Monday, September 16, 2024

Weekend Tennis Roundup


Kartal and Frech were first-time WTA winners as the men battled it out for a spot in the Davis Cup qualifiers. Full report plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.


Although I mainly care about how the men look in their get-ups (see below), over the weekend 16 Davis Cup teams were whittled down to eight: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and USA are heading to November's Finals in Malaga -- although I don't really understand what this draw means.


Britain's Sonay Kartal -- whose service motion rivals Pam Shriver's forehand in the ugliness department -- beat Slovakia's Rebecca Sramkova 6-3, 7-5 in Sunday's final in Tunisia to claim victory in her first WTA Tour final


And Poland’s Magdalena Frech capped a dream week in Guadalajara on Sunday night, defeating Australian qualifier Olivia Gadecki, 7-6 (5), 6-4, to capture the first WTA title of her career


Team Italy 


Team Germany 


Team Canada 


Team Serbia 


Team France 


Team Great Britain


Team Italy 


Team Spain 


Billy Harris made quite a Davis Cup debut, leading Great Britain to victory in the absence of Jack Draper ... and he's no Qinwen Zheng at the mic


Is this who Juan Betancourt hooked up with after Paula Badosa? 





Andrea Pellegrino reached the final at the Challenger in Poland but sure looked like a winner to me



Andrea Vavassori playing with his balls 


Dusan Lajovic makes padel look pornographic



Why we have to put up with Tommy Paul's flagrant straightness 


Jacob Fearnley is now 5-0 in Challenger finals. 


The Brit saved two championship points in defeating my other husband (Quentin Halys) 0-6, 7-6(5), 6-3 to claim the crown in Rennes.


Adam Jones



... and his not-so-flat white friend 











Novak Djokovic teamed up with NextGen cutie Hamad Medjedovic to secure Serbia's place in the 2025 Davis Cup qualifiers 


Can you imagine pairing with the GOAT?


Matteo Berrettini: Black 


or white? 



Team Serbia gave sexpot Filip Krajinovic a nice sendoff




Horia Tecau had Kevin Krawietz for dinner


Were legs on the menu? 


Dream(y) team: Guido Andreozzi and Theo Arribage


Nole and NBA player Bogdan Bogdanovic


Adam Jones starts OnlyKoreanFans 


Who's gonna tell her? 


Does Borna Coric have a new boyfriend? 


Daniel Altmaier has a daddy 


… who must like good parts 


Manspread Monday with Fabien Reboul 


And his cute little brother 


Pedro Martinez rocks a 'stache 


while representing Spain 



Hello, Zizou Bergs



Pretty boy alert: Jakub Menšík




Jordan Thompson upshorts


Leggy Grigor 



Otto Virtanen


in action 


I realize you can't be sure of the proclivities of everyone you follow. But what a boner killer.


Luca Van Assche wishes his career were going better? 


Marcos Giron is slippery when wet 


Alexandre Müller just like you want him 


How do you say tease in Italian? 


Department store heir thanks hotel company


I'm not sure Holger Rune's career is storied enough for a book yet 


Let alone two? 


Fisting fan Borna Gojo 


Did anyone see Andy Roddick's gratuitous (since-deleted) tweet to Vasek Pospisil, making fun of him for touting the PTPA's accomplishments? 


Dutch treat Wesley Koolhof


Most handsome wedding guest ever: Luca Corinteli


Arthur Fils 


That's right where I'd touch, too 




Team Arevalo/Mate


Simone Bolelli


Andrea Vavassori 


Is Jenson Brooksby getting a body? 



Who knew an 87-year-old bird had the same fantasy about Andy Murray as my husband does?


Balkan beef 


And last but not least: Now that we just completed our first year without a Federer, Nadal or Djokovic victory in a major, it's the perfect time to look back at how insanely dominant the Big 3 have been.

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