Official Tennis Thread - Part 3

[Gusto Brunt]

Djokovic looked all of his 37 years and MORE.

[Zizu]

Here’s hoping that awful Djokovic gets pummelled tomorrow !!

Can’t abide him !


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Whooooooo !!


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[Zizu]

Djokovic looked all of his 37 years and MORE.


Good riddance….time he retired !!

I reckon in a few years some if his skeletons will surface .


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[Zizu]

Oh please, come on Carlos .
I cannot bear Djokovic.


Same

Nice to see good beating evil for once

:)


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[rusticgal]

Great result…Carlos was brilliant.

[Swan]

Never seen a Tennis match in full in my life, but they had a Wimbledon Zone in a park in the town i live, looked fun

[jet]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/14/14/87314837-0-image-m-26_1720964078160.jpg

She's beautiful, inside and out. :love:

[jet]

Carlos was amazing, it's hard to believe he's only 21 and that good. He has a very good temperament too, a really nice guy.

[Mystic Mock]

Carlos was amazing, it's hard to believe he's only 21 and that good. He has a very good temperament too, a really nice guy.

Alcaraz is a great player, but I'm not sure on him as a person.

I don't know why, but I just can't take to him.

I had this with Federer when I was a kid, and then he started to grow on me, so maybe Alcatraz will do a similar thing for me.

[Zizu]

Carlos was amazing, it's hard to believe he's only 21 and that good. He has a very good temperament too, a really nice guy.


They reckon he could be the best ever if he avoids serious injuries


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[Zizu]

Alcaraz is a great player, but I'm not sure on him as a person.

I don't know why, but I just can't take to him.

I had this with Federer when I was a kid, and then he started to grow on me, so maybe Alcatraz will do a similar thing for me.


Federer was probably my favourite- perfection


Crazy that he went on to father two sets of twins


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[Mystic Mock]

The first game took 14 minutes !

That’s longer than some of the lady’s sets !


Yet they are constantly appealing for equal pay cheques


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The women's Tennis has been more competitive and exciting imo.

Obviously the equal pay thing is dumb I'll agree with you on that, because Tennis is a business at the end of the day, and men's Tennis brings in more revenue than the women's game.

Personally I'm preferring the women's game at the moment, but a business isn't going to run itself based on a few random Internet people's opinions.

[Mystic Mock]

Federer was probably my favourite- perfection


Crazy that he went on to father two sets of twins


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Federer does seem like a great guy tbf.

And obviously he was a phenomenal player, especially at Wimbledon.

[jet]

Alcaraz is a great player, but I'm not sure on him as a person.

I don't know why, but I just can't take to him.

I had this with Federer when I was a kid, and then he started to grow on me, so maybe Alcatraz will do a similar thing for me.

Here is some info on him Mock -

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/alcaraz-feature-post-wimbledon-2023

A really down to earth, nice kid.

[jet]

They reckon he could be the best ever if he avoids serious injuries


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It's certainly looking that way.

[Zizu]

It's certainly looking that way.


He kinda resembles a mix if Federer and Nadal

LoL


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[bots]

The women's Tennis has been more competitive and exciting imo.

Obviously the equal pay thing is dumb I'll agree with you on that, because Tennis is a business at the end of the day, and men's Tennis brings in more revenue than the women's game.

Personally I'm preferring the women's game at the moment, but a business isn't going to run itself based on a few random Internet people's opinions.

Tennis is not like football. The women's game attracts just as big an audience as the mens game. Given that, then there should be less difference in prize money for the mens and womens games

[Mystic Mock]

Here is some info on him Mock -

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/alcaraz-feature-post-wimbledon-2023

A really down to earth, nice kid.

Fair enough.

They all know him far more than I do.

[Mystic Mock]

Tennis is not like football. The women's game attracts just as big an audience as the mens game. Given that, then there should be less difference in prize money for the mens and womens games

Oh I get that it's much closer the gap in popularity compared to how men's Football demolishes women's Football in popularity as it currently stands.

However there is still a gap in popularity, which a business will take that into account when doing the wage structure.

[Nicky91]

meanwhile Caroline Wozniacki has qualified for the 4th Olympics



Raducanu though not competing in the Olympics, but she has a wildcard for Washington

[Zizu]

meanwhile Caroline Wozniacki has qualified for the 4th Olympics



Raducanu though not competing in the Olympics, but she has a wildcard for Washington


Shame !!

Raducanu would have a chance of Olympic Gold … I am amazed she’s not going


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[Nicky91]

Shame !!

Raducanu would have a chance of Olympic Gold … I am amazed she’s not going


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do you think?


its the same court as roland garros, and who is the queen of clay, yup 1Ga Swiatek, i reckon her to be the top favourite in the singles, i wonder how she'll do in mixed doubles with Hurkacz (another top player from poland tbh)

[Nicky91]

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TeamKazakhstan for Paris2024 :D

[Nicky91]

tg-QQFdud6s

charity match for peace


Nadal/Swiatek vs Gauff/McEnroe

[Nicky91]

that evil belarusian Sabalenka really can't lose :idc:

[arista]

Aged 22
and he can not hold it together................


Jack Draper vomited on court during
a dramatic US Open semi-final defeat
by world number one Jannik Sinner.

The 22-year-old British number one's breakout
run at a Grand Slam tournament ended
in a 7-5 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 defeat in New York.

In the biggest match of his fledgling career,
25th seed Draper caused problems for
Sinner in a tight first set.]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c049kw6dln5o

[arista]

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Puking Draper
aged 22

[Nicky91]

can't believe Queen Jessica is a US Open finalist, now hopefully the evil also can be beaten, this is a slower court than Cinci was where Sabalenka beat her while Jessie still managed to put up a good fight even if the court wasn't in her favor back then


but really that QF win over Iga, sensational


and that semi win over Muchova, great recovery from set1 loss with a breadstick (1-6) and also 0-2 behind in set2, showcasing what a fighter she can be :flutter:



at this level, compared to her early years very under the radar with the fandom, also after overcoming a very bad knee injury in 2014 which made her fall below top 700 even


good luck for the final, my queen

[Nicky91]

well fought Jessie :hug:

already proud of you for having made the final of the USO this year :flutter:


i guess the tennis gods were more in favor of Sabalenka


just bad luck


also losing 7-5, 7-5 ain't bad at all

[Zizu]

Sooooo just watching a tennis program on telly..

Can’t help but not so many of the top players including the massive , framed world number one are quite manly looking !!


So are they naturally born with high testosterone or are they maybe taking additives ?

Powerful shoulders with square jaws .. a few look like real handsome guys ..

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[Zizu]

Sooooo Djokovic has pulled out of the Italian Open completely after suffering an unpleasant THREE successive DEFEATS !!!

Maybe he’s reintroduced GLUTEN back into his system v!!

[emoji23]

[Zizu]

Sooooo

The big story is the young lady from France rated 366 in the world yet seemingly finding no difficulties in smashing all her opponents incredibly TWO top 10 seeds !!

This was her first grand slam event and she’s just off an horrendous injury (usually career ending ) ..

Thing that bothers me is her physique… or more specifically the remarkable change in her physique and the way she’s simply overpowering all her opponents

In the space of about 8 months look at the difference !

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[Zizu]

Any thoughts on the world number one Sinner ??

He came from nowhere to be almost unbeatable on ANY surface !!

( Djokovic did a similar thing oddly)

I don’t like or trust either one of them !!

Sinner famously tested positive ( twice I think) but incredibly only got a 3 month ban which he served in the close season.

The other tennis players were aghast !!


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[Zizu]

Jees !!
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[Beso]

1st thing I said as well.

She played well though

[Beso]

Jees !!
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Definitely woodish going on.

[arista]

Emma on BBC1HD Live

Slightly behind the champ.

[arista]

Emma Lost

[arista]

[Emma Raducanu's Wimbledon dream is over.

Aryna Sabalenka, the world number one,
is through to round four but she won't have many
tougher tests than that during this tournament.]

[arista]

At 27 years old
Aryna Sabalenka, the Belarusian professional tennis player.

You could see she would win,

A higher level than 22 year old Emma

[Mystic Mock]

Raducanu played really well tbf.

Hopefully she can build on this and make some improvements to her game.

[MTVN]

Raducanu was fantastic. Been a joy to see her playing her best tennis but fair play to Sabalenka who massively stepped up when she needed to

Glad we still have Sonay in the next round, she's been amazing (and the posts above are pretty disgusting)

[Mystic Mock]

Raducanu was fantastic. Been a joy to see her playing her best tennis but fair play to Sabalenka who massively stepped up when she needed to

Glad we still have Sonay in the next round, she's been amazing (and the posts above are pretty disgusting)

I agree with you on your assessment of both Raducanu and Sabalenka.

And I do personally agree with you on Sonay as well, I get that we all to some extent get drawn to people that we think are good looking, but I don't get why some people are wanting to drag her down over something that she can't control?

Plus she's doing really well at a Sporting event, not a Modelling one.

Because let's be honest, Raducanu would be winning that tournament by a mile imo.

Obviously I don't know who anyone would vote for out of the men.:laugh:

But going back to what you were saying MTVN, I agree with all of your points.

[Beso]

Raducanu this Raducanu that, only because she's beautiful.hardly a mention for our pocket dynamite who played a flawless game in destroying her more experienced opponent.

[Nicky91]

one to look out for, the argentine qualifier Solana Sierra, quite a stunning result in 3 sets past Bucsa, losing the 2nd set with a breadstick, and then handing a breadstick back at Bucsa to take the match :laugh:



now from this Bottom Half


Swiatek vs Collins today will be interesting, if Iga can have her revenge at Collins, for that loss in Rome earlier this year, or if Collins is now on the better surface while its Iga's weakest surface and therefore Collins having the upper hand

anyhow the winner of this, might face either Tauson or Rybakina, and both of whom are dangerous next opponents


also looking forward to Cocciaretto, i mean a upset in round 1 over the 3rd seed Pegula, and a convincing flawless round 2 win, and now against a inconsistently performing Bencic


Zeynep Sonmez am also happy her still being in, tennis ain't popular at all in Turkiye, also financially wise, however she now has a tricky opponent in the seeded Alexandrova



Yastremska can she continue her wimbledon journey, the one who outed 2nd seed Coco Gauff in round 1, now up against the spanish Jessica Bouzas (whom recently kinda blew Emma Navarro away with that 6-1, 6-0, few tournaments ago)

[Nicky91]

i don't care too much about Pegula's round 1 exit here, i mean her best surface is Hard Court anyway

i hope she can perform better in the american leg of the season, but anyway holding on to a top 5 ranking would be something i am hoping for, for our QUEEN


Pegula's strength is more her never give up attitude, her style of play is a bit on the basic side i do admit that, so i don't know if she'll ever win a slam, but honestly more than 10 years ago i wouldn't have even thought about her becoming a top ranked player, and look where she is now so


also Pegula apparently offers other players on tour, also rides on her private jet :love:

[Mystic Mock]

Raducanu this Raducanu that, only because she's beautiful.hardly a mention for our pocket dynamite who played a flawless game in destroying her more experienced opponent.

Raducanu had the toughest opponent of the tournament and broke her serve three times in the match.

That's really impressive imo, and I am someone that has been disappointed with some of Raducanu's attitude in other tournaments.

But yes, some of the Media love to promote Raducanu because she's a very pretty woman, but there will be sections of the Media that will be less keen because she's a pretty woman.

It depends on where you're looking basically.

[Nicky91]

Swiatek wins wimbledon, obviously :sleep:

[Mystic Mock]

Swiatek wins wimbledon, obviously :sleep:

She's a really good player tbf.

I personally would like to see Sabalenka win though, I like her passion on the court.

[Zizu]

She's a really good player tbf.

I personally would like to see Sabalenka win though, I like her passion on the court.


She gets an awful lot of stick for her loud grunting on court plus her lip fillers


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[Nicky91]

She's a really good player tbf.

I personally would like to see Sabalenka win though, I like her passion on the court.

:joker::joker::joker::joker:


this aged like milk


Anisimova exposed Sabalenka as such a basic player :hehe:

[Mystic Mock]

She gets an awful lot of stick for her loud grunting on court plus her lip fillers


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Fair enough about the grunting.

I don't know what her lip fillers has got to do with her Tennis though.

[Mystic Mock]

:joker::joker::joker::joker:


this aged like milk


Anisimova exposed Sabalenka as such a basic player :hehe:

Sabalenka's done really well tbf.

Especially considering grass court isn't her natural style of Tennis.

[Nicky91]

Sabalenka's done really well tbf.

Especially considering grass court isn't her natural style of Tennis.

Swiatek's weakest court is grass court and yet she's in the final


so this exposes dictator worshipper Sabalenka as pathetically weak :joker:

[Mystic Mock]

Swiatek's weakest court is grass court and yet she's in the final


so this exposes dictator worshipper Sabalenka as pathetically weak :joker:

Well done to Swiatek.

[Nicky91]

Well done to Swiatek.

yup

i mean her season this year has been quite a struggle so far, falling as low as 8th place in the rankings, but now with this good result, she climbs back to 3rd place, slightly below Pegula with a very close margin


although Swiatek has many points to defend in the american leg of the season of course


but yeah if Swiatek wins Wimbledon, Pegula can always say i defeated the future wimbledon champ at Bad Homburg :laugh:

[Zizu]

Come on Djokovic !!!


This is the first time I have ever cheered for this guy as I always wondered about him being a ‘clean’ player but his aptly named opponent ‘Sinner’ IS a proven drugs cheat !


Sinner failed TWO drugs tests and then got a ridiculously short ban of 3 months ( served during the tennis ‘close’ season ) which left his opponents completely perplexed !!


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[Mystic Mock]

Come on Djokovic !!!


This is the first time I have ever cheered for this guy as I always wondered about him being a ‘clean’ player but his aptly named opponent ‘Sinner’ IS a proven drugs cheat !


Sinner failed TWO drugs tests and then got a ridiculously short ban of 3 months ( served during the tennis ‘close’ season ) which left his opponents completely perplexed !!


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The doping has unfairly robbed Djokovic of a place in the final.:mad:

[MTVN]

Not a great final so far :skull:

What a shame that Sabalenka didn't make it

[Nicky91]

Swiatek YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 6-0, 6-0

that's the way to do it

:clap1:

[Zizu]

The young Polish girl is typical of so many of the women players in that she didn’t look fit enough .. definitely carrying a bit of timber ( though less than some of the others) and looked too heavy to get around the court

Guess she doesn’t care as she won £1, 500,000 ( 0ne and a half million pounds) for turning up today

Disgraceful to earn that much money for 57 minutes of ineptitude


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[joeysteele]

A quick final.
Can't say it's the best Ladies final I've watched.

Impressive win though, 6-0 6-0.
That certainly couldn't be bettered.

[Nicky91]

nah not the best ladies final, but do we care


i don't


results are what count more than quality of gameplay



and this is exactly what Swiatek deserves, after a year with struggles, and after all that criticism from those who accused her of using doping, this is a nice metaphorical middle fingered in your face moment

[MTVN]

The young Polish girl is typical of so many of the women players in that she didn’t look fit enough .. definitely carrying a bit of timber ( though less than some of the others) and looked too heavy to get around the court

Guess she doesn’t care as she won £1, 500,000 ( 0ne and a half million pounds) for turning up today

Disgraceful to earn that much money for 57 minutes of ineptitude


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She's not Polish, she's American, and regardless of her performance today she still earned that money fair by getting to a grand slam final which included beating the no. 1 in the world

[Mystic Mock]

Not a great final so far :skull:

What a shame that Sabalenka didn't make it

I agree.

Sabalenka would've made it more scrappy.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Shambles of a final

[Zizu]

She's not Polish, she's American, and regardless of her performance today she still earned that money fair by getting to a grand slam final which included beating the no. 1 in the world


Ah yes .. the other girl is Polish -my mistake ..


Just seems an incredible amount of money for such a poor performance … that said you are correct in saying the prize money is for the whole competition


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[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/13/19/1752431348039_lc_galleryImage_Jannik_Sinner_of_Ita ly_ce.JPG



Well done, Italy Jannik Sinner

Beating the Cocky Spanish Fella



He won the Men's Championship

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/13/18/100271871-0-image-m-1_1752428911798.jpg


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-14897023/Wimbledon-final-2025-LIVE-Latest-score-game-game-updates-Carlos-Alcaraz-Jannik-Sinner.html

[joeysteele]

Alcaraz wasn't on his top form today but Sinner played really strongly all through.
A really good final however.

These are 2 incredible talents in tennis.

[arista]

Alcaraz wasn't on his top form today but Sinner played really strongly all through.
A really good final however.

These are 2 incredible talents in tennis.


Yes good points

[Zizu]

The sinner won , sadly


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[arista]

The Online Only Paper


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[Mystic Mock]

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Well done, Italy Jannik Sinner

Beating the Cocky Spanish Fella



He won the Men's Championship

:skull:D:

[Zizu]

Disgusting
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[Zizu]

Disgusting

Both recent Wimbledon winners are drug cheats



Świątek now has six Grand Slam titles; Sinner has four. They are both first-time champions at Wimbledon — and they have both received suspensions for anti-doping violations in the past 12 months. It is also the first time in Wimbledon history that both champions have served anti-doping suspensions.


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[Mystic Mock]

Disgusting
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He is a cheat.

Alcaraz and Fritz have both been robbed of Grand Slams because the ITF were pathetic and didn't ban Sinner for awhile, like they would've done if it'd been say number 200 in the rankings, who committed the same offense.

[Mystic Mock]

Disgusting

Both recent Wimbledon winners are drug cheats



Świątek now has six Grand Slam titles; Sinner has four. They are both first-time champions at Wimbledon — and they have both received suspensions for anti-doping violations in the past 12 months. It is also the first time in Wimbledon history that both champions have served anti-doping suspensions.


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Swiatek is a cheat as well?

[Zizu]

Swiatek is a cheat as well?


Apparently so


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[Mystic Mock]

Apparently so


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Raducanu, Sabalenka, and the random woman that got slaughtered in the final, never stood a chance.:bawling:

[Mystic Mock]

Raducanu through to the Quarters at the DC Open.:dance:

[Zizu]

Raducanu through to the Quarters at the DC Open.:dance:


She apparently trounced a really good player today !


( 4 time grand slam winner and former number one - Osaka )

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[Mystic Mock]

She apparently trounced a really good player today !


( 4 time grand slam winner and former number one - Osaka )

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She played really well.:dance:

[Mystic Mock]

Raducanu possibly going to face Rybakina in the third round.:dance:

[Zizu]

Raducanu possibly going to face Rybakina in the third round.:dance:


What a story it would be if she wins this again after all that’s happened in the last few years !!!


She is wiping players out .. something like

6:1 6:2 in both matches so far


Plays on Friday sometime


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[Mystic Mock]

What a story it would be if she wins this again after all that’s happened in the last few years !!!


She is wiping players out .. something like

6:1 6:2 in both matches so far


Plays on Friday sometime


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It would be fantastic to see imo.

But being brutally honest, she'll need to up her game against Rybakina, I honestly don't believe that she'll be beating her by the margin that she's done against her first two opponents.

[Zizu]

It would be fantastic to see imo.

But being brutally honest, she'll need to up her game against Rybakina, I honestly don't believe that she'll be beating her by the margin that she's done against her first two opponents.


Sadly she went out with a whimper … she seemed defeated after about 5 minutes

Guess it’s hard to compete against 6’ tall women with shoulders like a brickie’s mate !

[Zizu]

Love the lower camera angles in this competition ( and the Australian) it shows how brilliant these players are and how fast they hit the ball


Wimbledon’s camera angles distort the way things look sadly ..


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[Mystic Mock]

Sadly she went out with a whimper … she seemed defeated after about 5 minutes

Guess it’s hard to compete against 6’ tall women with shoulders like a brickie’s mate !

I had a feeling tbf.

It's nice to see Raducanu actually trying nowadays though, hopefully it'll pay off for her at some point.

[Zizu]

I had a feeling tbf.

It's nice to see Raducanu actually trying nowadays though, hopefully it'll pay off for her at some point.


I think we forget how young she is


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[Mystic Mock]

I think we forget how young she is


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True.

Hopefully she can persevere through the tough draws, and eventually make a breakthrough.

[Nicky91]

terrorist Sabalenka winning US Open

:facepalm:

[Mystic Mock]

terrorist Sabalenka winning US Open

:facepalm:

She does like to terrorise her opponents on the court.:joker:

[Nicky91]

YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Get In, Jessica


winning in the wuhan semi final over Sabalenka :clap1: :clap1: :clap1:


and now a final against her bestie Coco Gauff :love:



you can count on Jessica to peak in the right moments :lovedup: