.

Indian Wells is in March.

When is the South American swing? Before Indian Wells?

February

The South American swing starts next week. The tournament calendar is attached for ATP and GS events.

Thanks R130 and R131. That was lazy of me, but I'm glad you gurls knew!

[quote]Dem ‘brows bro🥸

Unfortunately the only thing Dem about him, last I heard. I'm actually quite shocked that he is in liberal hell hole L.A. Maybe that's what Republicans have to do when they get cancer: it's not like putting stones under your bed, injecting bleach, guzzling liquid hydroxychloroquine and praying orange Jesus will cure your cancer, even though I realize Trump would like them to think otherwise.

why must you politicize tennis, R133?

E Jean Carroll made me do it. After all she and her lawyer found the secret magic amount that shut up orange Jesus once and for all!

Psycho ^^

Sinner's physio is quite good looking. Does anyone here know his name?

Giacomo Naldi?

That's him. Thanks, r138.

He's very likable. Il Gingio, I mean.

DL fave Brenton Thwaites was at the men’s final.

Nice to see callipygian Michael Mmoh with a good result through to the second round in Montpelier, where a lot of players are seeking to regain their lost form: FAA, Shapo, Coric, Murray, Monfils, Gasquet, Pouille, Paire amid young upstarts Cazaux and Cobolli.

Croatian Wunderkind, Dino Prizmic's butt in action in spray-on tight short shorts!

Enjoy...

Very nice , r143! Here’s hoping those shorts become the new fad.

They're not that short.

@ R143

very nice, and so is the technique on that FH

I came across this video of our beloved Jannik.

Ouch. Murray loses to Paire.

How do you say a career is over without saying it?

Murray's career has been over for a long time. I think he retired and got bored, realised he had nothing else he was especially good at and so tried to play tennis again. Same thing with Wozniacki, Osaka..

^ pickleball, bro!

R142, Mmoh is one of the players I follow intently, not because I think he has high prospects, but I guess more because he's my sometimes pretend boyfriend.

Actually, there are several players I follow here and there in the top 300 just so I can see their progress, if any. Of course, I think they have to be attractive to me in some way--I'm not THAT much of a tennis nerd. Since last summer's US OPEN qualifying, for example, I watched blond hunk Aiden Mayo progress to the final round. I started to follow him and watched him progress into the fall to the point of being a leading contender for the AO American wildcard spot. He derailed fast. I think he's lost about six or seven straight matches going back to last year.

His last matches though are kind of ugly, not his tight shirt clinging to him, but rather his loud, distracting commentary, sometimes spiced with a racket toss or break. At his current rate, I might start focusing on other players in that range.

I remember that our beloved and unshakable Genie, if you consider her hand is unshakable for the opponent, because she doesn't believe in shaking her opponent's hand, let alone say her name in pressers, is turning 30 in a couple of weeks. And her incredible successive runs at the Aus Open, RG and Wimbledon happened just 10 years ago.

I know a lot of you under the guise of Chrissie (which I hope will recover swiftly from her ovary cancer setback) would have loved to pencil her into many other slam finals, but it's not like she still plays tennis. She switched to pickleball and my understanding is that she has yet to win a single match. Oh the Eugenity!!! And when will daddy finally see his money back? Worst investment of his career...

I meant whom, not which. Poor Chrissie is not yet a commodity.

I’s playing tennis again.

Murray is bummed out, but he's certainly not bored.

blond leg-hair tape

....

One of my favourite Tennis Boyfriends - Daredevil Loony, Davidovich Fokina, posts a sweet engagement video on Insta.

Another one bites the dust.

GODDAMNIT!

Lots of sexy French match-ups this week in Montpelier.

Exhibit 1: Harold Mayot Vs. Lucas Pouille

Warning!

Warning!

Warning!

Enter at your own risk!

^ well his body certainly looks good now that he gained some weight

there's at least something to grab onto now

Well, R160, you did warn.

Ah R160, he looks fit. Broad shoulders!

But he kind of waddles when he walks out at the end.

For haters, maybe it's a consolation that surely he'll have more aches and pains as he ages than the rest of us.

Sexy 'Flava' Flavio Cobolli is on a tear right now.

After getting through to R3 at the AO, he is through to the QF in Montpellier and up 30 places in the ATP rankings since the start of the year.

FAA edges Cazaux to a thrilling come-from-behind climax!

FAA demonstrating his opinion of the #1 Montpellier seed...

'come from behind'

FAA has a killer bod.

Legz gets by PLR

What do we think of Porna's new 'do?

New ‘do looks much like the old old ‘do.

$17.99 at Great Clips. Ask for LaTita.

I like Porna's buzz cut.

If that guy touches himself anymore he’ll be arrested for indecency.

Speaking of indecency - check out this guy's Insta channel. He's a tennis coach based in Singapore.

Studly Porna beats The Brat in the Semis. Rune retires a set down and 1-4 down in the second - a forearm injury, 'apparently'.

Neither Borna nor the crowd seemed to be buying it...

Legz/Brat

It was cheesy and poor sportsmanship to retire, but the legs really are beautiful.

I really like Porna better with longer hair. He has beautiful hair.

FAA has great legs, too. The match against Bublik was VERY entertaining. Lost of winners and great touch, esp from Bublik.

Felix isn't a closer. Can that be taught?

Carefully Taught.

Felix finally learned to close after losing his first nine finals, then taking the next five in '22 and '23. But he's wobbled for the last eighteen months or so. I wonder what's caused the doldrums.

"Felix finally learned to close after losing his first nine finals, then taking the next five in '22 and '23. But he's wobbled for the last eighteen months or so. I wonder what's caused the doldrums."

He's definitely gotten better and poor closing doesn't rear it's head as much with FAA, but I wouldn't say he's "cured." It's like when Novotna would get tight and choke some big matches. She finally wins Wimbledon and people declare that she's over it, but later that same year, she choked her semi vs. Hingis at the USO.

It's hard to gauge how good FAA is doing right now. After his slump last year, he miraculously rebounds and wins a tournament at the end of last season, but then he didn't do anything at the AO. Will be interesting to see if he can do something "big" this year - deep Slam and/or Masters run(s), even just winning more 500s.

OP: the video in your post is SO FUCKING HOT!I

I posted that gif in the previous tennis thread, but I found it on LPSG

^^^^

those gurls got game!

Chore-itch team or the Bublik energy team?

That a site devoted to all things size queen called itself LPSG will never not make me laugh. If only they could parody it on SNL or something now. "Hi. My name is Bob ......... and ......... and [voices cracks] ... I ...[sobbing] have a large penis ....."

OstaPeppa is the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2024 champion!

Warning!

Warning!

Don’t say you weren’t warned.

Legz/Brat

R190 something got his nipples hard.

[quote] something got his nipples hard.

Mom. She was near.

[quote] something got his nipples hard.

Mom. She was near.

Hit post twice too quickly.

[quote] something got his nipples hard.

Mom. She was near.

My Favourite Challenger Hottie - Camilo Ugo Carabelli - continues his good start to 2024., winning the Brasil Tennis Challenger.

R195, good choice!

I know I frequently check out the Challengers as I mentioned recently. Aidan Mayo loses again.

I'm a fan of hottie Galarneau. Sadly, I noticed on here that someone else found him too.

OP's subject = Tiny meat

Legz+ is going up against Murray tomorrow in Marseille. Can Legz+ maintain a ranking to bless us with main draw appearances all year? He's 66 and probably doesn't have a ton of points falling off until next year.

Misery has nice legs himself with great thighs.

Oh, and a ranking of 66 easily gets him into Slam draws, but he'd have to qualify for some of (most?) Masters with that ranking unless he has a wildcard

Carlitos.

America's Sweetheart Danielle Collins has just taken the first set off Miss Naomi Osaka in Abu Dhabi.

Osaka still has a great serve but her movement and fitness isn't so good.

Osaka bageled in the 2nd set. Another 1st round loss. I'm scared for her mental health.

Osaka is the Barbara Hutton of tennis.

Pics of famous players if they were bald. Scary (well Novaxx is scary regardless).

Machac team or Misery team?

Glad for Collins. I’ve heard reporters who cover the sport discuss her, and they really think a lot of her.

This is her last year so hope she has some good moments to go out on.

Legz+ (and much better in my opinion, plus absent the Brattitude) is besting Murray 7-5 in the first set and up a break 5-3 in the second.

Machac beat Misery.

A massively erratic Shapo goes a set down to the Mini Magician, Hugo Gaston

Nightmare, Car-Crash Brat, Rune, is already severing ties with Boris Becker after just a few months!

He - and his creepy mother - really do seem to be determined to squander his talent.

[quote] A massively erratic Shapo

I’s only erratic with my fiancée! That reminds me - Valentimes Day is coming up.

Stolen from Twatter/Ex...

"Higher or Lower?

The average inseam length of Holger Rune's shorts...

or...

the average length of Holger Rune's coaching partnerships since 2022?"

R207 she gets a huge benefit of the doubt based on the fact that is one of the very few, if not the only one, in top 100 singles with a college degree—in her case UVa. There are several college success stories among doubles players, but no one cares about them.

R213, if the first measurement is in inches and the second in months, then I’d say it’s a toss-up.

Currently playing in Cordoba.

Legz+, bishes! Some nice vid here.

He's my new tennis bf.

Legz+ takes out Musetti in a Battle Of The Hotties. Our Tiny-Shorted Terror is showing that he's the real deal - closing in rapidly on the Top 50.

Gironass.

I've been noticing in the rankings that a favorite of many of us on DL, JJ Wolf, is in danger of falling out of the top 100. He's playing in Dallas this week. He's currently at 92 in the live rankings.

Topsy-turvy first two sets in The Battle Of The French (H}Ugos

2-6, 6-1 as they go into the final set, with Humbert having the momentum.

I love that Legz+ has become an established DL thing so quickly.

I love Legz+......Legz, not even a smidge.

Shelton must have received and taken to heart some negative feedback about his over the top court antics. He's been much more subdued in his match against Mmoh tonight.

Saudi Arabia have announced that they will receive a ‘6 Kings Slam’ event in Riyadh with Djokovic, Nadal, Alcaraz, Sinner Medvedev and Rune in October.

They must have thrown a lot of money to get that. Interesting that it includes Rune rather than Rublev/Zverev/Tsitsipas.

R220, I’m clueless about Wolf- kind of soft and out of shape appearance- with a dash of trailer trash.

Mopsy knee-bend

I don’t know what to make of Wolf. Is the mullet supposed to be ironic?

Why wasn't Andy Murray included in the 6 Kings Slam? Rafael was.

I thought I once read that Wolf's mullet was a tribute to Agassi?

Also: fan of both Legz, all four.

Misery and others in parody “documentary”.

Warning! Shirtless Novaxx.

"I’m clueless about Wolf- kind of soft and out of shape appearance- with a dash of trailer trash."

It's a curated look that he just has fun with. He's from a pretty well-off family. Not that well-off people can't look trashy.

Insane rally between Legz-hecka and Rinderknech in Marseille.

The French Arthur #3 prevails in the tie-break.

AND Felix loses 4 and 4 to Z-cubed.

Felix, get up, we love you!

sweaty booty in Dallas

The UGOAT defeats Foki 1 and 4

Hubie up a set over Legz+

I read that as “Hubie upset over Legz+”, R237.

PTPAie

WAC! Wet Ass Crack

Monfils has been disqualified from the UTS Oslo event due to a code of conduct violation towards the tournament supervisor and will be replaced by Lucas Pouille. It was something that happened off-court.

^I read that too, pretty weird for an exhibition event

G.E.M.S. Disqual

Tiafoe v. Giron in Dallas tonight in the latest episode of Battle of the Booty. Both incredibly hot assess, but different types. Tiafoe with the high, tight pinched ass of a sprinter, sitting atop nice, but not-that-big legs. Giron with a pure donk. Luscious, round cakes, a bit meatier than Tiafoe, supported by wonderfully thick and shapely thighs.

What’s “donk”, precious? What’s “donk”?

Tiafoe team or Giron of the great ass team?

Team Marcos Giron ass here!

DL introduced me to Marcos and now I may be in love. He is my exact type. Wish he was 10 years older so we could be more compatible. But he's handsome, great thick bod (my weakness) and I love that he messes with his junk a lot. Shows me a connection with his sexuality which is just hot. I bet he likes to fuck.

R248, which other guys are your type?

R249 I love thick. When Andy Murray got thicker I loved him, Fucsovics is kinda thick, I like Hubie's thighs and tall physique (but love tall too), if you've see Grigor in person he's like thin and tall but beautifully thick in just a good muscles way (he looks amazing in person), and tall Big Jack D who I just think is dreamy.

Arthur Fils pings to high heaven.

R246 In what world is Francis Tiafoe attractive?

Isn’t it interesting that the top players from Poland on the men and women’s tour are both gay? Hurkacz and Swiatek.

[quote] Isn’t it interesting that the top players from Poland on the men and women’s tour are both gay? Hurkacz

I never thought that HubieTPA was gay until I heard his post-match interview yesterday. Gay voice for days.

Wow, Hurkacz is gay?! He’s one of my favorites. I like his quiet, staid demeanor on court. He just goes about his business with minimal fuss , unlike Rune, Shelton, et al.

Sweet Dumb Tommy Team or Mopsy Team?

Gaydrian Team or Junk Team?

Sweet Dumb Tommy Team - even 'milder Mopsy' is 200% too loud

Ordinarily I would be Gaydrian Team but I'd love to see Giron get a title, and I think he has a great chance here given his form and lack of Top 10 opposition.

Dino Prizmic is a vision in white (practicing in Rotterdam)

R258 OMFG that gorgeous butt dancing around in slo-mo!

In other news:

The UGOAT Team or Hubie Team?

Karen K Team or Young Grigor Team?

Say their name!!

Call them by their names!

Humbert's handily handling Hubert 6-4 and up a break in the second.

We already have one too many Ratboys in tennis, please.

THE UGOAT HAS LANDED!

Great straight sets win for Humbert!

K. Hemsworth team.

Tiafoe is not in a good place, it appears. The early returns on the coaching change are not positive.

Paul team.

Giron of the Great Ass team aka Gironass.

Others have said it, as have I: K. Hemsworth has flawless, gorgeous skin.

Giron.

(Not So) Young Grigor won.

Arthur has been a hugely popular boy name for 25 years in France so get ready to see many more Arthurs in the coming years. It was still at #4 in 2022. And a post about anything Arthur on a gay forum should not go without its video (esp. featuring Lizha in all her 4k beauty)

Lots of Kevins, in their early 20s, in France. It’s all Costner’s fault.

Tommy trying to serve out a straight-set schooling of Mopsy.

Always love it when the brats get slapped down. Well done, Tommy!

Tommy wins!

Is dumb, sweet Tommy still with the PP?

Full demerits to Tommy for his choice of bimbo.

R275 apparently they're living together in Florida now (not that he's home much )

She really is trashy.

Giron is the rare stud that makes butt sweat kinda hot.

Marcos seems at least bi.

[quote] Marcos seems at least bi.

What makes you say that?

He's too well spoken with a hint of gay voice to be totally straight.

The rest of the Pac12 used to make fun of his college’s fight song by yelling ”UCLA, eat my shorts.” I guess on the DL that would taken at face value. 😜

Giron's hairy pits

I'm glad to see Giron is becoming a favorite here on The Gays and Tennis.

Best ass in tennis

Giron of the Great Ass team or Our Tommy team?

Ass.

Isn't it amazing how some closet cases will spend their whole lives by hiding through fucking women, marrying, having kids, never looking at a man that way and pretending all their lives they're not gay?

huh?

Thiem is a butterface, that makes the ass irrelevant. Same applies to Wawrinka.

^tbh Giron isn't exactely an oil painting either

That's a bad photo of Giron - normally he's pretty cute imo.

But needs to wear black shorts because the butt-crack sweat is a turnoff.

I much prefer looking at Giron than at Holger Rune. Or Shapo's 'leg hair'.

Holger’s toned legs and smooth skin is insanely hot.

I can't get past the face re: Holger.

[quote] Holger’s toned legs and smooth skin is insanely hot.

I completely agree.

[quote]I much prefer looking at Giron than at Holger Rune. Or Shapo's 'leg hair'.

This x1000

Giron is better culo than me, no?

Gurls, gurls!

You're ALL sex-crazed fantasists!

Interesting trivia from the article at r277: Tommy Paul’s influencer girlfriend used to date Armie Hammer.

R204. I like looking at all you mentioned.

The UGOAT takes the first set against Grigor. He's looked pin-sharp all through the first set.

UGOAT beats (Not So Young) Grigor.

Grigor was probably exhausted after his match vs. Karen yesterday.

The UGOAT has now won 5 finals out of 5. Pretty impressive stuff.

His Top 10 goal doesn't look unachievable with the way he's been playing for the past 6 months. One deep run at a Masters 1000 and he'll be knocking at the door.

Legz+ wins in dubs with Z-cube

Such lovely thick hair, Our Legz+ !

^ not to mention thighs!

dare we imagine the intoxicating scent of his pubes?

Is this where we talk about Winners Open?

R310 Who dares WINS!

Ugo Humbert's tennis today was virtuoso playing. And we know that nobody does it better than he.

Is this where we talk about the Qatar Open?

Doha!

QUAY-taar or CUT-ur.

Into a third set for the Gironass vs. Paul match.

Is it Hee-ron, Gee-ron, Juy-ron?

Spanish speakers would probably say Hee-ron (with a pretty short "o"), but he's American, so I wonder what the Americanized pronunciation is (if different). Like what did the kids where he grew up in Cali say?

The commentators I hear are all saying 'Gee-rone' with the G being a 'hard' G as is 'goat' I'm guessing that's how Marcos, himself, pronounces it.

thicc

How about "Guy-ron"?

I've heard that on broadcasts too R320. But I haven't watched a ton of Giron matches, so I don't know how prevalent it is. But it wouldn't surprise me if it was the norm among American broadcasters.

R319 what is this Cali place you write of—Colombia is nowhere near California. As any Spanish speaker would know

R319 was referring to Mozambique.

Yes, I realize his parents are Colombian, but he grew up in California. People in different places often pronounce things differently. Not trying to start shit, just wondering how Giron might be pronounced by different people in different places - if there are indeed alternate pronunciations.

whatevs, sweet dumb Tommy up 5-2 in the 3rd

Clueless one: please understand that Californians don’t say “Cali “ Carry on.

Fine, "California/"

Sweet, Dumb Tommy!

Post-match: "“It sucks losing but there’s nobody else I’d rather go down to than you,” Giron said.

Change a preposition, and I'd pay to watch that.

Someone on reddit posted about their experiences of some players. thought it somewhat interesting though I can't be sure it isn't some troll making it up.

New WTA Top 10:

1 - Iga Swiatek, 9770 2 - Aryna Sabalenka, 8905 3 - Coco Gauff, 7200 4 - Elena Rybakina, 6088 (+1) 5 - Jessica Pegula, 5705 (-1) 6 - Ons Jabeur, 4183 7 - Zheng Qinwen, 3766 8 - Marketa Vondrousova, 3736 9 - Maria Sakkari, 3630 10 - Karolina Muchova, 3520

Anyone else confused about this ranking?

Confused how?

Caption this, Gironophiles.

R334 it looks all wrong. Sakkari? ONs??

How is Muchova in the top 10??

[quote] How is Muchova in the top 10??

Much effort.

The rankings are mostly about how players have done over the last year so if players continue their slumps, the points will soon come off.

For example, Muchova in the last year: SF in the US Open, Final in Cincinnati, Final of Roland Garros, QF of Indian Wells, QF of Dubai. She's a good player, just prone to injury and doesn't play a lot of tournaments.

No, I don't find it confusing. Because of how the ranking system works, there can be fairly big disparities in ranking vs. the current form of a player. Certainly there's many instances where ranking and form match, but it's not unusual for them not to.

Muchova has huge points from her French Open final and US Open semi final in 2023. Those points haven't come off yet.

Chris Eubanks after winning Mallorca and then making the Wimbledon quarterfinals was right around 30. He's essentially done nothing since (a few first round wins here and there), yet he's still around 35. His high ranking (for him) was largely built on Mallorca and Wimbledon and his Miami QF last year. And none of those points have come off.

Winner in Cordoba: Luca Darderi. Another product fresh off The Italian ATP Hottie production line.

Prizmic cakes get pummelled by the elfin Goffin Rotterdam, hélas!

Precious Princess Osaka has drawn Garcia in the first round again! I'm hate-watching. EmRad has already lost.

Camilo Ugo Carabelli at the IEB+ Argentina Open

Is Delray Beach, Florida, a nice place?

No

Naomi won—straight sets.

Thank fuck!

Big Jack D's grown his hair back since the AO, and is back to looking pretty.

Basic Brit.

🫢

Carabelli NEEDS to be winning more matches and more coverage!

[quote]Caption this, Gironophiles

Here's a gif. Tommy seemed more affectionate with Marcos than with his thirsty girlfriend

I can't tell if Giron looks really uncomfortable or if he's fondly remembering the time Tommy tapped that.

My big buxom blondie, Tallon Griekspoor, heaps more misery on Musetti in Rotterdam. Overpowers him in the final set breaker in Rotterdam.

bye Lore :-(

Arnaldi in full lavender keeps Italy's hopes aloft in Delray Beach.

Looks like Felix let it all hang out today (from 0:09 on)...

Coco is out at Doha, I think. Not sure what tournament I was watching.

@ 356

whatever was hanging out, it was too small for me to see

[quote]Coco is out at Doha, I think. Not sure what tournament I was watching

Yes, the Qatar TotalEnergies Open in Doha. She lost to Czech slag Siniakova, who usually does better in doubles than in singles

R358. look again at 0:10 to 0:12.

Speaking of Siniakova it was so sad seeing the break up with Krejcikova. Krejcikova was saying that she still wanted to play with Siniakova but Siniakova didn't want to play with Krejcikova any more. It reminded me of high school way too much to be comfortable. :/

They even have their own wiki page; they were that successful. They have won every major tournament in doubles from the slams to the Olympics.

[quote] Yes, the Qatar TotalEnergies Open in Doha.

Is this where we talk about Yes, the Qatar TotalEnergies Open?

362 no—that is not a Wiki page.

R364, when placing a Wikipedia link with any sort of accent or other similar mark in DL’s website link box, it doesn’t render properly when clicked.

Osaka wins —again!

Our Sexy Señor Carabelli takes out Varillas to progress to the R16 in Buenos Aires.

Re: Siniakova

Lesbian drama?

Siniakova appears to be dating Tomas Machac/Legs+ ! Maybe Babs Krejcikova was jealous

lucky bitch!

Delray Beach is a great town, R345. Whoever said no has never been there.

Red-head with Afro has a series of pics with various DL fave including (Not So Young) Grigor, K. Hemsworth, Seb Korda, Lore, FAA, and Shapo.

Faves

Some of them look at much less than their best in RWA's candids.

R351 actual evidence Giron is a bottom! Rejoice!

(And Tommy is a top, but we mostly knew that.)

Lesbian drama! Amelie Mauresmo's ex-wife has been sentenced to 4 months suspended sentence for harassing her and prohibited from going near her or her current partner.

Osaka wins again!….walkover.

Next: Her first 1000 quarterfinal in some time….

[quote] Her first 1000 quarterfinal in some time….

The porcine Milos Raonic has also reached his first QF since 2020

Happy Valentine's Day from Ole' Grigor

Does Grigor have a lady-friend?

[quote] The porcine Milos Raonic has also reached his first QF since 2020

Appropriate on Valenswines Day.

Milos is a great player, man. He's off the tour for several years and comes right back.

[quote] He's off the tour for several years and comes right back.

Like a sow to the trough.

^ yeah, her name is Robert

^ sorry that was for 380

I guess Raonic can serve as the Canuck example for faltering Felix and simpleton Shapo, though at least all three put in good efforts today. FAA had three match points against Emo. That has to hurt.

Handshake of the Year from Peppa.

OMG what a beeyatch!

Glad she was clobbered.

Happy Valentimes Day, Shapo fans!

Peppa is pure cunt and we MUST STAN.

Today will be Alcaraz's first match since Australian Open. His opponent has the perfect ass!

R5- Not hot

TOO chunky

[quote] His opponent has the perfect ass!

He’s playing Giron?

R393 I am a confirmed bottom. Asses do nothing for me.

But today I was watching the Giron match and I actually thought, "I want to fuck him." I felt very alpha. That's what the Giron ass does to all who see it.

Anyone have an idea of how much Rafa gets paid for this?

He seems kinda greedy to me. Not a good look.

Some more Carabelli eye-candy here.

Sadly, another PP makes repeated appearance.

Chocha venenosa!

R387, could the non-shake be related to the fact Vika is Belarussian?

Or the fact that Peppa is undefeated this year, except for her 3 losses to Vika …

I think it's that Vika has a 4-0 HtH over Peppa, to be honest. Peppa was fine with a normal handshake until now, after all.

It's almost too bad really because Swiatek is Peppa's pigeon and I was curious to see another re-match.

R396 - it's all boys in the pics - with a distinct aroma of cookies on some of their expressions - apart from the blonde PP.

I'm clinging on to the belief that she's their faghag.

Shevchenko outbonks the Uncoachable Brat, who's continuing his floptastic 2024.

Rune could drop down another place in the rankings if Hubie gets through to the Semis.

[quote] He seems kinda greedy to me. Not a good look.

Bebe expensive. Wife with separate casa with her best fren expensive. Eet hurts pocketbook.

R402- It's nice to see the word

Pocketbook

I don't hear that word often nowadays.

It's a very American expression so I doubt Nadal would use it.

@ R400

Yeah but the PP is all over some of his other posts.

*weeps into hands*

R405 this is the path we need to be encouraging young Camilo to follow!

^ well, I think that may be his brother but I concur wholeheartedly with the general direction of your post!

FINISH HIM TALLON!

Nadal was asked about gay players.

"Q: If there is a homosexual tennis player?

Nadal: "In my Academy there will be no problems, in the country [Saudi Arabia] I don't know. The problem is that this happens but the reality is that I am going to try to prevent it from happening. Things cannot be changed from today to tomorrow, the objective is that this is not debated in six, eight or ten years and that I can contribute to ensuring that it is not talked about in a few years. If it doesn't happen, I'll be disappointed."

Carlos would like an Olympics gold more than a slam:

" I would say the Olympic title. For me it is a dream to bring a medal to my country, to Spain, and winning gold is one of the greatest things that can happen to you in the world of sport in general. This year, if you gave me a choice, I would say that I will keep the Olympic gold... although I would like to win both, I'm not going to lie to you either”

bye, Legz

Andy Roddick is arguing with people on twitter/X that gun rights should be limited and have more controls.

Good for Roddick.

Naomi played well but lost….she’s finding some sort of groove —let’s see what happens.

Osaka won 2 matches - which, I guess, is an improvement on winning 1 match. Garcia obviously choked (I watched that shitshow). Pliskova hasn't been playing well either and will probably get steamrolled by Swiatek.

My conclusion is that Osaka has a long way to go.

Now sure I ever pegged Roddick for a guy who would grow into an enlightened adult, and that may be on me. He seems like a lovely guy in some ways.

He also supports the gays.

Rapper and dilettante tennis player Corentin Moutet using every gamesmanship trick in the book to try to eke out a win: interrupting his opponent, Mariano Navone, in the middle of his serve (Justine made me do it!), contesting any and every decision of the chair empire, flexing himself when he's supposed to have been serving for half a minute, abusing the clock at changes of end, leaving the court, speaking and shrieking in the middle of a point, asking a maxi bottle of Pepsi, shamelessly plugging the brand to everyone in the public, then spilling the content of said bottle near the service lines to slow the serves of his opponent (they're playing on clay) and to help his own drop shots, serving underhanded, serving with regular forehands, serving with regular backhands, pretending to be injured, crying, chanting, raging, you name it, he did it. JIMBO, COME OUT OF THIS BODY! I have no idea why Navone came to the net to shake his hand.

I’z rapper too!

Will Giron be in Indian Wells? I'm doing 3 days and hope to see him.

Taylor Fritz's girlfriend Morgan Riddle recounts terrifying Super Bowl experience: "I've been grabbed, harassed incessantly"

"Been grabbed, groped, harassed": Taylor Fritz's girlfriend Morgan Riddle bursts into tears in Super Bowl stadium bathroom; shares "scary" experience

Yes, R419, along with almost everyone else.

An 18-year-old Romanian player has told a Romanian outlet that she attended the Mouratoglou Academy from 12-years-old and they get given PEDs by physical trainers and doctors. She says that players and parents have to agree to take the substance by signing a paper.

I think it's kind of obvious reading in between the lines that Halep wants to blame Mouratoglou but if she signed an agreement she's not going to be able to come out and say it because he'll have that showing that she knew what she was taking and that she agreed to it..

It doesn't get any oilier than Mouratoglou.

A drug-taking contract? With a 12 year old?

I hope you can appreciate how utterly ridiculous this sounds. Try harder.

Carlitos over Camilo in straights :-(

Adios ...

Tiafoe eeked out a nail biter last night in straight set, tie breakers! Whew!!

The AO is considering switching the women's and men's final days - the reasoning is that men's matches go on for longer and people have to work the next day. Though, wouldn't that mean the men get less resting time before the final?

Pavs has so many tattoos now. Including a lightning strike behind her ear and hand tattoos. Well, I suppose she's never going to get an office job anyway.

The LAPD wont hire her…

"The AO is considering switching the women's and men's final days - the reasoning is that men's matches go on for longer and people have to work the next day. Though, wouldn't that mean the men get less resting time before the final?"

If the schedule stayed the same, yes. But they could alter the overall tournament schedule. For example, they now start on Sunday. Generally, they play one half of the draw (for men and women) one day, followed by the other half the next day for most of the tournament - to the best of their ability; weather can fuck it up. At some point, the two halves get unequal rest - usually between the QFs and SFs - where players from one half will get two days rest before the SF, the other half only one day.

They could just have the first Sunday be all men. I don't think they could get through all 64 matches, but combined with the second day of play, they could, in theory, get through the men's first round. And from there they could probably get it so that they're on the current women's schedule so that they'd play the men's semis on Thursday of the second week, followed by the final on Saturday.

The "people back to work" thing wouldn't be as big of a deal if they played a daytime final. But, they've moved it to night for a number of years; I assume for better ratings.

I noticed Halap mentioned above. If it hasn't already been mentioned; she's also suing some "health supplement" company for not disclosing that there was the banned substance in her supplement, or that they allowed the banned substance to cross-contaminate the supplement she took.

With how firm of a stance they've took with Halap, she seems like she's just grasping at straws. But who knows.

One extra note to my AO scheduling Ted Talk above. They play the first round over three days now. So, it's not one half of the draw on Sunday and then the other half on Monday and then on to the second round for everyone on Tuesday. Tuesday can have some second round matches, but they're still also finishing the first round. By adding the first Sunday, it allows more breathing room in the schedule.

R432 Feels like smoke and mirrors. What are the chances a Canadian nutrition supplements company would have their products tainted with roxadustat? Roxadustat is a drug that can increase haemoglobin and the production of red blood cells (similar to EPO), building endurance. And there's that how the ITIA said its tribunal accepted Halep’s argument she had taken a contaminated supplement, but found the amounts she had ingested did not explain the concentration of Roxadustat in her urine sample provided at the US Open on 29 August 2022.

She's a cunt for doing this to this Canadian company to try to manage her PR for people who don't pay attention.

I think she's tremendous

Sharapova "fought" her suspension a little, but I'm not sure she ever denied taking the substance; rather she was angling for a shorter suspension. Anyway, Sharapova's substance was actually legal for most of her career, but then went on the banned substances list near the end of her career. She didn't accomplish anything of note during the time it was banned. And once she exhausted the appeals process she just did the suspension and didn't say much about it during that time - if I'm remembering correctly.

She needs Help!

Speaking of doping bans, Jenson Brooksy will return next month (he missed 3 drug tests in 1 year)

Brooksby can be entertaining to watch play, but I can't say that I've missed him. In fact, until I read R438's post, I forgot he's been out.

Brooksby is highly slappable. He comes across as a priggish, peevish, snivelling brat.

And creepy.

I'd assume there's no protected ranking for bans. He's not even listed on ATP Live rankings, so he has zero points. So he'd need wildcards even into Challengers (if not challengers qualifying). Will any ATP tour events throw him a wild card into the main draw or qualifying. Is he going to play Futures?

[quote] He comes across as a priggish

Milos Raonic cones across as piggish.

My sexuality is Tallon Griekspoor's muscular forearmz.

He bundles out Ruuuuuusssuuuuuuvuuuuuuori to make the Semis in Rotterdam.

Former player Michael Stich was watching the Griekspoor - Ruusuvuori match....with a limp wrist

Tallon seriously needs to teach Mikey his forearm workout. Stiffen up that wrist!

Ruby goes down to Demon in Rotterdam

Wublev

Yeah, I'm jealous of the GF, too, but she sure seems to be helping Our Tommy feel his BDE self out there. Highlight reel from his match against Thompson has some brilliant shotmaking.

Basis white boy^ zzzz

Basic, too ⬆️

I still want to know if he's MAGA. Because I'm just that petty.

R452, past threads have indicated he is not.

Thank, R453. Good for him.

Berrettini working out.

Sad night for mi Tomy.

He's forced to retire with a leg injury at the end of the second sewt against Jarry.

Doha final today is Swiatek (1) v. Rybakina (3) The surface is slow for a hard court and Swiatek is fresher so I'd pick her to win but Rybakina has a 3-1 HtH over Swiatek so she's certainly capable of it.

Bad luck for Alcaraz. I'm sure he'd much rather play Etcheverry than Jarry, who has troubled him in the past. With the form Alcaraz is in I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he loses, no joke.

Granny V and Woz receive Indian Wells wild cards

Go, Granny

The Demon downs Young Grigor and plants himself firmly into the ATP Top 10 at #9. Makes me laugh at all the so-called expert pundits who were saying he'd never get there.

Bonus: Citybus has now crashed out of the Top 10 after Daddy won yesterday.

Demon is in great form. Good for him.

Go Rybot!!

Iga beats Rybakina in straights.

Appreciation for Buenos Aires Semi-Finalist, Federico Coria, serving up the legendary black undies / white shorts combination

Women and children wear undies—just so you know

Our Sweet, Dumb Tommy is rolling over Tiafoe in Delray Beach.

The other SF features Daddy and Giron of the Ginormous Ass.

I didn't expect Tiafoe to beat Paul today given their respective forms. But, this beatdown is a disappointing result by Francis.

yeah, it was a beatdown

Let’s hope Marcos can give Fritz a beatdown too.

Jarry didn't tarry. Straight sets win over Carlitos... who has definitely lost his mojo.

Carlitos does not seem to care very much about tennis lately. He is way too casual. I wonder if a split from Ferrero is soon to take place

Damn it Rybot! Poor girl was doing fine until that shin injury

Giron vs Daddy Fritz on TC now.

Guy-Ron.

The guy in OP’s picture - is his junk really that big that he needs to be constantly rearranging it.

Well Daddy had no trouble getting by Giron.

Daddy Team or Our Dumb, Sweet Tommy Team?

Sinner inc. or De Minaur at Rotterdam?

Dumb, Sweet Tommy Team

Demon Team

...and not forgetting Diaz Acosta Team in Buenos Aires

Il Gingio up a set and a break on Demon

Sinner wins. DeMiñaur had plenty of chances but Sinner played the important points better. Is it me or did Sinner look a little off? Tired? BTW, his trainer was looking mighty delicious.

I was thinking exactly the same thing, r481. Sinner was looking less than perfectly tuned, and was even looking a bit gaunt.

Still, he’s had a great run, and he’s now the highest-ever ranked Italian—he’ll be n. 3 on Monday. I wonder how much higher he can go.

I think Sinner's nailed on to take the no. 1 spot within the next 12 months. NoVaxxx focus will be on the Olympics and I expect he'll play even fewer tournaments than usual this year. Unless Alcaraz can turn things round quickly he'll start to slide down as he has a lot of ranking points to defend in the first half of this year.

Medvedev is looking strong, but h;'s already dropped behind Sinner. No-one else on the horizon is going to challenge immediately for the Top 4 spots.

🧐😜

Australia and the US face headwinds in getting the Grand Slams to cooperate in a proposed revamping of pro tennis…

Go Jannik!

Hometown boy, Facundo Diaz Acosta, beats down Jarry in straight sets in Buenos Aires. He was in the tournament as a Wildcard.

Bit of a fairytale story there.

And FDA did it without losing a set in the tournament. When's the last time a wild card accomplished that?

Tommy and Daddy postponed to tomorrow b/c of rain.

Cutie Mektic wins yet ANOTHER dubs title with a new partner.

Not an oil painting, but good runs for both!

[quote]Mektic wins yet ANOTHER dubs title with a new partner.

They've played together before and won the ATP Finals in 2020

Has De Minaur won any tournaments (yes, I know, I am too lazy to look it up)? He kind of makes me think of Lleyton Hewitt who was also a hard-worker.

Yeah, I was too lazy to look it up, R491. Makes sense. I only remember him with Pavic and the umpteen titles they won.

Seven titles, R493

Sorta looks like Harmon’s ex, the ex-Giant.

[quote]Not an oil painting

Oh well, now it is.

R488, Raducanu did it at the US Open, and didn’t drop a set in qualifying or the tournament.

* she wasn't a wild card, she was a qualifier.

She’s truly the greatest…one-hit wonder of all time. You’ll never see that again.

Musetti in MELTDOWN!

He crashes out to Zhang in R1 in Doha, taking just 2 games.

^ maybe he should just do porn

Carlos was signed by IMG when he was 13. At 16 he made his first main draw at Rio 2020. Hopefully he'll be inspired and play great tennis this week.

Nadal is too injured for tournaments but apparently has plenty of energy for exhibitions. Nadal v. Carlos in Las Vegas, on March 3rd. Check out their packages!

lovely Lore

Poor Titsy's PP, Paula Badosa. She's crying on court now after losing the first set. :/

Yikes, another retirement by Badosa. She has the highest number of retirements in the WTA... Usually when she's losing.

Get a goddamn grip, Paula! You wouldn't catch one of those WTA lezzies turning on the waterworks.,

Lore bulge

🧐

Shelbayh is hot.

Daddy off to a hot start, ramming Paul with his long strokes.

R511 is Our Dear Sweet Tommy pushing back hard against Daddy's aggressive thrusts?

Not pushing back much yet. Tommy wants to, but he's a little bit flummoxed. It hurts so much, but he wants to keep going and establish himself.

I think the SkySport UK commentators are tuning in to the DL match commentary:

"Paul need to keep probing if he's to have a chance of coming out on top...."

Paul adjusting to Fritz's hard play. He's relaxing and getting deeper now.

Tommy got a little deeper, but just overwhelmed. Couldn't fully get into it and enjoy it before Daddy finished.

Daddy!

oops, forgot this

The Hulk has had a makeover. Check out her new teeth.

And she was bageled in the 3rd set of her opening match…..

Can you stop with the stupid names? It's juvenile, unfunny, tedious and neither witty nor wise. Honestly, you come across as mentally defective which is probably not your intent.

Thank you in advance from the other 15 posters on this site.

I don’t mind some of the nicknames. But I agree Hulk is nasty.

[quote]Can you stop with the stupid names?

We've been through this before. The answer is 'no'.

Feel free to use the "block poster" function if your emotional stability is so threatened by nicknames.

Young Mensik (who took out Fokina today) is BelAmi-ish, but whoever that is in his box at 1:54 (and, in my fantasies, post-match) is even tastier. But I fear it may be a brother, which is not among my fantasies.

Mensik reminds me of 80s hotties Jakob Hlasek and David Wheaton (before he went to the dark side).

R524. the man at 1:54 is absolutely dreamy

Sorry to see our Big Jack D lost late last night.

Monfils beat Van de Zandschlup! Coco got passed Cocciaretto in straight sets but Cocci gave her a run in the second set.

Botic VDS has another mental breakdown - this time against Monfils.

He gets a mini-break up to have a set point on HIS serve in the second set tie-break... and decides to fire the tennis ball into crowd. As a result he gets a point penalty, and two points later is bundled out. Bye-bye Botic!

BVDS has always had a bad attitude. Good riddance.

Loving La Monf and Murray getting through today, defying Father Time.

Hot Daddy’s in a bit of hot water…

I know you can “accidentally” like a post, but why was he spending time on Sean Strickland’s X feed?

My gawd, did you see that insane rally between Dingleberries and LisaMona in Doha? It was off the chain!

Honestly, its time for Plotzer to retire; she's just making a fool of herself at this point.

Ostrichbeak changed his shirt off at the change! I could have died!

Rumor has it Fingers-1 and Fingers-2 are splitting from their coaches; both at the same time! I think Fingers-2 has to be at least bi.

PED-erson is definitely on the juice, the way he plays would wear down an elephant in one season!

Daddy Fritz:

[quote] had to of accidentally liked

Oh, dear.

[quote]Oh, dear

T. Fritz: [italic]"I was basically mid panic attack so wasn’t really focused on typos"[/italic]

Well good for Daddy for disavowing it. If anyone has any evidence that he's homophobic, let's see the receipts.

If Strickland bit the dust, I bet not a single tear would be shed.

Daddy must have some kind of cock to land that bimbo. Good for him (and her)!

Um... who are the Fingers? I can't keep up.

Taylor is dead to me heretofore.

[quote]Um... who are the Fingers? I can't keep up.

Fingers? He's also known on Datalounge as FleaCloset; c'mon keep up

Alcaraz retires. He rolled his ankle. It looked very bad but he played a whole game after.

Mariano Navone, the Gabriel Garcia Bernal doppelganger with a tantalizing walk, takes out Coria in Rio and enters the top100.

What's tantalizing about Mariano Navone's walk?

Will Alcaraz be well enough to play his exhibition against Nadal?

You'll see firsthand if you watch any of his Rio matches. I couldn't find any good footage to illustrate, but it's a strut with chest and ass out that emphasizes what he's got.

R549 is in response to R547.

The Daddy-Tommy commentary got me horny. You fuckers!

Oh boy. I'm not sure what Daddy meant but I'm one who constantly checks to make sure I didn't accidentally like anything a I scroll and this is like my worst nightmare. To be fair most of the American players have always been pro gay since Andy Roddick who is openly pro marriage equality.

Woon.

"Lucky" for Rio that Carlos just happened to draw the Brazilian journeyman in the first round and allow him to advance in 10 minutes. Carlos collectes his appearance fees and now he's off to Vegas to play Rafa for some unholy, and unpublished amount of money. They all complain about the length of the tour yet they fill every free week with a money grabbing exhibition. Soon, instead of GS we'll be comparing ticket sales to determine who's best.

Rafa doesn't play Wimbledon but plays with Roger. He doesn't play USOpen, or something, flies all over SA with Ruud. Now he's in Vegas and has plans with the Saudi's, with the others. And zero plans to stay home with his wife.

1st picture of baby Rafa. You can almost imagine the turkey baster that brought these crazy kids together. Que pasion!

Was he thinking about his ankle or was he thinking about Las Vegas? He even looks ashamed, que verguenza.

R546, Navone could be GGB's double! Good catch.

Poor Carlitos. How many millions does he lose if he can't 'compete' in Vegas?

moar Mariano

not so much like GGB here, but I wanna see more

siente galletas?

In Buenos Aires, the winner's check wask 97k, Carlos appearance fee was 900k. I wonder what Rio had to pay him? If it was the same, it would be 450k dollars a point.

[quote] You can almost imagine the turkey baster that brought these crazy kids together.

The turkey baster sailed up her Corinthian canal.

Mighty Mensik mauls Misery in 3 tie-break sets

Rune and slimy Mouratoglou are working together again

I just had a look at Mouratoglou's academy website and it seems very expensive but looks like an extensive business with various tennis camps, resort accommodation, golf, language teaching, etc.

He advertises these current professional players: Tsitsipas, Rune, Gauff, Popyrin and the Fruhvirtova sisters.

Serena is mentioned of course but 0 mention of Halep.

Fils get BAGELED by the 17 year old Fonseca in Rio

Is Fils the New Mussetti?

Is the New Next Gen flopping even harder and faster than the Old Next Gen?

Thinking more about Mouratoglou, I am guessing that his business model is to offer top players special services in exchange for his being their mentor or coach. He always makes sure to wear a shirt with his academy's logo on it and to appear in their boxes. That then impresses people who buy his tennis camps and other services.

Also I just found out that supposedly he dated Serena? That's a bit of a red flag because I've read books about tennis that talk about how some coaches try to get players emotionally/sexually attached to them so that they get to keep their position.

and Fonseca is up a break @ 5-3 in the 2nd

Meanwhile a resurgent Monfils takes out ZZZ to meet Humbert in the quarters.

Fils out.

Poor Misery. How long is he going to keep doing this?

R565, the New Next Gen includes Fonseca and Mensik, who both triumphed today, so I would say "no" to your question. Sadly, Fils is just having an abysmally dismal South American clay court swing.

R569 Misery doesn't want to have to spend time with his family.

With the Sunshine Double coming up on hard courts and the post-AO European indoor/Mideast swing, I don't get why Fils even went to South America. I guess his one title is on clay, but he never struck me as one of those clay-court specialist, clay-is-my-favorite-surface types. What's to be gained by this? There's plenty of clay court tennis to be played during the lead up to the French. Even after Wimbledon there's clay court tournaments going on.

R571 so Misery doesn't love company?

^^^^

try the veal!

Nadal charging 150k dollars for private lesson. Alcaraz says his ankle is fine "see you in Indian Wells". I guess he forgot about Las Vegas

ugh

Rafa is coming off as REALLY greedy. WTF?? Is he envious of Roger's billion, or just has an insatiable appetite for coin?

How many of you would turn down being able to make $150k in a hour (or whatever it is but it's probably in that ballpark) if you were able to? If there are idiots willing to pay that...

^^^ it's ugly and unseemly and reflects badly on him and the sport

this is a guy who has made $135 million in prize money ALONE and multiples of that from endorsements

Right, R577. It's not like he's grifting poor and working families. It's the same sort of people who climb Everest for clout - they want to show off their lesson or their kid's lesson to other people in their crowd. And, there's probably some rich genuine Rafa superfans too.

Here's another story: some journalists investigated On running shoes and found that for the model called "The Roger Advantage", co-created with tennis star Roger Federer, On pays $20.50 to the manufacturers in Vietnam, and sells them online for $218 which is a lot higher a profit margin than for companies like Adidas.

But if people will pay it when there are lots of cheaper alternatives out there...

Also, Patrick Mouratoglou charges $7,500 for a private lesson. I'm not even kidding.

R580 imagine what Roger could get for his underwear!

Magnificent Mensik now takes out RUBLEV!

R581, but that price includes “supplements.”

Rafa's $150k is targeted at the ridiculously wealthy-never-had-to-think-about-money crowd. Think Saudi royals, billionaire offspring, and the like.

The super rich are the only ones who are likely to take up Rafa on as personal trainer.

Djere and Lajovic are playing each other in a hot and steamy Los Cabos.

Both are absolutely drenched in sweat. Clothing clinging to their bodies - nothing left to the imagination.

It's a sight for sore eyes.

*Soz. They're in Rio not Los Cabos!

Lovely Laslo link pls

R589 "Suck it while you're down there"

Mensik over Ruby in Doha!

new thread here

Citybus

Legz

Legz+

Misery

Big Foe

Peppa Pig

Gironass

Daddy Fritz