My favourite Grand Slam is here!! I love it because of the night matches. Hopefully we'll see a lot of 5 setters that end around 12am.

Is Prakash dating Paula Patton?

 

 

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^^I have no idea. All I know is his uncle Vijay is being inducted into the International Tennis Hall Of Fame with the next class. I saw a video where they were both very emotional about it. Is this event in Vegas? I also see his Sister-in-Law Alison Riske, Danielle Collins and Asia Muhammad. It’s entirely possible that they are dating (does Patton have a tennis connection?) but Prakash has been known to travel with some high flying friends. I still wonder what he was doing in Texas with Venus, maybe they just happened to both be there.

Simona Halep says she has ended her partnership with Patrick and his academy. After this preview it was said that she has a new defense, which includes Patrick acknowledging guilt for what happened with her. We will see more in the full interview later tonight. https://t.co/SGLWZuPFFc

— Romanian Tennis (@WTARomania) December 15, 2023

@FaulknerSo the plot thickens. Can’t say I am surprised, somehow I knew it would come to this when a few days ago, I read that Halep was mounting her appeal. 

Does anyone watch that free T2 channel? Until yesterday I had no idea that it was available on Roku, I thought it was only available on Samsung smart televisions. It’s kind of being wasted though since it only seems to show “encore” matches. It’s now showing old Laver Cup matches. This channel could have been showing Davis Cup and Billie Jean Cup (both of which have pretty much fallen off the radar of all but the most dedicated fans) or even some exhibition matches. Tennis seems to have thrown up its collective hands at maintaining interest in this sport, let alone “growing the sport”.

On 12/15/2023 at 10:40 AM, DramatistDreamer said:

I read that Halep was mounting her appeal. 

I’ve known nothing really about this one other than I thought - you just don’t let this happen - she’s guilty.  But Chris Evert X’d or tweeted or whatever - that she believes she’s innocent.  Mentioned that (I think) put her trust in a trainer that failed her.  I’m interested now. 

2 hours ago, Fevuh said:

I’ve known nothing really about this one other than I thought - you just don’t let this happen - she’s guilty.  But Chris Evert X’d or tweeted or whatever - that she believes she’s innocent.  Mentioned that (I think) put her trust in a trainer that failed her.  I’m interested now. 

The crux of her argument in the last two cases were rejected, so she has to come up with something else, right? I’m no fan of Patrick Mouratoglu but Halep is a grown woman and what she puts into her body is ultimately her responsibility.

This is funny. Casper Ruud looking uncomfortable af during a UTS roundtable discussion with the super-chaotic Alexander Bublik and Benoit Paire.

 

A thread of Casper Ruud stuck at work dinner he couldn't get out of. pic.twitter.com/cb4lZ33JAp

— Jess 🍵 (@jessica4stein) December 27, 2023

Rafa and Dominic practicing in Brisbane.

https://piped.video/watch?v=57IKGiAYfHc

Rafael Nadal: Spaniard to miss Australian Open following hip injury

That title was a long time coming for Grigor Dimitrov.

45 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

That title was a long time coming for Grigor Dimitrov.

I didn't watch because I thought Rune was going to beat him.

He's been playing some good ball as of late.

Edited January 7, 20241 yr by Soapsuds

10 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

I didn't watch because I thought Rune was going to beat him.

He's been playing some good ball as of late.

I missed the match too. I saw highlights on YouTube.