Faulkner

LOL. Let’s see them put their money where their mouths are or if this is them just dropping fashionable terms as a gesture.

If Sascha vultures a Slam in the absence of the Big 3, lord help us. 😂 I hope Medvedev and Thiem don’t rip each other to shreds.

This USO should prompt a complete scrapping of line umpires, and I’m not even talking about what happened with Novak. IMO there have been an unusual amount of garbage calls throughout the tournament (which has always been one of the worst of the Majors) at critical moments, which has made this a frustrating watch. Just let Hawkeye make the calls. It’s the final verdict anyway in case of disputes! Let this be a Serena/Capriati moment.

He escaped. I wonder if those long matches are catching up to Coric, even if only mentally.

Smart lady.

Derek Hough, who’d been on J.Lo’s World of Dance, will join as a judge along Carrie Ann and Bruno. Len Goodman won’t travel to America due to COVID, but will still remain part of the show, offering comments from the U.K. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dancing-with-the-stars-derek-hough-returns-as-judge

Hmmm...

OK, that’s a get!

And they’re No. 1 for a second week: The BLACKPINK song is No. 13. Meanwhile...

Van looks good.

Lupita Nyong’o’s tribute. You’ll need to swipe through the images in this post to see the text:

From Taipei, Taiwan 🇹🇼

Glad he came to the defense of the lineswoman. Some Nolefam were saying unconscionable things about the woman’s family and the tragic loss of a son she reportedly suffered. ESPN’s coverage of the actual matches is predictably awful. So much reliance on studio talk and interviews above what’s happening on the court. They obviously don’t feel like the tennis will capture interest.

This... is not good from Frances. He’s getting demolished by a subpar Medvedev. Ash Barty basically calling it a day for 2020. Won’t defend her RG title. Can’t say that I blame her. Paris seems like a disaster waiting to happen, and she can’t train with her coach anyway.

It’s funny, though: I was seeing some Novak fans presenting some conspiracy theories that weren’t that far off from that. It’s embarrassing to see people behave this way, but you see a lot of crazy stuff on the Interwebs.

Exactly. Every fanbase has crazy bullies (Federer, Nadal, and Serena all have plenty of unhinged stans), and the Internet has made it easier to harass people. Yeah, that was a disappointing effort from Felix. The good thing is he’s only 20 and already making the second week of a Slam, so he has lots of room to grow from this. But when you’re supporting an athlete, you really want to see them fight. WTF happened to Berrettini’s serve?

Saw this news was also posted in the KL thread.

You might remember his World Cup performance for France a couple years back when they won...

From... you guessed it... Brazil 🇧🇷

This Shapo/Goffin match is just a long, nasty grind. What a terrible TB from Denis.