The Official Tennis Thread (Vol. 2024 US Open)

[Sinner]

Bea's IG is... entertaining.

 

[otakuant]

Venus is making her return to Indian Wells this year.

Fed is skipping IW because of his recent surgery, but he's planning to play in Monte-Carlo.

 

[Sinner]

Meanwhile...

 

[otakuant]

Sloane's racking up titles. She went from 0 to 3 in just over half a year.

 

[thadangerousmind]

Look at Sloane not being a bum. Under Armour picked some winners during the last round of deals.

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

Wow, Sloane looks like Kanye's mom in that pic

 

[otakuant]

Gentlemen, Agnieszka Radwanska.

 

[Sinner]

LOL... how many shot-of-the-month has she had?!  Ninja tennis! 

 

[aepps20]

Apparently Sharapova has some important announcement tomorrow. I wonder what it will be?

 

[thadangerousmind]

Apparently Sharapova has some important announcement tomorrow. I wonder what it will be?

This is her last year on the tour.

 

[otakuant]

Tennis Channel is going to air her press conference at 12 PM PT.

Wow, I guess this pretty much confirms it.

 

[aepps20]

Could be a sugerpova related announcement as well.

 

[Sinner]

Could be a sugerpova related announcement as well.

Sounds too serious to be product-related. 

We know she's been having a lot of injury-related issues as of late... so it could be about that.  Hope it's not negative news of any sort. 

 

[Sinner]

Meldonium.

 

[aepps20]

Didn't see that coming. Don't be surprised if they drop the hammer on her.

 

[PrisonerofDoom83]

I thought maybe pregnant lol

 

[Sinner]

Didn't see that coming. Don't be surprised if they drop the hammer on her.

I dunno... was legal until 2016... and from the looks of things, not a performance-enhancer... Wiki said it was for heart issues among other things.  Obvs not a doc, so I'm just speculating.  

Unprofessional and careless?  Sure, perhaps.  

Malicious and cheating?  Nope. 

I hope she gets her health in order. 

 

[otakuant]

The fact that she completely ignored the email isn't going to go over well. I think calling for a press conference was a good move on her behalf, though.

Gotta wonder how all her sponsors will react to this news...

 

[Cars]

Don't feel like this needed a press conference at all.

Very anticlimactic

 

[Sinner]

 
The fact that she completely ignored the email isn't going to go over well. I think calling for a press conference was a good move on her behalf, though.

Gotta wonder how all her sponsors will react to this news...

I figured that she'd have someone on her team checking these things!  But, yes, ultimately it's her responsibility.

I'd be surprised if her sponsors do anything drastic.  Seemed like an honest mistake. 

 

[Sinner]

Well, well, well... this is very interesting. 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25847280

 

[aepps20]

Well, well, well... this is very interesting. 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25847280

I was just about to post this. This drug clearly helps performance.

 

[rolaholic]

Even doping can't help her win

 

[thadangerousmind]

I was right. Whether she gets a 2 year ban or a 4 year ban this is her last year on the tour. Good riddance.

 

[fantastic4our]

 
The fact that she completely ignored the email isn't going to go over well. I think calling for a press conference was a good move on her behalf, though.

Gotta wonder how all her sponsors will react to this news...

I figured that she'd have someone on her team checking these things!  But, yes, ultimately it's her responsibility.

I'd be surprised if her sponsors do anything drastic.  Seemed like an honest mistake. 

That was such a BS excuse "I didn't click the link" she doesn't check her email, man. Teams of people are responsible for making sure this type of **** doesn't happen. Utter BS.