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  1. ScentOfDefeat

    2024 WTA Miami

    Not to worry, Raducanu fans, I'm sure she'll be given wild cards and comfy draws as soon as she's ready to compete again, so she can quickly move up the rankings. Seriously, she should just voluntarily start building her game, endurance and confidence from the ground up, by returning to the...
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    2024 WTA Indian Wells

    Can't wait for Sabalenka's injury to give our girl Raducanu another easy bump in the rankings.
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    2024 WTA Indian Wells

    It's not easy to take the WTA seriously when Rybakina or Swiatek keep getting players like Collins in first or second rounds and someone like Raducanu gets to play Masarova at the same stage.
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    2024 WTA Indian Wells

    Why is Raducanu getting a qualifier in the first round?
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    2024 WTA Dubai 1000

    First quality player she faces, immediately in trouble. Still a lot of work to do for Gauff.
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    2024 WTA Doha 1000

    It's weird but sometimes it seems smaller tournaments with stacked draws deliver more than Slams. I wonder if it's because they don't have a day of rest between best of 3 matches (which, in fairness, is a bit too much rest in my estimation, it's only justifiable on the men's side), which rewards...
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    2024 WTA Doha 1000

    What's with Ostapenko's mental block against Azarenka? Vika isn't even half the player she was 10 years ago.
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    2024 WTA Doha 1000

    My two favourites (Fernandez and Rybakina) playing each other. Ugh.
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    WTA week of 2/5; Abu Dhabi 500 & Transylvania 250

    Here we go... Rybakina just can't figure out Samsonova, even she bagels her in the first set.
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    Wozniacki has no idea what size frame she uses

    It was tongue in cheek. :)
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    Wozniacki has no idea what size frame she uses

    She shouldn't have been a Slam champion, she was meant to be the player who was number one for ages but never won a major. That was her career arc until Fett, Davis, Halep and Kerber all collectively conspired to gift her a Slam she should have never won.
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    WTA week of 2/5; Abu Dhabi 500 & Transylvania 250

    It's suspicious though, I hardly ever see another top 10 player regularly playing Collins in the early rounds. There's a history of her getting really difficult draws, it's not the first time.
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    WTA week of 2/5; Abu Dhabi 500 & Transylvania 250

    It's weird how Rybakina keeps getting these rotten draws time and time again. Collins first round again, her destroyer Samsonova yet again, I mean, it's ridiculous. She's a top 10 that keeps getting a player ranked 80-100's draw.
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    How on earth did Raducanu win the USO 2021?

    For me it's Jana Fett vs. Wozniacki, second round of the 2018 Australian Open. I still have nightmares about that.
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    How on earth did Raducanu win the USO 2021?

    Yeah, it's one of those occasions that really illustrate the limitations of the elimination model in tournaments. No sport is perfect at determining the deserved winner, of course, but this was a perfect storm. Not quite like the example below, but as close as you can get to it in tennis.
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    Becker quits as Rune's coach

    Becker tried to instil in Rune the idea that the odds are stacked against you (and your ambition to become an ATG) when you wear your cap backwards. He ultimately failed to impart this knowledge.
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    ATP250 Montpellier Open, France 2024

    When he was Borna, his parents were given a chore each. I shall now leave.
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    WTA week of 1/29; Linz 500 & Hua Hin 250

    More like Austriapenko, amirite?
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    WTA week of 1/29; Linz 500 & Hua Hin 250

    Her serve has been a weapon this week, which is incredible considering how bad it's been in the past and how inconsistent her bad toss is.
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    ATP250 Montpellier Open, France 2024

    Alright, sorry. I seem to have a hit a nerve!
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    ATP250 Montpellier Open, France 2024

    Even better. Almost as good (but not quite) as your avatar.
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    ATP250 Montpellier Open, France 2024

    He's just not as good as he's cracked up to be at the moment. He beat Djokovic in a Masters 1000 final, that's his whole claim to fame. But he hasn't done nearly enough in Slams to be spoken of in the same vein as Tsitsipas or Zverev, not to mention Medvedev or Alcaraz.
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    WTA week of 1/29; Linz 500 & Hua Hin 250

    34 winners to 13 unforced errors. These are the Ostapenko matches you're really glad you had the opportunity to watch. Insane.
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    WTA week of 1/29; Linz 500 & Hua Hin 250

    But the problem with her is that everything can turn around very quickly too. Edit: not today though. Sheesh, that serve was solid.
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    ATP250 Montpellier Open, France 2024

    I just love that Bublik's name is "boob lick" in one direction and "kill boob" in the other. Pretty schizo, like the man himself.
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    WTA week of 1/29; Linz 500 & Hua Hin 250

    When you're more excited for a Linz semifinal than any match at the most recent Slam. That's the WTA!
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    WTA week of 1/29; Linz 500 & Hua Hin 250

    Anyone know why Vekic always wears long sleeves, indoors and outdoors?
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    On this day 20 years ago, week one of 237 straight weeks began

    And the one who is part of the EU is not from continental Europe.
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