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Thanks, @vetsoapfan!

Bethenny is just so childish. And she always seems to be speaking on behalf of Bravo, even for seasons when she wasn’t there (her tweet at Aviva concerning the NY Post article about HWs being overserved).

Nishioka won 11 of the last 13 games to beat Taylor Fritz in Los Cabos. A good win for him since returning from injury, but people are saying Fritz did a Kyrgios-style tank. Interesting matches in DC tomorrow: the Zverev brothers’ first match against each other on the tour; Shapovalov/Nishikori; Goffin/Tiafoe. I think we have to include France on the list of hot nations for tennis players. Quentin Halys is 🔥. The young Simon, Gasquet, and Tsonga were all lookers. Chardy, Herbert, and Pouille are hot. Paire could certainly look way better with a trimmed beard and his natural hair color. They have this guy Laurent Lokoli who is very attractive. Most of them are effing nuts, but it is what it is. Actually, a lot of the younger Americans are cute. Michael Mmoh, Marcus Miron, Mackenzie McDonald, Noah Rubin, and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski are good-looking. Even Taylor Fritz, whom I don’t particularly like, is photogenic.

Muguruza out of San Jose with an arm injury. It’s crazy. Even with hampered mobility, Murray gets to balls that would be winners for most of his opponents. Malek Jaziri’s lips, though. Lisa Rinna wishes.

Is it weird that I used to be annoyed with Andy Murray’s running commentary during his matches but now find it amusing?

I think you never know with Sloane. She could just turn things around on a dime when you least expect it. But she typically GOATs on U.S. soil.

Petkovic knocks out Sloane in DC.

Agreed. I can understand why a few lower-ranked clay court specialists would play on the surface this way in the year to make some cash, but Thiem should have earned enough money and technically should be a contender on all surfaces. He’s doing himself no favors.

Very few in the tennis press have acknowledged that story as a possible factor in Serena’s loss. I really hate the media.

This is funny if true. He lost in three sets to Istomin in Austria.

The British press is being obnoxious about Konta’s win. They are the worst. They are in for a rude awakening when an in-form, dialed-in Serena spanks that ass as she did in Melbourne last year.

That came up for me when I did a search on Serena too. I do wonder... She did press afterwards, but that would be a tough topic to broach. This quote is telling, though:

WTF is going on with this Konta match? Serena is getting destroyed. Is she injured? This might be the worst match of Serena’s entire career. She looks near tears. The entire crowd seems shellshocked. Yeah, something’s not right with Serena. Konta didn’t even celebrate because she can’t take pride in that victory.

I have had zero interest in any post-BH HW series. DC seemed cool because it might include politics. Miami just didn’t grab me, I’m not that interested in Dallas or Potomac as backdrops, and the older series becoming more hit-or-miss didn’t compel me to take on any other franchises. I only watch ATL, NY, sometimes BH, and sometimes OC because I like certain HWs. I gave up on NJ because I just had no one to root for anymore.