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11 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

My prediction... Novak shuts down his season for the year.

I think he should tbh. Serena did after the 2015 run due to injury. Too much tennis. He should come back ready for Melbourne.

He’s 34 playing Bof5 tennis. He risks his body if he pushes it too much. 

Well… at ND got ONE break lol.

Daniil isn’t going to crumble like the other guys, and Novak looks as discombobulated as his 2017 self.

Down two sets and broken to start the third… it’s over.

He shouldn’t have played those damn Olympics. Hindsight. Got a little greedy.

Disappointing.

In any case, he’s had a great year, win or lose today. He just needs to not soil it with self-destructive behavior.

12 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Novak looks tight.

That was a shaky first game.

Scratch that, shaky first set…

That was a pretty nice reception for Novak on Ashe.

1 minute ago, Soapsuds said:

Yup...see I've been bored... Lol

I’m assuming you enjoyed the early-to-mid-2000s (with Clijsters, Henin, Venus, Serena, Capriati, Davenport, early Sharapova in the mix), or do you literally mean the late ‘90s (when Steffi was still playing)?

3 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

The last time I was excited for women's tennis was when Venus had just arrived on the scene.

The new players now just suck.

Ok, that was a looooong time ago lol. 

Drake is looking like he’ll have 11 of Billboard’s top 12 with just tracks from Certified Lover Boy. Dude’s a streaming behemoth.

He’d have 54 top 10 hits total if these predictions come to pass, 16 more than Madonna, who now has the second-most in history.

2 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Cat nice to see you posting on tennis thread. 

As for women's tennis... I been so bored with it. It has become so stale. I really don't have anyone to root for. The excitement in the women's tour has fizzled IMO.

When was the last time the women’s tour was exciting for you? I thought 2018-19 had potential to start some new rivalries with Sabalenka, Osaka, and Andreescu coming up. This tournament was the most exciting it’s been in a while IMO. Last year’s USO semis with Osaka/Brady and Vika/Serena were also wonderful. 

Men’s tennis has some interesting new players, but it’s not yet exciting again to me. Intriguing, maybe.

7 minutes ago, Cat said:

(I thought it was interesting that Duchess Kate in her Tweet mentioned Leylah, maybe because she is a Canadian and there are very strong cultural, historic and Commonwealth ties between Britain and Canada. A small part of me wonders whether this was a way of claiming some small 'imperial' stake in a second potential future champion!).

Yeah, I thought about that too. Trying to figure out a way to hop on the surging Leylah train through the Commonwealth ties. I don’t remember them embracing the far less charismatic yet equally Canadian Milos Raonic as much when he beat their god Federer and played that Wimbledon final against Andy lol. 

Wow. I didn’t even think about this lol.

Just 40 points but still lol.

I’m aware of it because I follow pretty much all of the guys on Instagram lol. (They provide lots of good material for the Daily Hotness thread.) Bolo and Skyh Black have been posting a lot about it.

Seems like it’s better than that Vivica A. Fox garbage Chocolate City that aired on BET a few years back.

4 minutes ago, Cat said:

They need to cool it with the hype, because just as quickly as the British press pack can build Emma up, so it can tear her down and try to destroy her on a dime. The tabloid press's butt-monkey Piers Morgan tore into her mere months ago when she withdrew from Wimbledon because of panic attacks (he did the same too Naomi Osaka at the French Open). He and his ilk will be ready to attack her again as soon as they can. Not least because she's young (the press hate i-gens with a passion -- they smear them for being 'too woke' and 'spoiled'), she's female, she's beautiful, she has anxiety, she keeps them at arm's length, and most of all, she has a 'foreign'-sounding surname. Heresy! Burn her!

I hope they don't give Emma an MBE or OBE just yet. This win is a stunning achievement, and she, Fernandez and Osaka are making women's tennis very exciting to watch. She's a major star in waiting. But these titles and constant attention and Wills & Kate salivating over her and all that -- it is just almost as much pressure as the hatred and press attacks. I just want Emma's support group around her right now to keep her grounded, focused and happy to play tennis. The hype will soon dissipate.

Yeah, it’s way too much too soon. Just calm down, folks. It’s a weird national inferiority complex, among other things. And where there’s money to be made, they won’t hold back. She’s a super lucrative commodity now, and like you say, ticks a lot of boxes that make her an object of fascination as well as potential scorn.

She’s not a Brit, but Leylah may have dodged a bullet by not winning just yet.

I’m seeing that Emma might get an MBE or even an OBE (two steps down from being a Dame) for her USO title. These Brits go apesh!t for their sporting stars, especially in tennis.

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3 minutes ago, Toups said:

And she had a mental breakdown at Wimbledon? That’s what they said on the broadcast.   I hope she’ll be able to handle all the pressure and spotlight from the media, social media.  
 

 

Too bad Emma’s parent didn’t stay in Canada or else we would’ve had Leylah, Bianca and Emma.  LOL

Yeah, she had a panic attack during her match against Tomljanovic at Wimbledon and retired. 

The Queen has congratulated Emma:

And William and Kate:

Just now, Soapsuds said:

Yup she was and crying. The NY fans were for her. She got a louder applause when they were introduced.

Leylah’s sister looks ready to throw hands.

Leylah’s nod to 9/11 in her speech was perfect. Wow.

The British press are going to build Emma up just to tear her down. How they went after Jo Konta will look innocent by comparison.

Just now, I Am A Swede said:

It's in the rules. The umpire has to stop play if a player is bleeding.

I know. It’s unfortunate. I’d still be pissed, even if I couldn’t do anything about it. It’s a sucky turn of events when Leylah had all the momentum.

3 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Emma should've used a towel to clean it and go back. This time out is ridiculous

It’s just unfortunate. Leylah still looks PISSED. I would be too.

3 minutes ago, sivad40 said:

Emma is too powerful for Leylah.

IMO Leylah is gassed right now and is playing an opponent who isn’t intimidated by her (or scared to lose to a teenager). Emma also takes a lot of her time away.