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Venus gutted out a three-set win because she’s a far superior player to Bertens, but I can’t help but think she’ll pay for that long match down the line. She plays Konta (who’s had cakewalk matches thus far) tomorrow. The men’s matches tomorrow look semi-interesting: Kyrgios/Fognini (oh the potential drama) Johnson/PCB Kokkinakis/Verdasco Zverev/Ferrer Khachanov/Anderson Coric/Sock Chung/Sousa Berdych/Tiafoe Querrey/Shapovalov

Yikes, what happened with Venus? She was up 5-0 in the first set, and then Kiki Bertens won seven games on the trot to win it?

Looks like Konta might be back in form, with relatively easy wins over two Belgians so far in Miami. She was in danger of falling severely in the rankings because of her title last year and all of the points she’d need to defend.

I’ve seen him look halfway decent over the years, and he’s not a bad actor, but whatever was going on with him styling- and performance-wise on Y&R wasn’t working for him.

Wings Hauser as Greg is a bit “Eric Stoltz in Mask” for me.

Ha. Just watched that. Gimelstob is whatever.

He’s asked if he’s come to a decision on the clay season, and he answers that he’s already made the decision to not play. Another journalist asks, “So no French?” And Roger answers, “That’s what I just said. Clay is the French,” with an awkward laugh and a sneer. Dumb question, yes, but saltaaaay.

Fed’s got that Serena post-loss saltiness:

This Wang girl is pissing me off. I swear if she doesn’t finish off Ali Riske in this TB... Kokkinakis is a stud.

He just confirmed in his presser that he’s skipping clay. Nadal has a TON of clay points to defend, so his stint at No. 1 could be short-lived.

Insanity. And Rafa retakes No. 1 without lifting a finger. I suppose Roger was overdue for a Donskoy-like defeat. (Although I recognize that Kokkinakis has been seen as a rising talent for a while now. His injuries just got in the way.)

And Kokkinakis just upset Federer!

Oh no doubt.

AGA!

We saw that last year in Miami with the Federer supporters in the match against Kyrgios. Such ugliness.

Wow...

Monica Puig came back from getting bageled in the first set to beating Caroline Wozniacki in three sets. Does she have another Rio-like run in her? She faces Sakkari next (who can be tough) and the winner of Collins/Vekic in Venus’s quarter of the draw.

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I remember when she mentioned it in her SAG speech during her award season run for to Oscar for “Still Alice,” and some comedian mocked her for it afterwards. She is so unbothered.

Kei just won in three over Millman. He’s one of my favorites as you know, so I hope he has a long run in him, but these marathon matches aren’t going to help.

I want to like Kenya. I always root for her against Porsha (and did against Phaedra) certainly, and she can be kind and supportive at moments. But she’s her own worst enemy.

I had a feeling Novak would lose. He, like Serena, has a lot of work to do to get back to where he was, and I think Serena may be further along sadly. Goffin really struggled today coming back from the eye injury. Wow. That’s a shocking scoreline against Sousa. Kasatkina also out.

Shame about Osaka losing. She got screwed with that draw especially after playing eight matches in a row.

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Aaaaand Sandgren is out to García-López...