henry breadstick

21yo Mika Brunold of Switzerland becomes the 2nd active ATP to come out as gay in 2025, follow Joao Reis Da Silva.

Brunold climbed to a career high #307 this year, reaching his first ATP Challenger semifinal in June and VERY narrowly falling to #62 Reilly Opelka in October.

Tragically it seems my follow request was denied

Like not even camila giorgi would do this!

the LMFAO guy has a "tennis career" section in his infobox now

Bluesky is missing a lot of the news/memes/photos/gifs etc, probably more a lack of official tour and broadcaster accounts. I made @tennisnewsrobot.bsky.social to bring in some of that but it keeps breaking

Yeah, a few players made accounts but none have posted

They probably just didn't want Fed getting upstaged by Delpo again

He does like that shirt

And the absolute dumbest shot of the year goes to Corentin Moutet for this botched tweener on a gimme put away shot WHILE PLAYING FOR FRANCE

YouTube video by Andy Roddick's Served Media EXCLUSIVE QUICK SERVED: CHRIS EUBANKS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

give chris eubanks all the jobs. because when have you heard a player talk this intentionally about broadcasting. absolute pro. he deserves the world.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVjt...

I love Wikipedia rabbit holes

For no particular reason I thought I'd compare how Draper fared against other year-end number 10-ranked players.

Turns out that going back to when the points system changed in 2009 he's ... exactly in the middle. So there you go.

Yeah it would be interesting to see what he could do with a full season

For no particular reason I thought I'd compare how Draper fared against other year-end number 10-ranked players.

Turns out that going back to when the points system changed in 2009 he's ... exactly in the middle. So there you go.

Qinwen was the flag bearer for Hubei. 10/10 aura.

Unfortunately she had to withdraw due to her elbow.

Bottom Dollar On the shady practices of 1xBet, and its rapidly growing presence across tennis.

New:

On 1xBet, the strange and shady company which has become rapidly more visible across tennis in 2025 despite *many* reasons for tours, tournaments, and federations to steer clear of its mess.

Lots of odd details here, free for all to read at Bounces:

www.benrothenberg.com/p/1xbet-tenn...

Erin Routliffe-Gaby Dabrowski split a business decision, but 'I'll have a friend for life' Erin Routliffe is delighted she and Gaby Dabrowski managed to succeed in their two and a half years together.

Erin Routliffe-Gaby Dabrowski split a business decision, but 'I'll have a friend for life'

Via Opta Ace: Iga Swiatek has never lost 2 matches in a row from a set up in her entire career, across all levels.

Might change tonight if she loses this third set to Amanda Anisimova!

Tennis Deserves Better Than These Worthless Metrics | Defector Recently, I have been watching a lot of tennis, and thus trying to learn about tennis. This, as it turns out, is very difficult, because tennis is not a sport that wants to teach you about itself. If…

Tennis deserves better than these worthless metrics: defector.com/tennis-deser...

sounds like you really died

News: Venus Williams has been confirmed for the WTA 250 event in Auckland in the first week of the new tennis season in 2026.

Event starts on January 5th.

📸 ASB Classic

I remember Coco saying her brother is a big Ons fan. Maybe they should hang out

Again, don't try this at home.

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Norrie having a better record against Alcaraz than most top players is very funny. He does have an ability to bring out the worst in people

They should never have got rid of endless final sets at grand slams. Look at what we're missing out on.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will play for an ATP World Tour title tomorrow.

What could POSSIBLY go wrong????

Saudi Arabia's sportswashing campaign has already won With more sports leagues partnering with Saudi Arabia, its sportswashing campaign to gain mainstream access appears to be a rousing success.

For Awful Announcing, I wrote about how the relentlessness of Saudi Arabia's sports ventures is wearing down critics, with thoughts from a few of them: awfulannouncing.com/orig/saudi-a...

blargh. it's the hope that kills you