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Worthless bit of trivia but in Croatian/Serbian, Samo Udrih practically means "just hit it!" while being an equivalent to LFG and it's the best name in all of basketball

As soon as Rinderknech started speaking French he started crying, and Vacherot avoids eye contact so he doesn't start bawling as well. How can you not be romantic about sports?

In all my years of watching the 1000, Mostert cracking a tinny with the punters straight after a DNF is one of the funniest things I’ve seen. 😂

What a bloody extraordinary finish to Bathurst. Just absurd levels of car control and commitment in what are essentially bricks on wheels in the wet. From this to WEC, shit, endurance racing rules.

In comparison to her yips on serve a few seasons ago being just sad, now being so dominant and unserious at the same time is a tragicomedy at this point.

Proud to have found the ultimate Sabalenka headloss stat.

When you look at Vacherot's college history and the ITF/Challenger events where he's performed well, it's a bit of a perfect scenario with the top players dropping like flies in humid, slow and frankly brutal conditions. But this is just the best story. I love sports so much, man.

Paolini tapping into Errani's tennis brain to substantiate a run at the top after turning 28 is more effective and untraceable than any PED available. Irrespective of how this goes against Gauff, the level she's hit since that loss to Ito in Montreal to give top players PROBLEMS has been kinda nuts.

Errani and Paolini on centre court after Paolini completes the WTA #1, #2 and #3 set tomorrow

I'll also have you know AEDT and seeing the clock go from 1.59 to 3.00 last weekend hit me like a truck @hiraldo.bsky.social, barely recovered since.

Light at the end of the tunnel music working nights for Chinese swing, shit yeah boys and girls

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This week a mess with Shanghai/Wuhan but will dig in tomorrow! 🥰

That said, the conditions in Shanghai have been made even more taxing with the slower court speed; haven't seen a Masters event so brutal on the players with the level of cramping and sheer exhaustion. Second-most comeback wins at a Masters event since permanent three-setters in 2008.

The level of focus against GMP's serve in those conditions was frankly uncharacteristic; enough to give you the impression he had turned a corner, but Rune just always has a completely random loss in him. Even with more time on a slower surface, his forehand just doesn't pack enough to challenge.

Both defeated Rune to reach the SF. 💀

Maturing is developing immense respect and appreciation for the likes of De Miñaur. Will is a skill, and AdM has totally maximised potential/skillset via sheer determination to improve.

Blows me away every time that Iga's only loss from a set up at 1000s was via retirement to the eventual tournament champion (Rybakina, Rome 2023). 107-0 in completed matches with 100 now in straight sets how dare you people slander this woman

One of my most pedantic gripes about football in this age is officiating of throw-ins; from the actual throwing of the ball over the head to lax policing of feet in the air. Seemingly unimportant but pivotal to pace and flow of the game, a bit like the gather step in basketball.

I always thought it was vermin *logs off*

He always had to battle to some extent against frankly lesser players, but now it's like the complete opposite of watching a player you appreciate who is consistently clutch. It's fantastic 😂

Cackling at the televisión hahaha

Medvedev and Rinderknech vs Zverev/other opponents 🥰

Saw him checking in at Tulla the other day, and the sheer disdain with which he looks at other people is hilarious. Not just effniks, either. Just a cracking bloke.

It was taken down after like 10/15 minutes but I will always remember Jorge Valdivia's last international tournament.

Catching up on Chile-New Zealand and happily reminded of the best banner I’ve ever seen at an international match.

YouTube video by US Open Tennis Championships Novak Djokovic vs. Marin Cilic Full Match | 2015 US Open Semifinal

Reporting back! Not the deepest of cuts but peak returnbot/servebot

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Funnily enough, from this past weekend

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That said now the Świątek match is finished; the elite clubs have generally mismanaged that tactical context to varying degrees of hilarity (Juve being the most glaring case outside PL), but Man United have seemed the most ignorant of it. Splurged on DMs, 9s as if they were the problem in isolation.