This was so helpful yesterday and probably even moreso today

Getting ready for Day 2 — great concise summary of the day’s matches

Interesting the Djokovic and Naomi gave similar answers about stepping away from the respective agencies they founded The perils of being the face of a brand

Fell asleep for before Venus’s match, not sure I can bear to watch it back …

Happy to introduce, BreakZone (i'll just post with #breakzone) It applies when: - a match enters a tiebreak - a match enters the final set (best of 5 for ATP, best of 3 for WTA) - 3-3 in the final set (best of 5 for ATP, best of 3 for WTA) Only for Grand Slams ofc 😂

First five setter of AO goes to Etcheverry!

And now deuce #5

Time for Townsend/Baptiste!

Poots with the most Poots celebration imaginable ... a true pantomime villain 😂

Putinseva bows to the crowd 😂

Pretty sure someone in the crowd on court 6 yelled “allez”? 🤣

Scenes from a classic R1 match

Bia finally holds on her sixth deuce on a second serve serve and volley

Fifth deuce for Bia

And … pulls it off! Fun Aussie story

Gibson fights back and holds her nerve to get to match point against Blinkova

a regular reminder that tennis is a perfect aural sport and all four grand slams have great streaming radio of all the action. here's AO Radio: aoradio.codec.live the accents will get you in the mood. you can almost feel the sun. almost.

Happy day 1 of grand slam tennis! 🎾

Well, the main takeaway from that AO opening ceremony is how much I miss seeing Ash Barty play

Oh, Mirra’s jacket with the now famous “I would like to thank myself” quote

Watching Mirra constantly defend with that slice against Vicki is such a reminder of her evolution, because a couple years ago she was playing much closer to how Mboko is now

Mboko, at times, reminds me of so much of Madison Keys, with all that implies

Mirra with 6 games in a row to take the first set

Mboko is no stranger to roller coaster matches

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Mboko firing so far, up 3-0

Not a fan of Hobart and Adelaide finals being simultaneous, but tennis gonna tennis

Excited for this Adelaide final Whoever wins, will be their first WTA 500 title, since both have won 250 and 1000 titles

Watched back One Point Slam, so fun Players reacting on the sidelines was a big part of that, surprised they didn’t do flash interviews or advice from the sidelines

Well, whoever Mboko plays in the final, should be a good match based on this form

Watching back highlights of Mboko/Keys and it’s so good, but also that huge knee strapping is concerning right before AO 😬

Madison Keys: “I think the biggest thing is getting to the point where it's not about not feeling the pressure, but knowing how to navigate through it. I think I sometimes get in the habit of trying to avoid it and push it away...” www.thenationalnews.com/sport/tennis...

Home Field Advantage After coming up short in last week's debut as an Australian playing in Australia, Daria Kasatkina gets her first home court win in Adelaide. The current world #48 gets by Maria Sakkari, 7-6², 6-4, to face Jaqueline Cristian in round 2.

Nice that mixed doubles was key multiple times to winning United Cup

Well, it is nice when team competitions come down to deciding doubles Also when there are doubles players playing doubles

Watching Coco unravel Aryna and Iga in these high stakes matches is so compelling, seeing the evolution Anyway, best Iga/Coco match in awhile, looking forward to the next installment

Iga/Coco at United Cup ✅ World feed commentary ✅

Classic Muchova point

This answered a question I was thinking about this week: when was Muchova’s last title? (Seoul 2019.)

Come on, Karolina

Muchova-Sabalenka on T2 is again a choice

Hope springs eternal (Afraid to even say but … was shocked not to see any bandaging yesterday, such a rare sight)

Every time I watch Muchova feels like it’s been too long since I watched Muchova

Brisbane QF line-up is pretty excellent

Jokic/Bejlek is a nice early Auckland round Close first set, Jokic pulled away in the second

Back to Venus!

That was super fun

Oh no, Seven Nation Army has become de rigeur in tennis, too??

Gosh I’ve missed these WTA down the line backhands