Faulkner

Had Monica Seles not been stabbed by that lunatic, I’d have maybe appreciated Graf more. She needed an equal.

Kenin. Wow. Such a confident player. Beating an in-form Bencic and saving championship points to do it. I think if we had a happy medium like in the 2000s, where we did have good rivalries (Serena/Venus, Serena/Henin, Henin/Clijsters, Davenport/Venus, with Capriati, Mauresmo, Sharapova, Kuznetsova all in the mix), it would be better. I wasn’t around for Chrissie/Martina, but I can imagine it would have been fatiguing to see the same two women lifting trophies all the damn time (in the same way people tire of Federer/Nadal/Djokovic). I certainly got bored with Graf in the mid-‘90s.

Jordan from St. Louis

This chart is hilarious. Look how dominant that first row was (Evonne and Tracy are the short-lived exceptions), which starts in the early ‘70s and goes well into the ‘90s. Then things just become a hash. The early-to-mid 2000s were at least super-competitive, but it wasn’t quite the merry-go-round we have now. I suppose one could argue that the constant turnover is exciting, but it’s hard for audiences to form attachments to players over time when success is so fleeting.

More power to Ash. Disappointing for Naomi, but hey, she’s still No. 2. Naomi just needs to regain some confidence, as some of her play this year has been listless.

Denzel, a Barbados-born, New Orleans-based trainer

Tino from Tahiti

Sergio A. from Barcelona

IG: avih91, a very hot, gay violinist somewhere in America

They’re better off being quiet at this point.

IG: aw_dto from Malaysia

Interesting that this guy says that no one was reading his article, and Kvitova is one of the most famous female tennis players in the world. Puts things into perspective as to why #TennisTwitter relies so heavily on manufactured drama with a handful of superstars and troublemakers like Nick. Lots of good stuff in this interview, but this struck me in light of the Serena panic room incident from years ago.

I don’t like the IG embeds, but I just had to drop this here.

Ash Barty is one match away from snatching that No. 1 spot from Naomi. Goffin is clearly back in top form. He took a set from Nadal at RG and now is in the Halle final after ending Berrettini’s amazing run.

Yeah the timing couldn’t be worse for the remaining BH cast. They are going look so ugly (or uglier than normal, which is already pretty hideous). It must be a tough time to be a grande dame on these franchises with all of these rumors.

I was actually shocked at how callous they were to Tinsley. Especially Sonja, who seems like a pet person and was angry when Aviva did the same thing to her.

Ameen from Thailand

Gee from Miami

Oh snap. Felix’s interview in French with English subtitles: