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Maybe it’s just me but I have no interest in watching Taylor Fritz and Jannik Sinner play in the Men’s final tomorrow.

Although I always found Darren Cahill to be a relatively affable guy, I am finding it one hell of a coincidence that he has connections to three tennis players who have failed drug tests.

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On 9/7/2024 at 9:19 AM, DramatistDreamer said:

Maybe it’s just me but I have no interest in watching Taylor Fritz and Jannik Sinner play in the Men’s final tomorrow.

Although I always found Darren Cahill to be a relatively affable guy, I am finding it one hell of a coincidence that he has connections to three tennis players who have failed drug tests.

Taylor needs to shut his mouth. He was already predicting a win.

Taylor never disappoints. He sucks!! He had no business being in the finals.

He and Jessica Pagula suck and put me to sleep.

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16 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Taylor needs to shut his mouth. He was already predicting a win.

Taylor never disappoints. He sucks!! He had no business being in the finals.

He and Jessica Pagula suck and put me to sleep.

By Friday, I knew that neither he nor Pegula were winning their final matches. The entitlement, particularly with Fritz is grating. Jim Courier mentioned something in commentary last week and he said of the American players in the SF, only Tiafoe wasn’t a child of wealth and privilege.  Fritz’ family is rich and Navarro and Pegula are billionaire heiresses. It really doesn’t say much for the illusion of opportunity that the USTA is always trying to create. I think this is part of the reason why tennis now bores me in a way it never has before in all my decades of following the sport.

I get that tennis has roots in the aristocracy but for the better part of two decades, all of the major tennis bodies have been trying to convince us that tennis was a sport that espoused egalitarian values and that it was a sport of opportunity to all comers. Well, for awhile it seemed so. Not really, not anymore. Tennis Channel (certain figures anyway) must think that Fritz is the second coming of Pete Sampras the way they talk about him sometimes. I see very little resemblance between the two. The both had dark hair (when Pete had hair) and they both grew up in California. That’s all I got.

That’s it.

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12 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

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Venus is on the View today!! She was on GMA yesterday promoting her new book.

In other news.....

Shocking ratings

I saw a clip of Venus on The View, she looked and sounded great. I will try to check out the others this week.  🤗

1 hour ago, Soapsuds said:

Ratings down everywhere. Americans in the finals didn't help. Maybe because both are entitled players. 

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2024/09/us-open-ratings-down-singles-finals-americans/

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There has been talk of the ATP and WTA joining forces. Not on the pay issue, interestingly enough, but I hope they will negotiate better streaming and broadcast deals because for the past several years ESPN has effectively been ruining tennis. Just today, I was thinking about how it was being introduced to tennis by just seeing it on network television and a “basic” cable package. If things had been the way they are now back then, I probably wouldn’t have become a fan. While I was thinking of this, it made me sad. 
 

Who’s doing a worse job of promoting their product…the daytime soaps or tennis?

I will say this for the USTA, they have readily leaned into the “booze cruise” aesthetic. A lot of half-drunk influencers taking selfies, looking like they are living their best lives for the “Gram”. Taylor Fritz’ girlfriend had her own crew, oddly enough, they were at the Dimitrov-Tiafoe match watching lol.

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Not surprising: Brad Gilbert and Coco Gauff have ended their partnership:

 

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