at this point Vukov is getting as much screen time as the players. It's a real shame on the broadcast team because they know the history. It's not ignorance.

“The tennis kids are awful. And softball kids are just WEIRD. The swim kids are normal.” Conversations with a pre-teen. 😂😂

Musings

Man, this women’s doubles final is fuuuuunnnn!!!!

Hey #TennisSky, if you're interested, here's a gift link for a NY Times article that details the planned new ATP Tour schedule, which will accommodate the new Saudi 1000. Bottom line? Buenos Aires, Acapulco, and South American fans screwed over. www.nytimes.com/athletic/710...

This man, like his colleague Peter Thiel, is a dangerous, extremist, deranged, lunatic who should not receive 1 cent of public funding for anything...and every Democrat needs to make that a campaign commitment. Time to end the Palantir grift and malevolence train.

Katerina Siniakova & Taylor Townsend are into the finals with a dominant win 6-2, 6-2 over No. 1 seeds Sara Errani & Jasmine Paolini. Kat & Taylor look to win their 1st title together in over a year (2025 Dubai), which is shocking it’s been that long for their standards.

The fun thing about Carlos is he brings the best out of his opponents and beats them anyway. Totally different from the Sinner/Djokovic way of suffocating their opponents and draining all the joy from the match.

Just turned on the match to see the First Gentleman of the Serbian Theatre staggering about his stage. 🙄

Evert claims Rybakina and her coach are back "seemingly in a healthy place." How do we know this? Because she's winning? Tina Turner had hits with Ike.

One thing I get tired of hearing is how we need to respect his achievements etc. No, I really don’t need to do that. I didn’t like him before the pandemic but the pandemic made me despise him. He is a bad person & that makes it impossible for me to acknowledge his achievements or accord him respect.

One by one, they're coming after our most fundamental freedoms, our basic rights. Systematically. Using every tool at their disposal. Freedom of expression. The right to assembly. The right to vote. They have been since Day 1. We're in serious trouble, folks. Fight back or lose them forever.

Also, I wish I could find something funny about ICE. Must be nice

If players are happy with what’s going, why won’t they just say so? I truly don’t get this posturing or why it’s endorsed by Sen. Cruz (R-TX)

Lucky lucky lucky. Missed hitting that ball kid and now a walkover. I cannot.

News: Ben Shelton vs Casper Ruud will now take place on Rod Laver Arena tomorrow after Mensik withdrew vs Djokovic. Probably the right decision considering you imagine fans bought tickets to see Sinner on MCA once the schedule dropped 3 hours ago now. Also a far more competitive match anyway.

Learning that Djokovic AGAIN swatted a ball in anger near court staff THE DAY AFTER his wife wrote an IG essay about Naomi’s sportsmanship and etiquette

Alright let's preserve the ancient texts. Reply with the looks that should be enshrined in the Tennis Fashion HOF.

Hailey Heats Up The 2026 season has been a struggle for Hailey Baptiste so far. But, right when the stakes (and prize money and ranking points) were highest, the American levels up her game, defeating Storm Hunter, 6-2, 6-1 to set up a potential 3rd round with Coco Gauff.

Clara Tauson wins 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 against Polina Kudermetova What a battle to set up a meeting with Mboko in the 3rd Round in Melbourn 📸 Jimmie48/WTA Tour

Vicky Mboko with a tough straight set win over Caty McNally. The scoreline makes it look straightforward but that was a hard-fought slugfest, and Mboko had to fight her way back from a 2-break deficit in the 2nd set. Outstanding performance! 💪🇨🇦🎾 #AusOpen

Potapova defeats Emma Raducanu, 7-6, 6-2.

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Bleak stuff from Madison Keys as she kicks off her title defenses. She’s down 0-4 in the first set 😵‍💫

Alycia Parks shuts down the pro Eala crowd to win 0-6, 6-3, 6-2 Impressive mental effort after how poorly the opening set went, was an awesome atmosphere. 📸 Jimmie48/WTA Tour

I turned on Baptiste v Vondrousova and see Taylor Townsend warming up Exciting all-American match 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Marketa apparently withdrew an hour ago and Taylor just got into AO singles as a lucky loser

Am I just learning correctly that with an ESPN+ account AND ESPN channels through YouTube TV, that isn’t good enough to get all of the courts at the Australian Open?!?

this espn fuckery for the slams???? how many subs do these bastards require??????

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Andy's was bigger

Matteo 🤕🤕😢😢 #Ausopen2026

Joanna Garland taking out the trash. 🙌🏻

I watched the news last week, oh boy [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/a...

Would like to start the new year by reiterating that fans enjoy mixed doubles. If (most of) the 1000 tournaments are going to be two-week events, let’s add mixed to the mix! 🎾

Someone on Twitter: but guys, this brought a lot of attention to tennis. Me:

Nice line by Jonathan Chait in describing the essence of anti-anti-Trumpism. "The Free Press, which she [Bari Weiss] continues to edit while running CBS News, publishes obsessively and unremittingly negative coverage of New York Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani, but holds symposia on Donald Trump."

just thinking about how popular tennis got after challengers and now heated rivalry is making people want to go to the boy aquarium pro sports, the answer is homoerotic fiction, get on it

Yesterday Frances Tiafoe and Ayan Broomfield hosted a food and clothing drive for the local community here in my county. Love how both of them support this county and its people. 😊

2025 was both a great season for Gauff and a warning. Again, such a fascinating “will she solve this?“ journey to watch. Living on the edge…

No wonder Casper had his hood up when he was pictured earlier, what has he done 😭

Forward to the Final Casper Ruud keeps his hopes alive for a trip to Turin, getting by Denis Shapovalov, 6-3, 6-4, to reach the championship showdown in Stockholm. The Norwegian moves forward in a tightening race for the last few spots at the ATP Finals, currently sitting at #11.

Emotional Rune Tears Achilles, Retires in Pain From Stockholm Semifinals – Tennis Now https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/222547/ By Richard Pagliaro | Saturday, October 18, 2025Photo credit: Tennis TV Screen Shot Holger Rune’s Stockholm semifinal—and his…

Go Coco!! 🎉🎉 Wuhan WTA 1000 champion

When 99% of the time the answer we hear is effectively "I just focus on myself" -- I cannot even begin to articulate how refreshing and awesome this Jessica Pegula answer is:

THE Venus Williams practicing at the US Open

#USOpen #Alcarazhaircut 😱

guys what is this

Jannik Sinner 🤩 at Nike NYC

Nike merch features Aryna, Qinwen, and Naomi