Faulkner

I didn’t expect Novak to get a set off Nadal, much less an opportunity to break in the 3rd.

I’m probably alone, and JG is probably not the right writer for such a story, but I wanted Abby and Mariah to bond and slowly fall in love over the course of the surrogacy, with Nina and Tessa becoming aware of it over time. Then Chance returns to complicate matters. An old-fashioned juicy scandalous story with a modern twist. Note: that proposed story would have worked better had Chance been the biological father instead of Devon.

Yeah, their rivalry made a lot of sense, and it was probably the last time Victoria really worked too (aside from her too-brief rivalry with Ashley under Mal).

I think all the Newman kids are a mess and need to be retooled, but at least Nick, Adam, and Victoria are just stale and coasting on past romantic “successes.” Abby has never really clicked. And they’ve now isolated her from both sides of her family. The Abbotts and Newmans are both embroiled in story, and Abby’s involved in none of it.

Dua is likely to get her first BB100 chart-topper tomorrow with “Levitating” rising to No. 1.

Pliskova got booed at the end.

6-0, 6-0. LMAO. Double bagel.

Taiwan, which had been doing so well (my friends there basically went about life as normal, mask-free, throughout most of the pandemic), saw a spike this week and is implementing restrictions. My friend shared some photos of bare supermarket shelves and long checkout lines on IG that recalled the early days of the pandemic here. An article about their spike, which is only a relative handful of cases, but they are proactive: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-tightens-curbs-after-surge-domestic-covid-19-cases-2021-05-15/

From Arizona 🇺🇸

This masked man 🇺🇸

Wait, he resembles someone here?

I mean, they let Danielle Collins scream like a banshee through matches without getting reprimanded…

Coco was in form this week (beating Sakkari and Sabalenka) and Swiatek played her rain-delayed QF just hours ago whereas Coco had a retirement-shortened match yesterday against Barty, plus a day of rest. Iga wound up winning but it was a tough battle. Hopefully she has enough in the tank for tomorrow against Karolina.

Reilly Opelka looks like a clown with that long hair and beard and the cap and tie-dyed shirt. Super unlucky for Swiatek to face Coco so soon after her quarterfinal against Svitolina.

Sonego is no joke.

From Brazil 🇧🇷

Wow.

Sheknows is saying KMcC is confirmed: https://soaps.sheknows.com/general-hospital/comings-and-goings/599929/general-hospital-kimberly-mccullough-brings-robin-back-port-charles/