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The Isner quote at the end of this is 😱. Didn’t realize Jack was working with Daddy Knowles.

Ain’t that the truth: re: not knowing these celebs. Even in my limited interactions with celebs, I learned things that were completely at odds with pervasive public opinion (both good and bad).

Yikes at Brenda’s hair and makeup in that scene. Was Jill supposed to be recovering from illness there? Maybe it’s just the video transfer, but Marla looks flawless.

Diatchenko’s screaming is awful (reminds me of Muguruza’s roar), but... she’s cute!

Wow at Linette/Putintseva. Who’s going to blink first in this match? Surely, it’s going to be suspended soon. Could be the WTA’s answer to Isner/Mahut. Edit: Putintseva won 10-8. Sharapova OUT!!

Looks like everyone’s points from last year’s Wimbledon just came off, which would explain the surges for first-round losers Sock, Coric, Cecchinato, and Gojowczyk.

This is beyond the pale. I wonder if he’s having some personal problems or mental health issues.

Novak fan here. It’s probably one of the few matches in which he had the majority of tennis fans beyond Serbs and #nolefam on his side. But then again, you never know. Apparently, Sock skipped press, so I’m assuming he’ll face a fine:

Yep, David has four children older than Katharine McPhee, one by 14 years. Yep. That man is connected to almost everyone famous in some way.

Another tournament, another first round loss for Sock. I wonder if he’ll repeat last year and vulture a late-season title when everyone else is injured. Hmm, Dominic, ya think? Good that he’s coming around to the realization that he needs to pace himself if he wants to succeed beyond the clay courts.

Former RHOBH star Yolanda’s ex David Foster is engaged to American Idol runner-up and now-actress Katharine McPhee: http://m.tmz.com/?viewer_country=US#!article/2018/07/03/david-foster-katharine-mcphee-engaged-getting-married/

The 51-year-old teacher Chuando Tan:

Thiem retired from his match with Baghdatis. I wasn’t watching, but I was wondering why it was such a routine beatdown from Marcos. Ebden also upset Goffin in straights, and barring a huge turnaround, Kvitova is about to go out with a third set bagel to Sasnovich. EDIT: Kvitova, the oddsmakers favorite, is out.

Steven Johnson

Yep, the staging was so cinematic. Very old school Hollywood. Now the show is so flat, both literally and figuratively.

Ngo Okafor

Kei makes me want to come through the TV screen and throttle him. This should be a straight sets win for him.

When she says, “How could you understand what I’m going through?” to Jill, Brenda sounded just like Claire Danes when she’s agitated on Homeland. Ah, the music. Why the producers felt like this scoring was dated and not timeless, I’ll never understand.

I *love* this song, but somehow I’d never seen this video. It’s a montage of preening supermodels (a year before George Michael’s “Freedom”) and features a young Veronica Webb and, 2:01 in, one Ms. Cynthia Bailey.

I generally agree (and I think it goes for the ATP as well, perhaps even moreso). Although I do think Vekic is better on grass than she gets credit for. Svitolina, I just have no words.