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Tennis is a messy sport. Let’s dig the drama. Co-host of the Perfect Match? tennis podcast with @shellsteak.bsky.social. Available on all platforms and on our website: https://www.perfectmatchpodcast.com/
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With thrilling (and noisy) matches in South America lately, we ponder why we require fans to be quiet at tennis matches. Maybe we can loosen up a bit? Also, as a nod to the Rio Open, we watched “Blame It On Rio”, and hoo boy…it’s cringe! www.perfectmatchpodcast.com/podcast/epis...

So if I understand correctly, we can no longer use humidifiers unless we continually buy plastic jugs of distilled water? Can someone from science please refute this take? www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...

Would love it if this Tennis Channel commentator would learn to pronounce “Comesana”. Like if I were live calling a match, the first thing I would do is learn to pronounce the players’ names correctly?

Is tennis getting tackier? From Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders performing at the Dallas Open to the candy-colored On kit, what to make of the aesthetic degradation of our sport? This and more in this week's episode of the pod. www.perfectmatchpodcast.com/podcast/epis...

The full story of why Stefano Vukov was given one-year coaching ban after creating a ‘relationship of dependence’ with Elena Rybakina. Harrowing details from the WTA letter about his alleged abuse, which Vukov denies. Investigation with @mattfutterman.bsky.social ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/613...

Massive protest/march today in NYC. Let’s ditch the “no energy on the left” narrative. It’s just the beginning #stopthecoup

I got some heat on Fonseca in the little fake bets spreadsheet I maintain for some reason

What to do about top players who don't exactly have the rizz (Fritz, Sinner, Swiatek, Rybakina)? Is it bad for tennis? This and lots of highly opioniated bliz blaz about tennis in general this week #tennisky www.perfectmatchpodcast.com/podcast/epis...

We believe Olya and Brenda

Hearing about some pro-Trans rallies on Thursday around the US. Anything brewing in NYC? I mean…we gotta dust ourselves off and FIGHT, otherwise what are we actually doing here?

We, too, believe Olya and Brenda.

1st episode with the all new studio setup! (please notice a difference?). We talk Mads' triumph, Novak suddenly discovering medical expertise, and the righteous heckling of Zverev. Give it a spin! www.perfectmatchpodcast.com/podcast/epis...

So Novak posts an MRI scan and mocks people for pretending to be experts? Given how respectful of medical expertise he is now, I’m assuming this means he’s getting vaccinated

Oh jeesh Jon Wertheim moralizing about how broadcasters should behave 🙄 #tennisky

So everyone is speculating that marriage has helped Madison Keys’ tennis, but no one is saying that about Gael Monfils? When he recently said he only dreams of being an old man with a large family?

Okay, I concede that this is an example of Novak acting like a reasonable person

So Danielle Collins’ hissy fit was because the crowd was rooting for a homegrown qualifier? Am I missing something?

Why am I just now finding out about these two? Is this a match 😉 made in tennis heaven or what? Sure looks like Ben is courting 😉 Coco. Love 😉 is in the air! #tennis #futuredivorcewatch www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis...

The pod is back! We talk the historic Joao 🏳️‍🌈moment, the grievance posturing around the doping “scandal” and Rybakina’s disturbing, confusing coach drama. Check it: www.perfectmatchpodcast.com/podcast/epis...

So perfect that the Times Square NYE 2025 thing is raining, miserable and apparently attended by around 150 people

This is the East Village of Manhattan to a T

Some friends came through with the perfect “Perfect Match?”-themed ornaments for us!

Polite reminder: The Top 150 in WTA prize money each made in excess of 300k in prize money in 2024. The Top 5 made in excess of $5.5M.

I understand how non-tennis people feel about tennis scoring when I watch #nextgen like 🤔

Occupy Wall Street was the only place I’ve ever seen liberals perform the conservative trope of snapping their fingers in approval. Fake.

Unclear how Christmas exists when it takes each person approximately 20 minutes to mail one package at this fedex/kinkos

With all of the nostalgia for cheesy bygone pop culture, I feel like Styx doesn’t get any love. Am I wrong that “Paradise Theatre” has been all but culturally forgotten?

Tennis off season is rough: currently deep in a Hallmark Christmas movie dealing with a separated couple with the husband in recovery. This feels like too deep a dive for this genre?

In that last service game, we watched Sinner simply adjust a dial…40-Love: let it rip; Deuce: dial it back a bit; Ad In: dial up the serve one tick and win the match. Truly astonishing stuff #tennisky

Anyone else sneaking over to the Hallmark Christmas movies when Tennis Channel is showing matches you’ve already seen? #tennisky

First time Andy Murray is told to be quiet while Novak talks to his food, he’s out. You heard it here

Botic Van de Zanschulp comes off as so Painfully European…could totally picture him saying “is there nicer coffee somewhere? This coffee is…not so nice”

pushing this “World Cup of Tennis” thing a bit too hard maybe?

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Meme shared by Carlos Alcaraz 😅 he’s just like us ❤️ « My life now that Rafa has retired » ——- Un meme partagé par Carlos Alcaraz 😅 il est comme nous ❤️ « Ma vie maintenant que Rafa a pris sa retraite » #rafaelnadal