he’d be rolling over in his grave at the thought of his body being used to advance modern medicine

Probably not. He hadn’t won there since 2008 and it’s not like he was losing to only Rafaole (in fact he never played Rafa there, lost to Nole 3 times post-2008) in those years. I think somebody would’ve probably got him at that point in his career, definitely Thiem would be the favorite if they met before the finals. If he somehow gets to the final then he probably would’ve beaten both Thiem and Zverev given they handled the moment horrifically and he’s an experienced champion but I doubt his ability to get to that final.

Carlos has two slams and a year end #1 and people are already saying he’s being replaced by Sinner and Rune… who have a grand total of one GS semifinal between them 😭

He’s clearly struggled slightly since Wimbledon but I think people should look at Nadals 2005-2007 years and Novaks 2008-2010 years and Federers pre-2003 years and realize they were losing a lot of matches besides to just each other as well and they weren’t winning every tournament they entered at 20 years old.

I’m kinda glad he had a relatively bad second half of the season tho cuz I do think he needs to work on his backhand in general as well as rally tolerance and shot selection and I think Becker and others saying things like this is gonna give him a lot of motivation (although I think he already has a lot of inner motivation already).

Btw this is a joke y’all, some of u are so tightly strung my goodness!

Both of their fall match-ups had one of the two being worn out but I just find it funny that this dorky kid is the only one to have beaten Sinner post-puke, instead of, say, Novak, Carlos or Meddy like you might expect 😂😂

Tough way for Andrey to end otherwise his best season. He’s got beating everyone out of the top 10 down pat but he’s gotta add more dimensions to his game and work on the mental side to say the least when he gets frustrated.

Just checked out his twitter and in just a small amount of scrolling saw he interacts with Pavy G and that whole ilk. Lol.

This is why I never put much weight on this tournament, the players are beat-up at the end of the year and the format is very convoluted allowing a player to lose two matches and still win the tournament theoretically. It has a lot of points and purse but not prestige.

That’s why we’ve had so many non-big 4 winners compared to the slams like nalbandian, grigor, daveydenko, stef, zverev (x2), medvedev (at least he’s won a slam tho).

Carlos been fighting for his life in their matchup for 2 years and then would get online and see people call Sinner a fraud, he’s been TIRED 😭😭

1. Premise of post isn’t true. Every time he acts like this there are quite literally 8-10 posts that day about it with dozens of comments all saying similar things to “he needs to get help, this isn’t okay”. Check the day of his hubi loss in shanghai.

2. He takes it out on himself for the most part (except for that incident yelling at the camera man). He isn’t usually yelling at the chair umpire, opponents, ball boys, fans etc he’s usually just destroying his own knees which while still unhealthy is less off-putting than punishing someone else for his frustration.

3. Off the court he’s clearly a nice, fun, mild-mannered and well-liked guy who likes to joke around. he stays in lines for a long time signing autographs and taking pics for fans, fawns over his fellow players as well as jokes around with them a lot, is clever, charming and has a god self-deprecating humor in interviews etc. So it seems clear he’s not a bad guy off the court, unlike a lot of the guys who act badly on court who have similar asshole behavior off the court.

Very fitting, though I need Holger and Sinner to do it in a slam to really prove themselves.

If Rublev took things too personally he couldn’t play tennis considering he has like 11 boyfriends on tour at any given time smh

If Chung hadn’t been perpetually injured, Novak would still be at 12 slams.

Like others I think you should get her tickets to the Indian Wells tournament in March (assuming you’re American). Make a 4 day trip of it or so, it’s known by fans and players alike for being a tennis paradise because of the facilities as well as the surrounding environment.

Choosing “things” like rackets, apparel, shoes etc is kind of risky because people can be very particular and like to pick that out themselves but a gift card to Tennis Warehouse or something would be too impersonal.

Also studies have shown that people usually say they look back and are happier with the money they spent on “experiences,” vs “things” so if you went with her I think it could be a memorable you both always look back on fondly.

she should give back her 2003 FO title then that was built off of the crowd bullying serena despite justine being in the wrong

I’m gay and love their friendship but I don’t personally want too many of these “oh they’re secretly gay for each other” innuendos cuz I feel like it makes some people resent even normal friendly interactions between players or something idk.

Here’s the full video btw https://x.com/mylewisrgone/status/1722407455572042129?s=46&t=upAHZVZmMA6ebsfJplA4LA

I’m not sure he knows how to work that machine any better than his phone 😭

Jack Sock

“Actually, you know what, FUCK THIS, I am sick of communicating”

Dimitrov continues to be the player with the most random results. Feels like he disappears for months then he’s randomly beating top 5 guys week after week then he leaves again 😭