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Yannik has been pictured with half the grid so far hehe

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I think Jannik also went on a hot lap with Charles as well

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Apparently Grigor was there today as well?

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There were a lot of tennis players there

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Aryna and Elena too

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And that one white guy who played Carlos with locs

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Ahh yeh I suppose it makes sense Red Bull athletes were there

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They really just invited everyone under the sun to the final race

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Well ig most tennis players can’t go during the season so that’s just how it shaked out

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Unless your Carlos Alcaraz and you’ve just crashed out in the uso and need to go to something to get your mind off of it

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So wada is possibly changing the rules in 2027 for doping bc of Iga and jannik’s cases but Iga still got a one month ban and they appealed jannik’s case to possibly ban him for up to two years

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Sure that makes total sense

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What do they want to change it to??

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From what I’ve read it’s about micro-dosing. So basically cases like theirs where there was shown to not help them at all and being more lenient

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Which like this has been what people have been saying as tests get sharper and regulation gets more relaxed cases like this are gonna pop up

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Oh I misunderstood, I thought they wanted to be stricter, but you’re saying they want to relax the rules surrounding micro doses, well that’s good. But as you say, too little too late for Jannik and Iga.

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Jannik’s given full princess treatment by f1

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Netflix has really been in their tennis bag

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Outside of whatever was breakpoint

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Omg players are already arriving in Aus for the United Cup confusedDR

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I forgot that literally starts right after Christmas

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I know! On the 27th!

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It’ll be the 28th for me though 😅

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It’s one of those tournaments where I remember it’s even happening in the beginning lmao

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On his part I mean, not the clinics…they fucked up.

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Can’t believe I’m defending Max Purcell…what is world coming to

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Wonder if certain players cough Kyrgios cough will be as hard on him…somehow I doubt it

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Woke up to this notification

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Is there any other sport where the 2025 season starts in 2024? 😭

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You can blink and miss the tennis offseason 💀

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Felix injured already? Kill me now

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Wow okay amazing turn around from Felix! Best win of his career apparently!

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It really sucks to see that Taylor got so much harassment from the loss.

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Urgh I know. It’s disgusting.

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Literally just found out shevchenko and popatova were married and apparently divorced all within like 10 minutes.

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But like congrats to Kazakhstan for making it to the qf for United cup

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I knew they got married, but I didn’t know they got divorced! 💀

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They were talking about it on the stream I was watching 💀

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Oh Elena

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I truly feel like he bullied his way back into her team

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Noooo

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You were so close Elena! 😭💔

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elena….girl

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Opelka beat Novak? Maybe he is good for something after all.

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I really thought Novak might win this week.

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While I do think the wta did the right thing in banning vukov according to his behavior, idk what they expected by not getting Elena some help after

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Ig they just thought it would go away when she fired him but it’s not uncommon for abuse victims to go back to their abuser

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Idk there’s still a lot unknown but all this looks really bad for everyone involved

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3 retirements today alone? 6 in the last 3 days. And we’re less than a week into the season…

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4 now

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Something in the air today specifically

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Idk tho this off season felt especially short idk how any of the players feel rested enough

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It sucks to see Machac so upset about having to retire

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I’m about to watch a replay of Iga and Elena’s match from this morning 🍿

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It was a really fun match ! Watching Iga beat Elena on a fast hard court is getting me excited for AO

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Yeh Iga mentioned in her post match interview about how this was the first time she’s beaten her on a fast hard court and I was like 👀

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They spelled jannik’s name wrong 😭

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I wonder if they texted to make sure they matched

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Naomi won the first set and then had to retire 😭

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Such a shame Iga was cooked physically at the end of that match, because up until the last 3 games it was amazing.

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It was a great match overall tho both of them were playing their best tennis, well until the end for Iga

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What is happening??

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Oh lord

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Literally that venture saga was his own making

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Well he kept that quiet!

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Here I was freaking out that maybe he was injured and going to withdraw from AO. He was just having a baby lmao

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But that jet lag is gonna be brutal for him leaving so close to AO now

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I’ve just seen Discovery+’s ad for the aus open and it’s just a montage of players looking pissed off and being angry with the tagline “and they call it the happy slam” 😂

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Hope whoever came up with that got a bonus!

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Oh boy

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Putin makes a very similar argument about Russia and Ukraine. You might want to think on that Novak.

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However much he’s paying his PR it’s not enough.

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Actually…does he even have a PR?? He makes SO many basic mistakes.

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It’s good to have a reminder of why I hate him, especially right before a slam.

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I feel like since novak isn’t winning every slam people have gotten softer on him and acting like oh he’s this harmless antivaxxer (which is impossible) but he’s also peddling shit like this

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Especially as people are starting to say that sinner fans are the new Novak fans but I think people are forgetting that during the whole Australia situation they were spewing antivax conspiracy theories and threatening Australian politicians

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Like just being kinda annoying is not the same thing

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And it shows that people’s dislike of him has nothing to do with him being a bad person, they just didn’t like him winning…which is WILD to me.

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He claimed he was poisoned…and then refused to answer a question by an Australian journalist who asked if he had any proof…

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Claiming to be poisoned by the country your literally in rn is crazy

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Definitely one of the most insane things he’s said. And that’s saying something.

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Can’t believe Roger and Rafa retired but he’s still hanging around.

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Which is really terrifying bc directly putting the athletes health at risk

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Like I get why this system exists to try and make the sport as fair as possibly but athletes shouldn’t be living in fear. If jannik does get suspended I think it’s setting a dangerous precedent that’s going to negatively impact players more than it’s protecting the sport from people doping

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Completely agree.

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Hopefully they do change the rules surrounding this, but even if that’s the case I think the aftermath will stick around for a while.

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😦 On main and everything

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I’ve done my brackets for the Aus Open. I’ve got for Coco and Jannik to win, groundbreaking I know.

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Everyone I know has picked Jannik to win lmao

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I’m stuck between Aryna and coco in the final

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I was stuck on that too

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I just think there’s something about Coco right now. Played amazing in the United cup, and beat Aryna and Iga during the WTA finals. That win over Aryna particularly has to give her a lot of confidence.

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She builds on confidence and playing well. In the road to her first gs she won a masters and a 500

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I think that win over Iga in United cup too has to put her feeling good

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I do think Elena could be a dark horse, well idk how much of a dark horse she is since she was a finalist but she’s unpredictable

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Jasmine too

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Jasmine and Elena are in the same quarter, pretty sure they’ll meet in the QF.

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Boy oh boy am I glad I slept through that Casper match.

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It’s really good to see players open up about anxiety and depression, it helps take away the stigma.

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And actually call it depression instead of fighting demons

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As for the hitting during the matches I’m afraid that’s going to something I’ll have to see to believe

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Jack knew that Andy wasn’t going to be here to give us an unnecessary/unexpected five set epic, so he’s having to do it himself.

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Someone’s gonna have to scoop him off of the floor. Playing an intense five setter in the Australian summer is already hard but Jack is delicate

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Damn Novak lost the first set

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Unfortunately I’m sure he’ll come back and win

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This has become a feature in the last couple of years, him having a tougher time in the earlier rounds but battling through and playing himself into form.

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Not sure that’s going to work for him for much longer. He just doesn’t have the legs to do that, then face sinner/Alcaraz and have enough left to beat them.

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While I think the Andy/novak duo is amazing idk how much it’s gonna help him

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I think he’s just kinda throwing things at a wall rn to see what sticks

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I don’t think he’s even making it to face sinner/alcaraz

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Best of 5 is so tough though when you’re basically 40

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I wonder if he doesn’t win anything again this year whether he’ll retire.

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I’m constantly wondering what’s going on in his mind. I would have thought after the Olympics would have been a good place to retire. It’s not like anyone’s getting to 24 gs

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Honestly I think he’s spent so long constantly chasing GS’s to increase his tally, so he’s seen as “the goat” that he doesn’t know how to stop.

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I think the goat conversations probably have gotten to him bc while he has accomplished the most I think his legacy is a lot smaller than others like Serena, Roger or Rafa

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Like while none of them are without their controversy with Novak it’s hard to not talk about that before any other achievement

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That was an insane five setter from Daniil. I genuinely thought he was gonna lose

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I’m impressed, Andrey just lost the first set and he hasn’t lost his temper.

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Okay, he’s absolutely losing this match. But he’s still not shouted, screamed or hurt himself. Maybe he really has turned over a new leaf.

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Yep he lost, but he didn’t lose his temper or hurt himself, and he was smiling afterwards. That’s definitely a win in my book.

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My eyebrows jumped to my hairline when I saw that score omg

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I’m gonna have to give it a watch but hopefully this is a new leaf for him it’s never pleasant to see someone do that but mostly it’s better for him

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Honestly think it’s possible he could be seeded at the next slam, so hopefully this doesn’t happen again 😂

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Well Casper lost the first set. I’d hate to see another r2 exit in a slam but I fear it won’t be surprising

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Stupid servebots. They are a plague in this sport.

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I was watching the opelka/mahac match and it was like 40 aces vs 19 and it was just pissing me off

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I get the use of being able to rattle out a couple aces every when you’ve got yourself in a pickle but just being insane tall with a big serve is unpleasant to watch

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Using Roger as an example, his serve was amazing and he had lots of aces in a match, but it was never the main thing about his game. He had so many other assets that his serve is barely mentioned when people talk about him.

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If your serve is basically the only thing people talk about…you’re boring I’m sorry.

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Casper won the second set. He’s got some fight in him after all

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Also coco randomly going down 3-5 after being up 3-1 to win the set 5-7 she’s so funny

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She was just being a silly goose

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I hope that’s what Casper is doing now…

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I’m depressed…

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Fuck sake…Felix as well

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Well I’m glad I fell asleep and didn’t see all that

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He’d gain a fan for life in me

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Ooooh I will be seated for Iga vs Emma!

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Ummm…Jannik??

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You were one of the only ones I thought I could count on!

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You know what maybe he just wanted to feel something

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Actually kinda hilarious to see all these top players who couldn’t take a set off of Jannik for months and a wc outside the top 100 does it

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Jannik’s kit for this tournament is a crime. Pale yellow?? He deserves better!

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Nike overall needs to do better their kits for AO are atrocious

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putting a ginger in pale yellow? Atrocious

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Whatever they had Aryna wearing was a monstrosity

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Like what is the training bra situation going on

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Horrific.

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Wow, if Daniil goes out here this tournament has been brutal for the “NextGen”.

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It’s just gone 1am in Melbourne and Daniil’s just won the 3rd set 10-8 in a tiebreak 😭

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Wow tien

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Amazing!

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I went to sleep thinking Daniil would be fine wdym he lost

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Her worst crime is being annoying and a Karen and well nk is a literal criminal

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two retirements for Naomi already this season. God I feel like it’s gonna be her last

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I feel like we’ll see quite a lot of retirements this year.

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i love him

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MONFILS DID WHAT??

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Imagine complaining non-stop that Jannik and Iga had been treated favourably and then not even bothering to go and ask questions of the people who made these decisions. Tennis players are such jokes.

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I made the mistake of tweeting this and now someone is coming at me about how it’s not a players job to understand the doping system…like WHAT are you talking about 😭

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It does feel like Jannik is cruising a bit in these early rounds so I don’t wanna take back my thoughts about him winning but draw is so wide open now

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The courts are apparently a lot slower compared to last year so I think that’s adding to players like Carlos and Iga doing so well rn

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Which like in not mad at it

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I know a lot of people are talking about Jannik ( I just did lol) but Aryna hasn’t been playing to her normal standards here either

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Like when jannik’s news first dropped I took some time to actually understand what he was being accused of and how it got solved. The same with Iga.

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i fell asleep and didn’t watch….taylor honey what happened

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Also I’m watching a replay now and it does look like Taylor was struggling with blisters.

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It’s crazy to see four Americans in the atp going into the second week but it’s not Fritz or tiafoe

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Jack Draper had to retire against Carlos 😦 I hate to see that

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He had a hip injury in the offseason and didn’t get a full training block, I’m surprised he made it through 3 5-setters tbh

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I hope it’s not serious, hip injuries (along with wrist injuries) cause me particular anxiety

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Everyone is suffering unexpected losses except to two players who I want to lose the most…

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Oh god Novak is playing Carlos next 😩

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Carlos you better do your thing!

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The way I could not be less surprised at this

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You know what maybe it’s best he never retires bc I have a feeling he’s gonna go into politics once he does

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Well that was certainly an interesting match from both Jannik and holger

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What happened? I’ve just woken up to see the score.

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Jannik looked like he was gonna pass out on court. Took an mto and managed to not die. Then holger took an mto, some are saying it was to get into jannik head. Jannik won the third set and then immediately broke the net in the beginning of the fourth. Play was suspended and then it was somewhat normal.

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There were also many shots of Jannik looking at holger like he personally shot his dog

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He didn’t break it on purpose did he??

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Holger does have a history of taking extremely conveniently timed MTO’s

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Was it the heat Jannik was struggling with? I hope he’s not sick

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Omg and Maddie beat Elena??

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Damn monfils had to retire 😔

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He was probably super dehydrated then, and with the extreme heat his body just couldn’t cope.

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I thought Iga might struggle with the change of conditions in her match today (day to night) but I could not have been more wrong.

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Her opponent just got her first game, so the score is now 6-0 3-1 to Iga 😂

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She loves to open up the bakery

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Iga just said she “doesn’t feel like she’s in her peak yet”

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That’s kinda scary.

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Dasha losing to Navarro 😭💔

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I’m very glad I didn’t watch Jannik’s match live because I would have been freaking out so bad

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Oh yeah there were many “it’s so overs”

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I was already in mourning and then somehow he won the third set

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The most threatening sounding but the least threatening looking.

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Just two chill guys with a chilling malevolence

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Well fuck coco lost

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Coco what happened 😭😭😭

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And that cockroach won too ffs.

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God I still can’t get over how bad Aryna’s outfit is

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It does not deserve to win a slam

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Goran’s official left then

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I just feel really sad for Elena’s situation. I hope she’s safe

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Novak got broken and then suddenly decided he needed a MTO lol

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Crazy how that happens lol

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He is old idk if they’ve got anything for that

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For goodness sake Carlos you are making this far more stressful that it needs to be

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This is just kind of depressing now

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Well that first semi final line up is from hell

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The only silver lining is that they can’t both make it to the final.

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I finally got around to watching the full match for Carlos/novak. I fell asleep after the first set and horrible surprise to wake up to, but while I do think Novak played well Carlos made things a lot harder for himself than he had to

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Yeh after Novak’s MTO Carlos completely let him back into the match.

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And he had so many chances himself to get back into it and didn’t take them.

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The match up between Demon and Jannik doesn’t feel like a fair one.

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It’s like two different weight boxers

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I think at some point it also just becomes more of a mental challenge than a physical one

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When someone’s beaten you nine times in a row idk how that doesn’t get into your head

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Yeh if we learnt anything from the big 3 era it’s that 😂

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Yeah hopefully for adm it doesn’t get into monfils territory

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Celebrities, they’re just like us

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I’m happy for Maddi but sad for Iga 😔

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Overall tho this was a great tournament for Iga. I think it will give her a lot of confidence moving forward

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I hope so 🤞🏻

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I hope Aryna doesn’t crush Maddi though because that would just be heartbreaking.

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I will be interested to see if the nerves get to Aryna or Maddi

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I actually don’t even want to watch the atp part anymore rn. like the thought of either the rat or Novak winning makes me sick.

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Like I feel like Jannik may have a chance but if it’s Ben I have no hope

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Literally me rn

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Novak you useless fuck

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He retired?? He didn’t even tire that rat out?? Ffs

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He killed Carlos for nothing

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Like you couldn’t just lose in straight sets your had to retire Novak ? Really ???

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like if anything that man chokes in big moments he probably would have gifted the match to him

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Phew! One more to go Jannik 🙏🏻

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Literally praying he gets the best rest of his life before the final

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If he wasn’t in his own head so much he would have won

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I’ve seen a lot of people speculating he might split up with juanki. There was even a reporter who said his dad was pushing for it

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Aww I’m SO happy for Madi!! I can’t believe she did it!

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I think bringing someone else into the team, maybe a sports psychologist, would be a good idea. But I don’t think he needs to change coaches.

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Not yet anyway.

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Woke up to madi winning??? I love this for her!!!

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Yes! She played absolutely amazing! I’m so happy for her!

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I’m so happy for Madi she played her absolute heart out

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A part of me is devastated for Aryna she looked so sad

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I do have some gripes with how juanki coaches tho. I think Carlos needs some type of change up bc players like Novak have sorta caught him

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I think he needs to work on staying focused through an entire match. Because when he’s on, he’s ON and his level is insane. But when he gets ahead in a set or after he wins a set he so often loses focus and lets the opponent back into the match.

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I loved how she said to her team “it’s your fault I lost” 😂

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She missed out on the chance for a three peat, makes sense for her to be so upset

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Yeh I mean Rafa only changed coaching set ups like once in his career didn’t he? His uncle and then Carlos Moyà?

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Thank you Jannik 🙏🏻

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I love Jannik winning, and seeing him happy. But it’s not as good as seeing that guy crushed 🤭

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he didn’t even shake hands with the umpire

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thank you jannik for saving us

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The fact that he didn’t even face a breakpoint is insane

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commentators at one point said “i’d take his first serve over sinner’s but that’s it”

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You know sometimes life is unfair. I genuinely believe that man shouldn’t be allowed to play but watching him go 0-3 in slam finals feels like some sort of karma

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Also that women who yelled at him from the stands is brave af

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Sorry can I ask, why was the abuser crying at the awards ceremony

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Because he was so sad 🥳

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also, sorry I haven’t been following tennis news

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I hope someone posts a clip of the women shouting.

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But who’s that girl with him?

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A new one?

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Presumably. Poor woman.

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Why

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Like why

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The case exists

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Idgi

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Multiple cases exist. But you’ll always have women who think it’s not true, or that they can fix him.

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I dunno why the link isn’t embedded

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That’s insane

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I hope he hears from her so we know she’s okay 🤞🏻

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Aryna is very deserving of the no1 but it’s crazy to see how much the wta is involved in it

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The WTA mandatory rules are archaic.

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Two titles in less than a month for Felix! 🥳🥳

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We just need to move everything into an indoor hc so Felix can win everything like he deserves

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I may not may not be looking too much into juanki not being with Carlos in Rotterdam

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Felix winning a title and then having to retire two days later…I hate it here

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I didn’t expect him to go that far in Rotterdam but having to retire sucks 😢

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Shapo beat Taylor??

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Apparently Shapo is a hard match up for Taylor

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Was a surprise to me but the commentators were talking about it

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Wouldn’t say no to a Shapo Casper final!

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Well Shapo has to get past Tommy Paul so idk

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But it would be a fun final

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I swear this is why I can’t watch too much of Carlos he stresses me out too much

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He really took the scenic route today

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He as up 5-2 in the second set and somehow lost

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He was trying to kill me today

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I’m surprised there wasn’t a third set tiebreak funsies

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I couldn’t watch live, might watch a replay tomorrow

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Also gonna watch a replay of Casper.

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I really thought he was gonna choke it.

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The match was lowkey fun if I wasn’t sweating bullets

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Casper if you can hear me pls win

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That Barcelona title is starting to feel more and more like a fever dream from Casper

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I’m really quite worried about Casper’s stamina. He hasn’t been the same since he got really sick last year.

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And stamina and physicality are such a huge part of his game.

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Playing thru it probably did some sort of damage

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Idk it’s quite worrying bc on the outside he seems to be fine but you just never know with tennis players they say something about injuries when they feel like it

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this was absolutely iconic, i aspire to be this level of petty

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Coco and Aryna out in the same day ? Oh doha is gonna be very interesting

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Iga played well yesterday 👀

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Maybe it’s bc she’s lost to novskova before but I’m holding my breath a little

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I’m not blaming her at all for defending him, because abusive relationships will do that to you, but it shows she’s not really separated herself from him yet. I hope she has people around her who can help her do it.

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Everything I read about it just gets worse and worse 💔

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It just reminds me that so many coaches, especially in the wta, have attached themselves to these young successful players and made them feel like it’s all bc of them

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Men have a tendency to do that

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I’m in pre-mourning for this Iga/ostapenko match

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Same 😭

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I dunno if I even want to watch 😭

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Annnnnd she’s been broken 1st game 💀

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😭

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Penko’s been utter shit for a while now but she just had to peak the seconds Iga was in her draw

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I’m just laughing at this point

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That’s all I can do 😭

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Penko better be seeded at RG

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Don’t worry she only peaks once a year to ruin Iga’s week and then fucks off for the rest of it

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The silver lining is at least it’s Penko and not someone like Narravo. That would be unbearable.

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Oh I know. When coco lost to her in both Wimbledon and uso sitting thru convos about how she’s gonna overtake coco as the face of American tennis made me lose some sanity

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Jannik gets three months wow

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Won’t be back in action til Rome

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Fucckkkkk

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Does this mean what we’ve both been afraid of is gonna happen

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He reached a settlement which honestly I think was probably a good tactic. If they banned him for three months in April he’d miss both RG and Wimbledon.

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He’s dropping 1600 points by missing Miami, Madrid and Monte Carlo

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He really should have played Rotterdam but I don’t think he had any idea this was coming this soon

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The rat has qf and sf points for the sunshine doubles but I’m still doing the math

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So far I think it’s cutting it really close

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Because the trial wasn’t until April. It sounds like he took the immediate three month ban to avoid the trial.

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(Affectionately)

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It’s a bit ridiculous that Jannik had to get banned for three months to get the race for world #1 and actual race

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But overall I think this was the best. Obviously with these cases like him and Iga I think it’s a bit ridiculous to get suspended for contamination but I’m just glad this whole thing is done for the both of them

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Same. At least in a few months times we won’t have to talk about it any more.

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I hope Jannik goes on a 5 star luxury holiday and posts pics the entire time.

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He needs to stunt on these hoes and then come back like Jesus for Rome with all the Italians

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Oh the vibes in that tournament will be immaculate

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Considering the vibes for Rome were so rancid last year ( the rat won 🤮) so we can only go up from here

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Plus that man has to defend a lot of points while Jannik has none so we can quite literally only go up from there

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The rat is clearly focusing on trying to win the French open this year, he’s playing the golden swing to get extra clay court practice.

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Lost to Cerundalo last night though 🤭

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Yeah I think he’s focusing on what the next grand slam is instead of building up his tennis season but knowing him he’s gonna get too much in his head about getting to the final

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Which like I hope he loses in the first round in like embarrassing fashion

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Someone else did the math for it and it sounds about right

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Okay, feeling slightly calmer now.

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I don’t mind if Carlos overtakes him. I don’t really mind if anyone overtakes him, as long as it’s not that guy

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If he does get overtaken I hate that it would happen bc of a suspension but just as long as it’s not him

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NK is going on like a full coke rant on twitter already

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I don’t think it’s been an hour since the news hit

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NK is about half way down the “free thinking, unique personality” ➡️ right wing conspiracy theorist nut job pipeline

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Tbh I think he’s already there

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But idk I have purposefully crafted my social media to never see that man or men like him.

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It will be insane if he gets invited back to do anything in tennis anytime soon. The stuff he’s said have stopped that for now but people in charge love giving that man unlimited chances

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I think making enemies of people like Andy Roddick hurts him more than anything he actually he says. Andy has a lot of influence and good will particularly in American TV and if it comes to a choice between the two of them. They’re obviously going to pick Andy.

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While I’m not happy something like this happened it did give me the reminder that while tennis players are incredibly talented and can do insane things most of them are as bright as bricks

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And like damn you really have had so much smoke blown up your ass that you feel so confident saying the wrong thing so incredibly loud

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Penko losing to a qualifier R1 the week after beating Iga on the way to a final is the most Penko thing ever.

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Although “entirely” is very generous

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Yeah I think it was kind of staggering to realize most players don’t know what else goes on after they give a sample

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Bc I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with asking questions but most of those questions easily answerable.

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And when they go on about the system being corrupt , it’s like what system are talking about. Wada, the itia or both

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Yet more evidence that they can’t read.

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She sounds so isolated.

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God my heart just fucking breaks for her

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The quotes about her feeling like the WTA players aren’t supporting her 💔 it’s like no Elena, it’s him they don’t support!!

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It makes sense with how much he’s isolated her and made her believe that any slight against him is against her.

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And now he’s apparently making people leave in her team. He’s apparently working as her agent now that he can’t be her coach

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I did read in the NYT article that he’s banned from entering the players hotel or staying in the players room. And if violates the terms of his ban (which he obviously is going to do) it can be extended from 1 year to being permanent.

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Which is obviously a good thing.

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But doesn’t help Elena in this moment

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It’s just a terrible situation overall. I don’t know what else can be done to help her. It just feels like we have to watch this roll out

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George is in Qatar watching the tennis.

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I’m always a little taken aback when I see players from one sport I follow go to another sport I follow

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I saw Valentino Rossi at the Matteo/Jack match too

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Think all of the players who are posting misinformation on social media should be forced to read it.

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Especially this part

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I think the article did a really good job at breaking everything down

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I just feel like at this point certain people have just stuck their head in the sand and will refuse to listen.

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Sadly I think you’re right.

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Casper is constantly reminding me why he’s a fav.

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I do appreciate Ben’s comments as well. It’s not that hard to just not say anything instead of spreading misinformation

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And well atleast Tommy Paul was open about not knowing shit idk

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Has Grigor made it through any of his matches this year? 😕

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4/5 of his last matches have ended in retirements from him

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He just hasn’t managed to stay healthy in a while

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I feel like this might be his last season 🥲

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I know a lot of people just brand this as Daniil being Daniil but this is really just starting to get ridiculous from him

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I can’t believe he didn’t get defaulted for this!

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I don’t know either tbh

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Or at least a fine

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Especially bc he really just threw a tantrum like it was embarrassing to see

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Despite him not winning I’m still very proud of Felix 😭

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He looked like he just didn’t have enough left in the tank to play his best ☹️

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I really thought he would have chance since Stefanos is like allergic to 500s

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i am obsessed with him

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There’s a reason he’s becoming Anna wintours fav

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jack draper, lewis hamilton, me and anna have the same taste

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The rat going out early in Indian wells after he needs to at least make the final to even think about touching world number one is just so so so so funny

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Like it’s more likely of him losing number two than becoming one

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You know I am actually shocked Novak lost early this time. Ig I thought he only knew how to play when he’s in Carlos’ quarter and can mentally break him

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It’s definitely surprising. Especially since he won the second set, him losing the first set isn’t that unusual, but after he wins the second he usually goes on to dominate the 3rd.

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Honestly idk with him. He could either win it all or crash out in round one who knows

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Pls Danill, pleassseee do not lose to Holger

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Well…..

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That match gotta little spicy too

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went to sleep at 6-1 0-3 and wasn’t expecting to wake to a jack win!!

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A fully healthy Jack Draper is going to be a problem for the rest of the atp

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If he loses to Holger tonight I swear to god

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Only Zverev could enter a tournament as world number 2, where the world number 1 can’t play, and somehow come away with him having a bigger lead.

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And we love to see it.

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And damn, Mira! She is on a roll!

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what a match, jack!! 💕

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Damn! 👏🏻👏🏻 Going to have to watch a replay of that tomorrow!

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Jack was absolutely fantastic today

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Fully deserved for him

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Also I’m am really happy for mirra but I can already hear the think pieces about the rest of the top 10 being washed bc she’s beating them

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He is very babygirl it’s true

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And if he ends up having a career like Maria Sharapova (minus the extended doping ban of course) that would be pretty great

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UHM can we have a moment to talk about the Ben Shelton trin Rodman hard launch???

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New fav sporting power couple

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I have no idea who that is 😂

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tiffany rodman? Shes an incredible soccer player, dennis rodman's daughter (though he has never been involved in her life)

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was on the most recent USWNT soccer teams

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Oh awesome!

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We love a sporting power couple

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they were posting like flirty back and forths with each other on tiktok before this launch which was very fun to follow

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This PTPA vs ATP legal drama 👀

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I am seated

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Calling the atp “the cartel” is crazy work

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Absolutely not surprised by any of these names pushing this

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https://bsky.app/profile/ticktocktennis.bsky.social/post/3lkoax2mpok23 this is worst part to me, or at least the most hypocritical part, throwing other players under the bus? Hardly going to foster unity is it.

Tick Tock Tennis (@ticktocktennis.bsky.social)

The PTPA really said, "You're with us or against us" with this lawsuit.

Several non-PTPA players are used as negative examples in this filing.

Francesca 🌈 (@fraboxthislap.sedici.me)
OMG HOLGER GET BEHIND ME

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Damn Coco 😭

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Could have taken pity and let her get a game? 😭

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It’s so funny listening to before when the commentators where talking about how kenin was going to be really tough for coco only to see a double bagel be the result

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No way, did they really say that?? 💀

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I’d be embarrassed if I were them.

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The battle of the Emma’s is heating up. That first set was amazing

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Emma beat Emma??

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slay emma

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This being Emma’s first top ten win on a hard court ( mind you she’s won the us open) while also simultaneously knocking the other Emma out of the top ten is insane

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Love both those things equally

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David Goffin???

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I really don’t even have words for that one

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What happened?? Or do I need to watch a replay to understand?

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It feels reminiscent of the uso loss against bvd. He just looked lost on court for that last set

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maybe it’s just that he’s 21 and he’s gonna have losses like this once in a while or a symptom of a bigger problem I’m not too sure rn

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I know you shouldn’t diagnose people from afar, but it almost seems like he has adhd. He get’s distracted easily and struggles to maintain his focus during matches.

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As for Carlos I think he needs to be behind in order to stay 100%. It’s why we see the amazing things he does but sometimes it isn’t enough

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Novak hanging out with rfk jr. Fork found in kitchen there. The only thing surprising me there is the people who are surprised

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I’d be more surprised if he didn’t hang out with him tbh 🤢

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Emma just won the first set 6-1 against Anisimova and didn’t lose A SINGLE POINT on her serve

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And she won!! 🎉

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The organizer did Amanda dirty with making her play during the day after her late night with mirra but so happy for Emma !

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As someone who also takes supplements this just reaffirms my belief if I were to take a doping test I would light up like a Christmas tree

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I can’t imagine being that paranoid about just supplements, my anxiety would not allow me to live like that

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Same. I’d have to take anti-anxiety meds, which would then probably make me fail doping 😂

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I just listened to Andy’s podcast about the lawsuit bc he’s got Chris eubanks on it worth a listen too

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Oh thanks! I’ll definitely listen!

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Thank you Arthur Fils 🫡

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Aryna has absolutely been dominating the Miami open so she’s obviously losing the final to eala

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I would love that for Eala

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Novax is gonna win Miami isn’t he…🤢

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The actual state of the ATP right now

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That Korda/novax match was a right wing meet up

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I swear Jannik put a curse on his way out for the three month ban

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I would have done if I was him

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Like there won’t ever be the level of consistency that there was in the big three era but it’s actually so embarrassing that none of these player can beat a broken 37 year old who’s probably got a worm in his brain from drinking raw milk

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They should just hand the trophy to RFK’s bestie now and save us all some time on Sunday 🤢

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I’m praying that either Taylor or Jakob can pull something out of their ass

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I almost want it to be mensik bc he’s never played him before and doesn’t have the trauma that Taylor does

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I know there were rumours about this a while ago, but I didn’t think they were actually real.

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Good for her, I’m glad she will be able to have a more settled base now ❤️

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When I saw a notes app post I thought it was gonna say her and Natalia had broken up and I was ready to be heartbroken 😭

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Can’t believe the clay season starts tomorrow

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I’m always surprised how fast the season goes by

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Clay will be fun tho im ready for a change

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The atp top ten are falling apart and he’s out just vibing

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Chris was so sweet honestly he stayed like back to sign stuff for everyone

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Awww that’s nice to hear about Chris, he does seem like a genuinely good guy.

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And wait…NOVAK LOST?!

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Novak losing his chance at a 100th title to an unseeded 19 year old is just soooooo

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Like Father Time catches up with everyone

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It feels weird being against an organization that’s claiming to help players but everything about the ptpa makes me confused on how they operate and why they decided a lawsuit would be the best course of action

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They claim to help players, but they’ve done nothing but bitch since they were formed. They’re just shady.

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It’s a lot of yelling about problems that players have been complaining about for years and saying someone should fix it only to give no solutions

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The law suit and all the interviews surrounding it epitomise that. They keep saying “it’s not our job to find solutions”…so what, you just want to complain even louder than usual?

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That’s why I was confused when Andy was talking on the podcast about the lawsuit being used as a why to make the atp come to the table. Like they will actually have to have ideas if that ever happens and it doesn’t seem like they do

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🥵

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Jack Draper part time tennis player, full time model

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That jawline could cut glass

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Bold prediction but I think an American might win Houston

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I think you’re on to something there 🧐

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Zverev and Djokovic losing on back to back days has made my week ngl

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Truly made my day to wake up to that

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Truly hoping either Carlos or Casper can take advantage of this and win Monte Carlo

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If it’s not Carlos I really don’t know who will win.

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I would love it for Casper

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Maybe Stef? 😒

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Well Casper’s not gonna win it now 🫠

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Casper whyyyyyy

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Watch stef win back to back bc everyone else flopped

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I would genuinely be happy if any of the final four for Monte Carlo won

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Can’t remember the last time that happened

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Same. It’s the best feeling.

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Carlos back to world number 2! 🎉

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As it should be

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I also couldn’t help but notice that jcf wasn’t at Monte Carlo either

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That means he hasn’t been at either of the titles that Carlos has won this year

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Means he should be number 2 seed for RG, which is really good.

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Draw would have been so unbalanced otherwise

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Unless he screws up horribly at Madrid he should be fine

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  • and Barcelona
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Well he didn’t play Barcelona last year, and only has 1/4 final points (I think) to defend in Madrid, which isn’t that much.

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Those will be his last opportunity to snatch up points before Jannik comes back

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This is usually around the time he comes back alive in the season so he’s got a good shot before he’s got to defend back to back slams

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That’s true, he loves this time of year.

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He’s Spanish the clay and sunshine fuel him

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He’s solar powered, but only from European sunshine 💀

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I mean I also don’t want to be in America so I get Carlos there

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The again in this headline is everything.

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I hope this becomes a trend now

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Will I live long enough to see Iga beat Penko?

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It’s really all psychological at this point. Idk if Iga truly feels like she can beat her

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Like idk what Daria’s doing but it doesn’t really seem to be helping her

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If she’s in Iga’s half of the draw at RG then it’s truly over. If she loses to her there she’s officially never beating her.

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She’s on Iga’s half of the draw for Madrid

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Also Carlos potentially being injured I’m sad

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Carlos is injured?? 😭 I couldn’t watch the final today

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Holger was just better than Carlos today, idk if the injury impacted any of that. He had no focus

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But it does seem like he’s in doubt for Madrid

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Which I hope he just doesn’t play instead of trying to power thru it bc it’s his home tournament

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Yeh, even if it means sacrificing that 2nd RG seeding.

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He’s usually pretty good at not pushing through.

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And wait…Penko won?? I was not expecting that.

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I’m not saying penko made a deal with the devil but it’s a bit suspicious she won a tournament and suddenly the pope is dead

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Listen, I’m not saying Naomi’s career went downhill after she signed NK to her agency, but I’m also not not saying it.

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It’s already disappointing to see the tennis world trying and rehab his image but Naomi doing it is just so upsetting

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It really put me off her

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Yeah. I remember her saying how everyone deserves a second chance as if that man hasn’t had hundreds of chances

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Penko out in r1 thank you god

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I would have cried horrible ugly tears if Iga lost that early

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Same

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I almost was after she lost the first set

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Coco got bagelled by Yastremska?? 😭

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That wasn’t her. She was stuck in traffic so they put in a body double. It’s fine she’s here for the second set

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This match it an unforced errors-off

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Thank god the traffic cleared in time!

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She took the scenic route but she got there

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Heartbreaking 💔

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I will say I know a lot of people give Marta kostyuk a hard time for her stance on Russian/belarusians in tennis but I give her props bc I would not be able to do it if I was in her position.

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Oh same. I have no idea how any of the Ukrainian tennis players are carrying on playing.

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Since when has Casper been a Liverpool fan? 😂

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What a crossover lmao

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Watching Iga gives me so much anxiety now it’s not even enjoyable

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Madi just bagelled Iga…

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Actually can’t believe that just happened…ON CLAY

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Phew! Can’t believe she won.

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Hopefully that’ll be a big confidence builder for her.

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I won’t lie after I saw the bagel I turned off my notifications for the match so I had no idea she turned that around

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On a side note I find it so funny when someone bagels another but they still lose. it’s like they put all that effort into the first set and it just went away.

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Same. The commentators talk about how sometimes winning a set can be “too easy” because you get complacent and drop your level, and I know it makes sense….but it’s still funny.

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I’m studiously ignoring Caspers progress through this tournament because he’s doing well but I don’t want to jinx it.

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He’s playing Daniil next and I’m actually worried.

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Like I shouldn’t be but I am

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Me too

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This is where we are with Casper in 2025 😭

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28 unforced errors…in a 6-1 6-1 defeat, Iga girl 😭

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You can just tell Iga’s playing with such low confidence rn

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I don’t wanna take the win away from coco bc she was amazing but it was also Iga just playing so unfocused

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Apparently Iga’s likely to lose world number 2 in Rome 🫤

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go jack

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I still can’t believe the words “overtake Novak djokovic” are real

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And she’s super close to her family, so I’m sure it hit her hard.

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Some were reporting that if Rome and rg dont go well for her she might take a break until the us open and honestly that might be good for her

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She doesn’t have many points to defend after RG so it would be a perfect time.

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I had a dream last night that Casper won the final, but I don’t think it’s gonna come true 🥲

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Well I was gonna go on and say I think he’s got a chance since he’s the better clay player and Jack is still pretty new to the surface but he literally just got broken in the first set

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Oh god he won the first set !!

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I went to make a cup of tea and missed the end of the first set because I thought for sure it would go to a tiebreak 😂

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Jack took the second set. This is def gonna be a battle

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It’s been such a physical match

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Casper just needs to hold now! 🙏🏻

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CASPER FINALLY HAS A MASTERS TITLE 🎉🎉🎉

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Why am I crying omg

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I’m so happy for him

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Me too!! He deserves this so much!

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No one gave him a chance coming into the match, everyone always underestimates him.

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I know Oscar’s happy. He’s such a Jannik fanboy

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I love them your honour

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I’m gonna need Morgan to start clarifying that she’s talking about the atp any time she says something along the lines of “‘making tennis for the girls” bc it makes me twitch. Like the wta is right there

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God can the Iga/danielle discourse pls end already. I’m so tired about this matchup

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It’s so forced it’s ridiculous

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Danielle’s a professional shitstirer and she got exactly what she wanted when she posted her insta stuff to begin with. I think it’s weird for some to act like it’s somehow feminist for her to do so but it’s also weird for people acting like shes anyway comparable to NK

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This is the internet in 2025. There is no nuance.

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Oh my god just checked the score of Iga’s match and did the most exaggerated double take

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Like what do you mean she lost the first set 6-1??

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Annnnnd she lost…

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This means she’s down to World number 4 😭

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Urgh Collins is gonna act like this means something in her one sided beef isn’t she

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As opposed to just Iga playing shit

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I had to go sit outside for a minute after the loss

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Did you touch some grass? Maybe that’s what I need to do 😭

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Touched some grass, three big breaths, and just a little cry

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A kind gentleman even offered me a smoke

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Okay…it’s Jannik time! I’m so interested to see how this goes.

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That was really good! Much higher level than I was expecting.

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First match since January

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It’s always interesting to see how a player holds up after not playing for a while

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He def had some rust but his level of play was almost like before

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If Jasmine wins Rome Iga will be the 5th seed at Rolland Garros

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IF JASMINE WINS ROME IGA WILL BE THE 5TH SEED AT ROLLAND GARROS

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That feels so wrong to even think about

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But maybe it would be good for her. I think having so many eyes on her and the pressure from it has affected her a lot. Perhaps people need to count her out for her to lock in

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Or maybe I’m just being optimistic idk I’m couldn’t physically take Iga doing bad at rg

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I think it’s a fine line for Iga between dropping down the rankings a bit to take some pressure off, and dropping down so far that you come up against top players too soon, end up losing early, and end up in a complete downward spiral.

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I say that like she’s not already in one….which I think she might be.

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It’s weird bc it’s not like I don’t think she can defeat top players bc I know she can but I wonder if she has the belief that she can. Her confidence I shot

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Maybe it has to get worse before it gets better

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Oh yeh, it’s totally a mental thing.

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I mean yes other players have raised their levels recently, but not by THAT much

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Honestly going and doing some 250s might help her too.

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That was an intense match between Jannik and Fran

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Honestly thought he was gonna lose. Fran is playing at a career high rn and a clay courter

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I’m guessing they (the tournament) can’t just kick them out.

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There’s no way Casper plays his match tonight right? Or is tennis gonna do what tennis does best and finish at like 4am?

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Qinwen beating both Iga and Aryna for the first time on her 7th try is so funny

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Caspers winning, Coco winning and the rat choking? Today could turn out to be a very good day.

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Also Carlos too, but that result wasn’t one I was worried about.

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I think this is turning into coco’s tournament to lose

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And I really think Casper can beat Jannik tomorrow. I know he’s had a rough 24 hours with his match being delayed but he’s a far better clay courter

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Nah I think Jannik’s here to prove a point this week.

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Winning not just your first tournament back but you’re home tournament is a hell of a statement.

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Maybe I’m not giving Casper enough credit, but I think it’s gonna be a straightforward 6-4 6-4 to Jannik.

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I truly never know with Casper. The times I count him out, he wins, and the times I’m sure he’s gonna win he loses

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If this does end in a janlitos final, I think it would be best for Carlitos to go soft into the night as he may not leave Italy in one piece if he wins

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This is so deeply American oh my god

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Jannik out to prove a point tonight 😭

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I actually need to keep my mouth shut. Omg he bagelled Casper on clay

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Casper looks so confused 😭

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He’s yet to not face a break point on his serve omg

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We’re at the point of the simply counting the points he’s won 😭

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Well thank god it’s over for Casper

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Jannik better get him a very expensive wedding gift

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It’s probably not the worst thing for Casper to lose, so he gets some rest (because he’s playing next week like the idiot he is), but the manner of the loss has got to dent his confidence.

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A part of me was surprised that he even made this far after Madrid but I don’t think anyone expected a result like this

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I do not want to be Tommy Paul rn though. What do you even do after seeing you next opponent have a result like that

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See if you can get a last minute session with the pope? 😭

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I’m always underestimating Jannik on clay but getting past Casper and Fran in that way is insane

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Oh Casper

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On one level this is so 😭😭😭

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On another it’s just so real

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This coco/Qinwen match is trusting nobody on serve but being pretty confident they can break back

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Someone will have to win this match but that’s anyone’s guess on who it is

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Halfway to a Sincaraz final! 🤩

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JANNIK WHAT THE HELL

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COULD YOU NOT HAVE DONE THIS LAST NIGHT

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Losing his 24 set win streak to a bagel from Tommy Paul

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I gotta laugh bc if not I might cry

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He did all that to Casper for nothing

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He’s remembered how to tennis now

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What even is this match

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Weird af 😭

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Maybe that first set was just penance for what he did to Casper

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Or Tommy Paul sold his soul idk which

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Maybe he just wanted to give the crowd more tennis

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Now Taylor

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Iga’s gonna be the 5th seed 😭

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I never thought Jasmine would actually win 😭

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I’m sad for coco ( and iga) but I can’t not be happy for jasmine

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I think she shows that you don’t need to peak at 18 that you can still achieve so much

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Think Jannik just ran out of steam but the first set was 🔥

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You could tell he just gave out by the end

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But that first set was so exciting

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And considering I had no idea how he was gonna play coming back after this I’m just happy we got a sinacarz match

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But I hate how this has caused so much toxicity now

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Wait…why/how have people managed to turn this toxic?

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Come to find out jannik’s brother is actually adopted and they struggled with infertility for years before they had Jannik

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Oh god people are just the worst

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The internet is a cesspit

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Yeah it was really gross to see. Like a rivalry should be fun but getting that way is gross

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Carlos Moyà vs JCF in opposing coaching boxes would be awesome.

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Would Simone still be there or just moya ?

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I know Darren is leaving

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It’s implied that Moyà would replace Darren, Simone would still be there.

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A Simone and Carlos duo versus jcf very interesting

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I was kinda hoping for goran but it would be more of the same. Moya would bring something different

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Moya getting called a traitor to his country over a rumor would be funny if it wasn’t also somewhat concerning

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Didn’t realise coaching Carlos’s biggest rival was akin to selling state secrets 💀

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Apparently it’s “fake news” anyway Moyà said 💀

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The tennis channel was posting about it which made it more believable to me, but idk maybe they did talk but nothing is set in stone

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Penko is in Iga’s quarter of RG

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It’s over before it’s even started 😭

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Oh god it’s not even a quarter…it’s an 1/8th…they’re projected to meet in the 3rd round…

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Okay…ignore that…it is the 1/4’s sorry I’m looking at it in pieces and it’s hard to line up 😂

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I’m just gonna pray she does her penko thing and goes out first round before she can meet iga

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But also with how it’s going with Iga these days that might also happen to her 😭

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Penko has to play Elena in R3, and Elena’s currently having a good week Strasbourg so I think that will be tough to win.

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she says hopefully

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If Iga doesn’t even make it that far I will cry

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I generally don’t like to discuss Iga and Daria, especially bc some people can’t help but get homophobic, but she does hint at Daria having some serious control over Iga

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I mean, remember the clips from the shirt loved Netflix show? There was definitely some strange vibes going on

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I wonder if that’s why Iga’s game is such a mess? Wim is telling her to do one thing and Daria another?

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Either way I do think Iga needs to stop working with her.

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Even if she wasn’t controlling, clearly her techniques aren’t working anymore because Iga’s mental game has gone to shit.

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But yeah I think even if she wasn’t controlling it’s just time. The things that were working aren’t anymore, and Iga needs something new

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But idk if that will happen bc it seems to be the norm that every young female athlete has someone who’s there not bc they have their best interest but what she can do for them

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I don’t think I can watch Iga today, it’s too stressful. I’m gonna stick with Casper.

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I wouldn’t have been surprised if Iga lost but I’m soooo relieved she won 😭

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I was staring at my phone obsessively to look at the scores ngl

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Taylor Fritz going out first round is insane

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Not me putting Francisco in the semifinals in my bracket and him going out R1 💀

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Idk why but Elena having a labubu on her tennis bag is so endearing to me

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Penko lost the first set and I got excited thinking she might go out R1 (nothing personal, I just need her out of Iga’s draw), but then she won the next 9 games 😭

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One can dream 😭

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Nike has Jannik looking like Luigi’s red headed cousin and Carlos looking like a prison inmate

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I saw someone say that Carlos looks like a zebra crossing 💀

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Casper’s injured 😩

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This is depressing. I wish he’d just retire.

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I’m sad now

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I don’t why he didn’t just retire that was hard to see

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Apparently he’s been playing through it since April, so I sort of get why he didn’t retire, even if I wish he had.

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hahah hairlines so robust that they may well bne proceeding rather thn receeding is incredible

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Just excellent journalism. No notes.

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Victor barber needs to stay far away from Jannik

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Like I already can’t believe Carlos keeps going back to look like this

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Jeeeesssuss

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He needs to be arrested and have all his haircutting tools confiscated

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Thank you Elena now I don’t have to watch Iga lose to Penko yet again.

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Fairly certain she’ll lose to Elena anyway but that’s preferable.

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There’s a chance against Elena

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It is a tad frustrating how good these early round match ups have been bc I don’t think the later stages will compare

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Jannik just bagelled Lehecka in 21 minutes. Brutal to watch.

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Lehecka’s finally got a game 😭

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The way the crowd cheered for him 😭

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And the irony is if Lehecka was French they would probably have booed him 💀

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Iga time 😫

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Oh god she’s about to be bagelled…

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I knew she’d lose but I didn’t think it would be this bad

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Broken in the first game of the second set

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I held my breath that entire match

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Im so sad for Elena but iga needed this more

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Oh I’m crying we are in the trenches with Iga. Im so happy

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She was a point away from being bagelled and she came back to win!! 😭

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I actually can’t believe it

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I hope this gives her some confidence

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There were definitely some mental wobbles but no where near as bad as it has been this season.

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Iga said she felt like she was playing Jannik in that first set 😭

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Thank god it’s don’t now I can actually focus on f1, which I ignored the other screen I put up to solely focus on Iga

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It’s the last lap but whatever

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Jannik should start charging for these tennis lessons he’s giving.

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Someone said sinner fans are the type who cheered during public executions and damn they really hit the nail on the head there

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Fr tho

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Iga 🎉

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I feel like Sabs is gonna destroy her in the semis, but it’s way further than I expected her to get.

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Maybe it’s better if she lost in the semifinal bc idk if I could handle her losing in the final

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Carlos saw Jannik’s scoreline last night and said challenge accepted.

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I’m sure the people who said it was a boring match yesterday will say the same today

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Little annoying since it’s the same people who keep saying that tennis is in a slump after the big 3 era but then get annoyed by the same dominance from Jannik and Carlos

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Big 3 fans complaining about dominance are the biggest hypocrites in the world

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Jannik and Carlos’s quarterfinals following the exact same script is so funny to me.

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They really are just a cut above the rest

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There’s definitely some kind of flirting going on 😂

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They do say be careful what you wish for 😂

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I know Jannik was pissed he didn’t get the bagel in the first set

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A bagel in the third was painful but I’m super proud of Iga for the way she fought in the first two sets.

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She really gave it her all and I’m proud of her for that

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Before rg my expectations were so low so this has been a surprise

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Interested to see if the thirds time the charm for coco. She lost both Madrid and Rome, Madrid to Aryna, but she also won her maiden slam against Aryna

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Yeh I really don’t know who’s gonna win.

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My heart says Coco my head says Aryna

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Yeah it’s 50/50 for me. Just depends on who they decide to be on court

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That Jannik/novak match felt like the longest three setter ever

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A FIRST SINCARAZ GRAND SLAM FINAL THIS IS NOT A DRILL

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I actually can’t remember the last time both 1-2 for men and women were the grand slam finalist