Running tennis thread 2016 / 2017

Bernard Tomic and Serena Williams, mixed doubles?

Tennis bad boy goes nuts on heckler: ‘I’ll put my balls in your mouth’ | New York Post

 

In the fine tradition of Russell Crowe, Brad Paisley, Eddie Vedder and Florence Welch...Jimmy Fallon must invite him on the show.

 

Long live the one-handed BH !

Stan the MAN !!

 

I always pull for the one-handed BH.

 

Me too !

And it was in all its glory last night.

 

I think he and the Djoker are buddies.

Had it been Kyrgios, Wawrinka would have demanded that he get his ass out on the court and take his drubbing.


One of the best acts of sportsmanship I ever saw was in the 1994 finals of the Miami tournament.
Sampras had food poisoning from some pasta he ate the night before and was in no shape to play the 1 p.m. match.

Instead of taking the default and the title, Agassi said to wait it out and see if Sampras would be feeling better. After more than an hour, they took the court, and Sampras beat him in three sets.

Said Agassi: "If I can't beat the best player in the world, I don't deserve the trophy. And I certainly don't deserve it if I can't beat him when he's sick."

 

This is rather horrifying.

Tennis champ Petra Kvitova 'fortunate to be alive' after being stabbed by an intruder - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

 

Serena engaged. Ivanovic retiring. Quite the past few days for news in the women's tennis world.

 

If I may have a moment of juvenility, I'd like to take a moment to express my disappointment in Ivanovic's retirement and furthermore, in reading five minutes ago that she married Bastian Schweinsteiger a while back. Damn it, 2016.

 

I always thought that Ivanovic was the most beautiful female athlete I've ever seen.

 

She's in the running.