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Posts posted by shadow_operative2.0
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27-minute breadstick by Vika.
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Vika/Sabalenka on ESPN2.
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Nice throw homes, he was never open.
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Impressive tackling, bros.
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She’s very angry.
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Tsvetana/Vekic will be very easy on the eyes as well.
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If Big Momma doesn’t choke tonight, ESPN gets their dream R3 with Sloane.
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This is pretty awesome, first tourney since Wimbly ‘17. And she’s still hot.
QuoteTsvetana Pironkova smacked an ace on match point, part of the balancing act she made look easy from start to finish Thursday.
The shot punctuated a 7-5, 6-3 upset win over No. 10-seeded Garbine Muguruzain the second round of the US Open, Pironkova's first tournament after a three-year break to give birth to her son, Alexander.
"If you make a good schedule and have the right motivation, you can combine the two things, motherhood and being a professional tennis player," Pironkova said. "It takes a lot of work but, you know, everything takes work."
A 32-year-old Bulgarian, Pironkova gave birth to Alexander in April 2018. She is playing in her 12th Open but her first since 2016, and it's her first tournament since Wimbledon in 2017.
"It's just great to be playing without that extra pressure I had on myself before," Pironkova said. "Before it was almost like a life-and-death situation for me to win a match. Right now, it's not really like that. It's enjoyment to be on the court."
Pironkova has no ranking because of her layoff, but she was a 2010 Wimbledon semifinalist, and is playing in the US Open for the 12th time.
The win over Muguruza was Pironkova's 22nd against a top-20 player.
"It's not something super new," Pironkova said. "I was moving well and hitting the ball well. Why not win?"
In other second-round matches, Amanda Anisimova won a faceoff of American teenagers, rallying past wild card Katrina Scott 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Reigning Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin also advanced, beating unseeded Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3.
Anisimova, 19, a surprise semifinalist at the French Open last year, steadied her game in the second set and pulled away.
Scott, 16, is ranked 637th and was coming off her first tour-level victory in the opening round Tuesday, when she made her debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam. Anisimova, who is seeded 22nd, won the girls' singles at the Open in 2017.
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I am shocked they haven’t been on ESPN+, odd they give anything away for free these days.
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1 hour ago, cafe society said:
Wish I could stream specific matches of my choosing.
So far every single match has been on ESPN3, as long as you have a cable/satellite login.
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Welp, that’ll make it official.
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He can buy his ring back.
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Choo still 3-hole. We’re basically rotating Eli & Tejeda now with Nick flipping between 2B/LF.
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Isn’t there a Netflix show about lava? Damnit, Manfred!
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Some kind of warning, I agree. Let’s get Manfred on the horn, he’ll probably fix it.
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Perfect next post.
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At some point, it’s not tough, it’s stupid. How many times has he sent himself to the D/IL for the same shit?
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Huh, I would never know you have a draft tomorrow, #12 pick.
You can double up on ALL the Tampa backs.
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You don’t want to know. It won’t go anywhere.
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For those unaware, FlashScore is fucking awesome.
Check this shit out from 5-1 in the second.
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Fuck.
Lance v. Greinke at 1:10 tomorrow.
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3 outs to salvage the night for DFW.
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Mother fucker. Drive home safely.
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Alright, gotta fucking convert here.
2020 US Open tennis
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That was a whoopin’.