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These are the odds to win the French Open:

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One problem is that…

A woman with better odds to win than Anisimova, Schnaider, Osaka, Jabeur, Navarro, and Pegula is…

BIANCA ANDRESCUU

…and yet she didn’t even qualify to play in the tournament.

She opened qualies with a 6-0 , 6-0 match on Tuesday and then had match points on Wednesday and lost.

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Whoops!!

 

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Funny how draws works sometimes. Today, Joint and Tomljanovic clashed in the Rabat semifinals. Tomljanovic quit after 1 set, but they will face off again in the 1st round at the French open in a few days. 

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5 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Kessler was up 4-1 in the decider, then kinda forgot how to play grass tennis. 7-5 for QZ. 

I’m pulling for Raducanu in the next round.

One, I find 🇬🇧 Emma attractive, butt…

Two, she is developing into a solid tennis player. She’s ranked 37th in the world now and has a very good grass game. 

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10 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Bianca & both Emmas sucked today. Amanda rolled American Emma. 

Raducanu was up a break in the second set at 4-2, but the nerves got to her when she was serving at 4-3. She completely lost her first serve and then double faulted on game point to send it to 4-4.

Then the China woman held serve easily and Raducanu started her serve going down 0-40.

She then said “fuck it!” and played well again to bring it to deuce… then she got in her head again and lost two straight points and the match. 

She had the game to beat the China woman, but she needs to find a way to get out of her head. There wasn’t an ailment, nothing pulled or twisted. She just started thinking about it too much. If she can channel some zen shit, she could be a seeded player at the U.S. Open. 

🇺🇸 Emma just can’t handle Anisimova’s game. She’s never beaten the American-born Russian. Emma didn’t play poorly, she just played someone who she can’t handle, especially not on grass. 

The Romanian Canadian fatty just isn’t very good at tennis.

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2 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

We ride with America Emma v. Kostyuk now. 

Explain what you mean by “ride”, because I think that I would prefer Kostyuk, depending on your definition.

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On T2 (Tennis Channel 2), the round table was talking to a guy named JIM LOEHR about sports psychology and overcoming normal brain activity to excel in sports. 

While he was talking about the importance of journaling and writing out your goals, not once, but repeatedly… Mirra Andreeva was going down in flames in the 3rd set against Frech.

He mentioned that Jannick Sinner has one of the most abnormal brains that he’s ever seen. Andreeva may have slipped on the grass and fallen on her ass (though she won the point) around this time. She was so over this match and this court and was apparently ready to lose her serve to go down 0-5 and head to her bench for the changeover  

Loehr then starts talking about simple things like standing up straight with your shoulders back can induce secretion of “testosterone, which cuts through cortisol like a knife”. Soon after, Frech wraps up the match on her serve after sandwiching a break point between her two match points. 

The contrast of his words about a positive mindset vs Andreeva acting out all of the “Don’t do this!” list of things on screen was quite something. 

I didn’t see/hear the entire segment, but it was an interesting topic. It seems to be mainly for parents raising children for tennis and then later in life. 
 

“Helping them become a better, stronger human being.”

-Jim Loehr 

He has written many books.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=jim+loehr+books&crid=1F3GLZOYXZ6SW&sprefix=jim+loehr%2Caps%2C89&ref=nb_sb_ss_p13n-pd-dpltr-ranker_2_9

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Other two teams are Belinda/Zverev & Errani/Vavassori (defending champs). 

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The mixed doubles event is shrinking from 32 pairs to 16, and there is a shortened format -- first-to-four-games sets until the final; no-ad scoring; match tiebreakers instead of a third set.

Players still have time to sign up before the July 28 cutoff, and there is no guarantee that the 16 teams announced Tuesday will actually be in the draw in New York. The top eight teams based on their combined singles ranking will automatically get into the field; the other eight pairings will receive wild cards determined by a USTA committee. 

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Bublik is one of my favorite male players (even though he is Russian, has horrible tats, and dresses like a homeless man in most tournaments), and he is having quite a summer.

Bublik was the first player other than Carlos Álcaraz to beat Sinner in over a year, or so when he toppled Jannick in the quarterfinals to set up an all Russian Final Four.

Zverev (Russian born & raised in Germany) lost to Medvedev (Russian living in Monte Carlo), who now faces Bublik (Russian playing for Kazakhstan and “based” in Monte Carlo… I think) who beat Russian Karen Khachanov in 3 tight sets in a tournament (Halle?) in Germany.

Bublik’s skill set & unpredictability are a perfect match for grass, especially if he is serving well.

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21 hours ago, Napoleon said:

Bublik is one of my favorite male players (even though he is Russian, has horrible tats, and dresses like a homeless man in most tournaments), and he is having quite a summer.

Bublik was the first player other than Carlos Álcaraz to beat Sinner in over a year, or so when he toppled Jannick in the quarterfinals to set up an all Russian Final Four.

Zverev (Russian born & raised in Germany) lost to Medvedev (Russian living in Monte Carlo), who now faces Bublik (Russian playing for Kazakhstan and “based” in Monte Carlo… I think) who beat Russian Karen Khachanov in 3 tight sets in a tournament (Halle?) in Germany.

Bublik’s skill set & unpredictability are a perfect match for grass, especially if he is serving well.


BUBLIK!

My boy is on a roll!

He claimed at the French Open that tennis is absolutely NOT his number 1 priority. He puts time spent with his family at #1 and tennis is his job. His ranking dropped a bit, so he’s had to play more tournaments to bring his ranking back up and make up for lower prize money.

So he’s been playing a bit more and put together this run this week.

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He’s a threat, though Best of 5 may wear him down.

HIGHLIGHTS:

https://www.tennistv.com/videos/4293779/halle-2025-final-bublik-medvedev-short-highlights?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=google-onebox-highlights&utm_content=atp-500-halle-medvedev-bublik

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Was running late and had heaps of luggage (to sound Australian), but I stopped by the Wimbledon grounds yesterday to check out their Museum & Gift Shop.

(The qualifying is taking place across the street, or close by, so that the courts don’t get destroyed.)

Old People will recognize this doll.

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Emma Raducanu’s US Open trophy. 🏆 

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Women’s undergarments over the years.

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Everyone had a pair of this in my class in the 7th - 9th grade window (maybe stretched into 10th grade).

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Trophies

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In 2022, they apparently dumped the whole “Miss” part of the name and welcomed in a run of Slavs.

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Djokovic’s run was stopped by Álcaraz.

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Maybe clearer here.

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The runs of Bjorg, McEnroe, and Becker with others sprinkled in.

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Different angle.

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Various keychains for £10 each in the shop.

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These tiny branded luggage tag & wallet/card holders on the top row were priced:

£45 / £69 / £49
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Parting shots…

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