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Happy pride month

mossy gulch
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My radio commentary told me it was the US Open 2013 šŸ˜…

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The last time it happened at the French Open was in the early 70ā€™s, canā€™t remember exactly.

mossy gulch
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Coco!!! šŸ˜šŸ„³

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That was epic

cosmic steeple
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Coco gets a lot of shit with her tennis imperfections but no one ever talks about how much of a fighter she is. What a match

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Coming back from a set down is always difficult during the final but she really held it together

mossy gulch
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In Pride month?? Perfection šŸ„¹šŸ’–

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cosmic steeple
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Omg !!!!

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Saying this after having the privilege to coach the Serena Williams and currently coach Naomi Osaka

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mossy gulch
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Whatā€™s worse is heā€™s worked with these incredible women, but you know he doesnā€™t see them as players or even people, he just sees them as assets to help him get money and fame.

cosmic steeple
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This final is lowkey crazy rn

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Like even tho jannikā€™s up 2 sets and Carlos is down 2 it still feels like anyoneā€™s game

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Or maybe Iā€™m just remembering Carlosā€™ insane comeback last year

mossy gulch
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For sure itā€™s anyoneā€™s game.

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And I think the longer it goes on the more it swings in Carlosā€™s favour

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But itā€™s SO GOOD.

neon anvil
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thoroughly enjoying this

lunar maple
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Same

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And itā€™s like 1.30am here and i have work later lol

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So guess whoā€™s ironing while watching the game

cosmic steeple
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Yeah Carlos is winning this

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I canā€™t see Jannik winning after fumbling those championship points

neon anvil
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yeah it feels like itā€™s tipped in carlos favor but iā€™m still at the point where it can be either of them

lunar maple
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Agreed

cosmic steeple
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This is ending in a tiebreak oh my gosh

lunar maple
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Guys, my cable just gave up on me tf

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Wtf please lmk whatā€™s going on

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Bc my cable just said no internet???

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So Iā€™m struggling to find a place to watch it on damn it

mossy gulch
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I need Jannik to get at least one point here otherwise itā€™ll be too heartbreaking

cosmic steeple
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Now Iā€™m just sad

mossy gulch
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Omg 2nd longest grand slam final in history!

cosmic steeple
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I think Rafa/ Novak match still has like an hour on them

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Which is insane

mossy gulch
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5:53, so only like half an hour

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But I donā€™t think the tiebreak will last that long šŸ˜­

cosmic steeple
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No I think Jannik is gassed

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And Carlos is going crazy

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Which like this has truly been a match for the ages I just wish it wasnā€™t giving me flashbacks to all the times I had to watch Roger lose to Rafa

mossy gulch
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I was just thinking Carloā€™s comeback reminds me of Rogerā€™s at the AO 2017

cosmic steeple
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Pure gritty win for sure

mossy gulch
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Definitely one of the ages, an absolute classic.

cosmic steeple
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I hope this doesnā€™t like break Jannik tho

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I think if Carlos had lost it would have broken something in him so this was probably the best outcome

mossy gulch
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I think after everything he went through last year, I donā€™t think it will.

mossy gulch
cosmic steeple
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You could see after the Olympic loss the spiral for Carlos

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But a tough five set loss is never easy to get over

mossy gulch
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Carlos plays tennis with pure emotion, which is why he can reach such incredible highs, but also why losses take their toll so much

mossy gulch
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Jannik is much more balanced

cosmic steeple
cosmic steeple
# mossy gulch Jannik is much more balanced

A lot of people give him shit for his ā€œemotionlessā€ approach but I genuinely think thatā€™s one of his biggest strengths. It takes a lot to be calm and collected

mossy gulch
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Crazy that Carlos still hasnā€™t lost in a major final.

cosmic steeple
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Why does that give me anxiety tho

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Like idk Iā€™m sad for Jannik but like the worst part is over heā€™s lost a major final. But that does not feel like the worst thing that could happen if Carlos lost a major final

mossy gulch
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I know what you mean

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Ig itā€™s bc he was facing a literal 2 year suspension so im still kinda just happy i get to watch him play tennis

lunar maple
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I agree

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My cable is back but aww this child

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But I must say, hearing the Spanish national anthem at RG

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Itā€™s giving 2023 (and earlier) Dutch anthem hahaha

cosmic steeple
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Death, taxes, and the Spanish anthem being played at Roland garros

mossy gulch
cosmic steeple
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Iā€™d be interested to see how that compares to the rest of the slams

lunar maple
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I literally was looking at that stat before the match

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Random but someone also said, this is probably the longest Roland Garros final bc Nadal never allowed it to last that long lol

mossy gulch
mossy gulch
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Of course it also helps that one of them was the clay šŸ

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Like there are no other Serbian GS slam champions, and only one other Swiss. Probably because theyā€™re not traditional tennis nations, but you know what I mean.

cosmic steeple
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But the Spanish are never beating the clay courter allegations

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And why I donā€™t listen to American tennis fans who complain about not having a menā€™s champion since Andy roddick. Like thatā€™s the norm for others

lunar maple
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agreed

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If anything, nowadays I donā€™t really root for a person, unless of course the opponentā€™s a dick (zverev, Djokovic etc) haha

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I just watch for the game/sport

mossy gulch
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cosmic steeple
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I missed the whole chapter of what Aryna said after the final. On top of that just being plain rude, her thought process makes no sense

mossy gulch
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I get that she was pissed that she lost, but she could have just stopped at ā€œI played badlyā€ (even though I donā€™t think thatā€™s strictly true), she didnā€™t need to say ā€œif Iga had won our semi final she would have won the titleā€ā€¦how is that even relevant to how you played? Itā€™s just a slight on Coco.

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I want to like Aryna so badly, I want to support her, but she makes it so damn hard.

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Think I might just stop trying.

cosmic steeple
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mossy gulch
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American broadcasters are really just starting to drag out this coco/Aryna situation. Like what did Elena and Iga do to get dragged into this

mossy gulch
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Elena and Iga are world class introverts, they never do anything and yet somehow catch strays šŸ˜­

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Americans love a villain in sport though.

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And it helps that Aryna is Belarusian šŸ™„

cosmic steeple
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Yeah like I think you can criticize what Aryna did and say it was out of pocket without saying that the rest of the wta is classless and doesnā€™t know how to lose against coco

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neon anvil
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i have many questions

lunar maple
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Same hahaa

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Iā€™m very confused

cosmic steeple
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The things youā€™ll do when your bored during your ban Ig

mossy gulch
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Just checked the score for today and Carlos was in a 3.30hr tussle on grass and Jannik is losing to bublik what on earth is going on

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mossy gulch
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Jannik actually lost šŸ« 

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Oh my gosh

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Bublik on grass is very different than bublik on clay but that sucks

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Well gives him more time for wimby prep ig

cosmic steeple
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Well we wonā€™t even be getting that one grass match win bc Casper pulled out of Wimbledon šŸ˜­

mossy gulch
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Noooo šŸ˜­

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That knee injury must be worse than heā€™s admitted šŸ˜­

cosmic steeple
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Hopefully it doesnā€™t need surgery

mossy gulch
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Iā€™m hoping heā€™s just being cautious, I mean heā€™s defending like 50 points across the entire grass court season, so heā€™s literally (almost) got nothing to lose.

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Carlos losing only 3 matches on grass in his entire career is just ridiculous.

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mossy gulch
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Part of me thinks hard courts bore him, which makes him lose focus easier and therefore lose more. Natural surfaces offer him more of a challenge, makes keeping his focus easier.

cosmic steeple
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Yeah hard courts are consistent and grass is more unpredictable, having to be worked like a puzzle. It changes from day to day, court to court.

mossy gulch
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Penko on the opposite side of the draw from Iga for Wimbledon sirlewis

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I believe this is also her first time in a sf on grass too this week

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Honestly Iā€™ve been really impressed with her this week. Sheā€™s shown a lot of mental resilience

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All while a certain someone isnā€™t there

mossy gulch
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Not just a SF, she made it to the final! Her first on grass!!! And her first this year.

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Her first final this year being on grass was not on my bingo card

mossy gulch
cosmic steeple
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mossy gulch
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Daniil being victimised by the French again

mossy gulch
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Stefanil both going out R1??

cosmic steeple
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What news to wake up to

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mossy gulch
mossy gulch
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CARLOS GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER

cosmic steeple
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He knows heā€™s the defending champion right ????

cosmic steeple
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Okay he remembered who he is

mossy gulch
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Just in time!

mossy gulch
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Coco šŸ˜­šŸ’”

neon anvil
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youā€™re kidding

mossy gulch
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I wish I was

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To Yastremska of all people!

neon anvil
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coco nooooo

cosmic steeple
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I had to take a walk after I saw coco lost

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Itā€™s not a good time to be a seeded player at Wimbledon

mossy gulch
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At least Zverev was one of the casualties

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Itā€™s like we won but at what cost

mossy gulch
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Marin beating Jack was not on my Bingo card

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I did think it would be a real test, but never thought heā€™d win.

cosmic steeple
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It was really surprising to see how Jack just lost control of the match

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His projected draw was a bit of a bloodbath tho

woven coral
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Youā€™ll never guess who was immediately in the comments šŸ˜‚

cosmic steeple
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Iga needs to get her butt back to a Grand Prix asap.

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Her and Oscar being friendly just makes sense lol

mossy gulch
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Wimbledon has been so crazy this week that when I saw this today it barely registered

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cosmic steeple
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Is this meant to go along with quacknik sinner

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They did not šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€

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mossy gulch
# cosmic steeple They did not šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€

Ben R said he asked him about it in press because heā€™d had quite an argument with the officials. They told him that Hawkeye was going to stop working in 5 minutes so they had to stop. He said ā€œI donā€™t need 5 minutes I just need 60 seconds!ā€ šŸ˜‚

mossy gulch
cosmic steeple
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cosmic steeple
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At least someone has hope

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Average Ferrari fan experience

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mossy gulch
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Pls this is so accurate šŸ˜­

mossy gulch
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Jannikā€™s injured šŸ˜«

cosmic steeple
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Somehow Grigor is more injured

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I actually wanted to cry for Grigor. He had to retire again

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John McEnroe actually looks like heā€™s about to cry

mossy gulch
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Oh god it was heartbreaking

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Grigor literally sobbing as he walked off court broke me

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I do not think Jannik would have won that match if Grigor hadnā€™t got injured, maybe Iā€™m wrong, but even if I am he was damn lucky to get through.

cosmic steeple
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Yeah I wonder how bad the elbow actually is now bc Jannik canceled his practice today

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I really hope he doesnā€™t push it bc at least now heā€™s matched his points from last year and it would give him time to heal up before the hc swing

mossy gulch
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Absolutely, especially since the HCā€™s are his best surface.

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Plus then it at least gives Ben Shelton a crack at Novak.

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Pulling my best Jannik impression out, but weā€™ll truly see what happens next.

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I think this version of Ben is very different from the one who faced Novak at the uso and this is definitely a different version of Novak

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But thatā€™s just running under the assumption that they can both dispatch their respective Italian opponent, or in Benā€™s case maybe get a walkover

mossy gulch
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Apparently Italian media are reporting Jannik should be okay šŸ¤žšŸ»

cosmic steeple
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Yeah Iā€™d still put my money on Ben tomorrow considering jannikā€™s basically going into the match with only his backhand and a dream

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Which like I might not even be that angry about. With all the upsets early on I was convinced that we would get a new wimby champ, maybe even a new gs champ, but I really donā€™t want another novk/carlos wimby final

mossy gulch
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Iga Swiatek Wimbledon semifinalist šŸ˜

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mossy gulch
mossy gulch
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Wow, I really thought Aryna was gonna win that one.

cosmic steeple
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Aryna vs Americans is really a phenomenon

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Itā€™s looking more and more like a miracle that jpeg didnā€™t win that us open

mossy gulch
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Iga Swiatek Wimbledon FINALIST! šŸŽ‰šŸŽ‰šŸŽ‰

cosmic steeple
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Iā€™m actually in a state of shock about it

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Like after everything sheā€™s in the finals of Wimbledon oh my god

mossy gulch
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Iā€™m so proud of her already! I just really hope she win one more match and take it all.

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Winning a slam on her worst surface after all the criticism sheā€™s got the last year would be chefs kiss

neon anvil
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locking in to watch taylor get his ass kicked

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when i told my mother taylor made it to the semis
mom: oh thatā€™s great
me: yeah but heā€™s playing carlos so heā€™s fucked

mossy gulch
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I mean getting broken in the first game is an ominous start

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I actually feel kinda sorry for him šŸ˜­

neon anvil
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atleast i knew what i was getting turning on the tv

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neon anvil
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well it was fun for a few minutes taylor

cosmic steeple
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He won a set which is something he couldnā€™t do in the past

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But I feel dumb bc I fr though he was gonna do something crazy

neon anvil
cosmic steeple
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Again I feel like an idiot for thinking he was actually gonna do something during the tiebreak

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Oh Taylor

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Wait what the fuck

neon anvil
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not in the mood to watch him lose now

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after all that

cosmic steeple
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Yeah nvm

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He had a set point just to make me dream

neon anvil
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just to give us a little bit of hope

mossy gulch
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The saddest part for Taylor is that he played so well, pretty much as good as he can play, but Carlos was just like ā€œnopeā€

neon anvil
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taylor can be proud he made carlos work for it a bit. he can take that and work from there

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i just donā€™t believe jannik is winning this so carlos needs to be in tip top shape to defeat novak

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i think that injury is still there

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neon anvil
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my mom just said ā€œlisten taylor was never beating novak soā€

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like thanks mom šŸ˜‚

mossy gulch
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So Iā€™m cautiously optimistic

cosmic steeple
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I think the whole going down two sets to Grigor is still too fresh in my mind

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I just keep killing Jannik off bc I already thought he was a goner

mossy gulch
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Thatā€™s fair

cosmic steeple
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Well on the brightside itā€™s not another Novak/carlos final

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But idk if Iā€™m ready for another sincaraz final

neon anvil
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taylor had a better day than novak iā€™ll take it

mossy gulch
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mossy gulch
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Iā€™m starting to get nervous for the final later šŸ˜­

cosmic steeple
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Same šŸ˜­

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I feel really bad for Amanda but that was just so incredibly hot from Iga

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IGA WIMBY CHAMP šŸŽ‰šŸŽ‰

mossy gulch
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Iā€™m so happy for her! I wish it hadnā€™t been like that, because in a weird way it diminishes Igaā€™s achievement and I feel so bad for Amanda

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Remember when everyone thought she should skip Wimbledon? šŸ’€

cosmic steeple
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Iga unlocking her full potential on grass after everyone thought she would skip it is kinda funny

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mossy gulch
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It does kinda remind me of ao24 where Jannik went two sets down and when he won that tiebreak he settled himself and was able to start playing the match to his strengths

cosmic steeple
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Well at least theyā€™ve stopped being compared to fedal. Downside is itā€™s now lestappen theyā€™re being compared to

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mossy gulch
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Iā€™d rather Fedal šŸ’€

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cosmic steeple
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Oh thank god Jannik won

lunar maple
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Yup

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I was initially like

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Iā€™ve seen this before

cosmic steeple
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If he lost after having three championship points again I wasnā€™t gonna be able to sleep

lunar maple
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When he had his first championship point

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Thank God the story didnā€™t repeat

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What a fun game

cosmic steeple
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The commentators kept saying theyā€™ve seen this before

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I was like your jinxing him

lunar maple
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Dang which one?

cosmic steeple
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McEnroe who else

lunar maple
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The commentators on mine didnā€™t mention it at all

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Oh no wonder

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I canā€™t tell who are mine

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But theyā€™re deffo not McEnroe

cosmic steeple
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Wait now itā€™s really hitting that Carlos lost a slam šŸ˜¦

lunar maple
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Oof

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At my end

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Like Roland garros

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My WiFi went out

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Stupid shit

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Just after he won

lunar maple
cosmic steeple
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Carlos is handling it a lot better than I thought he would

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But he put up a good fight today, nothing to be ashamed of

mossy gulch
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Carlos literally laughing during Jannikā€™s speech šŸ˜­

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Like does he know he lost?

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Iā€™m SO happy Jannik won, it was definitely his turn.

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cosmic steeple
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Someone is definitely stepping on the others foot

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Was there literally nobody else

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Outside of the terrible optics, Jannik looked much more fit working with panichi. Thereā€™s absolutely a lot more that goes on outside of looks but this feels like a downgrade

mossy gulch
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I wonder if this was always the plan. He only fired them for optics, it helped make his case stronger, but he was always going to hire them back once the fuss died down.

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Itā€™s so stupid though, because instead of putting the scandal to bed, which he was about to do!! Heā€™s just reinvigorated it again!

neon anvil
cosmic steeple
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Um safe to say Naomiā€™s not a fan of Emma raducanu

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The courts at cincy are so blue. I feel like Iā€™m back at the Australian open

mossy gulch
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I havenā€™t watched any of Cincy yet

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I didnā€™t want any of Toronto/Montreal either.

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Itā€™s not great for me time zone wise, but I didnā€™t even feel the need to watch the matches on catchup

cosmic steeple
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Eh Iā€™ve mostly tuned into cincy bc I wanted to see all the new upgrades they were talking about. I tuned into arynaā€™s first match and ig she didnā€™t get the pr memo that all the other players did bc she basically said itā€™s all the same

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And you know what maybe Aryna was right lmao

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mossy gulch
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Another Sincaraz final? Love that for us.

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I remember when that was unheard of and now these mfers reunite every 3-5 business days

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Seeing Jannik have to retire is sad. He just looked not okay.

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I know people will probably forget about it soon but event organizers should recognize putting a tennis match at the hottest part of the day when itā€™s in the 90s F and the humidity is horrible is genuinely gonna hurt these players

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It was completely stupid decision, and hopefully having their marquee menā€™s final ruined will make them think twice next time.

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Canada not getting sincaraz and cincy getting a retirement as a final may actually knock some peoples heads right

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Both of them looking so sad that the final ended this way made me want to fly to Cincinnati to punch Ben Navarro

mossy gulch
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I swear to god he better pull out that mixed doubles exhibition that starts TOMORROW

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Siniakova was already going to have to pull all of the weight in that doubles pairing to begin with.

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But they are up against zverev and Bencic so truly just make it a single match between the women

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Mardy Fishā€™s obsession with Rajeev Ram is super weird

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Like whatā€™s his problem

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And itā€™s not even like Rajeev is past it, he literally just won a masters event.

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I mean, I can think of one obvious thing šŸŒš

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I feel like if youā€™ve never seen doubles before then your probably very entertained by this mixed doubles event.

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But it really just takes any player having the slightest doubles experience to be better than the singles only players

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I know this is being nitpicky considering the podcast is called the sports gossip show but this Carlos/emma/jack ā€œlove triangleā€ is literally just straight peopleā€™s fanfiction

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Itā€™s definitely weird

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People are treating them more like fictional characters than real people

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They always end up being weirdly misogynistic towards Emma

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But Iā€™m also 80% sure Emma has a boyfriend whoā€™s outside of tennis completely

neon anvil
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djokovic does not look well

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Well he is 38

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He called a physio

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he just looks like heā€™s got nothing in the tank

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i wonā€™t complain

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It is just wild to me that heā€™s literally hobbling around on court and is still somehow up 2 sets rn

neon anvil
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i just wanted to watch jess

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and now sheā€™s not starting until 10

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i hate men

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What tf does adidas have jpeg in rn

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Ig itā€™s better than the men who look like they have shit stains but not by much

neon anvil
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adidas dropped the ball

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the fila fits are so good

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the yellow and purple chefskiss

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i really wanted to stay up and watch this match but iā€™m so close to falling asleep already

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Is it even a Daniil Medvedev match if heā€™s not playing an insane 5 setter that goes into the middle of the night while acting like quasi-supervillain

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i stayed up as late as i could

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a few games into the 4th set

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ā€œhe wants to go home he gets paid by the match not the hourā€ will stay stuck in my head all day i fear

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speaking to my mother this morning
ā€œdid jess win i went to bedā€
ā€œyes BUT actually they cut over to medvedevā€¦.ā€

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They booed for six minutes straight

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And they were booing for meddy

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Which is more surprising to me

neon anvil
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at one point i was convinced theyā€™d never shut up

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Meddy had to ask them to shut up

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That did leave me feeling bad for bonzi tho, he didnā€™t ask for any of that.

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Oh brother šŸ„ššŸ§‘ā€šŸ¦²

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Like did Carlos have lice or something. Thereā€™s straight up no hair on his head

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Please god tell me this isnā€™t real šŸ˜­

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Did he do it in the bathroom mirror whilst drunk??

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Feels like the only way to explain this choice

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neon anvil
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carlos why did we chop our hair off overnight

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Apparently his brother tried to give him a haircut and messed it up, so he just went bald

lunar maple
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Oh is it?

mossy gulch
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Someone said Rafa has more hair than Carlos rn šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

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Iā€™m giggling. Carlos fr said, well my BOYFRIEND thinks I look good

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Casper šŸ˜­

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Can you even call this an upset. I feel like this is very on brand for Casper atp

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Penkoā€™s always been a sore loser but this is disgusting. Shows how much class she has

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# mossy gulch Bark bark racism bark bark

Sheā€™s immediately gone on the defense saying sheā€™s very much not racist, but the truth is even if Taylor did everything she wanted it still wouldnā€™t have been enough bc sheā€™s mad she lost to a black woman

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Tennis is one of the only sports I know here itā€™s a competition to be the most gracious, most humble. You must be happy for your opponent no matter what. And in this competition poc players are going in with a hand tied behind their back bc nothing will ever be enough

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I love that Naomi spoke out in support and explicitly said that calling a black tennis player uneducated is literally one of the worst things you can say to them.

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And like I can understand if penko doesnā€™t know about the full racial understandings in America. Iā€™m not gonna pretend I know the landscape in every country, but itā€™s the digging down. Shes upset about being seen as racist rather than understand her actions.

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Jannik youā€™re starting to freak me outā€¦

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Iā€™m starting to think that fox charles saw was a bad omen for Jannik

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His first serve is so bad rn

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Ugh this is worse bc itā€™s against Shapo

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Felix !!!!!

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Heā€™s had 3 consecutive r1 exits in slams it makes sense. Something clearly isnā€™t working anymore, but theyā€™ve also been together for so long

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Oh god what a total heartbreaker from Taylor

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She had 8 matchpoints šŸ˜­

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She just needs to stop talking. Sheā€™s lucky Taylor has been so gracious in this bc it could honestly be a lot worse for her

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Canā€™t be happy when Naomi wins until she distances herself from NK šŸ˜ (and maybe not even then)

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I just feel so disappointed by Naomi. She was genuinely a fav for so long, but I just find her so hypocritical

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People reacted completely normal to this of course

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Well the ever looming threat of Novak has reached Carlos. Iā€™d say heā€™s got the advantage but I also said that in AO and look how that ended up.

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the fact that he has been ā€œhurtā€ the whole tournament and yet

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Andy roddick was talking about it in his podcast, Novak is sorta playing into match fitness in these matches. I watched him play learner in r1 vs Taylor in the quarters and it feels like a different player

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The goats are capable of doing that in a way that other players just arenā€™t

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Aryna vs American women in a slam final, here we go again.

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The womenā€™s final is going to be an absolute heartbreaker for whoever loses it. Losing 3 GS finals in a year, or losing 2 in a row (after getting absolutely destroyed in your first). I mean what a choice šŸ˜­

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Crazy that it feels like we waited ages for Sincaraz to meet in a grand slam final and now weā€™ve had three in a row!!

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I did a double take when I saw this thumbnail because for a split second I genuinely thought Kate McKinnon was Denis Shapovalov šŸ¤£

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Right? šŸ˜‚

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Felix talking about how he proposedā€¦

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He is a man written by a woman fr

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Truly one of the good ones.

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Their wedding was so beautiful

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I swear every Asian swing tennis players always get caught with their micro aggressions or just being downright racist

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I suppose theyā€™re never around so many non-white people at once as they are in the Asian swing, and it just bubbles up to the surface šŸ« 

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Saying this when youā€™ve been out injured since Wimbledon and had to retire from a match just a few days ago with the same injury is wild

https://www.tntsports.co.uk/tennis/beijing/2025/zheng-qinwen-iga-swiatek-hits-back-schedule-criticism_sto23226838/story.shtml

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Zheng hits back at Swiatek's criticism of WTA schedule

Zheng Qinwen has hit back at Iga Swiatek's criticism of the WTAā€™s rules and schedule. She said: "The strongest players survive and thatā€™s the rules in my head."

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Itā€™s just sad bc Igaā€™s point got proven literally by her within a couple of days

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Like the wta is especially horrible with their mandatory tournaments, it literally played a part in Iga losing the no.1 ranking last year

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPZi7wKDyR9/? absolutely dead at this response

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Right after his match, we asked Jannik Sinner for his thoughts on Zverevā€™s claim that tournament directors are ā€œhelpingā€ him and Alcaraz by slowing down the courts. Hereā€™s his first reaction (for BB Tennis)

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Like he is just baffled

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And rightly so!

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His face was literally all of us listening to that dumb ass quote

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But really Iā€™m blaming Roger for bringing up this entire debate to being with. Itā€™s given someone like zverev the idea that Jannik/carlos have some unfair advantage instead of him just not being that guy.

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I was pretty surprised that Roger said it, he doesnā€™t usually say anything even vaguely controversial.

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Novax losing to a qualifier?

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With how miserable Shanghai has been itā€™s actually quite sweet to see two cousins in the final.

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So used to tennis players dating republicans/nazis, this is a bit of a shock. Good for her though!

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I donā€™t always agree with Morgan but when sheā€™s right, sheā€™s right

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Iā€™m not even necessarily surprised Carlos lost this early, outside of the fact itā€™s an indoor hc the conditions this year seem to have pissed everyone off

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And honestly him losing early isnā€™t even a bad thing? Bit of a rest before ATP finals and then the Davis cup.

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Hmm I think people just expected more from him. I think a lot of fans, especially the newer ones, thought that he would be like Jannik last year after becoming no1. But last year was an anomaly even for Jannik so why try to hold Carlos to that

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Sabalenka doing an interview on Pierā€™s Morgan with Kyrgios is the final nail in the coffin of me ever being able to support her.

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Of course she said something transphobic during the interview. Of course she did

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Omg what did she say

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I havenā€™t been watching any posts that involve her

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She said itā€™s ā€œunfair to womenā€ if they compete against Trans athletes.

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Oh sheā€™s going down that path

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Have fun girlie

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Nevermind the fact she said this on a show which is known to fuel this stupid narrative, sitting beside a man WHO WAS FOUND GUILTY OF DV.

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Gonna see how WTA/tennis socials are gonna push her image

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Like I swear, they keep trying to make the problematic ones likeable

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Which, sure i get it from a PR standpoint, but like bro

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Sometimes it feels like theyā€™re trying TOO hard

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Itā€™s the ultimate ā€œpick meā€ energy

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Itā€™s just so angering bc she was literally getting transvestigated by kostyk not even a couple weeks ago bc sheā€™s taller and hits harder.

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Itā€™s just so angering bc there have been trans professional tennis players and the world didnā€™t fall apart. She didnā€™t magically dominate the wta. She was just another player.

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WHAT??

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JCF saying ā€œI wish I could have continuedā€ hmmm

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There have always been rumors but Iā€™m shocked it actually happened. And before AO as well.

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Carlos a break down in the 5th to that piece of shit, canā€™t remember the last time I was this stressed watching tennis.

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Ohā€¦myā€¦god he won. HOW?!

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Heā€™s channelling Nadal

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okay I know who I want to win ao lol

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Carlos better beat his ass or we will NEVER hear the end of it

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idc if I sound like a bitch for saying this

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But getting him to do this with a drake song over it

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It makes sense šŸ‘€

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Carlitos šŸ„³šŸ˜

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Like heā€™s even in costume!

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More sluttiness in male tennis please

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Jannikā€™s about to lose and I am STRESSED

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a rough one

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can I say I refuse to acknowledge the winner

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I just think itā€™s weird they decided to cancel the menā€™s tournament this year

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But definitely the right decision

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If you think about it, it kinda evens out

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Like how RG was initially the only slam that didnā€™t skip a year

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Now all the slams have skipped a year