The rumors are…. real??
(For the chronically offline, there have been recent rumors that Lore cheated on his current partner with Matteo’s now ex-gf)

Rune plays Bergs or Hurkacz next

عودة النجم يانيك سينر للمشاركة في بطولة التنس العالمية
Six Kings Slam ضمن موسم الرياض D طأ
27.28.30 ديسمبر
ذا فينيو الرياض م
Star Jannik Sinner returns and participates in the world tennis championship Six Kings Slam as part of Riyadh Season OB
27,28,30 Dec
The Venue- Riyadh 9

Source: Jannik reposted this on story: https://www.instagram.com/p/De9doA4oU0d/

Casper comes back from a set down to make it to the R16. He will play Borges next.

*Forgot the [WC] for Stricker.

Tien will play de Minaur in round 2

Federer: 10-21 combined Slam record vs. Djokovic and Nadal

Nadal: 2-15 vs. Djokovic off clay from 2011 onwards

Djokovic: 8 Slam final losses to non-big 3 opposition (Fedal 2 combined)

Sinner: Career 2-10 record vs. top 20 players in 5th sets

Alcaraz: Despite reaching #1 in 2022, won 85% of matches only once (Sinner over 90% in all of 2024-2026)

Murray: Worse win rate vs. big 3 at Slams than Tsonga (5-20 vs. 4-13)

Wawrinka: Has the same number of big best of 3 titles as Jack Sock (1 Masters 1000, 0 ATP Finals)

Zverev: 1-14 career record against top 5 players at Slams

Medvedev: Only player ever to blow multiple 2-0 leads in Slam finals

Thiem: Never won more than 73.5% of matches in a season (Med/Zverev have 4 times each)

Cilic: Never finished a year in the top 5, 26.2% career win rate vs. top 10 players (worst of anyone here)

Del Potro: Lost before the QF at the majority (9/16) of his Slam runs in his 2009-13 prime

De Minaur will play Tien or Van Assche next

Darderi won the Italian derby in R1 to set up a meeting with either Rublev or [7] Paul in R2.

A straightforward win for Menšík. He will face Buse or Mannarino in the round of 16.

He will face the winner between Cobolli and Dimitrov

Talk about revenge. After loosing to Cerundolo in the qualifiers, he beats him in round 1 as a LL.

Fery will play Musetti or Tiafoe next.

Venus Williams thrilling the crowds in her 32nd year on tour. Go Vee!

https://www.wtatennis.com/videos/4599087/venus-williams-tjen-sweep-into-guangzhou-quarterfinals-in-doubles-debut

I randomly got curious what Roddick’s and Hewitt’s H2H is and found out it’s a satisfying 7-7.

So i was wondering, what other H2Hs are really competitive?

Little fun fact, Hewitt won 6 out of their first 7 meetings, then Roddick won the next 6 matches and to balance it out, Hewitt won their last match when Roddick had to retire at the 2012 AO

have a nice day :)

The 8th seed clears R1 to line up next against a more formidable opponent, the in-form Talia Gibson, good luck to her!

She is also supposed to play doubles with Desirae Krawczyk, but the latter withdrew (likely due to fatigue from her Ningbo title win, despite official reason as 'back injury')... so Alex can now better focus on her singles lessgo

Also, a shout-out to Kader Nouni for the 'melted chocolate' voice-over!