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For someone known as the “King of the General Admission Courts,” João Fonseca had a remarkable number of fans in Stadium 1 tonight against Paul.

In Indian Wells, with very affluent fans.

But sure, people on Tennis Sky will still insist on framing Brazil as “poor,” because stereotypes die harder.

João Fonseca is serving for the match, much to the delight of the crowd.

Paul is usually a composed, professional guy on court, but right now he’s giving off this frustrated, sulky energy that feels surprisingly immature for him and reminiscent of Ben Shelton.

The most likely reasons are the boisterous crowd backing Fonseca and the opponent himself.

Mboko is hammering her backhand mercilessly into Kalinskaya’s body and down the middle, disrupting the Russian’s rhythm.

Victoria takes the first set 6–4.

I usually like Pete Odgers, from BBC, as tennis commentator, but Sophie Amiach really needs to stop talking during the points.

Anna Kalinskaya is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen in my live.

The level of disturbance she causes is on par with what Elena Dementieva used to hit.

Fonseca humiliating Tommy Paul out there. Just bossing him around the court.🎾

Fonseca takes the first set 6–2 over Paul.

João playing like a Top‑10 guy out there.

Let’s see if he can sustain that surreal level.

Now he’s leaving the court with the physio to treat some abdominal pain.

Fonseca 😍

"Davis Cup crowd of Brazilians"

Nice put.

Diallo takes the first set 7–6(5) over Aliassime.

The crowd is clearly behind Diallo.

In this Canadian bloodbath, Diallo and Aliassime are both wearing the same orange Adidas shirt, but Gabriel has white shorts, while Félix is in orange.

Eala X Linda Noskova in R4.

Winner takes Gibson or Paolini.

Gauff retires.

Nice exchange with Eala on court.

Alexandra Eala 6-2 Coco Gauff.

“I'd like to thank Alex for bringing a new demographic to the sport. I really appreciate it. I think it's great,” Gauff in a postgame interview on the court.

@ticktocktennis.bsky.social notes that Coco Gauff leads the WTA in double faults for the second straight year: 430 in 2024 and 431 in 2025.

At this pace, Cori Dionne Gauff would hit 5,000 double faults by 2028, her tenth year on tour.

Tennis Channel Added to Amazon as Part of Broader Streaming Push The Tennis Channel is looking to take a bigger swing at the online TV market.

Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw (@lucasshaw.bsky.social) said in his newsletter that, after Amazon Prime Video, The Tennis Channel is trying to convince YouTube to include the network in its news sport-only TV package in order to make the service available to more people.
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[6] Anisimova 6-1, 6-1 [25] Raducanu in 52 min.

Fokina beats Menšík 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 in a match that should’ve been 6–2, 6–3.

Fokina being Fokina, he managed to complicate things.

There will be a Sabalenka X Osaka match.

Hope the people who watch it have fun.

Thalia Gibson +27 —> #85, a career high, with R4 in Indian Wells.

#64 if she wins the next game.

Qualifier #112 Thalia Gibson is on 🔥 in Indian Wells.

She’s taken out #41 Ann Li, [11] Alexandrova, and [17] Tauson in the main draw.

In qualifying, she beat Brengle and Kalieva.

For her 6th match in the desert, she awaits the winner of [7] Paolini vs. Tomljanović.

First sets to Fokina, Paolini, and Osaka.

Second sets to Menšík, Tomljanović, and Osorio.

Everything’s heading to a decider.

Fokina broke Menšík and served at *4–3, only to get broken twice in a row and drop the set 4–6.

They are going three.

The contrast couldn’t be more pronounced: Menšík’s coolness and clean ball‑striking versus Fokina’s baroque chaos: the grunting, the scruff, the over‑celebrations, the pyrotechnic shot‑making.

Physio called for Menšík. He looks like he’s having trouble breathing.

They are destroying the press conferences and the credibility of mainstream journalism, pushing actors and athletes to social media instead of answering elaborated questions.

Zverev on court, Lahyani in the chair.

Fitting, really. Somehow, one deserves the other.

How I Became A Target For Right-Wing Freaks At The Australian Open | Defector Before I went to Melbourne in January to cover the Australian Open for Defector and a couple other publications, I spent some time in New Zealand with my family. We lived there for five years when I w...

Some of what’s being described in this article by @owensports.bsky.social is known as "vulture journalism", a genuine issue at international film festivals.

@opencourt.bsky.social has been talking about it for years. She call them "the scrapers".

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OOP Sunday March 8th

3pm
Tomljanovic X Paolini

4pm
Osorio X Osaka
Fokina X Mensik

5pm
Raducanu X Anisimova

7pm
Diallo X Aliassime

9pm
Eala X Gauff

10pm
Fonseca X Paul

11pm
Mboko X Kalinskaya