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And Pouille's story, as of late, has been rather dramatic. Bouts with depression and alcoholism, a very dark stretch of his life.
Feel sorry for the guy.
@Megan. Nah. Not too soon. Actually,

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 12:22 pm

Fastbackss wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:44 am Lucas Pouille, the Frenchman who had a feel-good stretch up to and through beginning of French Open, returned home to find it had been robbed to tune of over 600K euro

That is awful. Does SST have an alibi? Too soon?

Bouzkova swears she wasn't there but that she definitely saw someone pull a u-haul up to the house...

There's a veiled joke here that is totally over my head

ti-amie wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 11:28 pm

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 12:22 pm

Fastbackss wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:44 am Lucas Pouille, the Frenchman who had a feel-good stretch up to and through beginning of French Open, returned home to find it had been robbed to tune of over 600K euro

That is awful. Does SST have an alibi? Too soon?

Bouzkova swears she wasn't there but that she definitely saw someone pull a u-haul up to the house...

She didn't have any agenda when she told the police.

Fastbackss wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 11:10 am There's a veiled joke here that is totally over my head

STT and Bouzkova robbed Kato of her prize money and points in the infamous defaulted doubles match this week.

Oh jeepers I am slow today.

Good thing Kato made mixed finals

ti-amie wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:32 pm

His arm was covered in scars, so he was shooting heroin? Yeesh. It was always obvious that he struggled with something serious. I'm not sure he's completely recovered - his behavior last year on court was also atrocious. But I hope the best for him. I've always thought he was poised for an Agassi-like second chapter - beats his demons, emerges as a kind, wise, beloved elder, and lets his talent fly.

I would be surprised if he is ready to make a run at Wimbledon this year. He just lost to Yibing Wu in straights and I think Djokovic is laser-focused on the Grand Slam. But Kyrgios could have won the final last year if he hadn't imploded. We'll see.

Serious question for the ATP/WADA group. If he was doing drugs, how was this not detected by any of the testing? Gasquet was caught for cocaine; how were Kyrgios' problems not noticed?

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 3:32 pm Serious question for the ATP/WADA group. If he was doing drugs, how was this not detected by any of the testing? Gasquet was caught for cocaine; how were Kyrgios' problems not noticed?

Speaking hypothetically it would depend on when he did drugs, and how often he was tested out of competition. He has often taken breaks from the tour, and if he wasn't in Australia he would be unlikely to be tested out of competition.

Ok. I thought that even if you were on breaks, the WADA regulations were still in place.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 2:34 pm

ti-amie wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:32 pm

His arm was covered in scars, so he was shooting heroin? Yeesh. It was always obvious that he struggled with something serious. I'm not sure he's completely recovered - his behavior last year on court was also atrocious. But I hope the best for him. I've always thought he was poised for an Agassi-like second chapter - beats his demons, emerges as a kind, wise, beloved elder, and lets his talent fly.

I would be surprised if he is ready to make a run at Wimbledon this year. He just lost to Yibing Wu in straights and I think Djokovic is laser-focused on the Grand Slam. But Kyrgios could have won the final last year if he hadn't imploded. We'll see.

I read that as he was self-harming (cutting).

mmmm8 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 4:52 pm

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 2:34 pm

ti-amie wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:32 pm

His arm was covered in scars, so he was shooting heroin? Yeesh. It was always obvious that he struggled with something serious. I'm not sure he's completely recovered - his behavior last year on court was also atrocious. But I hope the best for him. I've always thought he was poised for an Agassi-like second chapter - beats his demons, emerges as a kind, wise, beloved elder, and lets his talent fly.

I would be surprised if he is ready to make a run at Wimbledon this year. He just lost to Yibing Wu in straights and I think Djokovic is laser-focused on the Grand Slam. But Kyrgios could have won the final last year if he hadn't imploded. We'll see.

I read that as he was self-harming (cutting).

Okay... the drug usage context made me think heroin.

mmmm8 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 4:52 pm I read that as he was self-harming (cutting).

This makes more sense than intravenous drug use.