2024 ATP/WTA thread

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Fun Wednesday. 

 

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Very icy exchange at the net. 

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Iga v. Elena for the Doha title tomorrow. 

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Think that I just passed Jenson Brooksby coming out of a Dallas Trader Joe’s as I was walking in.

Don’t think that that makes sense, but it was his doppelgänger if it wasn’t him, because he looked exactly like him. 

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4 hours ago, Napoleon said:

Think that I just passed Jenson Brooksby coming out of a Dallas Trader Joe’s as I was walking in.

Don’t think that that makes sense, but it was his doppelgänger if it wasn’t him, because he looked exactly like him. 

lol. I think he lives and trains in California so that would be unlikely unless he found a girl in Dallas. Tbf that’s how John Isner ended up settling in Dallas

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42 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

lol. I think he lives and trains in California so that would be unlikely unless he found a girl in Dallas. Tbf that’s how John Isner ended up settling in Dallas

Look what I just found…

Yesterday’s post from Dallas, Texas.

Perhaps he’s training at SMU. (Or T-Bar M)

He’s been out  for a bit. I spotted him at the Trader Joe’s @ Walnut Hill & Central Expressway.  (3 miles straight up Central from SMU’s courts (the old Mrs. Baird’s Bread bakery).

Maybe he/his parents have a tax shelter house in Preston Hollow. 

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Peyton v. Mirra Andreeva in Dubai on TC now. 

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Didn’t realize that Mirra had jumped up to the 33 ranking.

Stearns is ranked 65th.

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6-2, 2-6, 6-1 for Peyton.

WTA-special. 

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Hot Paula retired against Lulu Sun in Dubai, gets crazy Jelena next. 

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Kalinskaya was like, "Fuck it, my point". 

 

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Peyton fell to Vondrousova in 3. Sun lost in straights to Penko 

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Aryna ate a 3rd set bagel from Donna, ouch. 

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Retired in the next game. 

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Coco smoked Kalinskaya in the first, AK called for the trainer, miraculously recovered to easily take the match. 

Odd semis for a 1000 after Rybakina retired earlier… 

Iga v. Kalinskaya
Paolini v. hot Sorana 

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Iga went down to someone who is NOT considered one of the biggest hitters in the game.

Definitely pulling for the Italiana diminutiva* in the final.

 

*maybe that’s piccola ragazza italiana in Italian.

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AK on her shock the world tour. 

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Leggy Kalinskaya . . .

 

. . . Blew her serve for the match and was broken at 15-40.

”The Final Meltdown.”

Now 0-30 with Kalinskaya double faulting to go to 0-40… triple match point and then loses…

What an incredible choke!

Happy for Paolini and would love to “console” Kalinskaya.

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Austin WTA 250 main draw begins Monday. 

https://www.flashscore.com/draw/Y5GRkSgT/IqdS0O0G/#/0hJv0rGM/draw

Kalinina/Sloane/Dani/Parry/Peyton some of the fun names. 

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Katie Boulter looks damn amazing on TC now from San Diego. 

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Peyton & Sloane playing doubles in Austin, in a decider now.

Dani lost her dubs match earlier. 

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Plenty of good seats still available. Holy fuck. 

 

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Peyton got rolled in the opener against Schmiedlova. 

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Peyton out, banned from Austin. 

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Peyton out, banned from Austin. 

Oof, Austin Open was using Peyton in all of the promos. Sucks for the tournament she got bounced in round 1

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Not exactly ideal tennis weather tonight, so AK handled shit in a hurry. 

 

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Rain delay at 3-all between Sloane & Sevastova in Austin. Not sure what Sloane did during, but Sevastova reeled off 9 of the next 11. 

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Hot Katie beat Donna in SD. 

Dani retired in Austin. 

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Wish Katie had come here and Danielle had gone there instead. Still disappointed we missed out on Katie last year.

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SD semis ain’t bad at all.

JPeg (1) v. Kostyuk (6)
Navarro (3) v. Boulter 

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That ATX semifinal was low quality tennis between Wang and Kalinina.  So many doubles.

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TC didn’t even fucking air it. 

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Katie/Emma walking on in SD now. 

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1 hour ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

TC didn’t even fucking air it. 

It’s on TC2.  Schmeidlova on now and losing early.

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Katie/Emma are back from a rain delay, very pleasing. 

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All Chinese final in Austin.

Hot Katie steam rolling Navarro in San Diego

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5 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

All Chinese final in Austin.

Just a hunch, but tourney organizers ain't doing a bunch of celebratory toasts this evening. 

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Just a hunch, but tourney organizers ain't doing a bunch of celebratory toasts this evening. 

Watch out for your coke.

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Damn Katie, get you some. 

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Nike is loving this result, however. 

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Damn, JPeg blows 5-1 in the opener to Marta. 

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Then Marta delivers a breadstick. 

So the weird Austin final, & Katie v. Marta for an American 500 trophy. 

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Yue Yuan wins Austin, yippee. 

 

Katie v. Marta in a little over 30. 

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Shit, still another hour. FlashScore lied. 

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Finally walking on court now. 

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Well, that set won’t win any instructional tennis awards. Marta takes the opener. 

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Let’s play 3, ladies. 

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That a woman, Katie!