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STL kid here, and I indeed watched Y&R when I got home from school, which is probably one of the big reasons why it’s my favorite soap to this day. I also loved Oprah, so it was always a dilemma for me to decide what to watch at 4 pm. Santa Barbara used to air at 10 am in STL when I was growing up.

This is hilarious and could happen:

Chuando from Singapore 🇸🇬

Shunsuke from Japan 🇯🇵

Greg from Los Angeles 🇺🇸

Kim Clijsters won’t be ready for Melbourne.

I just saw Kohlschreiber’s ranking. 79? Dude had been in the Top 40 since the Bush 2.0 presidency. Wasn’t sure why he fell so precipitously so quickly, but saw he had back-to-back first-round Slam losses (Wimbledon to Novak, USO to Pouille). The Wimbledon loss was particularly devastating to his ranking. Plus, he didn’t defend his 2018 finalist points from Munich, losing in the QF to Berrettini. Some of it is aging and probably shifting priorities after getting married last summer. Some of it is bad draws.

Alexander from Detroit 🇺🇸

Safin presented the trophy:

Pepson from Glasgow, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧

Hank from Kaohsiung, Taiwan 🇹🇼

Stephen from USA 🇺🇸

Rafa pulled out of his semifinal, so Shapovalov gets a WO to play Novak in the final.

Adrian from Los Angeles 🇺🇸

Novak is an insane defender.

Ryan from Reading, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧

And Bencic just retired from her semi with Svitolina, who moves on to try to defend her 2018 WTF title. What a sh!tshow that tournament has been.

Shaun from Hartford, Connecticut 🇺🇸

Speaking of Denis, he’s skipping the NextGen finals, with Davidovich Fokina replacing him. De Minaur is likely to bow out as well, I hear.