Saudi Arabia executed 347 people this year but let’s definitely have more tennis events there. 👍🏻

Can’t say I’ve been particularly wowed by anyone at the Next Gens. Whole thing’s a bit meh without the power and pizzazz of Fonseca.

The thing I don’t like the vibe of with the split is that it sounds like money and family and stuff that isn’t player/coach. If Carlitos wanted JCF to stay this is BAD. For the lad and for the tennis. Time will tell.

PIF can go to hell but I’ll never not love the Next Gen Finals.

I know we’re all shocked and shit but hasn’t JCF been effectively offboarding ever since Lopez came on the team..?

Man, Carlitos and JCF. Damn. What? Why? Who quit who? It might work out just fine. It really might not. This stuff is very, very unpredictable. I’m anxious.

People die. It’s the way shit goes. But not Rob Reiner. Not like that. The world is a sick fuckin disgrace. To hell with it.

The #WTA 2025 Shot of the Year goes to our mercurial genius Karolina Muchova #Tennis

Thank you to the lovely audience member at @hayfestival who shared that her daughter had once corrected her pronunciation of ‘epiphany’ and told her it should of course be ‘epi-fanny’. Which word have you royally mispronounced because you’d only ever seen it written down?

Watching Carlitos and Foe larking about in New Jersey warms the heart.

Wasn’t her wedding to her ex Shevchenko sponsored by Gazsprom? Has there been a real change of allegiance from her end or is it a matter of convenience?

NEW: It's our 2025 #ATP wrap "Heated Rivalry" Sincaraz demoralizes everyone + Djokovic, 5 first-time Masters winners, the tragedy of Grigor, Learner & Joao, the Med/Tsitsi conundrum, and much more! (and here comes Serena Williams to upstage us once again) thebodyserve.podbean.com/e/heated-riv...

Genocide just as Lemkin defined it. euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/27/r...

Random 2025 in review mini rant. I still don’t believe Sinner’s story. Too complicated and too much of it just didn’t check out. Just sayin’.

Completely astonishing from Cobolli. Dude must’ve been totally shattered after the Bergs match. And he picks himself off the floor and goes again and fuckn wins it for Italy. Massive and memorable. 🔥 🎾

Spain and Italy making the final without Carlitos and Sinner is pretty rad. And probably for the best. We could have easily ended up with another deciding showdown between the New Two, who already dominate everything as it is. Let some other guys take the spotlight and be the hero. Game on!

Cobolli and Bergs shed blood, sweat, and tears in one of the greatest tie-breaks in living memory. Insane tennis, insane atmosphere, insane everything. Good as it gets.

Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Bublik are among those set to compete at a controversial St. Petersburg exhibition ⬇️ #Tennis

Reflections on yesterday’s final. Sinner is indisputably the best indoor player in the world. Relentless precision. Amazing. Carlos also amazed. He’s gone from clearly neither liking nor thriving indoors to being the second best in the world at it. Exponential growth. Good luck to the rest.

As we march toward what looks like another Sinner-Alcaraz final, curious to get y’all’s thoughts: Who has had the third-best season in mens tennis? The fourth-best? And why?

Checks score. Presumes Carlitos blew Felix off the court. The final Sincaraz final of the year. Salivation.

It’s been very hard to imagine anyone beating Carlitos or Sinner at this stage of a tournament for about two years now. Hard to imagine it will be any different today.

Just think. We don’t have to see or hear from Zverev again until 2026. Bliss.

Can’t watch but wishing Felix godspeed in destroying the toxic pterodactyl.

Carlos Alcaraz will be the year-end No. 1 for the second time in his career. Younger to do that at 22 than any of the Big Three www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...

And now officially. The end of year world #1… Carlitos ‘muthafuckn’ Alcaraz Garfia.

Correct me if I’m wrong but Carlos is now guaranteed 11650 points for making the SF and Sinner would end with 11500 points if he won the tournament undefeated.

C’mon Alex. C’MON!!

Man, I hope Alex can find a way today. Feels like an age since he beat a top ten player. Dude sorely deserves a big win.

What a match. How much did those guys give out there? Everything. All of it. Grazie. 🔥🎾

Perfect match for Carlitos to bed himself in. De Minaur can’t beat him but can run him around plenty. 32 winners. BHDTL on fire. Looking good. 👍🏻🔥

You gotta think that Carlitos will bring everything he’s got to Turin. He’s not as good as Sinner on indoor hard (no one is) but if he’s feeling it he can take out everyone else and secure #1. Methinks it will be a very spicy week.

15/20% more muscle and power and Tien could be a proper menace.

In truth, Rybakina’s entire vibe reminds me of a Soviet era gymnast. And I can’t say anything sadder and more depressing than that.

Astounding hitting from Rybakina but, I’m gonna say it, not a great match from Aryna. Slices, short angles, droppers. She has them. Felt like ego got in the way. ‘No one hits me off the court’. Rybakina’s an average mover. Make her pay for that vulnerability if you’ve got the tools…

Aryna’s added so many layers to her game and none of them are here. If you’re being wiped from the baseline gotta try something else...

Rybakina’s spears of ice are melting Aryna’s bolts of fire… Hell of a set. ❄️🔥

One of the best sets I’ve ever seen Musetti play. Absolutely elite. But it’s time for Aryna and Elena. Boom.

“Djokovic isn’t as old as the Acropolis but it feels like it sometimes.” Simon Reed on comms. 😂😂

The Sincaraz practice set in Turin is friendly fire. It’s also the best tennis played anywhere in the world. The speed, power, and dynamism is just surreal.

There’s a limit to my excitement when Pegula’s involved but that was a match. Rybakina erratic as hell but she really banged it when it mattered. 50% of the final is set.

The vulnerabilities in Coco’s game are proving fatal today. And Aryna is exposing them ruthlessly.

BOOM. Anisimova romps through. Damn I love to watch her hitting tennis balls. Eldritch power. She’s coming for the slams in 2026. You know it.

Iga living dangerously out there. Feels very much on Amanda’s racquet…

Riyadh makes me want to vom. But I’m seated for Amanda/Iga…

Swiatek and Rybakina playing in the kind of ecstatic, uproarious atmosphere you’d expect from a funeral in the Antarctic. Depressing beyond words.

How do things have to play out in Turin for Carlitos to get EOY #1?

The man’s something of a twerp but there are very few players with the talent and imagination of Bublik. He can make you say ‘wow’ aloud.

Jim Courier’s schedule for Carlitos next year. All built around getting three week breaks for body and mind. Makes a lot of sense.

And there goes Norrie. Lucky enough to be there for Charlie’s random nightmare, not good enough to win another match. Allez Vacherot. 👍🏻