Tennis Random, Random (On Court)

[Owendonovan]

Geopolitics has entered the building.

This is from the tournament's official account??

Yes it was.

Straight out of Viktor Orbans right wing political playbook. It's so tiring watching people be a**holes just to be a**holes. If you have to be asked to apologize, you kinda deserve whatever bad happens from the incident.

[ti-amie]

[nelslus]

I am TELLING y'all- playing in Chicago is a good luck charm. (Of course, it could also be me and baby nelslus being the good luck charms for these fortunate players. ) Emma. Last year's final- Roman Safiullin- this year's Wimbledon quarterfinalist- d. Ben Shelton- this year's Aussie quarterfinalist 6–3, 4–6, 7–5.

[Owendonovan]

Russia's Vera Zvonareva blocked from entering Poland
WARSAW -- Russian tennis player Vera Zvonareva was blocked from entering Poland for reasons of state security and public safety, the Polish interior ministry said on Saturday.

The 38-year-old, a bronze medalist at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, was on the list of players of the BNP Paribas Warsaw Open tournament starting on Monday.

"The Border Guard prevented a Russian tennis player from entering Poland. Vera Zvonareva, using a visa issued by France, tried to get into our country on a flight from Belgrade to Warsaw," the ministry said in a statement.

Zvonareva, who landed in Poland on Friday, is on a list of people considered undesirable there, the ministry said.

"After arriving from Serbia, the tennis player stayed in the transit zone of Warsaw Chopin Airport and today after 1200 she flew to Podgorica."

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) said Saturday it was aware of the situation.

"The safety and well-being of all players is a top priority of the WTA," it said in a statement.

"Vera has departed Poland and we will be evaluating the issue further with the event."

Poland has become one of Ukraine's staunchest allies since Russia invaded the country in 2022, and it has been refusing entry to people who support the actions of Russia and Belarus.

The tournament organizers did not immediately reply to an emailed request for comment.

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/ ... ing-poland

[JTContinental]

Especially interesting because after I read this story this morning I looked at the qualifying draw and there are two other Russian players listed

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[ponchi101]

Spoken like somebody that really DOES NOT know what 57 feels like.
And I was still hitting with 30-somethings when I was 57. Sorry, Nick. You really don't know what it is like.

[ponchi101]

Thank you, Iga. One conversation and term that can be put to sleep.

[Owendonovan]

Spoken like somebody that really DOES NOT know what 57 feels like.
And I was still hitting with 30-somethings when I was 57. Sorry, Nick. You really don't know what it is like.

I'll be 57 this year and can still do back, side, and front flips. I can run 7 minute miles in a 10k, and walk on average 25,000 steps a day. That's what a partying almost 57 yo can do. (it's also much much more difficult at this age to do those things)

[ponchi101]

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I'll be 57 this year and can still do back, side, and front flips. I can run 7 minute miles in a 10k, and walk on average 25,000 steps a day. That's what a partying almost 57 yo can do. (it's also much much more difficult at this age to do those things)

Note to self: NEVER get on a tennis court against Owendonovan.

[Owendonovan]

...

I'll be 57 this year and can still do back, side, and front flips. I can run 7 minute miles in a 10k, and walk on average 25,000 steps a day. That's what a partying almost 57 yo can do. (it's also much much more difficult at this age to do those things)

Note to self: NEVER get on a tennis court against Owendonovan.

My serve is most like Dementieva, my return is 50% planned and 50% luck that it goes back in play, but once that's over I get a lot back.

[ponchi101]

My point being that you are telling us you can still do flips.
I can only do flops

And I am only a couple of years older

[Suliso]

Old people you are

I still have more than a decade to go till 57