DramatistDreamer

Collins handed Swiatek the smack down and she did it without living up to her nickname "DanYell" 😂 Between having an Aussie in the Women's Final and an All Aussie Men's Doubles Final, I think the Australian tennis fans are feeling like not a thing is missing from this year's tournament for them. Speaking of an Aussie in the Men's Doubles final, for someone who claims not to care about tennis, Nick sure looks like he cares... about tennis.

While the aspect of networks, producers knowing exactly how many people are watching and being able to target ads to viewers is a bit creepy and intrusive, having each viewer actually count, instead of the selective "Nielsen family" system of ratings is something that could have potentially Impacted soaps in a lucrative way when they were in their heyday, but it is likely too late now with the quality being demonstrably lower.

Didn't want to quote my earlier quote about the Williams Sisters but speaking of them, their portraits are going into the National Portrait Gallery. This is so special ❤️.

Oh, good grief!😔

One day, people will have to fully realize what it must have taken for the Williams Sisters to succeed in a sport like tennis and how truly remarkable that is.

It tickles me that a judge with the name of Rademaker re-instituted the indoor mask mandate in NY. I know the spellings are somewhat different, but still.😉

Japan seems to have a plan that actually puts meaning behind what it means to "live with the virus". A plan that I am pretty sure many Americans would complain about and refuse to do.

A couple years ago, I seem to remember tournaments proposing changes happening with the majors, except as is usually the case, each major tournament set their own policy as to when the tiebreak set would kick in. It was tested in doubles first, I think, before some tournaments adopted it in singles matches.

Kaia Kanepi prematurely celebrating winning the match and then realizing she had only just arrived at match point was kind of funny. Luckily for her, she won the match soon after, that could have been painful for her. I definitely don't miss ole boy.

With everything that Jelena Dokic has gone through in life and her career, it seems like she would genuinely appreciate more hugs.

This makes me so mad. There should be more environmentally conscientious non-profit organizations stepping up to counteract these greedy companies by simply handing out some LED bulbs in low-income and underserved communities.

Wasn't Moore filming a Tyler Perry movie at that same time? I think Y&R just let him keep it on, rather than be bothered. It has Tyler 'King of bad wigs' Perry's handiwork all over it.

You taunt me @Soapsuds man, how I wish Roger were hosting these reunions, but we soap fans are always having to be satisfied with less than.

Watching these early seasons, it's easy to think of alternative storylines. What if Margo's baby had actually turned out to be Bill Spencer's instead of Clarke's? I think the writers would have gotten a lot more leverage out of that, especially down the road. The only factor would be Don Diamont playing $Bill decades later would be tricky considering Daniel McVicar's age. Seeing Ethan Wayne getting scraps of storyline here and there, it's not hard to understand why he left. He was as capable as anyone else on the canvas not named Susan Flannery or Joanna Johnson. I keep wondering whether killing off the character, instead of it being an attempted suicide and hospitalization, was a mistake. It just seemed as if beyond a year, the storyline had little impact long-term. Whereas having Brooke, Donna and Katie have to make the devastating decision to put someone who, for much of their childhoods functioned as a de facto father figure in in-patient institutionalized care would have had painful repercussions, like an open unhealed wound. And it would have left things open for Ethan Wayne to one day make an appearance, for a anniversary episode, which many longtime fans might have gotten a kick out of. It's just a shame that the show cut off any chance of many of these actors from the early years coming back. When I watched soaps, I always got a kick out of seeing actors From the show's past "way back when", even if they had been on before I began to watch the show because the actors all genuinely seemed thrilled by it.

Seriously, he has asthma and decides to practically roll around in COVID and flout all sense of reason?

My heart and condolences go to Regina King and Ian Alexander Sr. Regina had just recently celebrated a birthday and was in a career high with her latest movie "The Harder They Fall" to now losing her only son. No awards or accolades can take away such a pain.

There just aren't any words to describe this time we are all living in.

Mannarino can surprise folks sometimes. I don't know how he'll do in the next round but, if he's feeling good, he could give Rafa a match. I'm still thinking about how much stock I want to buy in Karatsev, I will need to see more of what he can do in major tournaments over time before making any judgements. He knows the potential. Before she got derailed by injury, her father's death and COVID, Anisimova was on a really strong and winning trajectory.

Oh man, Meatloaf R.I.P.

I don't know why people are so shocked that Amanda Anisimova could win that match. As much as I love Naomi, based on what Anisimova has gone through in the last couple years, I knew Amanda would be hungry and based on how she handled Bencic, I knew Anisimova would be confident and coming to win. I don't do draw sheets or predictions but, at the very least, I knew Osaka would have a fight on her hands with Anisimova.

What an egregious set of acts committed over such a long period of time. Truly awful.

That "Siuuu" chant is so Stiuuupid!

Oof!