October 25, 20214 yr Alexandrova was up a set & 4-0 for the Moscow title against Kontaveit, blew it in 3. Ann Li beat Osorio Serrano to win a Spain 250.
October 25, 20214 yr Serrano is a cutie. I’m glad South America finally has a decent women’s tennis player
October 26, 20214 yr 10 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said: Serrano is a cutie. I’m glad South America finally has a decent women’s tennis player ¿Qué? 2020 French Open Semifinalist Nadia Podoroska (Argentina) is going to smack you with the 720 rankings points she got for making it to the semifinals while you fawn over the 150 rankings points that Osorio Serrano earned for losing to Ann Li. Edited October 26, 20214 yr by Napoleon
October 26, 20214 yr 5 minutes ago, Napoleon said: ¿Qué? 2020 French Open Semifinalist Nadia Podoroska (Argentina) is going to smack you with the 720 rankings points she got for making it to the semifinals while you fawn over the 150 rankings points that Osorio Serrano earned for losing to Ann Li. She's about as Argentinean as Osaka is Japanese. Maybe less!
October 26, 20214 yr 38 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said: She's about as Argentinean as Osaka is Japanese. Maybe less! WTF? Born, Raised, and Traveled The South American ITF circuit before moving to Europe at around 20 years of age. Why would she not be totally fucking Argentine? Is Medvedev not Russian because he now trains in Monoco? Is Tsitsipas not Greek anymore for the same reason? Same for Djokovic? Is Gabriela Sabatini no longer Argentine now that she lives with her lesbian lover in Miami? Does she need a Spanish or Italian last name to be Argentine? She’s from Messi & Di Maria’s home town of Rosario. Argentina is a country of immigrants, like the USA. Names and lineage come from all over Europe, pero ella es cien por ciento argentina 🇦🇷. FROM WIKI: “Podoroska was born on February 10, 1997 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. She grew up in a middle-class family in Fisherton, a neighborhood founded in the late 1880s by railroad workers. She is one of three children born to father Marcelo and mother Irene; she is of Ukrainian descent as her grandparents were Ukrainian but she does not speak the language at all.[4] Her father was a watchmaker by profession who over the years became a pharmacist, and her mother is also a pharmacist. She was the first in her family to play tennis, a sport that she began to practice at the Fisherton Athletic Club at the age of five. As a child, she followed the performances of the Argentine male tennis players, especially Guillermo Cañas, although not so much of the national female representatives because they were broadcast infrequently on television. Among the female tennis players, she admired sisters Venus and Serena Williams.[5] Her first years on the circuit were complicated, due to financial difficulties to compete internationally. In late 2017, she suffered several injuries that put her career in jeopardy. Upon her return, she took the decision of going to live in Alicante, Spain, to settle in Europe and have greater chances of competing weekly. In addition, she began to be trained by Juan Pablo Guzmán and Emiliano Redondi. She added Pedro Merani to her team, with whom she performs a mental training based on bompu zen and neuroscience, an aspect that she considered important to change her attitude towards tennis and its matches.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Podoroska Edited October 26, 20214 yr by Napoleon
October 26, 20214 yr I see she spent more time in Argentina than I thought. It wasn't a Sharapova/Osaka situation where they were born in the nation they represent but moved to another country as a toddler. Regardless, Podoroska AND Ossario Serrano are great for South America. Before those two, there were times where no south american woman was in the top 300 of the WTA ranks. Hopefully this kickstarts the sport again for girls in South America.
October 26, 20214 yr After rereading the Wiki line: ”In late 2017, she suffered several injuries that put her career in jeopardy. Upon her return, she took the decision of going to live in Alicante, Spain, to settle in Europe…” Just realized that she may have gone over in 2018 or even 2019. She has spent all but 2 or 3 years of your life in Argentina. At the 2020 French Open, none of the announcers & talking heads had ever heard of her and they know about EVERYONE. If you play juniors in European/ USA/ Asian events at all, they are familiar with you and they didn’t have a clue who Nadia was or where she’d come from. All that said, Camila Osorio Serrano is going to have the much better career. She’s 19 and moving on up. She won a tournament earlier this year, and I don’t know if Podoroska will ever win a singles tournament. Osorio will have to carry the singles banner and Podoroska is more likely to carry the doubles banner for the Spanish speakers of South America. (There is a Brazilian chica name “Stefani” or something who is far and away the best doubles player south of Panama.)
October 26, 20214 yr Simona & Emma are playing a Transylvania 250, but unfortunately there are no fans. Draw Emma plays this morning.
October 26, 20214 yr This match should be on the Tennis Channel right now, but they are showing Tsitsipas v. Dimitrov. (Programming director must have a thing for guys in tight shorts. 😟)
October 26, 20214 yr Emma is on the Tennis Channel right now against a tall drink of water. She won her first service game, so it likely won’t be another Indian Wells nightmare.
October 26, 20214 yr CHECK THAT: Raducanu has gone from a break up in the 1st set to down a break in the first set with Hercog serving for the set right now. *Hercog has won 4 straight games, but does she have the nads to serve it out? Edited October 26, 20214 yr by Napoleon
October 26, 20214 yr EMMA SPOILER ALERT Spoiler The young Canadian Chinese Romanian Londoner tries not to win the 2nd set, but finally does on her 3rd “set point”. 4-6. 7-5. [toilet break] Raducanu wins her first set since the US Open. … Tennis 🎾… 🏸🎾
October 27, 20214 yr Murray is playing Alcaraz in Vienna now. The ball kids are using small nets to scoop the balls, but still obviously have to use their hands to roll them wherever. Makes sense.
October 27, 20214 yr Covid theater is comedic at times. We’ve known since early 2020 Covid is an airborne virus and doesn’t spread on surfaces, so this is a throwback to the first month of the pandemic. They should next level it and sterilize their balls after each use Edited October 27, 20214 yr by perfectchaos007
October 28, 20214 yr Millman just beat Karatsev in St. Petersburg. Maybe Aslan had a late night or something, because he seemed off all match. Hitting wide or long. Lots of overcooked unforced errors. TCU’s Cam Norrie took the first set from FAA 6-2 without losing a single point on his 4 service games. Not a one. And he even had the announcer jinx to get past with the setup of “If he wins this next point, he will have won all four of his service games without losing a point.” and yet he survived the jinx. Fritz & Tommy Paul play shortly and… Emma Raducanu takes the court against [????] at 7:30am CDT… and The Tennis Channel will show her every breath. NOTE: Cam Norrie just won his first service game of the second set at love. TWENTY straight points on his own serve this match. JFC!
October 28, 20214 yr Cam Norrie got to 30 straight points on serve to start the match and has now lost two straight to serve at 30-30 at 4-3 in the second set. That is nuts!!
October 29, 20214 yr In the battle of insanely fit Euro teens, Kostyuk is up a break over Raducanu early in the first set in Transylvania. Radu lost her first service game, but looks to have found her groove. Edited October 29, 20214 yr by Napoleon
November 1, 20214 yr Anett is on a muthafuckin’ roll! Both American male 20-somethings lost their finals today.
November 5, 20214 yr Dani beat Pavs in a long 3-setter to force the deciding doubles rubber against Russia in Fed Cup (I ain’t calling it by its new name). Will be CoCo V./Dolehide battling Kudermetova/Kasatkina for a spot in the finals.
November 5, 20214 yr Damn, both squads switched their lineup. It’s now Rogers/Vandeweghe v. Kudermetova/Samsonova.
November 7, 20214 yr 7 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Samsonova clinches it all for the Commies. Good for the Italian girl with Russian roots!
November 7, 20214 yr Listening to THE TENNIS PODCAST wrap up of the Billie Jean Cup and apparently Russia cheated to manipulate the lineups. The lineup goes by rankings, so Russia's #1, Pavyluchenkova, has a 2-6 record against Bencic and Russia's #4 player, Samsonova, is 2-0 vs Bencic. The only way to match up Samsonova vs Bencic is to put Pavyluchenkova in the lineup card so that Kasatkina is the #2 and then wait until about 15 minutes before the Pavyluchenkova vs Bencic match to announce that Pavyluchenkova had an injury. Her knee injury was "confirmed by an independent doctor". Normally I don't like Ruskie cheating, but anytime that Bencic can fail due to foul play, I don't mind the foul play. 😁
November 9, 20214 yr Emma just ate a breadstick as the #1 seed in Linz from one of the Wangs that suck.
November 9, 20214 yr WTA Finals start tomorrow. L-R: Kontaveit, Muguruza, Sakkari, Sabalenka, Krejcikova, Pliskova, Swiatek, Badosa
November 9, 20214 yr WTA Finals start tomorrow. L-R: Kontaveit, Muguruza, Sakkari, Sabalenka, Krejcikova, Pliskova, Swiatek, Badosa 1,7,2,4,6,8,5,3Kontaveit way hotter than when playing tennis, Sakkari also, Swiatek too. Badosa surprisingly worse. If Sabalenka was 2” shorter she’d be my #1
November 10, 20214 yr 12 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: WTA Finals start tomorrow. L-R: Kontaveit, Muguruza, Sakkari, Sabalenka, Krejcikova, Pliskova, Swiatek, Badosa Iga’s wearing a lovely 1980s Highland Park front drape modeled after those seen on “Dynasty”. So much ankle!! She is not yet comfortable with her own sexuality. High school homecoming dresses in the state of Texas would have her running to her bedroom crying. Pliskova on the court has me mesmerized by how big her nose is and whether it helps her aerodynamics during rallies. Pliskova her has me thinking that I could eat for days. 👀 Sakkari looks surprisingly feminine. Konteveit looks like a swinger from London in the mid-‘60s, but you have to remember her body from the court to know what a nice package awaits you when that pink slip drops to the floor. Muguruza looks surprisingly feminine as well. Only a tiny fraction of the surly lesbian vibe she emits on the court. Edited November 10, 20214 yr by Napoleon
November 11, 20214 yr That was a fun third set, KP wins in a crazy breaker. Balls are fucking flying in this altitude.
November 11, 20214 yr What a thrilling WTA semi finals in Linz. A retirement and a withdrawal. Organizers must be thrilled
November 11, 20214 yr Murray lost to Tommy Paul in 3. At least he's not Venus or Clijsters, he fucking competes. Sakkari v. Swiatek now.
November 12, 20214 yr 5 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said: What a thrilling WTA semi finals in Linz. A retirement and a withdrawal. Organizers must be thrilled VS VAMOS ROMANIA!!!
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