Mark Taylor

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#110 Talia Gibson defeats #373 Madison Brengle in straight sets.

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#142 Marina Stakusic defeats #75 and #2 Qualifying Seed Viktorija Golubic in straight sets.

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In the 2 matches I've been watching, the seeded player is going home.

Here, #154 Elvina Kalieva defeats #101 and #12 Qualifying Seed Yuliia Starodubtseva in straight sets.

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Kamilla Rakhimova defeats Maria Lourdes Carle in straight sets.

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Maria Timofeeva defeats Suzan Lamens in straight sets.

#USPol I'm shocked! 👀

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Diane Parry defeats Elizabeth Mandlik in straight sets.

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In the Battle of the Tasman Sea, Lulu Sun defeats Maddison Inglis in straight sets.

Two thoughts
1. It makes a change
2. I had 30 bucks on her. Yay for me! 😀

"They died to save her face"

From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 550, January 1983, some months after the Falklands war.

Hello! We have a new episode airing tonight at 11pm and given… y’know…. everything, it feels important to specify that it was taped yesterday, Saturday, which helps explain the otherwise inexplicable ratio of “discussion of Iran” to “discussion of Steven Seagal’s hair color.”

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#88 Anastasia Zakharova knocks #126 Caroline Dolehide out of the Indian Wells Qualifying rounds.

Dolehide didn't put up much resistance in the 2nd Set.

I’m not a heavy Instagram user by any means. Sometimes I’ll go a week without checking it. Recently my usage increased and it became clear to me that the algorithm is designed to destroy your mental health. That shit is set to KILL.

#Tennis #Austin 🎾

Peyton Stearns takes the 1st Set Tiebreak from Taylor Townsend.

Taylor had 2 Set Points when Peyton was serving at 3 games to 5.

😂

#Maps

Prussia definitely got busy over the next 80 years ...

Lauren

Lauren Boebert entered politics a married mother of four and now is a 39 year old divorced grandmother with a son in jail.
GOP values.

#Parody #NYTimesPitchbot #USPol #NeilSedaka

I am leaving Facebook because it keeps showing me videos of former vice presidents dancing.

That's right, I'm being forced out by the Al Gore rhythms.

Definitely on the cards.

#Pets

@ashleysays.bsky.social Your #cats are going to be delighted ...

Paul McCartney in an outtake from the ‘Red Rose Speedway’ album cover photoshoot.

I know nothing about this man or if he's any good at football, but any team would be lucky to have this creature on its roster

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Zakharova and Dolehide are on Stadium 4.

Someone must thave got the paintbrush out because the colours are so bright! 😎

#USPol #Iran 👀

#Tennis #Austin 🎾

The Austin FInal is here. 🥳🎉

Peyton Stearns and Taylor Townsend are about to get underway.

Tennis again has helped my geography because I have learned that the Colorado River referred to in commentary just now is not the one that flows through the Grand Canyon.

#USPol

@magentarocks.bsky.social This seems to be doing the rounds. Not being American, I don't really have an idea how accurate this is ...

#Tennis #Merida 🎾

Cristina Bucsa defeats Jasmine Paolini in straight sets and will play Magdalena Frech in the Final tomorrow.

Throughout the match our commentary team seemed more than a little concerned about Paolini's current form.

When Eric Bristow became World Darts Champion Sid said,

"When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer... Bristow's only 27."

Sid had a Modern History degree from Cambridge - so his commentary had more breadth than most of his colleagues. :)

If a match is 'must win' they must have lost a lot recently.