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Think Ymer is going to come back after deciding to serve the suspension

The Tennis Letter
@TheTennisLetter
Daniil Medvedev says nobody knows the truth about Jannik Sinner’s case except him & his team, ‘I hope the situation can be the same for every player & every player can defend himself’

“My perspective is it’s only him who knows what happened exactly. So we cannot know. Nobody knows the exact truth except him and his team and maybe the Independent Tribunal. I hope this situation can be the same for every player and every player can defend himself because I think what he did was within the rules. It’s just the rules are a bit vague, etc.. for me the only thing where I’m a little bit like doping cases make me scared is imagine, so, he knew what happened, & good for him.. so he managed to defend himself. Imagine whatever player in the top 100 gets an email, and they say there was cocaine in your blood. And you come to them and say ‘I never did anything in my life. I don’t know how it got there.’ And when you don’t know you get suspended. That’s a little bit the tricky part. That’s how doping rules are. It’s ok. You go with it. As I say.. I just hope it’s the same treatment for every player.”

(via US Open Press)

A balanced statement. Agree.

Caroline Garcia
@CaroGarcia
This are some of the messages I received lately after loosing some matches. Just a few of them. There’s hundreds. And now, being 30 years old, although they still hurt, because at the end of the day, I’m just a normal girl working really hard and trying my best, I have tools and have done work to protect myself from this hate. But still, this is not ok.

It really worries me when I think about younger players coming up, that have to go through this. People that still haven’t yet developed fully as a human and that really might be affected by this hate. Maybe you can think that it doesn’t hurt us. But it does. We are humans. And sometimes, when we receive this messages we are already emotionally destroyed after a tough loss. And they can be damaging. Many before me have raised the subject. And still, no progress has been made.

Social media platforms don’t prevent it, despite AI being in a very advanced position. Tournaments and the sport keeps partnering with betting companies, which keep attracting new people to unhealthy betting. The days of cigarette brands sponsoring sports are long gone. Yet, here we are promoting betting companies, which actively destroy the life of some people. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying they should be banned as people are free to do whatever they want with their money. But maybe we should not promote them. Also, if someone decided to say this things to me in public, he could have legal issues. So why online we are free to do anything? Shouldn’t we reconsider anonymity online?

I know those who write these terrible messages won’t change because of this. But maybe you, next time you see a post from an athlete, singer or any other person, that has failed or lost, you will remember that she or he is also a human being, trying his best in life.

Be kind. Give love. Enjoy life
Caro

Craig Shapiro @Cshaptennispod
Right now, reliable sources telling me that Vukov has been removed from the official WTA coaches list, which signifies a ban.

Craig Shapiro
@Cshaptennispod

That’s interesting. Rybakina withdraws and rumors are flying that Vukov was banned from the tour.

https://www.wtatennis.com/coaches/list

Ben did end up raising enough money to cover his expenses via a GoFundMe type of thing.

Ben Rothenberg
@BenRothenberg@sportsbots.xyz
Over $30,000 and over 500 donors!

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ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Aug 30, 2024 2:42 am Craig Shapiro @Cshaptennispod
Right now, reliable sources telling me that Vukov has been removed from the official WTA coaches list, which signifies a ban.

Craig Shapiro
@Cshaptennispod

That’s interesting. Rybakina withdraws and rumors are flying that Vukov was banned from the tour.

https://www.wtatennis.com/coaches/list

Haven't we all been waiting for this?

UGH
The streets are buzzing...





I've read a lot of speculation and let's just say I agree we should wait for the official statement.

It should be noted that the rumors about Rybakina appear to have been started by an Australian bettor pretending to be the president of the Kazakh tennis federation who had to take the account down after he was busted because he spelled the man's name wrong.

Tennis Connected is a more reputable source but again this may all turn out to be nothing.

I'm not posting the rumors but they're easy to find with a bit of digging.

I totally get what you’re saying. Adding a category for serious off-court tennis issues makes sense. It’d help keep things organized and ensure topics like the Russian invasion or match-fixing don’t get lost in the shuffle. I’ve had similar issues trying to figure out where to post discussions about big off-court matters, so this could really help clear things up.

Hold your horses, sit down, take a deep breath.

The BIG ANNOUNCEMENT from Rybakina is that she's a brand ambassador for Lexus.

How will women's tennis survive?