ppprobably? Read more

australian 2010. so, 2.5 years ago. it's been a while! Read more

Now Benneteau is hobbling. Wasn't he hurt earlier in this match? Wasn't watching then. Friend said it happened in the third. Read more

Roger looks oooold. Yesterday Rafa was blown away by a guy who was playing out of his mind (Jimmy Connors described it nicely here: https://twitter.com/JimmyConnors/status/218468821244194816). Today? Idk. Fed looks like he's playing on the same level as Benneteau. Also that tiebreak was excruciating Read more

i think it's according to the person doing the buying. i think there's this inflated view that Twitter is a direct reflection of your self-worth. And people can get easily frustrated when their follower count isn't in proportion with their own sense of fame. or, you know, when they see another person in their industry… Read more

yeah, stage is different and ultimately the two (boxing, tennis) are hard to compare for those reasons alone. but by far the best thing about the rafa/fed/djoker era: these guys DO NOT lose early. so it really just *felt* shocking beyond all the stats (100 v. 2; hasn't lost in the 2nd round in 7 years; guy hasn't… Read more

also: thanks to that closed roof, has wimbledon been louder? obviously wasn't there for any of these matches, but it sounds a lot like when rafa won the '08 thriller against fed. Read more

It's mostly nonsense. This has been an issue for years and it didn't hold back women's tennis a decade ago when we were in a golden era. Monica Seles grunted, Rafa grunts with the best of them and so does Djokovic. If the women's side were as consistently good as the men's, the WTA wouldn't be bothering with this.… Read more

aaand Venus just did the whole "everything is fine" routine in her presser: “I'm up for challenges. I have great tennis in me." I mean...I guess it's nice that she doesn't want to quit in a game that is filled with early retirements/quitters. But? This seems delusional. Read more