December 29, 20231 yr We’re back, kids. United Cup is underway, Boulter v. Tomljanovic later tonight will not suck. https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/2084/united-cup/2023/order-of-play
December 31, 20231 yr Author Boulter just beat JPeg in 3 long ones. Hot Camila up in the decider against Stearns from Brisbane. https://www.flashscore.com/draw/ABL0mf23/lroJtQ2g/#/lroJtQ2g/draw Naomi is back in that one.
January 4, 20241 yr Author Emma & Svitolina have split breakers in Auckland. Amanda got destroyed earlier, 0 & 1 in 51 minutes by Bouzkova.
January 4, 20241 yr 8 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Emma & Svitolina have split breakers in Auckland. Amanda got destroyed earlier, 0 & 1 in 51 minutes by Bouzkova. Amanda has been on the Serena diet since her dad passed. Can’t blame her for handling trauma in that manner, but her tennis career is probably done
January 6, 20241 yr On 1/1/2024 at 7:56 PM, shadow_operative2.0 said: Has a winnable match next, then would likely get Coco. FUCK McCartney Kessler and the horse she road in on!!!
January 7, 20241 yr Author Auckland final, Coco v. Svitolina at 10. Brisbane final, Aryna v. Rybakina at 10:30. Good job, WTA.
January 8, 20241 yr Author Stearns v. Gracheva from Hobart now. https://www.flashscore.com/draw/Wb32TbBs/6e9WkbGm/
January 8, 20241 yr Author Dani got worked. Hot Badosa back for first time since Wimbledon, this match is not hard on the eyes.
January 10, 20241 yr Australian Open Qualies going on right now: Signed UT recruit Maya Joint last summer changed to representing Australia. Got a wildcard and beat top 200 Natalija Stevanovic today. Here is a link to the match. Hopefully she still comes to Texas and does not skip college. https://ausopen.com/video-player#!?videoId=6344582515112 Lulu Sun plays later. Lulu reached the main draw last week in New Zealand and is now back to her career high ranking (189). Miguel Angel Reyes Varela (class of '09) was recently elected to the player's council. Lloyd Glasspool won at ATP doubles title in Brisbane last week.
January 10, 20241 yr Author And our girls posed for a pic. JPeg struggled past Pera in 3 in Adelaide.
January 11, 20241 yr Author We’ll get an AO thread later, but just check out the last names Iga will potentially have to go through.
January 11, 20241 yr 23 minutes ago, gsoda3 said: Is Olga danilovic's qualifier in 10 minutes going to be broadcast anywhere? All qualifying is on WatchESPN, you just need to know which court she's playing on. I'm watching Lulu
January 11, 20241 yr Author In all my years of tennis posts, that wins the award for most random request. Looks like it's pushed back to at least midnight, holler of you're still up then, I'll find a stream.
January 11, 20241 yr Lulu is through to the finals of qualifying along with Maya Joint. Joint plays the #1 seed in quallies next, so thats a rough draw for her
January 12, 20241 yr Good effort by Joint, but she fell in 3 sets in the final round of qualifying to a top 100 player. Sun will try to qualify next
January 12, 20241 yr I somehow missed the news that both Bencic and Kvitova withdrew from the Australian open due to pregnancy.
January 12, 20241 yr Author And Genie played her maiden pickleball tourney in Palm Springs this week. Not quite the same.
January 12, 20241 yr Author JPeg withdrew from the Adelaide semis with a tummy ache, Jelena will face DasKa in the final. Emma Navarro is in her maiden final in Hobart, gets Mertens. Never knew this about Emma. Quote Navarro is the daughter of billionaire businessman Ben Navarro She can trade notes with JPeg.
January 13, 20241 yr Author Emma gets massive help from a net cord to break in the decider to 6-5, serving for the hardware now.
January 24, 20241 yr Author This is pretty crazy. Has never won a Slam. Edited January 24, 20241 yr by shadow_operative2.0 *men’s Slam, has one mixed.
January 28, 20241 yr On 1/23/2024 at 10:01 PM, shadow_operative2.0 said: This is pretty crazy. Has never won a Slam. This post didn’t age well. He won a men’s doubles slam before becoming #1. There in lies the shmewww!
February 2, 20241 yr Author Dallas Open at SMU kicks off tomorrow with a Genie v. Caro exhibition. https://www.dallasopen.com/
February 4, 20241 yr Author Pretty sick women's draw for a 28-player 500 in Abu Dhabi. https://www.flashscore.com/draw/jFIDyvG4/QgmblTrj/#/4pn2mmbd/draw
February 6, 20241 yr On 2/3/2024 at 3:06 PM, shadow_operative2.0 said: My sister is in town (Dallas) and said that “there is some tennis thing at SMU and people in her hotel are part of it… or something.” I looked up the tour and saw that the boys are back in town. Lots of good Americans in the tournament this year. Basically Fritz & Korda are the top American guys not here, but about 4 to 6 are guys I’d buy a ticket to see.
February 7, 20241 yr Naomi Osaka was up 5-4 and at 30-30 on Danielle Collins’ serve to take the first set 6-4. How did the match go from: Osaka 5 [30] Collins 4 [30] Would you believe… Osaka 5 0 Collins 7 6
February 11, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: @Bullneck, this is the current thread. OK, old man yells at cloud. Happy, Pappy?
February 12, 20241 yr Author Doha is back to a 1000 this year, pretty good draw minus Aryna. https://www.flashscore.com/draw/KY69TzHq/tIXcOBPn/#/hhy2NVvg/draw Emma v. Kalinina & Peyton v. Mertens at 3a.
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