DramatistDreamer

Was Davis Cup always this close to the end of the U.S. Open? The only thing that has drawn my attention about Davis Cup is hearing about the argument going on between Stan Wawrinka and Gerard Piqué concerning whether (or not) Piqué has ruined Davis Cup.

Isn’t Niles’ son David also going to be in the series? It would be interesting if both Freddie and David are more like their grandfather Martin than their fathers. Looking at Lyndhurst, yes, I can see a bit of a resemblance. I do wonder though if Lyndhurst’s character will be something akin to the way Daphne was in later seasons, when she had dropped the formality with Frasier, especially after she married Niles. I would still like to think that, if the series gets a Season 2, that Niles might eventually make an appearance.

Just how much of Freddie is like his grandfather Martin?

Child poverty has come roaring back, as have declines in income. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/child-poverty-us-jumped-income-declined-2022-coronavirus-103122755

Uhn, uhn unh. https://www.tennis.com/baseline/articles/did-serena-williams-just-call-out-simona-halep-supreme-shade-doping-wimbledon

It’s always been clear to me that the NFL functions like something akin to a modern day plantation system, where team owners act as if they don’t only own the team but as if they own the very human beings that comprise the team. I lost interest in the NFL when I saw that athletes were being diagnosed with CTE and not only did the NFL appear indifferent, they set out to destroy the medical pathologist that was only trying to do his job in making the initial diagnosis. I admit, this has caused me to look at Jessica Pegula a certain way. I know she has trained and worked to get to her ranking but she is definitely a beneficiary of that NFL system and NFL money, which has no doubt, gone to pay coaches, physiotherapist and travel for training and tournaments. Don’t get me wrong, I am in no way trying to take anything away from her, but we know there are many talented players who don’t have the resources to get as accomplished and achieve anything on the level that she has had the opportunity to achieve. I forgot all about Halep. With Twitter being a much diminished platform, it seems like the vibrant conversations that took place years ago when Sharapova was banned are not taking place now with Halep’s ban.

TBH, I didn’t watch all of the match and I didn’t need to, it was pretty much telegraphed what the results were going to be early on in the match. That flopping dead fish that was part of Medvedev’s first U.S. Open victory celebration? Well, that was pretty much how he played during the men’s final. The match just wasn’t very good tennis for me, I don’t know how others felt about it. Congratulations to Djokovic. You all know, that I am far from a fan, but this is quite an achievement for him. It’s no knock on him but the men’s game holds no lustre for me at this time. It’s just a lot of the same. We get a peek at a few new stars with the potential to energize the game and they all land the same way. There is little appeal to me. I may not care for all aspects of the women’s game but at least I get the sense that there are more than one or two possibilities for finalists and champions. There is a diversity of winners in the women’s game that is missing from men’s tennis. The men’s game feels very much stalled and I find myself mostly disinterested right now.

They must’ve warned him to pick up his sh*t before they dump it. Instead of having security meet him at the door (they obviously disabled his key card as he is no longer an employee) and escort him through the building, they had PR meet him, where he could pick up his inflatable doo-dads and tchotchkes. Davidson is now talking about the horrible way many people are treated in the workplace but did he ever stand up for any of his colleagues when they were treated poorly at Y&R? He mentioned Laura Birn but does he remember how Stephanie E. Williams? Did he ask “Where is Kristoff” when KSJ was obviously off screen for an oddly long period of time?

Me too. Maybe it was the stubble. Or the fact that his early interactions on the show were comprised of mainly Meg, Lily and Dusty, who all seemed so much younger than him onscreen.

Admittedly, I haven’t seen it but I will take your word for it. They probably had to be dragged by their PR people to make the video in the first place. It’s anybody’s guess whether they are being sincere or worried about future opportunities. But I have noticed a lot of people doing and saying ignorant things, only to reverse themselves or try a tactic to cast themselves in better lights. That’s the PR machine at work, it seems to be in overdrive, which surprised me because I would have thought the strike would have slowed them down but I guess ignorance and stupidity are clearly not on strike.

Who knew that actors’ PR would be so busy during a strike?

Just earlier today, I was thinking about that 2001 women’s final and remembering what a huge deal that was culturally, not to mention 22 million viewers at home in addition to the star studded spectators in attendance. I don’t think American tennis will see those type of viewership again.

Coco really had a well spoken message to her detractors and it was deftly delivered. ESPN’s coverage has been abysmal. ABC should really, at least take over the Semis and Finals like CBS used to do.

Yessss, Coco!

Barry Diller suggested as much weeks ago.

Wow, I had no idea the match between Shelton and Djokovic had already taken place. It pretty much turned out the way I expected but apparently most of the talk isn’t even about the march itself but about Djokovic’s post match celebration.

With Cincinnati, DC, Winston-Salem, I just don’t see that happening. I might be mistaken but wasn’t the tournament moved back because players complained about not enough rest? The problems with diminishing ratings are about more than competing with NFL imo, it’s a confluence of factors. I don’t watch NFL at all and I barely watched the US Open this year. Australia moved its tournament but it was because players were practically hallucinating from the heat. Scheduling conflicts with other sports as a cause to move an entire tournament (again) would be a tough sell imo.

The US Open had, for as long as I can remember, overlapped with NFL preseason games and used to hold their own, even under pressure from hardcore NFL fans. The difference now is that tennis is not nearly as popular now as it was back then. Given the busy fall schedule, with the WTA trying to pivot back to Asia, Davis Cup, BJK Cup, and the year end championships, I am not sure how comfortably the ITF, which is the body that really determines the schedule, could fit a later scheduled US Open tournament.

Davenport at least won some major tournaments and it’s not really a lack of effort or mental incompetence for Lindsay, she just saw the future with the arrival of the Williams sisters and knew it would be rough going for her, many times Lindsay would run out of gas. Madison Keys has a clear block that she can’t get over. She looks like a world beater and then can’t keep the ball inside the court, all in the same tournament, sometimes in the same match! I’m having a hard time remembering when I saw any player in the top twenty compete this way, without being injured, that is. Even when Davenport tried to coach Madison, she pretty much knew she couldn’t get through to her and gave up.

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Even though I missed the match, I am not surprised. I never am in a Keys match.

What is going on at the U.S. Open? A spectator singing an anthem associated with Nazi Germany, now a protestor gluing his feet to concrete during one of the women’s semifinal matches? Yeesh.