TENNIS PLAYERS (Off-Court Shenanigans)

[ti-amie]

I agree with Krasimir.

[ponchi101]

Well, let's give her a break. Maybe she hit with him after her real practice.
This would explain a lot. If Mugu is happy and her life is going well, and she is in love, who cares if she is ranked 90-something in the world? It is hard to find the motivation to go out there and train and fight during matches, when the rest of your life is rosy.
Good for her.

[JazzNU]

Garbine's in the Maldives on vacation. I'd give her a break on who she's practicing with. I'd expect her to workout every day like usual, but not pick up a racquet. I don't see the issue here at all.

[meganfernandez]

Well, let's give her a break. Maybe she hit with him after her real practice.
This would explain a lot. If Mugu is happy and her life is going well, and she is in love, who cares if she is ranked 90-something in the world? It is hard to find the motivation to go out there and train and fight during matches, when the rest of your life is rosy.
Good for her.

That person's hot take was ridiculous. And it's the off-season! I commend her for picking up a racket this early in the off-season at all.

[ti-amie]

Well, let's give her a break. Maybe she hit with him after her real practice.
This would explain a lot. If Mugu is happy and her life is going well, and she is in love, who cares if she is ranked 90-something in the world? It is hard to find the motivation to go out there and train and fight during matches, when the rest of your life is rosy.
Good for her.

I would say the same about Badosa and her model.

[JazzNU]

That person's hot take was ridiculous. And it's the off-season! I commend her for picking up a racket this early in the off-season at all.

It also comes off as sexist to me. I don't recall even a fraction of this much focus on the happy relationships of ATP players who weren't having optimal results for where they were expected to be. A comment here and there on IG is what I see for them, but not all this from other social media accounts.

[meganfernandez]

Well, let's give her a break. Maybe she hit with him after her real practice.
This would explain a lot. If Mugu is happy and her life is going well, and she is in love, who cares if she is ranked 90-something in the world? It is hard to find the motivation to go out there and train and fight during matches, when the rest of your life is rosy.
Good for her.

I would say the same about Badosa and her model.

And Shapo and his girlfriend.

[meganfernandez]

That person's hot take was ridiculous. And it's the off-season! I commend her for picking up a racket this early in the off-season at all.

It also comes off as sexist to me. I don't recall even a fraction of this much focus on the happy relationships of ATP players who weren't having optimal results for where they were expected to be. A comment here and there on IG is what I see for them, but not all this from other social media accounts.

Glad you said it, not me! Rarely does anyone link a male athlete's relationships to his performance in any way. Much more common for female athletes.

Ponchi, this isn't about your comment.

[Deuce]

Well, let's give her a break. Maybe she hit with him after her real practice.
This would explain a lot. If Mugu is happy and her life is going well, and she is in love, who cares if she is ranked 90-something in the world? It is hard to find the motivation to go out there and train and fight during matches, when the rest of your life is rosy.
Good for her.

That person's hot take was ridiculous. And it's the off-season! I commend her for picking up a racket this early in the off-season at all.

Well, a lot of people would argue that it's Fed Cup season, not the 'off season'... and would wonder why she isn't representing her country in Fed Cup. Especially since Spain just lost to a British team that isn't tremendously strong on paper...

[Suliso]

Garcia and Cornet

[meganfernandez]

Well, let's give her a break. Maybe she hit with him after her real practice.
This would explain a lot. If Mugu is happy and her life is going well, and she is in love, who cares if she is ranked 90-something in the world? It is hard to find the motivation to go out there and train and fight during matches, when the rest of your life is rosy.
Good for her.

That person's hot take was ridiculous. And it's the off-season! I commend her for picking up a racket this early in the off-season at all.

Well, a lot of people would argue that it's Fed Cup season, not the 'off season'... and would wonder why she isn't representing her country in Fed Cup. Especially since Spain just lost to a British team that isn't tremendously strong on paper...

Who knows. Her choice. Or maybe she wasn't invited! Maybe AMG was like, nah, we're good with Nuria Parrizas-Diaz. And I can't say I'd blame her.

[meganfernandez]

Tennis.com has some fun lookbacks at WTA and ATP Finals photos of the field, when they all get dressed up (usually). I thought this outtake was interesting - in 2016, Konta was already in Singapore waiting to see if she would get the 8th spot. Kuznetsova was still playing a tournament, and if she won, she'd get the spot. She did. So Konta wasn't in that year's group photo. But she appeared in some behind-the-scenes shots, like this one. It's notable because she looks pretty good! It's one of her best dresses ever.

KontaFinals.jpg

WTA story - https://www.tennis.com/baseline/article ... a-azarenka

ATP story - https://www.tennis.com/baseline/article ... aits-turin

[ponchi101]

Garbiñe, on the other hand, doing her usual "hitting it out of the ball park" routine.
When she dresses up, she never fails.

[meganfernandez]

Garbiñe, on the other hand, doing her usual "hitting it out of the ball park" routine.
When she dresses up, she never fails.

I wouldn't want to stand next to Garbi in a photo. Konta did pretty well, considering! This was one of Garbi's best dresses.

[ti-amie]