@booksandbackhands.bsky.social
📤 611
📥 320
📝 1731
Mostly books and tennis
Rough day for former WTA major champions and American men
about 2 hours ago
0
5
0
reposted by
Cozy Blackbiird
about 6 hours ago
Seeded for the 1st time at a Grand Slam and Hailey Baptiste just beat a former French Open 🎾 champion (and her nerves) 🔥🔥
#RolandGarros
0
13
6
Caroline Garcia with the on court interview for Hailey
about 6 hours ago
0
3
1
reposted by
Courtney Nguyen
about 6 hours ago
that was grit, hailey. sharpie.
0
25
2
To presumably face Ostapenko in R2
add a skeleton here at some point
about 6 hours ago
0
1
0
9-9 as they change sides again
add a skeleton here at some point
about 6 hours ago
0
1
0
Valentova-Linette the first RG match to go to the match tiebreak, fittingly
about 6 hours ago
0
0
1
Third set tiebreak starting now!
add a skeleton here at some point
about 6 hours ago
0
0
0
Hailey consolidates an early break in the third
about 6 hours ago
0
1
0
reposted by
Reem Abulleil
about 7 hours ago
That down-the-line backhand from Hailey Baptiste to get to set point was insane. She saved 2 match points to force a third set against former champion Barbora Krejcikova.
2
13
2
Third set!
about 7 hours ago
0
3
0
Best kind of early round match Former champ versus in-form player Dropshots, lobs, angles
add a skeleton here at some point
about 8 hours ago
1
4
0
Tiebreak first set for Hailey-Barbora
about 8 hours ago
0
1
0
Going to have to double screen Valentova-Linette and Baptiste-Krejcikova
about 9 hours ago
1
1
0
Time to revive
#Bonzi4RollyG
?
about 9 hours ago
0
0
0
Nice Svitolina profile
add a skeleton here at some point
about 10 hours ago
0
5
2
🇫🇷🎾🥐🧡
about 10 hours ago
0
4
0
Please let Medvedev-Tien happen at RG
add a skeleton here at some point
1 day ago
0
4
0
More blows for the ATP
add a skeleton here at some point
1 day ago
1
5
0
This RG draw is reflective of the clay season as a whole, whew
3 days ago
0
2
0
🧡
add a skeleton here at some point
3 days ago
1
6
2
Good breakdown of the players’ media protest (and other fun ephemera)
add a skeleton here at some point
3 days ago
0
0
0
reposted by
Hanlon Walsh
4 days ago
I wrote about my experience in Rome, both the exciting doubles storylines that unfolded and my POV as a first-timer roaming the grounds at Foro Italico 🇮🇹
thetennistribe.com/rome-doubles...
loading . . .
Rome Doubles Diary: Italians Make History on Home Soil - Tennis Tribe
I recently crossed a long-awaited tennis bucket-list item, making my first trip to Rome for the Italian Open. While I was disappointed not to receive a media credential, it was refreshing to experienc...
https://thetennistribe.com/rome-doubles-diary/
0
3
2
Always three sets with these two Great match point
8 days ago
1
7
0
Svitolina-Gauff is a good Rome final
10 days ago
0
12
0
Down 0-3 to winning 6-4 The Coco Gauff story
add a skeleton here at some point
15 days ago
1
3
0
Art But Make It Tennis
add a skeleton here at some point
26 days ago
0
10
1
Hailey Baptiste!!
add a skeleton here at some point
26 days ago
1
8
1
reposted by
Tick Tock Tennis
28 days ago
Rafa 2.0 Okay... let's not get crazy. But there IS another Spanish player named Rafael you need to know about. Rafael Jodar puts on an insane display in Madrid, defeating Joao Fonseca, 7-6⁴, 4-6, 6-1, to reach the 3rd round. A Roland-Garros seeding is now very much in reach.
2
22
3
It is already so loud in this match
28 days ago
1
3
0
reposted by
Tennis Updates
28 days ago
Coco Gauff overcomes illness to win 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 vs Sorana Cirstea Took over the 3rd set after a couple of long games to start it. Only fist pumped the great Kader Nouni because she didn't want to get him sick.
2
34
6
The kick serves, the volleys, the sliding … everything was clicking perfectly for Hailey today
29 days ago
0
5
0
reposted by
29 days ago
Love how Baptiste breaks out the jock strut when she gets on a roll. Such a fun game to watch.
0
1
1
Hailey Baptiste looking so good in this match
29 days ago
0
6
0
reposted by
Reem Abulleil
about 1 month ago
Pegula: “You see these betting sponsors come in but we're the ones taking the abuse, whether you win or lose... I don't think it's going to go away. So we just need to find some sort of balance, where players feel like they're getting something out of it.”
www.thenationalnews.com/sport/tennis...
loading . . .
Death threats and personal abuse: Tennis doubles down on gambling but players bear brunt of online hate | The National
As tours and tournaments rush to sign lucrative sponsorship deals with betting companies, disgruntled punters target athletes with shocking levels of vitriol on social media
https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/tennis/2026/04/24/death-threats-and-personal-abuse-tennis-doubles-down-on-gambling-but-players-bear-brunt-of-online-hate/
0
12
3
reposted by
wta
29 days ago
ON FIRE 🔥 @leylahfernandez secures a stunning comeback win against Jovic!
#MMOPEN
0
8
2
Great to see Leylah play like this again Jovic is actually exactly the kind of player that Leylah managed to thwart so many times in 2021. Fun to see a good power tennis/counter punching matchup
29 days ago
0
2
0
Vintage Leylah against Jovic in this third set
29 days ago
1
1
1
reposted by
Courtney Nguyen
about 1 month ago
Happy World Book Day, nerds! Whatcha readin'? For
@the2ndserve.bsky.social
: Caught up with Iga Swiatek in Madrid, natch. Stop doomscrolling. Read books.
www.thesecondserve.com/reading-betw...
loading . . .
Reading Between the Lines - The Second Serve
In an algorithm-dominated world, Iga Swiatek is loyal to books.
https://www.thesecondserve.com/reading-between-the-lines-iga-swiatek/
21
63
16
The “jump in a pool” as the champion feels increasingly frequent? Definitely don’t remember it so much in the past
about 1 month ago
0
0
0
Good tournament/run for Muchova, though
about 1 month ago
0
6
0
Oh, a tennis ball color Porsche
about 1 month ago
0
0
0
Déjà vu to start off the second set
about 1 month ago
0
0
0
reposted by
henry breadstick
about 1 month ago
Commentators saying Muchova is getting lucky with net cords as if she isn't doing it on purpose
0
7
2
The Stuttgart net cord loves Karo
about 1 month ago
0
0
0
Couple of loose forehands from Rybakina and now a break back from Muchova
about 1 month ago
0
0
0
reposted by
wta
about 1 month ago
Strutting into her FIRST WTA 500 Finals!!! @karomuchova7 pushes through another three set thriller against Svitolina!
#PorscheTennis
1
12
1
Stuttgart delivering some classics in the latter stages
about 1 month ago
0
1
0
reposted by
Autistic Tennis Fan 🎾 🏳️🌈
3 months ago
*whispers Karolina Muchova, Roland Garros champion 2026
1
16
2
Load more
feeds!
log in