Faulkner

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.

Denis Shapovalov must be thinking, “Keep my name out of your mouth.” They keep on showing him hitting Arnaud Gabas in the eye. John McEnroe just dragged up an old grudge against Bjorn Borg for no reason on ESPN just now. 😂

Such a STL legend.

Novak’s statement:

Yikes at Petra’s DF on her 4th match point in that tiebreak.

He’s such an @sshole. He also punches down (not in terms of achievements but in terms of profile). Why go after PCB of all people? As if on cue...

I hope this is an eye-opening moment for Novak. I’ve always loved his play and loved how he shook up the Fedal bromance, but this day was coming sooner or later. He’s always been angry and, again, reckless on court, and had a lot of close calls. (I don’t want to hear sh!t about this from Nick Kyrgios—talk about kettle/pot.) For all the great tennis he’s produced this year, it’s been a sort of annus horribilus for him. Like almost every mistake you can make, he’s made in the past few months. I’m curious how this will all shake out. USTA says that Novak will lose all ranking points earned at the U.S. Open and will be fined all his prize money earned here in addition to the other penalties. (EDIT: I’m unclear if that means he’ll lose his 2019 points as well?)